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Brizek, Esq. Debra Sutter, Esq. 900 G Street, N.W. Washington 20001 false true false false false false false true 2026-06-02 false false false false false false true false true false No false false The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. “Other Expenses” are estimated for the current year and may vary. You may qualify for sales load discounts on purchases of Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in “Purchase Terms” starting on page 102 of this prospectus. More information about management fees, fee waivers and other expenses is available in “Management of the Fund” starting on page 79 of this prospectus. 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BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:92%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Annual Expenses (as a percentage of net assets attributable to shares)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 3em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Management Fees</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1.50</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1.50</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1.50</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1.50</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 3em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Interest Payments on Borrowed Funds<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;font-size:8.3px">2</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.23</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.24</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.24</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.21</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 3em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Other Expenses<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;font-size:8.3px">3</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.46</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1.21</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.21</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.71</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Shareholder Servicing Expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.25</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.25</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">None</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.25</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Distribution Fee<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;font-size:8.3px">4</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">None</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.75</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">None</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.25</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Remaining Other Expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.21</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.21</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.21</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">0.21</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><div style="text-indent: -1em; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; line-height: normal;">Total Annual Expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2.19</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2.95</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1.95</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2.42</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><div style="text-indent: -1em; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 5em; line-height: normal;">Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement<div style="font-size: 75%; vertical-align: top;display:inline;font-size:8.3px">5</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(0.05</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(0.05</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(0.05</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">(0.05</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">)% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Total Annual Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2.14</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2.90</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">1.90</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2.37</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">2</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">“Interest payments on borrowed funds” is based on the interest rate currently in effect with respect to the Credit Facilities and includes the ongoing commitment fees payable under the terms of the Credit Facilities.</div></div> </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">3</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Other Expenses represents the Fund expenses as they are calculated in the Fund’s Annual Report. Other Expenses does not include the indirect fees and expenses of the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests. The Fund’s Other Expenses will increase as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets if the Fund’s assets decrease. Actual fees and expenses may be greater or less than those shown. The expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights due to certain adjustments.</div></div> </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">4</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Class C shares will pay to the Distributor a Distribution Fee that will accrue at an annual rate equal to 0.75% of the average daily net assets attributable to Class C shares and is payable on a monthly basis. Class L shares will pay to the Distributor a Distribution Fee that will accrue at an annual rate equal to 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to Class L shares and is payable on a monthly basis. See “Plan of Distribution.”</div></div> </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">5</div></div><br/></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">The Adviser and the Fund have entered into an expense limitation and reimbursement agreement (the “Expense Limitation Agreement”) under which the Adviser has agreed contractually to waive its fees and to pay or absorb the ordinary operating expenses of the Fund (including offering expenses, but excluding interest, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses), to the extent that they exceed 1.91%, 2.66%, 1.66%, and 2.16% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares, Class C shares, Class I shares and Class L shares, respectively (the “Expense Limitation”). In consideration of the Adviser’s agreement to limit the Fund’s expenses, the Fund has agreed to repay the Adviser in the amount of any fees waived and Fund expenses paid or absorbed, subject to the limitations that: (1) the reimbursement will be made only for fees and expenses incurred not more than three years from the date on which they were incurred; and (2) the reimbursement may not be made if it would cause the lesser of the Expense Limitation in place at the time of waiver or at the time of</div></div> </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">reimbursement to be exceeded. The Expense Limitation Agreem<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">ent</div> will <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">re</div>main in effect, at least until</div></div> <div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">May 31, 2027, unless and until the Board approves its modification or termination. This agreement may be terminated only by the Board on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Adviser. After May 31, 2027, the Expense Limitation Agreement may be renewed at the Adviser’s discretion.</div></div> </td></tr></table> 0.015 0.015 0.015 0.015 0.0023 0.0024 0.0024 0.0021 0.0046 0.0121 0.0021 0.0071 0.0025 0.0025 0 0.0025 0 0.0075 0 0.0025 0.0021 0.0021 0.0021 0.0021 0.0219 0.0295 0.0195 0.0242 -0.0005 -0.0005 -0.0005 -0.0005 0.0214 0.029 0.019 0.0237 Other Expenses represents the Fund expenses as they are calculated in the Fund’s Annual Report. Other Expenses does not include the indirect fees and expenses of the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests. The Fund’s Other Expenses will increase as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets if the Fund’s assets decrease. Actual fees and expenses may be greater or less than those shown. The expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights due to certain adjustments. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:92%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:65%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:6%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:6%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:6%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:6%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: table-cell; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Share Class</div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">1 Year</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">3 Years</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">5 Years</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">10 Years</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Class A</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">78</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">122</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">168</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">295</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Class C</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">29</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">91</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">155</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">326</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Class I</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">19</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">61</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">105</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">227</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Class L</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">65</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">114</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">166</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">306</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table> 78000 122000 168000 295000 29000 91000 155000 326000 19000 61000 105000 227000 65000 114000 166000 306000 Information about the Fund’s senior securities is shown in the following table: <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:41%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:5%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:5%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:5%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:5%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:5%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> the</div> Year<br/>Ended<br/>September 30,<br/>2025</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year<br/>Ended<br/>September 30,<br/>2024</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year<br/>Ended<br/>September 30,<br/>2023</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year<br/>Ended<br/>September 30,<br/>2022</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year<br/>Ended<br/>September 30,<br/>2021</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Lines of Credit Total Amount Outstanding (000’s)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">42,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">399,200</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">211,750</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">172,750</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">139,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Asset Coverage Per $1,000 of Lines of Credit Outstanding<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;font-size:8.3px">(a)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">88,825</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">12,284</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">24,755</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">35,648</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">32,691</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:41%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year<br/>Ended<br/>September 30,<br/>2020</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year<br/>Ended<br/>September 30,<br/>2019</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year<br/>Ended<br/>September 30,<br/>2018</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year<br/>Ended<br/>September 30,<br/>2017</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year<br/>Ended<br/>September 30,<br/>2016</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Lines of Credit Total Amount Outstanding (000’s)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="-sec-ix-hidden:hidden166645756;display:inline;">-</div>N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="-sec-ix-hidden:hidden166645757;display:inline;">-</div>N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="-sec-ix-hidden:hidden166645758;display:inline;">-</div>N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">69,500</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">214,500</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Asset Coverage Per $1,000 of Lines of Credit Outstanding<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;font-size:8.3px">(a)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="-sec-ix-hidden:Fact_166645759;display:inline;">-</div>N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="-sec-ix-hidden:Fact_166645760;display:inline;">-</div>N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="-sec-ix-hidden:Fact_166645761;display:inline;">-</div>N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">27,956</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">6,438</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">(a)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Calculated by subtracting the Fund’s total liabilities (excluding the indebtedness represented by the Lines of Credit) from the Fund’s total assets and dividing by the total amount outstanding on the Lines of Credit. The Asset Coverage ratio is then multiplied by $1,000 to determine the “Asset Coverage Per $1,000 of <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Lines </div>of Credit Outstanding.”</div></div> </div></td></tr></table> 42000000 399200000 211750000 172750000 139000000 88825 12284 24755 35648 32691 69500000 214500000 27956 6438 Calculated by subtracting the Fund’s total liabilities (excluding the indebtedness represented by the Lines of Credit) from the Fund’s total assets and dividing by the total amount outstanding on the Lines of Credit. The Asset Coverage ratio is then multiplied by $1,000 to determine the “Asset Coverage Per $1,000 of <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Lines </div>of Credit Outstanding.” <div id="toca147232_7" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE, POLICIES AND STRATEGIES </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Investment Objective and Policies </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund’s investment objective is to generate a total return comprised of both current income and capital appreciation with moderate volatility and low correlation to the broader markets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund pursues its investment objective through a multi-strategy approach, investing across both private and public real estate-related markets. With access to the broad spectrum of Apollo’s real estate platform, the Fund employs a dynamic and flexible asset allocation process, investing across a range of real estate-related assets, including but not limited to Apollo-originated hybrid credit investments, Apollo-originated equity investments, secondaries and other private investments and public securities. The Fund’s allocation across each of these investment mandates may vary from time to time. </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Apollo-Originated Hybrid Credit Investments</div></div></div></div>. Apollo-originated hybrid credit investments targeting the real estate industry and related opportunities, including real assets and other asset-backed businesses through, but not limited to, whole loans, mezzanine, preferred equity and structured credit, secured by hard assets or contracted cash flows. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Apollo-Originated Equity Investments.</div></div></div></div> Apollo-originated equity investments targeting the real estate industry and related opportunities, including real assets and other asset-backed businesses. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Secondaries and Other Private Investments</div></div></div></div>. Private investments in third-party funds and secondaries across real estate-related industries, including traditional real estate, real assets and other asset-backed opportunities. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Public Securities</div></div></div></div>. Total return-oriented public markets portfolio across listed real estate, real assets, asset-backed securities and liquid real estate credit. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund executes its investment strategy primarily by seeking to invest in a diversified portfolio of high-conviction debt and equity investments in both private and public real estate securities. The Fund’s investments in real estate securities may be secured by hard assets, which are physical assets with secondary resale value, including inventory, machinery, equipment, land, infrastructure, and certain energy generation assets, among other things, and assets with long-term contracted cash flows. The Fund’s investments in real estate securities may be newly originated, including by Apollo, or purchased in privately negotiated transactions on the secondary markets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In certain circumstances or market environments, the Fund may reduce its investment in real estate securities and hold a larger position in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund concentrates investments in the real estate industry, meaning that under normal circumstances, it invests over 25% of its assets in real estate securities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes will be invested in real estate securities. The Fund defines “real estate securities” to include Real Estate Debt Investments (as defined below) and Real Estate Equity Investments (as defined below) (together, “Real Estate Investments”). </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">“Real Estate Debt Investments” includes debt investments, including, but not limited to, (i) fixed income securities of any credit quality, maturity or duration (including high-yield (“junk”) debt and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-convertible</div> secured or unsecured debt), floating rate securities (including, but not limited to, senior loans or structured credit), mezzanine loans, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">B-notes</div> and levered or unlevered loans issued to real estate-related companies and (ii) structured debt products such as commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”), collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) and other structured products collateralized by real estate, real estate securities or real estate-related companies. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">“Real Estate Equity Investments” includes equity and equity-like investments, including, but not limited to, common stock, partnership or similar interests, convertible or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-convertible</div> preferred stock, and convertible or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-convertible</div> secured or unsecured debt issued by: (i) private real estate-related companies, (ii) public real estate-related companies; (iii) private, institutional real estate investment funds managed by institutional investment managers, which are treated as real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) for tax purposes (“Private REITs”); (iv) publicly traded REITs (“Public REITs”); (v) publicly traded real estate operating companies (“Public REOCs”); and (vi) exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), index mutual funds (“Index Funds”) and other investment vehicles such as <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> funds, mutual funds and unregistered investment funds that invest principally, directly or indirectly, in real estate, real estate securities or real estate-related companies. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may invest in real estate securities either directly or indirectly through investment vehicles. Shareholders will pay a pro rata share of asset-based and performance fees associated with the Fund’s underlying investments, including its Private REITs, Public REITs, Public REOCs, ETFs, Index Funds, and other investment vehicles such as <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> funds, mutual funds and unregistered investment funds that invest principally, directly or indirectly, in real estate, real estate securities or real estate-related companies (together, the “Portfolio Funds” and each, a “Portfolio Fund”). A select number of Portfolio Funds in which the Fund may invest may charge a performance fee. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund defines “real estate-related companies” as any company which (i) operates within the real estate industry or engages in activities relating to the ownership, construction, financing, management, servicing or sale of real estate; (ii) owns assets in, devotes assets to, or derives value from, real estate, real estate securities or real estate-related businesses (including, but not limited to, asset-backed businesses, such as infrastructure, data centers, wireless towers, development rights, air rights, mineral rights, ground leases, agriculture, recreational facilities, easements, hospitality, transportation and other real assets); or (iii) is a pooled investment vehicle that primarily invests in the foregoing companies or is otherwise designed primarily to provide exposure to real estate assets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund intends to count the value of any money market funds, cash, other cash equivalents or U.S. Treasury securities with remaining maturities of one year or less that cover unfunded commitments to invest equity in private funds, including Private REITs, or special purpose vehicles controlled by unaffiliated general partners that will acquire real estate securities, in each case that the Fund reasonably expects to be called in the future, as qualifying real estate securities for purposes of its 80% policy. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may invest in debt securities of any duration, maturity, or credit quality, including high yield securities. The Fund may also invest in issuers in foreign and emerging markets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund’s real estate industry concentration policy is fundamental and may not be changed without shareholder approval. The SAI contains a list of all of the fundamental and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-fundamental</div> investment policies of the Fund, under the heading “Investment Objective and Policies.” </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Credit Facilities &amp; Securities Lending </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund has entered into the Credit Facilities for the purpose of investment purchases subject to the limitations of the 1940 Act for borrowings. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As collateral for the Credit Facilities, the Fund grants the Banks a first position security interest in and lien on securities of any kind or description held by the Fund in the collateral accounts. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The BNP Credit Facility also permits, subject to certain conditions, BNP to rehypothecate portfolio securities pledged by the Fund up to the amount of the loan balance outstanding. The Fund continues to receive dividends and interest on rehypothecated securities. The Fund also has the right under the BNP Credit Facility to recall the rehypothecated securities from BNP on demand. If BNP fails to deliver the recalled security in a timely manner, the </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fund will be compensated by BNP for any fees or losses related to the failed delivery or, in the event a recalled security will not be returned by BNP, the Fund, upon notice to BNP, may reduce the loan balance outstanding by the amount of the recalled security failed to be returned. The Fund may not benefit from any future appreciation of any such security not returned to the Fund. The Fund may receive a portion of the fees earned by BNP in connection with the rehypothecation of portfolio securities. This rehypothecation provision of the BNP Credit Facility is intended to permit the Fund to reduce the cost of its borrowings under the BNP Credit Facility. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The SAI contains a list of the fundamental (those that may not be changed without a shareholder vote) and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-fundamental</div> investment policies of the Fund under the heading “Investment Objective and Policies.” </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Fund’s Target Investment Portfolio </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund executes its investment strategy primarily by seeking to invest in a diversified portfolio of high-conviction Real Estate Investments. The Fund may make Real Estate Investments either directly or indirectly. The Fund expects to primarily invest in Real Estate Investments that are originated by Apollo. Utilizing Apollo’s platform, the Adviser engages in a process of sourcing, screening, pricing, reviewing, selecting and monitoring of potential Real Estate Investments for the Fund with an emphasis on downside protection. The Adviser leverages the Apollo platform to conduct both fundamental and quantitative analyses of the Real Estate Investment universe, focusing on location, property condition, loan structure, and sponsor quality, among other factors. The term “high-conviction” refers to Real Estate Investments that the Adviser has identified as likely providing above average risk adjusted returns based on information provided through the Adviser’s selection process. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Adviser employs a regimen of quantitative and qualitative criteria in its selection process to arrive at a universe of investments that the Adviser considers to be high conviction. By combining historical quantitative analysis with a sound knowledge of key qualitative attributes, the Adviser will evaluate a prospective investment’s potential for generating sustainable, positive, risk-adjusted returns to capture market upside while mitigating downside risk across varying market conditions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may also invest in Real Estate Investments through Portfolio Funds managed by unaffiliated asset managers. The Fund may make primary investments in newly formed Portfolio Funds or may invest in Portfolio Funds acquired in privately negotiated investments from (a) Traditional Secondary Investments and/or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">(b) Non-Traditional</div> Secondary Investments. With respect to selecting the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests, the Adviser considers various inputs, including quantitative and qualitative assessments of the management team and its track record, property evaluation and structure, and other information that is typically not available to an individual investor to capture market upside while mitigating downside risk across varying market conditions. Identifying and gaining access to high quality private market sponsors and building an appropriately diversified portfolio are essential elements to consistently realizing the return enhancing benefits of private equity and private markets. The Adviser believes it has successfully established long-term relationships with established, leading private market sponsors, and has identified emerging groups with differentiated opportunities and significant potential to enhance returns. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under normal circumstances, the Fund may invest, to a lesser extent, in publicly traded securities, such as common and preferred stocks of real estate-related companies, investments in Public REITs, liquid real estate credit investments, structured credit instruments and asset-backed securities, listed real estate and infrastructure, ETFs and Index Funds. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Real Estate Debt Investments </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may invest in real estate debt investments, including commercial real estate loans and other real estate-related securities. The Fund may originate or otherwise directly invest in privately issued real estate debt. The Fund’s investments in privately issued real estate debt typically will consist of senior debt and subordinated debt with no target maturity and across a mix of fixed and floating rate interest payments. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">CLOs.</div></div></div></div> A CLO is a type of structured product that issues securities collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include, among others, domestic and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans, second lien loans, and subordinate corporate loans. The underlying loans may be rated below investment grade by a rating agency. A CLO is not merely a conduit to a portfolio of loans; it is a pooled investment vehicle that may be actively managed by the collateral manager. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">CMBS.</div></div></div></div> CMBS include securities that reflect an interest in, and are secured by, mortgage loans on commercial real property. Many of the risks of investing in CMBS reflect the risks of investing in the real estate securing the underlying mortgage loans. These risks reflect the effects of local and other economic conditions on real estate markets, the ability of tenants to make loan payments and the ability of a property to attract and retain tenants. CMBS may be less liquid and exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage- or asset-backed instruments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">RMBS.</div></div></div></div> RMBS include securities that reflect an interest in, and are secured by, mortgage loans on residential real property. Similar to the risks of investing in CMBS, many of the risks of investing in RMBS reflect the risks of investing in the real estate securing the underlying mortgage loans. RMBS are particularly susceptible to prepayment risks, as residential mortgage loans generally do not impose prepayment penalties. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">B-Notes.</div></div></div></div></div> The Fund may invest in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">B-Notes.</div> A <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">B-Note</div> is a mortgage loan typically (i) secured by a first mortgage on a single large commercial property or group of related properties and (ii) subordinated to an <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">A-Note</div> secured by the same first mortgage on the same collateral. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Mezzanine Loans.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may invest in mezzanine loans that take the form of subordinated loans secured by a pledge of the ownership interests of either the entity owning the real property or an entity that owns (directly or indirectly) the interest in the entity owning the real property. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Levered Loans.</div></div></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"></div></div></div> Levered loans are loans made to companies whose creditworthiness is speculative and is rated below investment grade by the major credit rating agencies, or determined to be of comparable quality by the Adviser. Levered loans are privately negotiated between a corporate borrower and one or more financial institutions and made available for investment in the bank loan market. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Reverse Repurchase Agreements.</div></div></div></div><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"></div></div></div> The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements, which are forms of borrowing. In a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells a security to a securities dealer or bank for cash and also agrees to repurchase the same security at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date. Reverse repurchase agreements expose the Fund to credit risk (that is, the risk that the counterparty will fail to resell the security to the Fund). Engaging in reverse repurchase agreements also may involve the use of leverage, in that the Fund may reinvest the cash it receives in additional securities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells securities to a bank or broker dealer and agrees to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed future date and price. Generally, the effect of a reverse repurchase agreement is that the Fund can recover and reinvest all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities involved during the term of the agreement and still be entitled to the returns associated with those portfolio securities, thereby resulting in a transaction similar to a borrowing and giving rise to leverage for the Fund. The Fund will incur interest expense as a cost of utilizing reverse repurchase agreements. In the event the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the agreement may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div></div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Real Estate Equity Investments </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may invest in real estate equity investments, including investments in real estate-related companies. The Fund may originate or otherwise directly invest in privately issued real estate equity positions, and may also invest in public equity with exposure to real estate-related companies. The Fund will also seek to gain exposure to the equity of private real estate-related companies through investments in Portfolio Funds. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Equity Investments in</div></div></div></div> <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Private and Public Real Estate-Related Companies. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may invest in private or public companies through privately negotiated transactions, which will generally involve equity-related finance intended to bring about some kind of change in an operating company (e.g., providing growth capital, recapitalizing a company or financing an acquisition). </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Adviser also seeks to identify <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment</div> opportunities that it believes could provide high risk-adjusted returns. The Adviser is flexible in its approach, actively searching for <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment</div> opportunities across a number of potential sources. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Secondary Investments. </div></div></div></div>Traditional Secondary Investments involve the purchase of a limited partner (or similar) interest from a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">pre-existing</div> investor in a fund or vehicle that generally is not accepting new primary investments. The purchaser assumes the rights (including the distributions) and obligations (including indemnities, capital commitments and other requirements to contribute capital) in the Portfolio Fund(s) previously applicable to the seller. Such transactions may involve the acquisition of a single Portfolio Fund interest or a much larger portfolio of interests in underlying Portfolio Funds managed by a single underlying sponsor or a number of different underlying sponsors. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Non-Traditional</div> Secondary Investments involve the acquisition of existing private investments and/or assets, and often require a bespoke structure that may include the creation of new vehicles or securities. <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Non-Traditional</div> Secondary Investments can take many forms including what are commonly referred to as continuation vehicles, general <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">partner-led</div> multi-asset secondaries, general <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">partner-led</div> direct or single-asset secondaries, portfolio or team spinouts / carveouts, and preferred fund finance solutions, among others. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Private Portfolio Funds.</div></div></div></div> Private Portfolio Funds are investment funds that invest primarily in real estate or real estate debt and are managed by institutional investment managers with expertise in investing in real estate and real estate-related securities. Due to sizable minimum investment requirements and selective investor qualification criteria, many private Portfolio Funds limit their direct investors to mainly institutions such as endowments and pension funds. The Fund allows investors to gain access to private Portfolio Funds that may not otherwise be available to individual investors. Further, due to the Fund’s multi-manager, multi-sector, and multi-strategy approach, investors can gain access to a broad range of strategies and sectors in real estate and real estate-related securities. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">REITs.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may invest in REITs, both directly and through its investments in Portfolio Funds. REITs are investment vehicles that invest primarily in income-producing real estate or mortgages and other real estate-related loans or interests. Public REITs are listed on major stock exchanges, such as the NYSE and NASDAQ. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">REOCs.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may invest in REOCs, both directly and through its investments in Private REITs. REOCs are companies that invest in real estate and whose shares trade on a public exchange. A REOC is similar to a REIT, except that a REOC will reinvest its earnings, rather than distributing them to unit holders as REITs do. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Exchange Traded Funds. </div></div></div></div>ETFs are traded similarly to stocks and listed on major stock exchanges. Potential benefits of ETFs include diversification, cost and tax efficiency, liquidity, marginability, utility for hedging, the ability to go long and short, and (in some cases) quarterly dividends. An ETF may attempt to track a particular market segment or index. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Index Funds.</div></div></div></div> An Index Fund is a mutual fund with an investment objective of seeking to replicate the performance of a specific securities index, such as the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) Index or the MSCI REIT Index. Index Funds are typically not actively managed, and potential benefits include low operating expenses, broad market exposure and low portfolio turnover. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Other Investment Vehicles.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may make investments in other investment vehicles such as <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> funds, mutual funds and unregistered funds that invest principally, directly or indirectly, in real estate. Shares of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> funds are typically listed for trading on major stock exchanges and, in some cases, may be traded in other <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">over-the-counter</div></div> markets. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Apollo Real Estate Platform Overview </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Apollo is a leading global investor and lender across the real estate risk spectrum, with more than $120 billion in real estate assets under management as of September 30, 2025. The platform spans equity, credit, and hybrid strategies. With over 16 years of investment experience, Apollo’s real estate platform includes opportunistic, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">value-add,</div> core-plus, net lease, and income-oriented vehicles, as well as a substantial presence in commercial real estate lending. The platform is supported by more than 290 dedicated real estate investment professionals across North America, Europe, and Asia, and is integrated into Apollo’s broader global footprint of 3,400+ employees in 24 offices. Apollo’s real estate activities benefit from institutional infrastructure and cross-platform coordination with its credit, private equity, and insurance businesses, enabling differentiated sourcing, execution, and capital solutions at scale. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Apollo’s real estate equity strategy is defined by thematic investing, operational intensity, and sector expertise. The firm has executed complex transactions across traditional and specialty property sectors, including residential and industrial, through multiple market cycles. On the credit side, Apollo is a market leader in commercial real estate lending, focused on directly originated senior and subordinate loans secured by high-quality assets. Apollo’s real estate credit platform benefits from deep sourcing channels, proprietary analytics, and a strong balance sheet <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment</div> model that enhances transaction scale and certainty. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Across both equity and credit, Apollo applies rigorous underwriting, active asset management, and real-time market insights to drive value creation and protect downside. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Apollo Real Estate Platform Investment Process </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Overview </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund’s portfolio management team employs a research-driven investment process that combines <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">top-down</div> macro analysis and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">bottom-up</div> underwriting to identify relative-value opportunities across the investable universe. In evaluating investment opportunities, the team assesses a range of macroeconomic, sector-specific, and asset-level drivers, including demographic and technological trends, economic indicators, capital market conditions, and other market dynamics that may impact relative-value and risk-adjusted return potential. Macroeconomic insights inform the portfolio management team’s assessment of the broader economic environment and support investment decision-making across asset types, property types, geographies, and positions within the capital structure. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Portfolio Construction &amp; Investment Selection </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund employs an active, multi-strategy investment process that seeks to deploy capital across a range of real estate-related investments based on relative value, risk-adjusted return potential, and portfolio-level considerations. Investment opportunities are evaluated by the portfolio management team based on their individual merits and their potential contribution to portfolio diversification, risk profile, and return objectives. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For each potential investment, the portfolio management team evaluates whether the opportunity is appropriate for the Fund given prevailing market conditions, relative value considerations, portfolio composition, and the Fund’s investment objective. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Underwriting &amp; Due Diligence </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each investment opportunity is subject to a disciplined, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">bottom-up</div> underwriting and due diligence process designed to evaluate intrinsic value, downside risk, and structural considerations through analysis of both quantitative and qualitative factors that may impact risk-return. The due diligence process includes a comprehensive review of investment structure, underlying assets or collateral, market and submarket conditions, and other financial, operations, and legal considerations relevant to the investment. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In conjunction with asset-level analysis, the portfolio management team evaluates the structure and terms of each investment to assess relative value, risk allocation, and alignment with the Fund’s overall investment objective. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Sourcing Capabilities </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The portfolio management team evaluates investment opportunities sourced through a variety of channels, including direct origination, broadly marketed opportunities, and privately negotiated investments, leveraging relationships with sponsors, operators, and capital partners developed across Apollo’s investment businesses. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All potential investments considered for the Fund are subject to the same underwriting, due diligence, and approval processes, regardless of source. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Monitoring Process </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ongoing investment monitoring is an integral component of the Fund’s investment process. Following execution, the portfolio management team monitors each investment to assess performance relative to underwriting assumptions and to evaluate changes in performance, risk characteristics, or factors that may impact the original investment thesis. Where practical, continuity of responsibility between underwriting and post-investment monitoring is maintained to support oversight. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The monitoring process includes continuous and periodic review of investment performance, financial conditions, and key risk indicators across the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund’s monitoring framework is supported by proprietary tools and internal risk oversight functions that review portfolio exposures and identify emerging risks. These processes are intended to support timely assessment, informed decision-making, and ongoing alignment with the Fund’s investment objective and risk management framework across a full market cycle. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Other Information Regarding Investment Strategy </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may, from time to time, take defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategy in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions. During such times, the Adviser may determine that the Fund should invest up to 100% of its assets in cash or cash equivalents, including money market instruments, prime commercial paper, repurchase agreements, Treasury bills and other short-term obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities. In these and in other cases, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. The Adviser may invest the Fund’s cash balances in any investments it deems appropriate. The Adviser expects that such investments will be made, without limitation and as permitted under the 1940 Act, in money market funds, repurchase agreements, U.S. Treasury and U.S. agency securities, municipal bonds and bank accounts. Any income earned from such investments is ordinarily reinvested by the Fund in accordance with its investment program. Many of the considerations entering into recommendations and decisions of the Adviser and the Fund’s portfolio managers are subjective. The Fund may engage in borrowings and the use of leverage in acquiring investments. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The frequency and amount of portfolio purchases and sales (known as the “portfolio turnover rate”) will vary from year to year. The portfolio turnover rate is not expected to exceed 100%, but may vary greatly from year to year and will not be a limiting factor when the Adviser deems portfolio changes appropriate. The Fund may engage in short-term trading strategies, and securities may be sold without regard to the length of time held when, in the opinion of the Adviser, investment considerations warrant such action. These policies may have the effect of increasing the annual rate of portfolio turnover of the Fund. Further, the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests may experience high rates of portfolio turnover. High rates of portfolio turnover in the Portfolio Funds may negatively impact their returns and, thus, negatively impact the returns of the Fund. Higher rates of portfolio turnover would likely result in higher brokerage commissions and may generate short-term capital gains taxable as ordinary income. If securities are not held for the applicable holding periods, dividends paid on them will not qualify for the advantageous federal tax rates. See “Tax Status” in the Fund’s SAI. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is no assurance what portion, if any, of the Fund’s investments will qualify for the reduced federal income tax rates applicable to qualified dividends under the Code. As a result, there can be no assurance as to what portion of the Fund’s distributions will be qualified dividend income. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Matters.” </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As part of its investment process, for certain of the Fund’s investments, the Adviser considers financially material environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors (alongside other relevant factors) in its investment decisions in connection with general risk management and assessing the financial attractiveness of the opportunity. ESG integration does not change the Fund’s investment objective, exclude specific types of companies or investments or constrain the Fund’s investable universe. The Adviser’s assessments related to ESG factors may not be conclusive and investments that may be negatively impacted by such factors may be purchased and retained by the Fund while the Fund may divest or not invest in investments that may be positively impacted by such factors. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything herein and for the avoidance of doubt, it is not contemplated that the Adviser will subordinate the Fund’s performance or increase the Fund’s investment risks as a result of (or in connection with) the consideration of any ESG factors nor will it promote ESG characteristics ahead of other investment considerations. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Co-Investments</div> </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund, the Adviser and certain affiliates received an exemptive order from the SEC on May 14, 2025 that permits the Fund, among other things, to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-invest</div> with other funds and accounts managed by the Adviser or its affiliates, subject to certain conditions. Certain types of negotiated <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investments</div> may be made only in accordance with the Order from the SEC permitting the Fund to do so. Pursuant to the requirements of the Order, the Board, including a “required majority” (as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) of the Independent Trustees, has approved <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment</div> policies and procedures describing how the Fund will comply with the Order. Further, the Adviser has adopted policies and procedures (the “Adviser Allocation Policy”) which are designed to reasonably ensure that investment opportunities are allocated fairly and equitably among affiliated funds over time and in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Pursuant to the Adviser Allocation Policy, the Fund will be given the opportunity to participate in any investments that fall within certain criteria established by the Adviser. The Fund may determine to participate or not to participate, depending on whether the Adviser determines that the investment is appropriate for the Fund (e.g., based on investment strategy). If the Adviser determines that the investment is not appropriate for the Fund, the investment will not be allocated to the Fund. </div> <div id="toca147232_8" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">RISK FACTORS </div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">An investment in the Fund’s shares is subject to risks. The value of the Fund’s investments will increase or decrease based on changes in the prices of the investments it holds. This will cause the value of the Fund’s shares to increase or decrease. You could lose money by investing in the Fund. By itself, the Fund does not constitute a balanced investment program. Before investing in the Fund, you should consider carefully the following risks. There may be additional risks that the Fund does not currently foresee or consider material. You may wish to consult with your legal or tax advisors before deciding whether to invest in the Fund. </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Risks Related to an Investment in the Fund </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Allocation Risk.</div></div></div></div> The ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective depends, in part, on the ability of the Adviser to allocate effectively the Fund’s assets among the various instruments in which the Fund invests and, with respect to each such asset class, among equities and fixed income securities. There can be no assurance that the actual allocations will be effective in achieving the Fund’s investment objective or delivering positive returns. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Issuer Risk.</div></div></div></div> The value of a specific security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole. The value of an issuer’s securities that are held in the Fund’s portfolio may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Liquidity Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund is a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment company structured as an “interval fund” and designed for long-term investors. Unlike many <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment companies, the Fund’s shares are not listed on any securities exchange and are not publicly traded. There currently is no secondary market for the shares and the Adviser does not expect that a secondary market will develop. Limited liquidity is provided to shareholders only through the Fund’s quarterly repurchase offers for no less than 5% of the Fund’s shares outstanding at net asset value. There is no guarantee that shareholders will be able to sell all of the shares they desire in a quarterly repurchase offer. The Fund’s investments are also subject to liquidity risk. Liquidity risk exists when particular investments of the Fund would be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the Fund to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to satisfy its obligations. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Management Risk.</div></div></div></div> The net asset value of the Fund changes daily based on the performance of the securities in which it invests. The Adviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of a particular real estate segment and securities in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and may not produce the desired results. The Fund’s portfolio managers and the other principals of the Adviser have limited experience in managing a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Repurchase Offers Risks.</div></div></div></div> The Fund is an interval fund and, in order to provide liquidity to shareholders, the Fund, subject to applicable law, will conduct repurchase offers of the Fund’s outstanding shares at NAV, with the size of the repurchase offer subject to approval of the Board. The Fund has in the past received, and may in the future receive, repurchase requests that exceed the limits of a quarterly repurchase offer, and the Fund has in the past repurchased less than the full amount of shares requested, resulting in the repurchase of shares on a pro rata basis. The Fund believes that these repurchase offers are generally beneficial to the Fund’s shareholders, and repurchases generally will be funded from available cash, cash from the sale of shares or sales of portfolio securities. However, repurchase offers and the need to fund repurchase obligations may affect the ability of the Fund to be fully invested or force the Fund to maintain a higher percentage of its assets in liquid investments, which may harm the Fund’s investment performance. Moreover, diminution in the size of the Fund through repurchases may result in untimely sales of portfolio securities (with associated imputed transaction costs, which may be significant), and may limit the ability of the Fund to participate in new investment opportunities or to achieve its investment objective. The Fund may accumulate cash by (i) holding back (i.e., not reinvesting)<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> payments received i</div>n connection with the Fund’s investments and (ii) holding back (i.e., not investing) cash from </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">the sale of shares. The Fund believes that it can meet the maximum potential amount of the Fund’s repurchase obligations. If at any time cash and other liquid assets held by the Fund are not sufficient to meet the Fund’s repurchase obligations, the Fund intends, if necessary, to sell investments. If, as expected, the Fund employs leverage, repurchases of shares would compound the adverse effects of leverage in a declining market. In addition, if the Fund borrows to finance repurchases, interest on that borrowing will negatively affect holders of shares who do not tender their shares by increasing the Fund’s expenses and reducing any net investment income. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a repurchase offer is oversubscribed, the Board may determine to increase the amount repurchased by up to 2% of the Fund’s outstanding shares as of the date the repurchase offer ends (the “Repurchase Request Deadline”). In the event that the Board determines not to repurchase more than the repurchase offer amount, or if shareholders tender more than the repurchase offer amount plus 2% of the Fund’s outstanding shares as of the date of the Repurchase Request Deadline, the Fund will repurchase the shares tendered on a pro rata basis, and shareholders will have to wait until the next repurchase offer to make another repurchase request. Moreover, certain feeder vehicles have been formed, and additional feeder vehicles may be formed in the future, to facilitate indirect investments in the Fund by certain investors. Requests by these investors to withdraw their interests in a feeder vehicle may result in tenders by the feeder vehicle in a repurchase offer by the Fund and could contribute to an over-subscription of a particular repurchase offer. As a result, shareholders may be unable to liquidate all or a given percentage of their investment in the Fund during a particular repurchase offer. Some shareholders, in anticipation of proration, may tender more shares than they wish to have repurchased in a particular quarter, thereby increasing the likelihood that proration will occur. A shareholder may be subject to market and other risks, and the NAV of shares tendered in a repurchase offer may decline between the Repurchase Request Deadline and the date on which the NAV for tendered shares is determined. In addition, the repurchase of shares by the Fund will generally be a taxable event to common shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">General Market Conditions Risk. </div></div></div></div>Various sectors of the global financial markets have been experiencing an extended period of adverse conditions. Market uncertainty has increased dramatically, particularly in the United States and Europe, and adverse market conditions have expanded to other markets. These conditions have resulted in disruption of the global credit markets, periods of reduced liquidity, greater volatility, general volatility of credit spreads, an acute contraction in the availability of credit and a lack of price transparency. These volatile and often difficult global credit market conditions have episodically adversely affected the market values of equity, fixed-income and other securities and this volatility may continue and conditions could even deteriorate further. Some of the largest banks and companies across many sectors of the economy in the United States and Europe have declared bankruptcy, entered into insolvency, administration or similar proceedings, been nationalized by government authorities, and/or agreed to merge with or be acquired by other banks or companies that had been considered their peers. The long-term impact of these events is uncertain, but could continue to have a material effect on general economic conditions, consumer and business confidence and market liquidity. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may invest in securities of publicly traded companies. Securities markets in certain countries in which the Fund may invest are fragmented, smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the securities markets of the United States and certain other developed countries. Securities markets in the countries in which the Fund may invest have, in the past, experienced substantial price volatility that could have an adverse impact on the value of the Fund’s investments that consist of securities. Periods of economic and political uncertainty may result in further volatility in the value of such investments. As a result, there may be greater volatility than the volatility that could be expected by investors in comparable securities traded in U.S. securities markets. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s investments will not be sold at prices below their acquisition costs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may be affected by force majeure events (e.g., acts of God, fire, flood, earthquakes, outbreaks of an infectious disease, pandemic or any other serious public health concern, war, terrorism, nationalization of industry and labor strikes). Force majeure events could adversely affect the ability of the Fund or a counterparty to perform its obligations. The liability and cost arising out of a failure to perform obligations as a result of a force majeure event could be considerable and could be borne by the Fund. Certain force majeure events, such as war or an outbreak of an infectious disease and the current or any resulting financial, economic and capital </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">markets environment, and future developments in these and other areas present uncertainty and risk with respect to the Fund’s NAV, performance, financial condition, results of operations, ability to pay distributions, make share repurchases and portfolio liquidity. Additionally, a major governmental intervention into industry, including the nationalization of an industry or the assertion of control, could result in a loss to the Fund if an investment is affected, and any compensation provided by the relevant government may not be adequate. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The U.S. and global capital markets experienced extreme volatility and disruption in recent years, leading to periods of recessionary conditions and depressed levels of consumer and commercial spending. For instance, monetary policies of the Federal Reserve and political uncertainty resulting from recent events, including changes to U.S. trade policies and ongoing armed conflicts between Russia and Ukraine in Europe and among Israel, Iran, Hamas and other militant groups in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, including the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran, political unrest in South America and recent U.S. military action overseas, have led, are currently leading, and for an unknown period of time may continue to lead to disruption and instability in the global markets. In addition, social unrest, changes regarding immigration and work permit policies and other political and security concerns may not abate, which may cause the debt and equity capital markets, and as a result, the Fund’s business to be adversely affected both within and outside of regions experiencing ongoing conflicts. Disruptions in the capital markets increased the spread between the yields realized on risk-free and higher risk securities, resulting in illiquidity in parts of the capital markets. It cannot be assured that these conditions will not worsen. If conditions worsen, a prolonged period of market illiquidity could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s business, financial condition and results of operations. Unfavorable economic conditions also could increase the Fund’s funding costs, limit the Fund’s access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to the Fund. These events could limit the Fund’s investment originations, limit the Fund’s ability to grow and negatively impact the Fund’s operating results. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Furthermore, a counterparty’s ability to meet or willingness to honor its financial obligations, including its ability to extend credit or otherwise to transact with the Fund or a portfolio company or issuer to which the Fund makes a loan or in which the Fund invests directly may be negatively impacted. Current conditions may affect how counterparties interpret their obligations (and the Fund’s obligations) pursuant to counterparty arrangements such that the applicability, or lack thereof, of force majeure or similar provisions could also come into question and ultimately could work to the detriment of the Fund. These circumstances also may hinder the Adviser’s, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s,</div> the Fund’s and/or a portfolio companies’ ability to conduct their affairs and activities as they normally would, including by impairing usual communication channels and methods, hampering the performance of administrative functions such as processing payments and invoices, and diminishing their ability to make accurate and timely projections of financial performance. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While the Adviser and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> expect that the current environment will yield attractive investment opportunities for the Fund, the investments made by the Fund are expected to be sensitive to the performance of the overall economy. General fluctuations in the market prices of securities and interest rates may affect the value of portfolio investments or increase the risks associated with an investment in the Fund. There can be no assurances that conditions in the global financial markets will not change to the detriment of the Fund’s investments and investment strategy. The continuing negative impact on economic fundamentals and consumer and business confidence would likely further increase market volatility and reduce liquidity, both of which could adversely affect the access to capital, ability to utilize leverage or overall performance of the Fund or one or more of its portfolio companies and these or similar events may affect the ability of the Fund to execute its investment strategy. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Failure of Financial Institutions and Sustained Financial Market Illiquidity.</div></div></div></div> The failure of certain financial institutions, namely banks, may increase the possibility of a sustained deterioration of financial market liquidity, or illiquidity at clearing, cash management and/or custodial financial institutions. The failure of a bank (or banks) with which the Fund and/or the Fund’s underlying investments have a commercial relationship could adversely affect, among other things, the Fund and/or the Fund’s underlying investments’ ability to pursue key strategic <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">initiatives</div>, including by affecting the Fund’s ability to borrow from financial institutions on favorable terms. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Market Disruptions Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may incur major losses in the event of market disruptions and other extraordinary events in which historical pricing relationships become materially distorted. The risk of loss from pricing distortions is compounded by the fact that in disrupted markets many positions become illiquid, making it difficult or impossible to close out positions against which the m<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">arkets ar</div>e moving. Market disruptions caused by unexpected political, military and terrorist events may from time to time cause dramatic losses for the Fund and such events can result in otherwise historically <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">low-risk</div> strategies performing with unprecedented volatility and risk. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Trade Negotiations and Related Government Actions. </div></div></div></div>In recent years, the U.S. government has indicated its intent to alter its approach to international trade policy and in some cases to renegotiate, or potentially terminate, certain existing bilateral or multi-lateral trade agreements and treaties with foreign countries, and has made proposals and taken actions related thereto. For example, the U.S. government has imposed, and may in the future further increase, tariffs on certain foreign goods, including from China, such as steel and aluminum. Some foreign governments, including China, have instituted retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S. goods. Most recently, the current U.S. presidential administration has imposed or sought to impose significant increases to tariffs on goods imported into the U.S., including from China, Canada and Mexico. Tariffs on imported goods could further increase costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of products and services offered by current and future portfolio companies and adversely affect the revenues and profitability of portfolio companies whose businesses rely on goods imported from such impacted jurisdictions. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is uncertainty as to further actions that may be taken under the current U.S. presidential administration with respect to U.S. trade policy. Further governmental actions related to the imposition of tariffs or other trade barriers, or changes to international trade agreements or policies, could further increase costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of products and services offered by current and future portfolio companies and adversely affect the revenues and profitability of companies whose businesses rely on goods imported from outside of the United States. These developments, or the perception that any of them could occur, may have a material adverse effect on global economic conditions and the stability of global financial markets, and may significantly reduce global trade and, in particular, trade between the impacted nations and the U.S. Any of these factors could depress economic activity and restrict the Fund’s portfolio companies’ access to suppliers or customers and have a material adverse effect on their business, financial condition and results of operations, which in turn would negatively impact the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Highly Volatile Markets. </div></div></div></div>The prices of financial instruments in which the Fund may invest can be highly volatile. The prices of instruments in which the Fund may invest are influenced by numerous factors, including interest rates, currency rates, default rates, governmental policies and political and economic events (both domestic and global). Moreover, political or economic crises, or other events may occur that can be highly disruptive to the markets in which the Fund may invest. In addition, governments from time to time intervene (directly and by regulation), which intervention may adversely affect the performance of the Fund and its investment activities. The Fund is also subject to the risk of a temporary or permanent failure of the exchanges and other markets on which its investments may trade. Sustained market turmoil and periods of heightened market volatility make it more difficult to produce positive trading results, and there can be no assurance that the Fund’s strategies will be successful in such markets. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">U.S. Debt Ceiling and Budget Deficit Risks. </div></div></div></div>U.S. debt ceiling and budget deficit concerns have increased the possibility of additional credit-rating downgrades and economic slowdowns, or a recession in the United States. Although U.S. lawmakers have historically passed legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling on multiple occasions, ratings agencies have lowered or threatened to lower the long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States. In August 2023, Fitch Ratings Inc., downgraded the U.S. credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing fiscal deterioration over the next three years and close encounters with default due to ongoing political dysfunction. The impact of a U.S. default on its obligations or any further downgrades to the U.S. government’s sovereign credit rating or its perceived creditworthiness could adversely affect the U.S. and global financial markets and economic conditions. In addition, disagreement over the federal budget has caused the U.S. federal </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">government to shut down for periods of time. Continued adverse political and economic conditions could have a material <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">adverse </div>effect on the Fund’s business, financial condition and results of operations. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Concentration of Credit Risk</div></div></div></div>. The Fund places its cash with one banking institution, which is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The FDIC limit is $250,000. At various times throughout the year, the amount on deposit may exceed the FDIC limit and subject the Fund to a credit risk. The Fund does not believe that such deposits are subject to any unusual risk associated with investment activities. The Fund may invest cash balances in an <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">open-end</div> Money Market Mutual Fund (“Money Market Fund”). The Money Market Fund is valued at its closing NAV. The Money Market Fund is not subject to FDIC insurance. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Correlation Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund seeks to produce returns that are less correlated to the broader financial markets over time. Although the prices of equity securities and fixed income securities, as well as other asset classes, often rise and fall at different times so that a fall in the price of one may be offset by a rise in the price of the other, in down markets the prices of these securities and asset classes can also fall in tandem. Because the Fund allocates its investments among different asset classes, the Fund is subject to correlation risk. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Repurchase Policy Risks.</div></div></div></div> Quarterly repurchases by the Fund of its shares typically will be funded from available cash or sales of portfolio securities. However, payment for repurchased shares may require the Fund to liquidate portfolio holdings earlier than the Adviser otherwise would liquidate such holdings, potentially resulting in losses, and may increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover. The Adviser may take measures to attempt to avoid or minimize such potential losses and turnover, and instead of liquidating portfolio holdings, may borrow money to finance repurchases of shares. If the Fund borrows to finance repurchases, interest on any such borrowing will negatively affect shareholders who do not tender their shares in a repurchase offer by increasing the Fund’s expenses and reducing any net investment income. To the extent the Fund finances repurchase proceeds by selling investments, the Fund may hold a larger proportion of its net assets in less liquid securities. Also, the sale of securities to fund repurchases could reduce the market price of those securities, which in turn would reduce the Fund’s net asset value. We have in the past received, and may in the future receive, repurchase requests that exceed the limits under our repurchase policy, and we have in the past repurchased less than the full amount of shares requested, resulting in the repurchase of shares on a pro rata basis. </div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Repurchase of shares will tend to reduce the amount of outstanding shares and, depending upon the Fund’s investment performance, its net assets. A reduction in the Fund’s net assets may increase the Fund’s expense ratio, to the extent that additional shares are not sold. In addition, the repurchase of shares by the Fund will generally be a taxable event to shareholders. </div></div></div> <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"></div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Distribution Policy Risk. </div></div></div>The Fund makes periodic distributions to its shareholders. All or a portion of a distribution may consist solely of a return of capital (i.e. from your original investment) and not a distribution of income or capital gain. Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is income or capital gain. Shareholders should note that return of capital will reduce the tax basis of their shares and potentially increase the taxable gain, if any, upon disposition of their shares. The Board reserves the right to change the distribution policy from time to time. Effective October 1, 2026, the Fund’s distribution policy has been amended to change the frequency of distributions to <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">s</div>hareholders from quarterly to semi-annual. </div> <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"></div></div></div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Shareholders May Experience Dilution.</div></div></div></div> All distributions declared in cash payable to shareholders that are participants in the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan will generally be automatically reinvested in Fund shares. As a result, shareholders that do not participate in the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan may experience dilution over time. </div></div> <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"></div></div></div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Anti-Takeover Provisions.</div></div></div></div> The Fund’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration of Trust”) includes provisions that could limit the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund or convert the Fund to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">open-end</div> status. See “Anti-Takeover Provisions in the Declaration of Trust.” </div></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Limitation on Liability of Trustees and Officers; Indemnification and Advance of Expenses.</div></div></div></div> Delaware law permits a Delaware statutory trust to include in its declaration of trust a provision to indemnify and hold harmless any trustee or beneficial owner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust provides that the Fund’s Trustees will not be liable to the Fund or the Fund’s shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a trustee to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust provides for the indemnification of any person to the full extent permitted, and in the manner provided, by Delaware law. In accordance with the 1940 Act, the Fund will not indemnify certain persons for any liability to which such persons would be subject by reason of such person’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Operational, Artificial Intelligence, and Cybersecurity Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund, its service providers and other market participants increasingly depend on complex information technology and communications systems to conduct business functions. These systems are subject to various threats or risks that could adversely affect the Fund and its shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For instance, unauthorized third parties may attempt to improperly access, modify, disrupt the operations of or prevent access to these systems or data within them, whether systems of the Fund, the Fund’s service providers, counterparties, or other market participants. Power or communication outages, acts of God, information technology equipment malfunctions, operational errors (both human and systematic) and inaccuracies within software or data processing systems may also disrupt business operations or impact critical data. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet and the dependence on computer systems to perform necessary business functions, investment companies such as the Fund and its service providers may be prone to operational and information security risks resulting from cyber-attacks. In general, cyber-attacks result from deliberate attacks but unintentional events may have effects similar to those caused by cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks include, among other behaviors, stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally, denial of service attacks on websites, the unauthorized release of confidential information and causing operational disruption. Successful cyber-attacks against, or security breakdowns of, the Fund or its advisers, custodians, fund accountant, fund administrator, transfer agent, pricing vendors and/or other third party service providers may adversely impact the Fund and its shareholders. For instance, cyber-attacks may interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, cause the release of private shareholder information or confidential Fund information, impede trading, cause reputational damage, and subject the Fund to regulatory fines, penalties or financial losses, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. The Fund also may incur substantial costs for cybersecurity risk management in order to guard against any cyber incidents in the future. While the Fund or its service providers may have established business continuity plans and systems designed to guard against such cyber-attacks or adverse effects of such attacks, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems, including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified, in large part because different, unknown threats may emerge in the future. Similar types of cybersecurity risks are also present for issuers of securities in which the Fund invests, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the Fund’s investment in such securities to lose value. In addition, cyber-attacks involving a counterparty to the Fund could affect such a counterparty’s ability to meet its obligations to the Fund, which may result in losses to the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund cannot directly control any cyber-security plans or systems put in place by its service providers, Fund counterparties, issuers in which the Fund invests or securities markets and exchanges. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Adviser and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> may also utilize AI in their business operations, and the challenges with properly managing its use could result in reputational harm, competitive harm, legal liability, and/or an adverse effect on the Adviser’s and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> business operations. AI models may rely on techniques such as natural language processing and machine learning, which are less transparent or interpretable and may produce unexpected results, which could adversely impact the Fund. If the content, analyses, or recommendations that AI applications assist the Adviser or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> in producing are or are alleged to be deficient, inaccurate, or biased, the Fund may be </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">adversely affected. Additionally, AI tools used by the Adviser or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> may produce inaccurate, misleading or incomplete responses that could lead to errors in the Adviser’s or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> and their employees’ decision-making, portfolio management or other business activities, which could have a negative impact on the performance of the Fund. Such AI tools could also be used against the Adviser, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser,</div> or the Fund and its investments in criminal or negligent ways. The Adviser’s and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> competitors or other third parties could incorporate AI into their products more quickly or more successfully, which could impair the Adviser’s or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> ability to compete effectively. AI has the potential to result in significant and disruptive changes in companies, sectors or industries, including those in which the Fund invests, and any such changes could create new and unpredictable operational, legal and/or regulatory risks. Additionally, AI technologies may be exploited by malicious actors for cyberattacks, market manipulation, and fraud, further exacerbating risks. In the current period of technological and commercial innovation, startups and other companies have found success disrupting traditional approaches to industry or market practices, and the frequency of such disruptions is expected to increase. Such disruptions could negatively impact the Fund and its investments, alter market practices on which the Fund’s investment strategy depends to create investment returns, significantly disrupt the market in which the Fund operates and/or subject the Fund to increased <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">competition</div>. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Risks Related to the Fund’s Investments </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Real Estate Industry Concentration and Real Estate Market Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund will not invest in real estate directly, but, because the Fund will concentrate its investments in real estate securities, its portfolio will be significantly impacted by the performance of the real estate market and may experience more volatility and be exposed to greater risk than a more diversified portfolio. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund is subject to risks generally attributable to the ownership of real property, including: </div> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in global, national, regional or local economic, demographic or capital market conditions; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">future adverse national real estate trends, including increasing vacancy rates, declining rental rates and general deterioration of market conditions; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in supply of or demand for similar properties in a given market or metropolitan area, which could result in rising vacancy rates or decreasing market rental rates; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">vacancies, fluctuations in the average occupancy and room rates for hotel properties or inability to lease space on favorable terms; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">increased competition for properties targeted by the Fund’s investment strategy; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">bankruptcies, financial difficulties or lease defaults by tenants; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">increases in interest rates and lack of availability of financing; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">events or conditions beyond the Fund’s control, including natural disasters, extreme weather conditions, climate-change related risks, acts of terrorism, war and outbreaks of contagious disease; and </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in government rules, regulations and fiscal policies, including increases in property taxes, changes in zoning laws, limitations on rental rates, and increasing costs to comply with environmental laws. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All of these factors are beyond the Fund’s control. Any negative changes in these factors could affect the Fund’s performance and the Fund’s ability to meet the Fund’s obligations and make distributions to shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There are also special risks associated with particular sectors, or real estate operations generally, as described below: </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Retail Properties.</div></div></div></div> Retail properties are affected by shifts in consumer demand due to demographic changes, changes in spending patterns and lease terminations. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Office Properties.</div></div></div></div> Office <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">properties</div> are affected by factors such as a downturn in the businesses operated by their tenants. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Hospitality Properties.</div></div></div></div> Hotel properties and other properties in the hospitality real estate sector, such as motels and extended-stay properties, are affected by declines in business and leisure travel. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Healthcare and Life Sciences Properties.</div></div></div></div> Healthcare and life sciences properties are affected by federal, state and local laws governing licenses, certification, adequacy of care, pharmaceutical distribution, rates, equipment, personnel and other factors regarding operations, and the continued availability of revenue from government reimbursement programs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Student Housing Properties. </div></div></div></div>Student housing properties are affected by seasonal leasing and cash flow risks, and are subject to unique demand drivers. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Industrial Properties.</div></div></div></div> Industrial properties are affected by downturns in the manufacturing, processing and shipping of goods. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Multifamily Properties. </div></div></div></div>Multifamily properties are affected by adverse economic conditions in the locale, oversupply and rent control laws. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Residential Properties.</div></div></div></div> Residential properties can be significantly affected by the national, regional and local real estate markets. This segment of the real estate industry also is sensitive to interest rate fluctuations which can cause changes in the availability of mortgage capital and directly affect the purchasing power of potential homebuyers. Thus, residential properties can be significantly affected by changes in government spending, consumer confidence, demographic patterns and the level of new and existing home sales. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Shopping Centers. </div></div></div></div>Shopping center properties are affected by changes in the local markets where their properties are located and dependent upon the successful operations and financial condition of their major tenants. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Self-Storage Properties.</div></div></div></div> Self-storage properties are affected by changes to competing local properties, consumer and small business demand for storage space, and the abilities of the management team. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other factors may contribute to the risk of real estate investments: </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Development Issues. </div></div></div></div>Real estate development companies are affected by construction delays and insufficient tenant demand to occupy newly developed properties. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Lack of Insurance. </div></div></div></div>Certain of the companies in the Fund’s portfolio may fail to carry comprehensive liability, fire, flood, wind or earthquake extended coverage and rental loss insurance, or the insurance in place may be subject to various policy specifications, limits and deductibles. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Dependence on Tenants.</div></div></div></div> The ability of real estate companies to make distributions to shareholders depends upon the ability of the tenants at their properties to generate enough income in excess of tenant operating expenses to make their lease payments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Financial Leverage. </div></div></div></div>Real estate companies may be highly leveraged and financial covenants may affect the ability of real estate companies to operate effectively. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Environmental Issues. </div></div></div></div>Owners of properties that may contain hazardous or toxic substances may be responsible for removal or remediation costs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Financing Issues. </div></div></div></div>Financial institutions in which the Fund may invest are subject to extensive government regulation. This regulation may limit both the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments a financial institution can make, and the interest rates and fees it can charge. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Private Equity and Private Market Investments Risk. </div></div></div></div>Investments made in connection with acquisition transactions are subject to a variety <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">of </div>special risks, including the risk that the acquiring company has paid over market value for the acquired business, the risk of unforeseen liabilities, the risks associated with new or unproven management or new business strategies and the risk that the acquired business will not be successfully integrated with existing businesses or produce the expected synergies. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Companies in which the Fund may invest, either directly or through Portfolio Funds, may face significant fluctuations in operating results, may need to engage in acquisitions or divestitures of assets in order to compete successfully or survive financially, may be operating at a loss, may be engaged in a rapidly changing business with products subject to a substantial risk of obsolescence, may require substantial additional capital (which may be difficult to raise) to support their operations, to finance expansion or to maintain their competitive position, or otherwise may have a weak financial condition. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Companies in which the Fund may invest, either directly or through Portfolio Funds, may be highly leveraged and, as a consequence, subject to restrictive financial and operating covenants. The leverage may impair the ability of these companies to finance their future operations and capital needs. As a result, these companies may lack the flexibility to respond to changing business and economic conditions, or to take advantage of business opportunities. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Companies in which the Fund may invest, either directly or through Portfolio Funds, may face intense competition, including competition from companies with far greater financial resources, more extensive development, manufacturing, marketing and other capabilities, and a larger number of qualified managerial and technical personnel. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Direct Investments Risk. </div></div></div></div>Direct investing alongside one or more other parties in an investment (i.e., as a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor)</div> involves risks that may not be present in investments made by lead or sponsoring private equity investors. As a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor,</div> the Fund may have interests or objectives that are inconsistent with those of the lead private equity investors that generally have a greater degree of control over such investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, in order to take advantage of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment</div> opportunities as a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor,</div> the Fund generally will be required to hold a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-controlling</div> interest, for example, by becoming a limited partner in a partnership that is controlled by the general partner or manager of the private equity fund offering the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment,</div> on a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor</div> basis, to the Fund. In this event, the Fund would have less control over the investment and may be adversely affected by actions taken by such general partner or manager with respect to the portfolio company and the Fund’s investment in it. The Fund may not have the opportunity to participate in structuring investments or to determine the terms under which such investments will be made. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may in certain circumstances be liable for the actions of its third-party <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-venturers.</div> <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Co-investments</div> made with third parties in joint ventures or other entities also may involve carried interests and/or other fees payable to such third party partners or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-venturers.</div> There can be no assurance that appropriate minority shareholder rights will be available to the Fund or that such rights will provide sufficient protection to the Fund’s interests. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Loans Risk.</div></div></div></div> Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest in loans. The loans that the Fund may invest in include loans that are first lien, second lien, third lien or that are unsecured. In addition, the loans the Fund will invest in will usually be rated below investment grade or may be unrated. Loans are subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this prospectus, including credit risk, liquidity risk, below investment grade instruments risk and management risk. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although certain loans in which the Fund may invest will be secured by collateral, there can be no assurance that such collateral could be readily liquidated or that the liquidation of such collateral would satisfy the borrower’s obligation in the event <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">of non-payment of</div> scheduled interest or principal. In the event of the bankruptcy or </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">insolvency of a borrower, the Fund could experience delays or limitations with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of the collateral securing a loan. In the event of a decline in the value of the already pledged collateral, if the terms of a loan do not require the borrower to pledge additional collateral, the Fund will be exposed to the risk that the value of the collateral will not at all times equal or exceed the amount of the borrower’s obligations under the loans. To the extent that a loan is collateralized by stock in the borrower or its subsidiaries, such stock may lose some or all of its value in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the borrower. Those loans that are under-collateralized involve a greater risk of loss. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In general, the secondary trading market for loans is not fully-developed. No active trading market may exist for certain loans, which may make it difficult to value them. Illiquidity and adverse market conditions may mean that the Fund may not be able to sell certain loans quickly or at a fair price. To the extent that a secondary market does exist for certain loans, the market for them may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Some loans are subject to the risk that a court, pursuant to fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws, could subordinate the loans to presently existing or future indebtedness of the borrower or take other action detrimental to lenders, including the Fund. Such court action could under certain circumstances include invalidation of loans. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If legislation or state or federal regulations impose additional requirements or restrictions on the ability of financial institutions to make loans, the availability of loans for investment by the Fund may be adversely affected. In addition, such requirements or restrictions could reduce or eliminate sources of financing for certain borrowers. This would increase the risk of default. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If legislation or federal or state regulations require financial institutions to increase their capital requirements, this may cause financial institutions to dispose of loans that are considered highly levered transactions. Such sales could result in prices that, in the opinion of the Adviser, do not represent fair value. If the Fund attempts to sell a loan at a time when a financial institution is engaging in such a sale, the price the Fund could get for the loan may be adversely affected. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may acquire loans through assignments or participations. The Fund will typically acquire loans through assignment. The purchaser of an assignment typically succeeds to all the rights and obligations of the assigning institution and becomes a lender under the credit agreement with respect to the debt obligation; however, the purchaser’s rights can be more restricted than those of the assigning institution, and the Fund may not be able to unilaterally enforce all rights and remedies under the loan and with regard to any associated collateral. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A participation typically results in a contractual relationship only with the institution selling the participation interest, not with the borrower. Sellers of participations typically include banks, broker- dealers, other financial institutions and lending institutions. Certain participation agreements also include the option to convert the participation to a full assignment under agreed upon circumstances. <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Sub-Adviser has</div> adopted best execution procedures and guidelines to mitigate credit and counterparty risk in the atypical situation when the Fund must acquire a loan through a participation. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement against the borrower, and the Fund may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has purchased the participation. As a result, the Fund will be exposed to the credit risk of both the borrower and the institution selling the participation. Further, in purchasing participations in lending syndicates, the Fund will not be able to conduct the due diligence on the borrower or the quality of the loan with respect to which it is buying a participation that the Fund would otherwise conduct if it were investing directly in the loan, which may result in the Fund being exposed to greater credit or fraud risk with respect to the borrower or the loan than the Fund expected when initially purchasing the participation. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund also may originate loans or acquire loans by participating in the initial issuance of the loan as part of a syndicate of banks and financial institutions, or receive its interest in a loan directly from the borrower. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Senior Loans Risk.</div></div></div></div> Senior secured loans are usually rated below investment grade or may be unrated. As a result, the risks associated with senior secured loans are similar to the risks of below investment grade fixed income instruments, although senior secured loans are senior and secured in contrast to other below investment grade fixed income instruments, which are often subordinated or unsecured. Investment in senior secured loans rated below investment grade is considered speculative because of the credit risk of their issuers. There may be less readily available and reliable information about most senior secured loans than is the case for many other types of securities. As a result, the Adviser will rely primarily on its own evaluation of a borrower’s credit quality rather than on any available independent sources. Therefore, the Fund will be particularly dependent on the analytical abilities of the Adviser. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In general, the secondary trading market for senior secured loans is not well developed. No active trading market may exist for certain senior secured loans, which may make it difficult to value them. Illiquidity and adverse market conditions may mean that the Fund may not be able to sell senior secured loans quickly or at a fair price. To the extent that a secondary market does exist for certain senior secured loans, the market for them may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Subordinated Loans or Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Certain of the Fund’s investments may consist of loans or securities, or interests in pools of securities that are subordinated or may be subordinated in right of payment and ranked junior to other securities issued by, or loans made to obligors. If an obligor experiences financial difficulty, holders of its more senior securities will be entitled to payments in priority to the Fund. Some of the Fund’s asset-backed investments may also have structural features that divert payments of interest and/or principal to more senior classes of loans or securities backed by the same assets when loss rates or delinquency exceeds certain levels. This may interrupt the income the Fund receives from its investments, which may lead to the Fund having less income to distribute to investors. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, many of the obligors are highly leveraged and many of the Fund’s investments will be in securities which are unrated or rated below investment grade. Such investments are subject to additional risks, including an increased risk of default during periods of economic downturn, <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">the </div>possibility that the obligor may not be able to meet its debt payments, and limited secondary market support, among other risks. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Loans to Private Companies Risk.</div></div></div></div> Loans to private and middle-market companies involves risks that may not exist in the case of large, more established and/or publicly traded companies, including, without limitation: </div> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies may have limited financial resources and limited access to additional financing, which may increase the risk of their defaulting on their obligations, leaving creditors, such as the Fund, dependent on any guarantees or collateral that they may have obtained; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies frequently have shorter operating histories, narrower product lines and smaller market shares than larger businesses, which render such companies more vulnerable to competition and market conditions, as well as general economic downturns; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">there will not be as much information publicly available about these companies as would be available for public companies and such information may not be of the same quality; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies are more likely to depend on the management talents and efforts of a small group of persons; as a result, the death, disability, resignation or termination of one or more of these persons could have a material adverse impact on these companies’ ability to meet their obligations; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies generally have less predictable operating results, may from time to time be parties to litigation, may be engaged in rapidly changing businesses with products subject to a substantial risk of obsolescence, and may require substantial additional capital to support their operations, finance their expansion or maintain their competitive position; and </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies may have difficulty accessing the capital markets to meet future capital needs, which may limit their ability to grow or to repay their outstanding indebtedness upon maturity. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Portfolio Funds Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund’s investments in Portfolio Funds are subject to a number of risks. The marketability of Portfolio Fund interests may be restricted, and the realization of investments from them may take considerable time and/or be costly. Some of the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests may have only limited operating histories. Although the Adviser will seek to receive detailed information from each Portfolio Fund regarding its business strategy and any performance history, in most cases the Adviser will have little or no means of independently verifying this information. In addition, Portfolio Funds may have little or no near-term cash flow available to distribute to investors, including the Fund. Due to the pattern of cash flows in Portfolio Funds, investors typically will see negative returns in the early stages of Portfolio Funds. Then, as investments are able to realize liquidity events, such as a sale or initial public offering, positive returns will be realized if the Portfolio Fund’s investments are successful. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Portfolio Fund interests are ordinarily valued based upon valuations provided by the Portfolio Fund managers, which may be received on a delayed basis. Certain securities in which the Portfolio Funds invest may not have a readily ascertainable market price and are fair valued by the Portfolio Fund managers. A Portfolio Fund manager may face a conflict of interest in valuing such securities because their values may have an impact on the Portfolio Fund manager’s compensation. The Adviser will review and perform due diligence on the valuation procedures used by each Portfolio Fund manager and monitor the returns provided by the Portfolio Funds. However, neither the Adviser nor the Board is able to confirm the accuracy of valuations provided by Portfolio Fund managers. Inaccurate valuations provided by Portfolio Funds could materially adversely affect the value of shares. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund will pay asset-based fees, and, in most cases, will be subject to performance-based fees in respect of its interests in Portfolio Funds. Such fees and performance-based compensation are in addition to the monthly management fee. In addition, performance-based fees charged by Portfolio Fund managers may create incentives for the Portfolio Fund managers to make risky investments, and may be payable by the Fund to a Portfolio Fund manager based on a Portfolio Fund’s positive returns even if the Fund’s overall returns are negative. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, a shareholder in the Fund will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the Portfolio Funds, in addition to its proportionate share of the expenses of the Fund. Thus, a shareholder in the Fund may be subject to higher operating expenses than if the shareholder invested in the Portfolio Funds directly. In addition, because of the deduction of the fees payable by the Fund to the Adviser and other expenses payable directly by the Fund from amounts distributed to the Fund by the Portfolio Funds, the returns to a shareholder in the Fund will be lower than the returns to a direct investor in the Portfolio Funds. Fees and expenses of the Fund and the Portfolio Funds will generally be paid regardless of whether the Fund or Portfolio Funds produce positive investment returns. Shareholders could avoid the additional level of fees and expenses of the Fund by investing directly with the Portfolio Funds, although access to many Portfolio Funds may be limited or unavailable, and may not be permitted for investors who do not meet the substantial minimum net worth and other criteria for direct investment in Portfolio Funds. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is a risk that the Fund may be precluded from acquiring an interest in certain Portfolio Funds due to regulatory implications under the 1940 Act or other laws, rules and regulations or may be limited in the amount it can invest in voting securities of Portfolio Funds. The Adviser also may refrain from including a Portfolio Fund in the Fund’s portfolio in order to address adverse regulatory implications that would arise under the 1940 Act for the Fund if such an investment was made. In addition, the SEC has adopted Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> under the 1940 Act, which, among other things, may impact the ability of the Fund to enter into unfunded commitment agreements, such as a capital commitment to a Portfolio Fund or as part of a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment.</div> The Fund’s investments in Secondary Investments typically will include an unfunded portion where the Fund commits to invest equity in a Portfolio Fund in the future. Similarly, the Fund’s <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investments</div> may include an unfunded commitment to invest equity in special purpose vehicles or other issuers. These unfunded commitments generally can be drawn at the discretion of the general partner of the Portfolio Fund or other issuer subject to certain conditions (e.g., notice provisions). At times, the Fund expects that a significant portion of its assets will be invested in money market funds or other cash items, pending the calling of these unfunded commitments, as part of its risk management process to seek to ensure the Fund will have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet its </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div></div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">obligations with respect to its unfunded commitments to invest equity in Portfolio Funds and special purpose vehicles that acquire private market investments as they come due. In addition, the Fund’s ability to invest may be affected by considerations under other laws, rules or regulations. Such regulatory restrictions, including those arising under the 1940 Act, may cause the Fund to invest in different Portfolio Funds or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investments</div> than other clients of the Adviser. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the Fund fails to satisfy capital calls to a Portfolio Fund in a timely manner then, generally, it will be subject to significant penalties, including the complete forfeiture of the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio Fund. Any failure by the Fund to make timely capital contributions may impair the ability of the Fund to pursue its investment program, cause the Fund to be subject to certain penalties from the Portfolio Funds or otherwise impair the value of the Fund’s investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The governing documents of a Portfolio Fund generally are expected to include provisions that would enable the general partner, the manager, or a majority in interest (or higher percentage) of its limited partners or members, under certain circumstances, to terminate the Portfolio Fund prior to the end of its stated term. Early termination of a Portfolio Fund in which the Fund is invested may result in the Fund having distributed to it a portfolio of immature securities, or the Fund’s inability to invest all of its capital as anticipated, either of which could have a material adverse effect on the performance of the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although the Fund will be an investor in a Portfolio Fund, shareholders will not themselves be equity holders of that Portfolio Fund and will not be entitled to enforce any rights directly against the Portfolio Fund or the Portfolio Fund manager or assert claims directly against any Portfolio Funds, the Portfolio Fund managers or their respective affiliates. Shareholders will have no right to receive the information issued by the Portfolio Funds that may be available to the Fund as an investor in the Portfolio Funds. In addition, Portfolio Funds generally are not registered as investment companies under the 1940 Act; therefore, the Fund, as an investor in Portfolio Funds, will not have the benefit of the protections afforded by the 1940 Act. Portfolio Fund managers may not be registered as investment advisers under the Advisers Act, in which case the Fund, as an investor in Portfolio Funds managed by such Portfolio Fund managers, will not have the benefit of certain of the protections afforded by the Advisers Act. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Commitments to Portfolio Funds generally are not immediately invested. Instead, committed amounts are drawn down by Portfolio Funds and invested over time, as underlying investments are identified—a process that may take a period of several years, with limited ability to predict with precision the timing and amount of each Portfolio Fund’s drawdowns. During this period, investments made early in a Portfolio Fund’s life are often realized (generating distributions) even before the committed capital has been fully drawn. In addition, many Portfolio Funds do not draw down 100% of committed capital, and historic trends and practices can inform the Adviser as to when it can expect to no longer need to fund capital calls for a particular Portfolio Fund. Accordingly, the Adviser may make investments and commitments based, in part, on anticipated future capital calls and distributions from Portfolio Funds. This may result in the Fund making commitments to Portfolio Funds in an aggregate amount that exceeds the total amounts invested by shareholders in the Fund at the time of such commitment (i.e., to “over-commit”). To the extent that the Fund engages in an “over-commitment” strategy, the risk associated with the Fund defaulting on a commitment to a Portfolio Fund will increase. The Fund will maintain cash, cash equivalents, borrowings or other liquid assets in sufficient amounts, in the Adviser’s judgment, to satisfy capital calls from Portfolio Funds. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Lack of Control Over the Portfolio Funds and Other Portfolio Investments.</div></div></div></div> The Adviser will have no control over the investment decisions made by any Portfolio Fund. Although the Fund and the Adviser will regularly evaluate each Portfolio Fund and its manager to determine whether their respective investment programs are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, the Adviser will not have any control over the investments made by any Portfolio Fund. Even though the Portfolio Funds are subject to certain constraints, the managers may change aspects of their investment strategies. The managers may do so at any time (for example, such change may occur immediately after providing the Adviser with the quarterly unaudited financial information for a </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Private REIT). The Adviser may reallocate the Fund’s investments among the Portfolio Funds, but the Adviser’s ability to do so may be constrained by the withdrawal limitations imposed by the Portfolio Funds, which may prevent the Fund from reacting rapidly to market changes should a Portfolio Fund fail to effect portfolio changes consistent with such market changes and the demands of the Adviser. Such withdrawal limitations may also restrict the Adviser’s ability to terminate investments in Portfolio Funds that are poorly <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">performing</div> or have otherwise had adverse changes. The Adviser will be dependent on information provided by the Portfolio Fund, including quarterly unaudited financial statements, which if inaccurate, could adversely affect the Adviser’s ability to manage the Fund’s investment portfolio in accordance with its investment objective. By investing in the Fund, a shareholder will not be deemed to be an investor in any Portfolio Fund and will not have the ability to exercise any rights attributable to an investor in any such Portfolio Fund related to their investment. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">REIT Risk.</div></div></div></div> Investments (directly or indirectly) in REITs will subject the Fund to various risks. REIT share prices may decline because of adverse developments affecting the real estate industry and real property values. In general, real estate values can be affected by a variety of factors, including supply and demand for properties, the economic health of the country or of different regions, and the strength of specific industries that rent properties. REITs often invest in highly leveraged properties. Returns from REITs, which typically are small or medium capitalization stocks, may trail returns from the overall stock market. In addition, changes in interest rates may hurt real estate values or make REIT shares less attractive than other income-producing investments. REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers and self-liquidation. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Qualification as a REIT under the Code in any particular year is a complex analysis that depends on a number of factors. There can be no assurance that an entity in which the Fund invests with the expectation that it will be taxed as a REIT will, in fact, qualify as a REIT. An entity that fails to qualify as a REIT would be subject to a corporate level tax, would not be entitled to a deduction for dividends paid to its shareholders and would not pass through to its shareholders the character of income earned by the entity. If the Fund were to invest in an entity that failed to qualify as a REIT, such failure could significantly reduce the Fund’s yield on that investment. REITs can be classified as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. Equity REITs invest primarily in real property and earn rental income from leasing those properties. They may also realize gains or losses from the sale of properties. Equity REITs will be affected by conditions in the real estate rental market and by changes in the value of the properties they own. Mortgage REITs invest primarily in mortgages and similar real estate interests and receive interest payments from the owners of the mortgaged properties. Mortgage REITs will be affected by changes in creditworthiness of borrowers and changes in interest rates. Hybrid REITs invest both in real property and in mortgages. Equity and mortgage REITs are dependent upon management skills, may not be diversified and are subject to the risks of financing projects. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dividends paid by REITs will not generally qualify for the reduced U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to qualified dividends under the Code. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Matters.” The Fund’s investments in REITs may include an additional risk to shareholders. Some or all of a REIT’s annual distributions to its investors may constitute a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-taxable</div> return of capital. Any such return of capital will generally reduce the Fund’s basis in the REIT investment, but not below zero. To the extent the distributions from a particular REIT exceed the Fund’s basis in such REIT, the Fund will generally recognize gain. In part because REIT distributions often include a nontaxable return of capital, Fund distributions to shareholders may also include a nontaxable return of capital. Shareholders that receive such a distribution will also reduce their tax basis in their shares of the Fund, but not below zero. To the extent the distribution exceeds a shareholder’s basis in the Fund’s shares, such shareholder will generally recognize a capital gain. The Fund does not have any investment restrictions with respect to investments in REITs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">REOC Risk.</div></div></div></div> REOCs, like REITs, expose the Fund to the risks of the real estate market. These risks can include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; destruction of underlying properties; defaults by borrowers or tenants; market saturation; changes in general and local economic conditions; decreases in market rates for rents; increases in vacancies; competition; property taxes; capital expenditures, or operating expenses; and other economic, political or regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate industry. REOCs may also be affected by </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">risks similar to investments in debt securities, including changes in interest rates and the quality of credit extended. REOCs require specialized management and pay management expenses; may have less trading volume; may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets; and may invest in a limited number of properties, in a narrow geographic area, or in a single property type which increase the risk that the portfolio could be unfavorably affected by the poor performance of a single investment or investment type. In addition, defaults on or sales of investments that the REOC holds could reduce the cash flow needed to make distributions to <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">investors</div>. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Portfolio Funds’ Underlying Investments Risk.</div></div></div></div><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> </div></div>The investments made by the Portfolio Funds will entail a high degree of risk and in most cases be difficult to value. As a general matter, companies in which the Portfolio Fund invests may face intense competition, including competition from companies with far greater financial resources; more extensive research, development, technological, marketing and other capabilities; and a larger number of qualified managerial and technical personnel. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Portfolio Fund manager may focus on a particular industry or sector, which may subject the Portfolio Fund, and thus the Fund, to greater risk and volatility than if investments had been made in issuers in a broader range of industries. Likewise, a Portfolio Fund manager may focus on a particular country or geographic region, which may subject the Portfolio Fund, and thus the Fund, to greater risk and volatility than if investments had been made in issuers in a broader range of geographic regions. In addition, Portfolio Funds may establish positions in different geographic regions or industries that, depending on market conditions, could experience offsetting returns. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund will not obtain or seek to obtain any control over the management of any portfolio company in which any Portfolio Fund may invest. The success of each investment made by a Portfolio Fund will largely depend on the ability and success of the management of the portfolio companies in addition to economic and market factors. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Secondary Investments Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may have limited Secondary Investment opportunities. The Fund may make Secondary Investments in Portfolio Funds by acquiring the interests in the Portfolio Funds from existing investors in such Portfolio Funds. In such instances, it is generally not expected that the Fund will have the opportunity to negotiate the terms of the interests being acquired, other than the purchase price, or other special rights or privileges. Moreover, there is no assurance that the Fund will be able to purchase interests at discounts to NAV, or at all. The overall performance of the Fund will depend in large part on the acquisition price paid by the Fund for its Secondary Investments, the structure of such acquisitions and the overall success of the Portfolio Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is significant competition for Secondary Investments. No assurance can be given that the Fund will be able to identify Secondary Investments that satisfy the Fund’s investment objective or, if the Fund is successful in identifying such Secondary Investments, that the Fund will be permitted to invest, or invest in the amounts desired, in such Secondary Investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Asset-Backed Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Asset-backed securities represent interests in “pools” of Real Estate Debt Investments or other real estate securities, including leasehold and fee simple interests in such assets. Asset-backed securities often involve risks that are different from or possibly more acute than risks associated with other types of debt instruments. Some asset-backed securities are subject to interest rate risk and prepayment risk. A change in interest can affect the pace of <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">payments </div>on the underlying loans, which in turn affects total return on the securities. Asset-backed securities also carry credit or default risk. If many borrowers on the underlying loans default, losses could exceed the credit enhancement level and result in losses to investors in asset-backed securities. In addition, asset-backed securities have structural risk due to a unique characteristic known as early amortization, or early payout, risk. Built into the structure of most asset-backed securities are triggers for early payout, designed to protect investors from losses. These triggers are unique to each transaction and can include a big rise in defaults on the underlying loans, a sharp drop in the credit enhancement level or even the bankruptcy of the originator. Once early amortization begins, all incoming loan payments (after expenses are paid) are used to pay investors as quickly as possible based upon a predetermined priority of payment. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Commercial mortgage-backed securities include securities that reflect an interest in, and are secured by, mortgage loans on commercial real property (such as office properties, retail properties, hospitality properties, industrial properties, healthcare-related properties or other types of income producing real property). Many of the risks of investing in commercial mortgage-backed securities reflect the risks of investing in the real estate securing the underlying mortgage loans, which include the risks associated with the effects of local and other economic conditions on real estate markets, the ability of tenants to make loan payments, increases in interest rates, real estate tax rates and other operating expenses, changes in governmental rules, regulations and fiscal policies, the effects of and responses to infectious illness outbreaks, epidemics of pandemics, and the ability of a property to attract and retain tenants. Commercial mortgage-backed securities depend on cash flows generated by underlying commercial real estate loans, receivables, and other assets, and can be significantly affected by changes in market and economic conditions, the availability of information regarding the underlying assets and their structures, and the creditworthiness of the borrowers or tenants. Commercial mortgage-backed securities may be less liquid and exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage- or asset-backed securities. Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by private issuers may offer higher yields than commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by government issuers, but also may be subject to greater volatility than commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by government issuers. The commercial mortgage-backed securities market may experience substantially lower valuations and greatly reduced liquidity. Commercial mortgage-backed securities held by the Fund may be subordinated to one or more other classes of securities of the same series for purposes of, among other things, establishing payment priorities and offsetting losses and other shortfalls with respect to the related underlying mortgage loans. There can be no assurance that the subordination will be sufficient on any date to offset all losses or expenses incurred by the underlying trust. The value of CMBS and other mortgage-backed securities in which the Fund may invest generally will have an inverse relationship with interest rates. Accordingly, if interest rates rise, the value of such securities will decline. In addition, to <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">the </div>extent that the mortgage loans which underlie specific mortgage-backed securities are <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">pre-payable,</div> the value of such mortgage securities may be negatively affected by increasing prepayments, which generally occur when interest rates decline. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may invest certain of its assets in residential mortgage-backed securities and become a holder of RMBS. Holders of RMBS bear various risks, including credit, market, interest rate, structural and legal risks. RMBS represent interests in pools of residential mortgage loans secured by residential mortgage loans. Such loans may be prepaid at any time. Residential mortgage loans are obligations of the borrowers thereunder only and are not typically insured or guaranteed by any other person or entity, although such loans may be securitized and the securities issued in such securitization may be guaranteed or credit enhanced. The rate of defaults and losses on residential mortgage loans will be affected by a number of factors, including general economic conditions and those in the area where the related mortgaged property is located, the borrower’s equity in the mortgaged property and the financial circumstances of the borrower. If a residential mortgage loan is in default, foreclosure of such residential mortgage loan may be a lengthy and difficult process, and may involve significant expenses. Furthermore, the market for defaulted residential mortgage loans or foreclosed properties may be very limited. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Structured Products Risk.</div></div></div></div> Holders of structured products bear risks of the underlying investments, index or reference obligation and are subject to counterparty risk. The Fund may have the right to receive payments only from the structured product, and generally does not have direct rights against the issuer or the entity that sold the assets to be securitized. While certain structured products enable the investor to acquire interests in a pool of securities without the brokerage and other expenses associated with directly holding the same securities, investors in structured products generally pay their share of the structured product’s administrative and other expenses. Although it is difficult to predict whether the prices of indices and securities underlying structured products will rise or fall, these prices (and, therefore, the prices of structured products) will be influenced by the same types of political and economic events that affect issuers of securities and capital markets generally. If the issuer of a structured product uses shorter term financing to purchase longer term securities, the issuer may be forced to sell its securities at below market prices if it experiences difficulty in obtaining short-term financing, which may adversely affect the value of the structured products owned by the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investments in structured notes involve risks, including credit risk and market risk. Where the Fund’s investments in structured notes are based upon the movement of one or more factors, including currency exchange rates, interest rates, referenced bonds and stock indices, depending on the factor used and the use of multipliers or deflators, changes in interest rates and movement of the factor may cause significant price fluctuations. Additionally, changes in the reference instrument or security may cause the interest <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">rate </div>on the structured note to be reduced to zero, and any further changes in the reference instrument may then reduce the principal amount payable on maturity. Structured notes may be less liquid than other types of securities and more volatile than the reference instrument or security underlying the note. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">CLO Risk. </div></div></div></div>In addition to the general risks associated with real estate securities, debt securities and structured products discussed herein, CLOs carry additional risks, including, but not limited to (i) the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; (ii) the quality of the collateral may decline in value or default; (iii) the possibility that the investments in CLOs are subordinate to other classes or tranches thereof, (iv) the potential of spread compression in the underlying loans of the CLO, which could reduce credit enhancement in the CLOs and (v) the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of investment and may produce disputes with the issuer or unexpected investment results. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CLO junior debt securities that the Fund may acquire are subordinated to more senior tranches of CLO debt. CLO junior debt securities are subject to increased risks of default relative to the holders of superior priority interests in the same securities. In addition, at the time of issuance, CLO equity securities are under-collateralized in that the liabilities of a CLO at inception exceed its total assets. Though not exclusively, the Fund will typically be in a first loss or subordinated position with respect to realized losses on the assets of the CLOs in which it is invested. The Fund may recognize phantom taxable income from its investments in the subordinated tranches of CLOs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Between the closing date and the effective date of a CLO, the CLO collateral manager will generally expect to purchase additional collateral obligations for the CLO. During this period, the price and availability of these collateral obligations may be adversely affected by a number of market factors, including price volatility and availability of investments suitable for the CLO, which could hamper the ability of the collateral manager to acquire a portfolio of collateral obligations that will satisfy specified concentration limitations and allow the CLO to reach the initial par amount of collateral prior to the effective date. An inability or delay in reaching the target initial par amount of collateral may adversely affect the timing and amount of interest or principal payments received by the holders of the CLO debt securities and distributions of the CLO on equity securities and could result in early redemptions which may cause CLO debt and equity investors to receive less than face value of their investment. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The failure by a CLO in which the Fund invests to satisfy financial covenants, including with respect to adequate collateralization and/or interest coverage tests, could lead to a reduction in the CLO’s payments to the Fund. In the event that a CLO fails certain tests, holders of CLO senior debt may be entitled to additional payments that would, in turn, reduce the payments the Fund would otherwise be entitled to receive. Separately, the Fund may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms, which may include the waiver of certain financial covenants, with a defaulting CLO or any other investment the Fund may make. If any of these occur, it could adversely affect the Fund’s operating results and cash flows. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund’s CLO investments are exposed to leveraged credit risk. If certain minimum collateral value ratios and/or interest coverage ratios are not met by a CLO, primarily due to senior secured loan defaults, then cash flow that otherwise would have been available to pay distributions to the Fund on its CLO investments may instead be used to redeem any senior notes or to purchase additional senior secured loans, until the ratios again exceed the minimum required levels or any senior notes are repaid in full. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Subordinated Debt Risk</div></div></div></div>. The Fund may from time to time invest in debt instruments, including junior tranches of CMBS and “mezzanine” or junior mortgage loans (e.g., <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">B-Notes),</div> that are subordinated in an issuer’s capital structure. To the extent the Fund invests in subordinated debt of an issuer’s capital structure or subordinated CMBS bonds, such investments and the Fund’s remedies with respect thereto, including the ability to foreclose on any collateral securing such investments, will be subject to the rights of any senior creditors and, to the extent applicable, contractual inter-creditor and/or participation agreement provisions. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investments in subordinated debt involve greater credit risk of default than the senior classes of the issue or series. Subordinated tranches of CMBS or other investments absorb losses from default before other more senior tranches of CMBS to which it is subordinate are put at risk. As a result, to the extent the Fund invests in subordinate debt instruments (including CMBS), the Fund would potentially receive payments or interest distributions after, and must bear the effects of losses or defaults on the senior debt (including underlying mortgage loans, senior mezzanine debt or senior CMBS bonds) before, the holders of other more senior tranches of debt instruments with respect to such issuer. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Mezzanine Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Although not secured by the underlying real estate, mezzanine loans are also subject to risk of subordination and share certain characteristics of subordinate loan interests described above. As with commercial mortgage loans, repayment of a mezzanine loan is dependent on the successful operation of the underlying commercial properties and, therefore, is subject to similar considerations and risks. Mezzanine loans may also be affected by the successful operation of other properties, but mezzanine loans are not secured by interests in the underlying commercial properties. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Rehypothecated Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> In connection with the use of the BNP Credit Facility for leverage, the Fund permits the lender, subject to certain conditions, to rehypothecate (i.e., lend to other counterparties) portfolio securities pledged by the Fund up to the amount of the loan balance outstanding. The terms of the BNP Credit Facility provide that the Fund continue to receive dividends and interest on rehypothecated securities. The Fund has the right under the BNP Credit Facility to recall rehypothecated securities from BNP on demand. If BNP fails to deliver a recalled security in a timely manner, the BNP Credit Facility provides for compensation by BNP to the Fund for any fees or losses related to the failed delivery or, in the event a recalled security will not be returned by BNP, for the Fund, upon notice to BNP, to reduce the loan balance outstanding by the amount of the recalled security failed to be returned. The terms of the BNP Credit Facility pursuant to which portfolio securities pledged by the Fund are rehypothecated may provide for receipt by the Fund, either directly or indirectly through a reduction in the costs associated with the BNP Credit Facility, of a portion of the fees earned by BNP in connection with the rehypothecation of such portfolio securities. Rehypothecation by BNP of the Fund’s pledged portfolio securities entails risks, including the risk that BNP will be unable or unwilling to return rehypothecated securities, which could result in, among other things, the inability of the Fund to find suitable investments to replace the unreturned securities, thereby impairing the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Use of Leverage by the Fund. </div></div></div></div>Although the Fund has the option to borrow, including through the Credit Facilities, there are significant risks that may be assumed in connection with such borrowings. Investors in the Fund should consider the various risks of financial leverage, including, without limitation, the matters described below. There is no assurance that a leveraging strategy would be successful. Financial leverage involves risks and special considerations for shareholders including: (i) the likelihood of greater volatility of NAV of the shares than a comparable portfolio without leverage; (ii) the risk that fluctuations in interest rates on borrowings and short-term debt that the Fund must pay will reduce the return to the shareholders; (iii) the effect of financial leverage in a market experiencing rising interest rates, which would likely cause a greater decline in the NAV of the shares than if the Fund were not leveraged; and (iv) the potential for an increase in operating costs, which may reduce the Fund’s total return. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event that the Fund would be required to sell assets at a loss, including in order to redeem or pay off any borrowing, such a sale would reduce the Fund’s NAV and may make it difficult for the NAV to recover. The Fund nevertheless may continue to use financial leverage if the Adviser expects that the benefits to the </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">shareholders of maintaining the leveraged position likely would outweigh a resulting reduction in the current return. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain types of borrowings by the Fund would result in the Fund being subject to covenants in credit agreements relating to asset coverage and Fund composition requirements that are more stringent than those currently imposed on the Fund by the 1940 Act. In addition, borrowings by the Fund may be made on a secured basis. The Custodian will then either segregate the assets securing the Fund’s borrowings for the benefit of the Fund’s lenders or arrangements will be made with a suitable <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">sub-custodian.</div> If the assets used to secure a borrowing decrease in value, the Fund may be required to pledge additional collateral to the lender in the form of cash or securities to avoid liquidation of those assets. In the event of a default, the lenders will have the right, through the Custodian, to redeem the Fund’s investments in underlying Investment Funds without consideration of whether doing so would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders. The rights of any lenders to the Fund to receive payments of interest on and repayments of principal of borrowings will be senior to the rights of the Fund’s shareholders, and the terms of the Fund’s borrowings may contain provisions that limit certain activities of the Fund and could result in precluding the purchase of instruments that the Fund would otherwise purchase. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The use of financial leverage involves financial risk and would increase the exposure of the Fund’s investment returns to adverse economic factors such as rising interest rates, downturns in the economy or deterioration in the condition of the investments. There would be a risk that operating cash flow available to the Fund would be insufficient to meet required payments and a risk that it would not be possible to refinance existing indebtedness or that the terms of such refinancing would not be as favorable as the terms of existing indebtedness. Borrowings by the Fund may be secured by any or all of the assets of the Fund, with the consequences that the Fund may lose more than its equity stake in any one investment, and may lose all of its capital. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Derivatives Risk.</div></div></div></div> The use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks, such as liquidity risk (which may be heightened for highly-customized derivatives), interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, leveraging risk, counterparty risk, tax risk, and management risk, as well as risks arising from changes in applicable requirements. They also involve the risk of mispricing, the risk of unfavorable or ambiguous documentation and the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives may increase or accelerate the amount of taxes payable by common shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund relies on certain exemptions in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> under the 1940 Act to enter into derivatives transactions and certain other transactions notwithstanding the restrictions on the issuance of “senior securities” under Section 18 of the 1940 Act. Under Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4,</div> “derivatives transactions” include the following: (1) any swap, security-based swap, futures contract, forward contract, option (excluding purchased options), any combination of the foregoing, or any similar instrument, under which the Fund is or may be required to make any payment or delivery of cash or other assets during the life of the instrument or at maturity or early termination, whether as margin or settlement payment or otherwise; (2) any short sale borrowing; and (3) if the Fund relies on the exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4(d)(1)(ii),</div> reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions. The Fund will rely on a separate exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4(e)</div> when entering into unfunded commitment agreements, which includes any commitment to make a loan to a company, including term loans, delayed draw term loans, and revolvers, or to invest equity in a company. To rely on the unfunded commitment agreements exemption, the Fund must reasonably believe, at the time it enters into such agreement, that it will have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet its obligations with respect to all of its unfunded commitment agreements, in each case as they come due. The Fund will rely on the exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4(f)</div> when purchasing when-issued or forward-settling securities (e.g., firm and standby commitments, including <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">to-be-announced</div></div> commitments, and dollar rolls) and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-standard</div> settlement cycle securities, if certain conditions are met. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund intends to operate as a “limited derivatives user” for purposes of the derivatives transactions exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4.</div> To qualify as a limited derivatives user, the Fund’s “derivatives exposure” is limited to 10% of its </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">net assets subject to exclusions for certain currency or interest rate hedging transactions (as calculated in accordance with Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4).</div> Unless the Fund qualifies as a “limited derivatives user” as defined in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4,</div> the rule would, among other things, require the Fund to establish a comprehensive derivatives risk management program, to comply with certain <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">value-at-risk</div></div> based leverage limits, to appoint a derivatives risk manager and to provide additional disclosure <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">both </div>publicly and to the SEC regarding its derivatives positions. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Reverse Repurchase Agreements Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund’s use of reverse repurchase agreements involves many of the same risks involved in the Fund’s use of leverage, as the proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements generally will be invested in additional securities. There is a risk that the market value of the securities acquired in the reverse repurchase agreement may decline below the price of the securities that the Fund has sold but remains obligated to repurchase. In addition, there is a risk that the market value of the securities retained by the Fund may decline. If the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement were to file for bankruptcy or experiences insolvency, the Fund may be adversely affected. Also, in entering into reverse repurchase agreements, the Fund would bear the risk of loss to the extent that the proceeds of the reverse repurchase agreement are less than the value of the underlying securities. In addition, due to the interest costs associated with reverse repurchase agreements transactions, the Fund’s NAV will decline, and, in some cases, the Fund may be worse off than if it had not used such instruments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Use of Leverage by Portfolio Funds. </div></div></div></div>In addition to any borrowing utilized by the Fund, the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests may utilize financial leverage. The Portfolio Funds may be able to borrow, subject to the limitations of their charters and operative documents. Certain Portfolio Funds may not be subject to the limitations imposed by the 1940 Act regarding the use of leverage with respect to which registered investment companies, including the Fund, are subject. To that end, the Fund intends to limit its direct borrowing to an amount that does not exceed 33 1/3% of the Fund’s gross asset value. Furthermore, Portfolio Funds typically will hold their investments in entities organized as REITs, corporations or other entities and this may allow the Fund’s risk of loss to be limited to the amount of its investment in the Portfolio Fund. While leverage presents opportunities for increasing the Fund’s total return, it has the effect of potentially increasing losses as well. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Valuation of Portfolio Funds. </div></div></div></div>Certain Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests are not publicly traded and the Fund may consider information provided by the institutional asset manager of each respective Portfolio Fund to determine the estimated value of the Fund’s investment therein. The valuation provided by an institutional asset manager as of a specific date may vary from the actual sale price that may be obtained if such investment were sold to a third party. To determine the estimated value of the Fund’s investment in Portfolio Funds, the Adviser considers, among other things, information provided by the Portfolio Funds, including quarterly unaudited financial statements, which if inaccurate could adversely affect the Adviser’s ability to value accurately the Fund’s shares. Portfolio Funds that invest primarily in publicly traded securities are more easily valued. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Credit Risk.</div></div></div></div> Credit risk is the risk that one or more loans in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in price or fail to pay interest or principal when due because the issuer of the instrument experiences a decline in its financial status. While a senior position in the capital structure of a borrower or issuer may provide some protection with respect to the Fund’s investments in certain loans, losses may still occur because the market value of loans is affected by the creditworthiness of borrowers or issuers and by general economic and specific industry conditions and the Fund’s other investments will often be subordinate to other debt in the issuer’s capital structure. To the extent the Fund invests in below investment grade instruments, it will be exposed to a greater amount of credit risk than a fund which invests in investment grade securities. The prices of lower grade instruments are more sensitive to negative developments, such as a decline in the issuer’s revenues or a general economic downturn, than are the prices of higher grade instruments. Instruments of below investment grade quality are predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal when due and therefore involve a greater risk of default. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Preferred Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> There are various risks associated with investing in preferred securities, including credit risk, interest rate risk, deferral and omission of distributions, subordination to bonds and other debt </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">securities in a company’s capital structure, limited liquidity, limited voting rights and special redemption rights. Interest rate risk is, in general, the risk that the price of a preferred security falls when interest rates rise. Securities with longer maturities tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer of a security may not be able to make principal and interest or dividend payments on the security as they become due. Holders of preferred securities may not receive<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> dividends</div>, or the payment can be deferred for some period of time. In bankruptcy, creditors are generally paid before the holders of preferred securities. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Convertible Securities Risk. </div></div></div></div>Convertible securities are hybrid securities that have characteristics of both bonds and common stocks and are subject to risks associated with both debt securities and equity securities. Convertible securities are similar to fixed income securities because they usually pay a fixed interest rate (or dividend) and are obligated to repay principal on a given date in the future. The market value of fixed income and preferred securities tends to decline as interest rates increase and tends to increase as interest rates decline. Convertible securities have characteristics of a fixed income security and are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates when their conversion value is lower than the value of the bond or preferred share. Fixed income and preferred securities also are subject to credit risk, which is the risk that an issuer of a security may not be able to make principal and interest or dividend payments on the security as they become due. Fixed income and preferred securities also may be subject to prepayment or redemption risk. If a convertible security held by the Fund is called for redemption, the Fund will be required to surrender the security for redemption, convert it into the issuing company’s common stock or cash or sell it to a third party at a time that may be unfavorable to the Fund. Convertible securities have characteristics similar to common stocks especially when their conversion value is the same as the value of the bond or preferred share. The price of equity securities may rise or fall because of economic or political changes. Stock prices in general may decline over short or even extended periods of time. Market prices of equity securities in broad market segments may be adversely affected by a prominent issuer having experienced losses or by the lack of earnings or such an issuer’s failure to meet the market’s expectations with respect to new products or services, or even by factors wholly unrelated to the value or condition of the issuer, such as changes in interest rates. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">High Yield Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may invest in debt securities and preferred securities rated less than investment grade that are sometimes referred to as high yield or “junk.” These securities are speculative investments that carry greater risks and are more susceptible to real or perceived adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than higher quality securities. High yield securities offer the potential for higher return, but also involve greater risk than bonds of higher quality, including an increased possibility that the security’s issuer, obligor or guarantor may not be able to make its payments of interest and principal (credit quality risk). If that happens, the value of the security may decrease. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates (interest rate risk) could adversely affect the market for these securities and reduce the Fund’s ability to sell its securities (liquidity risk). Such securities also may be subject to resale restrictions. The lack of a liquid market for these securities could decrease the Fund’s share price. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Interest Rate Risk.</div></div></div></div> The fixed-income instruments that the Fund may invest in are subject to the risk that market values of such securities will decline as interest rates increase. These changes in interest rates have a more pronounced effect on securities with longer durations. Typically, the impact of changes in interest rates on the market value of an instrument will be more pronounced for fixed-rate instruments than it will for floating rate instruments. Fluctuations in the value of portfolio securities will not affect interest income on existing portfolio securities but will be reflected in the Fund’s NAV. The debt capital that will be available to the Fund in the future, if at all, may be impacted by changes in and uncertainty surrounding interest rates. Depending on the interest rate environment and general state of credit markets, potential debt capital may be available only at a higher cost and on terms and conditions less favorable than what the Fund has historically experienced. Market volatility, rising interest rates, uncertainty around interest rates and/or unfavorable economic conditions could adversely affect the Fund’s business. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An increase in interest rates could decrease the value of any investments the Fund holds that earn fixed interest rates, including subordinated loans, senior and junior secured and unsecured debt securities and loans and high </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">yield bonds, and also could increase the Fund’s interest expense, thereby decreasing the Fund’s net income. Federal Reserve policy, including with respect to certain interest rates and the decision to end its quantitative easing policy, may also adversely affect the value, volatility and liquidity of dividend- and interest-paying securities. From time to time, the Fund may also enter into certain hedging transactions to mitigate the Fund’s exposure to changes in interest rates. In the past, the Fund has entered into certain hedging transactions, such as interest rate swap agreements, to mitigate the Fund’s exposure to adverse fluctuations in interest rates, and the Fund may do so again in the future. However, the Fund cannot assure shareholders that such transactions will be successful in mitigating the Fund’s exposure to interest rate risk. There can be no assurance that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s net investment income. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund’s debt investments are based on fixed and floating rates, such as Euro Interbank Offer Rate, Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), the Federal Funds Rate or the Prime Rate. Market prices tend to fluctuate more for fixed-rate securities that have longer maturities. Although the Fund has no policy governing the maturities of the Fund’s investments, under current market conditions the Fund expects that it will invest in a portfolio of debt generally having maturities of up to 10 years. Market prices for debt that pays a fixed rate of return tend to decline as interest rates rise. This means that the Fund is subject to greater risk (other things being equal) than a fund invested solely in shorter-term, fixed-rate securities. Market prices for floating rate investments may also fluctuate in rising rate environments with prices tending to decline when credit spreads widen. Rising interest rates may also increase the cost of debt for the Fund’s underlying portfolio companies, which could adversely impact their financial performance and ability to meet ongoing obligations to the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may have investments in foreign securities. Foreign securities have investment risks different from those associated with domestic securities. Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund with investments in foreign securities than another fund that invests exclusively in domestic securities. The value of foreign currency denominated securities or foreign currency contracts is affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. There may be less government supervision of foreign markets, resulting in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-uniform</div> accounting practices and less publicly available information about issuers of foreign securities. The value of foreign investments may be affected by changes in exchange control regulations, application of foreign tax laws (including withholding tax), changes in governmental economic or monetary policy (in this country or abroad), or changed circumstances in dealings between nations. In addition, foreign brokerage commissions, custody fees, and other costs of investing in foreign securities are often higher than in the United States. Investments in foreign issues could be affected by other factors not present in the United States, including expropriation, armed conflict, confiscatory taxation, and potential difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may also invest in emerging markets, which are markets of countries in the initial stages of industrialization and have low per capita income. In addition to the risks of foreign securities in general, countries in emerging markets are more volatile and can have relatively unstable governments, social and legal systems that do not protect shareholders, economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade a small number of issues which could reduce liquidity. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Infrastructure Industry Risk.</div></div></div></div> Infrastructure investments may be subject to a variety of risks, not all of which can be foreseen or quantified, including: (i) the burdens of ownership of infrastructure: (ii) local, national and international political and economic conditions; (iii) the supply and demand for services from and access to infrastructure; (iv) the financial condition of users and suppliers of infrastructure assets; (v) changes in interest rates and the availability of funds which may render the purchase, sale or refinancing of infrastructure assets difficult or impracticable; (vi) changes in regulations, planning laws and other governmental rules; (vii) changes in fiscal and monetary policies; (viii) under-insured or uninsurable losses, such as force majeure acts and terrorist events; (ix) reduced investment in public and private infrastructure projects; and (x) other factors which are beyond the reasonable control of the Fund. Many of the foregoing factors could cause fluctuations in usage, expenses and revenues, causing the value of investments to decline and a material adverse effect on the Fund’s or an infrastructure asset’s performance. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Risks Associated with Debt Financing </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Leveraging Risk. </div></div></div></div>The use of leverage, such as borrowing money to purchase securities, by the Fund will magnify the Fund’s gains or losses. The use of leverage via short selling and short positions in futures contracts will also magnify the Fund’s gains or losses. Generally, the use of leverage also will cause the Fund to have higher expenses (especially interest and/or short selling related dividend expenses) than those of funds that do not use such techniques. In addition, a lender to the Fund may terminate or refuse to renew any credit facility. If the Fund is unable to access additional credit, it may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, which may further depress the returns on the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Credit Risk. </div></div></div></div>There is a risk that debt issuers will not make payments, resulting in losses to the Fund. In addition, the credit quality of securities may be lowered if an issuer’s financial condition changes. Lower credit quality may lead to greater volatility in the price of a security and in shares of the Fund. Lower credit quality also may affect liquidity and make it difficult to sell the security. Default, or the market’s perception that an issuer is likely to default, could reduce the value and liquidity of securities, thereby reducing the value of your investment in Fund shares. In addition, default may cause the Fund to incur expenses in seeking recovery of principal or interest on its portfolio holdings. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Inflation/Deflation Risk. </div></div></div></div>Inflation risk is the risk that the value of certain assets or income from the Fund’s investments will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the Fund and its distributions can decline. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, during any periods of rising inflation, the dividend rates or borrowing costs associated with the Fund’s use of leverage would likely increase, which would tend to further reduce returns to shareholders. Inflation may continue in the near to medium-term, particularly in the U.S., with the possibility that monetary policy continues to tighten in response. Deflation risk is the risk that prices throughout the economy decline over time—the opposite of inflation. Deflation may have an adverse effect on the creditworthiness of issuers and may make issuer defaults more likely, which may result in a decline in the value of the Fund’s portfolio. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Economic activity has continued to accelerate across sectors and regions. Nevertheless, global supply chain issues have led, and may in the future lead, to a rise in energy prices. Inflation may continue in the near to medium-term, particularly in the U.S., with the possibility that monetary policy continues to tighten in response. Persistent inflationary pressures could affect our portfolio companies’ profit margins. There can be no assurance that inflation will not become a serious problem in the future and have an adverse impact on the Fund’s returns. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Legal and Regulatory Risks </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Compliance Failures. </div></div></div></div>Apollo, certain of its affiliates, and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser,</div> are regulated entities, and any compliance failures or other inappropriate behavior by them may have a material and/or adverse effect on the Fund. The provision of investment management services is regulated in most relevant jurisdictions, and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> and Apollo must maintain their regulatory authorizations to continue to be involved both in the management of the Fund’s investments and to continue their businesses generally. The Adviser’s or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> ability to source and execute investment transactions for the Fund, and investor sentiment with respect to the Fund, may be adversely affected by negative publicity arising from <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">any </div>regulatory compliance failures or other inappropriate behavior by any Apollo affiliate or its investment professionals. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Legal, Tax and Regulatory Risks. </div></div></div></div>Legal, tax and regulatory changes could occur that may adversely affect the Fund or its portfolio companies. There has been, and it is possible that there will be further, involvement of governmental and regulatory authorities in financial markets around the world. For example, the Fund expects to make investments in a number of different industries, some of which are or may become subject to regulation by one or more governmental agencies or authorities. New and existing regulations, changing regulatory requirements and the burdens of regulatory compliance all may have an adverse effect on the performance of investments that operate in these industries. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Neither the Adviser nor <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> can predict whether new legislation <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">or</div> regulation (including new tax measures) will be enacted by legislative bodies or governmental agencies, nor can either of them predict what effect such legislation or regulation might have. There can be no assurance that new legislation or regulation, including changes to existing laws and regulations, will not have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investment performance. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The enforceability of agreements governing hedging transactions may depend on compliance with applicable statutory and other regulatory requirements and, depending on the identity of the counterparty, applicable international requirements. New or amended regulations may be imposed by the CFTC, the SEC, the Federal Reserve, the EU or other financial regulators, other governmental or intergovernmental regulatory authorities or self-regulatory organizations that supervise the financial markets, and could adversely affect the Fund. In particular, the CFTC and the SEC are empowered to promulgate a variety of new rules pursuant to recently enacted financial reform legislation in the United States. The Fund also may be adversely affected by changes in the enforcement or interpretation of statutes and rules by these regulatory authorities or self-regulatory organizations. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Possible Risk of Conflicts </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Possible Competition Between Portfolio Funds and Between the Fund and the Portfolio Funds. </div></div></div></div>The Portfolio Funds trade independently of each other and may pursue investment strategies that “compete” with each other for execution or that cause the Fund to participate in positions that offset each other (in which case the Fund would bear its pro rata share of commissions and fees without the potential for a profit). Also, the Fund’s investments in any particular Portfolio Fund could increase the level of competition for the same trades that other Portfolio Funds might otherwise make, including the priorities of order entry. This could make it difficult or impossible to take or liquidate a position in a particular security at a price consistent with the Adviser’s strategy. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Allocation of Investment Opportunities Risk. </div></div></div></div>The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser,</div> directly or through its affiliates, may manage or advise multiple investment vehicles or accounts that have investment objectives that are similar to the Fund and that may seek to make investments or sell investments in the same securities or other instruments, sectors or strategies as the Fund. This may create potential conflicts, particularly in circumstances where the availability of such investment opportunities is limited or where the liquidity of such investment opportunities is limited. The results of the Fund’s investment activities may differ significantly from the results achieved by such other managed investment vehicles or accounts. It is possible that one or more of such vehicles or accounts will achieve investment results that are <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">substantially </div>more or less favorable than the results achieved by the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Allocation Risk.</div></div></div></div> The ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective depends, in part, on the ability of the Adviser to allocate effectively the Fund’s assets among the various instruments in which the Fund invests and, with respect to each such asset class, among equities and fixed income securities. There can be no assurance that the actual allocations will be effective in achieving the Fund’s investment objective or delivering positive returns. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Issuer Risk.</div></div></div></div> The value of a specific security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole. The value of an issuer’s securities that are held in the Fund’s portfolio may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Liquidity Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund is a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment company structured as an “interval fund” and designed for long-term investors. Unlike many <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment companies, the Fund’s shares are not listed on any securities exchange and are not publicly traded. There currently is no secondary market for the shares and the Adviser does not expect that a secondary market will develop. Limited liquidity is provided to shareholders only through the Fund’s quarterly repurchase offers for no less than 5% of the Fund’s shares outstanding at net asset value. There is no guarantee that shareholders will be able to sell all of the shares they desire in a quarterly repurchase offer. The Fund’s investments are also subject to liquidity risk. Liquidity risk exists when particular investments of the Fund would be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the Fund to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to satisfy its obligations. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Management Risk.</div></div></div></div> The net asset value of the Fund changes daily based on the performance of the securities in which it invests. The Adviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of a particular real estate segment and securities in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and may not produce the desired results. The Fund’s portfolio managers and the other principals of the Adviser have limited experience in managing a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Repurchase Offers Risks.</div></div></div></div> The Fund is an interval fund and, in order to provide liquidity to shareholders, the Fund, subject to applicable law, will conduct repurchase offers of the Fund’s outstanding shares at NAV, with the size of the repurchase offer subject to approval of the Board. The Fund has in the past received, and may in the future receive, repurchase requests that exceed the limits of a quarterly repurchase offer, and the Fund has in the past repurchased less than the full amount of shares requested, resulting in the repurchase of shares on a pro rata basis. The Fund believes that these repurchase offers are generally beneficial to the Fund’s shareholders, and repurchases generally will be funded from available cash, cash from the sale of shares or sales of portfolio securities. However, repurchase offers and the need to fund repurchase obligations may affect the ability of the Fund to be fully invested or force the Fund to maintain a higher percentage of its assets in liquid investments, which may harm the Fund’s investment performance. Moreover, diminution in the size of the Fund through repurchases may result in untimely sales of portfolio securities (with associated imputed transaction costs, which may be significant), and may limit the ability of the Fund to participate in new investment opportunities or to achieve its investment objective. The Fund may accumulate cash by (i) holding back (i.e., not reinvesting)<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> payments received i</div>n connection with the Fund’s investments and (ii) holding back (i.e., not investing) cash from </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">the sale of shares. The Fund believes that it can meet the maximum potential amount of the Fund’s repurchase obligations. If at any time cash and other liquid assets held by the Fund are not sufficient to meet the Fund’s repurchase obligations, the Fund intends, if necessary, to sell investments. If, as expected, the Fund employs leverage, repurchases of shares would compound the adverse effects of leverage in a declining market. In addition, if the Fund borrows to finance repurchases, interest on that borrowing will negatively affect holders of shares who do not tender their shares by increasing the Fund’s expenses and reducing any net investment income. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a repurchase offer is oversubscribed, the Board may determine to increase the amount repurchased by up to 2% of the Fund’s outstanding shares as of the date the repurchase offer ends (the “Repurchase Request Deadline”). In the event that the Board determines not to repurchase more than the repurchase offer amount, or if shareholders tender more than the repurchase offer amount plus 2% of the Fund’s outstanding shares as of the date of the Repurchase Request Deadline, the Fund will repurchase the shares tendered on a pro rata basis, and shareholders will have to wait until the next repurchase offer to make another repurchase request. Moreover, certain feeder vehicles have been formed, and additional feeder vehicles may be formed in the future, to facilitate indirect investments in the Fund by certain investors. Requests by these investors to withdraw their interests in a feeder vehicle may result in tenders by the feeder vehicle in a repurchase offer by the Fund and could contribute to an over-subscription of a particular repurchase offer. As a result, shareholders may be unable to liquidate all or a given percentage of their investment in the Fund during a particular repurchase offer. Some shareholders, in anticipation of proration, may tender more shares than they wish to have repurchased in a particular quarter, thereby increasing the likelihood that proration will occur. A shareholder may be subject to market and other risks, and the NAV of shares tendered in a repurchase offer may decline between the Repurchase Request Deadline and the date on which the NAV for tendered shares is determined. In addition, the repurchase of shares by the Fund will generally be a taxable event to common shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">General Market Conditions Risk. </div></div></div></div>Various sectors of the global financial markets have been experiencing an extended period of adverse conditions. Market uncertainty has increased dramatically, particularly in the United States and Europe, and adverse market conditions have expanded to other markets. These conditions have resulted in disruption of the global credit markets, periods of reduced liquidity, greater volatility, general volatility of credit spreads, an acute contraction in the availability of credit and a lack of price transparency. These volatile and often difficult global credit market conditions have episodically adversely affected the market values of equity, fixed-income and other securities and this volatility may continue and conditions could even deteriorate further. Some of the largest banks and companies across many sectors of the economy in the United States and Europe have declared bankruptcy, entered into insolvency, administration or similar proceedings, been nationalized by government authorities, and/or agreed to merge with or be acquired by other banks or companies that had been considered their peers. The long-term impact of these events is uncertain, but could continue to have a material effect on general economic conditions, consumer and business confidence and market liquidity. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may invest in securities of publicly traded companies. Securities markets in certain countries in which the Fund may invest are fragmented, smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the securities markets of the United States and certain other developed countries. Securities markets in the countries in which the Fund may invest have, in the past, experienced substantial price volatility that could have an adverse impact on the value of the Fund’s investments that consist of securities. Periods of economic and political uncertainty may result in further volatility in the value of such investments. As a result, there may be greater volatility than the volatility that could be expected by investors in comparable securities traded in U.S. securities markets. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s investments will not be sold at prices below their acquisition costs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may be affected by force majeure events (e.g., acts of God, fire, flood, earthquakes, outbreaks of an infectious disease, pandemic or any other serious public health concern, war, terrorism, nationalization of industry and labor strikes). Force majeure events could adversely affect the ability of the Fund or a counterparty to perform its obligations. The liability and cost arising out of a failure to perform obligations as a result of a force majeure event could be considerable and could be borne by the Fund. Certain force majeure events, such as war or an outbreak of an infectious disease and the current or any resulting financial, economic and capital </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">markets environment, and future developments in these and other areas present uncertainty and risk with respect to the Fund’s NAV, performance, financial condition, results of operations, ability to pay distributions, make share repurchases and portfolio liquidity. Additionally, a major governmental intervention into industry, including the nationalization of an industry or the assertion of control, could result in a loss to the Fund if an investment is affected, and any compensation provided by the relevant government may not be adequate. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The U.S. and global capital markets experienced extreme volatility and disruption in recent years, leading to periods of recessionary conditions and depressed levels of consumer and commercial spending. For instance, monetary policies of the Federal Reserve and political uncertainty resulting from recent events, including changes to U.S. trade policies and ongoing armed conflicts between Russia and Ukraine in Europe and among Israel, Iran, Hamas and other militant groups in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, including the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran, political unrest in South America and recent U.S. military action overseas, have led, are currently leading, and for an unknown period of time may continue to lead to disruption and instability in the global markets. In addition, social unrest, changes regarding immigration and work permit policies and other political and security concerns may not abate, which may cause the debt and equity capital markets, and as a result, the Fund’s business to be adversely affected both within and outside of regions experiencing ongoing conflicts. Disruptions in the capital markets increased the spread between the yields realized on risk-free and higher risk securities, resulting in illiquidity in parts of the capital markets. It cannot be assured that these conditions will not worsen. If conditions worsen, a prolonged period of market illiquidity could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s business, financial condition and results of operations. Unfavorable economic conditions also could increase the Fund’s funding costs, limit the Fund’s access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to the Fund. These events could limit the Fund’s investment originations, limit the Fund’s ability to grow and negatively impact the Fund’s operating results. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Furthermore, a counterparty’s ability to meet or willingness to honor its financial obligations, including its ability to extend credit or otherwise to transact with the Fund or a portfolio company or issuer to which the Fund makes a loan or in which the Fund invests directly may be negatively impacted. Current conditions may affect how counterparties interpret their obligations (and the Fund’s obligations) pursuant to counterparty arrangements such that the applicability, or lack thereof, of force majeure or similar provisions could also come into question and ultimately could work to the detriment of the Fund. These circumstances also may hinder the Adviser’s, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s,</div> the Fund’s and/or a portfolio companies’ ability to conduct their affairs and activities as they normally would, including by impairing usual communication channels and methods, hampering the performance of administrative functions such as processing payments and invoices, and diminishing their ability to make accurate and timely projections of financial performance. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While the Adviser and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> expect that the current environment will yield attractive investment opportunities for the Fund, the investments made by the Fund are expected to be sensitive to the performance of the overall economy. General fluctuations in the market prices of securities and interest rates may affect the value of portfolio investments or increase the risks associated with an investment in the Fund. There can be no assurances that conditions in the global financial markets will not change to the detriment of the Fund’s investments and investment strategy. The continuing negative impact on economic fundamentals and consumer and business confidence would likely further increase market volatility and reduce liquidity, both of which could adversely affect the access to capital, ability to utilize leverage or overall performance of the Fund or one or more of its portfolio companies and these or similar events may affect the ability of the Fund to execute its investment strategy. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Failure of Financial Institutions and Sustained Financial Market Illiquidity.</div></div></div></div> The failure of certain financial institutions, namely banks, may increase the possibility of a sustained deterioration of financial market liquidity, or illiquidity at clearing, cash management and/or custodial financial institutions. The failure of a bank (or banks) with which the Fund and/or the Fund’s underlying investments have a commercial relationship could adversely affect, among other things, the Fund and/or the Fund’s underlying investments’ ability to pursue key strategic <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">initiatives</div>, including by affecting the Fund’s ability to borrow from financial institutions on favorable terms. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Market Disruptions Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may incur major losses in the event of market disruptions and other extraordinary events in which historical pricing relationships become materially distorted. The risk of loss from pricing distortions is compounded by the fact that in disrupted markets many positions become illiquid, making it difficult or impossible to close out positions against which the m<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">arkets ar</div>e moving. Market disruptions caused by unexpected political, military and terrorist events may from time to time cause dramatic losses for the Fund and such events can result in otherwise historically <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">low-risk</div> strategies performing with unprecedented volatility and risk. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Trade Negotiations and Related Government Actions. </div></div></div></div>In recent years, the U.S. government has indicated its intent to alter its approach to international trade policy and in some cases to renegotiate, or potentially terminate, certain existing bilateral or multi-lateral trade agreements and treaties with foreign countries, and has made proposals and taken actions related thereto. For example, the U.S. government has imposed, and may in the future further increase, tariffs on certain foreign goods, including from China, such as steel and aluminum. Some foreign governments, including China, have instituted retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S. goods. Most recently, the current U.S. presidential administration has imposed or sought to impose significant increases to tariffs on goods imported into the U.S., including from China, Canada and Mexico. Tariffs on imported goods could further increase costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of products and services offered by current and future portfolio companies and adversely affect the revenues and profitability of portfolio companies whose businesses rely on goods imported from such impacted jurisdictions. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is uncertainty as to further actions that may be taken under the current U.S. presidential administration with respect to U.S. trade policy. Further governmental actions related to the imposition of tariffs or other trade barriers, or changes to international trade agreements or policies, could further increase costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of products and services offered by current and future portfolio companies and adversely affect the revenues and profitability of companies whose businesses rely on goods imported from outside of the United States. These developments, or the perception that any of them could occur, may have a material adverse effect on global economic conditions and the stability of global financial markets, and may significantly reduce global trade and, in particular, trade between the impacted nations and the U.S. Any of these factors could depress economic activity and restrict the Fund’s portfolio companies’ access to suppliers or customers and have a material adverse effect on their business, financial condition and results of operations, which in turn would negatively impact the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Highly Volatile Markets. </div></div></div></div>The prices of financial instruments in which the Fund may invest can be highly volatile. The prices of instruments in which the Fund may invest are influenced by numerous factors, including interest rates, currency rates, default rates, governmental policies and political and economic events (both domestic and global). Moreover, political or economic crises, or other events may occur that can be highly disruptive to the markets in which the Fund may invest. In addition, governments from time to time intervene (directly and by regulation), which intervention may adversely affect the performance of the Fund and its investment activities. The Fund is also subject to the risk of a temporary or permanent failure of the exchanges and other markets on which its investments may trade. Sustained market turmoil and periods of heightened market volatility make it more difficult to produce positive trading results, and there can be no assurance that the Fund’s strategies will be successful in such markets. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">U.S. Debt Ceiling and Budget Deficit Risks. </div></div></div></div>U.S. debt ceiling and budget deficit concerns have increased the possibility of additional credit-rating downgrades and economic slowdowns, or a recession in the United States. Although U.S. lawmakers have historically passed legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling on multiple occasions, ratings agencies have lowered or threatened to lower the long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States. In August 2023, Fitch Ratings Inc., downgraded the U.S. credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing fiscal deterioration over the next three years and close encounters with default due to ongoing political dysfunction. The impact of a U.S. default on its obligations or any further downgrades to the U.S. government’s sovereign credit rating or its perceived creditworthiness could adversely affect the U.S. and global financial markets and economic conditions. In addition, disagreement over the federal budget has caused the U.S. federal </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">government to shut down for periods of time. Continued adverse political and economic conditions could have a material <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">adverse </div>effect on the Fund’s business, financial condition and results of operations. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Concentration of Credit Risk</div></div></div></div>. The Fund places its cash with one banking institution, which is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The FDIC limit is $250,000. At various times throughout the year, the amount on deposit may exceed the FDIC limit and subject the Fund to a credit risk. The Fund does not believe that such deposits are subject to any unusual risk associated with investment activities. The Fund may invest cash balances in an <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">open-end</div> Money Market Mutual Fund (“Money Market Fund”). The Money Market Fund is valued at its closing NAV. The Money Market Fund is not subject to FDIC insurance. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Correlation Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund seeks to produce returns that are less correlated to the broader financial markets over time. Although the prices of equity securities and fixed income securities, as well as other asset classes, often rise and fall at different times so that a fall in the price of one may be offset by a rise in the price of the other, in down markets the prices of these securities and asset classes can also fall in tandem. Because the Fund allocates its investments among different asset classes, the Fund is subject to correlation risk. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Repurchase Policy Risks.</div></div></div></div> Quarterly repurchases by the Fund of its shares typically will be funded from available cash or sales of portfolio securities. However, payment for repurchased shares may require the Fund to liquidate portfolio holdings earlier than the Adviser otherwise would liquidate such holdings, potentially resulting in losses, and may increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover. The Adviser may take measures to attempt to avoid or minimize such potential losses and turnover, and instead of liquidating portfolio holdings, may borrow money to finance repurchases of shares. If the Fund borrows to finance repurchases, interest on any such borrowing will negatively affect shareholders who do not tender their shares in a repurchase offer by increasing the Fund’s expenses and reducing any net investment income. To the extent the Fund finances repurchase proceeds by selling investments, the Fund may hold a larger proportion of its net assets in less liquid securities. Also, the sale of securities to fund repurchases could reduce the market price of those securities, which in turn would reduce the Fund’s net asset value. We have in the past received, and may in the future receive, repurchase requests that exceed the limits under our repurchase policy, and we have in the past repurchased less than the full amount of shares requested, resulting in the repurchase of shares on a pro rata basis. </div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Repurchase of shares will tend to reduce the amount of outstanding shares and, depending upon the Fund’s investment performance, its net assets. A reduction in the Fund’s net assets may increase the Fund’s expense ratio, to the extent that additional shares are not sold. In addition, the repurchase of shares by the Fund will generally be a taxable event to shareholders. </div></div></div> <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"></div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Distribution Policy Risk. </div></div></div>The Fund makes periodic distributions to its shareholders. All or a portion of a distribution may consist solely of a return of capital (i.e. from your original investment) and not a distribution of income or capital gain. Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is income or capital gain. Shareholders should note that return of capital will reduce the tax basis of their shares and potentially increase the taxable gain, if any, upon disposition of their shares. The Board reserves the right to change the distribution policy from time to time. Effective October 1, 2026, the Fund’s distribution policy has been amended to change the frequency of distributions to <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">s</div>hareholders from quarterly to semi-annual. </div> <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"></div></div></div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Shareholders May Experience Dilution.</div></div></div></div> All distributions declared in cash payable to shareholders that are participants in the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan will generally be automatically reinvested in Fund shares. As a result, shareholders that do not participate in the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan may experience dilution over time. </div></div> <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"></div></div></div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Anti-Takeover Provisions.</div></div></div></div> The Fund’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration of Trust”) includes provisions that could limit the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund or convert the Fund to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">open-end</div> status. See “Anti-Takeover Provisions in the Declaration of Trust.” </div></div> <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Limitation on Liability of Trustees and Officers; Indemnification and Advance of Expenses.</div></div></div></div> Delaware law permits a Delaware statutory trust to include in its declaration of trust a provision to indemnify and hold harmless any trustee or beneficial owner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust provides that the Fund’s Trustees will not be liable to the Fund or the Fund’s shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a trustee to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust provides for the indemnification of any person to the full extent permitted, and in the manner provided, by Delaware law. In accordance with the 1940 Act, the Fund will not indemnify certain persons for any liability to which such persons would be subject by reason of such person’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office. <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Operational, Artificial Intelligence, and Cybersecurity Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund, its service providers and other market participants increasingly depend on complex information technology and communications systems to conduct business functions. These systems are subject to various threats or risks that could adversely affect the Fund and its shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For instance, unauthorized third parties may attempt to improperly access, modify, disrupt the operations of or prevent access to these systems or data within them, whether systems of the Fund, the Fund’s service providers, counterparties, or other market participants. Power or communication outages, acts of God, information technology equipment malfunctions, operational errors (both human and systematic) and inaccuracies within software or data processing systems may also disrupt business operations or impact critical data. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet and the dependence on computer systems to perform necessary business functions, investment companies such as the Fund and its service providers may be prone to operational and information security risks resulting from cyber-attacks. In general, cyber-attacks result from deliberate attacks but unintentional events may have effects similar to those caused by cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks include, among other behaviors, stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally, denial of service attacks on websites, the unauthorized release of confidential information and causing operational disruption. Successful cyber-attacks against, or security breakdowns of, the Fund or its advisers, custodians, fund accountant, fund administrator, transfer agent, pricing vendors and/or other third party service providers may adversely impact the Fund and its shareholders. For instance, cyber-attacks may interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, cause the release of private shareholder information or confidential Fund information, impede trading, cause reputational damage, and subject the Fund to regulatory fines, penalties or financial losses, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. The Fund also may incur substantial costs for cybersecurity risk management in order to guard against any cyber incidents in the future. While the Fund or its service providers may have established business continuity plans and systems designed to guard against such cyber-attacks or adverse effects of such attacks, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems, including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified, in large part because different, unknown threats may emerge in the future. Similar types of cybersecurity risks are also present for issuers of securities in which the Fund invests, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the Fund’s investment in such securities to lose value. In addition, cyber-attacks involving a counterparty to the Fund could affect such a counterparty’s ability to meet its obligations to the Fund, which may result in losses to the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund cannot directly control any cyber-security plans or systems put in place by its service providers, Fund counterparties, issuers in which the Fund invests or securities markets and exchanges. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Adviser and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> may also utilize AI in their business operations, and the challenges with properly managing its use could result in reputational harm, competitive harm, legal liability, and/or an adverse effect on the Adviser’s and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> business operations. AI models may rely on techniques such as natural language processing and machine learning, which are less transparent or interpretable and may produce unexpected results, which could adversely impact the Fund. If the content, analyses, or recommendations that AI applications assist the Adviser or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> in producing are or are alleged to be deficient, inaccurate, or biased, the Fund may be </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">adversely affected. Additionally, AI tools used by the Adviser or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> may produce inaccurate, misleading or incomplete responses that could lead to errors in the Adviser’s or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> and their employees’ decision-making, portfolio management or other business activities, which could have a negative impact on the performance of the Fund. Such AI tools could also be used against the Adviser, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser,</div> or the Fund and its investments in criminal or negligent ways. The Adviser’s and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> competitors or other third parties could incorporate AI into their products more quickly or more successfully, which could impair the Adviser’s or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> ability to compete effectively. AI has the potential to result in significant and disruptive changes in companies, sectors or industries, including those in which the Fund invests, and any such changes could create new and unpredictable operational, legal and/or regulatory risks. Additionally, AI technologies may be exploited by malicious actors for cyberattacks, market manipulation, and fraud, further exacerbating risks. In the current period of technological and commercial innovation, startups and other companies have found success disrupting traditional approaches to industry or market practices, and the frequency of such disruptions is expected to increase. Such disruptions could negatively impact the Fund and its investments, alter market practices on which the Fund’s investment strategy depends to create investment returns, significantly disrupt the market in which the Fund operates and/or subject the Fund to increased <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">competition</div>. </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Real Estate Industry Concentration and Real Estate Market Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund will not invest in real estate directly, but, because the Fund will concentrate its investments in real estate securities, its portfolio will be significantly impacted by the performance of the real estate market and may experience more volatility and be exposed to greater risk than a more diversified portfolio. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund is subject to risks generally attributable to the ownership of real property, including: </div> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in global, national, regional or local economic, demographic or capital market conditions; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">future adverse national real estate trends, including increasing vacancy rates, declining rental rates and general deterioration of market conditions; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in supply of or demand for similar properties in a given market or metropolitan area, which could result in rising vacancy rates or decreasing market rental rates; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">vacancies, fluctuations in the average occupancy and room rates for hotel properties or inability to lease space on favorable terms; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">increased competition for properties targeted by the Fund’s investment strategy; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">bankruptcies, financial difficulties or lease defaults by tenants; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">increases in interest rates and lack of availability of financing; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">events or conditions beyond the Fund’s control, including natural disasters, extreme weather conditions, climate-change related risks, acts of terrorism, war and outbreaks of contagious disease; and </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in government rules, regulations and fiscal policies, including increases in property taxes, changes in zoning laws, limitations on rental rates, and increasing costs to comply with environmental laws. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All of these factors are beyond the Fund’s control. Any negative changes in these factors could affect the Fund’s performance and the Fund’s ability to meet the Fund’s obligations and make distributions to shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There are also special risks associated with particular sectors, or real estate operations generally, as described below: </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Retail Properties.</div></div></div></div> Retail properties are affected by shifts in consumer demand due to demographic changes, changes in spending patterns and lease terminations. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Office Properties.</div></div></div></div> Office <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">properties</div> are affected by factors such as a downturn in the businesses operated by their tenants. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Hospitality Properties.</div></div></div></div> Hotel properties and other properties in the hospitality real estate sector, such as motels and extended-stay properties, are affected by declines in business and leisure travel. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Healthcare and Life Sciences Properties.</div></div></div></div> Healthcare and life sciences properties are affected by federal, state and local laws governing licenses, certification, adequacy of care, pharmaceutical distribution, rates, equipment, personnel and other factors regarding operations, and the continued availability of revenue from government reimbursement programs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Student Housing Properties. </div></div></div></div>Student housing properties are affected by seasonal leasing and cash flow risks, and are subject to unique demand drivers. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Industrial Properties.</div></div></div></div> Industrial properties are affected by downturns in the manufacturing, processing and shipping of goods. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Multifamily Properties. </div></div></div></div>Multifamily properties are affected by adverse economic conditions in the locale, oversupply and rent control laws. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Residential Properties.</div></div></div></div> Residential properties can be significantly affected by the national, regional and local real estate markets. This segment of the real estate industry also is sensitive to interest rate fluctuations which can cause changes in the availability of mortgage capital and directly affect the purchasing power of potential homebuyers. Thus, residential properties can be significantly affected by changes in government spending, consumer confidence, demographic patterns and the level of new and existing home sales. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Shopping Centers. </div></div></div></div>Shopping center properties are affected by changes in the local markets where their properties are located and dependent upon the successful operations and financial condition of their major tenants. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Self-Storage Properties.</div></div></div></div> Self-storage properties are affected by changes to competing local properties, consumer and small business demand for storage space, and the abilities of the management team. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other factors may contribute to the risk of real estate investments: </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Development Issues. </div></div></div></div>Real estate development companies are affected by construction delays and insufficient tenant demand to occupy newly developed properties. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Lack of Insurance. </div></div></div></div>Certain of the companies in the Fund’s portfolio may fail to carry comprehensive liability, fire, flood, wind or earthquake extended coverage and rental loss insurance, or the insurance in place may be subject to various policy specifications, limits and deductibles. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Dependence on Tenants.</div></div></div></div> The ability of real estate companies to make distributions to shareholders depends upon the ability of the tenants at their properties to generate enough income in excess of tenant operating expenses to make their lease payments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Financial Leverage. </div></div></div></div>Real estate companies may be highly leveraged and financial covenants may affect the ability of real estate companies to operate effectively. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Environmental Issues. </div></div></div></div>Owners of properties that may contain hazardous or toxic substances may be responsible for removal or remediation costs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Financing Issues. </div></div></div></div>Financial institutions in which the Fund may invest are subject to extensive government regulation. This regulation may limit both the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments a financial institution can make, and the interest rates and fees it can charge. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Private Equity and Private Market Investments Risk. </div></div></div></div>Investments made in connection with acquisition transactions are subject to a variety <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">of </div>special risks, including the risk that the acquiring company has paid over market value for the acquired business, the risk of unforeseen liabilities, the risks associated with new or unproven management or new business strategies and the risk that the acquired business will not be successfully integrated with existing businesses or produce the expected synergies. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Companies in which the Fund may invest, either directly or through Portfolio Funds, may face significant fluctuations in operating results, may need to engage in acquisitions or divestitures of assets in order to compete successfully or survive financially, may be operating at a loss, may be engaged in a rapidly changing business with products subject to a substantial risk of obsolescence, may require substantial additional capital (which may be difficult to raise) to support their operations, to finance expansion or to maintain their competitive position, or otherwise may have a weak financial condition. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Companies in which the Fund may invest, either directly or through Portfolio Funds, may be highly leveraged and, as a consequence, subject to restrictive financial and operating covenants. The leverage may impair the ability of these companies to finance their future operations and capital needs. As a result, these companies may lack the flexibility to respond to changing business and economic conditions, or to take advantage of business opportunities. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Companies in which the Fund may invest, either directly or through Portfolio Funds, may face intense competition, including competition from companies with far greater financial resources, more extensive development, manufacturing, marketing and other capabilities, and a larger number of qualified managerial and technical personnel. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Direct Investments Risk. </div></div></div></div>Direct investing alongside one or more other parties in an investment (i.e., as a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor)</div> involves risks that may not be present in investments made by lead or sponsoring private equity investors. As a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor,</div> the Fund may have interests or objectives that are inconsistent with those of the lead private equity investors that generally have a greater degree of control over such investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, in order to take advantage of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment</div> opportunities as a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor,</div> the Fund generally will be required to hold a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-controlling</div> interest, for example, by becoming a limited partner in a partnership that is controlled by the general partner or manager of the private equity fund offering the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment,</div> on a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor</div> basis, to the Fund. In this event, the Fund would have less control over the investment and may be adversely affected by actions taken by such general partner or manager with respect to the portfolio company and the Fund’s investment in it. The Fund may not have the opportunity to participate in structuring investments or to determine the terms under which such investments will be made. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may in certain circumstances be liable for the actions of its third-party <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-venturers.</div> <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Co-investments</div> made with third parties in joint ventures or other entities also may involve carried interests and/or other fees payable to such third party partners or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-venturers.</div> There can be no assurance that appropriate minority shareholder rights will be available to the Fund or that such rights will provide sufficient protection to the Fund’s interests. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Loans Risk.</div></div></div></div> Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest in loans. The loans that the Fund may invest in include loans that are first lien, second lien, third lien or that are unsecured. In addition, the loans the Fund will invest in will usually be rated below investment grade or may be unrated. Loans are subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this prospectus, including credit risk, liquidity risk, below investment grade instruments risk and management risk. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although certain loans in which the Fund may invest will be secured by collateral, there can be no assurance that such collateral could be readily liquidated or that the liquidation of such collateral would satisfy the borrower’s obligation in the event <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">of non-payment of</div> scheduled interest or principal. In the event of the bankruptcy or </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">insolvency of a borrower, the Fund could experience delays or limitations with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of the collateral securing a loan. In the event of a decline in the value of the already pledged collateral, if the terms of a loan do not require the borrower to pledge additional collateral, the Fund will be exposed to the risk that the value of the collateral will not at all times equal or exceed the amount of the borrower’s obligations under the loans. To the extent that a loan is collateralized by stock in the borrower or its subsidiaries, such stock may lose some or all of its value in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the borrower. Those loans that are under-collateralized involve a greater risk of loss. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In general, the secondary trading market for loans is not fully-developed. No active trading market may exist for certain loans, which may make it difficult to value them. Illiquidity and adverse market conditions may mean that the Fund may not be able to sell certain loans quickly or at a fair price. To the extent that a secondary market does exist for certain loans, the market for them may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Some loans are subject to the risk that a court, pursuant to fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws, could subordinate the loans to presently existing or future indebtedness of the borrower or take other action detrimental to lenders, including the Fund. Such court action could under certain circumstances include invalidation of loans. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If legislation or state or federal regulations impose additional requirements or restrictions on the ability of financial institutions to make loans, the availability of loans for investment by the Fund may be adversely affected. In addition, such requirements or restrictions could reduce or eliminate sources of financing for certain borrowers. This would increase the risk of default. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If legislation or federal or state regulations require financial institutions to increase their capital requirements, this may cause financial institutions to dispose of loans that are considered highly levered transactions. Such sales could result in prices that, in the opinion of the Adviser, do not represent fair value. If the Fund attempts to sell a loan at a time when a financial institution is engaging in such a sale, the price the Fund could get for the loan may be adversely affected. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may acquire loans through assignments or participations. The Fund will typically acquire loans through assignment. The purchaser of an assignment typically succeeds to all the rights and obligations of the assigning institution and becomes a lender under the credit agreement with respect to the debt obligation; however, the purchaser’s rights can be more restricted than those of the assigning institution, and the Fund may not be able to unilaterally enforce all rights and remedies under the loan and with regard to any associated collateral. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A participation typically results in a contractual relationship only with the institution selling the participation interest, not with the borrower. Sellers of participations typically include banks, broker- dealers, other financial institutions and lending institutions. Certain participation agreements also include the option to convert the participation to a full assignment under agreed upon circumstances. <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Sub-Adviser has</div> adopted best execution procedures and guidelines to mitigate credit and counterparty risk in the atypical situation when the Fund must acquire a loan through a participation. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement against the borrower, and the Fund may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has purchased the participation. As a result, the Fund will be exposed to the credit risk of both the borrower and the institution selling the participation. Further, in purchasing participations in lending syndicates, the Fund will not be able to conduct the due diligence on the borrower or the quality of the loan with respect to which it is buying a participation that the Fund would otherwise conduct if it were investing directly in the loan, which may result in the Fund being exposed to greater credit or fraud risk with respect to the borrower or the loan than the Fund expected when initially purchasing the participation. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund also may originate loans or acquire loans by participating in the initial issuance of the loan as part of a syndicate of banks and financial institutions, or receive its interest in a loan directly from the borrower. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Senior Loans Risk.</div></div></div></div> Senior secured loans are usually rated below investment grade or may be unrated. As a result, the risks associated with senior secured loans are similar to the risks of below investment grade fixed income instruments, although senior secured loans are senior and secured in contrast to other below investment grade fixed income instruments, which are often subordinated or unsecured. Investment in senior secured loans rated below investment grade is considered speculative because of the credit risk of their issuers. There may be less readily available and reliable information about most senior secured loans than is the case for many other types of securities. As a result, the Adviser will rely primarily on its own evaluation of a borrower’s credit quality rather than on any available independent sources. Therefore, the Fund will be particularly dependent on the analytical abilities of the Adviser. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In general, the secondary trading market for senior secured loans is not well developed. No active trading market may exist for certain senior secured loans, which may make it difficult to value them. Illiquidity and adverse market conditions may mean that the Fund may not be able to sell senior secured loans quickly or at a fair price. To the extent that a secondary market does exist for certain senior secured loans, the market for them may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Subordinated Loans or Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Certain of the Fund’s investments may consist of loans or securities, or interests in pools of securities that are subordinated or may be subordinated in right of payment and ranked junior to other securities issued by, or loans made to obligors. If an obligor experiences financial difficulty, holders of its more senior securities will be entitled to payments in priority to the Fund. Some of the Fund’s asset-backed investments may also have structural features that divert payments of interest and/or principal to more senior classes of loans or securities backed by the same assets when loss rates or delinquency exceeds certain levels. This may interrupt the income the Fund receives from its investments, which may lead to the Fund having less income to distribute to investors. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, many of the obligors are highly leveraged and many of the Fund’s investments will be in securities which are unrated or rated below investment grade. Such investments are subject to additional risks, including an increased risk of default during periods of economic downturn, <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">the </div>possibility that the obligor may not be able to meet its debt payments, and limited secondary market support, among other risks. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Loans to Private Companies Risk.</div></div></div></div> Loans to private and middle-market companies involves risks that may not exist in the case of large, more established and/or publicly traded companies, including, without limitation: </div> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies may have limited financial resources and limited access to additional financing, which may increase the risk of their defaulting on their obligations, leaving creditors, such as the Fund, dependent on any guarantees or collateral that they may have obtained; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies frequently have shorter operating histories, narrower product lines and smaller market shares than larger businesses, which render such companies more vulnerable to competition and market conditions, as well as general economic downturns; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">there will not be as much information publicly available about these companies as would be available for public companies and such information may not be of the same quality; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies are more likely to depend on the management talents and efforts of a small group of persons; as a result, the death, disability, resignation or termination of one or more of these persons could have a material adverse impact on these companies’ ability to meet their obligations; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies generally have less predictable operating results, may from time to time be parties to litigation, may be engaged in rapidly changing businesses with products subject to a substantial risk of obsolescence, and may require substantial additional capital to support their operations, finance their expansion or maintain their competitive position; and </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies may have difficulty accessing the capital markets to meet future capital needs, which may limit their ability to grow or to repay their outstanding indebtedness upon maturity. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Portfolio Funds Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund’s investments in Portfolio Funds are subject to a number of risks. The marketability of Portfolio Fund interests may be restricted, and the realization of investments from them may take considerable time and/or be costly. Some of the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests may have only limited operating histories. Although the Adviser will seek to receive detailed information from each Portfolio Fund regarding its business strategy and any performance history, in most cases the Adviser will have little or no means of independently verifying this information. In addition, Portfolio Funds may have little or no near-term cash flow available to distribute to investors, including the Fund. Due to the pattern of cash flows in Portfolio Funds, investors typically will see negative returns in the early stages of Portfolio Funds. Then, as investments are able to realize liquidity events, such as a sale or initial public offering, positive returns will be realized if the Portfolio Fund’s investments are successful. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Portfolio Fund interests are ordinarily valued based upon valuations provided by the Portfolio Fund managers, which may be received on a delayed basis. Certain securities in which the Portfolio Funds invest may not have a readily ascertainable market price and are fair valued by the Portfolio Fund managers. A Portfolio Fund manager may face a conflict of interest in valuing such securities because their values may have an impact on the Portfolio Fund manager’s compensation. The Adviser will review and perform due diligence on the valuation procedures used by each Portfolio Fund manager and monitor the returns provided by the Portfolio Funds. However, neither the Adviser nor the Board is able to confirm the accuracy of valuations provided by Portfolio Fund managers. Inaccurate valuations provided by Portfolio Funds could materially adversely affect the value of shares. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund will pay asset-based fees, and, in most cases, will be subject to performance-based fees in respect of its interests in Portfolio Funds. Such fees and performance-based compensation are in addition to the monthly management fee. In addition, performance-based fees charged by Portfolio Fund managers may create incentives for the Portfolio Fund managers to make risky investments, and may be payable by the Fund to a Portfolio Fund manager based on a Portfolio Fund’s positive returns even if the Fund’s overall returns are negative. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, a shareholder in the Fund will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the Portfolio Funds, in addition to its proportionate share of the expenses of the Fund. Thus, a shareholder in the Fund may be subject to higher operating expenses than if the shareholder invested in the Portfolio Funds directly. In addition, because of the deduction of the fees payable by the Fund to the Adviser and other expenses payable directly by the Fund from amounts distributed to the Fund by the Portfolio Funds, the returns to a shareholder in the Fund will be lower than the returns to a direct investor in the Portfolio Funds. Fees and expenses of the Fund and the Portfolio Funds will generally be paid regardless of whether the Fund or Portfolio Funds produce positive investment returns. Shareholders could avoid the additional level of fees and expenses of the Fund by investing directly with the Portfolio Funds, although access to many Portfolio Funds may be limited or unavailable, and may not be permitted for investors who do not meet the substantial minimum net worth and other criteria for direct investment in Portfolio Funds. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is a risk that the Fund may be precluded from acquiring an interest in certain Portfolio Funds due to regulatory implications under the 1940 Act or other laws, rules and regulations or may be limited in the amount it can invest in voting securities of Portfolio Funds. The Adviser also may refrain from including a Portfolio Fund in the Fund’s portfolio in order to address adverse regulatory implications that would arise under the 1940 Act for the Fund if such an investment was made. In addition, the SEC has adopted Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> under the 1940 Act, which, among other things, may impact the ability of the Fund to enter into unfunded commitment agreements, such as a capital commitment to a Portfolio Fund or as part of a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment.</div> The Fund’s investments in Secondary Investments typically will include an unfunded portion where the Fund commits to invest equity in a Portfolio Fund in the future. Similarly, the Fund’s <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investments</div> may include an unfunded commitment to invest equity in special purpose vehicles or other issuers. These unfunded commitments generally can be drawn at the discretion of the general partner of the Portfolio Fund or other issuer subject to certain conditions (e.g., notice provisions). At times, the Fund expects that a significant portion of its assets will be invested in money market funds or other cash items, pending the calling of these unfunded commitments, as part of its risk management process to seek to ensure the Fund will have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet its </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div></div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">obligations with respect to its unfunded commitments to invest equity in Portfolio Funds and special purpose vehicles that acquire private market investments as they come due. In addition, the Fund’s ability to invest may be affected by considerations under other laws, rules or regulations. Such regulatory restrictions, including those arising under the 1940 Act, may cause the Fund to invest in different Portfolio Funds or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investments</div> than other clients of the Adviser. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the Fund fails to satisfy capital calls to a Portfolio Fund in a timely manner then, generally, it will be subject to significant penalties, including the complete forfeiture of the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio Fund. Any failure by the Fund to make timely capital contributions may impair the ability of the Fund to pursue its investment program, cause the Fund to be subject to certain penalties from the Portfolio Funds or otherwise impair the value of the Fund’s investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The governing documents of a Portfolio Fund generally are expected to include provisions that would enable the general partner, the manager, or a majority in interest (or higher percentage) of its limited partners or members, under certain circumstances, to terminate the Portfolio Fund prior to the end of its stated term. Early termination of a Portfolio Fund in which the Fund is invested may result in the Fund having distributed to it a portfolio of immature securities, or the Fund’s inability to invest all of its capital as anticipated, either of which could have a material adverse effect on the performance of the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although the Fund will be an investor in a Portfolio Fund, shareholders will not themselves be equity holders of that Portfolio Fund and will not be entitled to enforce any rights directly against the Portfolio Fund or the Portfolio Fund manager or assert claims directly against any Portfolio Funds, the Portfolio Fund managers or their respective affiliates. Shareholders will have no right to receive the information issued by the Portfolio Funds that may be available to the Fund as an investor in the Portfolio Funds. In addition, Portfolio Funds generally are not registered as investment companies under the 1940 Act; therefore, the Fund, as an investor in Portfolio Funds, will not have the benefit of the protections afforded by the 1940 Act. Portfolio Fund managers may not be registered as investment advisers under the Advisers Act, in which case the Fund, as an investor in Portfolio Funds managed by such Portfolio Fund managers, will not have the benefit of certain of the protections afforded by the Advisers Act. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Commitments to Portfolio Funds generally are not immediately invested. Instead, committed amounts are drawn down by Portfolio Funds and invested over time, as underlying investments are identified—a process that may take a period of several years, with limited ability to predict with precision the timing and amount of each Portfolio Fund’s drawdowns. During this period, investments made early in a Portfolio Fund’s life are often realized (generating distributions) even before the committed capital has been fully drawn. In addition, many Portfolio Funds do not draw down 100% of committed capital, and historic trends and practices can inform the Adviser as to when it can expect to no longer need to fund capital calls for a particular Portfolio Fund. Accordingly, the Adviser may make investments and commitments based, in part, on anticipated future capital calls and distributions from Portfolio Funds. This may result in the Fund making commitments to Portfolio Funds in an aggregate amount that exceeds the total amounts invested by shareholders in the Fund at the time of such commitment (i.e., to “over-commit”). To the extent that the Fund engages in an “over-commitment” strategy, the risk associated with the Fund defaulting on a commitment to a Portfolio Fund will increase. The Fund will maintain cash, cash equivalents, borrowings or other liquid assets in sufficient amounts, in the Adviser’s judgment, to satisfy capital calls from Portfolio Funds. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Lack of Control Over the Portfolio Funds and Other Portfolio Investments.</div></div></div></div> The Adviser will have no control over the investment decisions made by any Portfolio Fund. Although the Fund and the Adviser will regularly evaluate each Portfolio Fund and its manager to determine whether their respective investment programs are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, the Adviser will not have any control over the investments made by any Portfolio Fund. Even though the Portfolio Funds are subject to certain constraints, the managers may change aspects of their investment strategies. The managers may do so at any time (for example, such change may occur immediately after providing the Adviser with the quarterly unaudited financial information for a </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Private REIT). The Adviser may reallocate the Fund’s investments among the Portfolio Funds, but the Adviser’s ability to do so may be constrained by the withdrawal limitations imposed by the Portfolio Funds, which may prevent the Fund from reacting rapidly to market changes should a Portfolio Fund fail to effect portfolio changes consistent with such market changes and the demands of the Adviser. Such withdrawal limitations may also restrict the Adviser’s ability to terminate investments in Portfolio Funds that are poorly <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">performing</div> or have otherwise had adverse changes. The Adviser will be dependent on information provided by the Portfolio Fund, including quarterly unaudited financial statements, which if inaccurate, could adversely affect the Adviser’s ability to manage the Fund’s investment portfolio in accordance with its investment objective. By investing in the Fund, a shareholder will not be deemed to be an investor in any Portfolio Fund and will not have the ability to exercise any rights attributable to an investor in any such Portfolio Fund related to their investment. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">REIT Risk.</div></div></div></div> Investments (directly or indirectly) in REITs will subject the Fund to various risks. REIT share prices may decline because of adverse developments affecting the real estate industry and real property values. In general, real estate values can be affected by a variety of factors, including supply and demand for properties, the economic health of the country or of different regions, and the strength of specific industries that rent properties. REITs often invest in highly leveraged properties. Returns from REITs, which typically are small or medium capitalization stocks, may trail returns from the overall stock market. In addition, changes in interest rates may hurt real estate values or make REIT shares less attractive than other income-producing investments. REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers and self-liquidation. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Qualification as a REIT under the Code in any particular year is a complex analysis that depends on a number of factors. There can be no assurance that an entity in which the Fund invests with the expectation that it will be taxed as a REIT will, in fact, qualify as a REIT. An entity that fails to qualify as a REIT would be subject to a corporate level tax, would not be entitled to a deduction for dividends paid to its shareholders and would not pass through to its shareholders the character of income earned by the entity. If the Fund were to invest in an entity that failed to qualify as a REIT, such failure could significantly reduce the Fund’s yield on that investment. REITs can be classified as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. Equity REITs invest primarily in real property and earn rental income from leasing those properties. They may also realize gains or losses from the sale of properties. Equity REITs will be affected by conditions in the real estate rental market and by changes in the value of the properties they own. Mortgage REITs invest primarily in mortgages and similar real estate interests and receive interest payments from the owners of the mortgaged properties. Mortgage REITs will be affected by changes in creditworthiness of borrowers and changes in interest rates. Hybrid REITs invest both in real property and in mortgages. Equity and mortgage REITs are dependent upon management skills, may not be diversified and are subject to the risks of financing projects. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dividends paid by REITs will not generally qualify for the reduced U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to qualified dividends under the Code. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Matters.” The Fund’s investments in REITs may include an additional risk to shareholders. Some or all of a REIT’s annual distributions to its investors may constitute a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-taxable</div> return of capital. Any such return of capital will generally reduce the Fund’s basis in the REIT investment, but not below zero. To the extent the distributions from a particular REIT exceed the Fund’s basis in such REIT, the Fund will generally recognize gain. In part because REIT distributions often include a nontaxable return of capital, Fund distributions to shareholders may also include a nontaxable return of capital. Shareholders that receive such a distribution will also reduce their tax basis in their shares of the Fund, but not below zero. To the extent the distribution exceeds a shareholder’s basis in the Fund’s shares, such shareholder will generally recognize a capital gain. The Fund does not have any investment restrictions with respect to investments in REITs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">REOC Risk.</div></div></div></div> REOCs, like REITs, expose the Fund to the risks of the real estate market. These risks can include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; destruction of underlying properties; defaults by borrowers or tenants; market saturation; changes in general and local economic conditions; decreases in market rates for rents; increases in vacancies; competition; property taxes; capital expenditures, or operating expenses; and other economic, political or regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate industry. REOCs may also be affected by </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">risks similar to investments in debt securities, including changes in interest rates and the quality of credit extended. REOCs require specialized management and pay management expenses; may have less trading volume; may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets; and may invest in a limited number of properties, in a narrow geographic area, or in a single property type which increase the risk that the portfolio could be unfavorably affected by the poor performance of a single investment or investment type. In addition, defaults on or sales of investments that the REOC holds could reduce the cash flow needed to make distributions to <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">investors</div>. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Portfolio Funds’ Underlying Investments Risk.</div></div></div></div><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> </div></div>The investments made by the Portfolio Funds will entail a high degree of risk and in most cases be difficult to value. As a general matter, companies in which the Portfolio Fund invests may face intense competition, including competition from companies with far greater financial resources; more extensive research, development, technological, marketing and other capabilities; and a larger number of qualified managerial and technical personnel. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Portfolio Fund manager may focus on a particular industry or sector, which may subject the Portfolio Fund, and thus the Fund, to greater risk and volatility than if investments had been made in issuers in a broader range of industries. Likewise, a Portfolio Fund manager may focus on a particular country or geographic region, which may subject the Portfolio Fund, and thus the Fund, to greater risk and volatility than if investments had been made in issuers in a broader range of geographic regions. In addition, Portfolio Funds may establish positions in different geographic regions or industries that, depending on market conditions, could experience offsetting returns. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund will not obtain or seek to obtain any control over the management of any portfolio company in which any Portfolio Fund may invest. The success of each investment made by a Portfolio Fund will largely depend on the ability and success of the management of the portfolio companies in addition to economic and market factors. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Secondary Investments Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may have limited Secondary Investment opportunities. The Fund may make Secondary Investments in Portfolio Funds by acquiring the interests in the Portfolio Funds from existing investors in such Portfolio Funds. In such instances, it is generally not expected that the Fund will have the opportunity to negotiate the terms of the interests being acquired, other than the purchase price, or other special rights or privileges. Moreover, there is no assurance that the Fund will be able to purchase interests at discounts to NAV, or at all. The overall performance of the Fund will depend in large part on the acquisition price paid by the Fund for its Secondary Investments, the structure of such acquisitions and the overall success of the Portfolio Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is significant competition for Secondary Investments. No assurance can be given that the Fund will be able to identify Secondary Investments that satisfy the Fund’s investment objective or, if the Fund is successful in identifying such Secondary Investments, that the Fund will be permitted to invest, or invest in the amounts desired, in such Secondary Investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Asset-Backed Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Asset-backed securities represent interests in “pools” of Real Estate Debt Investments or other real estate securities, including leasehold and fee simple interests in such assets. Asset-backed securities often involve risks that are different from or possibly more acute than risks associated with other types of debt instruments. Some asset-backed securities are subject to interest rate risk and prepayment risk. A change in interest can affect the pace of <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">payments </div>on the underlying loans, which in turn affects total return on the securities. Asset-backed securities also carry credit or default risk. If many borrowers on the underlying loans default, losses could exceed the credit enhancement level and result in losses to investors in asset-backed securities. In addition, asset-backed securities have structural risk due to a unique characteristic known as early amortization, or early payout, risk. Built into the structure of most asset-backed securities are triggers for early payout, designed to protect investors from losses. These triggers are unique to each transaction and can include a big rise in defaults on the underlying loans, a sharp drop in the credit enhancement level or even the bankruptcy of the originator. Once early amortization begins, all incoming loan payments (after expenses are paid) are used to pay investors as quickly as possible based upon a predetermined priority of payment. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Commercial mortgage-backed securities include securities that reflect an interest in, and are secured by, mortgage loans on commercial real property (such as office properties, retail properties, hospitality properties, industrial properties, healthcare-related properties or other types of income producing real property). Many of the risks of investing in commercial mortgage-backed securities reflect the risks of investing in the real estate securing the underlying mortgage loans, which include the risks associated with the effects of local and other economic conditions on real estate markets, the ability of tenants to make loan payments, increases in interest rates, real estate tax rates and other operating expenses, changes in governmental rules, regulations and fiscal policies, the effects of and responses to infectious illness outbreaks, epidemics of pandemics, and the ability of a property to attract and retain tenants. Commercial mortgage-backed securities depend on cash flows generated by underlying commercial real estate loans, receivables, and other assets, and can be significantly affected by changes in market and economic conditions, the availability of information regarding the underlying assets and their structures, and the creditworthiness of the borrowers or tenants. Commercial mortgage-backed securities may be less liquid and exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage- or asset-backed securities. Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by private issuers may offer higher yields than commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by government issuers, but also may be subject to greater volatility than commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by government issuers. The commercial mortgage-backed securities market may experience substantially lower valuations and greatly reduced liquidity. Commercial mortgage-backed securities held by the Fund may be subordinated to one or more other classes of securities of the same series for purposes of, among other things, establishing payment priorities and offsetting losses and other shortfalls with respect to the related underlying mortgage loans. There can be no assurance that the subordination will be sufficient on any date to offset all losses or expenses incurred by the underlying trust. The value of CMBS and other mortgage-backed securities in which the Fund may invest generally will have an inverse relationship with interest rates. Accordingly, if interest rates rise, the value of such securities will decline. In addition, to <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">the </div>extent that the mortgage loans which underlie specific mortgage-backed securities are <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">pre-payable,</div> the value of such mortgage securities may be negatively affected by increasing prepayments, which generally occur when interest rates decline. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may invest certain of its assets in residential mortgage-backed securities and become a holder of RMBS. Holders of RMBS bear various risks, including credit, market, interest rate, structural and legal risks. RMBS represent interests in pools of residential mortgage loans secured by residential mortgage loans. Such loans may be prepaid at any time. Residential mortgage loans are obligations of the borrowers thereunder only and are not typically insured or guaranteed by any other person or entity, although such loans may be securitized and the securities issued in such securitization may be guaranteed or credit enhanced. The rate of defaults and losses on residential mortgage loans will be affected by a number of factors, including general economic conditions and those in the area where the related mortgaged property is located, the borrower’s equity in the mortgaged property and the financial circumstances of the borrower. If a residential mortgage loan is in default, foreclosure of such residential mortgage loan may be a lengthy and difficult process, and may involve significant expenses. Furthermore, the market for defaulted residential mortgage loans or foreclosed properties may be very limited. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Structured Products Risk.</div></div></div></div> Holders of structured products bear risks of the underlying investments, index or reference obligation and are subject to counterparty risk. The Fund may have the right to receive payments only from the structured product, and generally does not have direct rights against the issuer or the entity that sold the assets to be securitized. While certain structured products enable the investor to acquire interests in a pool of securities without the brokerage and other expenses associated with directly holding the same securities, investors in structured products generally pay their share of the structured product’s administrative and other expenses. Although it is difficult to predict whether the prices of indices and securities underlying structured products will rise or fall, these prices (and, therefore, the prices of structured products) will be influenced by the same types of political and economic events that affect issuers of securities and capital markets generally. If the issuer of a structured product uses shorter term financing to purchase longer term securities, the issuer may be forced to sell its securities at below market prices if it experiences difficulty in obtaining short-term financing, which may adversely affect the value of the structured products owned by the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investments in structured notes involve risks, including credit risk and market risk. Where the Fund’s investments in structured notes are based upon the movement of one or more factors, including currency exchange rates, interest rates, referenced bonds and stock indices, depending on the factor used and the use of multipliers or deflators, changes in interest rates and movement of the factor may cause significant price fluctuations. Additionally, changes in the reference instrument or security may cause the interest <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">rate </div>on the structured note to be reduced to zero, and any further changes in the reference instrument may then reduce the principal amount payable on maturity. Structured notes may be less liquid than other types of securities and more volatile than the reference instrument or security underlying the note. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">CLO Risk. </div></div></div></div>In addition to the general risks associated with real estate securities, debt securities and structured products discussed herein, CLOs carry additional risks, including, but not limited to (i) the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; (ii) the quality of the collateral may decline in value or default; (iii) the possibility that the investments in CLOs are subordinate to other classes or tranches thereof, (iv) the potential of spread compression in the underlying loans of the CLO, which could reduce credit enhancement in the CLOs and (v) the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of investment and may produce disputes with the issuer or unexpected investment results. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CLO junior debt securities that the Fund may acquire are subordinated to more senior tranches of CLO debt. CLO junior debt securities are subject to increased risks of default relative to the holders of superior priority interests in the same securities. In addition, at the time of issuance, CLO equity securities are under-collateralized in that the liabilities of a CLO at inception exceed its total assets. Though not exclusively, the Fund will typically be in a first loss or subordinated position with respect to realized losses on the assets of the CLOs in which it is invested. The Fund may recognize phantom taxable income from its investments in the subordinated tranches of CLOs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Between the closing date and the effective date of a CLO, the CLO collateral manager will generally expect to purchase additional collateral obligations for the CLO. During this period, the price and availability of these collateral obligations may be adversely affected by a number of market factors, including price volatility and availability of investments suitable for the CLO, which could hamper the ability of the collateral manager to acquire a portfolio of collateral obligations that will satisfy specified concentration limitations and allow the CLO to reach the initial par amount of collateral prior to the effective date. An inability or delay in reaching the target initial par amount of collateral may adversely affect the timing and amount of interest or principal payments received by the holders of the CLO debt securities and distributions of the CLO on equity securities and could result in early redemptions which may cause CLO debt and equity investors to receive less than face value of their investment. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The failure by a CLO in which the Fund invests to satisfy financial covenants, including with respect to adequate collateralization and/or interest coverage tests, could lead to a reduction in the CLO’s payments to the Fund. In the event that a CLO fails certain tests, holders of CLO senior debt may be entitled to additional payments that would, in turn, reduce the payments the Fund would otherwise be entitled to receive. Separately, the Fund may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms, which may include the waiver of certain financial covenants, with a defaulting CLO or any other investment the Fund may make. If any of these occur, it could adversely affect the Fund’s operating results and cash flows. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund’s CLO investments are exposed to leveraged credit risk. If certain minimum collateral value ratios and/or interest coverage ratios are not met by a CLO, primarily due to senior secured loan defaults, then cash flow that otherwise would have been available to pay distributions to the Fund on its CLO investments may instead be used to redeem any senior notes or to purchase additional senior secured loans, until the ratios again exceed the minimum required levels or any senior notes are repaid in full. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Subordinated Debt Risk</div></div></div></div>. The Fund may from time to time invest in debt instruments, including junior tranches of CMBS and “mezzanine” or junior mortgage loans (e.g., <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">B-Notes),</div> that are subordinated in an issuer’s capital structure. To the extent the Fund invests in subordinated debt of an issuer’s capital structure or subordinated CMBS bonds, such investments and the Fund’s remedies with respect thereto, including the ability to foreclose on any collateral securing such investments, will be subject to the rights of any senior creditors and, to the extent applicable, contractual inter-creditor and/or participation agreement provisions. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investments in subordinated debt involve greater credit risk of default than the senior classes of the issue or series. Subordinated tranches of CMBS or other investments absorb losses from default before other more senior tranches of CMBS to which it is subordinate are put at risk. As a result, to the extent the Fund invests in subordinate debt instruments (including CMBS), the Fund would potentially receive payments or interest distributions after, and must bear the effects of losses or defaults on the senior debt (including underlying mortgage loans, senior mezzanine debt or senior CMBS bonds) before, the holders of other more senior tranches of debt instruments with respect to such issuer. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Mezzanine Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Although not secured by the underlying real estate, mezzanine loans are also subject to risk of subordination and share certain characteristics of subordinate loan interests described above. As with commercial mortgage loans, repayment of a mezzanine loan is dependent on the successful operation of the underlying commercial properties and, therefore, is subject to similar considerations and risks. Mezzanine loans may also be affected by the successful operation of other properties, but mezzanine loans are not secured by interests in the underlying commercial properties. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Rehypothecated Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> In connection with the use of the BNP Credit Facility for leverage, the Fund permits the lender, subject to certain conditions, to rehypothecate (i.e., lend to other counterparties) portfolio securities pledged by the Fund up to the amount of the loan balance outstanding. The terms of the BNP Credit Facility provide that the Fund continue to receive dividends and interest on rehypothecated securities. The Fund has the right under the BNP Credit Facility to recall rehypothecated securities from BNP on demand. If BNP fails to deliver a recalled security in a timely manner, the BNP Credit Facility provides for compensation by BNP to the Fund for any fees or losses related to the failed delivery or, in the event a recalled security will not be returned by BNP, for the Fund, upon notice to BNP, to reduce the loan balance outstanding by the amount of the recalled security failed to be returned. The terms of the BNP Credit Facility pursuant to which portfolio securities pledged by the Fund are rehypothecated may provide for receipt by the Fund, either directly or indirectly through a reduction in the costs associated with the BNP Credit Facility, of a portion of the fees earned by BNP in connection with the rehypothecation of such portfolio securities. Rehypothecation by BNP of the Fund’s pledged portfolio securities entails risks, including the risk that BNP will be unable or unwilling to return rehypothecated securities, which could result in, among other things, the inability of the Fund to find suitable investments to replace the unreturned securities, thereby impairing the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Use of Leverage by the Fund. </div></div></div></div>Although the Fund has the option to borrow, including through the Credit Facilities, there are significant risks that may be assumed in connection with such borrowings. Investors in the Fund should consider the various risks of financial leverage, including, without limitation, the matters described below. There is no assurance that a leveraging strategy would be successful. Financial leverage involves risks and special considerations for shareholders including: (i) the likelihood of greater volatility of NAV of the shares than a comparable portfolio without leverage; (ii) the risk that fluctuations in interest rates on borrowings and short-term debt that the Fund must pay will reduce the return to the shareholders; (iii) the effect of financial leverage in a market experiencing rising interest rates, which would likely cause a greater decline in the NAV of the shares than if the Fund were not leveraged; and (iv) the potential for an increase in operating costs, which may reduce the Fund’s total return. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event that the Fund would be required to sell assets at a loss, including in order to redeem or pay off any borrowing, such a sale would reduce the Fund’s NAV and may make it difficult for the NAV to recover. The Fund nevertheless may continue to use financial leverage if the Adviser expects that the benefits to the </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">shareholders of maintaining the leveraged position likely would outweigh a resulting reduction in the current return. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain types of borrowings by the Fund would result in the Fund being subject to covenants in credit agreements relating to asset coverage and Fund composition requirements that are more stringent than those currently imposed on the Fund by the 1940 Act. In addition, borrowings by the Fund may be made on a secured basis. The Custodian will then either segregate the assets securing the Fund’s borrowings for the benefit of the Fund’s lenders or arrangements will be made with a suitable <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">sub-custodian.</div> If the assets used to secure a borrowing decrease in value, the Fund may be required to pledge additional collateral to the lender in the form of cash or securities to avoid liquidation of those assets. In the event of a default, the lenders will have the right, through the Custodian, to redeem the Fund’s investments in underlying Investment Funds without consideration of whether doing so would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders. The rights of any lenders to the Fund to receive payments of interest on and repayments of principal of borrowings will be senior to the rights of the Fund’s shareholders, and the terms of the Fund’s borrowings may contain provisions that limit certain activities of the Fund and could result in precluding the purchase of instruments that the Fund would otherwise purchase. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The use of financial leverage involves financial risk and would increase the exposure of the Fund’s investment returns to adverse economic factors such as rising interest rates, downturns in the economy or deterioration in the condition of the investments. There would be a risk that operating cash flow available to the Fund would be insufficient to meet required payments and a risk that it would not be possible to refinance existing indebtedness or that the terms of such refinancing would not be as favorable as the terms of existing indebtedness. Borrowings by the Fund may be secured by any or all of the assets of the Fund, with the consequences that the Fund may lose more than its equity stake in any one investment, and may lose all of its capital. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Derivatives Risk.</div></div></div></div> The use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks, such as liquidity risk (which may be heightened for highly-customized derivatives), interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, leveraging risk, counterparty risk, tax risk, and management risk, as well as risks arising from changes in applicable requirements. They also involve the risk of mispricing, the risk of unfavorable or ambiguous documentation and the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives may increase or accelerate the amount of taxes payable by common shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund relies on certain exemptions in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> under the 1940 Act to enter into derivatives transactions and certain other transactions notwithstanding the restrictions on the issuance of “senior securities” under Section 18 of the 1940 Act. Under Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4,</div> “derivatives transactions” include the following: (1) any swap, security-based swap, futures contract, forward contract, option (excluding purchased options), any combination of the foregoing, or any similar instrument, under which the Fund is or may be required to make any payment or delivery of cash or other assets during the life of the instrument or at maturity or early termination, whether as margin or settlement payment or otherwise; (2) any short sale borrowing; and (3) if the Fund relies on the exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4(d)(1)(ii),</div> reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions. The Fund will rely on a separate exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4(e)</div> when entering into unfunded commitment agreements, which includes any commitment to make a loan to a company, including term loans, delayed draw term loans, and revolvers, or to invest equity in a company. To rely on the unfunded commitment agreements exemption, the Fund must reasonably believe, at the time it enters into such agreement, that it will have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet its obligations with respect to all of its unfunded commitment agreements, in each case as they come due. The Fund will rely on the exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4(f)</div> when purchasing when-issued or forward-settling securities (e.g., firm and standby commitments, including <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">to-be-announced</div></div> commitments, and dollar rolls) and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-standard</div> settlement cycle securities, if certain conditions are met. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund intends to operate as a “limited derivatives user” for purposes of the derivatives transactions exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4.</div> To qualify as a limited derivatives user, the Fund’s “derivatives exposure” is limited to 10% of its </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">net assets subject to exclusions for certain currency or interest rate hedging transactions (as calculated in accordance with Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4).</div> Unless the Fund qualifies as a “limited derivatives user” as defined in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4,</div> the rule would, among other things, require the Fund to establish a comprehensive derivatives risk management program, to comply with certain <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">value-at-risk</div></div> based leverage limits, to appoint a derivatives risk manager and to provide additional disclosure <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">both </div>publicly and to the SEC regarding its derivatives positions. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Reverse Repurchase Agreements Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund’s use of reverse repurchase agreements involves many of the same risks involved in the Fund’s use of leverage, as the proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements generally will be invested in additional securities. There is a risk that the market value of the securities acquired in the reverse repurchase agreement may decline below the price of the securities that the Fund has sold but remains obligated to repurchase. In addition, there is a risk that the market value of the securities retained by the Fund may decline. If the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement were to file for bankruptcy or experiences insolvency, the Fund may be adversely affected. Also, in entering into reverse repurchase agreements, the Fund would bear the risk of loss to the extent that the proceeds of the reverse repurchase agreement are less than the value of the underlying securities. In addition, due to the interest costs associated with reverse repurchase agreements transactions, the Fund’s NAV will decline, and, in some cases, the Fund may be worse off than if it had not used such instruments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Use of Leverage by Portfolio Funds. </div></div></div></div>In addition to any borrowing utilized by the Fund, the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests may utilize financial leverage. The Portfolio Funds may be able to borrow, subject to the limitations of their charters and operative documents. Certain Portfolio Funds may not be subject to the limitations imposed by the 1940 Act regarding the use of leverage with respect to which registered investment companies, including the Fund, are subject. To that end, the Fund intends to limit its direct borrowing to an amount that does not exceed 33 1/3% of the Fund’s gross asset value. Furthermore, Portfolio Funds typically will hold their investments in entities organized as REITs, corporations or other entities and this may allow the Fund’s risk of loss to be limited to the amount of its investment in the Portfolio Fund. While leverage presents opportunities for increasing the Fund’s total return, it has the effect of potentially increasing losses as well. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Valuation of Portfolio Funds. </div></div></div></div>Certain Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests are not publicly traded and the Fund may consider information provided by the institutional asset manager of each respective Portfolio Fund to determine the estimated value of the Fund’s investment therein. The valuation provided by an institutional asset manager as of a specific date may vary from the actual sale price that may be obtained if such investment were sold to a third party. To determine the estimated value of the Fund’s investment in Portfolio Funds, the Adviser considers, among other things, information provided by the Portfolio Funds, including quarterly unaudited financial statements, which if inaccurate could adversely affect the Adviser’s ability to value accurately the Fund’s shares. Portfolio Funds that invest primarily in publicly traded securities are more easily valued. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Credit Risk.</div></div></div></div> Credit risk is the risk that one or more loans in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in price or fail to pay interest or principal when due because the issuer of the instrument experiences a decline in its financial status. While a senior position in the capital structure of a borrower or issuer may provide some protection with respect to the Fund’s investments in certain loans, losses may still occur because the market value of loans is affected by the creditworthiness of borrowers or issuers and by general economic and specific industry conditions and the Fund’s other investments will often be subordinate to other debt in the issuer’s capital structure. To the extent the Fund invests in below investment grade instruments, it will be exposed to a greater amount of credit risk than a fund which invests in investment grade securities. The prices of lower grade instruments are more sensitive to negative developments, such as a decline in the issuer’s revenues or a general economic downturn, than are the prices of higher grade instruments. Instruments of below investment grade quality are predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal when due and therefore involve a greater risk of default. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Preferred Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> There are various risks associated with investing in preferred securities, including credit risk, interest rate risk, deferral and omission of distributions, subordination to bonds and other debt </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">securities in a company’s capital structure, limited liquidity, limited voting rights and special redemption rights. Interest rate risk is, in general, the risk that the price of a preferred security falls when interest rates rise. Securities with longer maturities tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer of a security may not be able to make principal and interest or dividend payments on the security as they become due. Holders of preferred securities may not receive<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"> dividends</div>, or the payment can be deferred for some period of time. In bankruptcy, creditors are generally paid before the holders of preferred securities. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Convertible Securities Risk. </div></div></div></div>Convertible securities are hybrid securities that have characteristics of both bonds and common stocks and are subject to risks associated with both debt securities and equity securities. Convertible securities are similar to fixed income securities because they usually pay a fixed interest rate (or dividend) and are obligated to repay principal on a given date in the future. The market value of fixed income and preferred securities tends to decline as interest rates increase and tends to increase as interest rates decline. Convertible securities have characteristics of a fixed income security and are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates when their conversion value is lower than the value of the bond or preferred share. Fixed income and preferred securities also are subject to credit risk, which is the risk that an issuer of a security may not be able to make principal and interest or dividend payments on the security as they become due. Fixed income and preferred securities also may be subject to prepayment or redemption risk. If a convertible security held by the Fund is called for redemption, the Fund will be required to surrender the security for redemption, convert it into the issuing company’s common stock or cash or sell it to a third party at a time that may be unfavorable to the Fund. Convertible securities have characteristics similar to common stocks especially when their conversion value is the same as the value of the bond or preferred share. The price of equity securities may rise or fall because of economic or political changes. Stock prices in general may decline over short or even extended periods of time. Market prices of equity securities in broad market segments may be adversely affected by a prominent issuer having experienced losses or by the lack of earnings or such an issuer’s failure to meet the market’s expectations with respect to new products or services, or even by factors wholly unrelated to the value or condition of the issuer, such as changes in interest rates. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">High Yield Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may invest in debt securities and preferred securities rated less than investment grade that are sometimes referred to as high yield or “junk.” These securities are speculative investments that carry greater risks and are more susceptible to real or perceived adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than higher quality securities. High yield securities offer the potential for higher return, but also involve greater risk than bonds of higher quality, including an increased possibility that the security’s issuer, obligor or guarantor may not be able to make its payments of interest and principal (credit quality risk). If that happens, the value of the security may decrease. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates (interest rate risk) could adversely affect the market for these securities and reduce the Fund’s ability to sell its securities (liquidity risk). Such securities also may be subject to resale restrictions. The lack of a liquid market for these securities could decrease the Fund’s share price. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Interest Rate Risk.</div></div></div></div> The fixed-income instruments that the Fund may invest in are subject to the risk that market values of such securities will decline as interest rates increase. These changes in interest rates have a more pronounced effect on securities with longer durations. Typically, the impact of changes in interest rates on the market value of an instrument will be more pronounced for fixed-rate instruments than it will for floating rate instruments. Fluctuations in the value of portfolio securities will not affect interest income on existing portfolio securities but will be reflected in the Fund’s NAV. The debt capital that will be available to the Fund in the future, if at all, may be impacted by changes in and uncertainty surrounding interest rates. Depending on the interest rate environment and general state of credit markets, potential debt capital may be available only at a higher cost and on terms and conditions less favorable than what the Fund has historically experienced. Market volatility, rising interest rates, uncertainty around interest rates and/or unfavorable economic conditions could adversely affect the Fund’s business. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An increase in interest rates could decrease the value of any investments the Fund holds that earn fixed interest rates, including subordinated loans, senior and junior secured and unsecured debt securities and loans and high </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">yield bonds, and also could increase the Fund’s interest expense, thereby decreasing the Fund’s net income. Federal Reserve policy, including with respect to certain interest rates and the decision to end its quantitative easing policy, may also adversely affect the value, volatility and liquidity of dividend- and interest-paying securities. From time to time, the Fund may also enter into certain hedging transactions to mitigate the Fund’s exposure to changes in interest rates. In the past, the Fund has entered into certain hedging transactions, such as interest rate swap agreements, to mitigate the Fund’s exposure to adverse fluctuations in interest rates, and the Fund may do so again in the future. However, the Fund cannot assure shareholders that such transactions will be successful in mitigating the Fund’s exposure to interest rate risk. There can be no assurance that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s net investment income. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund’s debt investments are based on fixed and floating rates, such as Euro Interbank Offer Rate, Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), the Federal Funds Rate or the Prime Rate. Market prices tend to fluctuate more for fixed-rate securities that have longer maturities. Although the Fund has no policy governing the maturities of the Fund’s investments, under current market conditions the Fund expects that it will invest in a portfolio of debt generally having maturities of up to 10 years. Market prices for debt that pays a fixed rate of return tend to decline as interest rates rise. This means that the Fund is subject to greater risk (other things being equal) than a fund invested solely in shorter-term, fixed-rate securities. Market prices for floating rate investments may also fluctuate in rising rate environments with prices tending to decline when credit spreads widen. Rising interest rates may also increase the cost of debt for the Fund’s underlying portfolio companies, which could adversely impact their financial performance and ability to meet ongoing obligations to the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may have investments in foreign securities. Foreign securities have investment risks different from those associated with domestic securities. Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund with investments in foreign securities than another fund that invests exclusively in domestic securities. The value of foreign currency denominated securities or foreign currency contracts is affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. There may be less government supervision of foreign markets, resulting in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-uniform</div> accounting practices and less publicly available information about issuers of foreign securities. The value of foreign investments may be affected by changes in exchange control regulations, application of foreign tax laws (including withholding tax), changes in governmental economic or monetary policy (in this country or abroad), or changed circumstances in dealings between nations. In addition, foreign brokerage commissions, custody fees, and other costs of investing in foreign securities are often higher than in the United States. Investments in foreign issues could be affected by other factors not present in the United States, including expropriation, armed conflict, confiscatory taxation, and potential difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may also invest in emerging markets, which are markets of countries in the initial stages of industrialization and have low per capita income. In addition to the risks of foreign securities in general, countries in emerging markets are more volatile and can have relatively unstable governments, social and legal systems that do not protect shareholders, economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade a small number of issues which could reduce liquidity. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Infrastructure Industry Risk.</div></div></div></div> Infrastructure investments may be subject to a variety of risks, not all of which can be foreseen or quantified, including: (i) the burdens of ownership of infrastructure: (ii) local, national and international political and economic conditions; (iii) the supply and demand for services from and access to infrastructure; (iv) the financial condition of users and suppliers of infrastructure assets; (v) changes in interest rates and the availability of funds which may render the purchase, sale or refinancing of infrastructure assets difficult or impracticable; (vi) changes in regulations, planning laws and other governmental rules; (vii) changes in fiscal and monetary policies; (viii) under-insured or uninsurable losses, such as force majeure acts and terrorist events; (ix) reduced investment in public and private infrastructure projects; and (x) other factors which are beyond the reasonable control of the Fund. Many of the foregoing factors could cause fluctuations in usage, expenses and revenues, causing the value of investments to decline and a material adverse effect on the Fund’s or an infrastructure asset’s performance. </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Leveraging Risk. </div></div></div></div>The use of leverage, such as borrowing money to purchase securities, by the Fund will magnify the Fund’s gains or losses. The use of leverage via short selling and short positions in futures contracts will also magnify the Fund’s gains or losses. Generally, the use of leverage also will cause the Fund to have higher expenses (especially interest and/or short selling related dividend expenses) than those of funds that do not use such techniques. In addition, a lender to the Fund may terminate or refuse to renew any credit facility. If the Fund is unable to access additional credit, it may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, which may further depress the returns on the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Credit Risk. </div></div></div></div>There is a risk that debt issuers will not make payments, resulting in losses to the Fund. In addition, the credit quality of securities may be lowered if an issuer’s financial condition changes. Lower credit quality may lead to greater volatility in the price of a security and in shares of the Fund. Lower credit quality also may affect liquidity and make it difficult to sell the security. Default, or the market’s perception that an issuer is likely to default, could reduce the value and liquidity of securities, thereby reducing the value of your investment in Fund shares. In addition, default may cause the Fund to incur expenses in seeking recovery of principal or interest on its portfolio holdings. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Inflation/Deflation Risk. </div></div></div></div>Inflation risk is the risk that the value of certain assets or income from the Fund’s investments will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the Fund and its distributions can decline. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, during any periods of rising inflation, the dividend rates or borrowing costs associated with the Fund’s use of leverage would likely increase, which would tend to further reduce returns to shareholders. Inflation may continue in the near to medium-term, particularly in the U.S., with the possibility that monetary policy continues to tighten in response. Deflation risk is the risk that prices throughout the economy decline over time—the opposite of inflation. Deflation may have an adverse effect on the creditworthiness of issuers and may make issuer defaults more likely, which may result in a decline in the value of the Fund’s portfolio. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Economic activity has continued to accelerate across sectors and regions. Nevertheless, global supply chain issues have led, and may in the future lead, to a rise in energy prices. Inflation may continue in the near to medium-term, particularly in the U.S., with the possibility that monetary policy continues to tighten in response. Persistent inflationary pressures could affect our portfolio companies’ profit margins. There can be no assurance that inflation will not become a serious problem in the future and have an adverse impact on the Fund’s returns. </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Compliance Failures. </div></div></div></div>Apollo, certain of its affiliates, and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser,</div> are regulated entities, and any compliance failures or other inappropriate behavior by them may have a material and/or adverse effect on the Fund. The provision of investment management services is regulated in most relevant jurisdictions, and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> and Apollo must maintain their regulatory authorizations to continue to be involved both in the management of the Fund’s investments and to continue their businesses generally. The Adviser’s or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> ability to source and execute investment transactions for the Fund, and investor sentiment with respect to the Fund, may be adversely affected by negative publicity arising from <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">any </div>regulatory compliance failures or other inappropriate behavior by any Apollo affiliate or its investment professionals. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Legal, Tax and Regulatory Risks. </div></div></div></div>Legal, tax and regulatory changes could occur that may adversely affect the Fund or its portfolio companies. There has been, and it is possible that there will be further, involvement of governmental and regulatory authorities in financial markets around the world. For example, the Fund expects to make investments in a number of different industries, some of which are or may become subject to regulation by one or more governmental agencies or authorities. New and existing regulations, changing regulatory requirements and the burdens of regulatory compliance all may have an adverse effect on the performance of investments that operate in these industries. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Neither the Adviser nor <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> can predict whether new legislation <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">or</div> regulation (including new tax measures) will be enacted by legislative bodies or governmental agencies, nor can either of them predict what effect such legislation or regulation might have. There can be no assurance that new legislation or regulation, including changes to existing laws and regulations, will not have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investment performance. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The enforceability of agreements governing hedging transactions may depend on compliance with applicable statutory and other regulatory requirements and, depending on the identity of the counterparty, applicable international requirements. New or amended regulations may be imposed by the CFTC, the SEC, the Federal Reserve, the EU or other financial regulators, other governmental or intergovernmental regulatory authorities or self-regulatory organizations that supervise the financial markets, and could adversely affect the Fund. In particular, the CFTC and the SEC are empowered to promulgate a variety of new rules pursuant to recently enacted financial reform legislation in the United States. The Fund also may be adversely affected by changes in the enforcement or interpretation of statutes and rules by these regulatory authorities or self-regulatory organizations. </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Possible Competition Between Portfolio Funds and Between the Fund and the Portfolio Funds. </div></div></div></div>The Portfolio Funds trade independently of each other and may pursue investment strategies that “compete” with each other for execution or that cause the Fund to participate in positions that offset each other (in which case the Fund would bear its pro rata share of commissions and fees without the potential for a profit). Also, the Fund’s investments in any particular Portfolio Fund could increase the level of competition for the same trades that other Portfolio Funds might otherwise make, including the priorities of order entry. This could make it difficult or impossible to take or liquidate a position in a particular security at a price consistent with the Adviser’s strategy. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Allocation of Investment Opportunities Risk. </div></div></div></div>The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser,</div> directly or through its affiliates, may manage or advise multiple investment vehicles or accounts that have investment objectives that are similar to the Fund and that may seek to make investments or sell investments in the same securities or other instruments, sectors or strategies as the Fund. This may create potential conflicts, particularly in circumstances where the availability of such investment opportunities is limited or where the liquidity of such investment opportunities is limited. The results of the Fund’s investment activities may differ significantly from the results achieved by such other managed investment vehicles or accounts. It is possible that one or more of such vehicles or accounts will achieve investment results that are <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">substantially </div>more or less favorable than the results achieved by the Fund. </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:92%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:46%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: table-cell; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Title of Class</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Authorized</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount Held by Fund<br/>or for its Account</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Amount Outstanding<br/>Excluding Amount<br/>Held by Fund or<br/>for its Account</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Class A Shares</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">Unlimited</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">None</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">16,015,900</td> <td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0px;"> </td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Class C Shares</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">Unlimited</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">None</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">12,951,182</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Class I Shares</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">Unlimited</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">None</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">65,687,558</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Class M Shares</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">Unlimited</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">None</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;">36,185,437</td> <td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0px;"> </td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Class L Shares</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">Unlimited</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">None</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">2,696,326</td> <td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding: 0px;"> </td> </tr> </table> Class A Shares 0 16015900 Class C Shares 0 12951182 Class I Shares 0 65687558 Class L Shares 0 2696326 The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. “Other Expenses” are estimated for the current year and may vary. You may qualify for sales load discounts on purchases of Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in “Purchase Terms” starting on page 91 of this prospectus. More information about management fees, fee waivers and other expenses is available in “Management of the Fund” starting on page 68 of this prospectus. Actual fees and expenses may be greater or less than those shown. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:68%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:87%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:7%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: table-cell; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Shareholder Transaction Expenses</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Class M</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 3em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Maximum Sales Load (as a percent of offering price)<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;font-size:8.3px">1</div></div> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">None</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 3em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Contingent Deferred Sales Charge</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">None</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> </tr> </table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">1</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">While neither the Fund nor the Distributor imposes an initial sales charge, if you buy Class M <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">sh</div>ares through certain financial firms, they may directly charge you transaction or other fees in such amount as they may determine. Please consult your financial firm for additional information. </div></div></div> </td> </tr> </table> as a percent of offering price 0 0 0.015 0.0024 0.0095 0 0.0075 0.002 0.0269 0.0005 0.0264 Other Expenses represents the Fund expenses as they are calculated in the Fund’s Annual Report. Other Expenses does not include the indirect fees and expenses of the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests. The Fund’s Other Expenses will increase as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets if the Fund’s assets decrease. Actual fees and expenses may be greater or less than those shown. The expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights due to certain adjustments. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;width:92%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:66%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:6%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:6%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:6%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:6%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: table-cell; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Share Class</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">1 Year</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">3 Years</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">5 Years</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">10 Years</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Class M</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">27</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">83</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">142</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">301</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> </tr> </table> 27 83 142 301 Information about the Fund’s senior securities is shown in the following table: <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:39%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Ended</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">September 30,</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">2025</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Ended</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">September 30,</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">2024</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Ended</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">September 30,</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">2023</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Ended</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">September 30,</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">2022</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Ended</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">September 30,</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">2021</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">For the Year</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">Ended</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">September 30,</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;">2020</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Lines of Credit Total Amount Outstanding (000’s)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">42,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">399,200</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">211,750</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">172,750</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">139,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="-sec-ix-hidden:hidden166645754;display:inline;">-</div>N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Asset Coverage Per $1,000 of Lines of Credit Outstanding<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;font-size:6.6px">(a)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">88,825</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">12,284</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">24,755</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">35,648</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right">32,691</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><div style="-sec-ix-hidden:Fact_166645755;display:inline;">-</div>N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">(a)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Calculated by subtracting the Fund’s total liabilities (exclud<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">ing t</div>he indebtedness represented by the Lines of Credit) from the Fund’s total assets and dividing by the total amount outstanding on the Lines of Credit. The Asset Coverage ratio is then multiplied by $1,000 to determine the “Asset Coverage Per $1,000 of Lines of Credit Outstanding.” </div></div></div></td></tr></table> 42000000 399200000 211750000 172750000 139000000 88825 12284 24755 35648 32691 Calculated by subtracting the Fund’s total liabilities (exclud<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">ing t</div>he indebtedness represented by the Lines of Credit) from the Fund’s total assets and dividing by the total amount outstanding on the Lines of Credit. The Asset Coverage ratio is then multiplied by $1,000 to determine the “Asset Coverage Per $1,000 of Lines of Credit Outstanding.” <div id="tocm147232_7" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE, POLICIES AND STRATEGIES </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Investment Objective and Policies </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund’s investment objective is to generate a total return comprised of both current income and capital appreciation with moderate volatility and low correlation to the broader markets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund pursues its investment objective through a multi-strategy approach, investing across both private and public real estate-related markets. With access to the broad spectrum of Apollo’s real estate platform, the Fund employs a dynamic and flexible asset allocation process, investing across a range of real estate-related assets, including but not limited to Apollo-originated hybrid credit investments, Apollo-originated equity investments, secondaries and other private investments and public securities. The Fund’s allocation across each of these investment mandates may vary from time to time. </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Apollo-Originated Hybrid Credit Investments</div></div></div></div>. Apollo-originated hybrid credit investments targeting the real estate industry and related opportunities, including real assets and other asset-backed businesses through, but not limited to, whole loans, mezzanine, preferred equity and structured credit, secured by hard assets or contracted cash flows. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Apollo-Originated Equity Investments</div></div></div></div>. Apollo-originated equity investments targeting the real estate industry and related opportunities, including real assets and other asset-backed businesses. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Secondaries and Other Private Investments</div></div></div></div>. Private investments in third-party funds and secondaries across real estate-related industries, including traditional real estate, real assets and other asset-backed opportunities. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Public Securities</div></div></div></div>. Total return-oriented public markets portfolio across listed real estate, real assets, asset-backed securities and liquid real estate credit. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund executes its investment strategy primarily by seeking to invest in a diversified portfolio of high-conviction debt and equity investments in both private and public real estate securities. The Fund’s investments in real estate securities may be secured by hard assets, which are physical assets with secondary resale value, including inventory, machinery, equipment, land, infrastructure, and certain energy generation assets, among other things, and assets with long-term contracted cash flows. The Fund’s investments in real estate securities may be newly originated, including by Apollo, or purchased in privately negotiated transactions on the secondary markets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In certain circumstances or market environments, the Fund may reduce its investment in real estate securities and hold a larger position in cash or cash equivalents. The Fund concentrates investments in the real estate industry, meaning that under normal circumstances, it invests over 25% of its assets in real estate securities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes will be invested in real estate securities. The Fund defines “real estate securities” to include Real Estate Debt Investments (as defined below) and Real Estate Equity Investments (as defined below) (together, “Real Estate Investments”). </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">“Real Estate Debt Investments” includes debt investments, including, but not limited to, (i) fixed income securities of any credit quality, maturity or duration (including high-yield (“junk”) debt and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-convertible</div> secured or unsecured debt), floating rate securities (including, but not limited to, senior loans or structured credit), mezzanine loans, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">B-notes</div> and levered or unlevered loans issued to real estate-related companies and (ii) structured debt products such as commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”), collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) and other structured products collateralized by real estate, real estate securities or real estate-related companies. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">“Real Estate Equity Investments” includes equity and equity-like investments, including, but not limited to, common stock, partnership or similar interests, convertible or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-convertible</div> preferred stock, and convertible or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-convertible</div> secured or unsecured debt issued by: (i) private real estate-related companies, (ii) public real estate-related companies; (iii) private, institutional real estate investment funds managed by institutional investment managers, which are treated as real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) for tax purposes (“Private REITs”); (iv) publicly traded REITs (“Public REITs”); (v) publicly traded real estate operating companies (“Public REOCs”); and (vi) exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), index mutual funds (“Index Funds”) and other investment vehicles such as <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> funds, mutual funds and unregistered investment funds that invest principally, directly or indirectly, in real estate, real estate securities or real estate-related companies. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may invest in real estate securities either directly or indirectly through investment vehicles. Shareholders will pay a pro rata share of asset-based and performance fees associated with the Fund’s underlying investments, including its Private REITs, Public REITs, Public REOCs, ETFs, Index Funds, and other investment vehicles such as <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> funds, mutual funds and unregistered investment funds that invest principally, directly or indirectly, in real estate, real estate securities or real estate-related companies (together, the “Portfolio Funds” and each, a “Portfolio Fund”). A select number of Portfolio Funds in which the Fund may invest may charge a performance fee. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund defines “real estate-related companies” as any company which (i) operates within the real estate industry or engages in activities relating to the ownership, construction, financing, management, servicing or sale of real estate; (ii) owns assets in, devotes assets to, or derives value from, real estate, real estate securities or real estate-related businesses (including, but not limited to, asset-backed businesses, such as infrastructure, data centers, wireless towers, development rights, air rights, mineral rights, ground leases, agriculture, recreational facilities, easements, hospitality, transportation and other real assets); or (iii) is a pooled investment vehicle that primarily invests in the foregoing companies or is otherwise designed primarily to provide exposure to real estate assets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund intends to count the value of any money market funds, cash, other cash equivalents or U.S. Treasury securities with remaining maturities of one year or less that cover unfunded commitments to invest equity in private funds, including Private REITs, or special purpose vehicles controlled by unaffiliated general partners that will acquire real estate securities, in each case that the Fund reasonably expects to be called in the future, as qualifying real estate securities for purposes of its 80% policy. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may invest in debt securities of any duration, maturity, or credit quality, including high yield securities. The Fund may also invest in issuers in foreign and emerging markets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund’s real estate industry concentration policy is fundamental and may not be changed without shareholder approval. The SAI contains a list of all of the fundamental and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-fundamental</div> investment policies of the Fund, under the heading “Investment Objective and Policies.” </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Credit Facilities &amp; Securities Lending </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund has entered into the Credit Facilities for the purpose of investment purchases subject to the limitations of the 1940 Act for borrowings. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As collateral for the Credit Facilities, the Fund grants the Banks a first position security interest in and lien on securities of any kind or description held by the Fund in the collateral accounts. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The BNP Credit Facility also permits, subject to certain conditions, BNP to rehypothecate portfolio securities pledged by the Fund up to the amount of the loan balance outstanding. The Fund continues to receive dividends and interest on rehypothecated securities. The Fund also has the right under the BNP Credit Facility to recall the </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">rehypothecated securities from BNP on demand. If BNP fails to deliver the recalled security in a timely manner, the Fund will be compensated by BNP for any fees or losses related to the failed delivery or, in the event a recalled security will not be returned by BNP, the Fund, upon notice to BNP, may reduce the loan balance outstanding by the amount of the recalled security failed to be returned. The Fund may not benefit from any future appreciation of any such security not returned to the Fund. The Fund may receive a portion of the fees earned by BNP in connection with the rehypothecation of portfolio securities. This rehypothecation provision of the BNP Credit Facility is intended to permit the Fund to reduce the cost of its borrowings under the BNP Credit Facility. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The SAI contains a list of the fundamental (those that may not be changed without a shareholder vote) and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-fundamental</div> investment policies of the Fund under the heading “Investment Objective and Policies.” </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Fund’s Target Investment Portfolio </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund executes its investment strategy primarily by seeking to invest in a diversified portfolio of high-conviction Real Estate Investments. The Fund may make Real Estate Investments either directly or indirectly. The Fund expects to primarily invest in Real Estate Investments that are originated by Apollo. Utilizing Apollo’s platform, the Adviser engages in a process of sourcing, screening, pricing, reviewing, selecting and monitoring of potential Real Estate Investments for the Fund with an emphasis on downside protection. The Adviser leverages the Apollo platform to conduct both fundamental and quantitative analyses of the Real Estate Investment universe, focusing on location, property condition, loan structure, and sponsor quality, among other factors. The term “high-conviction” refers to Real Estate Investments that the Adviser has identified as likely providing above average risk adjusted returns based on information provided through the Adviser’s selection process. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Adviser employs a regimen of quantitative and qualitative criteria in its selection process to arrive at a universe of investments that the Adviser considers to be high conviction By combining historical quantitative analysis with a sound knowledge of key qualitative attributes, the Adviser will evaluate a prospective investment’s potential for generating sustainable, positive, risk-adjusted returns to capture market upside while mitigating downside risk across varying market conditions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may also invest in Real Estate Investments through Portfolio Funds managed by unaffiliated asset managers. The Fund may make primary investments in newly formed Portfolio Funds or may invest in Portfolio Funds acquired in privately negotiated investments from (a) Traditional Secondary Investments and/or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">(b) Non-Traditional</div> Secondary Investments. With respect to selecting the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests, the Adviser considers various inputs, including quantitative and qualitative assessments of the management team and its track record, property evaluation and structure, and other information that is typically not available to an individual investor to capture market upside while mitigating downside risk across varying market conditions. Identifying and gaining access to high quality private market sponsors and building an appropriately diversified portfolio are essential elements to consistently realizing the return enhancing benefits of private equity and private markets. The Adviser believes it has successfully established long-term relationships with established, leading private market sponsors, and has identified emerging groups with differentiated opportunities and significant potential to enhance returns. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under normal circumstances, the Fund may invest, to a lesser extent, in publicly traded securities, such as common and preferred stocks of real estate-related companies, investments in Public REITs, liquid real estate credit investments, structured credit instruments and asset-backed securities, listed real estate and infrastructure, ETFs and Index Funds. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Real Estate Debt Investments </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may invest in real estate debt investments, including commercial real estate loans and other real estate-related securities. The Fund may originate or otherwise directly invest in privately issued real estate debt. The Fund’s investments in privately issued real estate debt typically will consist of senior debt and subordinated debt with no target maturity and across a mix of fixed and floating rate interest payments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">CLOs.</div></div></div></div> A CLO is a type of structured product that issues securities collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include, among others, domestic and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans, second lien loans, and subordinate corporate loans. The underlying loans may be rated below investment grade by a rating agency. A CLO is not merely a conduit to a portfolio of loans; it is a pooled investment vehicle that may be actively managed by the collateral manager. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">CMBS. </div></div></div></div>CMBS include securities that reflect an interest in, and are secured by, mortgage loans on commercial real property. Many of the risks of investing in CMBS reflect the risks of investing in the real estate securing the underlying mortgage loans. These risks reflect the effects of local and other economic conditions on real estate markets, the ability of tenants to make loan payments and the ability of a property to attract and retain tenants. CMBS may be less liquid and exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage- or asset-backed instruments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">RMBS. </div></div></div></div>RMBS include securities that reflect an interest in, and are secured by, mortgage loans on residential real property. Similar to the risks of investing in CMBS, many of the risks of investing in RMBS reflect the risks of investing in the real estate securing the underlying mortgage loans. RMBS are particularly susceptible to prepayment risks, as residential mortgage loans generally do not impose prepayment penalties. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">B-Notes.</div></div></div></div></div> The Fund may invest in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">B-Notes.</div> A <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">B-Note</div> is a mortgage loan typically (i) secured by a first mortgage on a single large commercial property or group of related properties and (ii) subordinated to an <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">A-Note</div> secured by the same first mortgage on the same collateral. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Mezzanine Loans.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may invest in mezzanine loans that take the form of subordinated loans secured by a pledge of the ownership interests of either the entity owning the real property or an entity that owns (directly or indirectly) the interest in the entity owning the real property. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Levered Loans. </div></div></div></div>Levered loans are loans made to companies whose creditworthiness is speculative and is rated below investment grade by the major credit rating agencies, or determined to be of comparable quality by the Adviser. Levered loans are privately negotiated between a corporate borrower and one or more financial institutions and made available for investment in the bank loan market. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Reverse Repurchase Agreements.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements, which are forms of borrowing. In a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells a security to a securities dealer or bank for cash and also agrees to repurchase the same security at an agreed upon price on an agreed upon date. Reverse repurchase agreements expose the Fund to credit risk (that is, the risk that the counterparty will fail to resell the security to the Fund). Engaging in reverse repurchase agreements also may involve the use of leverage, in that the Fund may reinvest the cash it receives in additional securities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells securities to a bank or broker dealer and agrees to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed future date and price. Generally, the effect of a reverse repurchase agreement is that the Fund can recover and reinvest all or most of the cash invested in the portfolio securities involved during the term of the agreement and still be entitled to the returns associated with those portfolio securities, thereby resulting in a transaction similar to a borrowing and giving rise to leverage for the Fund. The Fund will incur interest expense as a cost of utilizing reverse repurchase agreements. In the event the buyer of </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the agreement may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Real Estate Equity Investments </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may invest in real estate equity investments, including investments in real estate-related companies. The Fund may originate or otherwise directly invest in privately issued real estate equity positions, and may also invest in public equity with exposure to real estate-related companies. The Fund will also seek to gain exposure to the equity of private real estate-related companies through investments in Portfolio Funds. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Equity Investments in</div></div></div></div> <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Private and Public Real Estate-Related Companies. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may invest in private or public companies through privately negotiated transactions, which will generally involve equity-related finance intended to bring about some kind of change in an operating company (e.g., providing growth capital, recapitalizing a company or financing an acquisition). </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Adviser also seeks to identify <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment</div> opportunities that it believes could provide high risk-adjusted returns. The Adviser is flexible in its approach, actively searching for <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment</div> opportunities across a number of potential sources. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Secondary Investments. </div></div></div></div>Traditional Secondary Investments involve the purchase of a limited partner (or similar) interest from a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">pre-existing</div> investor in a fund or vehicle that generally is not accepting new primary investments. The purchaser assumes the rights (including the distributions) and obligations (including indemnities, capital commitments and other requirements to contribute capital) in the Portfolio Fund(s) previously applicable to the seller. Such transactions may involve the acquisition of a single Portfolio Fund interest or a much larger portfolio of interests in underlying Portfolio Funds managed by a single underlying sponsor or a number of different underlying sponsors. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Non-Traditional</div> Secondary Investments involve the acquisition of existing private investments and/or assets, and often require a bespoke structure that may include the creation of new vehicles or securities. <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Non-Traditional</div> Secondary Investments can take many forms including what are commonly referred to as continuation vehicles, general <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">partner-led</div> multi-asset secondaries, general <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">partner-led</div> direct or single-asset secondaries, portfolio or team spinouts / carveouts, and preferred fund finance solutions, among others. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Private Portfolio Funds.</div></div></div></div> Private Portfolio Funds are investment funds that invest primarily in real estate or real estate debt and are managed by institutional investment managers with expertise in investing in real estate and real estate-related securities. Due to sizable minimum investment requirements and selective investor qualification criteria, many private Portfolio Funds limit their direct investors to mainly institutions such as endowments and pension funds. The Fund allows investors to gain access to private Portfolio Funds that may not otherwise be available to individual investors. Further, due to the Fund’s multi-manager, multi-sector, and multi-strategy approach, investors can gain access to a broad range of strategies and sectors in real estate and real estate-related securities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">REITs.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may invest in REITs, both directly and through its investments in Portfolio Funds. REITs are investment vehicles that invest primarily in income-producing real estate or mortgages and other real estate-related loans or interests. Public REITs are listed on major stock exchanges, such as the NYSE and NASDAQ. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">REOCs. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may invest in REOCs, both directly and through its investments in Private REITs. REOCs are companies that invest in real estate and whose shares trade on a public exchange. A REOC is similar to a REIT, except that a REOC will reinvest its earnings, rather than distributing them to unit holders as REITs do. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div></div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Exchange Traded Funds.</div></div></div></div> ETFs are traded similarly to stocks and listed on major stock exchanges. Potential benefits of ETFs include diversification, cost and tax efficiency, liquidity, marginability, utility for hedging, the ability to go long and short, and (in some cases) quarterly dividends. An ETF may attempt to track a particular market segment or index. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Index Funds.</div></div></div></div> An Index Fund is a mutual fund with an investment objective of seeking to replicate the performance of a specific securities index, such as the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) Index or the MSCI REIT Index. Index Funds are typically not actively managed, and potential benefits include low operating expenses, broad market exposure and low portfolio turnover. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Other Investment Vehicles.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may make investments in other investment vehicles such as <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> funds, mutual funds and unregistered funds that invest principally, directly or indirectly, in real estate. Shares of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> funds are typically listed for trading on major stock exchanges and, in some cases, may be traded in other <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">over-the-counter</div></div> markets. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Apollo Real Estate Platform Overview </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Apollo is a leading global investor and lender across the real estate risk spectrum, with more than $120 billion in real estate assets under management as of September 30, 2025. The platform spans equity, credit, and hybrid strategies. With over 16 years of investment experience, Apollo’s real estate platform includes opportunistic, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">value-add,</div> core-plus, net lease, and income-oriented vehicles, as well as a substantial presence in commercial real estate lending. The platform is supported by more than 290 dedicated real estate investment professionals across North America, Europe, and Asia, and is integrated into Apollo’s broader global footprint of 3,400+ employees in 24 offices. Apollo’s real estate activities benefit from institutional infrastructure and cross-platform coordination with its credit, private equity, and insurance businesses, enabling differentiated sourcing, execution, and capital solutions at scale. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Apollo’s real estate equity strategy is defined by thematic investing, operational intensity, and sector expertise. The firm has executed complex transactions across traditional and specialty property sectors, including residential and industrial, through multiple market cycles. On the credit side, Apollo is a market leader in commercial real estate lending, focused on directly originated senior and subordinate loans secured by high-quality assets. Apollo’s real estate credit platform benefits from deep sourcing channels, proprietary analytics, and a strong balance sheet <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment</div> model that enhances transaction scale and certainty. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Across both equity and credit, Apollo applies rigorous underwriting, active asset management, and real-time market insights to drive value creation and protect downside. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Apollo Real Estate Platform Investment Process </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Overview </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund’s portfolio management team employs a research-driven investment process that combines <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">top-down</div> macro analysis and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">bottom-up</div> underwriting to identify relative-value opportunities across the investable universe. In evaluating investment opportunities, the team assesses a range of macroeconomic, sector-specific, and asset-level drivers, including demographic and technological trends, economic indicators, capital market conditions, and other market dynamics that may impact relative-value and risk-adjusted return potential. Macroeconomic insights inform the portfolio management team’s assessment of the broader economic environment and support investment decision-making across asset types, property types, geographies, and positions within the capital structure. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Portfolio Construction &amp; Investment Selection </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund employs an active, multi-strategy investment process that seeks to deploy capital across a range of real estate-related investments based on relative value, risk-adjusted return potential, and portfolio-level considerations. Investment opportunities are evaluated by the portfolio management team based on their individual merits and their potential contribution to portfolio diversification, risk profile, and return objectives. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For each potential investment, the portfolio management team evaluates whether the opportunity is appropriate for the Fund given prevailing market conditions, relative value considerations, portfolio composition, and the Fund’s investment objective. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Underwriting &amp; Due Diligence </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each investment opportunity is subject to a disciplined, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">bottom-up</div> underwriting and due diligence process designed to evaluate intrinsic value, downside risk, and structural considerations through analysis of both quantitative and qualitative factors that may impact risk-return. The due diligence process includes a comprehensive review of investment structure, underlying assets or collateral, market and submarket conditions, and other financial, operations, and legal considerations relevant to the investment. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In conjunction with asset-level analysis, the portfolio management team evaluates the structure and terms of each investment to assess relative value, risk allocation, and alignment with the Fund’s overall investment objective. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Sourcing Capabilities </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The portfolio management team evaluates investment opportunities sourced through a variety of channels, including direct origination, broadly marketed opportunities, and privately negotiated investments, leveraging relationships with sponsors, operators, and capital partners developed across Apollo’s investment businesses. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All potential investments considered for the Fund are subject to the same underwriting, due diligence, and approval processes, regardless of source. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Monitoring Process </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ongoing investment monitoring is an integral component of the Fund’s investment process. Following execution, the portfolio management team monitors each investment to assess performance relative to underwriting assumptions and to evaluate changes in performance, risk characteristics, or factors that may impact the original investment thesis. Where practical, continuity of responsibility between underwriting and post-investment monitoring is maintained to support oversight. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The monitoring process includes continuous and periodic review of investment performance, financial conditions, and key risk indicators across the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund’s monitoring framework is supported by proprietary tools and internal risk oversight functions that review portfolio exposures and identify emerging risks. These processes are intended to support timely assessment, informed decision-making, and ongoing alignment with the Fund’s investment objective and risk management framework across a full market cycle. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Other Information Regarding Investment Strategy </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may, from time to time, take defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategy in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions. During such times, the Adviser may determine that the Fund should invest up to 100% of its assets in cash or cash equivalents, including money market instruments, prime commercial paper, repurchase agreements, Treasury </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">bills and other short-term obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities. In these and in other cases, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective. The Adviser may invest the Fund’s cash balances in any investments it deems appropriate. The Adviser expects that such investments will be made, without limitation and as permitted under the 1940 Act, in money market funds, repurchase agreements, U.S. Treasury and U.S. agency securities, municipal bonds and bank accounts. Any income earned from such investments is ordinarily reinvested by the Fund in accordance with its investment program. Many of the considerations entering into recommendations and decisions of the Adviser and the Fund’s portfolio managers are subjective. The Fund may engage in borrowings and the use of leverage in acquiring investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The frequency and amount of portfolio purchases and sales (known as the “portfolio turnover rate”) will vary from year to year. The portfolio turnover rate is not expected to exceed 100%, but may vary greatly from year to year and will not be a limiting factor when the Adviser deems portfolio changes appropriate. The Fund may engage in short-term trading strategies, and securities may be sold without regard to the length of time held when, in the opinion of the Adviser, investment considerations warrant such action. These policies may have the effect of increasing the annual rate of portfolio turnover of the Fund. Further, the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests may experience high rates of portfolio turnover. High rates of portfolio turnover in the Portfolio Funds may negatively impact their returns and, thus, negatively impact the returns of the Fund. Higher rates of portfolio turnover would likely result in higher brokerage commissions and may generate short-term capital gains taxable as ordinary income. If securities are not held for the applicable holding periods, dividends paid on them will not qualify for the advantageous federal tax rates. See “Tax Status” in the Fund’s SAI. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is no assurance what portion, if any, of the Fund’s investments will qualify for the reduced federal income tax rates applicable to qualified dividends under the Code. As a result, there can be no assurance as to what portion of the Fund’s distributions will be qualified dividend income. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Matters.” </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As part of its investment process, for certain of the Fund’s investments, the Adviser considers financially material environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors (alongside other relevant factors) in its investment decisions in connection with general risk management and assessing the financial attractiveness of the opportunity. ESG integration does not change the Fund’s investment objective, exclude specific types of companies or investments or constrain the Fund’s investable universe. The Adviser’s assessments related to ESG factors may not be conclusive and investments that may be negatively impacted by such factors may be purchased and retained by the Fund while the Fund may divest or not invest in investments that may be positively impacted by such factors. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything herein and for the avoidance of doubt, it is not contemplated that the Adviser will subordinate the Fund’s performance or increase the Fund’s investment risks as a result of (or in connection with) the consideration of any ESG factors nor will it promote ESG characteristics ahead of other investment considerations. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">Co-Investments</div> </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund, the Adviser and certain affiliates received an exemptive order from the SEC on May 14, 2025 that permits the Fund, among other things, to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-invest</div> with other funds and accounts managed by the Adviser or its affiliates, subject to certain conditions. Certain types of negotiated <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investments</div> may be made only in accordance with the Order from the SEC permitting the Fund to do so. Pursuant to the requirements of the Order, the Board, including a “required majority” (as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) of the Independent Trustees, has approved <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment</div> policies and procedures describing how the Fund will comply with the Order. Further, the Adviser has adopted policies and procedures (the “Adviser Allocation Policy”) which are designed to reasonably ensure that investment opportunities are allocated fairly and equitably among affiliated </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">funds over time and in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws, rules and reg<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">ula</div>tions. Pursuant to the Adviser Allocation Policy, the Fund will be given the opportunity to participate in any investments that fall within certain criteria established by the Adviser. The Fund may determine to participate or not to participate, depending on whether the Adviser determines that the investment is appropriate for the Fund (e.g., based on investment strategy). If the Adviser determines that the investment is not appropriate for the Fund, the investment will not be allocated to the Fund. </div> <div id="tocm147232_8" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">RISK FACTORS </div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">An investment in the Fund’s shares is subject to risks. The value of the Fund’s investments will increase or decrease based on changes in the prices of the investments it holds. This will cause the value of the Fund’s shares to increase or decrease. You could lose money by investing in the Fund. By itself, the Fund does not constitute a balanced investment program. Before investing in the Fund, you should consider carefully the following risks. There may be additional risks that the Fund does not currently foresee or consider material. You may wish to consult with your legal or tax advisors before deciding whether to invest in the Fund. </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Risks Related to an Investment in the Fund </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Allocation Risk. </div></div></div></div>The ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective depends, in part, on the ability of the Adviser to allocate effectively the Fund’s assets among the various instruments in which the Fund invests and, with respect to each such asset class, among equities and fixed income securities. There can be no assurance that the actual allocations will be effective in achieving the Fund’s investment objective or delivering positive returns. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Issuer Risk. </div></div></div></div>The value of a specific security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole. The value of an issuer’s securities that are held in the Fund’s portfolio may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Liquidity Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund is a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment company structured as an “interval fund” and designed for long-term investors. Unlike many <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment companies, the Fund’s shares are not listed on any securities exchange and are not publicly traded. There currently is no secondary market for the shares and the Adviser does not expect that a secondary market will develop. Limited liquidity is provided to shareholders only through the Fund’s quarterly repurchase offers for no less than 5% of the Fund’s shares outstanding at net asset value. There is no guarantee that shareholders will be able to sell all of the shares they desire in a quarterly repurchase offer. The Fund’s investments are also subject to liquidity risk. Liquidity risk exists when particular investments of the Fund would be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the Fund to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to satisfy its obligations. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Management Risk.</div></div></div></div> The net asset value of the Fund changes daily based on the performance of the securities in which it invests. The Adviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of a particular real estate segment and securities in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and may not produce the desired results. The Fund’s portfolio managers and the other principals of the Adviser have limited experience in managing a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Repurchase Offers Risks.</div></div></div></div> The Fund is an interval fund and, in order to provide liquidity to shareholders, the Fund, subject to applicable law, will conduct repurchase offers of the Fund’s outstanding shares at NAV, with the size of the repurchase offer subject to approval of the Board. The Fund has in the past received, and may in the future receive, repurchase requests that exceed the limits of a quarterly repurchase offer, and the Fund has in the past repurchased less than the full amount of shares requested, resulting in the repurchase of shares on a pro rata basis. The Fund believes that these repurchase offers are generally beneficial to the Fund’s shareholders, and repurchases generally will be funded from available cash, cash from the sale of shares or sales of portfolio securities. However, repurchase offers and the need to fund repurchase obligations may affect the ability of the Fund to be fully invested or force the Fund to maintain a higher percentage of its assets in liquid investments, which may harm the Fund’s investment performance. Moreover, diminution in the size of the Fund through repurchases may result in untimely sales of portfolio securities (with associated imputed transaction costs, which may be significant), and may limit the ability of the Fund to participate in new investment opportunities or to achieve its investment objective. The Fund may accumulate cash by (i) holding back (i.e., not reinvesting) payments received in connection with the Fund’s investments and (ii) holding back (i.e., not investing) cash from </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">the sale of shares. The Fund believes that it can meet the maximum potential amount of the Fund’s repurchase obligations. If at any time cash and other liquid assets held by the Fund are not sufficient to meet the Fund’s repurchase obligations, the Fund intends, if necessary, to sell investments. If, as expected, the Fund employs leverage, repurchases of shares would compound the adverse effects of leverage in a declining market. In addition, if the Fund borrows to finance repurchases, interest on that borrowing will negatively affect holders of shares who do not tender their shares by increasing the Fund’s expenses and reducing any net investment income. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a repurchase offer is oversubscribed, the Board may determine to increase the amount repurchased by up to 2% of the Fund’s outstanding shares as of the date the repurchase offer ends (the “Repurchase Request Deadline”). In the event that the Board determines not to repurchase more than the repurchase offer amount, or if shareholders tender more than the repurchase offer amount plus 2% of the Fund’s outstanding shares as of the date of the Repurchase Request Deadline, the Fund will repurchase the shares tendered on a pro rata basis, and shareholders will have to wait until the next repurchase offer to make another repurchase request. Moreover, certain feeder vehicles have been formed, and additional feeder vehicles may be formed in the future, to facilitate indirect investments in the Fund by certain investors. Requests by these investors to withdraw their interests in a feeder vehicle may result in tenders by the feeder vehicle in a repurchase offer by the Fund and could contribute to an over-subscription of a particular repurchase offer. As a result, shareholders may be unable to liquidate all or a given percentage of their investment in the Fund during a particular repurchase offer. Some shareholders, in anticipation of proration, may tender more shares than they wish to have repurchased in a particular quarter, thereby increasing the likelihood that proration will occur. A shareholder may be subject to market and other risks, and the NAV of shares tendered in a repurchase offer may decline between the Repurchase Request Deadline and the date on which the NAV for tendered shares is determined. In addition, the repurchase of shares by the Fund will generally be a taxable event to common shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">General Market Conditions Risk. </div></div></div></div>Various sectors of the global financial markets have been experiencing an extended period of adverse conditions. Market uncertainty has increased dramatically, particularly in the United States and Europe, and adverse market conditions have expanded to other markets. These conditions have resulted in disruption of the global credit markets, periods of reduced liquidity, greater volatility, general volatility of credit spreads, an acute contraction in the availability of credit and a lack of price transparency. These volatile and often difficult global credit market conditions have episodically adversely affected the market values of equity, fixed-income and other securities and this volatility may continue and conditions could even deteriorate further. Some of the largest banks and companies across many sectors of the economy in the United States and Europe have declared bankruptcy, entered into insolvency, administration or similar proceedings, been nationalized by government authorities, and/or agreed to merge with or be acquired by other banks or companies that had been considered their peers. The long-term impact of these events is uncertain, <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">but </div>could continue to have a material effect on general economic conditions, consumer and business confidence and market liquidity. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may invest in securities of publicly traded companies. Securities markets in certain countries in which the Fund may invest are fragmented, smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the securities markets of the United States and certain other developed countries. Securities markets in the countries in which the Fund may invest have, in the past, experienced substantial price volatility that could have an adverse impact on the value of the Fund’s investments that consist of securities. Periods of economic and political uncertainty may result in further volatility in the value of such investments. As a result, there may be greater volatility than the volatility that could be expected by investors in comparable securities traded in U.S. securities markets. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s investments will not be sold at prices below their acquisition costs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may be affected by force majeure events (e.g., acts of God, fire, flood, earthquakes, outbreaks of an infectious disease, pandemic or any other serious public health concern, war, terrorism, nationalization of industry and labor strikes). Force majeure events could adversely affect the ability of the Fund or a counterparty to perform its obligations. The liability and cost arising out of a failure to perform obligations as a result of a force majeure event could be considerable and could be borne by the Fund. Certain force majeure events, such as war or an outbreak of an infectious disease and the current or any resulting financial, economic and capital </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">markets environment, and future developments in these and other areas present uncertainty and risk with respect to the Fund’s NAV, performance, financial condition, results of operations, ability to pay distributions, make share repurchases and portfolio liquidity. Additionally, a major governmental intervention into industry, including the nationalization of an industry or the assertion of control, could result in a loss to the Fund if an investment is affected, and any compensation provided by the relevant government may not be adequate. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The U.S. and global capital markets experienced extreme volatility and disruption in recent years, leading to periods of recessionary conditions and depressed levels of consumer and commercial spending. For instance, monetary policies of the Federal Reserve and political uncertainty resulting from recent events, including changes to U.S. trade policies and ongoing armed conflicts between Russia and Ukraine in Europe and among Israel, Iran, Hamas and other militant groups in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, including the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran, political unrest in South America and recent U.S. military action overseas, have led, are currently leading, and for an unknown period of time may continue to lead to disruption and instability in the global markets. In addition, social unrest, changes regarding immigration and work permit policies and other political and security concerns may not abate, which may cause the debt and equity capital markets, and as a result, the Fund’s business to be adversely affected both within and outside of regions experiencing ongoing conflicts. Disruptions in the capital markets increased the spread between the yields realized on risk-free and higher risk securities, resulting in illiquidity in parts of the capital markets. It cannot be assured that these conditions will not worsen. If conditions worsen, a prolonged period of market illiquidity could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s business, financial condition and results of operations. Unfavorable economic conditions also could increase the Fund’s funding costs, limit the Fund’s access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to the Fund. These events could limit the Fund’s investment originations, limit the Fund’s ability to grow and negatively impact the Fund’s operating results. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Furthermore, a counterparty’s ability to meet or willingness to honor its financial obligations, including its ability to extend credit or otherwise to transact with the Fund or a portfolio company or issuer to which the Fund makes a loan or in which the Fund invests directly may be negatively impacted. Current conditions may affect how counterparties interpret their obligations (and the Fund’s obligations) pursuant to counterparty arrangements such that the applicability, or lack thereof, of force majeure or similar provisions could also come into question and ultimately could work to the detriment of the Fund. These circumstances also may hinder the Adviser’s, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s,</div> the Fund’s and/or a portfolio companies’ ability to conduct their affairs and activities as they normally would, including by impairing usual communication channels and methods, hampering the performance of administrative functions such as processing payments and invoices, and diminishing their ability to make accurate and timely projections of financial performance. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While the Adviser and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> expect that the current environment will yield attractive investment opportunities for the Fund, the investments made by the Fund are expected to be sensitive to the performance of the overall economy. General fluctuations in the market prices of securities and interest rates may affect the value of portfolio investments or increase the risks associated with an investment in the Fund. There can be no assurances that conditions in the global financial markets will not change to the detriment of the Fund’s investments and investment strategy. The continuing negative impact on economic fundamentals and consumer and business confidence would likely further increase market volatility and reduce liquidity, both of which could adversely affect the access to capital, ability to utilize leverage or overall performance of the Fund or one or more of its portfolio companies and these or similar events may affect the ability of the Fund to execute its investment strategy. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Failure of Financial Institutions and Sustained Financial Market Illiquidity. </div></div></div></div>The failure of certain financial institutions, namely banks, may increase the possibility of a sustained deterioration of financial market liquidity, or illiquidity at clearing, cash management and/or custodial financial institutions. The failure of a bank (or banks) with which the Fund and/or the Fund’s underlying investments have a commercial relationship could adversely affect, among other things, the Fund and/or the Fund’s underlying investments’ ability to pursue key strategic initiatives, including by affecting the Fund’s ability to borrow from financial institutions on favorable terms. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Market Disruptions Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may incur major losses in the event of market disruptions and other extraordinary events in which historical pricing relationships become materially distorted. The risk of loss from pricing distortions is compounded by the fact that in disrupted markets many positions become illiquid, making it difficult or impossible to close out positions against which the markets are moving. Market disruptions caused by unexpected political, military and terrorist events may from time to time cause dramatic losses for the Fund and such events can result in otherwise historically <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">low-risk</div> strategies performing with unprecedented volatility and risk. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Trade Negotiations and Related Government Actions. </div></div></div></div>In recent years, the U.S. government has indicated its intent to alter its approach <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">to </div>international trade policy and in some cases to renegotiate, or potentially terminate, certain existing bilateral or multi-lateral trade agreements and treaties with foreign countries, and has made proposals and taken actions related thereto. For example, the U.S. government has imposed, and may in the future further increase, tariffs on certain foreign goods, including from China, such as steel and aluminum. Some foreign governments, including China, have instituted retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S. goods. Most recently, the current U.S. presidential administration has imposed or sought to impose significant increases to tariffs on goods imported into the U.S., including from China, Canada and Mexico. Tariffs on imported goods could further increase costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of products and services offered by current and future portfolio companies and adversely affect the revenues and profitability of portfolio companies whose businesses rely on goods imported from such impacted jurisdictions. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is uncertainty as to further actions that may be taken under the current U.S. presidential administration with respect to U.S. trade policy. Further governmental actions related to the imposition of tariffs or other trade barriers, or changes to international trade agreements or policies, could further increase costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of products and services offered by current and future portfolio companies and adversely affect the revenues and profitability of companies whose businesses rely on goods imported from outside of the United States. These developments, or the perception that any of them could occur, may have a material adverse effect on global economic conditions and the stability of global financial markets, and may significantly reduce global trade and, in particular, trade between the impacted nations and the U.S. Any of these factors could depress economic activity and restrict the Fund’s portfolio companies’ access to suppliers or customers and have a material adverse effect on their business, financial condition and results of operations, which in turn would negatively impact the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Highly Volatile Markets. </div></div></div></div>The prices of financial instruments in which the Fund may invest can be highly volatile. The prices of instruments in which the Fund may invest are influenced by numerous factors, including interest rates, currency rates, default rates, governmental policies and political and economic events (both domestic and global). Moreover, political or economic crises, or other events may occur that can be highly disruptive to the markets in which the Fund may invest. In addition, governments from time to time intervene (directly and by regulation), which intervention may adversely affect the performance of the Fund and its investment activities. The Fund is also subject to the risk of a temporary or permanent failure of the exchanges and other markets on which its investments may trade. Sustained market turmoil and periods of heightened market volatility make it more difficult to produce positive trading results, and there can be no assurance that the Fund’s strategies will be successful in such markets. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">U.S. Debt Ceiling and Budget Deficit Risks. </div></div></div></div>U.S. debt ceiling and budget deficit concerns have increased the possibility of additional credit-rating downgrades and economic slowdowns, or a recession in the United States. Although U.S. lawmakers have historically passed legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling on multiple occasions, ratings agencies have lowered or threatened to lower the long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States. In August 2023, Fitch Ratings Inc., downgraded the U.S. credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing fiscal deterioration over the next three years and close encounters with default due to ongoing political dysfunction. The impact of a U.S. default on its obligations or any further downgrades to the U.S. government’s sovereign credit rating or its perceived creditworthiness could adversely affect the U.S. and global financial markets and economic conditions. In addition, disagreement over the federal budget has caused the U.S. federal </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">government to shut down for periods of time. Continued adverse political and economic conditions could have a material adverse effect on the <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Fund’s </div>business, financial condition and results of operations. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Concentration of Credit Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund places its cash with one banking institution, which is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The FDIC limit is $250,000. At various times throughout the year, the amount on deposit may exceed the FDIC limit and subject the Fund to a credit risk. The Fund does not believe that such deposits are subject to any unusual risk associated with investment activities. The Fund may invest cash balances in an <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">open-end</div> Money Market Mutual Fund (“Money Market Fund”). The Money Market Fund is valued at its closing NAV. The Money Market Fund is not subject to FDIC insurance. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Correlation Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund seeks to produce returns that are less correlated to the broader financial markets over time. Although the prices of equity securities and fixed income securities, as well as other asset classes, often rise and fall at different times so that a fall in the price of one may be offset by a rise in the price of the other, in down markets the prices of these securities and asset classes can also fall in tandem. Because the Fund allocates its investments among different asset classes, the Fund is subject to correlation risk. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Repurchase Policy Risks. </div></div></div></div>Quarterly repurchases by the Fund of its shares typically will be funded from available cash or sales of portfolio securities. However, payment for repurchased shares may require the Fund to liquidate portfolio holdings earlier than the Adviser otherwise would liquidate such holdings, potentially resulting in losses, and may increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover. The Adviser may take measures to attempt to avoid or minimize such potential losses and turnover, and instead of liquidating portfolio holdings, may borrow money to finance repurchases of shares. If the Fund borrows to finance repurchases, interest on any such borrowing will negatively affect shareholders who do not tender their shares in a repurchase offer by increasing the Fund’s expenses and reducing any net investment income. To the extent the Fund finances repurchase proceeds by selling investments, the Fund may hold a larger proportion of its net assets in less liquid securities. Also, the sale of securities to fund repurchases could reduce the market price of those securities, which in turn would reduce the Fund’s net asset value. We have in the past received, and may in the future receive, repurchase requests that exceed the limits under our repurchase policy, and we have in the past repurchased less than the full amount of shares requested, resulting in the repurchase of shares on a pro rata basis. </div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Repurchase of shares will tend to reduce the amount of outstanding shares and, depending upon the Fund’s investment performance, its net assets. A reduction in the Fund’s net assets may increase the Fund’s expense ratio, to the extent that additional shares are not sold. In addition, the repurchase of shares by the Fund will generally be a taxable event to shareholders. </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Distribution Policy Risk. </div></div></div>The Fund makes periodic distributions to its shareholders. All or a portion of a distribution may consist solely of a return of capital (i.e. from your original investment) and not a distribution of income or capital gain. Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is income or capital gain. Shareholders should note that return of capital will reduce the tax basis of their shares and potentially increase the taxable gain, if any, upon disposition of their shares. The Board reserves the right to change the distribution <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">po</div>licy from time to time. Effective October 1, 2026, the Fund’s distribution policy has been amended to change the frequency of distributions to shareholders from quarterly to semi-annual. </div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Shareholders May Experience Dilution</div></div></div></div>. All distributions declared in cash payable to shareholders that are participants in the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan will generally be automatically reinvested in Fund shares. As a result, shareholders that do not participate in the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan may experience dilution over time. </div></div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Anti-Takeover Provisions.</div></div></div></div> The Fund’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration of Trust”) includes provisions that could limit the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund or convert the Fund to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">open-end</div> status. See “Anti-Takeover Provisions in the Declaration of Trust.” </div></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Limitation on Liability of Trustees and Officers; Indemnification and Advance of Expenses.</div></div></div></div> Delaware law permits a Delaware statutory trust to include in its declaration of trust a provision to indemnify and hold harmless any trustee or beneficial owner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust provides that the Fund’s Trustees will not be liable to the Fund or the Fund’s shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a trustee to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust provides for the indemnification of any person to the full extent permitted, and in the manner provided, by Delaware law. In accordance with the 1940 Act, the Fund will not indemnify certain persons for any liability to which such persons would be subject by reason of such person’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Operational, Artificial Intelligence, and Cybersecurity Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund, its service providers and other market participants increasingly depend on complex information technology and communications systems to conduct business functions. These systems are subject to various threats or risks that could adversely affect the Fund and its shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For instance, unauthorized third parties may attempt to improperly access, modify, disrupt the operations of or prevent access to these systems or data within them, whether systems of the Fund, the Fund’s service providers, counterparties, or other market participants. Power or communication outages, acts of God, information technology equipment malfunctions, operational errors (both human and systematic) and inaccuracies within software or data processing systems may also disrupt business operations or impact critical data. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet and the dependence on computer systems to perform necessary business functions, investment companies such as the Fund and its service providers may be prone to operational and information security risks resulting from cyber-attacks. In general, cyber-attacks result from deliberate attacks but unintentional events may have effects similar to those caused by cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks include, among other behaviors, stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally, denial of service attacks on websites, the unauthorized release of confidential information and causing operational disruption. Successful cyber-attacks against, or security breakdowns of, the Fund or its advisers, custodians, fund accountant, fund administrator, transfer agent, pricing vendors and/or other third party service providers may adversely impact the Fund and its shareholders. For instance, cyber-attacks may interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, cause the release of private shareholder information or confidential Fund information, impede trading, cause reputational damage, and subject the Fund to regulatory fines, penalties or financial losses, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. The Fund also may incur substantial costs for cybersecurity risk management in order to guard against any cyber incidents in the future. While the Fund or its service providers may have established business continuity plans and systems designed to guard against such cyber-attacks or adverse effects of such attacks, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems, including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified, in large part because different, unknown threats may emerge in the future. Similar types of cybersecurity risks are also present for issuers of securities in which the Fund invests, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the Fund’s investment in such securities to lose value. In addition, cyber-attacks involving a counterparty to the Fund could affect such a counterparty’s ability to meet its obligations to the Fund, which may result in losses to the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund cannot directly control any cyber-security plans or systems put in place by its service providers, Fund counterparties, issuers in which the Fund invests or securities markets and exchanges. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Adviser and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> may also utilize AI in their business operations, and the challenges with properly managing its use could result in reputational harm, competitive harm, legal liability, and/or an adverse effect on the Adviser’s and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> business operations. AI models may rely on techniques such as natural language processing and machine learning, which are less transparent or interpretable and may produce unexpected results, which could adversely impact the Fund. If the content, analyses, or recommendations that AI applications assist the Adviser or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> in producing are or are alleged to be deficient, inaccurate, or biased, the Fund may be </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">adversely affected. Additionally, AI tools used by the Adviser or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> may produce inaccurate, misleading or incomplete responses that could lead to errors in the Adviser’s or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> and their employees’ decision-making, portfolio management or other business activities, which could have a negative impact on the performance of the Fund. Such AI tools could also be used against the Adviser, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser,</div> or the Fund and its investments in criminal or negligent ways. The Adviser’s and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> competitors or other third parties could incorporate AI into their products more quickly or more successfully, which could impair the Adviser’s or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> ability to compete effectively. AI has the potential to result in significant and disruptive changes in companies, sectors or industries, including those in which the Fund invests, and any such changes could create new and unpredictable operational, legal and/or regulatory risks. Additionally, AI technologies may be exploited by malicious actors for cyberattacks, market manipulation, and fraud, further exacerbating risks. In the current period of technological and commercial innovation, startups and other companies have found success disrupting traditional approaches to industry or market practices, and the frequency of such disruptions is expected to increase. Such disruptions could negatively impact the Fund and its investments, alter market practices on which the Fund’s investment strategy depends to create investment returns, significantly disrupt the market in which the Fund operates and/or subject the Fund to increased competition. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Risks Related to the Fund’s Investments </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Real Estate Industry Concentration and Real Estate Market Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund will not invest in real estate directly, but, because the Fund will concentrate its investments in real estate securities, its portfolio will be significantly impacted by the performance of the real estate market and may experience more volatility and be exposed to greater risk than a more diversified portfolio. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund is subject to risks generally attributable to the ownership of real property, including: </div> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in global, national, regional or local economic, demographic or capital market conditions; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">future adverse national real estate trends, including increasing vacancy rates, declining rental rates and general deterioration of market conditions; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in supply of or demand for similar properties in a given market or metropolitan area, which could result in rising vacancy rates or decreasing market rental rates; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">vacancies, fluctuations in the average occupancy and room rates for hotel properties or inability to lease space on favorable terms; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">increased competition for properties targeted by the Fund’s investment strategy; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">bankruptcies, financial difficulties or lease defaults by tenants; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">increases in interest rates and lack of availability of financing; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">events or conditions beyond the Fund’s control, including natural disasters, extreme weather conditions, climate-change related risks, acts of terrorism, war and outbreaks of contagious disease; and </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in government rules, regulations and fiscal policies, including increases in property taxes, changes in zoning laws, limitations on rental rates, and increasing costs to comply with environmental laws. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All of these factors are beyond the Fund’s control. Any negative changes in these factors could affect the Fund’s performance and the Fund’s ability to meet the Fund’s obligations and make distributions to shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There are also special risks associated with particular sectors, or real estate operations generally, as described below: </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Retail Properties.</div></div></div></div> Retail properties are affected by shifts in consumer demand due to demographic changes, changes in spending patterns and lease terminations. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Office Properties.</div></div></div></div> Office properties are affected by factors such as a downturn in the businesses operated by their tenants. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Hospitality Properties.</div></div></div></div> Hotel properties and other properties in the hospitality real estate sector, such as motels and extended-stay properties, are affected by declines in business and leisure travel. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Healthcare and Life Sciences Properties.</div></div></div></div> Healthcare and life sciences properties are affected by federal, state and local laws governing licenses, certification, adequacy of care, pharmaceutical distribution, rates, equipment, personnel and other factors regarding operations, and the continued availability of revenue from government reimbursement programs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Student Housing Properties. </div></div></div></div>Student housing properties are affected by seasonal leasing and cash flow risks, and are subject to unique demand drivers. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Industrial Properties.</div></div></div></div> Industrial properties are affected by downturns in the manufacturing, processing and shipping of goods. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Multifamily Properties. </div></div></div></div>Multifamily properties are affected by adverse economic conditions in the locale, oversupply and rent control laws. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Residential Properties.</div></div></div></div> Residential properties can be significantly affected by the national, regional and local real estate markets. This segment of the real estate industry also is sensitive to interest rate fluctuations which can cause changes in the availability of mortgage capital and directly affect the purchasing power of potential homebuyers. Thus, residential properties can be significantly affected by changes in government spending, consumer confidence, demographic patterns and the level of new and existing home sales. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Shopping Centers. </div></div></div></div>Shopping center properties are affected by changes in the local markets where their properties are located and dependent upon the successful operations and financial condition of their major tenants. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Self-Storage Properties.</div></div></div></div> Self-storage properties are affected by changes to competing local properties, consumer and small business demand for storage space, and the abilities of the management team. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other factors may contribute to the risk of real estate investments: </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Development Issues. </div></div></div></div>Real estate development companies are affected by construction delays and insufficient tenant demand to occupy newly developed properties. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Lack of Insurance. </div></div></div></div>Certain of the companies in the Fund’s portfolio may fail to carry comprehensive liability, fire, flood, wind or earthquake extended coverage and rental loss insurance, or the insurance in place may be subject to various policy specifications, limits and deductibles. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Dependence on Tenants.</div></div></div></div> The ability of real estate companies to make distributions to shareholders depends upon the ability of the tenants at their properties to generate enough income in excess of tenant operating expenses to make their lease payments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Financial Leverage. </div></div></div></div>Real estate companies may be highly leveraged and financial covenants may affect the ability of real estate companies to operate effectively. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Environmental Issues. </div></div></div></div>Owners of properties that may contain hazardous or toxic substances may be responsible for removal or remediation costs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Financing Issues. </div></div></div></div>Financial institutions in which the Fund may invest are subject to extensive government regulation. This regulation may limit both the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments a financial institution can make, and the interest rates and fees it can charge. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Private Equity and Private Market Investments Risk. </div></div></div></div>Investments made in connection with acquisition transactions are subject to a variety of special risks, including the risk that the acquiring company has paid over market value for the acquired business, the risk of unforeseen liabilities, the risks associated with new or unproven management or new business strategies and the risk that the acquired business will not be successfully integrated with existing businesses or produce the expected synergies. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Companies in which the Fund may invest, either directly or through Portfolio Funds, may face significant fluctuations in operating results, may need to engage in acquisitions or divestitures of assets in order to compete successfully or survive financially, may be operating at a loss, may be engaged in a rapidly changing business with products subject to a substantial risk of obsolescence, may require substantial additional capital (which may be difficult to raise) to support their operations, to finance expansion or to maintain their competitive position, or otherwise may have a weak financial condition. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Companies in which the Fund may invest, either directly or through Portfolio Funds, may be highly leveraged and, as a consequence, subject to restrictive financial and operating covenants. The leverage may impair the ability of these companies to finance their future operations and capital needs. As a result, these companies may lack the flexibility to respond to changing business and economic conditions, or to take advantage of business opportunities. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Companies in which the Fund may invest, either directly or through Portfolio Funds, may face intense competition, including competition from companies with far greater financial resources, more extensive development, manufacturing, marketing and other capabilities, and a larger number of qualified managerial and technical personnel. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Direct Investments Risk. </div></div></div></div>Direct investing alongside one or more other parties in an investment (i.e., as a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor)</div> involves risks that may not be present in investments made by lead or sponsoring private equity investors. As a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor,</div> the Fund may have interests or objectives that are inconsistent with those of the lead private equity investors that generally have a greater degree of control over such investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, in order to take advantage of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment</div> opportunities as a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor,</div> the Fund generally will be required to hold a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-controlling</div> interest, for example, by becoming a limited partner in a partnership that is controlled by the general partner or manager of the private equity fund offering the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment,</div> on a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor</div> basis, to the Fund. In this event, the Fund would have less control over the investment and may be adversely affected by actions taken by such general partner or manager with respect to the portfolio company and the Fund’s investment in it. The Fund may not have the opportunity to participate in structuring investments or to determine the terms under which such investments will be made. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may in certain circumstances be liable for the actions of its third-party <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-venturers.</div> <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Co-investments</div> made with third parties in joint ventures or other entities also may involve carried interests and/or other fees payable to such third party partners or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-venturers.</div> There can be no assurance that appropriate minority shareholder rights will be available to the Fund or that such rights will provide sufficient protection to the Fund’s interests. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Loans Risk.</div></div></div></div> Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest in loans. The loans that the Fund may invest in include loans that are first lien, second lien, third lien or that are unsecured. In addition, the loans the Fund will invest in will usually be rated below investment grade or may be unrated. Loans are subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this prospectus, including credit risk, liquidity risk, below investment grade instruments risk and management risk. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although certain loans in which the Fund may invest will be secured by collateral, there can be no assurance that such collateral could be readily liquidated or that the liquidation of such collateral would satisfy the borrower’s obligation in the event <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">of non-payment of</div> scheduled interest or principal. In the event of the bankruptcy or </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">insolvency of a borrower, the Fund could experience delays or limitations with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of the collateral securing a loan. In the event of a decline in the value of the already pledged collateral, if the terms of a loan do not require the borrower to pledge additional collateral, the Fund will be exposed to the risk that the value of the collateral will not at all times equal or exceed the amount of the borrower’s obligations under the loans. To the extent that a loan is collateralized by stock in the borrower or its subsidiaries, such stock may lose some or all of its value in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the borrower. Those loans that are under-collateralized involve a greater risk of loss. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In general, the secondary trading market for loans is not fully-developed. No active trading market may exist for certain loans, which may make it difficult to value them. Illiquidity and adverse market conditions may mean that the Fund may not be able to sell certain loans quickly or at a fair price. To the extent that a secondary market does exist for certain loans, the market for them may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Some loans are subject to the risk that a court, pursuant to fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws, could subordinate the loans to presently existing or future indebtedness of the borrower or take other action detrimental to lenders, including the Fund. Such court action could under certain circumstances include invalidation of loans. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If legislation or state or federal regulations impose additional requirements or restrictions on the ability of financial institutions to make loans, the availability of loans for investment by the Fund may be adversely affected. In addition, such requirements or restrictions could reduce or eliminate sources of financing for certain borrowers. This would increase the risk of default. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If legislation or federal or state regulations require financial institutions to increase their capital requirements, this may cause financial institutions to dispose of loans that are considered highly levered transactions. Such sales could result in prices that, in the opinion of the Adviser, do not represent fair value. If the Fund attempts to sell a loan at a time when a financial institution is engaging in such a sale, the price the Fund could get for the loan may be adversely affected. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may acquire loans through assignments or participations. The Fund will typically acquire loans through assignment. The purchaser of an assignment typically succeeds to all the rights and obligations of the assigning institution and becomes a lender under the credit agreement with respect to the debt obligation; however, the purchaser’s rights can be more restricted than those of the assigning institution, and the Fund may not be able to unilaterally enforce all rights and remedies under the loan and with regard to any associated collateral. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A participation typically results in a contractual relationship only with the institution selling the participation interest, not with the borrower. Sellers of participations typically include banks, broker-dealers, other financial institutions and lending institutions. Certain participation agreements also include the option to convert the participation to a full assignment under agreed upon circumstances. <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Sub-Adviser has</div> adopted best execution procedures and guidelines to mitigate credit and counterparty risk in the atypical situation when the Fund must acquire a loan through a participation. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement against the borrower, and the Fund may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has purchased the participation. As a result, the Fund will be exposed to the credit risk of both the borrower and the institution selling the participation. Further, in purchasing participations in lending syndicates, the Fund will not be able to conduct the due diligence on the borrower or the quality of the loan with respect to which it is buying a participation that the Fund would otherwise conduct if it were investing directly in the loan, which may result in the Fund being exposed to greater credit or fraud risk with respect to the borrower or the loan than the Fund expected when initially purchasing the participation. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund also may originate loans or acquire loans by participating in the initial issuance of the loan as part of a syndicate of banks and financial institutions, or receive its interest in a loan directly from the borrower. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Senior Loans Risk.</div></div></div></div> Senior secured loans are usually rated below investment grade or may be unrated. As a result, the risks associated with senior secured loans are similar to the risks of below investment grade fixed income instruments, although senior secured loans are senior and secured in contrast to other below investment grade fixed income instruments, which are often subordinated or unsecured. Investment in senior secured loans rated below investment grade is considered speculative because of the credit risk of their issuers. There may be less readily available and reliable information about most senior secured loans than is the case for many other types of securities. As a result, the Adviser will rely primarily on its own evaluation of a borrower’s credit quality rather than on any available independent sources. Therefore, the Fund will be particularly dependent on the analytical abilities of the Adviser. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In general, the secondary trading market for senior secured loans is not well developed. No active trading market may exist for certain senior secured loans, which may make it difficult to value them. Illiquidity and adverse market conditions may mean that the Fund may not be able to sell senior secured loans quickly or at a fair price. To the extent that a secondary market does exist for certain senior secured loans, the market for them may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Subordinated Loans or Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Certain of the Fund’s investments may consist of loans or securities, or interests in pools of securities that are subordinated or may be subordinated in right of payment and ranked junior to other securities issued by, or loans made to obligors. If an obligor experiences financial difficulty, holders of its more senior securities will be entitled to payments in priority to the Fund. Some of the Fund’s asset-backed investments may also have structural features that divert payments of interest and/or principal to more senior classes of loans or securities backed by the same assets when loss rates or delinquency exceeds certain levels. This may interrupt the income the Fund receives from its investments, which may lead to the Fund having less income to distribute to investors. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, many of the obligors are highly leveraged and many of the Fund’s investments will be in securities which are unrated or rated below investment grade. Such investments are subject to additional risks, including an increased risk of default during periods of economic downturn, the possibility that the obligor may not be able to meet its debt payments, and limited secondary market support, among other risks. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Loans to Private Companies Risk.</div></div></div></div> Loans to private and middle-market companies involves risks that may not exist in the case of large, more established and/or publicly traded companies, including, without limitation: </div> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies may have limited financial resources and limited access to additional financing, which may increase the risk of their defaulting on their obligations, leaving creditors, such as the Fund, dependent on any guarantees or collateral that they may have obtained; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies frequently have shorter operating histories, narrower product lines and smaller market shares than larger businesses, which render such companies more vulnerable to competition and market conditions, as well as general economic downturns; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">there will not be as much information publicly available about these companies as would be available for public companies and such information may not be of the same quality; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies are more likely to depend on the management talents and efforts of a small group of persons; as a result, the death, disability, resignation or termination of one or more of these persons could have a material adverse impact on these companies’ ability to meet their obligations; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies generally have less predictable operating results, may from time to time be parties to litigation, may be engaged in rapidly changing businesses with products subject to a substantial risk of obsolescence, and may require substantial additional capital to support their operations, finance their expansion or maintain their competitive position; and </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies may have difficulty accessing the capital markets to meet future capital needs, which may limit their ability to grow or to repay their outstanding indebtedness upon maturity. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Portfolio Funds Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund’s investments in Portfolio Funds are subject to a number of risks. The marketability of Portfolio Fund interests may be restricted, and the realization of investments from them may take considerable time and/or be costly. Some of the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests may have only limited operating histories. Although the Adviser will seek to receive detailed information from each Portfolio Fund regarding its business strategy and any performance history, in most cases the Adviser will have little or no means of independently verifying this information. In addition, Portfolio Funds may have little or no near-term cash flow available to distribute to investors, including the Fund. Due to the pattern of cash flows in Portfolio Funds, investors typically will see negative returns in the early stages of Portfolio Funds. Then, as investments are able to realize liquidity events, such as a sale or initial public offering, positive returns will be realized if the Portfolio Fund’s investments are successful. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Portfolio Fund interests are ordinarily valued based upon valuations provided by the Portfolio Fund managers, which may be received on a delayed basis. Certain securities in which the Portfolio Funds invest may not have a readily ascertainable market price and are fair valued by the Portfolio Fund managers. A Portfolio Fund manager may face a conflict of interest in valuing such securities because their values may have an impact on the Portfolio Fund manager’s compensation. The Adviser will review and perform due diligence on the valuation procedures used by each Portfolio Fund manager and monitor the returns provided by the Portfolio Funds. However, neither the Adviser nor the Board is able to confirm the accuracy of valuations provided by Portfolio Fund managers. Inaccurate valuations provided by Portfolio Funds could materially adversely affect the value of shares. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund will pay asset-based fees, and, in most cases, will be subject to performance-based fees in respect of its interests in Portfolio Funds. Such fees and performance-based compensation are in addition to the monthly management fee. In addition, performance-based fees charged by Portfolio Fund managers may create incentives for the Portfolio Fund managers to make risky investments, and may be payable by the Fund to a Portfolio Fund manager based on a Portfolio Fund’s positive returns even if the Fund’s overall returns are negative. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, a shareholder in the Fund will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the Portfolio Funds, in addition to its proportionate share of the expenses of the Fund. Thus, a shareholder in the Fund may be subject to higher operating expenses than if the shareholder invested in the Portfolio Funds directly. In addition, because of the deduction of the fees payable by the Fund to the Adviser and other expenses payable directly by the Fund from amounts distributed to the Fund by the Portfolio Funds, the returns to a shareholder in the Fund will be lower than the returns to a direct investor in the Portfolio Funds. Fees and expenses of the Fund and the Portfolio Funds will generally be paid regardless of whether the Fund or Portfolio Funds produce positive investment returns. Shareholders could avoid the additional level of fees and expenses of the Fund by investing directly with the Portfolio Funds, although access to many Portfolio Funds may be limited or unavailable, and may not be permitted for investors who do not meet the substantial minimum net worth and other criteria for direct investment in Portfolio Funds. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is a risk that the Fund may be precluded from acquiring an interest in certain Portfolio Funds due to regulatory implications under the 1940 Act or other laws, rules and regulations or may be limited in the amount it can invest in voting securities of Portfolio Funds. The Adviser also may refrain from including a Portfolio Fund in the Fund’s portfolio in order to address adverse regulatory implications that would arise under the 1940 Act for the Fund if such an investment was made. In addition, the SEC has adopted Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> under the 1940 Act, which, among other things, may impact the ability of the Fund to enter into unfunded commitment agreements, such as a capital commitment to a Portfolio Fund or as part of a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment.</div> The Fund’s investments in Secondary Investments typically will include an unfunded portion where the Fund commits to invest equity in a Portfolio Fund in the future. Similarly, the Fund’s <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investments</div> may include an unfunded commitment to invest equity in special purpose vehicles or other issuers. These unfunded commitments generally can be drawn at the discretion of the general partner of the Portfolio Fund or other issuer subject to certain conditions (e.g., notice provisions). At times, the Fund expects that a significant portion of its assets will be invested in money market funds or other cash items, pending the calling of these unfunded commitments, as part of its risk management process to seek to ensure the Fund will have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet its </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">obligations with respect to its unfunded commitments to invest equity in Portfolio Funds and special purpose vehicles that acquire private market investments as they come due. In addition, the Fund’s ability to invest may be affected by considerations under other laws, rules or regulations. Such regulatory restrictions, including those arising under the 1940 Act, may cause the Fund to invest in different Portfolio Funds or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investments</div> than other clients of the Adviser. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the Fund fails to satisfy capital calls to a Portfolio Fund in a timely manner then, generally, it will be subject to significant penalties, including the complete forfeiture of the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio Fund. Any failure by the Fund to make timely capital contributions may impair the ability of the Fund to pursue its investment program, cause the Fund to be subject to certain penalties from the Portfolio Funds or otherwise impair the value of the Fund’s investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The governing documents of a Portfolio Fund generally are expected to include provisions that would enable the general partner, the manager, or a majority in interest (or higher percentage) of its limited partners or members, under certain circumstances, to terminate the Portfolio Fund prior to the end of its stated term. Early termination of a Portfolio Fund in which the Fund is invested may result in the Fund having distributed to it a portfolio of immature securities, or the Fund’s inability to invest all of its capital as anticipated, either of which could have a material adverse effect on the performance of the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although the Fund will be an investor in a Portfolio Fund, shareholders will not themselves be equity holders of that Portfolio Fund and will not be entitled to enforce any rights directly against the Portfolio Fund or the Portfolio Fund manager or assert claims directly against any Portfolio Funds, the Portfolio Fund managers or their respective affiliates. Shareholders will have no right to receive the information issued by the Portfolio Funds that may be available to the Fund as an investor in the Portfolio Funds. In addition, Portfolio Funds generally are not registered as investment companies under the 1940 Act; therefore, the Fund, as an investor in Portfolio Funds, will not have the benefit of the protections afforded by the 1940 Act. Portfolio Fund managers may not be registered as investment advisers under the Advisers Act, in which case the Fund, as an investor in Portfolio Funds managed by such Portfolio Fund managers, will not have the benefit of certain of the protections afforded by the Advisers Act. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Commitments to Portfolio Funds generally are not immediately invested. Instead, committed amounts are drawn down by Portfolio Funds and invested over time, as underlying investments are identified—a process that may take a period of several years, with limited ability to predict with precision the timing and amount of each Portfolio Fund’s drawdowns. During this period, investments made early in a Portfolio Fund’s life are often realized (generating distributions) even before the committed capital has been fully drawn. In addition, many Portfolio Funds do not draw down 100% of committed capital, and historic trends and practices can inform the Adviser as to when it can expect to no longer need to fund capital calls for a particular Portfolio Fund. Accordingly, the Adviser may make investments and commitments based, in part, on anticipated future capital calls and distributions from Portfolio Funds. This may result in the Fund making commitments to Portfolio Funds in an aggregate amount that exceeds the total amounts invested by shareholders in the Fund at the time of such commitment (i.e., to “over-commit”). To the extent that the Fund engages in an “over-commitment” strategy, the risk associated with the Fund defaulting on a commitment to a Portfolio Fund will increase. The Fund will maintain cash, cash equivalents, borrowings or other liquid assets in sufficient amounts, in the Adviser’s judgment, to satisfy capital calls from Portfolio Funds. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Lack of Control Over the Portfolio Funds and Other Portfolio Investments.</div></div></div></div> The Adviser will have no control over the investment decisions made by any Portfolio Fund. Although the Fund and the Adviser will regularly evaluate each Portfolio Fund and its manager to determine whether their respective investment programs are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, the Adviser will not have any control over the investments made by any Portfolio Fund. Even though the Portfolio Funds are subject to certain constraints, the managers may change aspects of their investment strategies. The managers may do so at any time (for example, such change may occur immediately after providing the Adviser with the quarterly unaudited financial information for a </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div></div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Private REIT). The Adviser may reallocate the Fund’s investments among the Portfolio Funds, but the Adviser’s ability to do so may be constrained by the withdrawal limitations imposed by the Portfolio Funds, which may prevent the Fund from reacting rapidly to market changes should a Portfolio Fund fail to effect portfolio changes consistent with such market changes and the demands of the Adviser. Such withdrawal limitations may also restrict the Adviser’s ability to terminate investments in Portfolio Funds that are poorly performing or have otherwise had adverse changes. The Adviser will be dependent on information provided by the Portfolio Fund, including quarterly unaudited financial statements, which if inaccurate, could adversely affect the Adviser’s ability to manage the Fund’s investment portfolio in accordance with its investment objective. By investing in the Fund, a shareholder will not be deemed to be an investor in any Portfolio Fund and will not have the ability to exercise any rights attributable to an investor in any such Portfolio Fund related to their investment. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">REIT Risk.</div></div></div></div> Investments (directly or indirectly) in REITs will subject the Fund to various risks. REIT share prices may decline because of adverse developments affecting the real estate industry and real property values. In general, real estate values can be affected by a variety of factors, including supply and demand for properties, the economic health of the country or of different regions, and the strength of specific industries that rent properties. REITs often invest in highly leveraged properties. Returns from REITs, which typically are small or medium capitalization stocks, may trail returns from the overall stock market. In addition, changes in interest rates may hurt real estate values or make REIT shares less attractive than other income-producing investments. REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers and self-liquidation. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Qualification as a REIT under the Code in any particular year is a complex analysis that depends on a number of factors. There can be no assurance that an entity in which the Fund invests with the expectation that it will be taxed as a REIT will, in fact, qualify as a REIT. An entity that fails to qualify as a REIT would be subject to a corporate level tax, would not be entitled to a deduction for dividends paid to its shareholders and would not pass through to its shareholders the character of income earned by the entity. If the Fund were to invest in an entity that failed to qualify as a REIT, such failure could significantly reduce the Fund’s yield on that investment. REITs can be classified as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. Equity REITs invest primarily in real property and earn rental income from leasing those properties. They may also realize gains or losses from the sale of properties. Equity REITs will be affected by conditions in the real estate rental market and by changes in the value of the properties they own. Mortgage REITs invest primarily in mortgages and similar real estate interests and receive interest payments from the owners of the mortgaged properties. Mortgage REITs will be affected by changes in creditworthiness of borrowers and changes in interest rates. Hybrid REITs invest both in real property and in mortgages. Equity and mortgage REITs are dependent upon management skills, may not be diversified and are subject to the risks of financing projects. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dividends paid by REITs will not generally qualify for the reduced U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to qualified dividends under the Code. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Matters.” The Fund’s investments in REITs may include an additional risk to shareholders. Some or all of a REIT’s annual distributions to its investors may constitute a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-taxable</div> return of capital. Any such return of capital will generally reduce the Fund’s basis in the REIT investment, but not below zero. To the extent the distributions from a particular REIT exceed the Fund’s basis in such REIT, the Fund will generally recognize gain. In part because REIT distributions often include a nontaxable return of capital, Fund distributions to shareholders may also include a nontaxable return of capital. Shareholders that receive such a distribution will also reduce their tax basis in their shares of the Fund, but not below zero. To the extent the distribution exceeds a shareholder’s basis in the Fund’s shares, such shareholder will generally recognize a capital gain. The Fund does not have any investment restrictions with respect to investments in REITs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">REOC Risk.</div></div></div></div> REOCs, like REITs, expose the Fund to the risks of the real estate market. These risks can include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; destruction of underlying properties; defaults by borrowers or tenants; market saturation; changes in general and local economic conditions; decreases in market rates for rents; increases in vacancies; competition; property taxes; capital expenditures, or operating expenses; and other economic, political or regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate industry. REOCs may also be affected by </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">risks similar to investments in debt securities, including changes in interest rates and the quality of credit extended. REOCs require specialized management and pay management expenses; may have less trading volume; may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets; and may invest in a limited number of properties, in a narrow geographic area, or in a single property type which increase the risk that the portfolio could be unfavorably affected by the poor performance of a single investment or investment type. In addition, defaults on or sales of investments that the REOC holds could reduce the cash flow needed to make distributions to investors. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Portfolio Funds’ Underlying Investments Risk.</div></div></div></div><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> </div></div>The investments made by the Portfolio Funds will entail a high degree of risk and in most cases be difficult to value. As a general matter, companies in which the Portfolio Fund invests may face intense competition, including competition from companies with far greater financial resources; more extensive research, development, technological, marketing and other capabilities; and a larger number of qualified managerial and technical personnel. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Portfolio Fund manager may focus on a particular industry or sector, which may subject the Portfolio Fund, and thus the Fund, to greater risk and volatility than if investments had been made in issuers in a broader range of industries. Likewise, a Portfolio Fund manager may focus on a particular country or geographic region, which may subject the Portfolio Fund, and thus the Fund, to greater risk and volatility than if investments had been made in issuers in a broader range of geographic regions. In addition, Portfolio Funds may establish positions in different geographic regions or industries that, depending on market conditions, could experience offsetting returns. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund will not obtain or seek to obtain any control over the management of any portfolio company in which any Portfolio Fund may invest. The success of each investment made by a Portfolio Fund will largely depend on the ability and success of the management of the portfolio companies in addition to economic and market factors. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Secondary Investments Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may have limited Secondary Investment opportunities. The Fund may make Secondary Investments in Portfolio Funds by acquiring the interests in the Portfolio Funds from existing investors in such Portfolio Funds. In such instances, it is generally not expected that the Fund will have the opportunity to negotiate the terms of the interests being acquired, other than the purchase price, or other special rights or privileges. Moreover, there is no assurance that the Fund will be able to purchase interests at discounts to NAV, or at all. The overall performance of the Fund will depend in large part on the acquisition price paid by the Fund for its Secondary Investments, the structure of such acquisitions and the overall success of the Portfolio Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is significant competition for Secondary Investments. No assurance can be given that the Fund will be able to identify Secondary Investments that satisfy the Fund’s investment objective or, if the Fund is successful in identifying such Secondary Investments, that the Fund will be permitted to invest, or invest in the amounts desired, in such Secondary Investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Asset-Backed Securities Risk.</div></div> Asset-backed securities represent interests in “pools” of Real Estate Debt Investments or other real estate securities, including leasehold and fee simple interests in such assets. Asset-backed securities often involve risks that are different from or possibly more acute than risks associated with other types of debt instruments. Some asset-backed securities are subject to interest rate risk and prepayment risk. A change in interest can affect the pace of payments on the underlying loans, which in turn affects total return on the securities. Asset-backed securities also carry credit or default risk. If many borrowers on the underlying loans default, losses could exceed the credit enhancement level and result in losses to investors in asset-backed securities. In addition, asset-backed securities have structural risk due to a unique characteristic known as early amortization, or early payout, risk. Built into the structure of most asset-backed securities are triggers for early payout, designed to protect investors from losses. These triggers are unique to each transaction and can include a big rise in defaults on the underlying loans, a sharp drop in the credit enhancement level or even the bankruptcy of the originator. Once early amortization begins, all incoming loan payments (after expenses are paid) are used to pay investors as quickly as possible based upon a predetermined priority of payment. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. </div></div></div></div>Commercial mortgage-backed securities include securities that reflect an interest in, and are secured by, mortgage loans on commercial real property (such as office properties, retail properties, hospitality properties, industrial properties, healthcare-related properties or other types of income producing real property). Many of the risks of investing in commercial mortgage-backed securities reflect the risks of investing in the real estate securing the underlying mortgage loans, which include the risks associated with the effects of local and other economic conditions on real estate markets, the ability of tenants to make loan payments, increases in interest rates, real estate tax rates and other operating expenses, changes in governmental rules, regulations and fiscal policies, the effects of and responses to infectious illness outbreaks, epidemics of pandemics, and the ability of a property to attract and retain tenants. Commercial mortgage-backed securities depend on cash flows generated by underlying commercial real estate loans, receivables, and other assets, and can be significantly affected by changes in market and economic conditions, the availability of information regarding the underlying assets and their structures, and the creditworthiness of the borrowers or tenants. Commercial mortgage-backed securities may be less liquid and exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage- or asset-backed securities. Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by private issuers may offer higher yields than commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by government issuers, but also may be subject to greater volatility than commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by government issuers. The commercial mortgage-backed securities market may experience substantially lower valuations and greatly reduced liquidity. Commercial mortgage-backed securities held by the Fund may be subordinated to one or more other classes of securities of the same series for purposes of, among other things, establishing payment priorities and offsetting losses and other shortfalls with respect to the related underlying mortgage loans. There can be no assurance that the subordination will be sufficient on any date to offset all losses or expenses incurred by the underlying trust. The value of CMBS and other mortgage-backed securities in which the Fund may invest generally will have an inverse relationship with interest rates. Accordingly, if interest rates rise, the value of such securities will decline. In addition, to the extent that the mortgage loans which underlie specific mortgage-backed securities are <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">pre-payable,</div> the value of such mortgage securities may be negatively affected by increasing prepayments, which generally occur when interest rates decline. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may invest certain of its assets in residential mortgage-backed securities and become a holder of RMBS. Holders of RMBS bear various risks, including credit, market, interest rate, structural and legal risks. RMBS represent interests in pools of residential mortgage loans secured by residential mortgage loans. Such loans may be prepaid at any time. Residential mortgage loans are obligations of the borrowers thereunder only and are not typically insured or guaranteed by any other person or entity, although such loans may be securitized and the securities issued in such securitization may be guaranteed or credit enhanced. The rate of defaults and losses on residential mortgage loans will be affected by a number of factors, including general economic conditions and those in the area where the related mortgaged property is located, the borrower’s equity in the mortgaged property and the financial circumstances of the borrower. If a residential mortgage loan is in default, foreclosure of such residential mortgage loan may be a lengthy and difficult process, and may involve significant expenses. Furthermore, the market for defaulted residential mortgage loans or foreclosed properties may be very limited. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Structured Products Risk. </div></div></div></div>Holders of structured products bear risks of the underlying investments, index or reference obligation and are subject to counterparty risk. The Fund may have the right to receive payments only from the structured product, and generally does not have direct rights against the issuer or the entity that sold the assets to be securitized. While certain structured products enable the investor to acquire interests in a pool of securities without the brokerage and other expenses associated with directly holding the same securities, investors in structured products generally pay their share of the structured product’s administrative and other expenses. Although it is difficult to predict whether the prices of indices and securities underlying structured products will rise or fall, these prices (and, therefore, the prices of structured products) will be influenced by the same types of political and economic events that affect issuers of securities and capital markets generally. If the issuer of a structured product uses shorter term financing to purchase longer term securities, the issuer may be forced to sell its securities at below market prices if it experiences difficulty in obtaining short-term financing, which may adversely affect the value of the structured products owned by the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investments in structured notes involve risks, including credit risk and market risk. Where the Fund’s investments in structured notes are based upon the movement of one or more factors, including currency exchange rates, interest rates, referenced bonds and stock indices, depending on the factor used and the use of multipliers or deflators, changes in interest rates and movement of the factor may cause significant price fluctuations. Additionally, changes in the reference instrument or security may cause the interest rate on the structured note to be reduced to zero, and any further changes in the reference instrument may then reduce the principal amount payable on maturity. Structured notes may be less liquid than other types of securities and more volatile than the reference instrument or security underlying the note. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">CLO Risk.</div></div></div></div> In addition to the general risks associated with real estate securities, debt securities and structured products discussed herein, CLOs carry additional risks, including, but not limited to (i) the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; (ii) the quality of the collateral may decline in value or default; (iii) the possibility that the investments in CLOs are subordinate to other classes or tranches thereof, (iv) the potential of spread compression in the underlying loans of the CLO, which could reduce credit enhancement in the CLOs and (v) the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of investment and may produce disputes with the issuer or unexpected investment results. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CLO junior debt securities that the Fund may acquire are subordinated to more senior tranches of CLO debt. CLO junior debt securities are subject to increased risks of default relative to the holders of superior priority interests in the same securities. In addition, at the time of issuance, CLO equity securities are under-collateralized in that the liabilities of a CLO at inception exceed its total assets. Though not exclusively, the Fund will typically be in a first loss or subordinated position with respect to realized losses on the assets of the CLOs in which it is invested. The Fund may recognize phantom taxable income from its investments in the subordinated tranches of CLOs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Between the closing date and the effective date of a CLO, the CLO collateral manager will generally expect to purchase additional collateral obligations for the CLO. During this period, the price and availability of these collateral obligations may be adversely affected by a number of market factors, including price volatility and availability of investments suitable for the CLO, which could hamper the ability of the collateral manager to acquire a portfolio of collateral obligations that will satisfy specified concentration limitations and allow the CLO to reach the initial par amount of collateral prior to the effective date. An inability or delay in reaching the target initial par amount of collateral may adversely affect the timing and amount of interest or principal payments received by the holders of the CLO debt securities and distributions of the CLO on equity securities and could result in early redemptions which may cause CLO debt and equity investors to receive less than face value of their investment. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The failure by a CLO in which the Fund invests to satisfy financial covenants, including with respect to adequate collateralization and/or interest coverage tests, could lead to a reduction in the CLO’s payments to the Fund. In the event that a CLO fails certain tests, holders of CLO senior debt may be entitled to additional payments that would, in turn, reduce the payments the Fund would otherwise be entitled to receive. Separately, the Fund may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms, which may include the waiver of certain financial covenants, with a defaulting CLO or any other investment the Fund may make. If any of these occur, it could adversely affect the Fund’s operating results and cash flows. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund’s CLO investments are exposed to leveraged credit risk. If certain minimum collateral value ratios and/or interest coverage ratios are not met by a CLO, primarily due to senior secured loan defaults, then cash flow that otherwise would have been available to pay distributions to the Fund on its CLO investments may instead be used to redeem any senior notes or to purchase additional senior secured loans, until the ratios again exceed the minimum required levels or any senior notes are repaid in full. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Subordinated Debt Risk</div></div></div></div>. The Fund may from time to time invest in debt instruments, including junior tranches of CMBS and “mezzanine” or junior mortgage loans (e.g., <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">B-Notes),</div> that are subordinated in an issuer’s capital </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">structure. To the extent the Fund invests in subordinated debt of an issuer’s capital structure or subordinated CMBS bonds, such investments and the Fund’s remedies with respect thereto, including the ability to foreclose on any collateral securing such investments, will be subject to the rights of any senior creditors and, to the extent applicable, contractual inter-creditor and/or participation agreement provisions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investments in subordinated debt involve greater credit risk of default than the senior classes of the issue or series. Subordinated tranches of CMBS or other investments absorb losses from default before other more senior tranches of CMBS to which it is subordinate are put at risk. As a result, to the extent the Fund invests in subordinate debt instruments (including CMBS), the Fund would potentially receive payments or interest distributions after, and must bear the effects of losses or defaults on the senior debt (including underlying mortgage loans, senior mezzanine debt or senior CMBS bonds) before, the holders of other more senior tranches of debt instruments with respect to such issuer. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Mezzanine Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Although not secured by the underlying real estate, mezzanine loans are also subject to risk of subordination and share certain characteristics of subordinate loan interests described above. As with commercial mortgage loans, repayment of a mezzanine loan is dependent on the successful operation of the underlying commercial properties and, therefore, is subject to similar considerations and risks. Mezzanine loans may also be affected by the successful operation of other properties, but mezzanine loans are not secured by interests in the underlying commercial properties. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Rehypothecated Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> In connection with the use of the BNP Credit Facility for leverage, the Fund permits the lender, subject to certain conditions, to rehypothecate (i.e., lend to other counterparties) portfolio securities pledged by the Fund up to the amount of the loan balance outstanding. The terms of the BNP Credit Facility provide that the Fund continue to receive dividends and interest on rehypothecated securities. The Fund has the right under the BNP Credit Facility to recall rehypothecated securities from BNP on demand. If BNP fails to deliver a recalled security in a timely manner, the BNP Credit Facility provides for compensation by BNP to the Fund for any fees or losses related to the failed delivery or, in the event a recalled security will not be returned by BNP, for the Fund, upon notice to BNP, to reduce the loan balance outstanding by the amount of the recalled security failed to be returned. The terms of the BNP Credit Facility pursuant to which portfolio securities pledged by the Fund are rehypothecated may provide for receipt by the Fund, either directly or indirectly through a reduction in the costs associated with the BNP Credit Facility, of a portion of the fees earned by BNP in connection with the rehypothecation of such portfolio securities. Rehypothecation by BNP of the Fund’s pledged portfolio securities entails risks, including the risk that BNP will be unable or unwilling to return rehypothecated securities, which could result in, among other things, the inability of the Fund to find suitable investments to replace the unreturned securities, thereby impairing the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Use of Leverage by the Fund. </div></div></div></div>Although the Fund has the option to borrow, including through the Credit Facilities, there are significant risks that may be assumed in connection with such borrowings. Investors in the Fund should consider the various risks of financial leverage, including, without limitation, the matters described below. There is no assurance that a leveraging strategy would be successful. Financial leverage involves risks and special considerations for shareholders including: (i) the likelihood of greater volatility of NAV of the shares than a comparable portfolio without leverage; (ii) the risk that fluctuations in interest rates on borrowings and short-term debt that the Fund must pay will reduce the return to the shareholders; (iii) the effect of financial leverage in a market experiencing rising interest rates, which would likely cause a greater decline in the NAV of the shares than if the Fund were not leveraged; and (iv) the potential for an increase in operating costs, which may reduce the Fund’s total return. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event that the Fund would be required to sell assets at a loss, including in order to redeem or pay off any borrowing, such a sale would reduce the Fund’s NAV and may make it difficult for the NAV to recover. The Fund nevertheless may continue to use financial leverage if the Adviser expects that the benefits to the shareholders of maintaining the leveraged position likely would outweigh a resulting reduction in the current return. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain types of borrowings by the Fund would result in the Fund being subject to covenants in credit agreements relating to asset coverage and Fund composition requirements that are more stringent than those currently imposed on the Fund by the 1940 Act. In addition, borrowings by the Fund may be made on a secured basis. The Custodian will then either segregate the assets securing the Fund’s borrowings for the benefit of the Fund’s lenders or arrangements will be made with a suitable <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">sub-custodian.</div> If the assets used to secure a borrowing decrease in value, the Fund may be required to pledge additional collateral to the lender in the form of cash or securities to avoid liquidation of those assets. In the event of a default, the lenders will have the right, through the Custodian, to redeem the Fund’s investments in underlying Investment Funds without consideration of whether doing so would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders. The rights of any lenders to the Fund to receive payments of interest on and repayments of principal of borrowings will be senior to the rights of the Fund’s shareholders, and the terms of the Fund’s borrowings may contain provisions that limit certain activities of the Fund and could result in precluding the purchase of instruments that the Fund would otherwise purchase. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The use of financial leverage involves financial risk and would increase the exposure of the Fund’s investment returns to adverse economic factors such as rising interest rates, downturns in the economy or deterioration in the condition of the investments. There would be a risk that operating cash flow available to the Fund would be insufficient to meet required payments and a risk that it would not be possible to refinance existing indebtedness or that the terms of such refinancing would not be as favorable as the terms of existing indebtedness. Borrowings by the Fund may be secured by any or all of the assets of the Fund, with the consequences that the Fund may lose more than its equity stake in any one investment, and may lose all of its capital. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Derivatives Risk.</div></div></div></div> The use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks, such as liquidity risk (which may be heightened for highly-customized derivatives), interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, leveraging risk, counterparty risk, tax risk, and management risk, as well as risks arising from changes in applicable requirements. They also involve the risk of mispricing, the risk of unfavorable or ambiguous documentation and the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives may increase or accelerate the amount of taxes payable by common shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund relies on certain exemptions in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> under the 1940 Act to enter into derivatives transactions and certain other transactions notwithstanding the restrictions on the issuance of “senior securities” under Section 18 of the 1940 Act. Under Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4,</div> “derivatives transactions” include the following: (1) any swap, security-based swap, futures contract, forward contract, option (excluding purchased options), any combination of the foregoing, or any similar instrument, under which the Fund is or may be required to make any payment or delivery of cash or other assets during the life of the instrument or at maturity or early termination, whether as margin or settlement payment or otherwise; (2) any short sale borrowing; and (3) if the Fund relies on the exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4(d)(1)(ii),</div> reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions. The Fund will rely on a separate exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4(e)</div> when entering into unfunded commitment agreements, which includes any commitment to make a loan to a company, including term loans, delayed draw term loans, and revolvers, or to invest equity in a company. To rely on the unfunded commitment agreements exemption, the Fund must reasonably believe, at the time it enters into such agreement, that it will have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet its obligations with respect to all of its unfunded commitment agreements, in each case as they come due. The Fund will rely on the exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4(f)</div> when purchasing when-issued or forward-settling securities (e.g., firm and standby commitments, including <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">to-be-announced</div></div> commitments, and dollar rolls) and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-standard</div> settlement cycle securities, if certain conditions are met. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund intends to operate as a “limited derivatives user” for purposes of the derivatives transactions exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4.</div> To qualify as a limited derivatives user, the Fund’s “derivatives exposure” is limited to 10% of its net assets subject to exclusions for certain currency or interest rate hedging transactions (as calculated in accordance with Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4).</div> Unless the Fund qualifies as a “limited derivatives user” as defined in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4,</div> the rule would, among other things, require the Fund to establish a comprehensive derivatives risk management </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">program, to comply with certain <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">value-at-risk</div></div> based leverage limits, to appoint a derivatives risk manager and to provide additional disclosure both publicly and to the SEC regarding its derivatives positions. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Reverse Repurchase Agreements Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund’s use of reverse repurchase agreements involves many of the same risks involved in the Fund’s use of leverage, as the proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements generally will be invested in additional securities. There is a risk that the market value of the securities acquired in the reverse repurchase agreement may decline below the price of the securities that the Fund has sold but remains obligated to repurchase. In addition, there is a risk that the market value of the securities retained by the Fund may decline. If the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement were to file for bankruptcy or experiences insolvency, the Fund may be adversely affected. Also, in entering into reverse repurchase agreements, the Fund would bear the risk of loss to the extent that the proceeds of the reverse repurchase agreement are less than the value of the underlying securities. In addition, due to the interest costs associated with reverse repurchase agreements transactions, the Fund’s NAV will decline, and, in some cases, the Fund may be worse off than if it had not used such instruments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Use of Leverage by Portfolio Funds. </div></div></div></div>In addition to any borrowing utilized by the Fund, the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests may utilize financial leverage. The Portfolio Funds may be able to borrow, subject to the limitations of their charters and operative documents. Certain Portfolio Funds may not be subject to the limitations imposed by the 1940 Act regarding the use of leverage with respect to which registered investment companies, including the Fund, are subject. To that end, the Fund intends to limit its direct borrowing to an amount that does not exceed 33 1/3% of the Fund’s gross asset value. Furthermore, Portfolio Funds typically will hold their investments in entities organized as REITs, corporations or other entities and this may allow the Fund’s risk of loss to be limited to the amount of its investment in the Portfolio Fund. While leverage presents opportunities for increasing the Fund’s total return, it has the effect of potentially increasing losses as well. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Valuation of Portfolio Funds. </div></div></div></div>Certain Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests are not publicly traded and the Fund may consider information provided by the institutional asset manager of each respective Portfolio Fund to determine the estimated value of the Fund’s investment therein. The valuation provided by an institutional asset manager as of a specific date may vary from the actual sale price that may be obtained if such investment were sold to a third party. To determine the estimated value of the Fund’s investment in Portfolio Funds, the Adviser considers, among other things, information provided by the Portfolio Funds, including quarterly unaudited financial statements, which if inaccurate could adversely affect the Adviser’s ability to value accurately the Fund’s shares. Portfolio Funds that invest primarily in publicly traded securities are more easily valued. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Credit Risk.</div></div></div></div> Credit risk is the risk that one or more loans in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in price or fail to pay interest or principal when due because the issuer of the instrument experiences a decline in its financial status. While a senior position in the capital structure of a borrower or issuer may provide some protection with respect to the Fund’s investments in certain loans, losses may still occur because the market value of loans is affected by the creditworthiness of borrowers or issuers and by general economic and specific industry conditions and the Fund’s other investments will often be subordinate to other debt in the issuer’s capital structure. To the extent the Fund invests in below investment grade instruments, it will be exposed to a greater amount of credit risk than a fund which invests in investment grade securities. The prices of lower grade instruments are more sensitive to negative developments, such as a decline in the issuer’s revenues or a general economic downturn, than are the prices of higher grade instruments. Instruments of below investment grade quality are predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal when due and therefore involve a greater risk of default. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Preferred Securities Risk. </div></div></div></div>There are various risks associated with investing in preferred securities, including credit risk, interest rate risk, deferral and omission of distributions, subordination to bonds and other debt securities in a company’s capital structure, limited liquidity, limited voting rights and special redemption rights. Interest rate risk is, in general, the risk that the price of a preferred security falls when interest rates rise. Securities with longer maturities tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes. Credit risk is the risk that an </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">issuer of a security may not be able to make principal and interest or dividend payments on the security as they become due. Holders of preferred securities may not receive dividends, or the payment can be deferred for some period of time. In bankruptcy, creditors are generally paid before the holders of preferred securities. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Convertible Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Convertible securities are hybrid securities that have characteristics of both bonds and common stocks and are subject to risks associated with both debt securities and equity securities. Convertible securities are similar to fixed income securities because they usually pay a fixed interest rate (or dividend) and are obligated to repay principal on a given date in the future. The market value of fixed income and preferred securities tends to decline as interest rates increase and tends to increase as interest rates decline. Convertible securities have characteristics of a fixed income security and are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates when their conversion value is lower than the value of the bond or preferred share. Fixed income and preferred securities also are subject to credit risk, which is the risk that an issuer of a security may not be able to make principal and interest or dividend payments on the security as they become due. Fixed income and preferred securities also may be subject to prepayment or redemption risk. If a convertible security held by the Fund is called for redemption, the Fund will be required to surrender the security for redemption, convert it into the issuing company’s common stock or cash or sell it to a third party at a time that may be unfavorable to the Fund. Convertible securities have characteristics similar to common stocks especially when their conversion value is the same as the value of the bond or preferred share. The price of equity securities may rise or fall because of economic or political changes. Stock prices in general may decline over short or even extended periods of time. Market prices of equity securities in broad market segments may be adversely affected by a prominent issuer having experienced losses or by the lack of earnings or such an issuer’s failure to meet the market’s expectations with respect to new products or services, or even by factors wholly unrelated to the value or condition of the issuer, such as changes in interest rates. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">High Yield Securities Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may invest in debt securities and preferred securities rated less than investment grade that are sometimes referred to as high yield or “junk.” These securities are speculative investments that carry greater risks and are more susceptible to real or perceived adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than higher quality securities. High yield securities offer the potential for higher return, but also involve greater risk than bonds of higher quality, including an increased possibility that the security’s issuer, obligor or guarantor may not be able to make its payments of interest and principal (credit quality risk). If that happens, the value of the security may decrease. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates (interest rate risk) could adversely affect the market for these securities and reduce the Fund’s ability to sell its securities (liquidity risk). Such securities also may be subject to resale restrictions. The lack of a liquid market for these securities could decrease the Fund’s share price. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Interest Rate Risk.</div></div></div></div> The fixed-income instruments that the Fund may invest in are subject to the risk that market values of such securities will decline as interest rates increase. These changes in interest rates have a more pronounced effect on securities with longer durations. Typically, the impact of changes in interest rates on the market value of an instrument will be more pronounced for fixed-rate instruments than it will for floating rate instruments. Fluctuations in the value of portfolio securities will not affect interest income on existing portfolio securities but will be reflected in the Fund’s NAV. The debt capital that will be available to the Fund in the future, if at all, may be impacted by changes in and uncertainty surrounding interest rates. Depending on the interest rate environment and general state of credit markets, potential debt capital may be available only at a higher cost and on terms and conditions less favorable than what the Fund has historically experienced. Market volatility, rising interest rates, uncertainty around interest rates and/or unfavorable economic conditions could adversely affect the Fund’s business. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An increase in interest rates could decrease the value of any investments the Fund holds that earn fixed interest rates, including subordinated loans, senior and junior secured and unsecured debt securities and loans and high yield bonds, and also could increase the Fund’s interest expense, thereby decreasing the Fund’s net income. Federal Reserve policy, including with respect to certain interest rates and the decision to end its quantitative easing policy, may also adversely affect the value, volatility and liquidity of dividend- and interest-paying </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">securities. From time to time, the Fund may also enter into certain hedging transactions to mitigate the Fund’s exposure to changes in interest rates. In the past, the Fund has entered into certain hedging transactions, such as interest rate swap agreements, to mitigate the Fund’s exposure to adverse fluctuations in interest rates, and the Fund may do so again in the future. However, the Fund cannot assure shareholders that such transactions will be successful in mitigating the Fund’s exposure to interest rate risk. There can be no assurance that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s net investment income. </div><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund’s debt investments are based on fixed and floating rates, such as Euro Interbank Offer Rate, Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), the Federal Funds Rate or the Prime Rate. Market prices tend to fluctuate more for fixed-rate securities that have longer maturities. Although the Fund has no policy governing the maturities of the Fund’s investments, under current market conditions the Fund expects that it will invest in a portfolio of debt generally having maturities of up to 10 years. Market prices for debt that pays a fixed rate of return tend to decline as interest rates rise. This means that the Fund is subject to greater risk (other things being equal) than a fund invested solely in shorter-term, fixed-rate securities. Market prices for floating rate investments may also fluctuate in rising rate environments with prices tending to decline when credit spreads widen. Rising interest rates may also increase the cost of debt for the Fund’s underlying portfolio companies, which could adversely impact their financial performance and ability to meet ongoing obligations to the Fund. </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may have investments in foreign securities. Foreign securities have investment risks different from those associated with domestic securities. Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund with investments in foreign securities than another fund that invests exclusively in domestic securities. The value of foreign currency denominated securities or foreign currency contracts is affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. There may be less government supervision of foreign markets, resulting in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-uniform</div> accounting practices and less publicly available information about issuers of foreign securities. The value of foreign investments may be affected by changes in exchange control regulations, application of foreign tax laws (including withholding tax), changes in governmental economic or monetary policy (in this country or abroad), or changed circumstances in dealings between nations. In addition, foreign brokerage commissions, custody fees, and other costs of investing in foreign securities are often higher than in the United States. Investments in foreign issues could be affected by other factors not present in the United States, including expropriation, armed conflict, confiscatory taxation, and potential difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may also invest in emerging markets, which are markets of countries in the initial stages of industrialization and have low per capita income. In addition to the risks of foreign securities in general, countries in emerging markets are more volatile and can have relatively unstable governments, social and legal systems that do not protect shareholders, economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade a small number of issues which could reduce liquidity. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Infrastructure Industry Risk.</div></div></div></div> Infrastructure investments may be subject to a variety of risks, not all of which can be foreseen or quantified, including: (i) the burdens of ownership of infrastructure: (ii) local, national and international political and economic conditions; (iii) the supply and demand for services from and access to infrastructure; (iv) the financial condition of users and suppliers of infrastructure assets; (v) changes in interest rates and the availability of funds which may render the purchase, sale or refinancing of infrastructure assets difficult or impracticable; (vi) changes in regulations, planning laws and other governmental rules; (vii) changes in fiscal and monetary policies; (viii) under-insured or uninsurable losses, such as force majeure acts and terrorist events; (ix) reduced investment in public and private infrastructure projects; and (x) other factors which are beyond the reasonable control of the Fund. Many of the foregoing factors could cause fluctuations in usage, expenses and revenues, causing the value of investments to decline and a material adverse effect on the Fund’s or an infrastructure asset’s performance. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Risks Associated with Debt Financing </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Leveraging Risk.</div></div></div></div> The use of leverage, such as borrowing money to purchase securities, by the Fund will magnify the Fund’s gains or losses. The use of leverage via short selling and short positions in futures contracts will also magnify the Fund’s gains or losses. Generally, the use of leverage also will cause the Fund to have higher expenses (especially interest and/or short selling related dividend expenses) than those of funds that do not use such techniques. In addition, a lender to the Fund may terminate or refuse to renew any credit facility. If the Fund is unable to access additional credit, it may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, which may further depress the returns on the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Credit Risk. </div></div></div></div>There is a risk that debt issuers will not make payments, resulting in losses to the Fund. In addition, the credit quality of securities may be lowered if an issuer’s financial condition changes. Lower credit quality may lead to greater volatility in the price of a security and in shares of the Fund. Lower credit quality also may affect liquidity and make it difficult to sell the security. Default, or the market’s perception that an issuer is likely to default, could reduce the value and liquidity of securities, thereby reducing the value of your investment in Fund shares. In addition, default may cause the Fund to incur expenses in seeking recovery of principal or interest on its portfolio holdings. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Inflation/Deflation Risk.</div></div></div></div> Inflation risk is the risk that the value of certain assets or income from the Fund’s investments will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the Fund and its distributions can decline. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, during any periods of rising inflation, the dividend rates or borrowing costs associated with the Fund’s use of leverage would likely increase, which would tend to further reduce returns to shareholders. Inflation may continue in the near to medium-term, particularly in the U.S., with the possibility that monetary policy continues to tighten in response. Deflation risk is the risk that prices throughout the economy decline over time—the opposite of inflation. Deflation may have an adverse effect on the creditworthiness of issuers and may make issuer defaults more likely, which may result in a decline in the value of the Fund’s portfolio. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Economic activity has continued to accelerate across sectors and regions. Nevertheless, global supply chain issues have led, and may in the future lead, to a rise in energy prices. Inflation may continue in the near to medium-term, particularly in the U.S., with the possibility that monetary policy continues to tighten in response. Persistent inflationary pressures could affect our portfolio companies’ profit margins. There can be no assurance that inflation will not become a serious problem in the future and have an adverse impact on the Fund’s returns. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Legal and Regulatory Risks </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Compliance Failures. </div></div></div></div>Apollo, certain of its affiliates, and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser,</div> are regulated entities, and any compliance failures or other inappropriate behavior by them may have a material and/or adverse effect on the Fund. The provision of investment management services is regulated in most relevant jurisdictions, and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> and Apollo must maintain their regulatory authorizations to continue to be involved both in the management of the Fund’s investments and to continue their businesses generally. The Adviser’s or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> ability to source and execute investment transactions for the Fund, and investor sentiment with respect to the Fund, may be adversely affected by negative publicity arising from any regulatory compliance failures or other inappropriate behavior by any Apollo affiliate or its investment professionals. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Legal, Tax and Regulatory Risks. </div></div></div></div>Legal, tax and regulatory changes could occur that may adversely affect the Fund or its portfolio companies. There has been, and it is possible that there will be further, involvement of governmental and regulatory authorities in financial markets around the world. For example, the Fund expects to make investments in a number of different industries, some of which are or may become subject to regulation by one or more governmental agencies or authorities. New and existing regulations, changing regulatory requirements and the burdens of regulatory compliance all may have an adverse effect on the performance of investments that operate in these industries. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Neither the Adviser nor <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> can predict whether new legislation or regulation (including new tax measures) will be enacted by legislative bodies or governmental agencies, nor can either of them predict what effect such legislation or regulation might have. There can be no assurance that new legislation or regulation, including changes to existing laws and regulations, will not have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investment performance. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The enforceability of agreements governing hedging transactions may depend on compliance with applicable statutory and other regulatory requirements and, depending on the identity of the counterparty, applicable international requirements. New or amended regulations may be imposed by the CFTC, the SEC, the Federal Reserve, the EU or other financial regulators, other governmental or intergovernmental regulatory authorities or self-regulatory organizations that supervise the financial markets, and could adversely affect the Fund. In particular, the CFTC and the SEC are empowered to promulgate a variety of new rules pursuant to recently enacted financial reform legislation in the United States. The Fund also may be adversely affected by changes in the enforcement or interpretation of statutes and rules by these regulatory authorities or self-regulatory organizations. </div> <div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Possible Risk of Conflicts </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Possible Competition Between Portfolio Funds and Between the Fund and the Portfolio Funds. </div></div></div></div>The Portfolio Funds trade independently of each other and may pursue investment strategies that “compete” with each other for execution or that cause the Fund to participate in positions that offset each other (in which case the Fund would bear its pro rata share of commissions and fees without the potential for a profit). Also, the Fund’s investments in any particular Portfolio Fund could increase the level of competition for the same trades that other Portfolio Funds might otherwise make, including the priorities of order entry. This could make it difficult or impossible to take or liquidate a position in a particular security at a price consistent with the Adviser’s strategy. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Allocation of Investment Opportunities Risk. </div></div></div></div>The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser,</div> directly or through its affiliates, may manage or advise multiple investment vehicles or accounts that have investment objectives that are similar to the Fund and that may seek to make investments or sell investments in the same securities or other instruments, sectors or strategies as the Fund. This may create potential conflicts, particularly in circumstances where the availability of such investment opportunities is limited or where the liquidity of such investment opportunities is limited. The results of the Fund’s investment activities may differ significantly from the results achieved by such other managed investment vehicles or accounts. It is possible that one or more of such vehicles or accounts will achieve investment results that are substantially more or less favorable than the results achieved by the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Allocation Risk. </div></div></div></div>The ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective depends, in part, on the ability of the Adviser to allocate effectively the Fund’s assets among the various instruments in which the Fund invests and, with respect to each such asset class, among equities and fixed income securities. There can be no assurance that the actual allocations will be effective in achieving the Fund’s investment objective or delivering positive returns. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Issuer Risk. </div></div></div></div>The value of a specific security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole. The value of an issuer’s securities that are held in the Fund’s portfolio may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Liquidity Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund is a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment company structured as an “interval fund” and designed for long-term investors. Unlike many <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment companies, the Fund’s shares are not listed on any securities exchange and are not publicly traded. There currently is no secondary market for the shares and the Adviser does not expect that a secondary market will develop. Limited liquidity is provided to shareholders only through the Fund’s quarterly repurchase offers for no less than 5% of the Fund’s shares outstanding at net asset value. There is no guarantee that shareholders will be able to sell all of the shares they desire in a quarterly repurchase offer. The Fund’s investments are also subject to liquidity risk. Liquidity risk exists when particular investments of the Fund would be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the Fund to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to satisfy its obligations. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Management Risk.</div></div></div></div> The net asset value of the Fund changes daily based on the performance of the securities in which it invests. The Adviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of a particular real estate segment and securities in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and may not produce the desired results. The Fund’s portfolio managers and the other principals of the Adviser have limited experience in managing a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">closed-end</div> fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Repurchase Offers Risks.</div></div></div></div> The Fund is an interval fund and, in order to provide liquidity to shareholders, the Fund, subject to applicable law, will conduct repurchase offers of the Fund’s outstanding shares at NAV, with the size of the repurchase offer subject to approval of the Board. The Fund has in the past received, and may in the future receive, repurchase requests that exceed the limits of a quarterly repurchase offer, and the Fund has in the past repurchased less than the full amount of shares requested, resulting in the repurchase of shares on a pro rata basis. The Fund believes that these repurchase offers are generally beneficial to the Fund’s shareholders, and repurchases generally will be funded from available cash, cash from the sale of shares or sales of portfolio securities. However, repurchase offers and the need to fund repurchase obligations may affect the ability of the Fund to be fully invested or force the Fund to maintain a higher percentage of its assets in liquid investments, which may harm the Fund’s investment performance. Moreover, diminution in the size of the Fund through repurchases may result in untimely sales of portfolio securities (with associated imputed transaction costs, which may be significant), and may limit the ability of the Fund to participate in new investment opportunities or to achieve its investment objective. The Fund may accumulate cash by (i) holding back (i.e., not reinvesting) payments received in connection with the Fund’s investments and (ii) holding back (i.e., not investing) cash from </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">the sale of shares. The Fund believes that it can meet the maximum potential amount of the Fund’s repurchase obligations. If at any time cash and other liquid assets held by the Fund are not sufficient to meet the Fund’s repurchase obligations, the Fund intends, if necessary, to sell investments. If, as expected, the Fund employs leverage, repurchases of shares would compound the adverse effects of leverage in a declining market. In addition, if the Fund borrows to finance repurchases, interest on that borrowing will negatively affect holders of shares who do not tender their shares by increasing the Fund’s expenses and reducing any net investment income. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a repurchase offer is oversubscribed, the Board may determine to increase the amount repurchased by up to 2% of the Fund’s outstanding shares as of the date the repurchase offer ends (the “Repurchase Request Deadline”). In the event that the Board determines not to repurchase more than the repurchase offer amount, or if shareholders tender more than the repurchase offer amount plus 2% of the Fund’s outstanding shares as of the date of the Repurchase Request Deadline, the Fund will repurchase the shares tendered on a pro rata basis, and shareholders will have to wait until the next repurchase offer to make another repurchase request. Moreover, certain feeder vehicles have been formed, and additional feeder vehicles may be formed in the future, to facilitate indirect investments in the Fund by certain investors. Requests by these investors to withdraw their interests in a feeder vehicle may result in tenders by the feeder vehicle in a repurchase offer by the Fund and could contribute to an over-subscription of a particular repurchase offer. As a result, shareholders may be unable to liquidate all or a given percentage of their investment in the Fund during a particular repurchase offer. Some shareholders, in anticipation of proration, may tender more shares than they wish to have repurchased in a particular quarter, thereby increasing the likelihood that proration will occur. A shareholder may be subject to market and other risks, and the NAV of shares tendered in a repurchase offer may decline between the Repurchase Request Deadline and the date on which the NAV for tendered shares is determined. In addition, the repurchase of shares by the Fund will generally be a taxable event to common shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">General Market Conditions Risk. </div></div></div></div>Various sectors of the global financial markets have been experiencing an extended period of adverse conditions. Market uncertainty has increased dramatically, particularly in the United States and Europe, and adverse market conditions have expanded to other markets. These conditions have resulted in disruption of the global credit markets, periods of reduced liquidity, greater volatility, general volatility of credit spreads, an acute contraction in the availability of credit and a lack of price transparency. These volatile and often difficult global credit market conditions have episodically adversely affected the market values of equity, fixed-income and other securities and this volatility may continue and conditions could even deteriorate further. Some of the largest banks and companies across many sectors of the economy in the United States and Europe have declared bankruptcy, entered into insolvency, administration or similar proceedings, been nationalized by government authorities, and/or agreed to merge with or be acquired by other banks or companies that had been considered their peers. The long-term impact of these events is uncertain, <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">but </div>could continue to have a material effect on general economic conditions, consumer and business confidence and market liquidity. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may invest in securities of publicly traded companies. Securities markets in certain countries in which the Fund may invest are fragmented, smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the securities markets of the United States and certain other developed countries. Securities markets in the countries in which the Fund may invest have, in the past, experienced substantial price volatility that could have an adverse impact on the value of the Fund’s investments that consist of securities. Periods of economic and political uncertainty may result in further volatility in the value of such investments. As a result, there may be greater volatility than the volatility that could be expected by investors in comparable securities traded in U.S. securities markets. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s investments will not be sold at prices below their acquisition costs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may be affected by force majeure events (e.g., acts of God, fire, flood, earthquakes, outbreaks of an infectious disease, pandemic or any other serious public health concern, war, terrorism, nationalization of industry and labor strikes). Force majeure events could adversely affect the ability of the Fund or a counterparty to perform its obligations. The liability and cost arising out of a failure to perform obligations as a result of a force majeure event could be considerable and could be borne by the Fund. Certain force majeure events, such as war or an outbreak of an infectious disease and the current or any resulting financial, economic and capital </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">markets environment, and future developments in these and other areas present uncertainty and risk with respect to the Fund’s NAV, performance, financial condition, results of operations, ability to pay distributions, make share repurchases and portfolio liquidity. Additionally, a major governmental intervention into industry, including the nationalization of an industry or the assertion of control, could result in a loss to the Fund if an investment is affected, and any compensation provided by the relevant government may not be adequate. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The U.S. and global capital markets experienced extreme volatility and disruption in recent years, leading to periods of recessionary conditions and depressed levels of consumer and commercial spending. For instance, monetary policies of the Federal Reserve and political uncertainty resulting from recent events, including changes to U.S. trade policies and ongoing armed conflicts between Russia and Ukraine in Europe and among Israel, Iran, Hamas and other militant groups in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, including the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran, political unrest in South America and recent U.S. military action overseas, have led, are currently leading, and for an unknown period of time may continue to lead to disruption and instability in the global markets. In addition, social unrest, changes regarding immigration and work permit policies and other political and security concerns may not abate, which may cause the debt and equity capital markets, and as a result, the Fund’s business to be adversely affected both within and outside of regions experiencing ongoing conflicts. Disruptions in the capital markets increased the spread between the yields realized on risk-free and higher risk securities, resulting in illiquidity in parts of the capital markets. It cannot be assured that these conditions will not worsen. If conditions worsen, a prolonged period of market illiquidity could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s business, financial condition and results of operations. Unfavorable economic conditions also could increase the Fund’s funding costs, limit the Fund’s access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to the Fund. These events could limit the Fund’s investment originations, limit the Fund’s ability to grow and negatively impact the Fund’s operating results. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Furthermore, a counterparty’s ability to meet or willingness to honor its financial obligations, including its ability to extend credit or otherwise to transact with the Fund or a portfolio company or issuer to which the Fund makes a loan or in which the Fund invests directly may be negatively impacted. Current conditions may affect how counterparties interpret their obligations (and the Fund’s obligations) pursuant to counterparty arrangements such that the applicability, or lack thereof, of force majeure or similar provisions could also come into question and ultimately could work to the detriment of the Fund. These circumstances also may hinder the Adviser’s, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s,</div> the Fund’s and/or a portfolio companies’ ability to conduct their affairs and activities as they normally would, including by impairing usual communication channels and methods, hampering the performance of administrative functions such as processing payments and invoices, and diminishing their ability to make accurate and timely projections of financial performance. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While the Adviser and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> expect that the current environment will yield attractive investment opportunities for the Fund, the investments made by the Fund are expected to be sensitive to the performance of the overall economy. General fluctuations in the market prices of securities and interest rates may affect the value of portfolio investments or increase the risks associated with an investment in the Fund. There can be no assurances that conditions in the global financial markets will not change to the detriment of the Fund’s investments and investment strategy. The continuing negative impact on economic fundamentals and consumer and business confidence would likely further increase market volatility and reduce liquidity, both of which could adversely affect the access to capital, ability to utilize leverage or overall performance of the Fund or one or more of its portfolio companies and these or similar events may affect the ability of the Fund to execute its investment strategy. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Failure of Financial Institutions and Sustained Financial Market Illiquidity. </div></div></div></div>The failure of certain financial institutions, namely banks, may increase the possibility of a sustained deterioration of financial market liquidity, or illiquidity at clearing, cash management and/or custodial financial institutions. The failure of a bank (or banks) with which the Fund and/or the Fund’s underlying investments have a commercial relationship could adversely affect, among other things, the Fund and/or the Fund’s underlying investments’ ability to pursue key strategic initiatives, including by affecting the Fund’s ability to borrow from financial institutions on favorable terms. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Market Disruptions Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may incur major losses in the event of market disruptions and other extraordinary events in which historical pricing relationships become materially distorted. The risk of loss from pricing distortions is compounded by the fact that in disrupted markets many positions become illiquid, making it difficult or impossible to close out positions against which the markets are moving. Market disruptions caused by unexpected political, military and terrorist events may from time to time cause dramatic losses for the Fund and such events can result in otherwise historically <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">low-risk</div> strategies performing with unprecedented volatility and risk. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Trade Negotiations and Related Government Actions. </div></div></div></div>In recent years, the U.S. government has indicated its intent to alter its approach <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">to </div>international trade policy and in some cases to renegotiate, or potentially terminate, certain existing bilateral or multi-lateral trade agreements and treaties with foreign countries, and has made proposals and taken actions related thereto. For example, the U.S. government has imposed, and may in the future further increase, tariffs on certain foreign goods, including from China, such as steel and aluminum. Some foreign governments, including China, have instituted retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S. goods. Most recently, the current U.S. presidential administration has imposed or sought to impose significant increases to tariffs on goods imported into the U.S., including from China, Canada and Mexico. Tariffs on imported goods could further increase costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of products and services offered by current and future portfolio companies and adversely affect the revenues and profitability of portfolio companies whose businesses rely on goods imported from such impacted jurisdictions. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is uncertainty as to further actions that may be taken under the current U.S. presidential administration with respect to U.S. trade policy. Further governmental actions related to the imposition of tariffs or other trade barriers, or changes to international trade agreements or policies, could further increase costs, decrease margins, reduce the competitiveness of products and services offered by current and future portfolio companies and adversely affect the revenues and profitability of companies whose businesses rely on goods imported from outside of the United States. These developments, or the perception that any of them could occur, may have a material adverse effect on global economic conditions and the stability of global financial markets, and may significantly reduce global trade and, in particular, trade between the impacted nations and the U.S. Any of these factors could depress economic activity and restrict the Fund’s portfolio companies’ access to suppliers or customers and have a material adverse effect on their business, financial condition and results of operations, which in turn would negatively impact the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Highly Volatile Markets. </div></div></div></div>The prices of financial instruments in which the Fund may invest can be highly volatile. The prices of instruments in which the Fund may invest are influenced by numerous factors, including interest rates, currency rates, default rates, governmental policies and political and economic events (both domestic and global). Moreover, political or economic crises, or other events may occur that can be highly disruptive to the markets in which the Fund may invest. In addition, governments from time to time intervene (directly and by regulation), which intervention may adversely affect the performance of the Fund and its investment activities. The Fund is also subject to the risk of a temporary or permanent failure of the exchanges and other markets on which its investments may trade. Sustained market turmoil and periods of heightened market volatility make it more difficult to produce positive trading results, and there can be no assurance that the Fund’s strategies will be successful in such markets. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">U.S. Debt Ceiling and Budget Deficit Risks. </div></div></div></div>U.S. debt ceiling and budget deficit concerns have increased the possibility of additional credit-rating downgrades and economic slowdowns, or a recession in the United States. Although U.S. lawmakers have historically passed legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling on multiple occasions, ratings agencies have lowered or threatened to lower the long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States. In August 2023, Fitch Ratings Inc., downgraded the U.S. credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing fiscal deterioration over the next three years and close encounters with default due to ongoing political dysfunction. The impact of a U.S. default on its obligations or any further downgrades to the U.S. government’s sovereign credit rating or its perceived creditworthiness could adversely affect the U.S. and global financial markets and economic conditions. In addition, disagreement over the federal budget has caused the U.S. federal </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">government to shut down for periods of time. Continued adverse political and economic conditions could have a material adverse effect on the <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Fund’s </div>business, financial condition and results of operations. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Concentration of Credit Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund places its cash with one banking institution, which is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The FDIC limit is $250,000. At various times throughout the year, the amount on deposit may exceed the FDIC limit and subject the Fund to a credit risk. The Fund does not believe that such deposits are subject to any unusual risk associated with investment activities. The Fund may invest cash balances in an <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">open-end</div> Money Market Mutual Fund (“Money Market Fund”). The Money Market Fund is valued at its closing NAV. The Money Market Fund is not subject to FDIC insurance. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Correlation Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund seeks to produce returns that are less correlated to the broader financial markets over time. Although the prices of equity securities and fixed income securities, as well as other asset classes, often rise and fall at different times so that a fall in the price of one may be offset by a rise in the price of the other, in down markets the prices of these securities and asset classes can also fall in tandem. Because the Fund allocates its investments among different asset classes, the Fund is subject to correlation risk. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Repurchase Policy Risks. </div></div></div></div>Quarterly repurchases by the Fund of its shares typically will be funded from available cash or sales of portfolio securities. However, payment for repurchased shares may require the Fund to liquidate portfolio holdings earlier than the Adviser otherwise would liquidate such holdings, potentially resulting in losses, and may increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover. The Adviser may take measures to attempt to avoid or minimize such potential losses and turnover, and instead of liquidating portfolio holdings, may borrow money to finance repurchases of shares. If the Fund borrows to finance repurchases, interest on any such borrowing will negatively affect shareholders who do not tender their shares in a repurchase offer by increasing the Fund’s expenses and reducing any net investment income. To the extent the Fund finances repurchase proceeds by selling investments, the Fund may hold a larger proportion of its net assets in less liquid securities. Also, the sale of securities to fund repurchases could reduce the market price of those securities, which in turn would reduce the Fund’s net asset value. We have in the past received, and may in the future receive, repurchase requests that exceed the limits under our repurchase policy, and we have in the past repurchased less than the full amount of shares requested, resulting in the repurchase of shares on a pro rata basis. </div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Repurchase of shares will tend to reduce the amount of outstanding shares and, depending upon the Fund’s investment performance, its net assets. A reduction in the Fund’s net assets may increase the Fund’s expense ratio, to the extent that additional shares are not sold. In addition, the repurchase of shares by the Fund will generally be a taxable event to shareholders. </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Distribution Policy Risk. </div></div></div>The Fund makes periodic distributions to its shareholders. All or a portion of a distribution may consist solely of a return of capital (i.e. from your original investment) and not a distribution of income or capital gain. Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is income or capital gain. Shareholders should note that return of capital will reduce the tax basis of their shares and potentially increase the taxable gain, if any, upon disposition of their shares. The Board reserves the right to change the distribution <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">po</div>licy from time to time. Effective October 1, 2026, the Fund’s distribution policy has been amended to change the frequency of distributions to shareholders from quarterly to semi-annual. </div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Shareholders May Experience Dilution</div></div></div></div>. All distributions declared in cash payable to shareholders that are participants in the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan will generally be automatically reinvested in Fund shares. As a result, shareholders that do not participate in the Fund’s distribution reinvestment plan may experience dilution over time. </div></div> <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Anti-Takeover Provisions.</div></div></div></div> The Fund’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the “Declaration of Trust”) includes provisions that could limit the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund or convert the Fund to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">open-end</div> status. See “Anti-Takeover Provisions in the Declaration of Trust.” </div></div> <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Limitation on Liability of Trustees and Officers; Indemnification and Advance of Expenses.</div></div></div></div> Delaware law permits a Delaware statutory trust to include in its declaration of trust a provision to indemnify and hold harmless any trustee or beneficial owner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust provides that the Fund’s Trustees will not be liable to the Fund or the Fund’s shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a trustee to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust provides for the indemnification of any person to the full extent permitted, and in the manner provided, by Delaware law. In accordance with the 1940 Act, the Fund will not indemnify certain persons for any liability to which such persons would be subject by reason of such person’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office. <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Operational, Artificial Intelligence, and Cybersecurity Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund, its service providers and other market participants increasingly depend on complex information technology and communications systems to conduct business functions. These systems are subject to various threats or risks that could adversely affect the Fund and its shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For instance, unauthorized third parties may attempt to improperly access, modify, disrupt the operations of or prevent access to these systems or data within them, whether systems of the Fund, the Fund’s service providers, counterparties, or other market participants. Power or communication outages, acts of God, information technology equipment malfunctions, operational errors (both human and systematic) and inaccuracies within software or data processing systems may also disrupt business operations or impact critical data. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet and the dependence on computer systems to perform necessary business functions, investment companies such as the Fund and its service providers may be prone to operational and information security risks resulting from cyber-attacks. In general, cyber-attacks result from deliberate attacks but unintentional events may have effects similar to those caused by cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks include, among other behaviors, stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally, denial of service attacks on websites, the unauthorized release of confidential information and causing operational disruption. Successful cyber-attacks against, or security breakdowns of, the Fund or its advisers, custodians, fund accountant, fund administrator, transfer agent, pricing vendors and/or other third party service providers may adversely impact the Fund and its shareholders. For instance, cyber-attacks may interfere with the processing of shareholder transactions, cause the release of private shareholder information or confidential Fund information, impede trading, cause reputational damage, and subject the Fund to regulatory fines, penalties or financial losses, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. The Fund also may incur substantial costs for cybersecurity risk management in order to guard against any cyber incidents in the future. While the Fund or its service providers may have established business continuity plans and systems designed to guard against such cyber-attacks or adverse effects of such attacks, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems, including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified, in large part because different, unknown threats may emerge in the future. Similar types of cybersecurity risks are also present for issuers of securities in which the Fund invests, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers, and may cause the Fund’s investment in such securities to lose value. In addition, cyber-attacks involving a counterparty to the Fund could affect such a counterparty’s ability to meet its obligations to the Fund, which may result in losses to the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund cannot directly control any cyber-security plans or systems put in place by its service providers, Fund counterparties, issuers in which the Fund invests or securities markets and exchanges. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Adviser and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> may also utilize AI in their business operations, and the challenges with properly managing its use could result in reputational harm, competitive harm, legal liability, and/or an adverse effect on the Adviser’s and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> business operations. AI models may rely on techniques such as natural language processing and machine learning, which are less transparent or interpretable and may produce unexpected results, which could adversely impact the Fund. If the content, analyses, or recommendations that AI applications assist the Adviser or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> in producing are or are alleged to be deficient, inaccurate, or biased, the Fund may be </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">adversely affected. Additionally, AI tools used by the Adviser or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> may produce inaccurate, misleading or incomplete responses that could lead to errors in the Adviser’s or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> and their employees’ decision-making, portfolio management or other business activities, which could have a negative impact on the performance of the Fund. Such AI tools could also be used against the Adviser, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser,</div> or the Fund and its investments in criminal or negligent ways. The Adviser’s and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> competitors or other third parties could incorporate AI into their products more quickly or more successfully, which could impair the Adviser’s or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> ability to compete effectively. AI has the potential to result in significant and disruptive changes in companies, sectors or industries, including those in which the Fund invests, and any such changes could create new and unpredictable operational, legal and/or regulatory risks. Additionally, AI technologies may be exploited by malicious actors for cyberattacks, market manipulation, and fraud, further exacerbating risks. In the current period of technological and commercial innovation, startups and other companies have found success disrupting traditional approaches to industry or market practices, and the frequency of such disruptions is expected to increase. Such disruptions could negatively impact the Fund and its investments, alter market practices on which the Fund’s investment strategy depends to create investment returns, significantly disrupt the market in which the Fund operates and/or subject the Fund to increased competition. </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Real Estate Industry Concentration and Real Estate Market Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund will not invest in real estate directly, but, because the Fund will concentrate its investments in real estate securities, its portfolio will be significantly impacted by the performance of the real estate market and may experience more volatility and be exposed to greater risk than a more diversified portfolio. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund is subject to risks generally attributable to the ownership of real property, including: </div> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in global, national, regional or local economic, demographic or capital market conditions; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">future adverse national real estate trends, including increasing vacancy rates, declining rental rates and general deterioration of market conditions; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in supply of or demand for similar properties in a given market or metropolitan area, which could result in rising vacancy rates or decreasing market rental rates; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">vacancies, fluctuations in the average occupancy and room rates for hotel properties or inability to lease space on favorable terms; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">increased competition for properties targeted by the Fund’s investment strategy; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">bankruptcies, financial difficulties or lease defaults by tenants; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">increases in interest rates and lack of availability of financing; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">events or conditions beyond the Fund’s control, including natural disasters, extreme weather conditions, climate-change related risks, acts of terrorism, war and outbreaks of contagious disease; and </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in government rules, regulations and fiscal policies, including increases in property taxes, changes in zoning laws, limitations on rental rates, and increasing costs to comply with environmental laws. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All of these factors are beyond the Fund’s control. Any negative changes in these factors could affect the Fund’s performance and the Fund’s ability to meet the Fund’s obligations and make distributions to shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There are also special risks associated with particular sectors, or real estate operations generally, as described below: </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Retail Properties.</div></div></div></div> Retail properties are affected by shifts in consumer demand due to demographic changes, changes in spending patterns and lease terminations. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Office Properties.</div></div></div></div> Office properties are affected by factors such as a downturn in the businesses operated by their tenants. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Hospitality Properties.</div></div></div></div> Hotel properties and other properties in the hospitality real estate sector, such as motels and extended-stay properties, are affected by declines in business and leisure travel. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Healthcare and Life Sciences Properties.</div></div></div></div> Healthcare and life sciences properties are affected by federal, state and local laws governing licenses, certification, adequacy of care, pharmaceutical distribution, rates, equipment, personnel and other factors regarding operations, and the continued availability of revenue from government reimbursement programs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Student Housing Properties. </div></div></div></div>Student housing properties are affected by seasonal leasing and cash flow risks, and are subject to unique demand drivers. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Industrial Properties.</div></div></div></div> Industrial properties are affected by downturns in the manufacturing, processing and shipping of goods. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Multifamily Properties. </div></div></div></div>Multifamily properties are affected by adverse economic conditions in the locale, oversupply and rent control laws. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Residential Properties.</div></div></div></div> Residential properties can be significantly affected by the national, regional and local real estate markets. This segment of the real estate industry also is sensitive to interest rate fluctuations which can cause changes in the availability of mortgage capital and directly affect the purchasing power of potential homebuyers. Thus, residential properties can be significantly affected by changes in government spending, consumer confidence, demographic patterns and the level of new and existing home sales. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Shopping Centers. </div></div></div></div>Shopping center properties are affected by changes in the local markets where their properties are located and dependent upon the successful operations and financial condition of their major tenants. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Self-Storage Properties.</div></div></div></div> Self-storage properties are affected by changes to competing local properties, consumer and small business demand for storage space, and the abilities of the management team. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other factors may contribute to the risk of real estate investments: </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Development Issues. </div></div></div></div>Real estate development companies are affected by construction delays and insufficient tenant demand to occupy newly developed properties. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Lack of Insurance. </div></div></div></div>Certain of the companies in the Fund’s portfolio may fail to carry comprehensive liability, fire, flood, wind or earthquake extended coverage and rental loss insurance, or the insurance in place may be subject to various policy specifications, limits and deductibles. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Dependence on Tenants.</div></div></div></div> The ability of real estate companies to make distributions to shareholders depends upon the ability of the tenants at their properties to generate enough income in excess of tenant operating expenses to make their lease payments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Financial Leverage. </div></div></div></div>Real estate companies may be highly leveraged and financial covenants may affect the ability of real estate companies to operate effectively. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Environmental Issues. </div></div></div></div>Owners of properties that may contain hazardous or toxic substances may be responsible for removal or remediation costs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Financing Issues. </div></div></div></div>Financial institutions in which the Fund may invest are subject to extensive government regulation. This regulation may limit both the amount and types of loans and other financial commitments a financial institution can make, and the interest rates and fees it can charge. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Private Equity and Private Market Investments Risk. </div></div></div></div>Investments made in connection with acquisition transactions are subject to a variety of special risks, including the risk that the acquiring company has paid over market value for the acquired business, the risk of unforeseen liabilities, the risks associated with new or unproven management or new business strategies and the risk that the acquired business will not be successfully integrated with existing businesses or produce the expected synergies. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Companies in which the Fund may invest, either directly or through Portfolio Funds, may face significant fluctuations in operating results, may need to engage in acquisitions or divestitures of assets in order to compete successfully or survive financially, may be operating at a loss, may be engaged in a rapidly changing business with products subject to a substantial risk of obsolescence, may require substantial additional capital (which may be difficult to raise) to support their operations, to finance expansion or to maintain their competitive position, or otherwise may have a weak financial condition. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Companies in which the Fund may invest, either directly or through Portfolio Funds, may be highly leveraged and, as a consequence, subject to restrictive financial and operating covenants. The leverage may impair the ability of these companies to finance their future operations and capital needs. As a result, these companies may lack the flexibility to respond to changing business and economic conditions, or to take advantage of business opportunities. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Companies in which the Fund may invest, either directly or through Portfolio Funds, may face intense competition, including competition from companies with far greater financial resources, more extensive development, manufacturing, marketing and other capabilities, and a larger number of qualified managerial and technical personnel. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Direct Investments Risk. </div></div></div></div>Direct investing alongside one or more other parties in an investment (i.e., as a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor)</div> involves risks that may not be present in investments made by lead or sponsoring private equity investors. As a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor,</div> the Fund may have interests or objectives that are inconsistent with those of the lead private equity investors that generally have a greater degree of control over such investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, in order to take advantage of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment</div> opportunities as a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor,</div> the Fund generally will be required to hold a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-controlling</div> interest, for example, by becoming a limited partner in a partnership that is controlled by the general partner or manager of the private equity fund offering the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment,</div> on a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investor</div> basis, to the Fund. In this event, the Fund would have less control over the investment and may be adversely affected by actions taken by such general partner or manager with respect to the portfolio company and the Fund’s investment in it. The Fund may not have the opportunity to participate in structuring investments or to determine the terms under which such investments will be made. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may in certain circumstances be liable for the actions of its third-party <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-venturers.</div> <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Co-investments</div> made with third parties in joint ventures or other entities also may involve carried interests and/or other fees payable to such third party partners or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-venturers.</div> There can be no assurance that appropriate minority shareholder rights will be available to the Fund or that such rights will provide sufficient protection to the Fund’s interests. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Loans Risk.</div></div></div></div> Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest in loans. The loans that the Fund may invest in include loans that are first lien, second lien, third lien or that are unsecured. In addition, the loans the Fund will invest in will usually be rated below investment grade or may be unrated. Loans are subject to a number of risks described elsewhere in this prospectus, including credit risk, liquidity risk, below investment grade instruments risk and management risk. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although certain loans in which the Fund may invest will be secured by collateral, there can be no assurance that such collateral could be readily liquidated or that the liquidation of such collateral would satisfy the borrower’s obligation in the event <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">of non-payment of</div> scheduled interest or principal. In the event of the bankruptcy or </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">insolvency of a borrower, the Fund could experience delays or limitations with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of the collateral securing a loan. In the event of a decline in the value of the already pledged collateral, if the terms of a loan do not require the borrower to pledge additional collateral, the Fund will be exposed to the risk that the value of the collateral will not at all times equal or exceed the amount of the borrower’s obligations under the loans. To the extent that a loan is collateralized by stock in the borrower or its subsidiaries, such stock may lose some or all of its value in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the borrower. Those loans that are under-collateralized involve a greater risk of loss. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In general, the secondary trading market for loans is not fully-developed. No active trading market may exist for certain loans, which may make it difficult to value them. Illiquidity and adverse market conditions may mean that the Fund may not be able to sell certain loans quickly or at a fair price. To the extent that a secondary market does exist for certain loans, the market for them may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Some loans are subject to the risk that a court, pursuant to fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws, could subordinate the loans to presently existing or future indebtedness of the borrower or take other action detrimental to lenders, including the Fund. Such court action could under certain circumstances include invalidation of loans. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If legislation or state or federal regulations impose additional requirements or restrictions on the ability of financial institutions to make loans, the availability of loans for investment by the Fund may be adversely affected. In addition, such requirements or restrictions could reduce or eliminate sources of financing for certain borrowers. This would increase the risk of default. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If legislation or federal or state regulations require financial institutions to increase their capital requirements, this may cause financial institutions to dispose of loans that are considered highly levered transactions. Such sales could result in prices that, in the opinion of the Adviser, do not represent fair value. If the Fund attempts to sell a loan at a time when a financial institution is engaging in such a sale, the price the Fund could get for the loan may be adversely affected. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may acquire loans through assignments or participations. The Fund will typically acquire loans through assignment. The purchaser of an assignment typically succeeds to all the rights and obligations of the assigning institution and becomes a lender under the credit agreement with respect to the debt obligation; however, the purchaser’s rights can be more restricted than those of the assigning institution, and the Fund may not be able to unilaterally enforce all rights and remedies under the loan and with regard to any associated collateral. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A participation typically results in a contractual relationship only with the institution selling the participation interest, not with the borrower. Sellers of participations typically include banks, broker-dealers, other financial institutions and lending institutions. Certain participation agreements also include the option to convert the participation to a full assignment under agreed upon circumstances. <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Sub-Adviser has</div> adopted best execution procedures and guidelines to mitigate credit and counterparty risk in the atypical situation when the Fund must acquire a loan through a participation. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement against the borrower, and the Fund may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has purchased the participation. As a result, the Fund will be exposed to the credit risk of both the borrower and the institution selling the participation. Further, in purchasing participations in lending syndicates, the Fund will not be able to conduct the due diligence on the borrower or the quality of the loan with respect to which it is buying a participation that the Fund would otherwise conduct if it were investing directly in the loan, which may result in the Fund being exposed to greater credit or fraud risk with respect to the borrower or the loan than the Fund expected when initially purchasing the participation. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund also may originate loans or acquire loans by participating in the initial issuance of the loan as part of a syndicate of banks and financial institutions, or receive its interest in a loan directly from the borrower. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Senior Loans Risk.</div></div></div></div> Senior secured loans are usually rated below investment grade or may be unrated. As a result, the risks associated with senior secured loans are similar to the risks of below investment grade fixed income instruments, although senior secured loans are senior and secured in contrast to other below investment grade fixed income instruments, which are often subordinated or unsecured. Investment in senior secured loans rated below investment grade is considered speculative because of the credit risk of their issuers. There may be less readily available and reliable information about most senior secured loans than is the case for many other types of securities. As a result, the Adviser will rely primarily on its own evaluation of a borrower’s credit quality rather than on any available independent sources. Therefore, the Fund will be particularly dependent on the analytical abilities of the Adviser. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In general, the secondary trading market for senior secured loans is not well developed. No active trading market may exist for certain senior secured loans, which may make it difficult to value them. Illiquidity and adverse market conditions may mean that the Fund may not be able to sell senior secured loans quickly or at a fair price. To the extent that a secondary market does exist for certain senior secured loans, the market for them may be subject to irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Subordinated Loans or Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Certain of the Fund’s investments may consist of loans or securities, or interests in pools of securities that are subordinated or may be subordinated in right of payment and ranked junior to other securities issued by, or loans made to obligors. If an obligor experiences financial difficulty, holders of its more senior securities will be entitled to payments in priority to the Fund. Some of the Fund’s asset-backed investments may also have structural features that divert payments of interest and/or principal to more senior classes of loans or securities backed by the same assets when loss rates or delinquency exceeds certain levels. This may interrupt the income the Fund receives from its investments, which may lead to the Fund having less income to distribute to investors. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, many of the obligors are highly leveraged and many of the Fund’s investments will be in securities which are unrated or rated below investment grade. Such investments are subject to additional risks, including an increased risk of default during periods of economic downturn, the possibility that the obligor may not be able to meet its debt payments, and limited secondary market support, among other risks. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Loans to Private Companies Risk.</div></div></div></div> Loans to private and middle-market companies involves risks that may not exist in the case of large, more established and/or publicly traded companies, including, without limitation: </div> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies may have limited financial resources and limited access to additional financing, which may increase the risk of their defaulting on their obligations, leaving creditors, such as the Fund, dependent on any guarantees or collateral that they may have obtained; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies frequently have shorter operating histories, narrower product lines and smaller market shares than larger businesses, which render such companies more vulnerable to competition and market conditions, as well as general economic downturns; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">there will not be as much information publicly available about these companies as would be available for public companies and such information may not be of the same quality; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies are more likely to depend on the management talents and efforts of a small group of persons; as a result, the death, disability, resignation or termination of one or more of these persons could have a material adverse impact on these companies’ ability to meet their obligations; </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies generally have less predictable operating results, may from time to time be parties to litigation, may be engaged in rapidly changing businesses with products subject to a substantial risk of obsolescence, and may require substantial additional capital to support their operations, finance their expansion or maintain their competitive position; and </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="font-size: 6pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">these companies may have difficulty accessing the capital markets to meet future capital needs, which may limit their ability to grow or to repay their outstanding indebtedness upon maturity. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Portfolio Funds Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund’s investments in Portfolio Funds are subject to a number of risks. The marketability of Portfolio Fund interests may be restricted, and the realization of investments from them may take considerable time and/or be costly. Some of the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests may have only limited operating histories. Although the Adviser will seek to receive detailed information from each Portfolio Fund regarding its business strategy and any performance history, in most cases the Adviser will have little or no means of independently verifying this information. In addition, Portfolio Funds may have little or no near-term cash flow available to distribute to investors, including the Fund. Due to the pattern of cash flows in Portfolio Funds, investors typically will see negative returns in the early stages of Portfolio Funds. Then, as investments are able to realize liquidity events, such as a sale or initial public offering, positive returns will be realized if the Portfolio Fund’s investments are successful. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Portfolio Fund interests are ordinarily valued based upon valuations provided by the Portfolio Fund managers, which may be received on a delayed basis. Certain securities in which the Portfolio Funds invest may not have a readily ascertainable market price and are fair valued by the Portfolio Fund managers. A Portfolio Fund manager may face a conflict of interest in valuing such securities because their values may have an impact on the Portfolio Fund manager’s compensation. The Adviser will review and perform due diligence on the valuation procedures used by each Portfolio Fund manager and monitor the returns provided by the Portfolio Funds. However, neither the Adviser nor the Board is able to confirm the accuracy of valuations provided by Portfolio Fund managers. Inaccurate valuations provided by Portfolio Funds could materially adversely affect the value of shares. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund will pay asset-based fees, and, in most cases, will be subject to performance-based fees in respect of its interests in Portfolio Funds. Such fees and performance-based compensation are in addition to the monthly management fee. In addition, performance-based fees charged by Portfolio Fund managers may create incentives for the Portfolio Fund managers to make risky investments, and may be payable by the Fund to a Portfolio Fund manager based on a Portfolio Fund’s positive returns even if the Fund’s overall returns are negative. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, a shareholder in the Fund will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the Portfolio Funds, in addition to its proportionate share of the expenses of the Fund. Thus, a shareholder in the Fund may be subject to higher operating expenses than if the shareholder invested in the Portfolio Funds directly. In addition, because of the deduction of the fees payable by the Fund to the Adviser and other expenses payable directly by the Fund from amounts distributed to the Fund by the Portfolio Funds, the returns to a shareholder in the Fund will be lower than the returns to a direct investor in the Portfolio Funds. Fees and expenses of the Fund and the Portfolio Funds will generally be paid regardless of whether the Fund or Portfolio Funds produce positive investment returns. Shareholders could avoid the additional level of fees and expenses of the Fund by investing directly with the Portfolio Funds, although access to many Portfolio Funds may be limited or unavailable, and may not be permitted for investors who do not meet the substantial minimum net worth and other criteria for direct investment in Portfolio Funds. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is a risk that the Fund may be precluded from acquiring an interest in certain Portfolio Funds due to regulatory implications under the 1940 Act or other laws, rules and regulations or may be limited in the amount it can invest in voting securities of Portfolio Funds. The Adviser also may refrain from including a Portfolio Fund in the Fund’s portfolio in order to address adverse regulatory implications that would arise under the 1940 Act for the Fund if such an investment was made. In addition, the SEC has adopted Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> under the 1940 Act, which, among other things, may impact the ability of the Fund to enter into unfunded commitment agreements, such as a capital commitment to a Portfolio Fund or as part of a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investment.</div> The Fund’s investments in Secondary Investments typically will include an unfunded portion where the Fund commits to invest equity in a Portfolio Fund in the future. Similarly, the Fund’s <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investments</div> may include an unfunded commitment to invest equity in special purpose vehicles or other issuers. These unfunded commitments generally can be drawn at the discretion of the general partner of the Portfolio Fund or other issuer subject to certain conditions (e.g., notice provisions). At times, the Fund expects that a significant portion of its assets will be invested in money market funds or other cash items, pending the calling of these unfunded commitments, as part of its risk management process to seek to ensure the Fund will have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet its </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">obligations with respect to its unfunded commitments to invest equity in Portfolio Funds and special purpose vehicles that acquire private market investments as they come due. In addition, the Fund’s ability to invest may be affected by considerations under other laws, rules or regulations. Such regulatory restrictions, including those arising under the 1940 Act, may cause the Fund to invest in different Portfolio Funds or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">co-investments</div> than other clients of the Adviser. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the Fund fails to satisfy capital calls to a Portfolio Fund in a timely manner then, generally, it will be subject to significant penalties, including the complete forfeiture of the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio Fund. Any failure by the Fund to make timely capital contributions may impair the ability of the Fund to pursue its investment program, cause the Fund to be subject to certain penalties from the Portfolio Funds or otherwise impair the value of the Fund’s investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The governing documents of a Portfolio Fund generally are expected to include provisions that would enable the general partner, the manager, or a majority in interest (or higher percentage) of its limited partners or members, under certain circumstances, to terminate the Portfolio Fund prior to the end of its stated term. Early termination of a Portfolio Fund in which the Fund is invested may result in the Fund having distributed to it a portfolio of immature securities, or the Fund’s inability to invest all of its capital as anticipated, either of which could have a material adverse effect on the performance of the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although the Fund will be an investor in a Portfolio Fund, shareholders will not themselves be equity holders of that Portfolio Fund and will not be entitled to enforce any rights directly against the Portfolio Fund or the Portfolio Fund manager or assert claims directly against any Portfolio Funds, the Portfolio Fund managers or their respective affiliates. Shareholders will have no right to receive the information issued by the Portfolio Funds that may be available to the Fund as an investor in the Portfolio Funds. In addition, Portfolio Funds generally are not registered as investment companies under the 1940 Act; therefore, the Fund, as an investor in Portfolio Funds, will not have the benefit of the protections afforded by the 1940 Act. Portfolio Fund managers may not be registered as investment advisers under the Advisers Act, in which case the Fund, as an investor in Portfolio Funds managed by such Portfolio Fund managers, will not have the benefit of certain of the protections afforded by the Advisers Act. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Commitments to Portfolio Funds generally are not immediately invested. Instead, committed amounts are drawn down by Portfolio Funds and invested over time, as underlying investments are identified—a process that may take a period of several years, with limited ability to predict with precision the timing and amount of each Portfolio Fund’s drawdowns. During this period, investments made early in a Portfolio Fund’s life are often realized (generating distributions) even before the committed capital has been fully drawn. In addition, many Portfolio Funds do not draw down 100% of committed capital, and historic trends and practices can inform the Adviser as to when it can expect to no longer need to fund capital calls for a particular Portfolio Fund. Accordingly, the Adviser may make investments and commitments based, in part, on anticipated future capital calls and distributions from Portfolio Funds. This may result in the Fund making commitments to Portfolio Funds in an aggregate amount that exceeds the total amounts invested by shareholders in the Fund at the time of such commitment (i.e., to “over-commit”). To the extent that the Fund engages in an “over-commitment” strategy, the risk associated with the Fund defaulting on a commitment to a Portfolio Fund will increase. The Fund will maintain cash, cash equivalents, borrowings or other liquid assets in sufficient amounts, in the Adviser’s judgment, to satisfy capital calls from Portfolio Funds. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Lack of Control Over the Portfolio Funds and Other Portfolio Investments.</div></div></div></div> The Adviser will have no control over the investment decisions made by any Portfolio Fund. Although the Fund and the Adviser will regularly evaluate each Portfolio Fund and its manager to determine whether their respective investment programs are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective, the Adviser will not have any control over the investments made by any Portfolio Fund. Even though the Portfolio Funds are subject to certain constraints, the managers may change aspects of their investment strategies. The managers may do so at any time (for example, such change may occur immediately after providing the Adviser with the quarterly unaudited financial information for a </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div></div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Private REIT). The Adviser may reallocate the Fund’s investments among the Portfolio Funds, but the Adviser’s ability to do so may be constrained by the withdrawal limitations imposed by the Portfolio Funds, which may prevent the Fund from reacting rapidly to market changes should a Portfolio Fund fail to effect portfolio changes consistent with such market changes and the demands of the Adviser. Such withdrawal limitations may also restrict the Adviser’s ability to terminate investments in Portfolio Funds that are poorly performing or have otherwise had adverse changes. The Adviser will be dependent on information provided by the Portfolio Fund, including quarterly unaudited financial statements, which if inaccurate, could adversely affect the Adviser’s ability to manage the Fund’s investment portfolio in accordance with its investment objective. By investing in the Fund, a shareholder will not be deemed to be an investor in any Portfolio Fund and will not have the ability to exercise any rights attributable to an investor in any such Portfolio Fund related to their investment. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">REIT Risk.</div></div></div></div> Investments (directly or indirectly) in REITs will subject the Fund to various risks. REIT share prices may decline because of adverse developments affecting the real estate industry and real property values. In general, real estate values can be affected by a variety of factors, including supply and demand for properties, the economic health of the country or of different regions, and the strength of specific industries that rent properties. REITs often invest in highly leveraged properties. Returns from REITs, which typically are small or medium capitalization stocks, may trail returns from the overall stock market. In addition, changes in interest rates may hurt real estate values or make REIT shares less attractive than other income-producing investments. REITs are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers and self-liquidation. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Qualification as a REIT under the Code in any particular year is a complex analysis that depends on a number of factors. There can be no assurance that an entity in which the Fund invests with the expectation that it will be taxed as a REIT will, in fact, qualify as a REIT. An entity that fails to qualify as a REIT would be subject to a corporate level tax, would not be entitled to a deduction for dividends paid to its shareholders and would not pass through to its shareholders the character of income earned by the entity. If the Fund were to invest in an entity that failed to qualify as a REIT, such failure could significantly reduce the Fund’s yield on that investment. REITs can be classified as equity REITs, mortgage REITs, and hybrid REITs. Equity REITs invest primarily in real property and earn rental income from leasing those properties. They may also realize gains or losses from the sale of properties. Equity REITs will be affected by conditions in the real estate rental market and by changes in the value of the properties they own. Mortgage REITs invest primarily in mortgages and similar real estate interests and receive interest payments from the owners of the mortgaged properties. Mortgage REITs will be affected by changes in creditworthiness of borrowers and changes in interest rates. Hybrid REITs invest both in real property and in mortgages. Equity and mortgage REITs are dependent upon management skills, may not be diversified and are subject to the risks of financing projects. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dividends paid by REITs will not generally qualify for the reduced U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to qualified dividends under the Code. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Matters.” The Fund’s investments in REITs may include an additional risk to shareholders. Some or all of a REIT’s annual distributions to its investors may constitute a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-taxable</div> return of capital. Any such return of capital will generally reduce the Fund’s basis in the REIT investment, but not below zero. To the extent the distributions from a particular REIT exceed the Fund’s basis in such REIT, the Fund will generally recognize gain. In part because REIT distributions often include a nontaxable return of capital, Fund distributions to shareholders may also include a nontaxable return of capital. Shareholders that receive such a distribution will also reduce their tax basis in their shares of the Fund, but not below zero. To the extent the distribution exceeds a shareholder’s basis in the Fund’s shares, such shareholder will generally recognize a capital gain. The Fund does not have any investment restrictions with respect to investments in REITs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">REOC Risk.</div></div></div></div> REOCs, like REITs, expose the Fund to the risks of the real estate market. These risks can include fluctuations in the value of underlying properties; destruction of underlying properties; defaults by borrowers or tenants; market saturation; changes in general and local economic conditions; decreases in market rates for rents; increases in vacancies; competition; property taxes; capital expenditures, or operating expenses; and other economic, political or regulatory occurrences affecting the real estate industry. REOCs may also be affected by </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div>risks similar to investments in debt securities, including changes in interest rates and the quality of credit extended. REOCs require specialized management and pay management expenses; may have less trading volume; may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets; and may invest in a limited number of properties, in a narrow geographic area, or in a single property type which increase the risk that the portfolio could be unfavorably affected by the poor performance of a single investment or investment type. In addition, defaults on or sales of investments that the REOC holds could reduce the cash flow needed to make distributions to investors. <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Portfolio Funds’ Underlying Investments Risk.</div></div></div></div><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> </div></div>The investments made by the Portfolio Funds will entail a high degree of risk and in most cases be difficult to value. As a general matter, companies in which the Portfolio Fund invests may face intense competition, including competition from companies with far greater financial resources; more extensive research, development, technological, marketing and other capabilities; and a larger number of qualified managerial and technical personnel. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Portfolio Fund manager may focus on a particular industry or sector, which may subject the Portfolio Fund, and thus the Fund, to greater risk and volatility than if investments had been made in issuers in a broader range of industries. Likewise, a Portfolio Fund manager may focus on a particular country or geographic region, which may subject the Portfolio Fund, and thus the Fund, to greater risk and volatility than if investments had been made in issuers in a broader range of geographic regions. In addition, Portfolio Funds may establish positions in different geographic regions or industries that, depending on market conditions, could experience offsetting returns. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund will not obtain or seek to obtain any control over the management of any portfolio company in which any Portfolio Fund may invest. The success of each investment made by a Portfolio Fund will largely depend on the ability and success of the management of the portfolio companies in addition to economic and market factors. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Secondary Investments Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may have limited Secondary Investment opportunities. The Fund may make Secondary Investments in Portfolio Funds by acquiring the interests in the Portfolio Funds from existing investors in such Portfolio Funds. In such instances, it is generally not expected that the Fund will have the opportunity to negotiate the terms of the interests being acquired, other than the purchase price, or other special rights or privileges. Moreover, there is no assurance that the Fund will be able to purchase interests at discounts to NAV, or at all. The overall performance of the Fund will depend in large part on the acquisition price paid by the Fund for its Secondary Investments, the structure of such acquisitions and the overall success of the Portfolio Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is significant competition for Secondary Investments. No assurance can be given that the Fund will be able to identify Secondary Investments that satisfy the Fund’s investment objective or, if the Fund is successful in identifying such Secondary Investments, that the Fund will be permitted to invest, or invest in the amounts desired, in such Secondary Investments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Asset-Backed Securities Risk.</div></div> Asset-backed securities represent interests in “pools” of Real Estate Debt Investments or other real estate securities, including leasehold and fee simple interests in such assets. Asset-backed securities often involve risks that are different from or possibly more acute than risks associated with other types of debt instruments. Some asset-backed securities are subject to interest rate risk and prepayment risk. A change in interest can affect the pace of payments on the underlying loans, which in turn affects total return on the securities. Asset-backed securities also carry credit or default risk. If many borrowers on the underlying loans default, losses could exceed the credit enhancement level and result in losses to investors in asset-backed securities. In addition, asset-backed securities have structural risk due to a unique characteristic known as early amortization, or early payout, risk. Built into the structure of most asset-backed securities are triggers for early payout, designed to protect investors from losses. These triggers are unique to each transaction and can include a big rise in defaults on the underlying loans, a sharp drop in the credit enhancement level or even the bankruptcy of the originator. Once early amortization begins, all incoming loan payments (after expenses are paid) are used to pay investors as quickly as possible based upon a predetermined priority of payment. </div> <div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk. </div></div></div></div>Commercial mortgage-backed securities include securities that reflect an interest in, and are secured by, mortgage loans on commercial real property (such as office properties, retail properties, hospitality properties, industrial properties, healthcare-related properties or other types of income producing real property). Many of the risks of investing in commercial mortgage-backed securities reflect the risks of investing in the real estate securing the underlying mortgage loans, which include the risks associated with the effects of local and other economic conditions on real estate markets, the ability of tenants to make loan payments, increases in interest rates, real estate tax rates and other operating expenses, changes in governmental rules, regulations and fiscal policies, the effects of and responses to infectious illness outbreaks, epidemics of pandemics, and the ability of a property to attract and retain tenants. Commercial mortgage-backed securities depend on cash flows generated by underlying commercial real estate loans, receivables, and other assets, and can be significantly affected by changes in market and economic conditions, the availability of information regarding the underlying assets and their structures, and the creditworthiness of the borrowers or tenants. Commercial mortgage-backed securities may be less liquid and exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage- or asset-backed securities. Commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by private issuers may offer higher yields than commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by government issuers, but also may be subject to greater volatility than commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by government issuers. The commercial mortgage-backed securities market may experience substantially lower valuations and greatly reduced liquidity. Commercial mortgage-backed securities held by the Fund may be subordinated to one or more other classes of securities of the same series for purposes of, among other things, establishing payment priorities and offsetting losses and other shortfalls with respect to the related underlying mortgage loans. There can be no assurance that the subordination will be sufficient on any date to offset all losses or expenses incurred by the underlying trust. The value of CMBS and other mortgage-backed securities in which the Fund may invest generally will have an inverse relationship with interest rates. Accordingly, if interest rates rise, the value of such securities will decline. In addition, to the extent that the mortgage loans which underlie specific mortgage-backed securities are <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">pre-payable,</div> the value of such mortgage securities may be negatively affected by increasing prepayments, which generally occur when interest rates decline. <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> The Fund may invest certain of its assets in residential mortgage-backed securities and become a holder of RMBS. Holders of RMBS bear various risks, including credit, market, interest rate, structural and legal risks. RMBS represent interests in pools of residential mortgage loans secured by residential mortgage loans. Such loans may be prepaid at any time. Residential mortgage loans are obligations of the borrowers thereunder only and are not typically insured or guaranteed by any other person or entity, although such loans may be securitized and the securities issued in such securitization may be guaranteed or credit enhanced. The rate of defaults and losses on residential mortgage loans will be affected by a number of factors, including general economic conditions and those in the area where the related mortgaged property is located, the borrower’s equity in the mortgaged property and the financial circumstances of the borrower. If a residential mortgage loan is in default, foreclosure of such residential mortgage loan may be a lengthy and difficult process, and may involve significant expenses. Furthermore, the market for defaulted residential mortgage loans or foreclosed properties may be very limited. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Structured Products Risk. </div></div></div></div>Holders of structured products bear risks of the underlying investments, index or reference obligation and are subject to counterparty risk. The Fund may have the right to receive payments only from the structured product, and generally does not have direct rights against the issuer or the entity that sold the assets to be securitized. While certain structured products enable the investor to acquire interests in a pool of securities without the brokerage and other expenses associated with directly holding the same securities, investors in structured products generally pay their share of the structured product’s administrative and other expenses. Although it is difficult to predict whether the prices of indices and securities underlying structured products will rise or fall, these prices (and, therefore, the prices of structured products) will be influenced by the same types of political and economic events that affect issuers of securities and capital markets generally. If the issuer of a structured product uses shorter term financing to purchase longer term securities, the issuer may be forced to sell its securities at below market prices if it experiences difficulty in obtaining short-term financing, which may adversely affect the value of the structured products owned by the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investments in structured notes involve risks, including credit risk and market risk. Where the Fund’s investments in structured notes are based upon the movement of one or more factors, including currency exchange rates, interest rates, referenced bonds and stock indices, depending on the factor used and the use of multipliers or deflators, changes in interest rates and movement of the factor may cause significant price fluctuations. Additionally, changes in the reference instrument or security may cause the interest rate on the structured note to be reduced to zero, and any further changes in the reference instrument may then reduce the principal amount payable on maturity. Structured notes may be less liquid than other types of securities and more volatile than the reference instrument or security underlying the note. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">CLO Risk.</div></div></div></div> In addition to the general risks associated with real estate securities, debt securities and structured products discussed herein, CLOs carry additional risks, including, but not limited to (i) the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; (ii) the quality of the collateral may decline in value or default; (iii) the possibility that the investments in CLOs are subordinate to other classes or tranches thereof, (iv) the potential of spread compression in the underlying loans of the CLO, which could reduce credit enhancement in the CLOs and (v) the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of investment and may produce disputes with the issuer or unexpected investment results. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CLO junior debt securities that the Fund may acquire are subordinated to more senior tranches of CLO debt. CLO junior debt securities are subject to increased risks of default relative to the holders of superior priority interests in the same securities. In addition, at the time of issuance, CLO equity securities are under-collateralized in that the liabilities of a CLO at inception exceed its total assets. Though not exclusively, the Fund will typically be in a first loss or subordinated position with respect to realized losses on the assets of the CLOs in which it is invested. The Fund may recognize phantom taxable income from its investments in the subordinated tranches of CLOs. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Between the closing date and the effective date of a CLO, the CLO collateral manager will generally expect to purchase additional collateral obligations for the CLO. During this period, the price and availability of these collateral obligations may be adversely affected by a number of market factors, including price volatility and availability of investments suitable for the CLO, which could hamper the ability of the collateral manager to acquire a portfolio of collateral obligations that will satisfy specified concentration limitations and allow the CLO to reach the initial par amount of collateral prior to the effective date. An inability or delay in reaching the target initial par amount of collateral may adversely affect the timing and amount of interest or principal payments received by the holders of the CLO debt securities and distributions of the CLO on equity securities and could result in early redemptions which may cause CLO debt and equity investors to receive less than face value of their investment. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The failure by a CLO in which the Fund invests to satisfy financial covenants, including with respect to adequate collateralization and/or interest coverage tests, could lead to a reduction in the CLO’s payments to the Fund. In the event that a CLO fails certain tests, holders of CLO senior debt may be entitled to additional payments that would, in turn, reduce the payments the Fund would otherwise be entitled to receive. Separately, the Fund may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms, which may include the waiver of certain financial covenants, with a defaulting CLO or any other investment the Fund may make. If any of these occur, it could adversely affect the Fund’s operating results and cash flows. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund’s CLO investments are exposed to leveraged credit risk. If certain minimum collateral value ratios and/or interest coverage ratios are not met by a CLO, primarily due to senior secured loan defaults, then cash flow that otherwise would have been available to pay distributions to the Fund on its CLO investments may instead be used to redeem any senior notes or to purchase additional senior secured loans, until the ratios again exceed the minimum required levels or any senior notes are repaid in full. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Subordinated Debt Risk</div></div></div></div>. The Fund may from time to time invest in debt instruments, including junior tranches of CMBS and “mezzanine” or junior mortgage loans (e.g., <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">B-Notes),</div> that are subordinated in an issuer’s capital </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">structure. To the extent the Fund invests in subordinated debt of an issuer’s capital structure or subordinated CMBS bonds, such investments and the Fund’s remedies with respect thereto, including the ability to foreclose on any collateral securing such investments, will be subject to the rights of any senior creditors and, to the extent applicable, contractual inter-creditor and/or participation agreement provisions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investments in subordinated debt involve greater credit risk of default than the senior classes of the issue or series. Subordinated tranches of CMBS or other investments absorb losses from default before other more senior tranches of CMBS to which it is subordinate are put at risk. As a result, to the extent the Fund invests in subordinate debt instruments (including CMBS), the Fund would potentially receive payments or interest distributions after, and must bear the effects of losses or defaults on the senior debt (including underlying mortgage loans, senior mezzanine debt or senior CMBS bonds) before, the holders of other more senior tranches of debt instruments with respect to such issuer. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Mezzanine Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Although not secured by the underlying real estate, mezzanine loans are also subject to risk of subordination and share certain characteristics of subordinate loan interests described above. As with commercial mortgage loans, repayment of a mezzanine loan is dependent on the successful operation of the underlying commercial properties and, therefore, is subject to similar considerations and risks. Mezzanine loans may also be affected by the successful operation of other properties, but mezzanine loans are not secured by interests in the underlying commercial properties. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Rehypothecated Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> In connection with the use of the BNP Credit Facility for leverage, the Fund permits the lender, subject to certain conditions, to rehypothecate (i.e., lend to other counterparties) portfolio securities pledged by the Fund up to the amount of the loan balance outstanding. The terms of the BNP Credit Facility provide that the Fund continue to receive dividends and interest on rehypothecated securities. The Fund has the right under the BNP Credit Facility to recall rehypothecated securities from BNP on demand. If BNP fails to deliver a recalled security in a timely manner, the BNP Credit Facility provides for compensation by BNP to the Fund for any fees or losses related to the failed delivery or, in the event a recalled security will not be returned by BNP, for the Fund, upon notice to BNP, to reduce the loan balance outstanding by the amount of the recalled security failed to be returned. The terms of the BNP Credit Facility pursuant to which portfolio securities pledged by the Fund are rehypothecated may provide for receipt by the Fund, either directly or indirectly through a reduction in the costs associated with the BNP Credit Facility, of a portion of the fees earned by BNP in connection with the rehypothecation of such portfolio securities. Rehypothecation by BNP of the Fund’s pledged portfolio securities entails risks, including the risk that BNP will be unable or unwilling to return rehypothecated securities, which could result in, among other things, the inability of the Fund to find suitable investments to replace the unreturned securities, thereby impairing the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Use of Leverage by the Fund. </div></div></div></div>Although the Fund has the option to borrow, including through the Credit Facilities, there are significant risks that may be assumed in connection with such borrowings. Investors in the Fund should consider the various risks of financial leverage, including, without limitation, the matters described below. There is no assurance that a leveraging strategy would be successful. Financial leverage involves risks and special considerations for shareholders including: (i) the likelihood of greater volatility of NAV of the shares than a comparable portfolio without leverage; (ii) the risk that fluctuations in interest rates on borrowings and short-term debt that the Fund must pay will reduce the return to the shareholders; (iii) the effect of financial leverage in a market experiencing rising interest rates, which would likely cause a greater decline in the NAV of the shares than if the Fund were not leveraged; and (iv) the potential for an increase in operating costs, which may reduce the Fund’s total return. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event that the Fund would be required to sell assets at a loss, including in order to redeem or pay off any borrowing, such a sale would reduce the Fund’s NAV and may make it difficult for the NAV to recover. The Fund nevertheless may continue to use financial leverage if the Adviser expects that the benefits to the shareholders of maintaining the leveraged position likely would outweigh a resulting reduction in the current return. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain types of borrowings by the Fund would result in the Fund being subject to covenants in credit agreements relating to asset coverage and Fund composition requirements that are more stringent than those currently imposed on the Fund by the 1940 Act. In addition, borrowings by the Fund may be made on a secured basis. The Custodian will then either segregate the assets securing the Fund’s borrowings for the benefit of the Fund’s lenders or arrangements will be made with a suitable <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">sub-custodian.</div> If the assets used to secure a borrowing decrease in value, the Fund may be required to pledge additional collateral to the lender in the form of cash or securities to avoid liquidation of those assets. In the event of a default, the lenders will have the right, through the Custodian, to redeem the Fund’s investments in underlying Investment Funds without consideration of whether doing so would be in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders. The rights of any lenders to the Fund to receive payments of interest on and repayments of principal of borrowings will be senior to the rights of the Fund’s shareholders, and the terms of the Fund’s borrowings may contain provisions that limit certain activities of the Fund and could result in precluding the purchase of instruments that the Fund would otherwise purchase. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The use of financial leverage involves financial risk and would increase the exposure of the Fund’s investment returns to adverse economic factors such as rising interest rates, downturns in the economy or deterioration in the condition of the investments. There would be a risk that operating cash flow available to the Fund would be insufficient to meet required payments and a risk that it would not be possible to refinance existing indebtedness or that the terms of such refinancing would not be as favorable as the terms of existing indebtedness. Borrowings by the Fund may be secured by any or all of the assets of the Fund, with the consequences that the Fund may lose more than its equity stake in any one investment, and may lose all of its capital. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Derivatives Risk.</div></div></div></div> The use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks, such as liquidity risk (which may be heightened for highly-customized derivatives), interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, leveraging risk, counterparty risk, tax risk, and management risk, as well as risks arising from changes in applicable requirements. They also involve the risk of mispricing, the risk of unfavorable or ambiguous documentation and the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. The Fund’s use of derivatives may increase or accelerate the amount of taxes payable by common shareholders. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund relies on certain exemptions in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4</div> under the 1940 Act to enter into derivatives transactions and certain other transactions notwithstanding the restrictions on the issuance of “senior securities” under Section 18 of the 1940 Act. Under Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4,</div> “derivatives transactions” include the following: (1) any swap, security-based swap, futures contract, forward contract, option (excluding purchased options), any combination of the foregoing, or any similar instrument, under which the Fund is or may be required to make any payment or delivery of cash or other assets during the life of the instrument or at maturity or early termination, whether as margin or settlement payment or otherwise; (2) any short sale borrowing; and (3) if the Fund relies on the exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4(d)(1)(ii),</div> reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions. The Fund will rely on a separate exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4(e)</div> when entering into unfunded commitment agreements, which includes any commitment to make a loan to a company, including term loans, delayed draw term loans, and revolvers, or to invest equity in a company. To rely on the unfunded commitment agreements exemption, the Fund must reasonably believe, at the time it enters into such agreement, that it will have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet its obligations with respect to all of its unfunded commitment agreements, in each case as they come due. The Fund will rely on the exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4(f)</div> when purchasing when-issued or forward-settling securities (e.g., firm and standby commitments, including <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">to-be-announced</div></div> commitments, and dollar rolls) and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-standard</div> settlement cycle securities, if certain conditions are met. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund intends to operate as a “limited derivatives user” for purposes of the derivatives transactions exemption in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4.</div> To qualify as a limited derivatives user, the Fund’s “derivatives exposure” is limited to 10% of its net assets subject to exclusions for certain currency or interest rate hedging transactions (as calculated in accordance with Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4).</div> Unless the Fund qualifies as a “limited derivatives user” as defined in Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">18f-4,</div> the rule would, among other things, require the Fund to establish a comprehensive derivatives risk management </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">program, to comply with certain <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">value-at-risk</div></div> based leverage limits, to appoint a derivatives risk manager and to provide additional disclosure both publicly and to the SEC regarding its derivatives positions. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Reverse Repurchase Agreements Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund’s use of reverse repurchase agreements involves many of the same risks involved in the Fund’s use of leverage, as the proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements generally will be invested in additional securities. There is a risk that the market value of the securities acquired in the reverse repurchase agreement may decline below the price of the securities that the Fund has sold but remains obligated to repurchase. In addition, there is a risk that the market value of the securities retained by the Fund may decline. If the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement were to file for bankruptcy or experiences insolvency, the Fund may be adversely affected. Also, in entering into reverse repurchase agreements, the Fund would bear the risk of loss to the extent that the proceeds of the reverse repurchase agreement are less than the value of the underlying securities. In addition, due to the interest costs associated with reverse repurchase agreements transactions, the Fund’s NAV will decline, and, in some cases, the Fund may be worse off than if it had not used such instruments. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Use of Leverage by Portfolio Funds. </div></div></div></div>In addition to any borrowing utilized by the Fund, the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests may utilize financial leverage. The Portfolio Funds may be able to borrow, subject to the limitations of their charters and operative documents. Certain Portfolio Funds may not be subject to the limitations imposed by the 1940 Act regarding the use of leverage with respect to which registered investment companies, including the Fund, are subject. To that end, the Fund intends to limit its direct borrowing to an amount that does not exceed 33 1/3% of the Fund’s gross asset value. Furthermore, Portfolio Funds typically will hold their investments in entities organized as REITs, corporations or other entities and this may allow the Fund’s risk of loss to be limited to the amount of its investment in the Portfolio Fund. While leverage presents opportunities for increasing the Fund’s total return, it has the effect of potentially increasing losses as well. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Valuation of Portfolio Funds. </div></div></div></div>Certain Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests are not publicly traded and the Fund may consider information provided by the institutional asset manager of each respective Portfolio Fund to determine the estimated value of the Fund’s investment therein. The valuation provided by an institutional asset manager as of a specific date may vary from the actual sale price that may be obtained if such investment were sold to a third party. To determine the estimated value of the Fund’s investment in Portfolio Funds, the Adviser considers, among other things, information provided by the Portfolio Funds, including quarterly unaudited financial statements, which if inaccurate could adversely affect the Adviser’s ability to value accurately the Fund’s shares. Portfolio Funds that invest primarily in publicly traded securities are more easily valued. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Credit Risk.</div></div></div></div> Credit risk is the risk that one or more loans in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in price or fail to pay interest or principal when due because the issuer of the instrument experiences a decline in its financial status. While a senior position in the capital structure of a borrower or issuer may provide some protection with respect to the Fund’s investments in certain loans, losses may still occur because the market value of loans is affected by the creditworthiness of borrowers or issuers and by general economic and specific industry conditions and the Fund’s other investments will often be subordinate to other debt in the issuer’s capital structure. To the extent the Fund invests in below investment grade instruments, it will be exposed to a greater amount of credit risk than a fund which invests in investment grade securities. The prices of lower grade instruments are more sensitive to negative developments, such as a decline in the issuer’s revenues or a general economic downturn, than are the prices of higher grade instruments. Instruments of below investment grade quality are predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal when due and therefore involve a greater risk of default. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Preferred Securities Risk. </div></div></div></div>There are various risks associated with investing in preferred securities, including credit risk, interest rate risk, deferral and omission of distributions, subordination to bonds and other debt securities in a company’s capital structure, limited liquidity, limited voting rights and special redemption rights. Interest rate risk is, in general, the risk that the price of a preferred security falls when interest rates rise. Securities with longer maturities tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes. Credit risk is the risk that an </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">issuer of a security may not be able to make principal and interest or dividend payments on the security as they become due. Holders of preferred securities may not receive dividends, or the payment can be deferred for some period of time. In bankruptcy, creditors are generally paid before the holders of preferred securities. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Convertible Securities Risk.</div></div></div></div> Convertible securities are hybrid securities that have characteristics of both bonds and common stocks and are subject to risks associated with both debt securities and equity securities. Convertible securities are similar to fixed income securities because they usually pay a fixed interest rate (or dividend) and are obligated to repay principal on a given date in the future. The market value of fixed income and preferred securities tends to decline as interest rates increase and tends to increase as interest rates decline. Convertible securities have characteristics of a fixed income security and are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates when their conversion value is lower than the value of the bond or preferred share. Fixed income and preferred securities also are subject to credit risk, which is the risk that an issuer of a security may not be able to make principal and interest or dividend payments on the security as they become due. Fixed income and preferred securities also may be subject to prepayment or redemption risk. If a convertible security held by the Fund is called for redemption, the Fund will be required to surrender the security for redemption, convert it into the issuing company’s common stock or cash or sell it to a third party at a time that may be unfavorable to the Fund. Convertible securities have characteristics similar to common stocks especially when their conversion value is the same as the value of the bond or preferred share. The price of equity securities may rise or fall because of economic or political changes. Stock prices in general may decline over short or even extended periods of time. Market prices of equity securities in broad market segments may be adversely affected by a prominent issuer having experienced losses or by the lack of earnings or such an issuer’s failure to meet the market’s expectations with respect to new products or services, or even by factors wholly unrelated to the value or condition of the issuer, such as changes in interest rates. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">High Yield Securities Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may invest in debt securities and preferred securities rated less than investment grade that are sometimes referred to as high yield or “junk.” These securities are speculative investments that carry greater risks and are more susceptible to real or perceived adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than higher quality securities. High yield securities offer the potential for higher return, but also involve greater risk than bonds of higher quality, including an increased possibility that the security’s issuer, obligor or guarantor may not be able to make its payments of interest and principal (credit quality risk). If that happens, the value of the security may decrease. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates (interest rate risk) could adversely affect the market for these securities and reduce the Fund’s ability to sell its securities (liquidity risk). Such securities also may be subject to resale restrictions. The lack of a liquid market for these securities could decrease the Fund’s share price. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Interest Rate Risk.</div></div></div></div> The fixed-income instruments that the Fund may invest in are subject to the risk that market values of such securities will decline as interest rates increase. These changes in interest rates have a more pronounced effect on securities with longer durations. Typically, the impact of changes in interest rates on the market value of an instrument will be more pronounced for fixed-rate instruments than it will for floating rate instruments. Fluctuations in the value of portfolio securities will not affect interest income on existing portfolio securities but will be reflected in the Fund’s NAV. The debt capital that will be available to the Fund in the future, if at all, may be impacted by changes in and uncertainty surrounding interest rates. Depending on the interest rate environment and general state of credit markets, potential debt capital may be available only at a higher cost and on terms and conditions less favorable than what the Fund has historically experienced. Market volatility, rising interest rates, uncertainty around interest rates and/or unfavorable economic conditions could adversely affect the Fund’s business. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An increase in interest rates could decrease the value of any investments the Fund holds that earn fixed interest rates, including subordinated loans, senior and junior secured and unsecured debt securities and loans and high yield bonds, and also could increase the Fund’s interest expense, thereby decreasing the Fund’s net income. Federal Reserve policy, including with respect to certain interest rates and the decision to end its quantitative easing policy, may also adversely affect the value, volatility and liquidity of dividend- and interest-paying </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">securities. From time to time, the Fund may also enter into certain hedging transactions to mitigate the Fund’s exposure to changes in interest rates. In the past, the Fund has entered into certain hedging transactions, such as interest rate swap agreements, to mitigate the Fund’s exposure to adverse fluctuations in interest rates, and the Fund may do so again in the future. However, the Fund cannot assure shareholders that such transactions will be successful in mitigating the Fund’s exposure to interest rate risk. There can be no assurance that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s net investment income. </div><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;text-indent: 0px;"><div style="display:inline;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">The Fund’s debt investments are based on fixed and floating rates, such as Euro Interbank Offer Rate, Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), the Federal Funds Rate or the Prime Rate. Market prices tend to fluctuate more for fixed-rate securities that have longer maturities. Although the Fund has no policy governing the maturities of the Fund’s investments, under current market conditions the Fund expects that it will invest in a portfolio of debt generally having maturities of up to 10 years. Market prices for debt that pays a fixed rate of return tend to decline as interest rates rise. This means that the Fund is subject to greater risk (other things being equal) than a fund invested solely in shorter-term, fixed-rate securities. Market prices for floating rate investments may also fluctuate in rising rate environments with prices tending to decline when credit spreads widen. Rising interest rates may also increase the cost of debt for the Fund’s underlying portfolio companies, which could adversely impact their financial performance and ability to meet ongoing obligations to the Fund. </div></div></div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Foreign Securities and Emerging Markets Risk. </div></div></div></div>The Fund may have investments in foreign securities. Foreign securities have investment risks different from those associated with domestic securities. Changes in foreign economies and political climates are more likely to affect the Fund with investments in foreign securities than another fund that invests exclusively in domestic securities. The value of foreign currency denominated securities or foreign currency contracts is affected by the value of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. There may be less government supervision of foreign markets, resulting in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">non-uniform</div> accounting practices and less publicly available information about issuers of foreign securities. The value of foreign investments may be affected by changes in exchange control regulations, application of foreign tax laws (including withholding tax), changes in governmental economic or monetary policy (in this country or abroad), or changed circumstances in dealings between nations. In addition, foreign brokerage commissions, custody fees, and other costs of investing in foreign securities are often higher than in the United States. Investments in foreign issues could be affected by other factors not present in the United States, including expropriation, armed conflict, confiscatory taxation, and potential difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may also invest in emerging markets, which are markets of countries in the initial stages of industrialization and have low per capita income. In addition to the risks of foreign securities in general, countries in emerging markets are more volatile and can have relatively unstable governments, social and legal systems that do not protect shareholders, economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade a small number of issues which could reduce liquidity. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Infrastructure Industry Risk.</div></div></div></div> Infrastructure investments may be subject to a variety of risks, not all of which can be foreseen or quantified, including: (i) the burdens of ownership of infrastructure: (ii) local, national and international political and economic conditions; (iii) the supply and demand for services from and access to infrastructure; (iv) the financial condition of users and suppliers of infrastructure assets; (v) changes in interest rates and the availability of funds which may render the purchase, sale or refinancing of infrastructure assets difficult or impracticable; (vi) changes in regulations, planning laws and other governmental rules; (vii) changes in fiscal and monetary policies; (viii) under-insured or uninsurable losses, such as force majeure acts and terrorist events; (ix) reduced investment in public and private infrastructure projects; and (x) other factors which are beyond the reasonable control of the Fund. Many of the foregoing factors could cause fluctuations in usage, expenses and revenues, causing the value of investments to decline and a material adverse effect on the Fund’s or an infrastructure asset’s performance. </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Leveraging Risk.</div></div></div></div> The use of leverage, such as borrowing money to purchase securities, by the Fund will magnify the Fund’s gains or losses. The use of leverage via short selling and short positions in futures contracts will also magnify the Fund’s gains or losses. Generally, the use of leverage also will cause the Fund to have higher expenses (especially interest and/or short selling related dividend expenses) than those of funds that do not use such techniques. In addition, a lender to the Fund may terminate or refuse to renew any credit facility. If the Fund is unable to access additional credit, it may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, which may further depress the returns on the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Credit Risk. </div></div></div></div>There is a risk that debt issuers will not make payments, resulting in losses to the Fund. In addition, the credit quality of securities may be lowered if an issuer’s financial condition changes. Lower credit quality may lead to greater volatility in the price of a security and in shares of the Fund. Lower credit quality also may affect liquidity and make it difficult to sell the security. Default, or the market’s perception that an issuer is likely to default, could reduce the value and liquidity of securities, thereby reducing the value of your investment in Fund shares. In addition, default may cause the Fund to incur expenses in seeking recovery of principal or interest on its portfolio holdings. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Inflation/Deflation Risk.</div></div></div></div> Inflation risk is the risk that the value of certain assets or income from the Fund’s investments will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the Fund and its distributions can decline. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, during any periods of rising inflation, the dividend rates or borrowing costs associated with the Fund’s use of leverage would likely increase, which would tend to further reduce returns to shareholders. Inflation may continue in the near to medium-term, particularly in the U.S., with the possibility that monetary policy continues to tighten in response. Deflation risk is the risk that prices throughout the economy decline over time—the opposite of inflation. Deflation may have an adverse effect on the creditworthiness of issuers and may make issuer defaults more likely, which may result in a decline in the value of the Fund’s portfolio. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Economic activity has continued to accelerate across sectors and regions. Nevertheless, global supply chain issues have led, and may in the future lead, to a rise in energy prices. Inflation may continue in the near to medium-term, particularly in the U.S., with the possibility that monetary policy continues to tighten in response. Persistent inflationary pressures could affect our portfolio companies’ profit margins. There can be no assurance that inflation will not become a serious problem in the future and have an adverse impact on the Fund’s returns. </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Compliance Failures. </div></div></div></div>Apollo, certain of its affiliates, and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser,</div> are regulated entities, and any compliance failures or other inappropriate behavior by them may have a material and/or adverse effect on the Fund. The provision of investment management services is regulated in most relevant jurisdictions, and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> and Apollo must maintain their regulatory authorizations to continue to be involved both in the management of the Fund’s investments and to continue their businesses generally. The Adviser’s or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser’s</div> ability to source and execute investment transactions for the Fund, and investor sentiment with respect to the Fund, may be adversely affected by negative publicity arising from any regulatory compliance failures or other inappropriate behavior by any Apollo affiliate or its investment professionals. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Legal, Tax and Regulatory Risks. </div></div></div></div>Legal, tax and regulatory changes could occur that may adversely affect the Fund or its portfolio companies. There has been, and it is possible that there will be further, involvement of governmental and regulatory authorities in financial markets around the world. For example, the Fund expects to make investments in a number of different industries, some of which are or may become subject to regulation by one or more governmental agencies or authorities. New and existing regulations, changing regulatory requirements and the burdens of regulatory compliance all may have an adverse effect on the performance of investments that operate in these industries. </div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt;"> </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Neither the Adviser nor <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser</div> can predict whether new legislation or regulation (including new tax measures) will be enacted by legislative bodies or governmental agencies, nor can either of them predict what effect such legislation or regulation might have. There can be no assurance that new legislation or regulation, including changes to existing laws and regulations, will not have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investment performance. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The enforceability of agreements governing hedging transactions may depend on compliance with applicable statutory and other regulatory requirements and, depending on the identity of the counterparty, applicable international requirements. New or amended regulations may be imposed by the CFTC, the SEC, the Federal Reserve, the EU or other financial regulators, other governmental or intergovernmental regulatory authorities or self-regulatory organizations that supervise the financial markets, and could adversely affect the Fund. In particular, the CFTC and the SEC are empowered to promulgate a variety of new rules pursuant to recently enacted financial reform legislation in the United States. The Fund also may be adversely affected by changes in the enforcement or interpretation of statutes and rules by these regulatory authorities or self-regulatory organizations. </div> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Possible Competition Between Portfolio Funds and Between the Fund and the Portfolio Funds. </div></div></div></div>The Portfolio Funds trade independently of each other and may pursue investment strategies that “compete” with each other for execution or that cause the Fund to participate in positions that offset each other (in which case the Fund would bear its pro rata share of commissions and fees without the potential for a profit). Also, the Fund’s investments in any particular Portfolio Fund could increase the level of competition for the same trades that other Portfolio Funds might otherwise make, including the priorities of order entry. This could make it difficult or impossible to take or liquidate a position in a particular security at a price consistent with the Adviser’s strategy. </div> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bolder;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Allocation of Investment Opportunities Risk. </div></div></div></div>The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;">Sub-Adviser,</div> directly or through its affiliates, may manage or advise multiple investment vehicles or accounts that have investment objectives that are similar to the Fund and that may seek to make investments or sell investments in the same securities or other instruments, sectors or strategies as the Fund. This may create potential conflicts, particularly in circumstances where the availability of such investment opportunities is limited or where the liquidity of such investment opportunities is limited. The results of the Fund’s investment activities may differ significantly from the results achieved by such other managed investment vehicles or accounts. It is possible that one or more of such vehicles or accounts will achieve investment results that are substantially more or less favorable than the results achieved by the Fund. </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:28%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td style="width:24%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"></td> <td style="width:24%"></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%"></td> <td style="width:21%"></td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;text-align:center"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; line-height: normal;">Title of Class</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; line-height: normal;">Amount Authorized</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; line-height: normal;">Amount Held by Fund or for<br/>its Account</div> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; line-height: normal;">Amount Outstanding<br/>Excluding Amount Held by<br/>Fund or for its Account</div> </td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">Class A Shares</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">Unlimited</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">None</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16,015,900</td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">Class C Shares</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">Unlimited</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">None</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12,951,182</td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">Class I Shares</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">Unlimited</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">None</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">65,687,558</td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">Class M Shares</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">Unlimited</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">None</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">36,185,437</td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">Class L Shares</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">Unlimited</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center">None</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;"> 2,696,326</td> </tr> </table> Class M Shares 0 36185437 Class C shareholders may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge on shares repurchased during the first 365 days after their purchase. “Interest payments on borrowed funds” is based on the interest rate currently in effect with respect to the Credit Facilities and includes the ongoing commitment fees payable under the terms of the Credit Facilities. Other Expenses represents the Fund expenses as they are calculated in the Fund’s Annual Report. Other Expenses does not include the indirect fees and expenses of the Portfolio Funds in which the Fund invests. The Fund’s Other Expenses will increase as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets if the Fund’s assets decrease. Actual fees and expenses may be greater or less than those shown. The expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights due to certain adjustments. Class C shares will pay to the Distributor a Distribution Fee that will accrue at an annual rate equal to 0.75% of the average daily net assets attributable to Class C shares and is payable on a monthly basis. Class L shares will pay to the Distributor a Distribution Fee that will accrue at an annual rate equal to 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to Class L shares and is payable on a monthly basis. See “Plan of Distribution.” The Adviser and the Fund have entered into an expense limitation and reimbursement agreement (the “Expense Limitation Agreement”) under which the Adviser has agreed contractually to waive its fees and to pay or absorb the ordinary operating expenses of the Fund (including offering expenses, but excluding interest, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses), to the extent that they exceed 1.91%, 2.66%, 1.66%, and 2.16% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares, Class C shares, Class I shares and Class L shares, respectively (the “Expense Limitation”). In consideration of the Adviser’s agreement to limit the Fund’s expenses, the Fund has agreed to repay the Adviser in the amount of any fees waived and Fund expenses paid or absorbed, subject to the limitations that: (1) the reimbursement will be made only for fees and expenses incurred not more than three years from the date on which they were incurred; and (2) the reimbursement may not be made if it would cause the lesser of the Expense Limitation in place at the time of waiver or at the time of reimbursement to be exceeded. The Expense Limitation Agreement will remain in effect, at least until May 31, 2027, unless and until the Board approves its modification or termination. This agreement may be terminated only by the Board on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Adviser. After May 31, 2027, the Expense Limitation Agreement may be renewed at the Adviser’s discretion. While neither the Fund nor the Distributor imposes an initial sales charge, if you buy Class M shares through certain financial firms, they may directly charge you transaction or other fees in such amount as they may determine. Please consult your financial firm for additional information. Class M shares will pay to the Distributor a Distribution Fee that will accrue at an annual rate equal to 0.75% of the average daily net assets attributable to Class M shares and is payable on a monthly basis. See “Plan of Distribution.” The Adviser and the Fund have entered into an expense limitation and reimbursement agreement (the “Expense Limitation Agreement”) under which the Adviser has agreed contractually to waive its fees and to pay or absorb the ordinary operating expenses of the Fund (including offering expenses, but excluding interest, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses), to the extent that they exceed 2.41% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class M shares (the “Expense Limitation”). In consideration of the Adviser’s agreement to limit the Fund’s expenses, the Fund has agreed to repay the Adviser in the amount of any fees waived and Fund expenses paid or absorbed, subject to the limitations that: (1) the reimbursement will be made only for fees and expenses incurred not more than three years from the date on which they were incurred; and (2) the reimbursement may not be made if it would cause the lesser of the Expense Limitation in place at the time of waiver or at the time of reimbursement to be exceeded. The Expense Limitation Agreement will remain in effect, at least until May 31, 2027, unless and until the Board approves its modification or termination. This agreement may be terminated only by the Board on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Adviser. After May 31, 2027, the Expense Limitation Agreement may be renewed at the Adviser’s discretion. Calculated by subtracting the Fund’s total liabilities (excluding the indebtedness represented by the Lines of Credit) from the Fund’s total assets and dividing by the total amount outstanding on the Lines of Credit. The Asset Coverage ratio is then multiplied by $1,000 to determine the “Asset Coverage Per $1,000 of Lines of Credit Outstanding.”