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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify"&gt;The Board of each Fund announced,
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"&gt;There were no common share transactions for the six months ended
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