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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Supplement dated&#160;July 10, 2026, to the
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;This supplement provides new and additional
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Effective immediately, the &#x201c;Premium/Discount
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Premium/Discount Risk&lt;/i&gt;. The market price
of the Fund&#x2019;s shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in the Fund&#x2019;s net asset value as well as the relative
supply of and demand for shares on the Exchange. The Fund&#x2019;s investment adviser cannot predict whether shares will trade below, at
or above their net asset value because the shares trade on the Exchange at market prices and not at net asset value. Price differences
may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for shares will be closely
related, but not identical, to the same forces influencing the prices of the holdings of the Fund trading individually or in the aggregate
at any point in time. During stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund&#x2019;s shares may become less liquid in response to
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;PLEASE
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