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&lt;p style="font: bold 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 4pt 0 1pt"&gt;Objective.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;The
Trust seeks above-average capital appreciation. Under normal circumstances, the Trust will invest at least 80% of its assets in Cloud
Computing Companies, which are are companies that develop, design, manufacture, and distribute technologies that uses the internet and
central remote servers to maintain data and applications, and may include companies from the Communication Services and Information Technology
sectors as defined by Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;) and Data Center and Telecom Tower Subindustries as
defined by GICS. The Trust is concentrated (i.e., invests 25% or more of Trust assets) in common stocks of companies within the information
technology sector.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font: bold 11pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 4pt 0 1pt"&gt;Portfolio Selection Process.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 2pt; text-indent: 0.25in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;Our
selection process attempts to find the common stocks with the best prospects for above-average capital appreciation by identifying those
that meet our investment objective, trade at attractive valuations, and, in our opinion, are likely to exceed market expectations of future
cash flows.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.25in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;While not
a part of the Trust&#x2019;s portfolio selection process, the Trust also invests in&lt;/span&gt; dividend-paying securities, foreign securities,
depositary receipts, VIEs and companies with various market capitalizations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font: 10pt/11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 2pt; text-indent: 0.25in"&gt;&lt;span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"&gt;As
with any similar investments, there can be no assurance that the objective of the Trust will be achieved. See &#x201c;Risk Factors&#x201d;
for a discussion of the risks of investing in the Trust.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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