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TSP Capital Management Group, LLC
Part 2A of Form ADV
The Brochure
382 Springfield Avenue, Suite 500
Summit, NJ 07901
http://www.tspcapitalmgt.com
Updated: March 11, 2025
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of TSP Capital
Management Group, LLC (“TSP”). If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure,
please contact us at (908) 273-2105. The information in this brochure has not been approved or
verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or by any state
securities authority.
information about TSP
is also available on
the SEC’s website at:
Additional
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
TSP is a registered investment adviser. Registration as an investment adviser does not imply a
certain level of skill or training.
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Item 2: Material Changes
Since its last annual update, which was filed on March 22, 2024, TSP has no material changes to
report.
We recommend that you read this Form ADV Part 2A in its entirety.
Item 3: Table of Contents
Item 2: Material Changes .................................................................................................................. 2
Item 3: Table of Contents .................................................................................................................. 2
Item 4: Advisory Business ................................................................................................................. 2
Item 5: Fees and Compensation ........................................................................................................ 3
Item 6: Performance Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management ..................................................... 4
Item 7: Types of Clients .................................................................................................................... 4
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ............................................. 4
Item 9: Disciplinary Information ....................................................................................................... 5
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ........................................................... 7
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ...... 7
Item 12: Brokerage Practices ............................................................................................................. 8
Item 13: Review of Accounts .......................................................................................................... 10
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation ........................................................................ 10
Item 15: Custody ............................................................................................................................. 10
Item 16: Investment Discretion ....................................................................................................... 11
Item 17: Voting Client Securities .................................................................................................... 11
Item 18: Financial Information ........................................................................................................ 12
Item 4: Advisory Business
TSP was founded by Thomas Paluck, President and Senior Portfolio Manager, in 2004 and has been
registered with the SEC as an investment adviser since 2004. Mr. Paluck is the principal owner of
TSP.
TSP provides investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, business
entities, trusts, estates and charitable organizations (the “Clients” or each a “Client”) on a
discretionary or non-discretionary basis. TSP also serves as the adviser to Hampshire Investment
Club.
TSP tailors each Client’s portfolio in accordance with such Client’s investment objectives, account
restrictions, and any other information provided in writing by the Client to TSP. TSP may not have
a complete understanding of a Client’s overall financial situation and, as such, does not provide
financial planning services.
TSP does not participate in wrap fee programs.
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As of December 31, 2024, TSP managed $382,730,128 on a discretionary basis and $4,276,442
on a non-discretionary basis.
Item 5: Fees and Compensation
The investment management fee charged by TSP generally varies (see below) depending upon the
market value of assets under management and the specific investment objectives of the Client, as
follows:
Equity and Balanced Accounts (fixed income and equity):
TSP generally charges an annual fee of 1% on the first $3,000,000 of assets under management, 3/4
of 1% on the next $2,000,000 of assets under management and 1/2 of 1% on all assets under
management over $5,000,000.
Fixed Income Only Accounts:
For Client portfolios that only include fixed income securities and other investments, TSP generally
charges an annual fee which ranges from 1/4 of 1% to 1/2 of 1% on all fixed assets under
management in the account.
General:
TSP also has certain Clients that pay a flat annual investment management fee. Management fees
charged for discretionary and non-discretionary management are negotiable. Fees are generally
directly debited by TSP in advance at the beginning of each quarter based on the market value of
the assets under management in the account as of the last day of the preceding quarter. At the
request of a Client, TSP can invoice a Client for fees in lieu of direct debiting. TSP may group
family household accounts for application of its management fee.
Upon termination of an account, any prepaid unearned fees will be calculated based on the number
of days the account was open during the quarter on the date of TSP’s receipt of written notification
from the Client. Prepaid unearned fees shall be promptly refunded to the Client.
Certain investments, such as mutual funds, may also bear their own fees and expenses, which are
in addition to the advisory fees charged by TSP.
Clients pay for all of their own operating expenses. This includes all custodial fees, brokerage and
transaction costs, including commissions charged by the broker-dealer where the account is held,
and all costs of administration of the managed account. Please see the Brokerages Practices section
starting on Page 8 for a discussion of our brokerage practices. Clients should review all relevant
documentation provided by such parties in connection with entering into a custodial arrangement
with such third parties.
Neither TSP nor any of its employees receives any compensation for the sale of securities or other
investment products.
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Item 6: Performance Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
TSP does not charge any performance-based fees for its managed accounts.
Item 7: Types of Clients
Prior to engaging TSP to provide investment advisory services, a Client will be required to enter
into one or more written agreements. Such agreement(s) may be cancelled at any time, without
penalty, by either party, for any reason, upon written notice to the other party.
TSP provides customized investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, or charitable
organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, and other corporations or business entities,
including an investment club. TSP generally requires a $500,000 per Client minimum for
investment advisory services. TSP in its sole discretion, based upon circumstances at the time, may
waive the $500,000 minimum.
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
TSP conducts fundamental and technical analysis as well as charting and cyclical analysis on
securities recommended for Client accounts. This analysis varies depending on the security in
question. TSP uses a variety of sources for information including financial newspapers and
magazines, economic services, Federal Reserve and other government publications, SEC filings,
company press releases, company conference calls, and research material prepared by investment
bankers and brokerage firms. In addition, TSP may meet or speak with the officers or executives
of certain issuers of securities held or to be held in Client portfolios.
TSP’s investment strategies are tailored to meet the individual nature of each Client account.
Income requirements, tax considerations, and the Client’s overall investment objectives are
important variables in determining the appropriate strategy for each account. Our core investments
are publicly-traded equities and corporate debt securities which are rated investment grade.
Investing in securities involves the risk of loss that Clients should be prepared to bear.
Portfolio investments may be affected by force majeure events (i.e., events beyond the control of
the party claiming that the event has occurred, including, without limitation, acts of God, fire, flood,
earthquakes, outbreaks of an infectious disease, pandemic or any other serious public health
concern, war, terrorism, labor strikes, major plant breakdowns, pipeline or electricity line ruptures,
failure of technology, defective design and construction, accidents, demographic changes,
government macroeconomic policies, social instability, etc.). Some force majeure events may
adversely affect the ability of a party (including a portfolio investment or other service provider) to
perform its obligations until it is able to remedy the force majeure event. Force majeure events that
are incapable of or are too costly to cure may have a permanent adverse effect on portfolio
investments. Certain force majeure events (such as war or an outbreak of an infectious disease)
could have a broader negative impact on the world economy and international business activity
generally, or in any of the countries in which TSP’s Clients may invest specifically. Prolonged
changes in climatic conditions may have a significant impact on the revenues, expenses and
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conditions of certain TSP Client investments. While the precise future effects of climate change are
unknown, it is possible that climate change could affect precipitation levels, droughts, wind levels,
annual sunshine, sea levels and the severity and frequency of storms and other severe weather
events. These natural occurrences could cause certain portfolio investments and other service
providers to incur expenses to prevent damages. Any of the foregoing may therefore adversely affect
the performance of TSP Clients and their investments. TSP’s ability to source, manage and divest
its investments and its ability to fulfill its investment objectives.
The risk that an investment horizon is shortened because of an unforeseen event, for example, the
loss of a job, which may force you to sell investments that you were expecting to hold for the long
term. Investors may lose money if they must sell when the markets are down. Longevity Risk is
the risk of outliving your savings. This risk is particularly relevant for retired people or those
nearing retirement.
TSP has adopted a business continuation strategy to maintain critical functions in the event of a
partial or total building outage affecting our offices or a technical problem affecting applications,
data centers or networks. The recovery strategies are designed to limit the impact on clients from
any business interruption or disaster. Nevertheless, our ability to conduct business may be curtailed
by a disruption in the infrastructure that supports TSP’s operations. In addition, our asset
management activities may be adversely impacted if certain service providers to TSP or its clients
fail to perform.
Further, with the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, TSP and its
Client accounts could be susceptible to operational, information security and related risks. A
cybersecurity breach could expose TSP and its Client accounts to substantial costs (including,
without limitation, those associated with forensic analysis of the origin and scope of the b
reach, increased and upgraded cybersecurity, identity theft, unauthorized use of proprietary
information, litigation, adverse investor reaction, the dissemination of confidential and proprietary
information and reputational damage), civil liability as well as regulatory inquiry and/or action. In
addition, any such breach could cause substantial withdrawals from a Client account. While TSP
has established a business continuity plan in the event of, and risk management strategies, systems,
policies and procedures to seek to prevent, cybersecurity breaches, there are inherent limitations in
such plans, strategies, systems, policies and procedures including the possibility that certain risks
have not been identified. Furthermore, TSP and its Client accounts cannot control the cybersecurity
plans, strategies, systems, policies and procedures put in place by other service providers to the
Client accounts and/or the issuers in which the Client accounts invest.
In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cyber security
failures or breaches by a third-party service provider and the issuers of securities in which the
portfolio invests, have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially
resulting in financial losses, the inability to transact business, and violations of applicable privacy
and other laws.
Item 9: Disciplinary Information
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policies
and
procedures.
The
settlement
is
available
On May 22, 2020, the SEC published a settlement between TSP and the SEC concerning TSP’s
failure to timely distribute audited financial statements to investors in the Cameroon Fund and
related
at
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2020/ia-5508.pdf, and was issued without TSP admitting or
denying the findings contained therein. The settlement does not concern the advisory services that
TSP provides to its other Clients.
TSP has advised the Cameroon Fund from 2014 to June 2020, and, as is customary with the
management of these types of private funds, had custody of the Cameroon Fund’s assets as defined
under Rule 206(4)-2 (the “Custody Rule”) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Advisers Act”). Generally, a federally registered investment adviser who has custody of client
funds and securities must, among other things: (i) ensure that a qualified custodian maintains the
client assets (with certain exceptions); (ii) notify the client in writing of accounts opened by the
adviser at a qualified custodian on the client’s behalf; (iii) have a reasonable basis for believing that
the qualified custodian sends account statements at least quarterly to clients (or investors in a client
that is a pooled investment vehicle); and (iv) ensure that client funds and securities are verified by
actual examination each year by an independent public accountant at a time chosen by the
accountant without prior notice or announcement to the adviser.
The Custody Rule provides an exception to certain of the foregoing general requirements for a
pooled investment vehicle, such as the Cameroon Fund, where such fund is subject to audit at least
annually by an independent public accountant registered with the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (“PCAOB”), and the adviser distributes the fund’s audited financial statements
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles to all fund investors within
120 days of the end of the fund’s fiscal year (the “Audited Financials Alternative”). An investment
adviser to a pooled investment vehicle that fails to meet the requirements of the Audited Financials
Alternative would need to satisfy all of the requirements of the Custody Rule noted above in order
to avoid violating the Custody Rule.
With respect to the Cameroon Fund, TSP relied on the Audited Financials Alternative to attempt to
comply with the Custody Rule for the years 2014 through 2018. TSP attempted to engage a PCAOB
registered firm to audit the Cameroon Fund’s annual financial statements, but due to the nature of
the agricultural assets of the Cameroon Fund and other extenuating circumstances, such as the
political climate in Cameroon, TSP was unable to do so. The settlement finds that the 2014 and
2015 audits were delivered 686 days and 927 days late, respectively, and that TSP failed to procure
audited financials for the Cameroon Fund from 2016 through 2018. Accordingly, the settlement
finds that TSP did not satisfy the requirements of the Audited Financials Alternative in Rule 206(4)-
2(b)(4) for the Cameroon Fund for fiscal years 2014 through 2018 and was therefore obligated to
comply with all of the requirements of the Custody Rule with respect to the Cameroon Fund during
those years, which it also failed to do. TSP also notes that it has described these audit delays of the
Cameroon Fund in its prior amendments to the Form ADV.
The settlement with the SEC also finds that TSP failed to adopt and implement written policies and
procedures reasonably designed to prevent violations of the Advisers Act and rules thereunder.
While TSP’s written policies and procedures referenced the Custody Rule, TSP was aware of its
obligations under the Custody Rule with respect to the Cameroon Fund, and TSP attempted to
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comply with the Custody Rule with respect to the Cameroon Fund, the settlement finds that TSP’s
policies were not reasonably designed to prevent violations of the Custody Rule because TSP was
unable to actually comply with the Custody Rule as described above. As part of the settlement, TSP
has agreed to pay a $60,000 penalty, and accept a censure. The Cameroon Fund is no longer a TSP’s
client since June 15, 2020.
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
TSP or its employees do not have any relationships or arrangements with other financial services
companies that are material to its advisory business.
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client
Transactions and Personal Trading
TSP may recommend to, or purchase and sell on behalf of, Clients the securities of an issuer in
which it or any of its employees, officers, members or directors has a position or otherwise has a
direct or indirect financial interest, including, but not limited to, owning securities of such issuer,
providing consulting services to such issuer or serving as a director, or in a similar capacity, of such
issuer.
To avoid potential conflicts of interest involving personal trades, TSP has adopted a Code of Ethics,
which includes policies and procedures to address personal trading and prevent insider trading.
TSP's Code of Ethics requires, among other things, that employees, officers and members:
• Place the interests of Clients, the integrity of the investment profession, and the interests of
TSP above one's own personal interests;
• Comply with applicable provisions of the federal securities laws;
• Act with integrity, competence, diligence, respect, and in an ethical manner with the public,
Clients, prospective Clients, employers, employees, colleagues in the investment profession,
and other participants in the global capital markets;
• Adhere to the fundamental standard that TSP and such employees, officers and members
should not take inappropriate advantage of their position;
• Avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest and implement procedures to mitigate such
conflicts, including appropriate disclosures regarding such;
• Conduct all personal securities transactions in a manner consistent with the Code of Ethics;
• Use reasonable care and exercise independent professional judgment when conducting
investment analysis, making investment recommendations, taking investment actions, and
engaging in other professional activities;
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• Practice and encourage others to practice in a professional and ethical manner that will
reflect credit on the employee and the profession;
• Promote the integrity of, and uphold the rules governing, capital markets; and
• Maintain and improve professional competence and strive to maintain and improve the
competence of other investment professionals.
The Code of Ethics also requires employees, officers and members to, among other things: 1) pre-
clear certain personal securities transactions; 2) report personal securities transactions on at least a
quarterly basis; 3) provide TSP with a detailed summary of certain holdings (both initially upon
commencement of employment and annually thereafter) over which such employees and members
have a direct or indirect beneficial interest; and 4) report any violations of the Code of Ethics to
TSP.
TSP also serves as the adviser to an investment club in which the Senior Portfolio Managers of TSP,
including TSP’s President, as well as certain advisory Clients, are members. As a result, TSP and
its Senior Portfolio Manager and President may have a financial incentive to benefit the interests of
the investment club. To mitigate this and any other potential conflicts of interest, TSP has
implemented policies and procedures to ensure investments are made in compliance with its
fiduciary duties.
To receive more information regarding and/or a copy of TSP's Code of Ethics, please call (908)
273-2105 and ask for either Thomas Paluck or Barbara Klepper.
Item 12: Brokerage Practices
Brokerage Discretion
Generally, TSP has the authority to determine, without obtaining specific Client consent, the broker
or dealer to be used in executing securities transactions and the commission rate to be paid with
respect to such transactions. A Client may, however, direct TSP to utilize a specific broker or dealer
to execute securities transactions with respect to such Client's account.
TSP recommends and utilizes Fidelity Investments (“Fidelity”) for substantially all of its Clients’
brokerage transactions. Not all advisers recommend that their clients utilize a particular broker or
dealer. TSP has negotiated a commission schedule with Fidelity for trades and/or allocations placed
electronically using Fidelity Advisor CHANNEL®, as well as manually through a representative
on Fidelity’s trading desk. In addition to brokerage services, Fidelity provides TSP’s Clients with
custodial and record-keeping services that TSP believes are valuable to the management of Client
accounts. TSP may have an incentive to recommend Fidelity based on its interest in receiving
research or other products and services, rather than on Clients’ interest in receiving most favorable
execution. As a result of Client’s brokerage and custodial arrangement with Fidelity, TSP may, in
its discretion, cause Clients to pay transaction costs to Fidelity that are greater than the transaction
costs that another qualified broker(s) might charge to effect the same transactions. TSP reviews its
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brokerage relationship with Fidelity on a periodic and systematic basis to ensure that it is fulfilling
its fiduciary duty to seek best execution on Client transactions.
TSP does not currently maintain any formal soft dollar arrangements. However, Fidelity provides
TSP with research and other products and services (i.e., receipt of duplicate trade confirmations and
account statements, trading desk access, the ability to aggregate Clients’ securities transactions, the
ability to directly debit advisory fees from Clients’ accounts, and receipt of compliance
publications). TSP has determined that it would obtain Fidelity’s research and other products and
services regardless of the amount of commissions it generates throughout the year. Therefore, TSP
does not believe it is “paying-up” for third-party research, and economic, industry or sector specific
research which Fidelity provides to TSP.
With respect to a Client that has instructed TSP to utilize a particular broker or dealer other than
Fidelity to execute some or all transactions for such Client's account, the Client is responsible for
negotiating the terms and arrangements for the account with that broker or dealer. TSP will not
seek better execution services or prices from other broker-dealers or be able to aggregate such
Client's transactions, for execution through other brokers or dealers, with orders for other accounts
advised or managed by TSP. As a result, TSP may not obtain best execution on behalf of the Client,
who may pay materially disparate commissions, greater spreads or other transaction costs, or receive
less favorable net prices on transactions for the account than would otherwise be the case.
Trade Aggregation and Allocation Policies
Transactions for each Client account generally will be effected independently at the direction of
each of the Portfolio Managers, unless TSP decides to purchase or sell the same securities for a
number of Client accounts simultaneously. If all Portfolio Managers communicate before a trade
for their respective Clients and decide to purchase or sell the same securities for the Clients
simultaneously, the orders for the same security will be combined or “batched” subject to the
aggregation being in the best interests of all participating Clients, to facilitate best execution, and
to allocate equitably among TSP’s Clients differences in prices that might have been obtained had
such orders been placed independently. TSP effects batched transactions in a manner designed to
ensure that no participating Client, including any account in which a related person or affiliate of
TSP has a financial interest, is favored over any other Client. Specifically, each Client that
participates in a batched transaction will participate at the average share price for all of TSP’s
transactions in that security on that business day, with respect to that batched order, and pay
commissions and ticket charges (if applicable) based upon the individual Client(s)’ commission
schedule. Securities purchased or sold in a batched transaction are allocated pro-rata, when
possible, to the participating Client accounts in proportion to the size of the order placed for each
account. TSP may, however, increase or decrease the amount of securities allocated to each account
if necessary to avoid holding odd-lot or small numbers of shares for particular Clients. Additionally,
if TSP is unable to fully execute a batched transaction and TSP determines that it would be
impractical to allocate a small number of securities among the accounts participating in the
transaction on a pro-rata basis, TSP may allocate such securities in a manner determined in good
faith to be a reasonable and fair allocation.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, TSP is not obligated to, and may not aggregate securities sale and
purchase orders for several reasons, including that it may not believe that such trades are
advantageous for Clients, brokers may limit TSP’s ability to place aggregate orders, and directed
brokerage arrangements may preclude it from aggregating orders. In any event, not aggregating
securities purchase and sale orders may or may not have a negative net price impact on the overall
execution of the order. TSP’s allocation procedures seek to allocate investment opportunities
among Clients in the fairest possible way taking into account Clients’ best interests. In no case shall
allocations involve a practice of favoring or discriminating against any Client or group of Clients.
Cross Transactions and Trade Errors
Upon occasion, and in accordance with its duty to seek best execution on its Clients’ transactions,
TSP may cross trades for eligible Client accounts. A cross trade occurs when TSP purchases and
sells a particular security between two or more accounts under its management. These cross
transactions are typically done for year-end tax loss selling purposes and only when TSP has
determined that such transaction is advantageous and in the best interest of each participating Client.
In no instance does TSP receive additional compensation when crossing trades for Client accounts.
TSP has internal controls in place to prevent trade errors from occurring. On those occasions when
such an error nonetheless occurs, TSP will use reasonable efforts to correct the error as soon as
possible. The goal of error correction is to make the client “whole,” and errors are regardless of the
cost to TSP. TSP will maintain a record of each trade error, including information about the trade
and how such error was corrected.
Item 13: Review of Accounts
All Client accounts are reviewed on a continuous and on-going basis by the Senior Portfolio
Manager that is assigned to the account. Factors that may trigger an additional review include, but
are not limited to, a lifestyle change of the Client, significant changes in market conditions, and
significant world events. All Client accounts are also formally reviewed at least annually for tax
purposes.
Reports are provided to Clients on a quarterly basis or more frequently, under certain circumstances,
upon Client request. Such reports include portfolio valuations, year-to-date gains and losses, and
fee information.
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation
TSP does not directly or indirectly compensate any person for Client referrals.
Item 15: Custody
All Clients’ accounts are held in custody primarily by Fidelity. Account custodians send statements
directly to the account owners on at least a quarterly basis. Clients should carefully review these
statements, and should compare these statements to any account information provided by TSP.
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TSP has custody of certain Client accounts due to the control assigned to TSP in the custodial
agreements. These accounts are subject to an annual surprise examination by an independent
accountant, in order to comply with Custody Rule.
Item 16: Investment Discretion
Generally, TSP has the authority to determine the securities to be bought or sold and the amounts
of the securities to be bought or sold on behalf of its Clients, without obtaining specific Client
consent. The discretionary authority granted to TSP is evidenced in the investment advisory
agreement that is executed by TSP and the Client at the inception of the advisory relationship.
Clients can place reasonable restrictions on TSP’s investment discretion. For example, Clients can
request specific limitations on TSP’s discretion over the broker-dealer used and impose investment
restrictions on the account as discussed in the Advisory Business section of this brochure.
Certain of TSP's accounts are non-discretionary. TSP must obtain prior client approval with regards
to the amount and type of securities to bought or sold on behalf of Clients’ non-discretionary
accounts.
Item 17: Voting Client Securities
Notwithstanding TSP’s discretionary authority to make investment decisions on behalf of Clients,
TSP will not exercise proxy voting authority over Client securities contained in discretionary
accounts. TSP will also not exercise proxy voting authority over securities contained in non-
discretionary accounts. Clients are required to inform their custodian that TSP should not be
designated as the party to receive information on voting the Client proxies. The obligation to vote
the Client proxies shall, at all times, rest with the Client. The Client shall in no way be precluded
from contacting TSP for advice or information about a particular proxy vote. However, TSP shall
not be deemed to have proxy voting authority solely as a result of providing such advice to the
Client.
Should TSP inadvertently receive proxy information for a security held in the Client’s account, TSP
will immediately forward such information on to the Client, but will not take any further action with
respect to the voting of such proxy. Upon termination of a Client relationship, TSP shall make a
good faith and reasonable attempt to forward proxy information inadvertently received by TSP on
behalf of the Client to the forwarding address provided by the Client to TSP.
TSP will not be responsible for determining Clients’ participation in class action lawsuits against
issuers, as this decision will be reserved solely for the Client. The Client is encouraged to seek
adequate legal counsel, as the decision to participate in the class action may preclude other
rights. Clients are required to instruct their custodian that TSP should not be designated as the party
to receive information on these class action lawsuits. Should TSP inadvertently receive such
information for a security held in the Client’s account, TSP will forward such information on to the
Client. To the extent TSP considers Clients’ participation in a class action lawsuit to be beneficial
and the time required of TSP employees to prepare the claim is reasonable, the Company may
participate in class actions when approval is obtained from each Client. Upon termination of the
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advisory relationship, the Company will make a good faith and reasonable attempt to forward such
information inadvertently received by the Company on behalf of the Client to the forwarding
address provided to the Company by the Client, if any.
Item 18: Financial Information
TSP has never filed for bankruptcy and is not aware of any financial condition that is expected to
affect its ability to manage Client accounts.
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