IV. CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES
Each of us has a duty to advance the legitimate interests of the Corporation when the opportunity to do so presents itself. Therefore, you may not:
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take for yourself personally opportunities, including investment opportunities, discovered through the use of your position with us or the Adviser, or through the use of either’s property or information;
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use our or the Adviser’s property, information, or position for your personal gain or the gain of a family member; or
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compete, or prepare to compete, with us or the Adviser.
V. CONFIDENTIALITY
You must not disclose confidential information regarding us, the Adviser, our affiliates, our lenders, our clients or our other business partners, unless disclosure is authorized or required by law. Confidential information includes all non-public information that might be harmful to, or useful to the competitors of, the Corporation, its affiliates, its lenders, its clients or its other business partners. This obligation continues even after you leave the Corporation, until the information becomes publicly available.
VI. FAIR DEALING
You must endeavor to deal fairly with our customers, suppliers and business partners, or any other companies or individuals with whom we do business or come into contact with, including fellow employees and our competitors. You must not take unfair advantage of these or other parties by means of:
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manipulation;
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concealment;
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abuse of privileged information;
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misrepresentation of material facts; or
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any other unfair-dealing practice.
VII. PROTECTION AND PROPER USE OF CORPORATION ASSETS
Our assets are to be used only for legitimate business purposes. Theft, carelessness and waste have a direct impact on our profitability. You should protect our assets and ensure they are used efficiently.
Incidental personal use of telephones, fax machines, copy machines, personal computers and similar equipment is generally allowed if there is no significant added cost to us, if it does not interfere with your work duties and if such use is not related to an illegal activity or to any outside business.
VIII. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS
All Covered Persons have a duty to comply with all laws, rules and regulations that apply to our business, including those relating to insider trading. Please talk to our Chief Compliance Officer if you have any questions about how to comply with the above regulations and other laws, rules and regulations.
In addition, we expect you to comply with all of our policies and procedures that apply to you. We may modify or update our policies and procedures in the future, and may adopt new company policies and procedures from time to time. You are also expected to observe the terms of any confidentiality agreement, employment agreement or other similar agreement that applies to you.
IX. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, HARASSMENT
We are committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices including selection, hiring, promotion, transfer and compensation of all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex or gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, national origin, handicap, disability,