20. Absentee Voting at Members’ Meetings

Absentee voting by proxy or mail-in ballot is not permitted. Pursuant to the Act, a Member entitled to vote at a Meeting of Members may vote by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility if the Fund has a system that: 20.1 enables the votes to be gathered in a manner that permits their subsequent verification, and 20.2 permits the tallied votes to be presented to the Fund without it being possible for the Fund to identify how each Member voted.