Mail Service Disruptions - Message for Accounts Directly Held with the Transfer Agent

As a result of COVID-19, you may experience delays in the receipt of communications regarding your account. To avoid being adversely impacted by postal service related delays and/or suspensions, we strongly encourage you to register for online access to your account, which you can register for by clicking here.  The Funds’ prospectuses and shareholder reports are readily accessible by clicking here.

As a result of COVID-19, the United States Postal Service cannot deliver mail to certain countries.  As of 9/11/2020, impacted countries include: Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Chad, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Eswatini (Swaziland), Honduras, Iraq, Jordan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Niger, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Congo, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Yemen.  For a current list of international mail service suspensions, click here.  We are unable to deliver, by mail, account statements, fund prospectuses, shareholder reports, and other relevant reporting and disclosures to shareholders in these locations. The Funds’ transfer agent, Hartford Administrative Services Company, is relying on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s staff statement to hold all impacted mail and will release such mail once the country’s suspension is lifted.