As a result of the foregoing, this supplement supplements the subsection of the Statement of Additional Information entitled “Management of the Fund—Board Trustees and Executive Officers—Independent Trustees” by inserting the following paragraphs at the end of such subsection:
Daniel J. Hilferty III is the chief executive officer of Independence Health Group (“IHG”), a health insurer, and has presided in such capacity since December 2010. He also served as president of IHG from December 2010 to December 2018. He previously served as the president of Independence Blue Cross’ health markets division from December 2009 to December 2010 and as the president and chief executive officer of AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies (formerly AmeriHealth Mercy), a managed-care company, from March 1996 to December 2009. Mr. Hilferty has served as a member of the board of directors of Aqua America, Inc. (NYSE: WTR), a holding company for regulated utilities providing water or waste water services, since June 2017. He also currently serves on its corporate governance, executive and executive compensation committees, has served as the chairman of its corporate governance committee since January 2018, and has served as its lead independent director since December 2017. Mr. Hilferty previously served as a member of the board of directors of FS Investment Corporation III, a business development company that primarily invests in floating rate, senior secured loans of private U.S. middle-market companies, and its nominating and corporate governance committee from February 2014 to December 2018. Mr. Hilferty also currently serves on the boards of various private companies and organizations, including as vice chairman of the board of directors of IHG since 2018, chairman of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia since 2018, a member of the board of directors of America’s Health Insurance Plans and its executive committee since 2013 and a member of the board of directors of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association since 2011. Mr. Hilferty graduated from the American University Graduate School for Government and Public Administration with a Master’s in Public Administration and received his B.S. in Accounting at Saint Joseph’s University.
Mr. Hilferty’s extensive leadership experience has provided him, in the opinion of the Board, with experience and insight which is beneficial to the Fund.
As a result of the foregoing, this supplement supplements the subsection of the Statement of Additional Information entitled “Management of the Fund—Compensation of Trustees” by replacing the second to last sentence of the first paragraph thereof in its entirety with the following:
These Trustees are Holly E. Flanagan, Brian R. Ford and Daniel J. Hilferty III.
As a result of the foregoing, this supplement supplements the subsection of the Statement of Additional Information entitled “Management of the Fund—Board Committees—Audit Committee” by replacing the fourth sentence of the first paragraph thereof in its entirety with the following:
The members of the audit committee are Holly E. Flanagan, Brian R. Ford and Daniel J. Hilferty III, each of whom is an Independent Trustee.
As a result of the foregoing, this supplement supplements the subsection of the Statement of Additional Information entitled “Management of the Fund—Board Committees—Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee” by replacing the second to last sentence of the first paragraph thereof in its entirety with the following:
The members of the nominating and corporate governance committee are Holly E. Flanagan, Brian R. Ford and Daniel J. Hilferty III.
As a result of the foregoing, this supplement supplements the subsection of the Statement of Additional Information entitled “Management of the Fund—Trustee Beneficial Ownership of Shares” by inserting the following row at the bottom of the table in such subsection:
Daniel J. Hilferty IIINone None