UBS. FS represents that it maintains and implements reasonably designed policies and procedures to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act (as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act) and its implementing regulations. UBS-FS also represents that it will adopt appropriate policies, procedures, and internal controls to comply with any additional laws, rules, or regulations, to which it may become subject. UBS-FS implements a Customer Identification Program (“CIP”) on its underlying customers who invest in the Fund, which includes forming a reasonable belief as to the identity of the underlying customer and the beneficial ownership of that customer, where applicable. UBS-FS also conducts customer due diligence on its underlying customers including the collection of the customer’s source of funds and understanding the nature and purpose of the account. Enhanced due diligence is performed on customers that are determined to pose a higher risk, which includes but are not limited to Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)). Additionally, and in accordance with Section 356 of the USA PATRIOT Act, UBS-FS maintains a reasonably designed suspicious activity program to detect and report suspicious activity to relevant authorities. UBS-FS represents that it is aware of and maintains reasonably designed policies and procedures to comply with the United States regulations administered by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) which prohibit, among other things, the engagement in transactions with, holding the securities of, and the provision of services to certain embargoed foreign countries and specially designated nationals, specially designated narcotics traffickers, terrorists, supporters of terrorism and other prohibited parties. UBS-FS further represents that to the best of its knowledge any entity or individual with which it transacts business (and where applicable, their beneficial owners) is: (i) not currently identified on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by the OFAC and/or on any other similar list maintained by OFAC pursuant to any authorizing statute, executive order or regulation or any sanctions list issued by the European Union or the United Nations (collectively, the “Lists”) and (ii) not a person or entity with whom a citizen of the United States is prohibited to engage in transactions by any trade embargo, economic sanction, or other prohibition of United States law, regulation, or Executive Order of the President of the United States. UBS-FS represents, to the best of its knowledge, that neither it nor any of its members, partners, officers, directors, employees, agents, or other persons associated with or acting on its behalf under this selling agreement has: (a) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (c) violated or is in violation of any provision of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (the “FCPA”), the UK ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, or any other bribery or corruption law that may be applicable; or (d) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. UBS-FS further represents, to the best of its knowledge, that neither it nor any of its directors, officers, agents, employees or other persons associated with or active on behalf of UBS-FS will, directly or indirectly, use any compensation it receives pursuant to this selling arrangement to lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, to make any offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value directly or indirectly to or for the benefit of any Public Official or any other party, if such payment or benefit would or might violate the FCPA, the UK ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, or the laws of any relevant jurisdiction.
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Sources: Distributor Agreement (Short Term Investment Fund for Puerto Rico Residents, Inc.), Distributor Agreement (U.S. Monthly Income Fund for Puerto Rico Residents, Inc.)