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    investments

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    positions

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Named parties

  • Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association

As filed

Penn Mutual Variable Universal Life: Ssg Index 500 Fund — Interest

Penn Mutual Variiable Universal Life: T. Rowe Price Flexibly Mg'd Fund — Interest

The Principal Financial Croup — Dividend

U.S. Savings Bonds, Series EE — Interest

PNC Bank Cash Accounts — Interest

IRA #2

Edward Jones--American Funds High Income Muni Bond Fund — Dividend — Merged (with line 28)

Voya 529 Balanced Option Class C — Dividend

GS FINL Square Govt Fd Instl — Dividend

Bridge Builder Large Value — Dividend

Bridge Builder Large Growth — Dividend

Bridge Builder Small/Mid Value — Dividend

Bridge Builder Small/Mid Growth — Dividend

Bridge Builder Core Plus Bond — Dividend

Bridge Builder Intl Equity — Dividend

Hotchkis & Wiley High-Yield — Dividend — Sold

IShares Core US Aggregate Bond — Dividend

Spdr DJ Global Real Estate ETF — Dividend

Vanguard Large Cap ETF — Dividend

Vanguard Small Cap ETF — Dividend

Vanguard Value ETF — Dividend

JPM Emerging Markets Equity — Dividend

Vanguard FTSE Dev Mkts ETF — Dividend

Tcw Energing Markets Income I — Dividend — Buy

Oakmark International I — Dividend — Buy

Federated Inst. High Yield R6 — Dividend — Buy

Vanguard Growth ETF — Dividend — Buy

American Bond Fund of America A — Dividend — Buy

American U.S. Govt Secs A — Dividend — Buy

Penn Mutual Variable Universal Life: Ssg Index 500 Fund — Interest

Penn Mutual Variiable Universal Life: T. Rowe Price Flexibly Mg'd Fund — Interest

The Principal Financial Croup — Dividend

U.S. Savings Bonds, Series EE — Interest

PNC Bank Cash Accounts — Interest

IRA #2

Edward Jones--American Funds High Income Muni Bond Fund — Dividend — Merged (with line 28)

Voya 529 Balanced Option Class C — Dividend

GS FINL Square Govt Fd Instl — Dividend

Bridge Builder Large Value — Dividend

Bridge Builder Large Growth — Dividend

Bridge Builder Small/Mid Value — Dividend

Bridge Builder Small/Mid Growth — Dividend

Bridge Builder Core Plus Bond — Dividend

Bridge Builder Intl Equity — Dividend

Hotchkis & Wiley High-Yield — Dividend — Sold

IShares Core US Aggregate Bond — Dividend

Spdr DJ Global Real Estate ETF — Dividend

Vanguard Large Cap ETF — Dividend

Vanguard Small Cap ETF — Dividend

Vanguard Value ETF — Dividend

JPM Emerging Markets Equity — Dividend

Vanguard FTSE Dev Mkts ETF — Dividend

Tcw Energing Markets Income I — Dividend — Buy

Oakmark International I — Dividend — Buy

Federated Inst. High Yield R6 — Dividend — Buy

Vanguard Growth ETF — Dividend — Buy

American Bond Fund of America A — Dividend — Buy

American U.S. Govt Secs A — Dividend — Buy

Ex-officio, director, Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association

Ex-officio, director, Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association

Part VII, Lines 7, 28-29: My financial advisor "exchanged" the American Funds High Income Muni Bond fund for two different investments, the "American Bond

Fund of America A" and "American U.S. Gov't Securities A." I did not know how to show an "exhange," so I listed it as a merger. It appears to have been an

exact, dollar-for-dollar transfer.

Part VII, Lines 24-27: My financial advisor sold some of the within-IRA vehicles and purchased others. I have reflected the sale and purchase dates and, from what

I could tell from thet statements, the amounts. I did not include a "Gain" or "Loss" code because I did not purchase these investments individually or directly. They

will produce only income (or loss) during the period as part of the IRA.

Part VII, Line 5: This line reflects cash bank accounts. Last year, the "income" from those accounts mistakenly was listed as "dividend" income. It is not. It is

interest income, usually totalling less than $100.

Part VII, Line 3: This line identifies the financial asset as "The Principal Adjustable Life." For many years, I had an adjustable life insurance policy with The

Principal, but I canceled it several years ago. On March 16, 2021, I received a letter from the Committee on Financial Disclosure, asking me to amend the 2019

report if this is not the type of life insurance policy for which I cannot select the underlying investments held by the policy. This prompted me to recall that several

years ago, I canceled my adjustable life insurance policy with The Principal--which prompted me to wonder why I am getting dividend checks for a policy I no

longer hold, or even why I was getting dividend checks on an insurance policy at all. I should have wondered this before. I just didn't really think about it--the

quarterly dividend checks are always small (between $50 and $65). So I looked at the dividend check stub. It says that the dividend is for 100 shares of common

stock in The Principal Financial Group. I do not recall ever buying stock in anything, much less The Principal Financial Group. I tried calling the number on the

check stub to ask how and why I apparently own this stock. I have not yet been able to get a live human. I will keep trying. I realize that this probably requires me

to amend past years' financial disclosure reports. I will find out what I need to do. For now, I have changed the name from "The Principal Adjustable Life" to "The

Principal Financial Group," and have adjusted the values to reflect the value of 100 shares of PFG stock as of December 31, 2020.

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