References to federal statutes.

“Securities Act of 1933”, 15 U.S.C. §77a et seq.; “Securities Exchange Act of 1934”, 15 U.S.C. §78a et seq.; “Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935”, 15 U.S.C. §79 et seq.; “Investment Company Act of 1940”, 15 U.S.C. §80a-1 et seq.; “Investment Advisers Act of 1940”, 15 U.S.C. §80b-1 et seq.; “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974”, 29 U.S.C. §1001 et seq.; “National Housing Act”, 12 U.S.C. §1701; “Commodity Exchange Act”, 7 U.S.C. §1 et seq.; “Internal Revenue Code”, 26 U.S.C. §1 et seq.; “Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970”, 15 U.S.C. §78aaa et seq.; “Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998”, 112 Stat. 3227; “Small Business Investment Act of 1958”, 15 U.S.C. §661 et seq.; “Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act”, 15 U.S.C. §7001 et seq.; and “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act”, Pub. L. No. 111-203 mean those federal statutes and the rules and regulations adopted under those federal statutes, as in effect on January 1, 2015.

2004 Acts, ch 1161, §2, 68; 2015 Acts, ch 128, §2, 50, 51