Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
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¨
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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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o
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
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o
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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x
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on August 1, 2012 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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o
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph(a)(2)
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o
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.
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o
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this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
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Ordinary Shares
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Institutional Shares
|
|
U.S. EQUITY FUNDS
|
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Pear Tree Columbia Small Cap Fund
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USBNX
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QBNAX
|
Pear Tree Columbia Micro Cap Fund
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PTFMX
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MICRX
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Pear Tree Quality Fund
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USBOX
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QGIAX
|
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS
|
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Pear Tree PanAgora Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund
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QFFOX
|
QEMAX
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Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund
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QFVOX
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QFVIX
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Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Small Cap Fund
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QUSOX
|
QUSIX
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Ordinary Shares
|
Institutional Shares
|
|
Management Fees
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
|
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
|
0.25%
|
None
|
Other Expenses
|
[___]%
|
[___]%
|
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses*
|
[___]%
|
[___]%
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
[___]%
|
[___]%
|
1 year
|
3 years
|
5 years
|
10 years
|
|
Ordinary Class
|
$___
|
$___
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$___
|
$___
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Institutional Class
|
$___
|
$___
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$___
|
$___
|
Best Quarter:
|
||
Worst Quarter:
|
1 Year
|
5 Years
|
10 Years
|
||||||||||
Ordinary Shares Before Taxes
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
||||||
Ordinary Shares After Taxes on Distributions
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
||||||
Ordinary Shares After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
||||||
Institutional Shares Before Taxes
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
||||||
Russell 2000 Index
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
Initial Investment Minimum
Ordinary Class: $2,500 or
Ordinary Class Retirement Accounts: $1,000
Institutional Class: $1,000,000
|
Contact Information
Mail:
Pear Tree Funds
Attention: Transfer Agent
55 Old Bedford Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
Telephone:
1-800-326-2151
Website:
www.peartreefunds.com
|
Ongoing Investment Minimum
Both Classes: 50 shares
|
Ordinary Shares
|
Institutional Shares
|
|
Management Fees
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
|
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
|
0.25%
|
None
|
Other Expenses
|
[___]*
|
[___]*
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
[___]%
|
[___]%
|
1 year
|
3 years
|
5 years
|
10 years
|
|
Ordinary Class
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
Institutional Class
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
Investment Team
|
Position at Columbia
|
Manager of the Fund Since
|
Robert A. von Pentz, CFA
|
Chief Investment Officer, Senior Equity Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst
|
2011
|
Daniel M. Goldstein, CFA
|
Equity Team Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst
|
2011
|
Initial Investment Minimum
Ordinary Class: $2,500 or
Ordinary Class Retirement Accounts: $1,000
Institutional Class: $1,000,000
|
Contact Information
Mail:
Pear Tree Funds
Attention: Transfer Agent
55 Old Bedford Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
Telephone:
1-800-326-2151
Website:
www.peartreefunds.com
|
Ongoing Investment Minimum
Both Classes: 50 shares
|
Ordinary Shares
|
Institutional Shares
|
|
Management Fees
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
|
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
|
0.25%
|
None
|
Other Expenses
|
[____]%
|
[____]%
|
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
|
[____]%
|
[____]%
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
[____]%
|
[____]%
|
Fee Waiver***
|
[____]%
|
[____]%
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver
|
[____]%
|
[____]%
|
1 year
|
3 years
|
5 years
|
10 years
|
|
Ordinary Class
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
Institutional Class
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
Best Quarter:
|
||
Worst Quarter:
|
1 Year
|
5 Years
|
10 Years
|
||||||||||
Ordinary Shares Before Taxes
|
[____]
|
%
|
[____]
|
%
|
[____]
|
%
|
||||||
Ordinary Shares After Taxes on Distributions
|
[____]
|
%
|
[____]
|
%
|
[____]
|
%
|
||||||
Ordinary Shares After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
|
[____]
|
%
|
[____]
|
%
|
[____]
|
%
|
||||||
Institutional Shares Before Taxes
|
[____]
|
%
|
[____]
|
[____]
|
%
|
|||||||
S&P 500 Index
|
[____]
|
%
|
[____]
|
%
|
[____]
|
%
|
Investment Team
|
Position at Columbia
|
Manager of the Fund Since
|
Robert A. von Pentz, CFA
|
Chief Investment Officer, Senior Equity Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst
|
2011
|
Initial Investment Minimum
Ordinary Class: $2,500 or
Ordinary Class Retirement Accounts: $1,000
Institutional Class: $1,000,000
|
Contact Information
Mail:
Pear Tree Funds
Attention: Transfer Agent
55 Old Bedford Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
Telephone:
1-800-326-2151
Website:
www.peartreefunds.com
|
Ongoing Investment Minimum
Both Classes: 50 shares
|
Ordinary Shares
|
Institutional Shares
|
|
Management Fees
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
|
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
|
0.25%
|
None
|
Other Expenses
|
[____]%
|
[____]%
|
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses*
|
[____]%
|
[____]%
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
[____]%
|
[____]%
|
1 year
|
3 years
|
5 years
|
10 years
|
|
Ordinary Class
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
Institutional Class
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
Best Quarter:
|
||
Worst Quarter:
|
1 Year
|
5 Years
|
10 Years
|
||||||||||
Ordinary Shares Before Taxes
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
||||||
Ordinary Shares After Taxes on Distributions
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
||||||
Ordinary Shares After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
||||||
Institutional Shares Before Taxes
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
||||||
MSCI EM Index
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
Initial Investment Minimum
Ordinary Class: $2,500 or
Ordinary Class Retirement Accounts: $1,000
Institutional Class: $1,000,000
|
Contact Information
Mail:
Pear Tree Funds
Attention: Transfer Agent
55 Old Bedford Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
Telephone:
1-800-326-2151
Website:
www.peartreefunds.com
|
Ongoing Investment Minimum
Both Classes: 50 shares
|
Ordinary Shares
|
Institutional Shares
|
|
Management Fees
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
|
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
|
0.25%
|
None
|
Other Expenses
|
[___]%
|
[___]%
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
[___]%
|
[___]%
|
1 year
|
3 years
|
5 years
|
10 years
|
|
Ordinary Class
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
Institutional Class
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
Best Quarter:
|
||
Worst Quarter:
|
1 Year
|
5 Years
|
10 Years
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Ordinary Shares Before Taxes
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
Ordinary Shares After Taxes on Distributions
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
Ordinary Shares After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
Institutional Shares Before Taxes
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
MSCI EAFE Index
|
[___] %
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]
|
%
|
Investment Team
|
Position at Polaris
|
Manager of the Fund Since
|
Bernard R. Horn, Jr.
|
President and Chief investment Officer
|
1998
|
Sumanta Biswas, CFA
|
Vice President and Assistant Portfolio Manager
|
2004
|
Initial Investment Minimum
Ordinary Class: $2,500 or
Ordinary Class Retirement Accounts: $1,000
Institutional Class: $1,000,000
|
Contact Information
Mail:
Pear Tree Funds
Attention: Transfer Agent
55 Old Bedford Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
Telephone:
1-800-326-2151
Website:
www.peartreefunds.com
|
Ongoing Investment Minimum
Both Classes: 50 shares
|
Ordinary Shares
|
Institutional Shares
|
|
Management Fees
|
1.00%
|
1.00%
|
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
|
0.25%
|
None
|
Other Expenses
|
[___]%
|
[___]%
|
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses*
|
[___]%
|
[___]%
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
[___]%
|
[___]%
|
1 year
|
3 years
|
5 years
|
10 years
|
|
Ordinary Class
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
Institutional Class
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
$[___]
|
Best Quarter:
|
||
Worst Quarter:
|
1 Year
|
Life of the Fund
Since May 1, 2008
|
||||||||
Ordinary Shares Before Taxes
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]%
|
||||||
Ordinary Shares After Taxes on Distributions
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]%
|
||||||
Ordinary Shares After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]%
|
||||||
Institutional Shares Before Taxes
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]%
|
||||||
S&P EPAC Index
|
[___]
|
%
|
[___]%
|
Investment Team
|
Position at Polaris
|
Manager of the Fund Since
|
Bernard R. Horn, Jr.
|
President and Chief Investment Officer
|
2008
|
Sumanta Biswas, CFA
|
Vice President and Assistant Portfolio Manager
|
2008
|
Initial Investment Minimum
Ordinary Class: $2,500 or
Ordinary Class Retirement Accounts: $1,000
Institutional Class: $1,000,000
|
Contact Information
Mail:
Pear Tree Funds
Attention: Transfer Agent
55 Old Bedford Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
Telephone:
1-800-326-2151
Website:
www.peartreefunds.com
|
Ongoing Investment Minimum
Both Classes: 50 shares
|
·
|
Invest principally in stocks of large U.S. companies;
|
·
|
Be required to disclose publicly within 60 days of its quarter end its portfolio holdings as of the end of the quarter;
|
·
|
Be managed by an investment adviser that is unaffiliated with Quality Fund’s investment manager or sub-adviser; and
|
·
|
Typically, allow only very large institutional investors to invest directly in the target portfolio.
|
·
|
Target portfolio may easily be replicated by Quality Fund;
|
·
|
Quality Fund’s purchases and sales of portfolio securities may potentially impact the management of the target portfolio;
|
·
|
Target portfolio’s investment objective and investment policies are compatible with Quality Fund’s investment objective and investment policies;
|
·
|
Target portfolio historically has a low rate of turnover;
|
·
|
Target portfolio historically has had strong performance;
|
·
|
Target portfolio’s investment adviser has a solid reputation within the financial services industry; and
|
·
|
Target portfolio’s investment adviser generally uses a quantitative investment approach to manage the target portfolio.
|
·
|
Market, Industry and Specific Holdings.
The share price of a Pear Tree Fund may fall because of weakness in the stock markets, generally, weakness with respect to a particular industry in which the Pear Tree Fund has significant holdings, or weaknesses associated with one or more specific companies in which the Pear Tree Fund may have substantial investments. The stock markets generally may decline because of adverse economic and financial developments in the U.S. and abroad. Industry or company earnings may deteriorate because of a variety of factors, including maturing product lines, changes in technologies, new competition and changes in management. Such weaknesses typically lead to changes in investor expectations of future earnings and a lack of confidence in current stock prices. Downward pressures on stock prices accelerate if institutional investors, who comprise a substantial portion of the market, also lose confidence in current prices.
|
·
|
Liquidity.
Some Pear Tree Fund holdings may be subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, making them difficult to sell, especially in a timely manner. Adverse market or economic conditions may result in limited or no trading market for other securities held by a Pear Tree Fund. Under any of these conditions, it may be difficult for a Pear Tree Fund selling one of these securities to receive a sales price comparable to the value assigned to the security by the Pear Tree Fund, or if the Pear Tree Fund continues to hold the security in its portfolio, to determine the value of the security.
|
·
|
Interest Rate Risk -
the risk that rates will rise causing the value of the instrument to fall, credit risk, that is, the risk that an issuer, guarantor or liquidity provider of an instrument held by the fund will fail to make scheduled interest or principal payments, which may reduce the Pear Tree Fund’s income and the market value of, the instrument.
|
·
|
Credit Risk.
The risk that the issuer of the fixed income security, and if guaranteed, the guarantor of the security, will default on its obligation to pay principal, interest or both. Generally, lower rated securities have a higher likelihood of defaulting than a higher rated security.
|
·
|
Prepayment Risk
(when repayment of principal occurs before scheduled maturity) and Extension Risk (when rates of repayment of principal are slower than expected) – the risk that the holder may have to invest repayment proceeds in, or continue to hold, lower yielding securities, as the case may be.
|
·
|
Liquidity Risk
- the risk that the Pear Tree Fund may not be able to sell some or all of its securities at desired prices or may be unable to sell the securities at all, because of a lack of demand in the market for such securities, or a liquidity provider defaults on its obligation to purchase the securities when properly tendered by the holder.
|
·
|
The investment performance of the Pear Tree Fund is directly related to the investment performance of the underlying funds.
|
·
|
The Pear Tree Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of any management and other fees paid by the other investment company in addition to the investment management and other fees paid by the Pear Tree Fund, and thus, shareholders of the Pear Tree Fund would be subject to duplicative fees.
|
Portfolio manager
|
Portfolio manager experience in this Fund
|
Primary title(s) with Sub-Adviser,
primary role and investment experience
|
Robert A. von Pentz, CFA
|
Since 1996
|
Chief Investment Officer and head of Equity Investments since 1996
Investment professional since 1984
|
Rhys Williams, CFA
|
Since 1997
|
Senior Equity Portfolio Manager since 1997
Investment professional since 1990
|
Portfolio manager
|
Portfolio manager experience in this Fund
|
Primary title(s) with Adviser,
primary role and investment experience
|
Robert A. von Pentz, CFA
|
Since 1996
|
Chief Investment Officer and head of Equity Investments since 1996
Investment professional since 1984
|
Dan Goldstein, CFA
|
Since 1996
|
Equity Team Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst since 1996
Investment professional since 1994
|
Portfolio manager
|
Portfolio manager experience in this Fund
|
Primary title(s) with Sub-Adviser,
primary role and investment experience
|
Robert A. von Pentz, CFA
|
Since 2011
|
Chief Investment Officer and head of Equity Investments since 1996
Investment professional since 1984
|
Portfolio manager
|
Portfolio manager experience in this Fund
|
Primary title(s) with Sub-Adviser,
primary role and investment experience
|
Joel G. Feinberg
|
Since 2008
|
Director, Equity Investments
Investment professional since 2000; from 2002 to 2005 as Senior Associate of Operations at PanAgora; Research Associate in Macro Strategies in 2005 at PanAgora; Portfolio Manager, Equity Investment 2006 to 2008 with PanAgora.
|
Sanjoy Ghosh, Ph.D.
|
Since 2008
|
Director, Equity Investments
Dr. Ghosh is a Director responsible for managing the firm’s dynamic equity investments. Prior to joining PanAgora in 2004, he worked at Putnam Investments as a portfolio manager on the Structured Equity team and has over 6 years investment industry experience.
|
Dmitri Kantsyrev, Ph.D., CFA
|
Since 2008
|
Portfolio Manager, Equity Investments
Dr. Kantsyrev is a Quantitative Analyst on the Dynamic Equity Modeling Team primarily responsible for conducting research for PanAgora’s Global and International Equity strategies. Dr. Kantsyrev joined PanAgora in 2007 from the University of Southern California, where he completed his studies in Finance. Dr. Kantsyrev is a CFA charterholder.
|
Portfolio manager
|
Portfolio manager experience in this Fund
|
Primary title(s) with Sub-Adviser,
primary role and investment experience
|
Bernard R. Horn, Jr.
|
Since 1998 (Fund inception) Lead Portfolio Manager
|
Founder and Portfolio Manager since 1995.
Investment professional since 1980.
|
Sumanta Biswas, CFA
|
Since 2004
|
Assistant Portfolio Manager since 2004.
Investment professional since 1996; 1996 to 2000 as an officer for the Securities and Exchange Board of India; in 2001 as an intern for Delta Partners; 2002 to 2004 as an Analyst for Polaris.
|
Portfolio manager
|
Portfolio manager experience in this Fund
|
Primary title(s) with Sub-Adviser,
primary role and investment experience
|
Bernard R. Horn, Jr.
|
Lead Portfolio Manager since 2008 (Fund inception)
|
Founder and Portfolio Manager since 1995.
Investment professional since 1980.
|
Sumanta Biswas, CFA
|
Since 2008 (Fund inception) Assistant Portfolio Manager
|
Assistant Portfolio Manager since 2004.
Investment professional since 1996; 1996 to 2000 as an officer for the Securities and Exchange Board of India; in 2001 as an intern for Delta Partners; 2002 to 2004 as an Analyst for Polaris.
|
Minimum Initial
Investment
|
Eligible Classes of Institutional Share Investors
|
$1 million or more
|
(i) benefit plans with at least $10,000,000 in plan assets and 200 participants, that either have a separate trustee vested with investment discretion and certain limitations on the ability of plan beneficiaries to access their plan investments without incurring adverse tax consequences or which allow their participants to select among one or more investment options, including the Pear Tree Fund;
(ii) banks and insurance companies purchasing shares for their own account;
(iii) an insurance company separate account; or
(iv) a bank, trust company, credit union, savings institution or other depository institution, its trust departments or common trust funds purchasing for non-discretionary customers or accounts.
|
$1 million or more in the aggregate
|
If an account or group of accounts is (a) not represented by a broker/dealer, (b) the minimum initial investment is at least $1 million in the aggregate at the plan, group or organization level and (c) the investment is made by:
(1) A private foundation that meets the requirements of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(2) An endowment or organization that meets the requirements of Section 509(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code; or
(3) A group of accounts related through a family trust, testamentary trust or other similar arrangement purchasing Institutional Shares through or upon the advice of a single fee-paid financial intermediary other than the Manager or Distributor.
|
None
|
Investments made for an individual account or a group of accounts:
(i) through an eligible mutual fund wrap program. To be eligible, a mutual fund wrap program must offer allocation services, charge an asset-based fee to its participants for asset allocation and/or offer advisory services, and meet trading and operational requirements under an appropriate agreement with the Distributor or clearing entity; or
(ii) by registered investment Sub-Advisers who are (a) charging an asset based fee for their advisory services and (b) purchasing on behalf of their clients.
You should ask your investment firm if it offers and you are eligible to participate in such a mutual fund program and whether participation in the program is consistent with your investment goals. The intermediaries sponsoring or participating in these mutual fund programs also may offer their clients other classes of shares of the Pear Tree Funds and investors may receive different levels of services or pay different fees depending upon the class of shares included in the program. Investors should consider carefully any separate transaction and other fees charged by these programs in connection with investing in each available share class before selecting a share class. Neither the Pear Tree Fund, nor the Manager, nor the Distributor receives any part of the separate fees charged to clients of such intermediaries.
|
Minimum Initial
Investment
|
Eligible Classes of Institutional Share Investors
|
None
|
(i) any state, county, city, or any instrumentality, department, authority, or agency of these entities or any trust, pension, profit-sharing or other benefit plan for the benefit of the employees of these entities which is prohibited by applicable investment laws from paying a sales charge or commission when it purchases shares of any registered investment management company; or
(ii) officers, partners, trustees or directors and employees of the Pear Tree Funds, the Pear Tree Funds’ affiliated corporations, or of the Pear Tree Funds’ Sub-Advisers and their affiliated corporations (a “Fund Employee”), the spouse or child of a Pear Tree Fund Employee, a Pear Tree Fund Employee acting as custodian for a minor child, any trust, pension, profit-sharing or other benefit plan for the benefit of a Pear Tree Fund Employee or spouse and maintained by one of the above entities, the employee of a broker-dealer with whom the Distributor has a sales agreement or the spouse or child of such employee.
To qualify for the purchase of Institutional Shares, Fund Employees and other persons listed in section (ii) must provide Pear Tree Institutional Services, a division of the Manager (“Transfer Agent”), with a letter stating that the purchase is for their own investment purposes only and that the shares will not be resold except to the Pear Tree Funds.
|
Institutional Shares
|
||||||||||
Years Ending March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 18.56
|
$ 11.51
|
$ 21.86
|
$ 26.71
|
$ 25.39
|
|||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.09
|
0.20
|
0.10
|
0.12
|
(0.08)
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
3.98
|
6.91
|
(10.39)
|
(3.94)
|
3.23
|
|||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
4.07
|
7.11
|
(10.29)
|
(3.82)
|
3.15
|
|||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.13)
|
(0.06)
|
-
|
(0.20)
|
-
|
|||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
-
|
-
|
(0.06)
|
(0.83)
|
(1.83)
|
|||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.13)
|
(0.06)
|
(0.06)
|
(1.03)
|
(1.83)
|
|||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$ 22.50
|
$ 18.56
|
$ 11.51
|
$ 21.86
|
$ 26.71
|
|||||
Total Return (d)
|
21.98%
|
61.83%
|
(47.04)%
|
(14.87)%
|
12.58%
|
|||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 7,806
|
$ 7,146
|
$ 7,281
|
$ 24,282
|
$ 12,400
|
|||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data :
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.39%
|
1.41%
|
1.42%
|
1.30%
|
1.31%
|
|||||
Net
|
1.39%
|
1.41%
|
1.42%
|
1.30%
|
1.31%
|
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
0.48%
|
1.35%
|
0.48%
|
0.45%
|
(0.30%)
|
|||||
Portfolio Turnover
|
71%
|
50%
|
72%
|
39%
|
41%
|
|||||
Institutional Shares
|
||||||||||
Years Ending March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 18.56
|
$ 11.51
|
$ 21.86
|
$ 26.71
|
$ 25.39
|
|||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.09
|
0.20
|
0.10
|
0.12
|
(0.08)
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
3.98
|
6.91
|
(10.39)
|
(3.94)
|
3.23
|
|||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
4.07
|
7.11
|
(10.29)
|
(3.82)
|
3.15
|
|||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.13)
|
(0.06)
|
-
|
(0.20)
|
-
|
|||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
-
|
-
|
(0.06)
|
(0.83)
|
(1.83)
|
|||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.13)
|
(0.06)
|
(0.06)
|
(1.03)
|
(1.83)
|
|||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$ 22.50
|
$ 18.56
|
$ 11.51
|
$ 21.86
|
$ 26.71
|
|||||
Total Return (d)
|
21.98%
|
61.83%
|
(47.04)%
|
(14.87)%
|
12.58%
|
|||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 7,806
|
$ 7,146
|
$ 7,281
|
$ 24,282
|
$ 12,400
|
|||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data :
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.39%
|
1.41%
|
1.42%
|
1.30%
|
1.31%
|
|||||
Net
|
1.39%
|
1.41%
|
1.42%
|
1.30%
|
1.31%
|
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
0.48%
|
1.35%
|
0.48%
|
0.45%
|
(0.30%)
|
|||||
Portfolio Turnover
|
71%
|
50%
|
72%
|
39%
|
41%
|
|||||
Ordinary Shares
|
||||||||||
Years Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 11.37
|
$ 8.24
|
$ 14.07
|
$ 17.04
|
$ 14.76
|
|||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.09
|
0.05
|
(0.04)
|
(0.09)
|
(0.02)
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
1.01
|
3.10
|
(5.78)
|
(2.30)
|
2.33
|
|||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
1.10
|
3.15
|
(5.82)
|
(2.39)
|
2.31
|
|||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.11)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.01)
|
-
|
(0.03)
|
|||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(0.58)
|
-
|
|||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.11)
|
(0.02)
|
(0.01)
|
(0.58)
|
(0.03)
|
|||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$ 12.36
|
$ 11.37
|
$ 8.24
|
$ 14.07
|
$ 17.04
|
|||||
Total Return (d)
|
9.78%
|
38.30%
|
(41.36)%
|
(14.43)%
|
15.63%
|
|||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 62,920
|
$ 54,213
|
$ 43,014
|
$ 69,767
|
$ 75,376
|
|||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data :
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.93%
|
2.10%
|
2.71%
|
2.18%
|
1.74%
|
|||||
Net including dividend and interest expense
|
||||||||||
for securities sold short
|
1.89%
|
2.10%
|
2.71%
|
2.12%
|
1.71%
|
|||||
Net excluding dividend and interest expense
|
||||||||||
for securities sold short
|
1.85%
|
1.92%
|
1.98%
|
1.90%
|
1.69%
|
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
0.84%
|
0.50%
|
(0.38)%
|
(0.52)%
|
(0.14)%
|
|||||
Portfolio Turnover Excluding Short Positions (f)
|
283%
|
191%
|
207%
|
171%
|
83%
|
|||||
Note:
This fund changed its investment strategy on January 27, 2011.
|
||||||||||
Institutional Shares
|
||||||||||
Years Ending March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 11.80
|
$ 8.54
|
$ 14.71
|
$ 17.80
|
$ 15.40
|
|||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.12
|
0.08
|
(0.10)
|
(0.10)
|
0.06
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
1.06
|
3.22
|
(6.02)
|
(2.41)
|
2.44
|
|||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
1.18
|
3.30
|
(6.12)
|
(2.51)
|
2.50
|
|||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.13)
|
(0.04)
|
(0.05)
|
-
|
(0.10)
|
|||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(0.58)
|
-
|
|||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.13)
|
(0.04)
|
(0.05)
|
(0.58)
|
(0.10)
|
|||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$ 12.85
|
$ 11.80
|
$ 8.54
|
$ 14.71
|
$ 17.80
|
|||||
Total Return (d)
|
10.07%
|
38.71%
|
(41.66)%
|
(14.49)%
|
16.22%
|
|||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 809
|
$ 591
|
$ 584
|
$ 1,009
|
$ 1,279
|
|||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data :
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.71%
|
1.81%
|
3.19%
|
2.23%
|
1.25%
|
|||||
Net including dividend and interest expense
|
||||||||||
for securities sold short
|
1.67%
|
1.81%
|
3.19%
|
2.17%
|
1.22%
|
|||||
Net excluding dividend and interest expense
|
||||||||||
for securities sold short
|
1.63%
|
1.63%
|
2.46%
|
1.95%
|
1.20%
|
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
1.08%
|
0.75%
|
(0.86)%
|
(0.56)%
|
0.35%
|
|||||
Portfolio Turnover Excluding Short Positions (f)
|
283%
|
191%
|
207%
|
171%
|
83%
|
|||||
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR PEAR TREE PANAGORA DYNAMIC EMERGING MARKETS FUND
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
|
||||||||||
Ordinary Shares
|
||||||||||
Years Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 21.23
|
$ 12.06
|
$ 27.04
|
$ 23.34
|
$ 19.85
|
|||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.24
|
0.18
|
0.33
|
0.26
|
0.16
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
3.96
|
9.05
|
(14.76)
|
4.42
|
4.02
|
|||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
4.20
|
9.23
|
(14.43)
|
4.68
|
4.18
|
|||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.25)
|
(0.06)
|
(0.43)
|
(0.16)
|
(0.22)
|
|||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
-
|
-
|
(0.12)
|
(0.82)
|
(0.47)
|
|||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.25)
|
(0.06)
|
(0.55)
|
(0.98)
|
(0.69)
|
|||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$ 25.18
|
$ 21.23
|
$ 12.06
|
$ 27.04
|
$ 23.34
|
|||||
Total Return (d)
|
19.86%
|
76.56%
|
(53.27)%
|
19.35%
|
21.36%
|
|||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 176,386
|
$ 205,727
|
$ 164,133
|
$ 491,462
|
$ 276,698
|
|||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data :
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.77%
|
1.74%
|
1.67%
|
1.60%
|
1.67%
|
|||||
Net
|
1.77%
|
1.74%
|
1.67%
|
1.60%
|
1.67%
|
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
1.05%
|
0.99%
|
1.66%
|
0.91%
|
0.77%
|
|||||
Portfolio Turnover
|
68%
|
120%
|
67%
|
18%
|
24%
|
|||||
Institutional Shares
|
||||||||||
Years Ending March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 21.48
|
$ 12.19
|
$ 27.46
|
$ 23.67
|
$ 20.11
|
|||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.42
|
0.27
|
0.34
|
0.33
|
0.21
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
3.89
|
9.11
|
(14.98)
|
4.50
|
4.08
|
|||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
4.31
|
9.38
|
(14.64)
|
4.83
|
4.29
|
|||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.26)
|
(0.09)
|
(0.51)
|
(0.22)
|
(0.26)
|
|||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
-
|
-
|
(0.12)
|
(0.82)
|
(0.47)
|
|||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.26)
|
(0.09)
|
(0.63)
|
(1.04)
|
(0.73)
|
|||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$ 25.53
|
$ 21.48
|
$ 12.19
|
$ 27.46
|
$ 23.67
|
|||||
Total Return (d)
|
20.14%
|
77.02%
|
(53.17)%
|
19.67%
|
21.68%
|
|||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 11,267
|
$ 26,247
|
$ 25,664
|
$ 40,501
|
$ 12,759
|
|||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data :
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.51%
|
1.50%
|
1.48%
|
1.39%
|
1.41%
|
|||||
Net
|
1.51%
|
1.50%
|
1.48%
|
1.39%
|
1.41%
|
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
1.94%
|
1.48%
|
1.82%
|
1.12%
|
1.02%
|
|||||
Portfolio Turnover
|
68%
|
120%
|
67%
|
18%
|
24%
|
|||||
Ordinary Shares
|
||||||||||
Years Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 21.23
|
$ 12.06
|
$ 27.04
|
$ 23.34
|
$ 19.85
|
|||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.24
|
0.18
|
0.33
|
0.26
|
0.16
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
3.96
|
9.05
|
(14.76)
|
4.42
|
4.02
|
|||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
4.20
|
9.23
|
(14.43)
|
4.68
|
4.18
|
|||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.25)
|
(0.06)
|
(0.43)
|
(0.16)
|
(0.22)
|
|||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
-
|
-
|
(0.12)
|
(0.82)
|
(0.47)
|
|||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.25)
|
(0.06)
|
(0.55)
|
(0.98)
|
(0.69)
|
|||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$ 25.18
|
$ 21.23
|
$ 12.06
|
$ 27.04
|
$ 23.34
|
|||||
Total Return (d)
|
19.86%
|
76.56%
|
(53.27)%
|
19.35%
|
21.36%
|
|||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 176,386
|
$ 205,727
|
$ 164,133
|
$ 491,462
|
$ 276,698
|
|||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data :
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.77%
|
1.74%
|
1.67%
|
1.60%
|
1.67%
|
|||||
Net
|
1.77%
|
1.74%
|
1.67%
|
1.60%
|
1.67%
|
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
1.05%
|
0.99%
|
1.66%
|
0.91%
|
0.77%
|
|||||
Portfolio Turnover
|
68%
|
120%
|
67%
|
18%
|
24%
|
|||||
Institutional Shares
|
||||||||||
Years Ending March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 21.48
|
$ 12.19
|
$ 27.46
|
$ 23.67
|
$ 20.11
|
|||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.42
|
0.27
|
0.34
|
0.33
|
0.21
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
3.89
|
9.11
|
(14.98)
|
4.50
|
4.08
|
|||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
4.31
|
9.38
|
(14.64)
|
4.83
|
4.29
|
|||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.26)
|
(0.09)
|
(0.51)
|
(0.22)
|
(0.26)
|
|||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
-
|
-
|
(0.12)
|
(0.82)
|
(0.47)
|
|||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.26)
|
(0.09)
|
(0.63)
|
(1.04)
|
(0.73)
|
|||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$ 25.53
|
$ 21.48
|
$ 12.19
|
$ 27.46
|
$ 23.67
|
|||||
Total Return (d)
|
20.14%
|
77.02%
|
(53.17)%
|
19.67%
|
21.68%
|
|||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 11,267
|
$ 26,247
|
$ 25,664
|
$ 40,501
|
$ 12,759
|
|||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data :
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.51%
|
1.50%
|
1.48%
|
1.39%
|
1.41%
|
|||||
Net
|
1.51%
|
1.50%
|
1.48%
|
1.39%
|
1.41%
|
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
1.94%
|
1.48%
|
1.82%
|
1.12%
|
1.02%
|
|||||
Portfolio Turnover
|
68%
|
120%
|
67%
|
18%
|
24%
|
|||||
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR PEAR TREE POLARIS FOREIGN VALUE FUND
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
|
||||||||||
Ordinary Shares
|
||||||||||
Years Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 12.45
|
$ 6.97
|
$ 19.87
|
$ 23.07
|
$ 19.91
|
|||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.07
|
0.13
|
0.35
|
0.19
|
0.18
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
2.31
|
5.71
|
(11.53)
|
(2.11)
|
4.12
|
|||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
2.38
|
5.84
|
(11.18)
|
(1.92)
|
4.30
|
|||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.15)
|
(0.36)
|
(0.11)
|
(0.19)
|
(0.07)
|
|||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
-
|
-
|
(1.61)
|
(1.09)
|
(1.07)
|
|||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.15)
|
(0.36)
|
(1.72)
|
(1.28)
|
(1.14)
|
|||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$ 14.68
|
$ 12.45
|
$ 6.97
|
$ 19.87
|
$ 23.07
|
|||||
Total Return (d)
|
19.17%
|
84.05%
|
(55.95)%
|
(8.71)%
|
22.08%
|
|||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 369,550
|
$ 369,626
|
$ 193,798
|
$ 781,136
|
$ 778,104
|
|||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data:
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.62%
|
1.62%
|
1.62%
|
1.56%
|
1.60%
|
|||||
Net
|
1.62%
|
1.62%
|
1.62%
|
1.56%
|
1.60%
|
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
0.56%
|
1.17%
|
2.49%
|
0.83%
|
0.88%
|
|||||
Portfolio Turnover
|
9%
|
24%
|
20%
|
44%
|
19%
|
|||||
Institutional Shares
|
||||||||||
Years Ending March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 12.45
|
$ 6.98
|
$ 19.98
|
$ 23.19
|
$ 20.01
|
|||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.10
|
0.14
|
0.38
|
0.26
|
0.25
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
2.31
|
5.71
|
(11.60)
|
(2.13)
|
4.12
|
|||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
2.41
|
5.85
|
(11.22)
|
(1.87)
|
4.37
|
|||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.18)
|
(0.38)
|
(0.17)
|
(0.25)
|
(0.12)
|
|||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
-
|
-
|
(1.61)
|
(1.09)
|
(1.07)
|
|||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.18)
|
(0.38)
|
(1.78)
|
(1.34)
|
(1.19)
|
|||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$ 14.68
|
$ 12.45
|
$ 6.98
|
$ 19.98
|
$ 23.19
|
|||||
Total Return (d)
|
19.48%
|
84.12%
|
(55.85)%
|
(8.49)%
|
22.37%
|
|||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 78,790
|
$ 68,067
|
$ 47,090
|
$ 140,999
|
$ 115,200
|
|||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data :
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.37%
|
1.37%
|
1.38%
|
1.32%
|
1.35%
|
|||||
Net
|
1.37%
|
1.37%
|
1.38%
|
1.32%
|
1.35%
|
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
0.79%
|
1.29%
|
2.77%
|
1.18%
|
1.13%
|
|||||
Portfolio Turnover
|
9%
|
24%
|
20%
|
44%
|
19%
|
|||||
Ordinary Shares
|
||||||||||
Years Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 12.45
|
$ 6.97
|
$ 19.87
|
$ 23.07
|
$ 19.91
|
|||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.07
|
0.13
|
0.35
|
0.19
|
0.18
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
2.31
|
5.71
|
(11.53)
|
(2.11)
|
4.12
|
|||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
2.38
|
5.84
|
(11.18)
|
(1.92)
|
4.30
|
|||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.15)
|
(0.36)
|
(0.11)
|
(0.19)
|
(0.07)
|
|||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
-
|
-
|
(1.61)
|
(1.09)
|
(1.07)
|
|||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.15)
|
(0.36)
|
(1.72)
|
(1.28)
|
(1.14)
|
|||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$ 14.68
|
$ 12.45
|
$ 6.97
|
$ 19.87
|
$ 23.07
|
|||||
Total Return (d)
|
19.17%
|
84.05%
|
(55.95)%
|
(8.71)%
|
22.08%
|
|||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 369,550
|
$ 369,626
|
$ 193,798
|
$ 781,136
|
$ 778,104
|
|||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data:
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.62%
|
1.62%
|
1.62%
|
1.56%
|
1.60%
|
|||||
Net
|
1.62%
|
1.62%
|
1.62%
|
1.56%
|
1.60%
|
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
0.56%
|
1.17%
|
2.49%
|
0.83%
|
0.88%
|
|||||
Portfolio Turnover
|
9%
|
24%
|
20%
|
44%
|
19%
|
|||||
Institutional Shares
|
||||||||||
Years Ending March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 12.45
|
$ 6.98
|
$ 19.98
|
$ 23.19
|
$ 20.01
|
|||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.10
|
0.14
|
0.38
|
0.26
|
0.25
|
|||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
2.31
|
5.71
|
(11.60)
|
(2.13)
|
4.12
|
|||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
2.41
|
5.85
|
(11.22)
|
(1.87)
|
4.37
|
|||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.18)
|
(0.38)
|
(0.17)
|
(0.25)
|
(0.12)
|
|||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
-
|
-
|
(1.61)
|
(1.09)
|
(1.07)
|
|||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.18)
|
(0.38)
|
(1.78)
|
(1.34)
|
(1.19)
|
|||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period
|
$ 14.68
|
$ 12.45
|
$ 6.98
|
$ 19.98
|
$ 23.19
|
|||||
Total Return (d)
|
19.48%
|
84.12%
|
(55.85)%
|
(8.49)%
|
22.37%
|
|||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 78,790
|
$ 68,067
|
$ 47,090
|
$ 140,999
|
$ 115,200
|
|||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data :
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.37%
|
1.37%
|
1.38%
|
1.32%
|
1.35%
|
|||||
Net
|
1.37%
|
1.37%
|
1.38%
|
1.32%
|
1.35%
|
|||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
0.79%
|
1.29%
|
2.77%
|
1.18%
|
1.13%
|
|||||
Portfolio Turnover
|
9%
|
24%
|
20%
|
44%
|
19%
|
|||||
Ordinary Shares
|
||||||||||
Period Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 10.28
|
$ 4.82
|
$ 10.00
|
|||||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.09
|
0.07
|
0.03
|
|||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
1.25
|
5.42
|
(5.15)
|
|||||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
1.34
|
5.49
|
(5.12)
|
|||||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.08)
|
(0.03)
|
(0.04)
|
|||||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
(0.35)
|
-
|
(0.02)
|
|||||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.43)
|
(0.03)
|
(0.06)
|
|||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period*
|
$ 11.19
|
$ 10.28
|
$ 4.82
|
|||||||
Total Return (d)
|
13.12%
|
114.00%
|
(51.25)%
|
|||||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 78,307
|
$ 124,971
|
$ 18,978
|
|||||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data :
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.69%
|
1.64%
|
2.00%
|
**
|
||||||
Net
|
1.69%
|
1.64%
|
1.97%
|
**
|
||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
0.82%
|
0.82%
|
0.66%
|
**
|
||||||
Portfolio Turnover
|
54%
|
14%
|
10%
|
|||||||
Institutional Shares
|
||||||||||
Period Ending March 31,
|
||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2009
|
||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
|
$ 10.30
|
$ 4.82
|
$ 10.00
|
|||||||
Income from Investment Operations :
|
||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) (a)(b)(c)
|
0.09
|
0.11
|
0.07
|
|||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain / (loss) on securities
|
1.28
|
5.41
|
(5.19)
|
|||||||
Total from Investment Operations
|
1.37
|
5.52
|
(5.12)
|
|||||||
Less Distributions :
|
||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income
|
(0.11)
|
(0.04)
|
(0.04)
|
|||||||
Distributions from realized capital gains
|
(0.35)
|
-
|
(0.02)
|
|||||||
Total Distributions
|
(0.46)
|
(0.04)
|
(0.06)
|
|||||||
Net Asset Value, End of Period*
|
$ 11.21
|
$ 10.30
|
$ 4.82
|
|||||||
Total Return (d)
|
13.40%
|
114.55%
|
(51.20)%
|
|||||||
Net Assets, End of Period (000's)
|
$ 23,973
|
$ 8,103
|
$ 3,592
|
|||||||
Ratios and Supplemental Data :
|
||||||||||
Ratios of expenses to average net assets : (e)
|
||||||||||
Gross
|
1.44%
|
1.43%
|
1.88%
|
**
|
||||||
Net
|
1.44%
|
1.43%
|
1.85%
|
**
|
||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to
|
||||||||||
average net assets (c)
|
0.92%
|
1.27%
|
1.10%
|
**
|
||||||
Portfolio Turnover
|
54%
|
14%
|
10%
|
|||||||
By Mail:
|
Pear Tree Institutional Services
55 Old Bedford Road
Suite 202
Lincoln, MA 01773
|
By Telephone: 800-326-2151
On the Internet: www.peartreefunds.com
|
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Ordinary Shares
|
Institutional Shares
|
|
U.S. EQUITY FUNDS
|
||
Pear Tree Columbia Small Cap Fund
|
USBNX
|
QBNAX
|
Pear Tree Columbia Micro Cap Fund
|
PTFMX
|
MICRX
|
Pear Tree Quality Fund
|
USBOX
|
QGIAX
|
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS
|
||
Pear Tree PanAgora Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund
|
QFFOX
|
QEMAX
|
Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund
|
QFVOX
|
QFVIX
|
Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Small Cap Fund
|
QUSOX
|
QUSIX
|
Fiscal Years Ended March 31,
|
|||
2011
|
2012
|
||
Pear Tree Columbia Small Cap Fund
|
71%
|
||
Pear Tree Columbia Micro Cap Fund
|
Micro Cap Fund is new and does not have any historical portfolio turnover rates. Micro Cap Fund expects that its annual turnover rate will be between 50% and 100%.
|
||
Pear Tree Quality Fund*
|
283%
|
||
Pear Tree PanAgora Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund
|
68%
|
||
Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund
|
9%
|
||
Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Small Cap Fund
|
54%
|
(1)
|
Issue senior securities, except to the extent permitted by applicable law, as amended and interpreted or modified form time to time by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction;
|
(2)
|
Borrow money, except on a temporary basis and except to the extent permitted by applicable law, as amended and interpreted or modified from time to time by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction;
|
(3)
|
Invest in real estate except (a) that the Fund may invest in securities of issuers that invest in real estate or interests therein, securities that are secured by real estate or interests therein, securities of real estate investment trusts, mortgage-backed securities and other securities that represent a similar indirect interest in real estate; and (b) the Fund may acquire real estate or interests therein through exercising rights or remedies with regard to an instrument or security;
|
(4)
|
Act as an underwriter, except insofar as the Fund technically may be deemed to be an underwriter in connection with the purchase or sale of its portfolio securities;
|
(5)
|
Make loans, except that the Fund may (i) lend portfolio securities in accordance with the Fund’s investment policies, (ii) enter into repurchase agreements, (iii) purchase all or a portion of an issue of publicly distributed debt securities, bank loan participation interests, bank certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, debentures or other securities, whether or not the purchase is made upon the original issuance of the securities, (iv) participate in a credit facility whereby the Fund may directly lend to and borrow money from other affiliated Funds to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act or an exemption therefrom, and (v) make loans in any other manner consistent with applicable law, as amended and interpreted or modified from time to time by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction;
|
(6)
|
Concentrate its investments in securities of companies in any particular industry; or
|
(7)
|
Invest in commodities or commodity contracts, except that the Fund may invest in currency instruments and currency contracts and financial instruments and financial contracts that might be deemed to be commodities and commodity contracts in accordance with applicable law.
|
(1)
|
Purchase any security if as a result a Fund would then hold more than 10% of any class of securities of an issuer (taking all common stock issues of an issuer as a single class, all preferred stock issues as a single class, and all debt issues as a single class) or more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer;
|
(2)
|
Purchase any security if as a result any Fund would then have more than 10% of the value of its net assets (taken at current value) invested in any of the following types of investment vehicles: in securities of companies (including predecessors) less than three years old, in securities which are not readily marketable, in securities which are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale (“
restricted securities
”) and in repurchase agreements which have a maturity longer than seven (7) days, provided, however, that no Fund may invest more than 15% of its assets in illiquid securities;
|
(3)
|
Make short sales of securities or maintain a short position unless at all times when a short position is open the particular Fund owns an equal amount of such securities or securities convertible into, or exchangeable without payment of any further consideration for, securities of the same issue as, and equal in amount to, the securities sold short, and unless not more than 10% of the Fund’s net assets (taken at current value) is held as collateral for such sales at any one time. Such sales of securities subject to outstanding options would not be made. A Fund may maintain short positions in a stock index by selling futures contracts on that index;
|
(4)
|
Issue senior securities, borrow money or pledge its assets except that a Fund may borrow from a bank for temporary or emergency purposes in amounts not exceeding 10% (taken at the lower of cost or current value) of its total assets (not including the amount borrowed) and pledge its assets to secure such borrowings. A Fund will not purchase any additional portfolio securities so long as its borrowings amount to more than 5% of its total assets.;
|
(5)
|
Purchase or retain securities of any company if, to the knowledge of the Funds, officers and Trustees of the Funds or of the Manager or of the Sub-Adviser of the particular Funds who individually own more than 1/2 of 1% of the securities of that company together own beneficially more than 5% of such securities;
|
(6)
|
Buy or sell real estate or interests in real estate, although it may purchase and sell securities which are secured by real estate and securities of companies which invest or deal in real estate;
|
(7)
|
Act as underwriter except to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of Fund securities, it may be deemed to be an underwriter under certain provisions of the federal securities laws;
|
(8)
|
Make investments for the purpose of exercising control or management;
|
(9)
|
Participate on a joint or joint and several basis in any trading account in securities;
|
(10)
|
Write, purchase, or sell puts, calls or combinations thereof, except that the Fund may (i) write covered call options with respect to all of its portfolio securities; (ii) purchase put options and call options on widely recognized securities indices, common stock of individual companies or baskets of individual companies in a particular industry or sector; (iii) purchase and write call options on stock index futures and on stock indices; (iv) sell and purchase such options to terminate existing positions;
|
(11)
|
Invest in interests in oil, gas or other mineral exploration or development programs, although it may invest in the common stocks of companies that invest in or sponsor such programs;
|
(12)
|
Make loans, except (i) through the purchase of bonds, debentures, commercial paper, corporate notes and similar evidences of indebtedness of a type commonly sold privately to financial institutions, (ii) through repurchase agreements and loans of portfolio securities (limited to 30% of the value of a Fund’s total assets). The purchase of a portion of an issue of such securities distributed publicly, whether or not such purchase is made on the original issuance, is not considered the making of a loan;
|
(13)
|
Invest more than 25% of the value of its total assets in any one industry; or
|
(14)
|
Invest in commodities or commodity contracts or in puts, calls, or combinations of both, except interest rate futures contracts, options on securities, securities indices, currency and other financial instruments, futures contracts on securities, securities indices, currency and other financial instruments and options on such futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, forward commitments, securities index put or call warrants and repurchase agreements entered into in accordance with the fund’s investment policies.
|
(1)
|
purchase any security if as a result the Fund would then hold more than 10% of any class of securities of an issuer (taking all common stock issues of an issuer as a single class, all preferred stock issues as a single class, and all debt issues as a single class) or more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer;
|
(2)
|
purchase any security if as a result the Fund would then have more than 10% of the value of its net assets (taken at current value) invested in any of the following types of investment vehicles: in securities of companies (including predecessors) less than three years old, in securities which are not readily marketable, in securities which are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale (“
restricted securities
”) and in repurchase agreements which have a maturity longer than seven (7) days, provided, however, that no Fund may invest more than 15% of its assets in illiquid securities;
|
(3)
|
make short sales of securities or maintain a short position unless at all times when a short position is open the Fund owns an equal amount of such securities or securities convertible into, or exchangeable without payment of any further consideration for, securities of the same issue as, and equal in amount to, the securities sold short, and unless not more than 10% of the Fund’s net assets (taken at current value) is held as collateral for such sales at any one time. Such sales of securities subject to outstanding options would not be made. The Fund may maintain short positions in a stock index by selling futures contracts on that index;
|
(4)
|
issue senior securities, borrow money or pledge its assets except that the Fund may borrow from a bank for temporary or emergency purposes in amounts not exceeding 10% (taken at the lower of cost or current value) of its total assets (not including the amount borrowed) and pledge its assets to secure such borrowings. The Fund will not purchase any additional portfolio securities so long as its borrowings amount to more than 5% of its total assets;
|
(5)
|
purchase or retain securities of any company if, to the knowledge of the Funds, officers and Trustees of the Funds or of the Manager or of the Adviser of the particular Funds who individually own more than 1/2 of 1% of the securities of that company together own beneficially more than 5% of such securities;
|
(6)
|
buy or sell real estate or interests in real estate, although it may purchase and sell securities which are secured by real estate and securities of companies which invest or deal in real estate;
|
(7)
|
act as underwriter except to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of Fund securities, it may be deemed to be an underwriter under certain provisions of the federal securities laws;
|
(8)
|
buy or sell commodities, including oil, gas or other natural resources, except that the Fund may buy and sell commodities to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act and it may buy and sell securities of companies engaged in the exploration, production and/or sale of commodities;
|
(9)
|
make loans, except (i) through the purchase of bonds, debentures, commercial paper, corporate notes and similar evidences of indebtedness of a type commonly sold privately to financial institutions, (ii) through repurchase agreements and loans of portfolio securities (limited to 30% of the value of the Fund’s total assets). The purchase of a portion of an issue of such securities distributed publicly, whether or not such purchase is made on the original issuance, is not considered the making of a loan; or
|
(10)
|
invest more than 25% of the value of its total assets in any one industry.
|
(1)
|
make investments for the purpose of exercising control or management.
|
NAME AND AGE
|
POSITION HELD WITH TRUST
|
TERM OF OFFICE / LENGTH OF TIME SERVED
|
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING PAST FIVE YEARS
1
|
NUMBER OF PORTFOLIOS IN FUND COMPLEX OVERSEEN
|
OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD BY TRUSTEE
|
Robert M. Armstrong (Born: March 1939)
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite Term (1985 to present)
|
Independent Director and Consultant services (1998 – Present)
|
6
|
NewPage Corporation (2006- Present); NewPage Holding Corporation(2006- Present); NewPage Group, Inc. (2006- Present)
|
John M. Bulbrook
(Born: July 1942)
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite Term (1985 to present)
|
CEO and Treasurer, John M. Bulbrook Insurance Agency, Inc. (d/b/a Bulbrook/Drislane Brokerage) (distributor of financial products, including insurance) (1984 – Present);
|
6
|
None
|
William H. Dunlap (Born: March 1951)
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite Term (October 2006 to present)
|
Executive Director, New Hampshire Historical Society, (Feb. 2010 – Present); Principal, William H. Dunlap & Company (consulting firm)(2005 – Present); President, EQ Rider, Inc., (equestrian clothing sales) (1998 – 2008);
Director, Merrimack County Savings Bank (2005 – Present); Director, Merrimack Bank Corp. (2005 – Present)
|
6
|
None
|
Clinton S. Marshall (Born: May 1957)
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite Term (April 2003 to present)
|
Owner, Coastal CFO Solutions, outsource firm offering CFO solutions to businesses (1998 – Present);
CFO, Fore River Company (2002 – Present)
|
6
|
None
|
NAME AND AGE
|
POSITION HELD WITH TRUST
|
TERM OF OFFICE / LENGTH OF TIME SERVED
|
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING PAST FIVE YEARS
1
|
NUMBER OF PORTFOLIOS IN FUND COMPLEX OVERSEEN
|
OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD BY TRUSTEE/OFFICER
|
Willard L. Umphrey (Born: July 1941)
|
Trustee, President, Chairman (1985 to present)
|
Indefinite Term
(1985 to present)
|
Director, U.S. Boston Capital Corporation; President, Pear Tree Advisors, Inc.
|
6
|
U.S. Boston Corporation; U.S. Boston Asset Management Corporation; Pear Tree Advisors, Inc.; Pear Tree Partners Management LLC; USB Corporation; USB Greenville - 86, Inc.; USB Atlantic Associates, Inc.; U.S. Boston Insurance Agency, Inc.; U.S. Boston Capital Corporation
|
Leon Okurowski (Born: December 1942)
|
Vice President, Treasurer
(1985 to present)
|
(1985 to present)
|
Director and Vice President, U.S. Boston Capital Corporation; Treasurer, Pear Tree Advisors, Inc.; Trustee, Pear Tree Funds (4/17/1985 – 9/30/2004)
|
N/A
|
Everest USB Canadian
Storage, Inc.; Pear Tree Advisors, Inc.; U.S. Boston Corporation; U.S. Boston Asset Management Corporation; MedCool, Inc., USB Corporation; USB Everest Management, LLC; USB Everest Storage LLC; USB Greenville - 86, Inc.; USB Atlantic Associates, Inc.; U.S. Boston Insurance Agency, Inc.; U.S. Boston Capital Corporation
|
Deborah A. Kessinger (Born: May 1963)
|
Assistant Clerk and
Chief Compliance Officer
|
(April 2005 to Present)
|
Senior Counsel (since 9/04), President (since 8/07) and Chief Compliance Officer (since 12/05), U.S. Boston Capital Corporation; Senior Counsel (since 9/2004) and Chief Compliance Officer (since 10/2006), Pear Tree Advisors, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, Wainwright Investment Counsel, LLC (investment management firm) (2000-2004); Compliance Attorney, Forefield, Inc. (software provider) (2001-2004) and Compliance Consultant (2007 to present)
|
N/A
|
None
|
Diane Hunt (Born: February 1962)
|
Assistant Treasurer
|
(June 2010 to Present)
|
Controller (Since 3/2010) Pear Tree Advisors, Inc.; Accountant (Since 1984) U.S. Boston Capital Corporation
|
N/A
|
None
|
Kelly Lavari (Born: April 1967)
|
Clerk
|
(November 2010 to Present)
|
Regulatory Compliance Manager (since April 2008), Legal and Compliance Associate (4/2005-4/2008) Pear Tree Advisors, Inc.
|
N/A
|
None
|
1.
|
The principal occupations of the Trustees and officers of the Trust for the last five years have been with the employers shown above; although in some cases they have held different positions with such employers.
|
2.
|
Mr. Umphrey is an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust. Mr. Umphrey has been determined to be an “Interested Trustee” by virtue of, among other things, his affiliation with the Manager and the Pear Tree Funds’ distributor, U.S. Boston Capital Corporation (“
Distributor
”).
|
|
Unless disclosed in a table above, no Trustee or officer of the Pear Tree Funds held during the past five
|
|
years any directorship in a company with a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the
|
|
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of that act or any
|
|
company registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
|
Name of Trustee
|
Aggregate Compensation from
the Trust
|
Pension or Retirement Benefits Accrued As
Part of Fund Expenses
|
Estimated Annual Benefits Upon
Retirement
|
Total Compensation From the Trust and Fund Complex
Paid to Trustee
|
Robert M. Armstrong
|
$21,000
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$21,000
|
John M. Bulbrook
|
$23,250
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$23,250
|
William H. Dunlap
|
$21,000
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$21,000
|
Clinton S. Marshall
|
$24,000
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
$24,000
|
Name of Trustee
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Small
CapFund
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Micro
CapFund
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Quality
Fund
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Emerging Markets
Fund
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Foreign
ValueFund
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Foreign Value Small Cap
Fund
|
Robert M. Armstrong
|
||||||
John M. Bulbrook
|
||||||
William H. Dunlap
|
||||||
Clinton S. Marshall
|
Name of Trustee
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Small
CapFund
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Micro
CapFund
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Quality
Fund
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Emerging
Markets Fund
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Foreign
ValueFund
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Foreign Value Small
CapFund
|
Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Pear Tree Fund
Complex
|
Willard L. Umphrey
|
PEAR TREE COLUMBIA SMALL CAP FUND
|
NAME AND ADDRESS
|
% OF OUTSTANDING ORDINARY SHARES
|
PEAR TREE COLUMBIA SMALL CAP FUND
|
NAME AND ADDRESS
|
% OF OUTSTANDING INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
|
PEAR TREE POLARIS FOREIGN VALUE FUND
|
NAME AND ADDRESS
|
% OF OUTSTANDING ORDINARY SHARES
|
PEAR TREE POLARIS FOREIGN VALUE FUND
|
NAME AND ADDRESS
|
% OF OUTSTANDING INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
|
PEAR TREE POLARIS FOREIGN VALUE SMALL CAP FUND
|
NAME AND ADDRESS
|
% OF OUTSTANDING ORDINARY SHARES
|
PEAR TREE POLARIS FOREIGN VALUE SMALL CAP FUND
|
NAME AND ADDRESS
|
% OF OUTSTANDING INSTITUTIONAL SHARES
|
Portfolio Manager:
|
Category
|
Number of All Accounts
|
Total Assets of All Accounts
|
Number of Accounts Paying a Performance Fee
|
Total Assets of Accounts Paying a Performance Fee
|
Robert A. von Pentz
|
Registered Investment Companies
|
||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
|||||
Rhys Williams
|
|||||
Registered Investment Companies
|
|||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
Portfolio Manager:
|
Category
|
Number of All Accounts
|
Total Assets of All Accounts
|
Number of Accounts Paying a Performance Fee
|
Total Assets of Accounts Paying a Performance Fee
|
Robert A. von Pentz
|
Registered Investment Companies
|
||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
|||||
Dan Goldstein
|
|||||
Registered Investment Companies
|
|||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
Portfolio Manager:
|
Category
|
Number of All Accounts
|
Total Assets of All Accounts*
|
Number of Accounts Paying a Performance Fee
|
Total Assets of Accounts Paying a Performance Fee
|
Robert A. von Pentz
|
Registered Investment Companies
|
||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
Joel G. Feinberg
|
Registered Investment Companies
|
||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
|||||
Dmitri Kantsyrev, Ph.D., CFA
|
|||||
Registered Investment Companies
|
|||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
|||||
Ronald Hua, CFA**
|
|||||
Registered Investment Companies
|
|||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
|||||
Sanjoy Ghosh, Ph.D.
|
|||||
Registered Investment Companies
|
|||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
|
*
|
For registered investment companies, assets represent net assets of all open-end investment companies and gross assets of all closed-end investment companies.
|
|
**
|
Mr. Hua resigned from PanAgora effective August [ ] 2011
|
Portfolio Manager:
|
Category
|
Number of All Accounts
|
Total Assets of All Accounts*
|
Number of Accounts Paying a Performance Fee
|
Total Assets of Accounts Paying a Performance Fee
|
Bernard R. Horn, Jr.
|
Registered Investment Companies
|
||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
|||||
Sumanta Biswas, CFA
|
|||||
Registered Investment Companies
|
|||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
Portfolio Manager:
|
Category
|
Number of All Accounts
|
Total Assets of All Accounts*
|
Number of Accounts Paying a Performance Fee
|
Total Assets of Accounts Paying a Performance Fee
|
Bernard R. Horn, Jr.
|
Registered Investment Companies
|
||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
|||||
Sumanta Biswas, CFA
|
Registered Investment Companies
|
||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
|||||
Bin Xiao, CFA
(Analyst)
|
Registered Investment Companies
|
||||
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
|
|||||
Other Accounts
|
|||||
Pear Tree Fund (Portfolio Manager)
|
Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned
|
|||||
Pear Tree Columbia Small Cap Fund (Columbia)
|
$0 - $10,000
|
$10,001 -
$50,000
|
$50,001 - $100,000
|
$100,001 - $500,000
|
$100,001 - $500,000
|
Over $500,000
|
Robert A. von Pentz
|
||||||
Rhys Williams
|
||||||
Pear Tree Columbia Micro Cap Fund (Columbia)
|
$0 - $10,000
|
$10,001 -
$50,000
|
$50,001 - $100,000
|
$100,001 - $500,000
|
$100,001 - $500,000
|
Over $500,000
|
Robert A. von Pentz
|
||||||
Dan Goldstein
|
||||||
Pear Tree Quality Fund (Columbia)
|
$0 - $10,000
|
$10,001 -
$50,000
|
$50,001 - $100,000
|
$100,001 - $500,000
|
$100,001 - $500,000
|
Over $500,000
|
Robert A. von Pentz
|
||||||
Pear Tree PanAgora Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund
(PanAgora)
|
$0 - $10,000
|
$10,001 -
$50,000
|
$50,001 - $100,000
|
$100,001 - $500,000
|
$100,001 - $500,000
|
Over $500,000
|
Joel G. Feinberg
|
||||||
Dmitri Kantsyrev, Ph.D., CFA
|
||||||
Ronald Hua, CFA
|
||||||
Sanjoy Ghosh, Ph.D.
|
||||||
Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund (Polaris)
|
$0 - $10,000
|
$10,001 -
$50,000
|
$50,001 - $100,000
|
$100,001 - $500,000
|
$100,001 - $500,000
|
Over $500,000
|
Bernard R. Horn, Jr.
|
||||||
Sumanta Biswas, CFA
|
||||||
Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Small Cap Fund (Polaris)
|
$0 - $10,000
|
$10,001 -
$50,000
|
$50,001 - $100,000
|
$100,001 - $500,000
|
$100,001 - $500,000
|
Over $500,000
|
Bernard R. Horn, Jr.
|
||||||
Sumanta Biswas, CFA
|
||||||
Bin Xiao
|
Ordinary Shares
|
|
Pear Tree Columbia Small Cap Fund
|
|
Pear Tree Columbia Micro Cap Fund
|
None*
|
Pear Tree Quality Fund
|
|
Pear Tree PanAgora Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund
|
|
Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund
|
|
Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Small Cap Fund
|
Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
|
|||
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
|
Pear Tree Columbia Small Cap Fund
|
$187,414
|
$269,725
|
|
Pear Tree Columbia Micro Cap Fund
|
None*
|
None*
|
None*
|
Pear Tree Quality Fund
|
$132,712
|
$134,976
|
|
Pear Tree PanAgora Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund**
|
$419,940
|
$217,832
|
|
Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund
|
$224,753
|
$125,596
|
|
Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Small Cap Fund
|
$94,176
|
$242,767
|
·
|
The Manager or an Sub-Adviser may disclose the Pear Tree Funds’ portfolio holdings information to unaffiliated parties prior to the time such information has been disclosed to the public through a filing with the SEC only if an Authorized Person (as defined below) determines that:
|
o
|
there is a legitimate business purpose for the disclosure; and
|
o
|
the recipient is subject to a confidentiality agreement or a duty not to trade on or disclose the nonpublic information.
|
·
|
A legitimate business purposeincludes disseminating or providing access to portfolio information to:
|
o
|
the Trust’s service providers (e.g., custodian, counsel, independent auditors) in order for the service providers to fulfill their contractual duties to the Trust;
|
o
|
a newly hired sub-adviser prior to the sub-adviser commencing its duties;
|
o
|
the sub-adviser of a Pear Tree Fund that will be the surviving Pear Tree Fund in a merger; and
|
o
|
firms that provide pricing services, proxy voting services and research and trading services.
|
·
|
The confidentiality agreement must contain the following provisions:
|
o
|
The Pear Tree Fund’s portfolio information is the confidential property of the Pear Tree Fund and may not be used for any purpose except in connection with the provision of services to the Pear Tree Fund;
|
o
|
The information may not be traded upon; and
|
o
|
The recipient agrees to limit access to the information to its employees and agents who shall be subject to a duty to keep and treat such information as confidential.
|
Name of Entity
|
Type of Service
|
Frequency
|
Lag Time
|
State Street Bank & Trust Company
|
Custodian, Pricing Agent, Securities Lending
|
Daily
|
None
|
Tait Weller & Baker LLP
|
Audit
|
As needed
|
None
|
McLaughlin & Hunt LLP
|
Legal
|
As needed
|
None
|
Securities Finance Trust Company
|
Securities Lending
|
Daily
|
None
|
Proxy Edge
|
Proxy Voting
|
Daily
|
None
|
Risk Metrics
|
Proxy Voting
|
Daily
|
None
|
Advent
|
Portfolio Reconciliation
|
Daily
|
None
|
Omgeo Tradesuite System
|
Portfolio Reconciliation
|
Daily
|
None
|
Brown Brothers Harriman
|
Trade Communication with Custodians
|
Daily
|
None
|
·
|
The information that may be disseminated to such outside parties is limited to information that the Sub-Adviser believes is reasonably necessary in connection with the services to be provided by the recipient.
|
·
|
Non-public portfolio information may not be disseminated for compensation or other consideration.
|
·
|
The Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel, principal executive or principal accounting officer, or persons designated by such officers, (each, an “
Authorized Person
”) is authorized to disseminate nonpublic portfolio information, but only in accordance with these procedures.
|
·
|
Any exceptions to these procedures may be made only if approved by the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer as in the best interests of the Trust, and only if such exceptions are reported to the Trust’s Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
|
·
|
Dissemination of nonpublic portfolio information to employees of the Manager and Sub-Advisers shall be limited to those persons:
|
o
|
who are subject to a duty to keep such information confidential; and
|
o
|
who need to receive the information as part of their duties.
|
·
|
As a general matter, the Trust disseminates portfolio holdings to shareholders only in the Annual or Semiannual Reports or in other formats that are generally available on a contemporaneous basis to all such shareholders or the general public.
|
1.
|
You may make additional investments in a Pear Tree Fund by sending a check in U.S. dollars (made payable to “Pear Tree Funds”) to the Pear Tree Funds, by wire, or by online ACH transactions, as described under HOW TO PURCHASE in the Prospectus.
|
2.
|
You may select one of the following distribution options which best fits your needs.
|
|
* REINVESTMENT PLAN OPTION: Income dividends and capital gain distributions paid in additional shares at net asset value.
|
|
* INCOME OPTION: Income dividends paid in cash, capital gain distributions paid in additional shares at net asset value.
|
|
* CASH OPTION: Income dividends and capital gain distributions paid in cash.
|
|
You should indicate the Option you prefer, as well as the other registration details of your account, on the Account Application. The Reinvestment Plan Option will automatically be assigned unless you select a different option. Dividends and distributions paid on a class of shares of a Pear Tree Fund will be paid in shares of such class taken at the per share net asset value of such class determined at the close of business on the ex-date of the dividend or distribution or, at your election, in cash.
|
|
3. You will receive a statement setting forth the most recent transactions in your account after each transaction which affects your share balance.
|
|
Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
|
|
Roth IRAs
|
|
Simplified Employee Pension Plans (SEP-IRAs)
|
|
(a)
|
Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of U.S. Boston Investment Company(later changed to Quantitative Group of Funds and currently Pear Tree Funds, the “Trust”) dated April 2, 1990 (i)
|
|
(1)
|
Amendment No. 1 dated July 18, 1993, to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated April 2, 1990(i)
|
|
(2)
|
Establishment and Designation of Class A Shares (action by written consent of the Trustees of the Trust) dated July 26, 2005 (vii)
|
|
(3)
|
Establishment and Designation of Quant Foreign Value Small Cap Fund(action by written consent of the Trustees of the Trust) dated April 29, 2008(x).
|
|
(4)
|
Change in the Names of the Quantitative Small Cap Fund, Quantitative Long/Short Fund, Quantitative Emerging Markets Fund, Quantitative Foreign Value Fund(action by written consent of the Trustees of the Trust) dated April 29, 2008 (x).
|
|
(5)
|
Second Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated May 26, 2011. (xvi)
|
|
(6)
|
Certificate of the Clerk of the Trust dated May 26, 2011 certifying to resolutions adopted by the Trustees of the Trust designating the separate series of beneficial interests of the Trust (the “Funds”) and the separate classes of beneficial interests of each such series. (xvi)
|
|
(7)
|
Certificate of the Clerk of the Trust dated July 29, 2011 certifying to resolutions adopted by the Trustees of the Trust designating Pear Tree Columbia Micro Cap Fund (the “Fund”) as a separate series of beneficial interests of the Trust and the separate classes of beneficial interests of the Fund.(xvii)
|
|
(b)
|
Amended and Restated By-Laws, Dated October 22, 2008 (xiii).
|
|
(c)
|
(1)
|
Portions of Agreement and Declaration of Trust Relating to Shareholders’ Rights (i)
|
|
(2)
|
Portions of By Laws Relating to Shareholders’ Rights (i)
|
|
(d)
|
|
(1)
|
Amended and Restated Management Contract between the Trust and Quantitative Investment Advisors, Inc. (currently Pear Tree Advisors, Inc., the “
Manager
”) dated May 1, 2008 (x).
|
|
(2)
|
Amended and Restated Advisory Contract between the Manager and Columbia Partners, L.L.C., Investment Management dated January 1, 2009 relating to Quantitative Small Cap Fund (currently, Pear Tree Columbia Small Cap Fund) (xiii).
|
|
(3)
|
Advisory Contract between the Manager and PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. dated August 3, 2007 relating to Quantitative Emerging Markets Fund (currently, Pear Tree PanAgora Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund) (ix)
|
|
(4)
|
Advisory Contract between the Manager and Polaris Capital Management, Inc. dated January 31, 1999 relating to Quantitative Foreign Value Fund (currently, Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund) (i)
|
(5)
|
Advisory Contract between the Manager and Analytic Investors, LLC dated January 2, 2008 relating to Quantitative Long/Short Fund (currently Pear Tree Quality Fund) (ix)
|
(6)
|
Advisory Contract between Quantitative Advisors and Polaris Capital Management, LLC, dated May 1, 2008 relating to Quantitative Foreign Value Small Cap Fund (currently, Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Small Cap Fund) (xiii).
|
(7)
|
Amendment to Advisory Contract between the Manager and Analytic Investors, LLC, dated January 1, 2009 relating to Quantitative Long/Short Fund (currently Pear Tree Quality Fund) (xiii)
|
(8)
|
Amendment to Advisory Contract between the Manager and Polaris Capital Management, LLC dated January 1, 2009 (xiii)
|
(9)
|
Advisory Contract between the Manager and Columbia Partners, L.L.C., Investment Management relating to Pear Tree Columbia Micro Cap Fund dated August 1, 2011 attached hereto.
|
(10)
|
Advisory Contract between the Manager and Columbia Partners, L.L.C., Investment Management dated January 27, 2011 relating to Quant Quality Fund (currently, Pear Tree Quality Fund Fund). (xvi)
|
(11)
|
Advisory Contract between the Manager and Polaris Capital Management, Inc. dated October 5, 1999 relating to Quantitative Foreign Value Fund (currently, Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund).(xvi)
|
(12)
|
Amendment dated January 1, 2009 to Advisory Contract dated October 5, 1999 between the Manager and Polaris Capital Management, LLC (relating to Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund).(xvi)
|
(13)
|
Amendment dated November 10, 2009 to Advisory Contract dated October 5, 1999 between the Manager and Polaris Capital Manager, LLC (relating to Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund).(xvi)
|
(14)
|
Amended and Restated Advisory Contract between the Manager and PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. relating to Pear Tree PanAgora Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund dated February 1, 2012
.
|
(15)
|
|
(e)
|
|
(2)
|
Form of Specimen Selling Group Agreement (viii)
|
|
(g)
|
|
(1)
|
Custodian Contract between the Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust Company, dated May 1, 2008 (xi)
|
|
(2)
|
Investment Accounting Agreement between the Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company and the Trust Company, dated May 1, 2008 (xi)
|
|
(h)
|
|
(1)
|
Amended and Restated Transfer Agent and Service Agreement, dated May 1, 2008 (x).
|
|
(2)
|
Amendment to Transfer Agent and Service Agreement, effective November 1, 2008 (xiii).
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(4)
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Amendment dated January 27, 2011 to Administration Agreement dated November 1, 2008. (xvi)
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(5)
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Amendment and Restated Administration Agreement dated May 17, 2012.
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(6)
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Amendment dated January 27, 2011 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agent and Service Agreement.
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(7)
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Amendment dated August 1, 2011 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agent and Service Agreement.
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(m)
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(1)
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Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 is included in the Distribution Agreement (xiv)
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(2)
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Form of Specimen Selling Group Agreement (viii)
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(n)
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Multiple Class Plan Pursuant to Rule 18f-3 (xiii).
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(2)
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Code of Ethics - Columbia Partners Dated July 12, 2011 (xviii)
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(3)
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Code of Ethics - PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. Dated December 31, 2011
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(5)
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Code of Ethics - Analytic Investors, LLC Dated September 30, 2005 (ix)
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(i)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the Registration Statement on July 30, 1999 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(ii)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement on July 31, 2000 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(iii)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registration Statement on July 31, 2003.
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(iv)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to the Registration Statement on July 29, 2004.
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(v)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on May 31, 2005.
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(vi)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registration Statement on July 29, 2005.
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(vii)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 29 to the Registration Statement on August 10, 2005.
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(viii)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 to the Registration Statement on July 27, 2007 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(ix)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 to the Registration Statement on February 14, 2008 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(x)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on April 30, 2008 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(xi)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 to the Registration Statement on May 30, 2008 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(xii)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 40 to the Registration Statement on August 1, 2008 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(xiii)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 to the Registration Statement on August 1, 2009 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(xiv)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to the Registration Statement on May 25, 2010 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(xv)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No.43 to the Registration Statement on July 29, 2010 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(xvi)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement on June 1, 2011 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(xvii)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to the Registration Statement July 29, 2011 and incorporated by reference herein.
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(xviii)
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Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 47 to the Registration Statement August 1, 2011 and incorporated by reference herein.
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Willard L. Umphrey:
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President/Treasurer/Clerk/Director, U.S. Boston InsuranceAgency, Inc.;
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Director/President
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Director, U.S. Boston CapitalCorporation; President/Director, USB Atlantic Associates, Inc.; Director/Treasurer, USB Corporation and U.S. Boston Corporation; Director, Pear Tree Partners Management LLC; Director, U.S. Boston Asset Management Corporation,; Partner, U.S. Boston Company, U.S. Boston Company II; President/Chairman/Trustee, Pear Tree Funds.
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Director/Vice President
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Treasurer/Vice President, Pear Tree Funds.
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Deborah A. Kessinger:
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President and Chief Compliance Officer, U.S. Boston Capital
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Chief Compliance Officer
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Corporation; Chief Compliance Officer, Pear Tree Funds; Assistant Clerk,Pear Tree Funds.
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(a)
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Not applicable.
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(b)
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The directors and officer of the Registrant’s principal underwriter are:
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(c)
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Not applicable.
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PEAR TREE FUNDS
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By:
/s/ Willard L. Umphrey
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Willard L. Umphrey, President
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Item 28(d)(9)
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Advisory Contract between the Manager and Columbia Partners, L.L.C., Investment Management relating to Pear Tree Columbia Micro Cap Fund dated August 1, 2012.
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Item 28(d)(14)
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Amended and Restated Advisory Contract between the Manager and PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. relating to Pear Tree PanAgora Dynamic Emerging Markets Fund dated February 1, 2012.
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Item 28(h)(5)
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Amended and Restated Administration Agreement dated May 17, 2012.
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Item 28(h)(6)
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Amendment dated January 27, 2011 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agent and Service Agreement.
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Item 28(h)(7)
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Amendment dated August 1, 2011 to Amended and Restated Transfer Agent and Service Agreement.
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Item 28(p)(1)(e)
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Code of Ethics dated May 17, 2012
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1.
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SERVICES TO BE RENDERED BY ADVISOR TO TRUST.
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4.
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ASSIGNMENT TERMINATES THIS CONTRACT; AMENDMENTS TO THIS CONTRACT.
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4.
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ASSIGNMENT TERMINATES THIS CONTRACT; AMENDMENTS TO THIS CONTRACT.
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Fund for their approval and such shareholders fail to approve such continuance of this Contract as provided herein, the Advisor may continue to serve hereunder in a manner consistent with the
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The Advisor shall have the power to vote, either in person or by proxy, all securities in
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which assets of the Fund may be invested from time to time and shall not be required to seek or take instructions from the Manager or the Trustees of the Trust, or to take any action, with respect thereto.
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cease to use the name "PanAgora Asset Management, Inc." (or derivative or logo) promptly upon termination of this Contract.The Manager shall not publish, and may not otherwise use, "PanAgora", "PanAgora Asset Management, Inc." (or derivative or logo) in any written material used in marketing the Fund and in written communications to investors in the Fund ("Fund Marketing Materials"), without the express written consent of the Advisor; provided, however, that any or all the Trust, the Fund, the Manager or their affiliates may, without the consent of the Advisor, publish or otherwise utilize "PanAgora", "PanAgora Asset Management, Inc." (or derivative or logo) in (i) any communication, document, instrument or other material that is not Fund Marketing Material and (ii) any Fund Marketing Material if such use is: (1) limited to stating the name of the Fund and/or the identity of the Advisor as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund, or
(2)
necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Trust or the Manager, appropriate in order for the Trust, the Manager and/or its affiliates to comply with (A) the Securities Act of
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PEAR TREE ADVISORS, INC. By
/S/ Willard L. Umphrey
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Willard
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Umphrey
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MUTUAL FUND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES
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§
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Unless indicated otherwise, the term "you" refers to all Access Persons (as the term is defined below) except the Disinterested Trustees.
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§
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The term “Pear Tree” is used to refer collectively to the Funds, the Manager and the Distributor. The terms "we" and "our" refer to Pear Tree.
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§
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Securities Act of 1933;
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§
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
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§
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Investment Company Act of 1940;
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§
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Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
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§
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Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; and
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§
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Bank Secrecy Act as it applies to mutual funds and investment advisers.
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(i)
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Any employee or independent contractor of the Funds, the Manager or the Distributor (or any company that controls the Funds, the Manager or the Distributor) who has access to nonpublic information regarding clients' purchase or sale of securities, or nonpublic information regarding the portfolio holdings of any Reportable Fund;
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(ii)
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Every natural person who controls the Funds, the Manager or the Distributor and who is involved in making securities recommendations to clients or who has access to such recommendations that are nonpublic; and
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(iii)
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Any employee or other person designated by the Compliance Officer as an Access Person under this Code.
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(i)
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Any employee, including any household member of any employee, of the Funds, the Distributor, or the Manager or of any company in a control relationship to the Advisory Person who, in connection with his or her regular duties makes, participates in or obtains information regarding the purchase or sale of a security by a Fund, or whose functions relate to the making of any recommendations with respect to such purchases or sales; and
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(ii)
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Any natural person in a control relationship to the Funds, the Distributor, or the Manager who obtains information concerning recommendations made to a Fund with regard to the purchase or sale of a security.
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(i)
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Any Fund for which the Manager serves an investment adviser as defined in Section 2(a)(20) of the 1940 Act (that is, the Pear Tree Funds);
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(ii)
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Any Fund whose investment adviser or principal underwriter controls the Manager, is controlled by the Manager or is under common control with the Manager. For this purpose, control has the same meaning as it does in Section2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act; and
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(iii)
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Open-end Exchange-Traded Funds.
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(i)
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Direct obligations of the U.S. government (note, however, that securities issued by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. government (such as GNMA obligations), municipal obligations and obligations of other governments are Reportable Securities);
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(ii)
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Bankers' acceptances;
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(iii)
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Bank certificates of deposit;
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(iv)
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Commercial paper;
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(v)
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High quality short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements;
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(vi)
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Shares of money market funds;
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(vii)
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Shares issued by open end funds
other than Reportable Funds
(as defined above); and
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(viii)
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Sharesissued by unit investment trusts that are invested exclusively in one or more open end funds, none of which are Reportable Funds.
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(i)
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Transact in Reportable Securities (including the Pear Tree Funds) without pre-clearance as provided in Section 4 of the Code.
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(i)
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Purchasing or selling, directly or indirectly, any Reportable Security in which they had, or by reason of such transaction acquire, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership and which is Being Considered for Purchase or Sale by a Fund or is Being Purchased or Sold by a Fund. Any profits realized by Investment Personnel from trades made in violation of this subsection (a)(i) shall be disgorged to the respective Fund.
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(ii)
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Acquiring Reportable Securities in a private placement transaction without the prior consent of the Compliance Officer or, in his or her absence, the President of the Manager. In determining whether to grant such consent, the Compliance Officer or the President of the Manager shall consider, among other factors, whether the investment opportunity should be reserved for a Fund or its shareholders and whether the opportunity is being offered to the person by virtue of his or her position with the investment company.
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(iii)
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Either purchasing and selling or selling and purchasing the same or equivalent Reportable Securitiesor Reportable Funds within sixty days of the initial transaction. For the purpose of this section, puts, calls, options and similar instruments are deemed to be equivalent securities of the Reportable Security or Reportable Fund underlying the instrument. Any profits generated from such transactions must be disgorged to the respective Fund.
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(i)
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IPO Prohibition.
Access Persons (or immediate family members as defined under FINRA’s rules)who are also FINRA registered representatives or principals are prohibited from purchasing IPOs under FINRA Rule 5130. An exception may apply in an issuer-directed offering.
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(i)
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The title, number of shares and principal amount of each security in which you have any direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership as of the time you became an Access Person;
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(ii)
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The name of any broker, dealer or bank with whom you maintained an account in which any securities were held for your direct or indirect benefit Ownership as of the time you became an Access Person; and
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(iii)
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The date the report was submitted.
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(i)
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Preserve in an easily accessible place a copy of this Code of Ethics and any other code of ethics that at any time within the last five years has been in effect;
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(ii)
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Maintain in an easily accessible place a list of all Access Persons who are, or within the last five years have been, required to make reports;
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(iii)
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Preserve for a period of not less than five years from the end of the fiscal year in which it was made, the first two years in an easily accessible place, a copy of each report made by an Access Person and a copy of any written memoranda prepared by the Compliance Officer in connection therewith; and
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(iv)
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Preserve in an easily accessible place for a period of not less than five years from the end of the fiscal year in which the violation occurs a record of any violation of this Code of Ethics and of any action taken as a result of such violation.
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(b)
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Other entertainment events, such as, sporting events, theater, movies, concerts, or other forms of entertainment conducted for business purposes, are permitted only under the following conditions:
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(i)
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The host must be present for the event.
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(ii)
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The location of the event must be in the metropolitan area in which the office of the Access Person is located.
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(iii)
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Spouses or other family members of the AccessPerson may not attend the entertainment event or any meals before or after the entertainment event. Exceptions to this requirement may be approved provided that the circumstances are reasonable and pre-approval is obtained.
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(iv)
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Acceptance of entertainment having a market value materially exceeding the face value of the entertainment including, for example, attendance at a sporting event playoff game, is prohibited. This prohibition applies even if the Access Person pays for the tickets.
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(v)
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The Access Person may not accept entertainment events more than four times a year and not more than two times in any year from any single person or entity. The Access Person may not provide entertainment events more than two times in any year to any single person or entity.
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(vi)
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The Compliance Officer may grant exceptions to these rules. For example, it may be appropriate for an employee attending a legitimate conference in a location away from the office to attend a business entertainment event in that location. All exceptions must be precleared by written request to the Compliance Officer.
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·
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The number and nature of all material violations of the Code andthe sanctions imposed;
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·
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Any recommended changes to the Code based upon the Compliance Officer's experience with the Code, evolving industry practices anddevelopments in applicable laws or regulations; and
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·
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A certification that the Funds, the Manager and the Distributor have adoptedprocedures reasonably necessary to prevent access persons fromviolating the Code.
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/s/ Robert M. Armstrong
Robert M. Armstrong
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/s/ Clinton S. Marshall
Clinton S. Marshall
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/s/ John M. Bulbrook
John M. Bulbrook
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/s/ Leon Okurowski
Leon Okurowski
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Willard L. Umphrey
Willard L. Umphrey
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Kelly J. Lavari
Kelly J. Lavari
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/s/ William H. Dunlap
William H. Dunlap
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·
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Any type or class of equity or debt security; any rights relating to a security, such as warrants, convertible securities;
|
·
|
Narrow-Based Closed-End Funds;
|
·
|
Narrow-Based ETFs;
|
·
|
Narrow-Based ETNs; and
|
·
|
Narrow-Based Derivatives.
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·
|
Currencies;
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·
|
Direct and indirect obligations of the U.S. government and its agencies;
|
·
|
Commercial paper;
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·
|
CDs;
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·
|
Repurchase agreements;
|
·
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Bankers’ acceptances;
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·
|
Any other money market instruments;
|
·
|
Broad-Based Closed-End Funds*;
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·
|
Broad-Based ETFs*;
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·
|
Broad-Based ETNs*;
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·
|
Commodities; or
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·
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Any option on a broad-based market index or an exchange-traded futures contract or option.*
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·
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Stock of Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, and Great-West Lifeco Inc.;
|
·
|
MMC stock (including all transactions relating to Securities held in the MMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan or 401(k)/Profit Sharing/Bonus Plan);
|
·
|
Any type or class of equity or debt Security, including corporate and municipal bonds (including stock acquired in a stock purchase plan or 401(k) plan);
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·
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Any rights relating to a Security, such as warrants and convertible Securities;
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·
|
Narrow Based-Closed-End Funds;
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·
|
Narrow-Based ETFs;
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·
|
Narrow-Based ETNs;
|
·
|
Narrow-Based Derivatives; and
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·
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Any Security donated as a gift to an individual or a charity.
|
·
|
Broad-Based ETFs, and any option on a broad-based market index or an exchange-traded futures contract or option thereon;*
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·
|
Broad-Based Closed-End Funds;*
|
·
|
Broad-Based ETNs;*
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·
|
Open-end mutual funds;
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·
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Currencies, Treasuries (T-bills), and direct and indirect obligations of the U.S. government and its agencies;
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·
|
Direct and indirect obligations of any member country of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD); or
|
·
|
Commercial paper, CDs, repurchase agreements, bankers’ acceptances, and other money market instruments.
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(i)
|
The host must be present for the event.
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(ii)
|
The location of the event must be in the metropolitan area in which the office of the Employee is located.
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(iii)
|
Spouses or other Immediate Family Members of the Employee may not attend the entertainment event or any meals before or after the entertainment event, except that the Code of Ethics Officer may on an ad hoc basis permit an Employee’s spouse or other Immediate Family Members to attend, with the Employee, the event or any meals before or after the event, provided that the event is geared to families or couples and the Code of Ethics Officer reports such events to the Code of Ethics Oversight Committee.
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(iv)
|
The value of the entertainment event provided to the Employee may not exceed $250, not including the value of any meals that may be provided to the Employee before or after the event.
|
(v)
|
The Employee may not accept entertainment events under this provision (B)(2) more than six times a year and not more than two times in any year from any single source.
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(vi)
|
The Code of Ethics Officer may grant exceptions to these rules. For example, it may be appropriate for an Employee attending a legitimate conference in a location away from the office to attend a business entertainment event in that location. All exceptions must be approved in advance by written request to the Code of Ethics Officer.
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Director/Officer
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Investment Professional
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Non-Investment Professional
|
|
1st violation
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$500
|
$250
|
$50
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2nd
|
$1,000
|
$500
|
$100
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3rd
|
Minimum monetary sanction as above with ban on all new personal individual investments
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