<span id="docs-internal-guid-09d3027e-7fff-6c47-e80e-eec5da059608">[size= 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve]The question many in forums seek to know is how the firm has addressed Ashcroft Capital Lawsuit. Ashcroft publicly rejects any claims, saying that investor publications positively disclosed the projections under forward-looking statements and that performance problems were motivated not by misrepresentation, but by market conditions. The firm has moved to have some of the allegations dismissed and collaborated in discovery. The case is in discovery, however, there is no announcement of settlement or admission of liability.[/size]</span>