The following is a list of important contacts, phone numbers, and web sites that may assist you with general filing questions or technical issues associated with assembling an EDGAR submission.

Filer Support

• Filer Support: +1.202.551.8900
• Filing Fee Procedures: +1.202.551.8989

Filer Support staff is available to assist you each business day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Filer Technical Support is also available from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Filer Support and Filer Technical Support staff may be reached at +1.202.551.8900. The support staff will help you with most problems having to do with the EDGAR system, such as understanding SEC policy and EDGAR technical procedures, communicating via telephone lines, correcting suspended filings, and obtaining emergency access to EDGAR. They cannot provide support for questions related to legal matters.

Corporation Finance

• Office of EDGAR & Information Analysis Division of Corporation Finance: +1.202.551.3600

Investment Management

• Office of Chief Accountant, Division of Investment Management: +1.202.551.6918
• Office of Chief Counsel: +1.202.551.6825
• Office of Legal and Disclosure, EDGAR: +1.202.551.6989
• Forms N-SAR and 24f-2 questions: Office of Financial Analysis: +1.202.551.6703
• Forms N-CSR, N-Q, and N-PX questions: Office of Chief Counsel: +1.202.551.6825

SEC Web Addresses

• SEC Website: www.sec.gov
• Company Database Search: http://www.edgarcompany.sec.gov/servlet/
• SEC Secure Website for Submitting SEC Filings: https://www.edgarfiling.sec.gov/
• SEC Secure Website for Submitting Section 16 Filings (Forms 3, 4, 5): https://www.onlineforms.edgarfiling.sec.gov/
• Calendar of Federal Holidays in 2005: http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/fedholiday.htm
• US Government Federal Holiday Schedule: http://www.opm.gov/fedhol/index.asp
• SEC EDGAR Filer Manual Release 8.10: http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/edmanuals90.htm
• Form Types Used for Electronic Filing on EDGAR: http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/forms/edgform.htm
• Recent SEC Press Releases: http://www.sec.gov/news/press.shtml
• SEC News Digest: http://www.sec.gov/news/digest.shtml
• Corporate Finance Offices: http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/contact.htm
• Office of Filings and Information Services: http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/ofis.shtml
• Division of Investment Management Contacts: http://www.sec.gov/divisions/investment/imcontact.htm

SEC Contacts: Staff Assistance on Using EDGAR System

The Branches of Filer Support and Filer Technical Support will help filers with most problems having to do with the EDGAR system – such as understanding procedures, communicating via internet/telephone lines, correcting suspended filings, and obtaining EDGAR access codes.

Staff in the Branches of Filer Support and Filer Technical Support are available to assist filers each business day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The Branches of Filer Support and Filer Technical Support may be reached at +1.202.551.8900 or via E-mail at publicinfo@sec.gov.

Filer Support staff is also available to assist T+3 filers each business day from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time and may be reached at +1.202.551.8900.

EDGAR filer assistance is available to provide assistance to hearing-impaired filers who need help in preparing or submitting their filings to the EDGAR system. E-mail to filer-support@sec.gov can be used to contact both the Branches of Filer Support and Filer Technical Support.

For more information about the EDGAR rules, see the outline, "Electronic Filing and the EDGAR System: A Regulatory Overview," which is on the Commission's website – www.sec.gov – under the EDGAR News link in the EDGAR Database section.

SEC Contacts: Access to Commission Information

• Public Reference. Members of the public who require assistance in obtaining copies, including certified copies, of public Commission records (such as corporate filings and notices of Commission action) may contact the Public Reference Room at +1.202.551.8090. Access to EDGAR (for documents submitted electronically) and Global Access (for imaged paper filings) terminals and the public library of Commission information is provided through the Commission's Public Reference Room between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, except federal holidays and official closings, at 100 F Street, N.E. , Washington D.C. 20549.
• Government Information Locator Service (GILS). The SEC GILS Core Records Locator is available at the GPO server at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/index.html.
• General information is available from the SEC Information Line at +202.551.3830. Examples of available information are: the SEC's hours of operation, including federal holidays and limited services provided during inclement weather; general information about the securities industry; and information about EDGAR. By following the automated telephone system prompts, you can have selected text materials faxed to you using the "fax-on-demand" feature.