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Summary of Terms of Use: By accessing or using this survey and/or the Survey Results (as defined below), you agree to these terms. Two Sigma Investments, LP (“Two Sigma”) distributes this survey and any Survey Results as strictly proprietary and confidential information intended solely for the limited use by persons authorized to access it. The text, graphics, images, design, organization, compilation, look and feel and all other protectable intellectual property (the “Survey Content”) contained in this survey and any Survey Results are the property of Two Sigma (or Qualtrics, LLC, as the case may be) and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, scan, upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise provide access to the Survey Content to any person in any way. None of this survey or any Survey Results is an offer to, or solicitation of, any potential clients or investors for the provision by Two Sigma of investment management, advisory or any other related services. No material in this survey and/or any Survey Results is or should be construed as investment advice, nor is anything in this survey or any Survey Results an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security or other instrument. You should not enter any data to the survey that is based on material, non-public information and should not discuss or share any portion of the survey or survey Results. You acknowledge that all of your interactions with this survey will be available for use by Two Sigma, and that such use may include basing investment decisions on your interactions; and, therefore, you represent that none of your interactions with this survey will be based on material non-public information. You acknowledge that in using this survey or any Survey Results, you may be given information about certain securities which Two Sigma may or may not trade on behalf of its clients.

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