UPPERQ INVESTMENTS LLC CLAIMS COMPLIANCE WITH THE GLOBAL INVESTMEN...

1. UpperQ Investments LLC claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance

Standards (GIPS®) and has prepared and presented this report in compliance with GIPS.

UpperQ Investments LLC has been independently verified for the period from April 1, 2003,

through December 31, 2011. Verification assesses whether (a) the firm has complied with all

the composite construction requirements of GIPS on a firmwide basis and (b) the firm’s policies

and procedures are designed to calculate and present performance in compliance with the GIPS

standards. The Hedged Equity Composite has been examined for the period from January 1,