Portfolio Holdings Information
The Funds have implemented portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the portfolio investments held by the Funds. These portfolio holdings disclosure policies and procedures have been approved by the Board of Trustees of the Funds and are subject to periodic review by the Board of Trustees.
Disclosure of each Fund’s holdings is required to be made within 60 days of the end of each fiscal semi-annual period (each July 31 and January 31) in the Annual Report and the Semi-Annual Report to Fund shareholders within 60 days of the end of each fiscal semi-annual period and as of the end of its first and third fiscal quarters (each October 31 and April 30) in publicly available filings of Form N-PORT with the SEC within 60 days of the end of the fiscal quarter.
To obtain copies of Annual and Semi-Annual Reports, free of charge, call 1-800-582-6757. Each Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report is available online at www.domini.com/funddocuments and in publicly available filings of Form N-CSR on the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Domini’s website (www.domini.com/funddocuments) identifies each Fund’s largest ten portfolio holdings or issuers that together constitute the largest portion of each Fund’s assets, as of the last calendar day of each month with a 15-day delay. The top-ten holdings information is publicly available to all categories of persons. Top-ten holdings information may also be provided in Fund fact sheets and similar advertisements provided to retail and institutional investors updated as of the last day of the most recent calendar quarter, with a 15-day delay or as of some other interim period that shall be updated no more frequently than as of the last calendar day each month, with a 15-day lag.
In addition, Domini’s website (www.domini.com/funddocuments) contains information about each Fund’s portfolio holdings, including, as applicable, the security description, the security identification number, par value, interest rate, maturity date, market value, and percentage of total investments, in each case updated as of the end of the most recent calendar quarter (i.e., each March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31). This information is provided on the website with a lag of at least 30 days and will be available until updated for the next calendar quarter. All information described in this paragraph is publicly available to all categories of persons.
During the first calendar quarter of a Fund’s operations and for 30 days thereafter, Domini’s website (www.domini.com/funddocuments) may also contain portfolio holdings information with respect to the Fund as of 5 business days after the commencement of operations of the Fund, or any later date in such calendar quarter with a lag, in each case, of at least 7 business days. Such information is limited to descriptions of the securities held by the Fund and the identification numbers and/or ticker symbols for such securities. All information described in this paragraph is publicly available to all categories of persons.
From time to time rating and ranking organizations, such as Standard and Poor’s, may request complete portfolio holdings information in connection with rating a Fund. Similarly, pension plan sponsors and/or their consultants may request a complete list of portfolio holdings in order to assess the risks of a Fund’s portfolio along with related performance attribution statistics. The Funds believe that these third parties have legitimate objectives in requesting such portfolio holdings information. To prevent such parties from potentially misusing portfolio holdings information, the Funds will generally only disclose such information as of the end of the most recent calendar quarter, with a lag of at least 30 days, or, during a Fund’s first calendar quarter of operations, as of 5 business days after the commencement of operations of the Fund, or any later date during such calendar quarter with a lag of at least 7 business days, as described above.
In addition, the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, or his or her designee, may grant exceptions to permit additional disclosure of the Funds’ portfolio holdings information at differing times and with different lag times to rating agencies and to pension plan sponsors and/or their consultants, provided that (1) the recipient is subject to a confidentiality agreement, (2) the recipient will utilize the information to reach certain conclusions about the investment management characteristics of the Funds and will not use the information to facilitate or assist in any investment program, (3) the recipient will not provide access to third parties to this information, and (4) the recipient will receive this information no earlier than 7 business days after the end of the calendar quarter (or, during a Fund’s first calendar quarter of operations, the recipient will receive this information as of 5 business days after the commencement of operations of the Fund, or a later date in such calendar quarter with at least, in each case, a lag of 7 business days). In approving a request for an exception, the Chief Compliance Officer will consider a recipient’s need for the relevant holdings information, whether the disclosure will be in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders, and whether conflicts of interest from such disclosures are appropriately resolved. The Board of Trustees receives periodic reports regarding entities that receive disclosure regarding the Fund’s portfolio holdings as described in this paragraph.
In addition, the service providers of the Funds, such as the principal underwriter, subadvisers, custodian, administrator, securities lending agent, transfer agent, pricing vendors, proxy voting vendors, financial printers, and independent registered public accounting firm, may receive portfolio holdings information in connection with their services to the Funds, as applicable. A Subadviser may also provide information regarding a Fund’s portfolio holdings to certain of its service providers in connection with the services provided to the Adviser or Subadviser by such service providers (such as analytical services, proxy voting services, portfolio management and operational systems, or clearing functions).
When purchasing and selling its portfolio securities through broker-dealers requesting bids on securities, or obtaining price quotations on securities, the Adviser, the Funds or their Subadviser may disclose portfolio holdings to the party effecting the transaction or providing the information. From time to time, Domini or a Fund may disclose information on portfolio holdings to other parties to the extent necessary in connection with actual or threatened litigation. In no event shall Domini, Domini’s affiliates or employees, any Subadviser, any Subadviser’s affiliates or employees, or the Funds receive any direct or indirect compensation in connection with the disclosure of information about a Fund’s portfolio holdings.