Legal Notice
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses of the funds carefully before investing. Before investing, investors should carefully read the funds' prospectus, which contains this and other information about the funds offered by Ariel Investment Trust. Call or write our distributor, Ariel Distributors, LLC., 200 East Randolph Drive, Suite 2900, Chicago, IL 60601, or call 1-800-292-7435, option 1.
The information provided on this web site is intended only for those persons who are eligible to purchase shares of U.S. registered investment companies. Nothing on this web site shall be considered a solicitation to buy or an offer to sell a security to any person in any jurisdiction where such offer, solicitation, purchase or sale would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
Use of Ariel Mutual Funds’ (together with Ariel Investments and Ariel Distributors, LLC., collectively, “Ariel”) web sites involves the electronic transmission of personal financial information. Using Ariel’s online account transaction feature is your consent to the transmission of such information. Once you have accessed your account by entering your account number and personal identification number (PIN), your consent becomes effective and remains effective at all times when using this site. Thus, to enhance protection of your personal financial information and minimize your security risk, Ariel strongly recommends that you exit your browser on completion of online account transactions. Ariel may only be liable for losses resulting from unauthorized transactions if it does not follow reasonable security procedures for verifying the identity of a user. Ariel recommends that you verify the accuracy of your monthly statements and any confirmation statements immediately after you receive them. Ariel supports the use of 128-bit browser encryption technology that also minimizes your security risk. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information on minimizing the security risk regarding your personal financial information.
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THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, ARIEL MUTUAL FUNDS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ARIEL DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE OR THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED AT THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. ARIEL DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF OR THE RESULT OF THE USE OF THE SITE OR MATERIAL AVAILABLE AT THIS SITE IN TERMS OF CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
Hyperlinks to other Internet resources are provided for your convenience. Ariel has selected these resources as having some value and pertinence, but their development and maintenance are not under the direction of Ariel. Ariel is not responsible for the content of these other Internet sites, including the correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or suitability of such other Internet sites. The inclusion of any link to such site does not imply endorsement by Ariel of such site.
Copyright
The content of Ariel’s web sites, including text and graphics, software code, or user interface design or logos, is protected by applicable copyright laws, ©2003-2007 Ariel Investments.
Ariel Investments, hereby authorizes you to download, copy and display the content herein, but only for your personal, informational, non-commercial use. Modification or use of the content for any other purpose violates the intellectual property rights of the Ariel Mutual Funds and Ariel Investments. The material in this site is provided for lawful purposes only. You may not download, copy, display or distribute to third parties for commercial purposes any portion of the content without the prior written permission of Ariel Investments, 200 East Randolph Drive, Suite 2900, Chicago, IL 60601.
Trademarks
The Ariel name, the turtle logo, the names Ariel Fund, Ariel Appreciation Fund and Ariel Focus Fund, the phrase “Slow and steady wins the race”, and “The Patient Investor” are all registered trademarks or service marks of Ariel Investments. All other trademarks and service marks appearing on this site are the property of their respective owners.
Disclaimer
NOTE: ACCESSING OR REQUESTING ACCOUNT INFORMATION OR TRANSACTIONS THROUGH THIS SITE CONSTITUTES AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
The accuracy, completeness and timeliness of all mutual fund information provided is the sole responsibility of the fund which provides the information. No party which provides a connection between this web site and a mutual fund or its transfer agency system can verify or ensure the receipt of any information transmitted to or from a mutual fund or its transfer agent, or the acceptance by, or completion of any transaction with, a mutual fund.
The on-line acknowledgments or other messages which appear on your screen for transactions entered do not mean that the transactions have been received, accepted or rejected by the Ariel Mutual Funds. These acknowledgments are only an indication that the transactional information entered by you has either been transmitted to the Ariel Mutual Funds, or that it cannot be transmitted. It is the responsibility of the Ariel Mutual Funds to confirm to you that it has received the information and accepted or rejected a transaction. It is the responsibility of the Ariel Mutual Funds to deliver to you a current prospectus, confirmation statement and any other documents or information required by applicable law.
NO TRANSACTION SHALL BE DEEMED ACCEPTED UNTIL YOU RECEIVE A WRITTEN CONFIRMATION.
You are responsible for reviewing all account statements received by you in order to verify the accuracy of all Ariel Mutual Funds account information provided in the statement and all transactions entered through this site. You are also responsible for promptly notifying the Ariel Mutual Funds of any errors or inaccuracies relating to information contained in, or omitted from your Ariel Mutual Funds account statements, including errors or inaccuracies arising from the transactions conducted through this site.
TRANSACTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO ALL REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS AND FEES AS SET FORTH IN THE FUNDS’ PROSPECTUS.
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE LEGAL NOTICES IS NOVEMBER 14, 2005. THESE POLICIES MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME. WHEN A MATERIAL CHANGE IS MADE IN THESE LEGAL NOTICES THE EFFECTIVE DATE WILL BE UPDATED.
