Cohen & Steers, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Cohen & Steers") recognizes the importance of protecting your personal and financial information when you visit our Web site located at www.cohenandsteers.com ("Web site"). The following information is designed to help you understand the information collection practices at this Web site.

By visiting this Web site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this Web site. Please review the Terms and Conditions to learn of other terms and conditions applicable to your use of this Web site.

In the course of doing business with Cohen & Steers, you may share personal information with us. We are committed to maintaining the privacy of this information and recognize the importance of preventing unauthorized access to it. You may provide personal information on account applications and requests for forms or other literature (such as your address and social security number) and through account transactions with us (such as purchases, sales and account balances). You may also provide us with this information through written, electronic and telephone account inquiries.

We do not sell personal information about current and former customers to anyone, and we do not disclose it unless necessary to process a transaction, service an account or as otherwise required or permitted by law. For example, we may disclose information to companies that perform administrative or marketing services for Cohen & Steers, such as transfer agents, or printers that assist us in the distribution of investor materials. These organizations will use this information only for purposes of providing the required services or as otherwise may be required by law. We may also share personal information within the Cohen & Steers family of companies to provide you with additional information about our products and services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Cohen & Steers reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time for any reason. Such changes shall be effective immediately upon posting. We suggest that you review this policy periodically for changes. The current version of this Privacy Policy can be accessed from the link on our homepage, or at the bottom of our other Web site pages. You acknowledge that by accessing our Web site after we have posted changes to this Privacy Policy, you are agreeing to the terms of the Privacy Policy as modified.

Information Collection and Use

Personally Identifiable Information: The personally identifiable information you submit to our Web site is used only to service your account and/or to provide you with information on Cohen & Steers products and services. The types of personal information that may be collected at our Web site include: name, address, e-mail address and telephone number. We will not sell, share or rent your personally identifiable information to others in contravention of this Privacy Policy. Please call us at 800-330-7348 to update your account information whenever such information ceases to be complete or accurate.

Additionally, if you are accessing parts of this Web site that are password protected, then (a) once you submit your password and enter, this Web site will recognize who you are and collect all information that you submit, including all electronic information (including all transaction information), and (b) any information collected about you from this Web site may be associated with other identifying information that we have about you.

Service Providers: We may use internal or external service providers to operate our Web site and employ other persons to perform work on our behalf, such as sending postal mail and e-mail. These persons may have access to the personally identifiable information you submit through the Web site, but only for the purpose of performing their duties. These personnel are not permitted to use your personally identifiable information for any other purpose.

Compliance with Laws: Cohen & Steers does not automatically collect personally identifiable information from visitors to our Web site, except to the extent we are required to do so pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act or some other statute or regulation applicable to us. We will not provide any personally identifiable information to any other persons, except (a) if we are required to make disclosures to the government or private parties in connection with a lawsuit, subpoena, investigation, similar proceedings or regulatory examination, (b) to comply with applicable laws or regulations, (c) to enforce these Terms, or (d) to share information with our affiliates or service providers in connection with providing services to you. We can (and you authorize us to) disclose any such information in those circumstances.

Business Transfers: If all or some of the business, stock or assets of Cohen & Steers are acquired or merged with another business entity, we will share all or some of your information with this entity to continue to provide service to you. You will receive notice of such an event and the new entity will inform you of any changes to the practices in this Privacy Policy. If the new entity wishes to make additional use of your information, you may decline such use at such time.

Children's Privacy

Although this Web site is not targeted toward children, we are concerned about the safety and privacy of children who use the Internet. Consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personally identifiable information without verifiable parental consent, we will use our best efforts to remove such information from our files. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personally identifiable information without verifiable parental consent, he or she should contact us at 800-330-7348.

Third Party Web sites

Cohen & Steers may establish links between this Web site and one or more Web sites operated by third parties. Cohen & Steers has no control over any such other Web sites, the contents therein or the products/services offered. Your access to and use of such linked Web sites is governed by the terms of use and privacy policies of those sites, and shall be at your own risk. Cohen & Steers disclaims responsibility for the privacy policies and customer information practices of third-party internet Web sites hyperlinked from our Web site.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy related practices, or if you would like a copy of Cohen & Steers' Regulation S-P privacy policy, please contact us at 800-330-7348.