Ariel Mutual Funds Privacy Notice

We collect information about you from your account application and other forms that you deliver to us. We use this information to process your requests and transactions; for example, to provide you with additional information about our Funds, to open an account for you or to process a transaction. In order to service your account and effect your transactions, we may provide your personal information to firms that assist us in servicing your account, such as our transfer agent. We also may provide your name and address to one of our agents for the purpose of mailing your account statement and other information about our products and services to you. We require these outside firms, organizations or individuals to protect the confidentiality of your information and to use the information only for the purpose for which the disclosure is made. We do not provide customer names and addresses to outside firms, organizations or individuals except in furtherance of our business relationship with you, or as otherwise allowed or required by the law.

We will only share information about you with those employees who will be working with us to provide our products and services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your personal information.

At Ariel Mutual Funds, our shareholders are our greatest assets. Protecting your privacy is a top priority.