Notice About Change in Auditor of CI GAM Investment Funds

TORONTO, August 14, 2026 – The auditor of investment funds managed by CI Global Asset Management (the “Manager”), which include the CI GAM Mutual Funds, CI GAM Exchange-Traded Funds and Assante Private Pools (collectively, the “Funds”), will be changing effective as of December 31, 2026 in respect of the Funds with a December 31 year-end and as of March 31, 2027 in respect of the Funds with a March 31 year-end (the “Effective Date”). PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) will be the new auditor of the Funds.

The appointment has received all required approvals including from, but not limited to, the Manager, the boards of directors of CI Private Managed Corporate Class Limited, CI Corporate Class Limited and CI First Asset Fund Corp., as well as the Independent Review Committee of the Funds.

A notice will be sent to the securityholders of the Funds informing them of the auditor change at least 60 days in advance of the Effective Date. The notices of auditor change and the response letters from our former auditor and PwC have been filed on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) at www.sedarplus.ca.

The former auditor has confirmed that there were no concerns regarding its audit reports of the Funds’ two most recently completed financial years and there are no reportable events between the Funds and the former auditor.

Please contact CI Client Services at 1-800-792-9355, service@ci.com or your financial advisor should you have any questions about this change.