The SDSU Foundation (“Foundation”) is committed to sound corporate governance and being good stewards of the assets entrusted to our care.  As a result, the SDSU Foundation has adopted a Conflict of Interest Policy (“Policy”) as required under applicable law.  Compliance with the Policy requires that all Trustees review and submit an annual Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement (“Disclosure Statement”).  A Trustee who has a question about the Policy or does not believe that he or she can submit a signed Disclosure Statement, should immediately contact the Foundation.  Timely compliance with the Policy is respectfully requested.  

I. DEFINITIONS

This Disclosure Statement implies certain defined terms having the meanings set forth below. Please refer back to this section when answering questions containing defined terms.  By signing this Disclosure Statement you are acknowledging that you have received and reviewed the Conflict of Interest Policy.

Associate: An associate is (1) any corporation or organization of which you are an officer, director or partner, or of which you are directly or indirectly the owner beneficially of five (5) percent of more of any class of equity securities, (2) any trust or other estate in which you have a beneficial interest or as to which you serve as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity, and (3) your spouse, domestic partner, parents, children, siblings, mother- and father-in-law, sons- and daughters-in-law and brothers- and sisters-in-law.

Beneficial Interest: Stocks, bonds and other securities owned beneficially would include not only securities held by you for your own benefit, whether in bearer form or registered in your own names or otherwise, but also securities held by others for your benefit (regardless of whether or how they are registered) such as, for example, securities held for you by custodians, brokers, relatives or others, securities held for your account by pledges, securities owned by a partnership in which you are a member, and securities owned by any corporation that is or should be regarded as a personal holding corporation of yours.

Officer: Chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president, chief operating officer, vice president, treasurer, controller, secretary, and any other person who performs functions corresponding to those typically performed by the foregoing officers.

II. INTEREST IN ANY TRANSACTION