Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

All Registrants—Disclosure Controls and Procedures

During the fourth quarter of 2025, each of the Registrant's management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a‑15(e) and 15d‑15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report, pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a‑15(b) and 15d‑15(b). These disclosure controls and procedures have been designed by the Registrants to ensure that (a) material information relating to that Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is accumulated and made known to that Registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, by other employees of that Registrant and its subsidiaries as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) this information is recorded, processed, summarized, evaluated, and reported, as applicable, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Due to the inherent limitations of control systems, not all misstatements may be detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls could be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons or by collusion of two or more people.

Accordingly, as of December 31, 2025, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of each of the Registrants concluded that such Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective. (Item 307 of Regulation S‑K).

All Registrants—Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Each Registrant continually strives to improve its disclosure controls and procedures to enhance the quality of its financial reporting and to maintain dynamic systems that change as conditions warrant. However, there were no changes in internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a‑15(d) and 15d‑15(d)) that occurred during the fourth quarter of 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, any of the Registrants' internal control over financial reporting.

All Registrants—Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management is required to assess and report on the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a‑15(f)) as of December 31, 2025. As a result of that assessment, management determined that there were no material weaknesses as of December 31, 2025 and therefore concluded that each Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting was effective. Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting is included in ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.