Abandoned Property and Escheatment

Escheatment is the process of turning over financial assets like mutual fund shares that are deemed to be “abandoned” to a state authority, in accordance with state abandoned property laws.

Each state has its own abandoned property laws, but in general, a state considers a financial account to be abandoned if the owner of the account has not contacted the holder for more than a specified period. In some states, there is an additional requirement that mail sent to the account owner’s address in the holder’s records be returned as undeliverable. In addition, a check issued by the account holder may be deemed abandoned if it is not cashed for a specified period of time.

Please check your state Treasurer’s website for specific information.

We do not have a record of you contacting us regarding your Dodge & Cox Funds Account(s) for over 24 months and we want you to be aware that you should contact us regularly to protect your account from being deemed abandoned. We urge you to contact us using any of the methods provided in the notice that you received, before October 31, 2022.

Contact us before October 31, 2022 either by clicking the "Make Contact" button above, by calling us at 800-201-9347 if you are within the United States or +1-207-517-6931 if you are outside the United States (Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Eastern Time), or by signing and returning the notice you received to: Dodge & Cox Funds, P.O. Box 219502, Kansas City, MO 64121-9502 USA.

If you contact us, that contact applies to all accounts registered under the same primary Social Security or Tax ID Number. If you have another account(s) that may be registered under a different Social Security or Tax ID Number (for example, a joint account), you should contact us separately for that account. Establishing contact on only those accounts held solely in the shareholder’s name may not protect accounts held jointly. If you are uncertain which of your accounts use the same Social Security or Tax ID Number, please call us.

If you do not contact us within the period specified in your state’s abandoned property laws, we may be required to transfer your account to the Abandoned Property Office for your state. Each state’s laws differ somewhat, but in every state, contacting us will prevent your account from being treated as abandoned.

Keep your Dodge & Cox Funds account(s) active by making contact with us at least annually. All of the actions below are considered contact for purposes of state abandoned property laws:

• Accessing your account through the Funds’ secure website at www.dodgeandcox.com.
• Calling our customer service phone number and completing the automated security verification process or speaking to a Client Service Representative.
• Notifying us of any name and/or address change.
• Cashing a dividend or redemption check. Please note that if your account dividends are reinvested automatically, the reinvestment does not count as contact.

We also suggest that you:

• Open and read all mail from Dodge & Cox and pay attention to any notice asking you to contact us.
• Make sure your IRA and other retirement accounts contain up-to-date beneficiary information.
• Consider making contact with us each year at a specific memorable date, such as your birthday.

No, state abandoned property laws do not consider automatic transactions (including dividend reinvestments) to be contact because they require no action from the account owner.

Please review your state Treasurer’s website for information on recovering escheated financial assets.

Please review your state Treasurer’s website for more information about your state’s abandoned property laws.