General American Investors Company, Inc. (the "Company") does not directly or systematically collect non-public personal information about its customers (stockholders) with respect to their transactions or holdings in shares of the Company's securities. The Company has only limited access to certain information concerning stockholders whose shares are registered in their names via the Transfer Agent. That information is gathered and maintained in the normal course of business by the Transfer Agent in the execution of its responsibilities. Such information includes the stockholder's name, address, account number, transaction activity, share balance, and the taxpayer’s identification number, only the last four digits of which are typically displayed. The Company does not have knowledge of, nor does it collect personal information about stockholders who hold the Company's securities at financial institutions such as brokers or banks that are held in "street name" registration.
The Company does not disclose any non-public personal information about its stockholders or former stockholders to anyone, except as required or permitted by law, such as is necessary to service stockholders.
The Company restricts access to non-public personal information about its stockholders to those of its employees who need to know such information in order to provide service to stockholders. The Company maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard stockholders' non-public personal information.
