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About Brown Brothers Harriman (Luxembourg) S.C.A.

Brown Brothers Harriman (Luxembourg) S.C.A. is the Luxembourg banking entity of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., focused on investor services for asset managers, fund sponsors, insurance companies, and other institutional clients. The institution is authorized as a credit institution in Luxembourg and supervised by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). It acts as depositary for UCITS and alternative investment funds and provides global custody, fund accounting and administration, registrar and transfer agency, cash and foreign exchange services, and related operational support; availability of agency securities lending and other ancillary services depends on client mandate and regulatory constraints. The entity operates under the legal form Société en Commandite par Actions (S.C.A.) and files statutory accounts with the Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés; fee schedules and minimum balance requirements are not publicly disclosed, with terms typically negotiated bilaterally. Its operating model is institutional rather than retail, with onboarding and ongoing due diligence aligned to Luxembourg AML/CTF rules and international tax transparency regimes (FATCA and CRS). For Luxembourg-domiciled funds it supports common structures such as UCITS SICAVs, FCPs, Part II funds, SIFs, and RAIFs, and it can service cross-border distribution within the EEA under applicable passporting frameworks. Eligible deposits held with the Luxembourg bank fall under the national deposit guarantee scheme implementing EU Directive 2014/49/EU (currently up to €100,000 per depositor per institution), and certain investor claims may be covered by the investor compensation scheme implementing Directive 97/9/EC (generally up to €20,000), subject to statutory exclusions and limits. In 2021 State Street announced an agreement to acquire BBH’s Investor Services business, which included the Luxembourg operations; the parties terminated the agreement in 2023, and the business continues to operate within Brown Brothers Harriman. The bank maintains a low public profile and engages primarily through institutional channels.