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CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS Notes to Financial Statements (Continued) September 30, 2025 IV. Detailed ..Notes _on„All Activities and Funds (Continued) B. Investments (Continued) The City invested in Texas Cooperative Liquid Assets Security System (Texas CLASS) Trust. Texas CLASS was created as an investment pool for its participants pursuant to Section 2256.016 of the Public Funds Investment Act, Texas Government Code, or other laws of the State of Texas governing the investment of funds of a participant or funds under its control. Texas CLASS is administered by UMB Bank N.A., which also serves as the Custodian. Texas CLASS is supervised by a Board of Trustees who are elected by the participants. Texas CLASS uses amortized cost rather than market value to report net position to compute share prices. Accordingly, the fair value of the position in Texas CLASS is the same as the net asset value of Texas CLASS shares. Texas CLASS issues a publicly available annual report that can be obtained at www.texasclass.com. The City had a zero balance at year end. Interest rate risk is the policy of the City to invest public funds in a manner which will provide the highest investment return with the maximum security while meeting the daily cash flow demands of the entity and conforming to all state and local statutes governing the investment of public funds. The City's investment portfolio is designed with the objective of attaining an acceptable rate of return throughout budgetary and economic cycles and commensurate with the City's investment risk constraints and the cash flow characteristics of the portfolio. The City's investment strategy is active. Given this strategy, the basis used by the Finance Director to determine whether market yields are being achieved shall be the Average Fed Funds rate. No other formal policy related to interest rate risk is included in the City's adopted investment policy. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer of an investment will not fulfill its obligations to the holder of the investment. This type of risk is typically expressed in terms of the credit ratings issued by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization. The City and PEDC reduce the risk of issuer default by limiting investments to those instruments allowed by the Public Funds Investment Act, Chapter 2256, Texas Government Code. Concentration credit risk is the risk of loss attributed to the magnitude of a government's investment in a single issuer. With the exception of obligations of the United States or its agencies and authorized pools, no more than 50% of the City's total investment portfolio will be invested in a single financial institution with the exception of its local depository. PEDC's investment balance consists of only externally pooled accounts. The custodial credit risk for investments is the risk that, in the event of failure of the counterparty to a transaction, a government will not be able to recover the value of investment or collateral securities that are in the possession of an outside party. In accordance with the City's deposit and investment policy, all deposits placed at a financial institution shall be insured or collateralized with applicable State law. Foreign currency risk is the risk that an investment denominated in the currency of a foreign country could reduce in value as a result of changes in currency exchange rates. At September 30, 2025, the City was not exposed to foreign currency risk. 45