Access to Books and Records (a) The Borrower and the Guarantors will make and keep books, records and accounts in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP are made of all financial dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities, including, without limitation, an accurate and fair reflection of the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Borrower and the Guarantors.
(b) The Borrower and the Guarantors will permit, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or contractual obligations, any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Trustee or any Governmental Authority that is authorized to supervise or regulate the operations of a Lender, as designated by such Lender, upon reasonable prior written notice and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at no out-of-pocket cost to the Borrower and the Guarantors, to (x) visit and inspect the Collateral and the properties of the Borrower and the Guarantors, (y) examine its books and records, and (z) discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as reasonably requested (it being understood that a representative of the Borrower will be present) subject to any restrictions in any applicable Collateral Document; provided that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower and the Guarantors shall be responsible for the reasonable costs and expenses of any visits of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Trustee and the Lenders, acting together (but not separately); provided, further, that with respect to Collateral and matters relating thereto, the rights of Administrative Agent, the Collateral Trustee and the Lenders under this Section 5.13 shall, subject to the inspection provisions of the applicable Collateral Documents, be limited to the following: upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Trustee, the applicable Grantor will permit the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Trustee or any of its agents or representatives, at reasonable times and intervals upon reasonable prior notice, to (x) visit during normal business hours its offices, sites and properties and (y) inspect any documents relating to (i) the existence of such Collateral, (ii) with respect to Collateral other than Pledged Routes, Pledged Slots and Pledged Gate Leaseholds, the condition of such Collateral, and (iii) the validity, perfection and priority of the Liens on such Collateral, and to discuss such matters with its officers, except to the extent the disclosure of any such document or any such discussion would result in the applicable Grantor’s violation of its contractual or legal obligations. All confidential or proprietary information obtained in connection with any such visit, inspection or discussion shall be held confidential by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Trustee and each of their respective agents and representatives and shall not be furnished or disclosed by any of them to anyone other than their respective bank examiners, auditors, accountants, agents and legal counsel, and except as may be required by any court or administrative agency or by any statute, rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority.
Books of Account The Accounting Agent shall maintain the books of account of the Trust and shall perform the following duties in the manner prescribed by the respective Trust’s currently effective prospectus, statement of additional information or other governing document, copies of which have been certified by the Secretary of the Funds and supplied to the Accounting Agent (a “Governing Document”) (including the procedures established in the Service Level Agreement):
a. Value the assets of each Portfolio using: primarily, market quotations (including the use of matrix pricing) supplied by the independent pricing services selected by the Accounting Agent in consultation with the Trust’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”) and approved by the Board; secondarily, if a designated pricing service does not provide a price for a security that the Accounting Agent believes should be available by market quotation, the Accounting Agent may obtain a price by calling brokers designated by the Adviser, or if the Adviser does not supply the names of such brokers, the Accounting Agent will attempt on its own to find brokers to price the security, subject to approval by the Adviser; thirdly, for securities for which no market price is available, the Valuation Committee overseen by the Board (the “Committee”) will determine a fair value in good faith; or fourthly, such other procedures as may be adopted by the Board. Consistent with Rule 2a-4 under the 1940 Act, estimates may be used where necessary or appropriate. The Accounting Agent is not the guarantor of the accuracy of the securities prices received from such pricing agents and the Accounting Agent is not liable to the Trust for errors in valuing a Portfolio’s assets or calculating the net asset value (the “NAV”) per share of such Portfolio or class when the calculations are based upon inaccurate prices provided by pricing agents. The Accounting Agent will provide daily to the Adviser the security prices used in calculating the NAV of each Portfolio, for its use in preparing exception reports for those prices on which the Adviser has a comment. Further, upon receipt of the exception reports generated by the Adviser, the Accounting Agent will diligently pursue communication regarding exception reports with the designated pricing agents;
b. Determine the NAV per share of each Portfolio and/or class, at the time and in the manner from time to time determined by the Board and as set forth in the Prospectus of such Portfolio;
c. Prepare the weekly or bi-weekly xxxx-to-market reports and analysis in compliance with Rule 2a-7 for each of the money market portfolios.
d. Monitor the triggers used to determine when the ITG fair value pricing procedures may be invoked, as further detailed on attached Exhibit C (the Fair Value Pricing Authorization), and inform the appropriate Federated personnel that triggers had been met. See First Amendment, dated 3/1/11, effective 3/25/11
e. Calculate the net income of each of the Portfolios, if any;
f. Calculate realized capital gains or losses of each of the Portfolios resulting from sale or disposition of assets, if any;
g. Calculate the expense accruals for each fund/class of shares;
h. Determine the dividend factor for all daily dividend funds;
i. Maintain the general ledger and other accounts, books and financial records of the Trust, including for each Portfolio, as required under Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder in connection with the services provided by State Street
j. At the request of the Trust, prepare various reports or other financial documents in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as required by federal, state and other applicable laws and regulations; and
k. Such other similar services as may be reasonably requested by the Trust. The Trust shall provide timely prior notice to the Accounting Agent of any modification in the manner in which such calculations are to be performed as prescribed in any revision to the Trust’s Governing Document. The Accounting Agent shall not be responsible for any revisions to the manner in which such calculations are to be performed unless such revisions are communicated in writing to the Accounting Agent.
Keeping of Records and Books of Account The Company shall keep and cause each subsidiary to keep adequate records and books of account, in which complete entries will be made in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, reflecting all financial transactions of the Company and its subsidiaries, and in which, for each fiscal year, all proper reserves for depreciation, depletion, obsolescence, amortization, taxes, bad debts and other purposes in connection with its business shall be made.
