Management Fee For all services to be rendered, payments to be made and costs to be assumed by you as provided in sections 2, 3, and 4 hereof, the Trust on behalf of the Fund shall pay you in United States Dollars on the last day of each month the unpaid balance of a fee equal to the excess of (a) 1/12 of .55 of 1 percent of the average daily net assets as defined below of the Fund for such month; provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds $250,000,000 the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $250,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .52 of 1 percent of such portion; provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds $1,000,000,000, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $1,000,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .50 of 1 percent of such portion; provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds $2,500,000,000, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $2,500,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .48 of 1 percent of such portion; provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds $5,000,000,000, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $5,000,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .45 of 1 percent of such portion; provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds $7,500,000,000, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $7,500,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .43 of 1 percent of such portion; provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds 10,000,000,000, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $10,000,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .41 of 1 percent of such portion; and provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds 12,500,000,000, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $12,500,000,000 shall be 1/12 of .40 of 1 percent of such portion; over (b) any compensation waived by you from time to time (as more fully described below). You shall be entitled to receive during any month such interim payments of your fee hereunder as you shall request, provided that no such payment shall exceed 75 percent of the amount of your fee then accrued on the books of the Fund and unpaid.
Independent Contractor; Payment of Taxes and Other Expenses a. Independent Contractor. Contractor or any agent or employee of Contractor shall be deemed at all times to be an independent contractor and is wholly responsible for the manner in which it performs the services and work requested by City under this Agreement. Contractor or any agent or employee of Contractor shall not have employee status with City, nor be entitled to participate in any plans, arrangements, or distributions by City pertaining to or in connection with any retirement, health or other benefits that City may offer its employees. Contractor or any agent or employee of Contractor is liable for the acts and omissions of itself, its employees and its agents. Contractor shall be responsible for all obligations and payments, whether imposed by federal, state or local law, including, but not limited to, FICA, income tax withholdings, unemployment compensation, insurance, and other similar responsibilities related to Contractor’s performing services and work, or any agent or employee of Contractor providing same. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as creating an employment or agency relationship between City and Contractor or any agent or employee of Contractor. Any terms in this Agreement referring to direction from City shall be construed as providing for direction as to policy and the result of Contractor’s work only, and not as to the means by which such a result is obtained. City does not retain the right to control the means or the method by which Contractor performs work under this Agreement.
