As the Financial Administrator. The Financial Administrator shall provide the following services, in each case, subject to the control, supervision and direction of the respective Trust and its Board of Trustees/Directors (the “Board”) and in accordance with procedures which may be established from time to time between the Trust and the Financial Administrator (including the procedures established in the “Service Level Agreement” as defined in Section V of this Agreement):
1. Compile, review and deliver to the Trust, fund performance statistics including Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) yields, distribution yields and total returns;
2. Prepare and submit for approval by officers of the Trust a fund expense budget, review expense calculations and arrange for payment of the Trust’s expenses;
3. Prepare for review and approval by officers of the Trust financial information required for the Trust’s annual and semi-annual reports, proxy statements and other communications required or otherwise to be sent to shareholders; review text of “President’s Letter to Shareholders” and “Management’s Discussion of Financial Performance” as included in shareholder reports (which shall also be subject to review by the Trust’s legal counsel);
4. Prepare for review by an officer of and legal counsel for the Trust the Trust’s periodic financial reports required to be filed with the SEC on Form N-SAR and financial information required by Form N-1A, Form N-2, Form N-14, Form N-Q and Form 24F-2 and such other reports, forms or filings as may be mutually agreed upon;
5. Prepare reports, including media questionnaires and mutual fund publication surveys, relating to the business and affairs of the Trust as may be mutually agreed upon and not otherwise prepared by the Trust’s investment adviser, custodian, legal counsel or independent accountants;
6. Oversee and review calculations of fees paid to State Street and to the Trust’s investment adviser, shareholder servicing agent, distributor, custodian, fund administrator, fund accountant and transfer and dividend disbursing agent (“Transfer Agent”), in addition to the oversight and review of all asset based fee calculations;
7. Prepare fund income forecasts and submit for approval by officers of the Trust, recommendations for fund income dividend distributions;
8. Maintain continuing awareness of significant emerging regulatory and legislative developments which may affect the Trust, and provide related planning assistance where requested or appropriat...
As the Financial Administrator. The Financial Administrator shall provide the following services, in each case, subject to the control, supervision and direction of Evergreen and the review and comment by each Trust’s auditors and legal counsel and in accordance with procedures which may be established from time to time between Evergreen and the Financial Administrator: Compute tax basis provisions for both excise and income tax purposes; Prepare each Fund’s federal, state, and local income tax returns and extension requests for review and for filing by the Fund, including Form 1120-RIC, Form 8613 and Form 1099-MISC; Coordinate Forms 1042/1042S with each Fund’s transfer agent; and Prepare information for Section 852 mailings. In connection with the tax services provided to the Funds described herein, Evergreen shall authorize the Financial Administrator to sign the federal, state and local tax returns and extension requests on behalf of the Funds by completing the authorization form attached as Exhibit 1 to this Agreement. The Financial Administrator shall provide the office facilities and the personnel required by it to perform the services contemplated herein.
