VALUATION OF ASSETS For all purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the determination of the Net Asset Value per Unit of each Class, the assets of this FuturesAccess Fund shall be valued according to the following principles:
(a) The Net Assets of this FuturesAccess Fund are its assets less its liabilities determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and as described below. Accrued Performance Fees (as described in the Disclosure Document) shall reduce Net Asset Value, even though such Performance Fees may never, in fact, be paid.
(b) For the avoidance of doubt, the Sponsor shall, in general, apply the following principles in valuing this FuturesAccess Fund’s assets:
(i) commodity interests and currency interests which are traded on a United States exchange shall be valued at their settlement on the date as of which the values are being determined;
(ii) commodity interests and currency interests not traded on a United States exchange shall be valued based upon policies established by the Sponsor, generally based on prices as reported by any reliable source selected by the Sponsor, consistently applied for each variety of interest;
(iii) swap agreements shall be valued in the good faith discretion of the Sponsor based on quotations received from dealers deemed appropriate by the Sponsor;
(iv) bank and other interest-bearing accounts, Treasury bills and other short-term, interest-bearing instruments shall be valued at cost plus accrued interest;
(v) securities which are traded on a national securities exchange shall be valued at their closing price on the date as of which their value is being determined on the national securities exchange on which such securities are principally traded or on a consolidated tape which includes such exchange, whichever shall be selected by the Sponsor, or, if there is no closing price on such date on such exchange or consolidated tape, at the prior day’s closing price;
(vi) securities not traded on a national securities exchange but traded over-the-counter shall be valued based on prices as reported by any reliable source selected by the Sponsor;
(vii) money-market funds shall be valued at their net asset value on the date as of which their value is being determined;
(viii) if on the date as of which any valuation is being made, the exchange or market herein designated for the valuation of any given assets is not open for business, the basis for valuing such assets shall be such value as the Sponsor may deem fair and reasonable; Aspect FuturesAccess LLC
CALCULATION OF NET ASSET VALUE U.S. Trust will calculate the Fund's daily net asset value and the daily per-share net asset value in accordance with the Fund's effective Registration Statement on Form N-2 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), including its current prospectus. If so directed, U.S. Trust shall also calculate daily the net income of the Fund
Asset Coverage Ratio The Borrower will not permit the Asset Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.50 to 1 at any time.
Calculation of Amounts Binding Effect of Interpretations and Actions of Master Servicer...............................
Determination of Net Asset Value The net asset value per share of each class and each series of Shares of the Trust shall be determined in accordance with the 1940 Act and any related procedures adopted by the Trustees from time to time. Determinations made under and pursuant to this Section 2 in good faith and in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act shall be binding on all parties concerned.
Interest Coverage Ratio The Borrower will not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 2.75 to 1.0 on the last day of any Fiscal Quarter.
Determination of Net Asset Value, Net Income and Distributions Subject to applicable federal law including the 1940 Act and Section 3.6 hereof, the Trustees, in their sole discretion, may prescribe (and delegate to any officer of the Trust or any other Person or Persons the right and obligation to prescribe) such bases and time (including any methodology or plan) for determining the per Share or net asset value of the Shares of the Trust or any Series or Class or net income attributable to the Shares of the Trust or any Series or Class, or the declaration and payment of dividends and distributions on the Shares of the Trust or any Series or Class and the method of determining the Shareholders to whom dividends and distributions are payable, as they may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to applicable federal law including the 1940 Act, any dividend or distribution may be paid in cash and/or securities or other property, and the composition of any such distribution shall be determined by the Trustees (or by any officer of the Trust or any other Person or Persons to whom such authority has been delegated by the Trustees) and may be different among Shareholders including differences among Shareholders of the same Series or Class.
Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio The Borrowers shall not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarters then ended, to be less than 3.50 to 1.00.
Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio Permit the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be greater than 4.50:1.00.
Location of Assets To keep any property belonging to the Trust at any place in theUnited States.
