Common use of CORE SERVICES FOR ETF SERIES AND MUTUAL FUND SERIES Clause in Contracts

CORE SERVICES FOR ETF SERIES AND MUTUAL FUND SERIES. Fund Services shall provide the following administration services to a Fund: A. General Fund Management: (1) Act as liaison among Fund service providers, including but not exclusive to Adviser, Sub-Adviser, authorized participants, external legal counsel, accounting and audit firms and external compliance consultants. (2) Supply: a. Office facilities (which may be in a Fund Services office or in an affiliate’s office). b. Non-investment-related statistical and research data as requested. (3) Coordinate the Trust’s board of trustees’ (the “Board of Trustees” or the “Trustees”) communications, such as: a. Prepare meeting agendas and resolutions, with the assistance of Fund counsel and Adviser in-house counsel. b. Prepare reports for the Board of Trustees based on financial and administrative data. c. Assist with the selection of the independent auditor. d. Secure and monitor fidelity bond and director and officer liability coverage, and make the necessary U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) filings relating thereto. e. Prepare minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees and Fund shareholders. f. Recommend dividend declarations to the Board of Trustees and prepare and distribute to appropriate parties notices announcing declaration of dividends and other distributions to shareholders. g. Attend Board of Trustees meetings and present materials for Trustees’ review at such meetings.