Common use of Dormant Fee Clause in Contracts

Dormant Fee. Accounts in which there have been no trading activity for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months will be considered by the Company as inactive. Inactive accounts are charged with a quarterly maintenance fee of US$15 or the account’s entire Equity if the Equity is less than US$15. The first maintenance fee will be charged at the beginning of the calendar quarter which follows the classification of the account as inactive and any further maintenance fee shall be charged upon each calendar quarter (3 months) thereafter, provided that the account will remain to be classified as inactive. There will be no charge if the account’s Equity reaches zero.