Costs and Expenses: Allocation of Costs A. The Transfer Agent will be responsible for all expenses, costs and other charges arising out of the performance of its obligations pursuant to this Contract, including the fees and disbursements of any third party retained to perform any of the services to the Fund on behalf of the Transfer Agent; all paper, typesetting, printing, stationery, envelopes, postage, labeling costs, mail sorting and other similar costs of preparing and mailing any dividend or redemption payment, all shareholder reports (including the cost of printing and mailing prospectuses sent to current shareholders, including the beneficial owners of Accounts), tax statements, confirmations, notices and statements of account; all telephone and computer equipment and usage charges; all personnel expenses, heat, light, rent, utilities, equipment purchases or rentals; all insurance premiums associated with FIIOC’s provision of services under this Contract, unless the Trustees of the Fund shall have specifically authorized an allocation of all or a portion of the premium to the Fund; all costs associated with the provision of check redemption services (including, the costs of printing and mailing of checks and checkbooks to shareholders, the charges of any vendor retained by the Fund to process checks for payment, and the charges of sending canceled checks to shareholders); and all other necessary expenses associated with the provision of services under the Contract.
B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fund shall be required to bear all expenses for all Accounts associated with: (i) all fees and expenses of registering shares for sale under the state securities laws (“blue sky charges”); and (ii) the holding of annual or special meetings of Fund shareholders, including: the costs of typesetting, printing, postage and mailing of notices, proxy cards and proxy statements (and, if requested by a shareholder, annual reports sent to those shareholders that have opened accounts subsequent to the last regular mailing date of such reports to shareholders); the fees and other disbursements of any agent hired to mail proxy materials and/or tabulate proxies; all charges incurred by any proxy soliciting agent; the reasonable and customary fees and handling charges of brokers, banks and other intermediaries for forwarding proxy materials; all other customary expenses associated with the holding of shareholder meetings.
C. The Fund shall not bear expenses for Accounts associated with charges of any bank for establishing and operating accounts for the receipt of funds for share purchases and the payment of dividends, distributions and redemption proceeds (together, “bank charges”). The Transfer Agent shall look exclusively to FMR for payment of bank charges.
D. Any amounts earned by the bank accounts established pursuant to paragraph 3(D) above on overnight repurchase agreements or money market funds shall be allocated to the Fund on a pro rata basis based on the amount of moneys attributable to the Fund invested in such repurchase agreements or money market funds.
Expenses and Costs Each Borrower, jointly and severally, agrees to pay and to save the Agent and the Lenders harmless for the payment of all fees, out-of-pocket disbursements, and other costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Agent or any Lender arising in any way in connection with this Amendment, or any other document relating to indebtedness described in the recitals to this Amendment, including the fees and expenses of Dickinson Wright PLLC, counsel to the Agent, and AlixPartners, LLC, c▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ Agent, and specifically including, without limitation, (a) the cost of any financial audit or inquiry conducted by the Agent, any Lender or their consultants, (b) the fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent or any Lender for the work performed as a result of the Borrowers' defaults or financial problems, and for the preparation, examination and approval of this Amendment or any documents in connection with this Amendment, (c) for the payment of all fees and out-of-pocket disbursements incurred by the Agent or any Lender, including attorneys' fees, in any way arising from or in connection with any action taken by the Agent or any Lender to monitor, advise, enforce or collect the obligations described in the recitals hereto or to enforce any obligations of the Borrowers or any Guarantor under this Amendment or the other documents referred to herein, including any actions to lift the automatic stay or to otherwise in any way participate in any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency proceeding of any Borrower or Guarantor or in any trial or appellate proceedings, and (d) any expenses or fees (including attorneys' fees) incurred in relation to or in defense of any litigation instituted by any Borrower, any Guarantor or any third party against the Agent or any Lender arising from or relating to the obligations described in the recitals hereto or this Amendment, including any so-called "lender liability" action. All of these expenses and fees (including attorneys' fees) shall be part of the Obligations owing under the Credit Agreement, and shall be secured by all of the collateral described in the Collateral Documents. In the event the Borrowers fail to pay any such fees, expenses and costs within five (5) days of being invoiced therefor, the Agent or the Lenders, as the case may be, shall be permitted to charge the accounts of any Borrower for such fees, expenses and costs, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies of the Agent or the Lenders. The rights and remedies of the Agent and the Lenders contained in this paragraph shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, the rights and remedies contained in the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Documents and as otherwise provided by law.
Expenses and Reimbursement The Legal Services expenses (the "Legal Services Expenses") for which Van Kampen may be reimbursed are salary and salary related ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, including but not limited to bonuses, group insurance and other regular wages paid to the personnel of the Legal Services Group. Each member of the Legal Services Group will complete as of the last business day of each month, a time allocation sheet indicating the monthly time spent (reflected as a percentage) on matters relating to the Funds, on matters relating to other funds for which Van Kampen or its subsidiaries act as investment adviser and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇utor ("Van Kampen Non-Participating Funds") and for other matters. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇egate of time spent on matters for the Funds and Van Kampen Non-Participating Funds is referred to herein a▇ ▇▇▇ "▇▇▇▇ Percentage". Each member's Fund Percentage shall be multiplied by each member's individual Legal Service Expense; the resulting product for each member shall then be aggregated to arrive at the Legal Services Expenses that can be allocated as set forth in Paragraph 4 ("Allocable Legal Services Expenses"). The Legal Services Expenses will be paid by Van Kampen (or the affiliate of Van Kampen employing such Legal ▇▇▇▇ices Group persons) an▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇tion of such Legal Services Expenses allocated to the Funds as set forth in Paragraph 4 shall be reimbursed by the Funds. Van Kampen will tender to each Fund a monthly invoice with▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇siness days of the last business day of each month which shall certify the total Legal Service Expenses expended and allocated to such Fund. Except as provided herein, Van Kampen will receive no other compensation in connectio▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇al Services rendered in accordance with this Agreement, and Van Kampen and its affiliates will be responsible for all ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇nses relating to the providing of Legal Services.
Allowable Expenses Contractor may submit for reimbursement, without mark-up, only the following categories of expense:
Fees, Expenses and Reimbursement (a) The Board may cause the Fund to compensate each Manager who is not an "interested person" of the Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act), and such Manager shall be reimbursed by the Fund for reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by him in performing his duties under this Agreement.
(b) The Fund shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in its business and operations. Costs and expenses to be borne by the Fund include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) all costs and expenses directly related to investment transactions and positions for the Fund's account, including, but not limited to, brokerage commissions, research fees, interest and commitment fees on loans and debit balances, borrowing charges on securities sold short, dividends on securities sold but not yet purchased, custodial fees, margin fees, transfer taxes and premiums, taxes withheld on foreign dividends, and indirect expenses from investments in Investment Funds;
(2) all costs and expenses associated with the operation and registration of the Fund, offering costs and the costs of compliance with applicable Federal and state laws;
(3) all costs and expenses associated with the organization and operation of separate Investment Funds managed by Investment Managers retained by the Fund;
(4) the costs and expenses of holding meetings of the Board and any meetings of Members, including costs associated with the preparation and dissemination of proxy materials;
(6) the fees and disbursements of the Fund's counsel, legal counsel to the Independent Managers, auditing and accounting expenses and fees and disbursements for independent accountants for the Fund, and other consultants and professionals engaged on behalf of the Fund;
(7) the fees payable to custodians and other persons providing administrative services to the Fund;
(8) the costs of a fidelity bond and any liability insurance obtained on behalf of the Fund or the Board or Indemnitees;
(9) all costs and expenses of preparing, setting in type, printing, and distributing reports and other communications to Members; and
(10) such other types of expenses as may be approved from time to time by the Board.
(c) Subject to procuring any required regulatory approvals, from time to time the Fund may, alone or in conjunction with other registered or unregistered investment funds or other accounts for which CSFB Alternative Capital, or any Affiliate of CSFB Alternative Capital, acts as general partner or investment adviser, purchase insurance in such amounts, from such insurers and on such terms as the Board shall determine.
