Activities of the Manager The services of the Manager to the Fund hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Manager and any of its affiliates shall be free to render similar services to others. Subject to and in accordance with the Agreement and Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the Trust and Section 10(a) of the 1940 Act, it is understood that trustees, officers, agents and shareholders of the Trust are or may be interested in the Manager or its affiliates as directors, officers, agents or stockholders; that directors, officers, agents or stockholders of the Manager or its affiliates are or may be interested in the Trust as trustees, officers, agents, shareholders or otherwise; that the Manager or its affiliates may be interested in the Fund as shareholders or otherwise; and that the effect of any such interests shall be governed by said Agreement and Declaration of Trust, By-Laws and the 1940 Act.
Duties of the Manager (a) The Manager shall, subject to the direction and control of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (i) (except to the extent an investment subadviser (each, a “Subadviser”), as defined below, has been retained in respect of some or all of the assets of the Fund) furnish continuously an investment program for the Fund and make investment decisions on behalf of the Fund and place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities; and (ii) provide reports on the foregoing to the Board of Trustees at each Board meeting.
(b) In any case where a Subadviser has been retained in respect of some or all of the assets of the Fund as contemplated by Section 9 below, the Manager shall take the following actions in respect of the performance by the Subadviser of its obligations in respect of the Fund: - perform periodic detailed analysis and review of the performance by the Subadviser of its obligations to the Fund, including without limitation a review of the Subadviser’s investment performance in respect of the Fund and in respect of other accounts managed by the Subadviser with similar investment strategies; - prepare and present periodic reports to the Board of Trustees regarding the investment performance of the Subadviser and other information regarding the Subadviser, at such times and in such forms as the Board of Trustees may reasonably request; - review and consider any changes in the personnel of the Subadviser responsible for performing the Subadviser’s obligations and make appropriate reports to the Board of Trustees; - review and consider any changes in the ownership or senior management of the Subadviser and make appropriate reports to the Board of Trustees; - perform periodic in-person or telephonic diligence meetings with representatives of the Subadviser; - assist the Board of Trustees and management of the Trust in developing and reviewing information with respect to the initial approval of the subadvisory agreement with the Subadviser and annual consideration of the agreement thereafter; - at the request of the Board of Trustees, prepare recommendations with respect to the continued retention of any Subadviser or the replacement of any Subadviser; - at the request of the Board of Trustees, identify potential successors to or replacements of any Subadviser or potential additional Subadvisers, perform appropriate due diligence, and develop and present to the Board of Trustees a recommendation as to any such successor, replacement, or additional Subadviser; - designate and compensate from its own resources such personnel as the Manager may consider necessary or appropriate to the performance of its services hereunder; and - perform such other review and reporting functions as the Board of Trustees shall reasonably request consistent with this Management Agreement, the applicable subadvisory agreement, and applicable law. The Manager shall perform the obligations hereunder relating generally to the investment program of the Fund that have not been delegated to any Subadviser.
(c) In addition, the Manager shall provide advice and recommendations to the Board of Trustees, and perform such review and oversight functions as the Board of Trustees may reasonably request, as to the continuing appropriateness of the investment objective, strategies, and policies of the Fund, valuations of portfolio securities, and other matters relating generally to the investment program of the Fund.
(d) Nothing in this Management Agreement shall prevent the Manager or any officer thereof from acting as investment adviser or subadviser for any other person, firm or corporation and shall not in any way limit or restrict the Manager or any of its directors, officers, members, stockholders, or employees from buying, selling, or trading any securities for its or their own accounts or for the account of others for whom it or they may be acting.
(e) The Manager shall, at its own expense, provide employees of the Manager to serve as officers of the Trust as the Board of Trustees may request. The Manager and the Board of Trustees may from time to time agree that the expense of certain officers of the Trust who may also be employees of the Manager, including without limitation the Chief Compliance Officer of the Trust and any Assistant Chief Compliance Officers, will be borne in part by the Trust and in part by the Manager or entirely by the Trust.
(f) The Manager shall not be obligated to pay any expenses of or for the Trust or the Fund not expressly assumed by the Manager pursuant to this Management Agreement.
Expenses of the Board Each party shall pay:
(a) the fees and expenses of the arbitrator it appoints;
(b) one-half of the fees and expenses of the Chair.
Expenses of the Fund Other than as provided for in Sections 1 and 3, the Fund shall be responsible for all of its own fees, expenses, charges, assessments, taxes, and other costs incurred in its operations, whether incurred directly by the Fund or incurred by the Manager on behalf of the Fund (together, “fees and expenses”). Such fees and expenses payable by the Fund shall include, but are not limited to:
i. Fees and expenses paid to the Manager as provided herein;
ii. Brokerage fees and commissions in connection with the purchase and sale of securities for the Portfolio;
iii. Fees and expenses of transfer and dividend disbursing agents, sub-transfer agents, custodians, securities lending agents, administrators and shareholder servicing and record-keeping agents, including the expenses of issue, repurchase or redemption of its shares;
iv. Fees and expenses of registering and maintaining the registration of the Portfolio and its shares under federal and any applicable state laws; including the printing and distribution of prospectuses to its existing shareholders;
v. Fees and expenses incident to meetings of the shareholders of the Fund, reports to the Portfolio’s shareholders, the filing of reports with regulatory bodies and the maintenance of the Portfolio’s and the Fund’s legal existence;
vi. Fees and expenses of all audits by independent public accountants;
vii. Fees and expenses of legal counsel to the Portfolio and/or the directors, including the legal fees related to the registration and continued qualification of the Portfolio’s shares for sale;
viii. Compensation of, and fees and expenses incurred by those individuals serving as, directors who are not directors, officers, employees or shareholders of the Manager or any of its affiliates;
ix. Fees and expenses relating to the pricing and return data of Portfolio assets and related indices to the extent necessary for disclosure in regulatory filings for the Fund, including expenses of obtaining quotations for calculating the value of the Portfolio’s net assets;
x. The Portfolio’s pro rata portion of fidelity bond, errors and omissions, and directors and officer liability insurance premiums;
xi. The Portfolio’s pro-rata portion of fees and expenses in connection with membership in investment company organizations or trade associations, as approved by the Board;
xii. Salaries and other compensation, in whole or in part, of officers and employees of the Fund who are not officers, directors, or employees of the Manager or its affiliates (provided, however, notwithstanding the employment of officers or personnel by the Manager, the Fund shall be responsible for its pro rata portion of any salary and other compensation as may be payable to the Fund’s chief compliance officer);
xiii. Fees and expenses incident to meetings of the Board;
xiv. Taxes and other governmental fees levied against the Portfolio, and the preparation of the Fund’s tax returns;
xv. Investment fees and expenses of the Portfolio, including the interest expense of borrowing money;
xvi. Fees and expenses associated with obtaining tax reclaims for the Portfolio;
xvii. Fees and expenses associated with preparing the Portfolio’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, National Futures Association, or other government agency or regulatory body and any costs associated with disclosure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements with respect to such filings;
xviii. Fees and expenses associated with regulatory inquiries and examinations, regulatory proceedings, and regulatory investigations of the Portfolio;
xix. Fees and expenses incurred in connection with any litigation or regulatory proceeding, including class action proceedings, bankruptcy proceedings, and responses to subpoenas of any kind;
xx. Extraordinary fees and expenses of the Portfolio;
xxi. Fees and expenses associated with trade administration oversight services with respect to reconciliations, including: (a) assistance with Portfolio valuation and tax lot accounting; (b) daily reconciliation of the Portfolio’s cash and positions with the Portfolio’s custodians; (c) detailed reconciliations of the Portfolio’s net asset value; and (d) maintenance of books and records of portfolio transactions;
xxii. Fees and expenses associated with trade administration oversight services with respect to settlement oversight, including: (a) capturing information for trades executed for the Portfolio and corporate action elections and transmitting such information to custodians, other fund service providers and other third parties such as securities lending agents; and (b) coordinating with custodians and brokers to identify, investigate and resolve all unmatched and failed trades and matters related to corporate actions;
xxiii. Fees and expenses associated with trade administration oversight services with respect to collateral management oversight, including: (a) the administration of the Portfolio’s margin accounts; (b) calculation and management of daily margin calls; (c) transmission of instructions related to collateral settlement; and (d) reviews of collateral eligibility and substitute collateral;
xxiv. Fees and expenses related to the Portfolio’s, not the Manager’s, compliance program;
xxv. Fees and expenses associated with oversight of the securities lending activities of the Portfolio to the extent permissible by law; and
xxvi. Fees and expenses associated with the voting of proxies (or other requests for consent or approval of interest holders) with respect to securities or other assets held by the Portfolio, including certain research services, as approved by the Board. The Portfolio, at its expense, may enter into agreements with one or more entities (including the Manager) to perform some or all of the services related to the fees and expenses of the Portfolio specified above in this Section 4 or such other services that may be requested by the Board from time to time. Payment by the Manager of the fees and expenses that shall be borne by the Portfolio under this Agreement shall not prejudice the Manager’s right to seek reimbursement for such fees and expenses or to provide for the future payment by the Portfolio of such fees and expenses. In carrying out its responsibilities under Section 3 of the Agreement, to the extent the Manager deems necessary or desirable and at the expense of the Portfolio, the Manager shall be entitled to consult with, and obtain the assistance of, the persons described in clause (i) of Section 3 that provide services to the Fund. To the extent there is uncertainty as to whether a fee or expense should be borne by the Fund, the Board will have discretion to determine, in consultation with the Manager and consistent with applicable law, whether the Fund will bear such fee or expense.
Managing Member Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Managing Member or any of its Affiliates who hold any Interests shall not be entitled to vote in its capacity as holder of such Interests on matters submitted to the Members for approval, and no such Interests shall be deemed Outstanding for purposes of any such vote.
Expenses of the Funds In addition to the liability of the Custodian under this Article V, the Custodian shall be liable to each applicable Fund for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such Fund in connection with any claim by such Fund against the Custodian arising from the obligations of the Custodian hereunder, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by such Fund in asserting any such claim, and all expenses incurred by such Fund in connection with any investigations, lawsuits or proceedings relating to such claim; provided that, such Fund has recovered from the Custodian for such claim.
Liabilities of the Manager A. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of the Manager, the Manager shall not be subject to liability to the Trust or the Fund or to any shareholder of the Fund for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security by the Fund.
B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Manager agrees to reimburse the Trust for any and all costs, expenses, and counsel and trustees’ fees reasonably incurred by the Trust in the preparation, printing and distribution of proxy statements, amendments to its Registration Statement, holdings of meetings of its shareholders or trustees, the conduct of factual investigations, any legal or administrative proceedings (including any applications for exemptions or determinations by the Securities and Exchange Commission) which the Trust incurs as the result of action or inaction of the Manager or any of its affiliates or any of their officers, directors, employees or stockholders where the action or inaction necessitating such expenditures (i) is directly or indirectly related to any transactions or proposed transaction in the stock or control of the Manager or its affiliates (or litigation related to any pending or proposed or future transaction in such shares or control) which shall have been undertaken without the prior, express approval of the Trust’s Board of Trustees; or, (ii) is within the control of the Manager or any of its affiliates or any of their officers, directors, employees or stockholders. The Manager shall not be obligated pursuant to the provisions of this Subparagraph 7.B., to reimburse the Trust for any expenditures related to the institution of an administrative proceeding or civil litigation by the Trust or a shareholder seeking to recover all or a portion of the proceeds derived by any stockholder of the Manager or any of its affiliates from the sale of his shares of the Manager, or similar matters. So long as this Agreement is in effect, the Manager shall pay to the Trust the amount due for expenses subject to this Subparagraph 7.B. within 30 days after a xxxx or statement has been received by the Manager therefor. This provision shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any claim the Trust may have or may assert against the Manager or others for costs, expenses or damages heretofore incurred by the Trust or for costs, expenses or damages the Trust may hereafter incur which are not reimbursable to it hereunder.
C. No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to protect any trustee or officer of the Trust, or director or officer of the Manager, from liability in violation of Sections 17(h) and (i) of the 1940 Act.
Expenses of the Trust NOT PAID BY THE ADVISER. The Adviser will not be required to pay any expenses which this Agreement does not expressly make payable by it. In particular, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing but subject to the provisions of Section 3, the Adviser will not be required to pay under this Agreement:
(a) any and all expenses, taxes and governmental fees incurred by the Trust prior to the effective date of this Agreement;
(b) without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (a), the expenses of organizing the Trust (including without limitation, legal, accounting and auditing fees and expenses incurred in connection with the matters referred to in this clause (b)), of initially registering shares of the Trust under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and of qualifying the shares for sale under state securities laws for the initial offering and sale of shares;
(c) the compensation and expenses of Trustees who are not interested persons (as used in this Agreement, such term shall have the meaning specified in the 1940 Act) of the Adviser and of independent advisers, independent contractors, consultants, managers and other unaffiliated agents employed by the Trust other than through the Adviser;
(d) legal, accounting, financial management, tax and auditing fees and expenses of the Trust (including an allocable portion of the cost of its employees rendering such services to the Trust);
(e) the fees and disbursements of custodians and depositories of the Trust's assets, transfer agents, disbursing agents, plan agents and registrars;
(f) taxes and governmental fees assessed against the Trust's assets and payable by the Trust;
(g) the cost of preparing and mailing dividends, distributions, reports, notices and proxy materials to shareholders of the Trust;
(h) brokers' commissions and underwriting fees;
(i) the expense of periodic calculations of the net asset value of the shares of the Trust; and
(j) insurance premiums on fidelity, errors and omissions and other coverages.
Expenses of the Company Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Company shall pay all its expenses, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is specifically agreed that the following expenses of the Company shall be paid by the Company and shall not be paid by the Manager:
(a) the cost of borrowed money;
(b) taxes on income and taxes and assessments on real and personal property, if any, and all other taxes applicable to the Company;
(c) legal, auditing, accounting, underwriting, brokerage, listing, reporting, registration and other fees, and printing, engraving and other expenses and taxes incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer, trading, registration and listing of the Company’s securities on the Stock Exchange, including transfer agent’s, registrar’s and indenture trustee’s fees and charges;
(d) expenses of organizing, restructuring, reorganizing or liquidating the Company, or of revising, amending, converting or modifying the Company’s organizational documents;
(e) fees and travel and other expenses paid to Trustees and officers of the Company in their capacities as such (but not in their capacities as officers or employees of the Manager) and fees and travel and other expenses paid to advisors, contractors, mortgage servicers, consultants, and other agents and independent contractors employed by or on behalf of the Company;
(f) expenses directly connected with the investigation, acquisition, disposition or ownership of real estate interests or other property (including third party property diligence costs, appraisal reporting, the costs of foreclosure, insurance premiums, legal services, brokerage and sales commissions, maintenance, repair, improvement and local management of property), other than expenses with respect thereto of employees of the Manager, to the extent that such expenses are to be borne by the Manager pursuant to Section 15 above;
(g) all insurance costs incurred in connection with the Company (including officer and trustee liability insurance) or in connection with any officer and trustee indemnity agreement to which the Company is a party;
(h) expenses connected with payments of dividends or interest or contributions in cash or any other form made or caused to be made by the Trustees to holders of securities of the Company;
(i) all expenses connected with communications to holders of securities of the Company and other bookkeeping and clerical work necessary to maintaining relations with holders of securities, including the cost of any transfer agent, the cost of preparing, printing, posting, distributing and mailing certificates for securities and proxy solicitation materials and reports to holders of the Company’s securities;
(j) legal, accounting and auditing fees and expenses, other than those described in subsection (c) above;
(k) filing and recording fees for regulatory or governmental filings, approvals and notices to the extent not otherwise covered by any of the foregoing items of this Section 16;
(l) expenses relating to any office or office facilities maintained by the Company separate from the office of the Manager; and
(m) the costs and expenses of all equity award or compensation plans or arrangements established by the Company, including the value of awards made by the Company to the Manager or its employees, if any, and payment of any employment or withholding taxes in connection therewith.
Expenses of the Parties Except as otherwise provided herein, all expenses incurred by or on behalf of the parties hereto in connection with the authorization, preparation and consummation of this Agreement, including, without limitation, all fees and expenses of agents, representatives, counsel and accountants employed by the parties hereto in connection with the authorization, preparation, execution and consummation of this Agreement shall be borne solely by the party who shall have incurred the same.
