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 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.
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.
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 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.
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 of the Sub-Adviser During the term of this Agreement, the Sub-Adviser will pay all expenses (including without limitation the compensation of all trustees or officers of the Trust, if any, who are "interested persons" of the Sub-Adviser, as defined in the 0000 Xxx) incurred by it in connection with its activities under this Agreement other than the cost of securities and investments purchased for the Funds (including taxes and brokerage commissions, if any). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Sub-Adviser is not obligated to pay the compensation or expenses of the Trust's Chief Compliance Officer, regardless of whether the Chief Compliance Officer is affiliated with the Sub-Adviser.
Compensation; Allocation of Costs and Expenses (a) In full consideration of the provision of the services of the Administrator, the Corporation shall reimburse the Administrator for the costs and expenses incurred by the Administrator in performing its obligations and providing personnel and facilities hereunder, including the costs and expenses charged by any sub-administrator that may be retained by the Administrator to provide services to the Corporation or on the Administrator’s behalf.
(b) The Corporation will bear all costs and expenses that are incurred in its operation, administration, and transactions and not specifically assumed by the Corporation’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”), pursuant to that certain Investment Advisory Agreement, dated as of [•], 2021, by and between the Corporation and the Adviser (the “Advisory Agreement”). Costs and expenses to be borne by the Corporation include, but are not limited to, those relating to: expenses deemed to be “organization and offering expenses” of the Corporation for purposes of Conduct Rule 2310(a)(12) of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (for purposes of this Agreement, such expenses, exclusive of commissions, the dealer manager fee and any discounts, are hereinafter referred to as “Organization and Offering Expenses”); expenses incurred by the Adviser and payable to third parties, including agents, consultants and other advisors, in monitoring the financial and legal affairs of the Corporation, and news and quotation subscriptions; the cost of calculating the Corporation’s net asset value; the cost of effecting sales and repurchases of shares of the Corporation’s common stock and other securities; management and incentive fees payable pursuant to the Advisory Agreement; fees payable to third parties, including agents, consultants and other advisors, relating to, or associated with, making investments, and, if necessary, enforcing its rights, and valuing investments (including third-party valuation firms); placement agent fees and expenses, rating agency expenses; fees to arrange debt financings for the Corporation; distributions on the Corporation’s shares; administration fees payable under this Agreement; the allocated costs incurred by the Administrator in providing managerial assistance to those portfolio companies that request it; transfer agent and custodial fees; fees and expenses associated with marketing efforts (including attendance at investment conferences and similar events); federal and state registration fees; any exchange listing fees; federal, state, local, and other taxes; independent directors’ fees and expenses, including any legal counsel or other advisors retained by, or at the discretion or for the benefit of, the independent directors; brokerage commissions; costs of proxy statements, stockholders’ reports and notices; costs of preparing government filings, including periodic and current reports with the SEC; the Corporation’s fidelity bond, directors and officers/errors and omissions liability insurance, and any other insurance premiums; indemnification payments; expenses relating to the development and maintenance of the Corporation’s website; other operations and technology costs; direct costs and expenses of administration, including printing, mailing, copying, telephone, fees of independent accountants and outside legal costs; and all other expenses incurred by the Corporation or the Administrator in connection with administering the Corporation’s business, including, but not limited to, payments under this Agreement based upon the Corporation’s allocable portion of the Administrator’s overhead in performing its obligations under this Agreement, including rent, travel and the allocable portion of the cost of the Corporation’s chief compliance officer and chief financial officer and their respective staffs, including operations and tax professionals, and administrative staff providing support services in respect of the Corporation.
Allocation of Costs and Expenses The Adviser shall bear and pay the costs of rendering its services pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including the fees paid to any sub-adviser which the Adviser may retain and any value added taxes due in connection therewith. The Fund shall bear and pay for all other expenses of its operation, including but not limited to, organizational and offering expenses of the Fund and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance and registration of shares of the Fund; fees of the Fund's custodian, transfer and shareholder servicing agent; costs and expenses of pricing and calculating the daily net asset value of the shares of the Fund and of maintaining the books of account required by the 1940 Act; expenditures in connection with meetings of shareholders and Trustees, other than those called solely to accommodate the Adviser; salaries of officers and fees and expenses of Trustees or members of any advisory board or committee who are not affiliated with or interested persons of the Fund or the Adviser; salaries of personnel involved in placing orders for the execution of the portfolio transactions of the Fund or in maintaining registration of shares of the Fund under state securities laws; insurance premiums on property or personnel of the Fund which inure to its benefit; the cost of preparing and printing reports, proxy statements and prospectuses of the Trust or other communications for distribution to its shareholders; legal, auditing, and accounting fees; trade association dues; fees and expenses or registering and maintaining registration of shares of the Fund for sale under applicable federal and state securities laws; and all other charges and costs associated with the Fund's operations, plus any extraordinary and non-recurring expenses, except as otherwise prescribed herein. To the extent the Adviser incurs any costs or performs any services which are an obligation of the Fund as set forth herein and to the extent such costs or services have been reasonably rendered, (a) the Fund shall promptly reimburse the Adviser for such costs and expenses, and (b) the Adviser shall be entitled to recover from the Fund the actual costs incurred by the Adviser in rendering such services.