Common use of Fee Waiver Clause in Contracts

Fee Waiver. To the extent that the aggregate expenses (the “Expenses”) incurred by a Fund, including but not limited to organizational and offering costs and the Fees (but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (other than offering costs), other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of such Fund’s business and amounts payable pursuant to a plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), exceed on an annual basis the amount specified in Schedule A (the “Expense Limit”), AIS shall waive its Fees under one or both of the AIS Agreements in an amount equal to such excess amount so that the Expenses incurred by a Fund in any fiscal year do not exceed the Expense Limit.