FUND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES BNY Mellon shall provide the following fund administration services for each Fund, Series and class: Calculate Fund approved income and per share amounts required for periodic distributions to be made by the applicable Fund, Series or class; Coordinate a Fund’s annual audit and respond timely and completely to related requests; Cooperate with each Fund’s independent auditors; Supply various normal and customary portfolio and Fund statistical data as requested on an ongoing basis; and If the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of a Fund is required to provide a certification as part of the Fund’s Form N-Q or Form N-CSR filing pursuant to regulations promulgated by the SEC under Section 302 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, provide a sub-certification in support of certain matters set forth in the aforementioned certification. Such sub-certification is to be in such form and relating to such matters as reasonably agreed to by BNY Mellon in advance. BNY Mellon shall be required to provide the sub-certification only during the term of this Agreement with respect to the applicable Fund or Series and only if it receives such cooperation as it may request to perform its investigations with respect to the sub-certification. For clarity, the sub-certification is not itself a certification under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 or under any other law, rule or regulation. REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION SERVICES BNY Mellon shall provide the following regulatory administration services for each Fund and Series: Assist the Fund in responding to SEC examination requests by providing requested documents in the possession of BNY Mellon that are on the SEC examination request list and by making employees responsible for providing services available to regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the performance of such services as may be required or reasonably requested by such regulatory authorities; Assist with and/or coordinate such other filings, notices and regulatory matters and other due diligence requests or requests for proposal on such terms and conditions as BNY Mellon and the applicable Fund on behalf of itself and its Series may mutually agree upon in writing from time to time; and
Management and Administrative Services The Investment Adviser shall perform, or arrange for its affiliates to perform, the management and administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund, including administering shareholder accounts and handling shareholder relations. The Investment Adviser shall provide the Fund with office space, facilities, equipment and necessary personnel and such other services as the Investment Adviser, subject to review by the Board of Directors, from time to time shall determine to be necessary or useful to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Investment Adviser, also on behalf of the Fund, shall conduct relations with custodians, depositories, transfer agents, pricing agents, dividend disbursing agents, other shareholder servicing agents, accountants, attorneys, underwriters, brokers and dealers, corporate fiduciaries, insurers, banks and such other persons in any such other capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable. The Investment Adviser generally shall monitor the Fund's compliance with investment policies and restrictions as set forth in filings made by the Fund under the federal securities laws. The Investment Adviser shall make reports to the Board of Directors of its performance of obligations hereunder and furnish advice and recommendations with respect to such other aspects of the business and affairs of the Fund as it shall determine to be desirable.
Administrative Services In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 1. Coordinate the layout, printing and electronic delivery of publicly disseminated prospectuses and shareholder reports, make recommendations to improve their effectiveness or reduce expenses.
General Administrative Services The Manager shall cause certain of its officers or other employees as the Board may from time to time request (collectively, the “Manager’s Employees”) or provide such general administrative services as may be required by the Company including accounting services, access to and consolidation of information in the Seadrill Group enterprise resource planning systems, and advice and assistance in the general administration and management of the business, subject to the sole direction of the Board and subject to Clause 7.1 hereof.
Fund Administration ● Prepare annual and semi-annual financial statements utilizing templates for standard layout and printing ● Prepare Forms N-CSR and N-PX ● Prepare and file Forms N-PORT and N-CEN* ● Host annual audits ● Calculate monthly SEC standardized total return performance figures ● Prepare required reports for quarterly Board meetings ● Monitor expense ratios ● Maintain budget vs. actual expenses ● Manage fund invoice approval and bill payment process ● Assist with placement of Fidelity Bond and E&O insurance ● Assist with proxy statements and shareholder meetings Fund Accounting ● Calculate daily NAVs ● Transmit NAVs to NASDAQ, transfer agent, adviser and other third parties ● Compute yields, expense ratios, portfolio turnover rates, etc. ● Reconcile cash and investment balances with the Custodian ● Support preparation of financial statements ● Prepare and maintain required Fund Accounting records in accordance with the 1940 Act ● Obtain security valuations from appropriate sources consistent with the Trust’s pricing and valuation policies Legal Administration ● Coordinate EDGARization and file Forms N-CSR, N-PX and other SEC filings ● File Fidelity Bond with SEC ● Coordinate and assist with annual shareholder proxy filing and mailing process ● Send notices of press releases to Fund’s securities exchange and maintain compliance with such exchange requirements. ● Compile and distribute board materials for quarterly board meetings ● Attend and prepare initial draft of minutes for quarterly board meetings ● Maintain board compliance calendar for the Trust with schedule for quarterly board matters and items ● Support secondary offerings through coordination with legal counsel. Compliance Administration ● Perform daily prospectus & SAI, SEC investment restriction monitoring ● Provide warning/Alert notification with supporting documentation ● Provide quarterly compliance testing certification to Board of Directors Tax Administration ● Calculate dividend and capital gain distribution rates ● Prepare ROCSOP and required tax designations for Annual Report ● Prepare and coordinate filing of income and excise tax returns o Audit firm to sign all returns as paid preparer ● Calculate/monitor book-to-tax differences ● Provide quarterly Subchapter M compliance monitoring and reporting ● Provide tax re-allocation data for shareholder 1099 reporting ● Prepare and coordinate distribution of 19a-1 filings as required Trust Officers ● Provide the Trust with individuals to serve in the Trust’s President (PEO), Treasurer (PFO), Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer positions. +
