Office and Agent The Company shall continuously maintain an office and registered agent in the State of California as required by the Act. The principal office of the Company shall be as the Management Committee may determine. The Company also may have such offices, anywhere within and without the State of California, as the Management Committee from time to time may determine, or the business of the Company may require. The registered agent shall be as stated in the Articles or as otherwise determined by the Management Committee.
Fund Administration ● Prepare annual and semi-annual financial statements ○ Utilizing templates for standard layout and printing ● Prepare Forms N-CEN, N-CSR and 24F-2 ● File Forms N-CEN and 24F-2 with the SEC ● Host annual audits ● Prepare required reports for quarterly Board meetings ● Monitor expense ratios ● Maintain budget vs. actual expenses ● Manage fund invoice approval and xxxx payment process ● Assist with placement of Fidelity Bond and E&O insurance Fund Accounting ● Calculate monthly NAVs as required by the Trust and in conformance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), SEC Regulation S-X (or any successor regulation) and the Internal Revenue Code ● Transmit net asset values to the advisor, NASDAQ, Transfer Agent & other third parties ● Reconcile cash & investment balances with the custodian ● Provide data and reports to support preparation of financial statements and filings ● Prepare required Fund Accounting records in accordance with the 1940 Act ● Obtain and apply security valuations as directed and determined by the Fund consistent with the Fund’s pricing and valuation policies ● Participate, when requested, in Fair Value Committee meetings as a non-voting member ● Calculate monthly SEC standardized total return performance figures ● Coordinate reporting to outside agencies including Morningstar, etc. ● Prepare and file Form N-PORT Legal Administration ● Coordinate annual update to prospectus and statement of additional information ● Coordinate standard layout and printing of prospectus ● Files Forms N-CSR and N-PX ● Coordinate EDGARization and filing of SEC documents ● Compile and distribute board materials (electronically) for quarterly board meetings ● Attend quarterly board meetings telephonically and prepare initial draft of meeting minutes 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 Trustees SS&C ALPS Client Portal ● Document Management/Sharing ● Initiate requests or provide feedback ● Retrieval of current and up to 15 months of historical reports ● Access to daily fund accounting data and static reports ● Portfolio compliance alerting with drill-down capability ● Portfolio data warehouse with reporting engine ● Investor data warehouse with ad hoc query builder ● Investor document image retrieval (i.e. correspondence, applications, checks) ● Trustee access that facilitates access to board materials and other relevant documents Notes and Terms to SS&C ALPS Services
Brokers and Agents Except as disclosed on Schedule 18.5, each party represents and warrants that it employed no broker or agent in connection with this transaction and agrees to indemnify the other parties hereto against all loss, cost, damages or expense arising out of claims for fees or commission of brokers employed or alleged to have been employed by such indemnifying party.
Fund Administration Treasury Services a. Prepare for the review by designated officer(s) of the Trusts’ financial information that will be included in the Trusts’ semi-annual and annual shareholder reports (which shall also be subject to review by the Trusts’ legal counsel), and other quarterly reports (as mutually agreed upon), including tax footnote disclosures where applicable;
Fund Administration Legal Services a. Prepare the agenda and resolutions for all requested Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and committee meetings, make presentations to the Board and committee meetings where appropriate or upon reasonable request, prepare minutes for such Board and committee meetings and attend the Trust’s shareholder meetings and prepare minutes of such meetings;
Registered Office and Agent The registered office and registered agent of the Company shall be the registered office and registered agent named in the Certificate of Formation. The Company may change the registered office and registered agent as the Sole Member may from time to time deem necessary or advisable.
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
Experts, Advisers and Agents The Trustee may:
Reliance on Attorneys and Agents The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, omission, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Company resulting from any such act, omission, default, neglect or misconduct, provided that reasonable care was exercised in the selection and continued employment thereof.