Common use of Involuntary Redemption; Disclosure of Ownership Clause in Contracts

Involuntary Redemption; Disclosure of Ownership. (a) If the Trustees shall, at any time and in good faith, be of the opinion that direct or indirect ownership of Common Shares or other securities of the Trust or any series or class thereof has or may become concentrated in any Person to an extent which would disqualify the Trust as a regulated investment company under the Code or would cause the Trust to be treated as a personal holding company under the Code, then the Trustees shall have the power by lot or other means deemed equitable by them (i) to call for redemption a number of Common Shares sufficient in the opinion of the Trustees to (A) maintain or bring the direct or indirect ownership of Common Shares into conformity with the requirements for such qualification or (B) avoid or to continue to avoid the treatment of the Trust as a personal holding company under the Code, and (ii) to refuse to transfer or issue Common Shares to any Person whose acquisition of the Shares in question would in the opinion of the Trustees result in such disqualification or treatment. Any redemption pursuant to this Section VII.4 shall be effected at net asset value determined in accordance with Section VIII.1 below. (b) The holders of Common Shares of the Trust shall, upon request, disclose to the Trustees in writing such information with respect to direct and indirect ownership of Common Shares of the Trust as the Trustees deem necessary to comply with the provisions of the Code, United States Treasury regulations, or with the requirements of any other taxing authority. (c) The Trustees shall have the power to redeem Common Shares in any Shareholder’s account at a redemption price determined in accordance with Section VIII.1 below if at any time the total number of Common Shares held in such account is fewer than an established minimum selected by the Trustees, in which event the Shareholder shall be notified that the number of Common Shares in the account is fewer than the minimum and shall be allowed a period, fixed by the Trustees, in which to avoid such redemption by increasing the account to at least the established minimum.

Involuntary Redemption; Disclosure of Ownership. (a) If the Trustees shall, at any time and in good faith, be of the opinion that direct or indirect ownership of Common Shares or other securities of the Trust or any series or class thereof has or may become concentrated in any Person to an extent which would disqualify the Trust as a “regulated investment company under company” within the meaning of Section 851 of the Code or would cause the Trust to be treated as a personal holding company under the Code, then the Trustees shall have the power by lot or other means deemed equitable by them: (i) to call for redemption a number of Common Shares sufficient in the opinion of the Trustees to (A) maintain or bring the direct or indirect ownership of Common Shares into conformity with the requirements for such qualification or (B) avoid or to continue to avoid the treatment of the Trust as a personal holding company under the Code, and (ii) to refuse to transfer or issue Common Shares to any Person whose acquisition of the Shares in question would in the opinion of the Trustees result in such disqualification or treatment. Any redemption pursuant to this Section VII.4 VII.9 shall be effected at net asset value determined in accordance with Section VIII.1 below. (biii) The holders of Common Shares of the Trust shall, upon request, disclose to the Trustees in writing such information with respect to direct and indirect ownership of Common Shares of the Trust as the Trustees deem necessary to comply with the provisions of the Code, United States Treasury regulations, or with the requirements of any other taxing authority. (civ) The Trustees shall have the power to redeem Common Shares in any Shareholder’s account at a redemption price determined in accordance with Section VIII.1 below if at any time the total number of Common Shares held in such account is fewer than an established minimum selected by the Trustees, in which event the Shareholder shall be notified that the number of Common Shares in the account is fewer than the minimum and shall be allowed a period, fixed by the Trustees, in which to avoid such redemption by increasing the account to at least the established minimum. Oversubscribed Repurchase Offers There is no minimum number of Shares that must be tendered before the Fund will honor repurchase requests. However, the Fund’s Trustees set for each repurchase offer a maximum percentage of Shares that may be repurchased by the Fund. In the event a repurchase offer by the Fund is oversubscribed, the Fund may repurchase, but is not required to repurchase, additional Shares up to a maximum amount of 2% of the outstanding Shares of the Fund. If the Fund determines not to repurchase additional Shares beyond the repurchase offer amount, or if shareholders tender an amount of Shares greater than that which the Fund is entitled to repurchase, the Fund will repurchase the Shares tendered on a pro rata basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under certain circumstances, the Fund may, in its discretion, accept shares tendered by shareholders who own fewer than 100 shares and tender all of their shares for repurchase in a repurchase offer. In that case, these shares would be accepted before prorating the shares tendered by other shareholders. In addition, if a repurchase offer is oversubscribed, the Fund may offer to repurchase additional Shares in an amount determined by the Board that are tendered by the estate of a shareholder who is deceased (an “Estate Offer”). If an Estate Offer is oversubscribed, the Fund will repurchase such Shares on a pro rata basis. As a result, there can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to repurchase all of the Shares tendered in an Estate Offer. If the Fund repurchases any Shares pursuant to an Estate Offer, this will not affect the number of Shares that it repurchases from other shareholders in the quarterly repurchase offers. If any Shares that you wish to tender to the Fund are not repurchased because of proration, you will have to wait until the next repurchase offer and resubmit a new repurchase request, and your repurchase request will not be given any priority over other shareholders’ requests. Thus, there is a risk that the Fund may not purchase all of the Shares you wish to have repurchased in a given repurchase offer or in any subsequent repurchase offer. In anticipation of the possibility of proration, some shareholders may tender more Shares than they wish to have repurchased in a particular quarter, increasing the likelihood of proration.

Involuntary Redemption; Disclosure of Ownership. (a) If the Trustees shall, at any time and in good faith, be of the opinion that direct or indirect ownership of Common Shares or other securities of the Trust or any series or class thereof has or may become concentrated in any Person to an extent which would disqualify the Trust as a “regulated investment company under company” within the Code meaning of Section 851 of the Code‎ or would cause the Trust to be treated as a personal holding company under the Code, then the Trustees shall have the power by lot or other means deemed equitable by them: (i) to call for redemption a number of Common Shares sufficient in the opinion of the Trustees to (A) maintain or bring the direct or indirect ownership of Common Shares into conformity with the requirements for such qualification or (B) avoid or to continue to avoid the treatment of the Trust as a personal holding company under the Code, and (ii) to refuse to transfer or issue Common Shares to any Person whose acquisition of the Shares in question would in the opinion of the Trustees result in such disqualification or treatment. Any redemption pursuant to this Section VII.4 VII.9 shall be effected at net asset value determined in accordance with Section VIII.1 below. (biii) The holders of Common Shares of the Trust shall, upon request, disclose to the Trustees in writing such information with respect to direct and indirect ownership of Common Shares of the Trust as the Trustees deem necessary to comply with the provisions of the Code, United States Treasury regulations, or with the requirements of any other taxing authority. (civ) The Trustees shall have the power to redeem Common Shares in any Shareholder’s account at a redemption price determined in accordance with Section VIII.1 below if at any time the total number of Common Shares held in such account is fewer than an established minimum selected by the Trustees, in which event the Shareholder shall be notified that the number of Common Shares in the account is fewer than the minimum and shall be allowed a period, fixed by the Trustees, in which to avoid such redemption by increasing the account to at least the established minimum.