Maintenance of Records and Accounting Services The Bank will maintain records with respect to transactions for which the Bank is responsible pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of the 1940 Act. The books and records of the Bank pertaining to its actions under this Agreement and reports by the Bank or its independent accountants concerning its accounting system, procedures for safeguarding securities and internal accounting controls will be open to inspection and audit at reasonable times by officers of or auditors employed by the Fund and will be preserved by the Bank in the manner and in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations under the 1940 Act. The Bank shall perform fund accounting and shall keep the books of account and render statements or copies from time to time as reasonably requested by the Treasurer or any executive officer of the Fund. The Bank shall assist generally in the preparation of reports to shareholders and others, audits of accounts, and other ministerial matters of like nature.
Administrative and Accounting Services The Administrator shall perform or supervise the performance by others of other administrative services in connection with the operations of the Portfolios, and, on behalf of the Trust, will investigate, assist in the selection of and conduct relations with custodians, depositories, accountants, legal counsel, underwriters, brokers and dealers, corporate fiduciaries, insurers, banks and persons in any other capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable for the Portfolios' operations. The Administrator shall provide the Trustees of the Trust with such reports regarding investment performance and compliance with investment policies and applicable laws, rules and regulations as they may reasonably request but shall have no responsibility for supervising the performance by any investment adviser or sub-adviser of its responsibilities. The Administrator may appoint a sub-administrator to perform certain of the services to be performed by the Administrator hereunder. The Administrator shall provide the Trust with administrative services, regulatory reporting, fund accounting and related portfolio accounting services, all necessary office space, equipment, personnel, compensation and facilities (including facilities for Shareholders' and Trustees' meetings) for handling the affairs of the Portfolios and such other services as the Trustees may, from time to time, reasonably request and the Administrator shall, from time to time, reasonably determine to be necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement. In addition, at the request of the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Trustees"), the Administrator shall make reports to the Trustees concerning the performance of its obligations hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator shall:
Additional Accounting Services Ultimus shall also perform the following additional accounting services for each Portfolio:
Legal and Accounting Fees All charges for services and expenses of the Trust's legal counsel and independent accountants.
Definitions Interpretation and Accounting Terms Section 1.1
Definitions and Accounting Matters Section 1.01 Terms Defined Above 1 Section 1.02 Certain Defined Terms 1 Section 1.03 Types of Loans and Borrowings 20 Section 1.04 Terms Generally; Rules of Construction 20 Section 1.05 Accounting Terms and Determinations; GAAP 21
Definitions and Accounting Terms Section 1.01.
VALUATION SUPPORT AND COMPUTATION ACCOUNTING SERVICES BNY Mellon shall provide the following valuation support and computation accounting services for each Fund: Journalize investment, capital share and income and expense activities; Maintain individual ledgers for investment securities; Maintain historical tax lots for each security; Corporate action processing as more fully set forth in the SLDs; Reconcile cash and investment balances of each Fund with the Fund’s custodian or other counterparties as applicable; Provide a Fund’s investment adviser, as applicable, with the cash balance available for investment purposes at start-of-day and upon request, as agreed by the parties; Calculate capital gains and losses; Calculate daily distribution rate per share; Determine net income; Obtain security market quotes and currency exchange rates from pricing services approved by a Fund’s investment adviser, or if such quotes are unavailable, then obtain such prices from the Fund’s investment adviser, and in either case, calculate the market value of each Fund’s investments in accordance with the Fund's valuation policies or guidelines; provided, however, that BNY Mellon shall not under any circumstances be under a duty to independently price or value any of the Fund's investments, including securities lending related cash collateral investments (with the exception of the services provided hereunder to Funds utilized for such cash collateral investments), itself or to confirm or validate any information or valuation provided by the investment adviser or any other pricing source, nor shall BNY Mellon have any liability relating to inaccuracies or otherwise with respect to such information or valuations; notwithstanding the foregoing, BNY Mellon shall follow the established procedures and controls to identify exceptions, tolerance breaches, etc. and to research and resolve or escalate any pricing inaccuracies; Application of the established automated price validation rules against prices received from third party vendors and review of exceptions as identified; Calculate Net Asset Value in the manner specified in the Fund’s Offering Materials (which, for the service described herein, shall include the Fund’s Net Asset Value error policy); Calculate Accumulated Unit Values (“AUV”) for select funds as mutually agreed upon between the parties; Transmit or make available a copy of the daily portfolio valuation to a Fund’s investment adviser; Calculate yields, portfolio dollar-weighted average maturity and dollar-weighted average life as applicable; and Calculate portfolio turnover rate for inclusion in the annual and semi-annual shareholder reports. For money market funds, obtain security market quotes and calculate the market-value Net Asset Value in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies and guidelines at such times and frequencies as required by regulation and/or instruction from TRP.
Performance of Daily Accounting Services In addition to the maintenance of the books and records specified above, Ultimus shall perform the following accounting services daily for each Portfolio:
EFFECT ON FUND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENT In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Amendment and the Fund Accounting Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall be controlling. Except as specifically and only to the extent modified by this Amendment, all of the terms and provisions of the Fund Accounting Agreement shall continue to remain in full force and effect.
