PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS The Adviser will not disclose, in any manner whatsoever, any list of securities held by the Portfolio, except in accordance with the Portfolio’s portfolio holdings disclosure policy.
Fund Valuation and Financial Reporting Services (1) Account for Fund share purchases, sales, exchanges, transfers, dividend reinvestments, and other Fund share activity as reported by the Fund’s transfer agent on a timely basis. (2) Apply equalization accounting as directed by the Fund. (3) Determine net investment income (earnings) for the Fund as of each valuation date. Account for periodic distributions of earnings to shareholders and maintain undistributed net investment income balances as of each valuation date. (4) Maintain a general ledger and other accounts, books, and financial records for the Fund in the form as agreed upon. (5) Determine the net asset value of the Fund according to the accounting policies and procedures set forth in the Fund’s current prospectus. (6) Calculate per share net asset value, per share net earnings, and other per share amounts reflective of Fund operations at such time as required by the nature and characteristics of the Fund. (7) Communicate to the Fund, at an agreed upon time, the per share net asset value for each valuation date. (8) Prepare monthly reports that document the adequacy of accounting detail to support month-end ledger balances. (9) Prepare monthly security transactions listings.
Portfolio Transactions The Manager is authorized to select the brokers or dealers that will execute the purchases and sales of portfolio securities for the Portfolio and is directed to use its best efforts to obtain the best available prices and most favorable executions, except as prescribed herein. It is understood that the Manager will not be deemed to have acted unlawfully, or to have breached a fiduciary duty to the Fund or to the Portfolio, or be in breach of any obligation owing to the Fund or to the Portfolio under this Agreement, or otherwise, solely by reason of its having caused the Portfolio to pay a member of a securities exchange, a broker, or a dealer a commission for effecting a securities transaction for the Portfolio in excess of the amount of commission another member of an exchange, broker, or dealer would have charged if the Manager determines in good faith that the commission paid was reasonable in relation to the brokerage or research services provided by such member, broker, or dealer, viewed in terms of that particular transaction or the Manager’s overall responsibilities with respect to its accounts, including the Fund, as to which it exercises investment discretion. The Manager will promptly communicate to the officers and directors of the Fund such information relating to transactions for the Portfolio as they may reasonably request.
Portfolio The portfolio is due by the end of the 12th week.
Portfolio Management Duties (a) Subject to the supervision of the Manager and the Trust’s Board of Trustees, the Adviser will (i) manage the portion of the Portfolio’s assets allocated to the Adviser by the Manager and subject to the review of the Board of Trustees (“Allocated Assets”) in accordance with the Portfolio’s investment objectives, policies and limitations as stated in the Trust’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information; (ii) make investment decisions with respect to Allocated Assets; (iii) place orders to purchase and sell securities and, where appropriate, commodity futures contracts and options of any type with respect to Allocated Assets; and (iv) vote proxies if such responsibility is delegated to the Adviser by the Board of Trustees. (b) The Adviser will keep the Trust and the Manager informed of developments materially affecting the Portfolio and shall, on the Adviser’s own initiative, furnish to the Trust and the Manager from time to time whatever information the Adviser believes appropriate for this purpose. (c) The Adviser agrees that, with respect to the management of the Allocated Assets, it will comply with applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), and all rules and regulations thereunder, all applicable federal and state laws and regulations and with any applicable procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees, provided in writing to the Adviser. When engaging in transactions in securities or other assets for the Portfolio with any adviser to any other fund or portfolio under common control with the Portfolio, including any adviser that is a principal underwriter or an “affiliated person” (as defined in the Act) of a principal underwriter in connection with such transactions, the Adviser or any of its “affiliated persons” will not consult (other than for purposes of complying with Rule 12d3-1(a) and (b)) with such other adviser. (d) The Manager will provide to the Adviser at the end of each calendar month a list (the “Monthly List”) of the securities comprising the Allocated Assets as of such month end. The Adviser agrees that it will review the Monthly List and promptly alert the Manager’s controller, by facsimile at (000) 000-0000 or such other means as they may agree, as to any discrepancies between the Adviser’s records of such holdings and the Monthly List. Upon the specific request of the Manager, the Adviser shall provide to the Manager the Adviser’s opinion as to the value of a security included in the Allocated Assets in order to assist the Manager, or the Trust’s Board of Trustees, as the case may be, in determining the value of such security.
Portfolio Management Subject to supervision by Investment Manager and the Fund’s Board of Directors/Trustees (the “Board”), Subadviser shall manage the investment operations and the composition of that portion of the assets of the Fund which is allocated to Subadviser from time to time by Investment Manager (which portion may include any or all of the Fund’s assets), including the purchase, retention, and disposition thereof, in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies, and restrictions, and subject to the following understandings:
Disclosure about Portfolio Manager The Portfolio Manager has reviewed the post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement for the Trust filed with the SEC that contains disclosure about the Portfolio Manager, and represents and warrants that, with respect to the disclosure about or information relating, directly or indirectly, to the Portfolio Manager, to the Portfolio Manager’s knowledge, such Registration Statement contains, as of the date hereof, no untrue statement of any material fact and does not omit any statement of a material fact which was required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading. The Portfolio Manager further represents and warrants that it is a duly registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act, or alternatively that it is not required to be a registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act to perform the duties described in this Agreement, and that it is a duly registered investment adviser in all states in which the Portfolio Manager is required to be registered and will maintain such registration so long as this Agreement remains in effect. The Portfolio Manager will provide the Manager with a copy of the Portfolio Manager’s Form ADV, Part II at the time the Form ADV and any amendment is filed with the SEC, and a copy of its written code of ethics complying with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act, together with evidence of its adoption.
FREEDOM TO DEAL WITH THIRD PARTIES The Adviser shall be free to render services to others similar to those rendered under this Agreement or of a different nature except as such services may conflict with the services to be rendered or the duties to be assumed hereunder.
LOAN PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (1) The Board shall, within sixty (60) days, develop, implement, and thereafter ensure Bank adherence to a written program to improve the Bank's loan portfolio management. The program shall include, but not be limited to: (a) procedures to ensure satisfactory and perfected collateral documentation; (b) procedures to ensure that extensions of credit are granted, by renewal or otherwise, to any borrower only after obtaining and analyzing current and satisfactory credit information; (c) procedures to ensure conformance with loan approval requirements; (d) a system to track and analyze exceptions; (e) procedures to ensure conformance with Call Report instructions; (f) procedures to ensure the accuracy of internal management information systems; (g) a performance appraisal process, including performance appraisals, job descriptions, and incentive programs for loan officers, which adequately consider their performance relative to policy compliance, documentation standards, accuracy in credit grading, and other loan administration matters; and (h) procedures to track and analyze concentrations of credit, significant economic factors, and general conditions and their impact on the credit quality of the Bank’s loan and lease portfolios. Upon completion, a copy of the program shall be forwarded to the ADC. (2) Within sixty (60 ) days, the Board shall develop, implement, and thereafter ensure Bank adherence to systems which provide for effective monitoring of: (a) early problem loan identification to assure the timely identification and rating of loans and leases based on lending officer submissions; (b) statistical records that will serve as a basis for identifying sources of problem loans and leases by industry, size, collateral, division, group, indirect dealer, and individual lending officer; (c) previously charged-off assets and their recovery potential; (d) compliance with the Bank's lending policies and laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the Bank's lending function; (e) adequacy of credit and collateral documentation; and (f) concentrations of credit. (3) Beginning August 31, 2006, on a monthly basis management will provide the Board with written reports including, at a minimum, the following information: (a) the identification, type, rating, and amount of problem loans and leases; (b) the identification and amount of delinquent loans and leases; (c) credit and collateral documentation exceptions; (d) the identification and status of credit related violations of law, rule or regulation; (e) the identity of the loan officer who originated each loan reported in accordance with subparagraphs (a) through (d) of this Article and Paragraph; (f) an analysis of concentrations of credit, significant economic factors, and general conditions and their impact on the credit quality of the Bank’s loan and lease portfolios; (g) the identification and amount of loans and leases to executive officers, directors, principal shareholders (and their related interests) of the Bank; and (h) the identification of loans and leases not in conformance with the Bank's lending and leasing policies, and exceptions to the Bank’s lending and leasing policies.
Portfolio Transaction and Brokerage In placing orders for portfolio securities with brokers and dealers, Portfolio Manager shall use its best efforts to execute securities transactions on behalf of the Account in such a manner that the total cost or proceeds in each transaction is the most favorable under the circumstances. Portfolio Manager may, however, in its discretion, direct orders to brokers that provide to Portfolio Manager research, analysis, advice and similar services, and Portfolio Manager may cause the Account to pay to those brokers a higher commission than may be charged by other brokers for similar transactions, provided that Portfolio Manager determines in good faith that such commission is reasonable in terms either of the particular transaction or of the overall responsibility of the Portfolio Manager to the Account and any other accounts with respect to which Portfolio Manager exercises investment discretion, and provided further that the extent and continuation of any such practice is subject to review by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Portfolio Manager shall not execute any portfolio transactions for the Trust with a broker or dealer which is an “affiliated person” of the Trust or Portfolio Manager, including any other investment advisory organization that may, from time to time act as a portfolio manager for the Portfolio or any of the Trust’s other Portfolios, except as permitted under the Investment Company Act and rules promulgated thereunder. The Trust shall provide a list of such affiliated brokers and dealers to Portfolio Manager and will promptly advise Portfolio Manager of any changes in such list.