Subadviser’s Services Are Not Exclusive Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict the right of Subadviser or any of its partners, officers, or employees to engage in any other business or to devote his or her time and attention in part to the management or other aspects of any business, whether of a similar or a dissimilar nature, or limit or restrict Subadviser's right to engage in any other business or to render services of any kind to any other mutual fund, corporation, firm, individual, or association.
Covenant to Provide Financial Information and Maintain Sufficient Capital The Administrator shall obtain and maintain the necessary capital to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement and shall remain solvent. The Administrator will report to the Issuer on a semi-annual basis its current and total assets, current and total liabilities, and total equity and the Company intends to include such amounts in its SEC reports.
Services and Duties of the Distributor A. The Distributor agrees to sell Shares on a best efforts basis as agent for the Trust upon the terms and at the current offering price (plus sales charge, if any) described in the Prospectus. As used in this Agreement, the term “Prospectus” shall mean the current prospectus, including the statement of additional information, as both may be amended or supplemented, relating to the Fund and included in the currently effective registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) of the Trust filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and the 1940 Act. The Trust shall in all cases receive the net asset value per Share on all sales. If a sales charge is in effect, the Distributor shall remit the sales charge (or portion thereof) to broker-dealers who have sold Shares, as described in Section 2(G), below. In no event shall the Distributor be entitled to all or any portion of such sales charge.
B. During the continuous public offering of Shares, the Distributor will hold itself available to receive orders, satisfactory to the Distributor, for the purchase of Shares and will accept such orders on behalf of the Trust. Such purchase orders shall be deemed effective at the time and in the manner set forth in the Prospectus.
C. The Distributor, with the operational assistance of the Trust’s transfer agent, shall make Shares available for sale and redemption through the National Securities Clearing Corporation’s Fund/SERV System.
D. The Distributor acknowledges and agrees that it is not authorized to provide any information or make any representations other than as contained in the Prospectus and any sales literature specifically approved by the Trust.
E. The Distributor agrees to cooperate with the Trust or its agent in the development of all proposed advertisements and sales literature relating to the Fund. The Distributor agrees to review all proposed advertisements and sales literature for compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and shall file with appropriate regulators those advertisements and sales literature it believes are in compliance with such laws and regulations. The Distributor agrees to furnish to the Trust any comments provided by regulators with respect to such materials and to use its best efforts to obtain the approval of the regulators to such materials.
F. The Distributor, at its sole discretion, may repurchase Shares offered for sale by shareholders of the Fund. Repurchase of Shares by the Distributor shall be at the price determined in accordance with, and in the manner set forth in, the Prospectus. At the end of each business day, the Distributor shall notify the Trust and its transfer agent, by any appropriate means, of the orders for repurchase of Shares received by the Distributor since the last report, the amount to be paid for such Shares and the identity of the shareholders offering Shares for repurchase. The Trust reserves the right to suspend such repurchase right upon written notice to the Distributor. The Distributor further agrees to act as agent for the Trust to receive and transmit promptly to the Trust’s transfer agent, shareholder requests for redemption of Shares.
G. The Distributor may, in its discretion, enter into agreements with such qualified broker-dealers as it may select, in order that such broker-dealers also may sell Shares of the Fund. The form of any dealer agreement shall be approved by the Trust. To the extent there is a sales charge in effect, the Distributor shall pay the applicable sales charge (or portion thereof), or allow a discount, to the selling broker-dealer, as described in the Prospectus.
H. The Distributor shall devote its best efforts to effect sales of Shares of the Fund but shall not be obligated to sell any certain number of Shares.
I. The Distributor shall prepare reports for the Board regarding its activities under this Agreement as from time to time shall be reasonably requested by the Board, including reports regarding the use of any 12b-1 payments received by the Distributor.
J. The Distributor agrees to advise the Trust promptly in writing of the initiation of any proceedings against it by the SEC or its staff, the NASD or any state regulatory authority.
K. The Distributor shall monitor amounts paid under Rule 12b-1 plans and pursuant to sales loads to ensure compliance with applicable NASD rules.
Transition Assistance If this Contract is not renewed at the end of this term, if the Contract is otherwise terminated before project completion, or if particular work on a project is terminated for any reason, Contractor shall provide transition assistance for a reasonable, mutually agreed period of time after the expiration or termination of this Contract or particular work under this Contract. The purpose of this assistance is to allow for the expired or terminated portion of the services to continue without interruption or adverse effect, and to facilitate the orderly transfer of such services to State or its designees. The parties agree that such transition assistance is governed by the terms and conditions of this Contract, except for those terms or conditions that do not reasonably apply to such transition assistance. State shall pay Contractor for any resources utilized in performing such transition assistance at the most current Contract rates. If State terminates a project or this Contract for cause, then State may offset the cost of paying Contractor for the additional resources Contractor utilized in providing transition assistance with any damages State may have sustained as a result of Contractor’s breach.
Information and Services Required of the Owner The Owner shall provide information with reasonable promptness, regarding requirements for and limitations on the Project, including a written program which shall set forth the Owner’s objectives, constraints, and criteria, including schedule, space requirements and relationships, flexibility and expandability, special equipment, systems, sustainability and site requirements.
Tax Services (i) Where required by the Code, withhold taxes (including backup withholding taxes) on U.S. residents and non-resident alien accounts, report such withheld taxes to relevant shareholders and the IRS and remit such withheld taxes to the IRS. Adjust non-resident alien withholding to reflect qualified interest income received by the Funds.
(ii) Prepare and file IRS Form 1099 and other tax reporting forms required by the IRS with respect to dividends and distributions. Prepare and file any required state tax reporting with respect to dividends and distributions.
(iii) Provide due diligence process for IRS Form W-9 and W-8 solicitations and encode shareholder records with properly returned information.
(iv) Perform cost basis accounting accumulation and report the basis of redeemed Shares as required by the Code.
(v) Retain tax reporting information from processed transactions in appropriate data files for preparation of IRS forms and information returns.
(vi) Provide system and work stream to comply with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA"), including but not limited to:
(A) During the account opening process, collect and store in an easily searchable and viewable file information required to comply with FATCA account classification requirements.
(B) Initiate, monitor and maintain requests for FATCA documentation from account holders, including the ability to electronically record a review of FATCA documentary evidence (e.g., who reviewed, what was reviewed, when).
(C) Monitor and report to the Funds changes to account holder information which impacts their FATCA classification.
(D) In compliance with FATCA, withhold taxes at the rate required by FATCA on payments made to non-participating foreign financial institutions and non-financial foreign entities ("NFFE") and remit such withheld taxes to the IRS.
(E) Prepare tax reporting forms required by FATCA, including those relating to US owners of NFFEs.
INDEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES 1. Income derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of professional services or other activities of an independent character shall be taxable only in that State unless he has a fixed base regularly available to him in the other Contracting State for the purpose of performing his activities. If he has such a fixed base, the income may be taxed in the other State but only so much of it as is attributable to that fixed base.
2. The term “professional services” includes especially independent scientific, literary, artistic, educational or teaching activities as well as the independent activities of physicians, lawyers, engineers, architects, dentists and accountants.
Access to the Services ID’s for access to Vendor Core Research and Analyst Inquiry may not be shared. Access to the Services is restricted to the number of named individuals (each a “Licensed User”) as identified in the Customer Purchase Order.
Services and Utilities (a) Landlord shall provide the following services and utilities during normal business hours on all days except Saturdays, Sundays, and federal and state holidays, or unless otherwise stated below. Cost of such services shall be included as an Operating Cost.
(i) when necessary during normal business hours, central heating and air conditioning in the Premises and the Common Areas at temperature levels customary for comparable office buildings in the immediate vicinity (Landlord and Tenant agree that Tenant shall have the right to operate the HVAC system serving the Premises on an after-hours basis and shall pay for such expense in accordance with Section 8(b));
(ii) janitorial services five business days per week; and
(iii) three passenger elevators, to be used in common with other tenants, except for the occasion of a temporary repair or replacement of the elevators. “Normal business hours” for purposes of clause (a) above shall be deemed to mean the periods from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on business days (Monday through Friday) and from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Tenant shall nonetheless have access to the Premises and elevators seven (7) days a week, twenty-four (24) hours a day, subject to and in accordance with any security procedures that Landlord may have in place.
(b) Tenant shall pay Tenant’s pro rata share of Tenant Electric. In addition, Tenant shall pay for all costs of after-hours HVAC service used by Tenant at an hourly rate mutually agreed upon by Landlord and Tenant. Electric current supplied to or used in the Premises shall be set at the rate prevailing for Tenant’s class of use as established by the company or companies chosen by Landlord or its designee to provide electricity to the Premises. Upon reasonable prior notice, Landlord or its designated electric service provider may have access to the Premises to install equipment necessary to deliver electric service to the Premises or the Building provided that Landlord or the utility company shall restore the Premises to its condition prior to the commencement of such work. Landlord reserves the right to switch electricity providers, if legally permissible, at any time. Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant for damages arising as a result of service interruptions caused by any electric service provider. Electric current supplied to or used in the Premise shall be measured by a submeter.
(c) Any failure by the Landlord to furnish any of the foregoing services or utilities, resulting from circumstances beyond the Landlord’s reasonable control or from interruption of such services due to repairs or maintenance, shall not render the Landlord liable in any respect for damages to either person or property, nor be construed as an eviction of the Tenant, nor cause an abatement of rent hereunder, nor relieve the Tenant from any of its obligations hereunder, unless caused by Landlord or its agents, employees and/or contractors. If any public utility or governmental body shall require the Landlord or the Tenant to restrict the consumption of any utility or reduce any service for the Premises or the Building, the Landlord and the Tenant shall comply with such requirements, whether or not the services and utilities referred to in this section 8 are thereby reduced or otherwise affected, without any liability on the part of the Landlord to the Tenant or any other person or any reduction or adjustment in rent payable hereunder. The Landlord and its agents shall be permitted reasonable access to the Premises for the purpose of installing and servicing systems within the Premises deemed necessary by the Landlord to provide the services and utilities referred to in this Section 8 to the Tenant and other tenants in the Building.
(d) Tenant shall not at any time overburden or exceed the capacity of the mains, feeders, ducts, conduits, or other facilities by which such utilities are supplied to, distributed in or serve the Premises beyond normal office uses. If Tenant desires to install any equipment which shall require additional utility facilities or utility facilities of a greater capacity than the facilities existing, such installation shall be subject to Landlord’s prior written approval of Tenant’s plans and specifications therefor. If such installation is approved by Landlord and if Landlord provides such additional facilities to accommodate Tenant’s installation, Tenant agrees to pay Landlord, on demand, the cost for providing such additional utility facilities or utility facilities of greater capacity. Landlord shall not be responsible for providing any meters or other devices for the measurement of utilities supplied to the Premises. In addition, if Tenant requires lighting other than the standard lighting provided by Landlord for the Building, Tenant shall be required to pay Landlord on demand for the additional costs of such lighting, including light bulb replacement.
(e) Landlord shall cause to be operated a trash removal service for the Project, the costs and expenses of which shall be a part of Operating Costs. In the event that Tenant’s use of the Premises requires trash removal services in excess of that required for standard office tenants, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as additional rent all costs and expenses in excess of the trash removal costs which are attributable to such excess usage.
(f) In the event Tenant wishes, at any time, to utilize the services of a telecommunications provider who is not then authorized by the Landlord to provide telecommunications services to tenants in the Building, such provider shall be permitted to install its lines or other equipment within the Building after it secures the prior written approval of the Landlord. Landlord hereby authorizes Verizon, Worldcom, and Telephonet to provide telecommunication services to the Building. Tenant shall use its best efforts to get such vendors to execute license and access agreements reasonably acceptable to Landlord provided that such agreements do not materially alter the telecommunication service to Tenant or increase the costs to Tenant of such telecommunication services. Landlord’s approval shall not be deemed any kind of warranty or representation by Landlord, including, without limitation, any warranty or representation as to the suitability, competence, or financial strength of the provider. Without limitation of the foregoing standard, unless all of the following conditions are satisfied to Landlord’s satisfaction, it shall be reasonable for Landlord to refuse to give its approval: (i) Landlord shall incur no expense whatsoever with respect to any aspect of the provider’s provision of its services, including, without limitation, the costs of installation, materials and services; (ii) the provider shall agree to use the Building’s central communications distribution system (“CDS”) to deliver telecommunications services to Tenant (unless the CDS is not physically capable of delivering such services); (iii) prior to commencement of any work in or about the Building by the provider, the provider shall supply Landlord with such written indemnities, insurance, financial statements, and such other items as Landlord reasonably determines to be necessary to protect its financial interests and the interests of the Building relating to the proposed activities of the provider; (iv) the provider agrees in writing to abide by such rules and regulations, Building and other codes, job site rules and such other requirements as are reasonably determined by Landlord to be necessary to protect the interests of the Building, the tenants in the Building, and Landlord, in the same or similar manner as Landlord has the right to protect itself and the Building with respect to proposed alterations as described in this Lease; (v) Landlord reasonably determines that there is sufficient space in the Building for the placement of all of the provider’s equipment and materials; (vi) Landlord receives from the provider such compensation as is reasonably determined by Landlord to compensate it for the fair market value of a provider’s occupancy of the Building, and the costs which may reasonably be expected to be incurred by Landlord in conjunction with the provider’s occupancy of and activities within the Building; and (vii) all of the foregoing matters are documented in a written agreement between Landlord and the provider, the form and content of which is reasonably satisfactory to Landlord. Except as otherwise authorized in writing by Landlord, all communications services provided to Tenant shall be delivered via the Building’s CDS. Landlord may charge Tenant’s service providers fees for use of the CDS (“CDS Fees”), which includes monthly recurring fees (“Recurring CDS Fees”) for use of each circuit of the CDS used in the delivery of communications services to Tenant, and non-recurring fees (“Non-Recurring CDS Fees”) relating to activities such as moves, adds and changes of circuits which Landlord or Landlord’s agents are making. In the event that a service provider refuses for any reason to pay the CDS Fees directly to Landlord, or if Tenant is directly using the CDS to connect to a provider or otherwise, Tenant shall be responsible to pay Landlord Non-Recurring CDS Fees, but in no event shall Tenant be responsible to pay to Landlord Recurring CDS Fees, Landlord shall repair or replace the CDS as necessary to eliminate any interruption or other adverse effects to Tenant caused by malfunction, damage or destruction of the CDS, the cost of which shall be borne by Tenant if the problem was caused directly or indirectly by the act or omission of Tenant, its agents, representatives, employees or invitees. In no event shall Landlord or its agents be liable for any direct or indirect claims or damages of any kind arising out of any interruption or failure of communications or related services (including without limitation, local or long distance phone service, internet, cable TV, CDS, and data services) received by Tenant, it being understood that Tenant shall look solely to its communications services providers for recovery of any such claims or damages. To the extent that Landlord or its agents provides any communications services directly to Tenant, Tenant’s sole remedy in the event that such services provided by Landlord or its agents are interrupted or otherwise fail shall be an equitable abatement of the fees paid by Tenant to Landlord or its agents for such services, pro-rated from the date of the interruption or failure of service until the date upon which service is restored. Landlord shall have the right to designate a third party as its agent to manage and/or own the telecommunications infrastructure in the Building, whose responsibilities include without limitation management of circuit activity on the CDS (“Manager”). Manager or Landlord may provide to Tenant operating procedures for the CDS, including the phone number(s) for the, person or persons responsible for the operation and maintenance of the CDS, and Tenant agrees to comply with any such procedures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord may, in its sole discretion and upon notice to Tenant, also designate other entities as Manager of the CDS.
Sub-adviser’s Use of the Services of Others The Sub-Adviser may (at its cost except as contemplated by Section 5 of this Agreement) employ, retain, or otherwise avail itself of the services or facilities of other persons or organizations for the purpose of obtaining such statistical and other factual information, such advice regarding economic factors and trends, such advice as to occasional transactions in specific securities, or such other information, advice, or assistance as the Sub-Adviser may deem necessary, appropriate, or convenient for the discharge of its obligations hereunder or otherwise helpful to the Sub-Adviser, as appropriate, or in the discharge of Sub-Adviser's overall responsibilities with respect to the other accounts that it serves as investment manager or counselor, provided that the Sub-Adviser shall at all times retain responsibility for making investment recommendations with respect to the Fund.
