Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities All references herein to consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or to the determination of any amount for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Borrower is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.
Complete Portfolio Holdings From Shareholder Reports Containing a Summary Schedule of Investments; and
Consolidation, Merger, Purchase or Sale of Assets, etc The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, wind up, liquidate or dissolve any of their affairs or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets (or, with respect to any such transaction involving all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, enter into an agreement to do any of the foregoing at any future time without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent unless the effectiveness of such agreement is conditional upon the consent of the Administrative Agent), or enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, except that:
(a) Restricted Payments may be made to the extent permitted by Section 8.4;
(b) Investments may be made to the extent permitted by Section 8.7;
(c) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may lease (as lessor) real or personal property in the ordinary course of business other than to a Receivables Subsidiary;
(d) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make sales or transfers of inventory, Cash, Cash Equivalents and Foreign Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business other than to a Receivables Subsidiary;
(e) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell or discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, Accounts Receivable arising in the ordinary course of business (x) which are overdue, or (y) which the Borrower or such Subsidiary may reasonably determine are difficult to collect but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary industry practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables);
(f) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may license its patents, trade secrets, know-how and other intellectual property relating to the manufacture of chemical products and by-products (the “Technology”) provided that such license shall be assignable to the Administrative Agent or any assignee of the Administrative Agent without the consent of the licensee and no such license shall (i) transfer ownership of such Technology to any other Person or (ii) require the Borrower to pay any fees for any such use (such licenses permitted by this Section 8.3(f), hereafter “Permitted Technology Licenses”);
(g) any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) may be merged or consolidated (x) with or into the Borrower so long as the Borrower is the surviving entity, (y) with or into any one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary, Airstar Corporation, Huntsman Headquarters Corporation or IRIC); provided, however, that a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or Subsidiaries shall be the surviving entity or (z) with or into any Person in connection with the consummation of an Acquisition; provided, however, that after giving effect to such merger or consolidation the surviving Subsidiary shall be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
(h) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset in connection with any Sale and Leaseback Transaction involving Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or an Operating Financing Lease otherwise permitted hereunder;
(i) in any Fiscal Year, the Borrower or any Subsidiary may dispose of any of its assets (including in connection with Sale and Leaseback Transactions not involving Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or an Operating Financing Lease) if the aggregate net book value (at the time of disposition thereof) of all assets disposed of by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in such Fiscal Year pursuant to this clause (i) plus the aggregate net book value of all the assets then proposed to be disposed of does not exceed 12.5% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements as required by Section 7.1; provided, however, that if (A) concurrently with any disposition of assets or within 360 days of receipt of proceeds in connection with such disposition, all or a portion of an amount equal to the net proceeds of such disposition are used by the Borrower or a Subsidiary to acquire other property used or to be used in the business referred to in Section 8.9 and (B) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has complied with the provisions of Section 7.11 with respect to such property, then such dispositions (or, to the extent that less than all of the net proceeds of any such disposition are used to acquire such other property, then dispositions in an amount equal to the net proceeds used to acquire such other property) shall be disregarded for purposes of calculations pursuant to this Section 8.3(i) (and shall otherwise be deemed to be permitted under this Section 8.3) from and after the date such proceeds are so used to acquire such property with respect to the acquisition of such other property;
(j) the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets to the Borrower or any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than (I) from the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary or (II) to a Receivables Subsidiary);
(k) any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) may voluntarily liquidate, wind-up or dissolve;
(l) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may, directly or indirectly, sell, contribute and make other transfers of Receivables Facility Assets to a Receivables Subsidiary and such Receivables Subsidiary may sell and make other transfers of Receivables Facility Assets to the Issuer, in each case pursuant to the Receivables Documents under a Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization;
(m) Foreign Subsidiaries may enter into Foreign Factoring Transactions; and
(n) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate the US Commodity Business Sale provided that not less than 75% of the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom are used within 90 days to (i) repay Senior Secured Notes (2010); (ii) repay Senior Notes (2012); (iii) repay Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness and/or (iv) make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 4.3.
Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, etc The Borrower will not be a party to any merger or consolidation, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or any stock of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person, or, sell, transfer, convey or lease all or any substantial part of its assets, or sell or assign with or without recourse any Loan, Contracts, Related Security or other Collateral or any interest therein (other than pursuant to and in accordance with the Transaction Documents).
Mergers, Acquisition, Sales, etc The Servicer will not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless the Servicer is the surviving entity and unless:
(i) the Servicer has delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that any consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such supplemental agreement comply with this Section 5.5 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with and, in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, that such supplemental agreement is legal, valid and binding with respect to the Servicer and such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
(ii) the Servicer shall have delivered notice of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer to the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent;
(iii) after giving effect thereto, no Termination Event or Servicer Default or event that with notice or lapse of time would constitute either a Termination Event or a Servicer Default shall have occurred; and
(iv) the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent have consented in writing to such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer.
Portfolio Accounting Services (1) Maintain portfolio records on a trade date+1 basis using security trade information communicated from the Fund’s investment adviser.
(2) For each valuation date, obtain prices from a pricing source approved by the board of trustees of the Trust (the “Board of Trustees”) and apply those prices to the portfolio positions. For those securities where market quotations are not readily available, the Board of Trustees shall approve, in good faith, procedures for determining the fair value for such securities.
(3) Identify interest and dividend accrual balances as of each valuation date and calculate gross earnings on investments for each accounting period.
(4) Determine gain/loss on security sales and identify them as short-term or long-term; account for periodic distributions of gains or losses to shareholders and maintain undistributed gain or loss balances as of each valuation date.
(5) On a daily basis, reconcile cash of the Fund with the Fund’s custodian.
(6) Transmit a copy of the portfolio valuation to the Fund’s investment adviser daily.
(7) Review the impact of current day’s activity on a per share basis, and review changes in market value.
Sale of Trust Business The Purchasers shall be permitted to assign this Agreement to any person acquiring all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Purchasers (or all or substantially all of the assets thereof or any entities owning such business or assets), whether structured as an asset sale, merger, change of control or otherwise, subject to the prior consent of the Sellers; provided, that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed if the Sellers have reasonable assurance that such person acquiring all or substantially all of the corporate trust business (a) will have (either by itself or through its Affiliates) credit ratings, capitalization and creditworthiness no less than those of Purchasers (taking into account the guaranty provided by Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.5), (b) will provide a level of service quality no less than the service quality provided by the Purchasers, (c) will pose no greater regulatory or reputational risks than the Purchasers and (d) will agree to use reasonable best efforts to obtain the Authorizations required to Transfer the Serviced Appointments to such person on terms and conditions that are no less favorable to the Sellers than the obligations of the Purchasers set forth in the Purchase Agreement with respect to such Transfers.
Additional Accounting Services Ultimus shall also perform the following additional accounting services for each Portfolio:
(i) Provide monthly (or as frequently as may reasonably be requested by the Trust or a Portfolio's investment adviser) a set of financial statements for each Portfolio as described below, upon request of the Trust: Statement of Assets and Liabilities Statement of Operations Statement of Changes in Net Assets Security Purchases and Sales Journals Portfolio Holdings Reports
(ii) Provide accounting information for the following:
(A) federal and state income tax returns and federal excise tax returns; (B) the Trust's semi-annual reports with the SEC on Form N-SAR; (C) the Trust's annual, semi-annual and quarterly (if any) shareholder reports; (D) registration statements on Form N-1A and other filings relating to the registration of shares; (E) Ultimus' monitoring of the Trust's status as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended; (F) annual audit by the Trust's auditors; and (G) examinations performed by the SEC.
Tax Accounting Services (1) Maintain accounting records for the investment portfolio of the Fund to support the tax reporting required for “regulated investment companies” under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
(2) Maintain tax lot detail for the Fund’s investment portfolio.
(3) Calculate taxable gain/loss on security sales using the tax lot relief method designated by the Trust.
(4) Provide the necessary financial information to calculate the taxable components of income and capital gains distributions to support tax reporting to the shareholders.
Accounting Services The Manager will provide all accounting services customarily required by investment companies, in accordance with the requirements of applicable laws, rules and regulations and with the policies and practices of the Fund as communicated to the Manager from time to time, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Maintain fund general ledger and journal;
(b) Prepare and record disbursements for direct Fund expenses;
(c) Prepare daily money transfer;
(d) Reconcile all Fund bank and custodian accounts;
(e) Assist Fund independent auditors as appropriate;
(f) Prepare daily projection of available cash balances;
(g) Record trading activity for purposes of determining net asset values and daily dividend;
(h) Prepare daily portfolio valuation report to value portfolio securities and determine daily accrued income;
(i) Determine the net asset value per share daily or at such other intervals as the Fund may reasonably request or as may be required by law;
(j) Prepare monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual financial statements;
(k) Provide financial information for reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission in compliance with the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Securities Act of 1933, the Internal Revenue Service and any other regulatory or governmental agencies as required;
(l) Provide financial, yield, net asset value, and similar information to National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., and other survey and statistical agencies as instructed from time to time by the Fund;
(m) Investigate, assist in the selection of and conduct relations with custodians, depositories, accountants, legal counsel, insurers, banks and persons in any other capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable for the Fund's operations; and
(n) Obtain and keep in effect fidelity bonds and directors and officers/errors and omissions insurance policies for the Fund in accordance with the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules thereunder, as such bonds and policies are approved by the Fund's Board of Directors.
