Payment and Year-End Adjustment Amounts accrued pursuant to this Agreement shall be payable to the Adviser as of the last day of each month. If necessary, on or before the last day of the first month of each fiscal year, an adjustment payment shall be made by the appropriate party in order that the actual Fund Operating Expenses of a Fund for the prior fiscal year (including any reimbursement payments hereunder with respect to such fiscal year) do not exceed the Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit.
Payment Calculation District shall pay Contractor at a rate of $ per . District shall pay Contractor as described in attached Exhibit A
Performance Adjustment One-twelfth of the annual Performance Adjustment Rate will be applied to the average of the net assets of the Portfolio (computed in the manner set forth in the Fund's Declaration of Trust or other organizational document) determined as of the close of business on each business day throughout the month and the performance period.
Annual Performance Bonus During the Employment Term, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in the STIP, with such opportunities as may be determined by the Chief Executive Officer in his sole discretion (“Target Bonuses”), and as may be increased (but not decreased, except for across-the-board reductions generally applicable to the Company’s senior executives) from time to time, and the Executive shall be entitled to receive full payment of any award under the STIP, determined pursuant to the STIP (a “Bonus Award”).
Distribution Assistance Fees (Asset-Based Sales Charge) Payments In its sole discretion and irrespective of whichever alternative method of making service fee payments to Recipients is selected by the Distributor, in addition the Distributor may make distribution assistance fee payments to a Recipient quarterly, or at such other interval as deemed appropriate by the Distributor, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter or other period, at a rate not to exceed 0.1875% (0.75% on an annual basis) of the average during the period of the aggregate net asset value of Shares computed as of the close of each business day constituting Qualified Holdings owned beneficially or of record by the Recipient or its Customers until such Shares are redeemed or converted to another class of shares of the Fund, provided, however, that a majority of the Independent Trustees may, but are not obligated to, set a time period (the "Recipient Maximum Holding Period") for making such payments. Distribution assistance fee payments shall be made only to Recipients that are registered with the SEC as a broker-dealer or are exempt from registration. The distribution assistance to be rendered by the Recipients in connection with the sale of Shares may include, but shall not be limited to, the following: distributing sales literature and prospectuses other than those furnished to current Shareholders, providing compensation to and paying expenses of personnel of the Recipient who support the distribution of Shares by the Recipient, and providing such other information and services in connection with the distribution of Shares as the Distributor or the Fund may reasonably request.
Interest Rates Payments and Calculations (a) Interest Rate. Except as set forth in Section 2.3(b), or as ------------- specified to the contrary in any Loan Document, any Advances under this Exim Agreement shall bear interest, on the average daily balance, at a rate equal to the Prime Rate per annum.
Performance Adjustment Rate Except as otherwise provided in sub-paragraph (e) of this paragraph 3, the Performance Adjustment Rate is 0.02% for each percentage point (the performance of the Portfolio and the Index each being calculated to the nearest .01%) that the Portfolio's investment performance for the performance period was better or worse than the record of the Index as then constituted. The maximum performance adjustment rate is 0.20%. For purposes of calculating the performance adjustment of the portfolio, the portfolio's investment performance will be based on the performance of the retail class. The performance period will commence with the first day of the first full month following the retail class's commencement of operations. During the first eleven months of the performance period for the retail class, there will be no performance adjustment. Starting with the twelfth month of the performance period, the performance adjustment will take effect. Following the twelfth month a new month will be added to the performance period until the performance period equals 36 months. Thereafter the performance period will consist of the current month plus the previous 35 months. The Portfolio's investment performance will be measured by comparing (i) the opening net asset value of one share of the retail class of the Portfolio on the first business day of the performance period with (ii) the closing net asset value of one share of the retail class of the Portfolio as of the last business day of such period. In computing the investment performance of the retail class of the Portfolio and the investment record of the Index, distributions of realized capital gains, the value of capital gains taxes per share paid or payable on undistributed realized long-term capital gains accumulated to the end of such period and dividends paid out of investment income on the part of the Portfolio, and all cash distributions of the securities included in the Index, will be treated as reinvested in accordance with Rule 205-1 or any other applicable rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as the same from time to time may be amended.
Interest Calculation Interest on the outstanding principal balance of the Loan shall be calculated by multiplying (a) the actual number of days elapsed in the period for which the calculation is being made by (b) a daily rate based on a three hundred sixty (360) day year by (c) the outstanding principal balance.
Deferred Sales Charge If the prospectus related to the Trust specifies a deferred sales charge, the Trustee shall, on the dates specified in and as permitted by such Prospectus (the "Deferred Sales Charge Payment Dates"), withdraw from the Capital Account, an amount per Unit specified in such Prospectus and credit such amount to a special non-Trust account designated by the Depositor out of which the deferred sales charge will be distributed to or on the order of the Depositor on such Deferred Sales Charge Payment Dates (the "Deferred Sales Charge Account"). If the balance in the Capital Account is insufficient to make such withdrawal, the Trustee shall, as directed by the Depositor, advance funds in an amount required to fund the proposed withdrawal and be entitled to reimbursement of such advance upon the deposit of additional monies in the Capital Account, and/or sell Securities and credit the proceeds thereof to the Deferred Sales Charge Account, provided, however, that the aggregate amount advanced by the Trustee at any time for payment of the deferred sales charge shall not exceed $15,000. Such direction shall, if the Trustee is directed to sell a Security, identify the Security to be sold and include instructions as to the execution of such sale. In the absence of such direction by the Depositor, the Trustee shall sell Securities sufficient to pay the deferred sales charge (and any unreimbursed advance then outstanding) in full, and shall select Securities to be sold in such manner as will maintain (to the extent practicable) the relative proportion of number of shares of each Security then held. The proceeds of such sales, less any amounts paid to the Trustee in reimbursement of its advances, shall be credited to the Deferred Sales Charge Account. If a Unit holder redeems Units prior to full payment of the deferred sales charge, the Trustee shall, if so provided in the related Prospectus and, except for situations in which the Trust Fund Evaluation determined as provided in Section 5.01 hereof has been reduced by the amount of any unpaid accrued deferred sales charge, on the Redemption Date, withhold from the Redemption Price payable to such Unit holder an amount equal to the unpaid portion of the deferred sales charge and distribute such amount to the Deferred Sales Charge Account. If the Trust is terminated for reasons other than that set forth in Section 6.01(g), the Trustee shall, if so provided in the related Prospectus on the termination of the Trust, withhold from the proceeds payable to Unit holders an amount equal to the unpaid portion of the deferred sales charge and distribute such amount to the Deferred Sales Charge Account. If the Trust is terminated pursuant to Section 6.01(g), the Trustee shall not withhold from the proceeds payable to Unit holders any amounts of unpaid deferred sales charges. If pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof, the Depositor shall purchase a Unit tendered for redemption prior to the payment in full of the deferred sales charge due on the tendered Unit, the Depositor shall pay to the Unit holder the amount specified under Section 5.02, which amount, except for situations in which the Trust Fund Evaluation determined as provided in Section 5.01 hereof has been reduced by the amount of any unpaid accrued deferred sales charge, shall be reduced by the unpaid portion of the deferred sales charge. All advances made by the Trustee pursuant to this Section shall be secured by a lien on the Trust prior to the interest of the Unit holders. If the related Prospectus provides that the deferred sales charge shall accrue on a daily basis, the "unpaid portion of the deferred sales charge" as used in this paragraph shall mean the accrued and unpaid deferred sales charge as of the date of redemption or termination, as appropriate. The Depositor represents that the price paid by any Unit holder for Units acquired through reinvestment of Trust distributions will be reduced by the aggregate amount of unpaid deferred sales charge at the time of the purchase to off set any subsequent collection by the Depositor of deferred sales charge in respect of the Units so acquired."
Z. Article III of the Standard Terms and Conditions of Trust is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 3.14:
Distribution Assistance Fees (Asset-Based Sales Charge) Within ten (10) days of the end of each month or at such other period as deemed appropriate by the Distributor, the Fund will make payments in the aggregate amount of up to 0.75% on an annual basis of the average during the month of the aggregate net asset value of Shares computed as of the close of each business day (the “Asset-Based Sales Charge”) outstanding until such Shares are redeemed or converted to another class of shares of the Fund, provided, however, that a majority of the Independent Trustees may, but are not obligated to, set a time period (the “Fund Maximum Holding Period”) from time to time for such payments. Such Asset-Based Sales Charge payments received from the Fund will compensate the Distributor for providing distribution assistance in connection with the sale of Shares. The distribution assistance to be rendered by the Distributor in connection with the Shares may include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (i) paying sales commissions to any broker, dealer, bank or other person or entity that sells Shares, and/or paying such persons “Advance Service Fee Payments” (as defined below) in advance of, and/or in amounts greater than, the amount provided for in Section 3(b) of this Agreement; (ii) paying compensation to and expenses of personnel of the Distributor who support distribution of Shares by Recipients; (iii) obtaining financing or providing such financing from its own resources, or from an affiliate, for the interest and other borrowing costs of the Distributor's unreimbursed expenses incurred in rendering distribution assistance and administrative support services to the Fund; and (iv) paying other direct distribution costs, including without limitation the costs of sales literature, advertising and prospectuses (other than those prospectuses furnished to current holders of the Fund's shares ("Shareholders")) and state "blue sky" registration expenses.
