Except as specifically provided below and above in Section 1 hereof, the Fund anticipates that all investment professionals and staff of the Sub-Adviser, when and to the extent engaged in providing investment advisory services to the Fund, and the base compensation, bonus and benefits, and the routine overhead expenses, of such personnel allocable to such services, will be provided and paid for by the Sub-Adviser. The Fund will bear all other costs and expenses of the Fund’s operations, administration and transactions, including, but not limited to:
(a)the Fund’s allocable portion of compensation, overhead (including rent, office equipment and utilities) and other expenses incurred by Blackstone Private Credit Strategies LLC, or its predecessor, (the “管理员”) in performing its administrative obligations under the administration agreement between the Fund and the Administrator (the “管理协议”), including but not limited to: (i) the Fund’s chief compliance officer, chief financial officer and their respective staffs; (ii) investor relations, legal, operations and other non-investment professionals at the Administrator that perform duties for the Fund; and (iii) any internal audit group personnel of Blackstone Inc. or any of its affiliates; and
(b)all other expenses of the Fund’s operations and transactions including, without limitation, those relating to:
(i)the cost of the Fund’s organization and offering;
(ii)the cost of calculating the Fund’s net asset value, including the cost of any third-party valuation services;
(iii)the cost of effecting any sales and repurchases of the Fund’s common shares of beneficial interest (“股份”) and other securities;
(iv)fees and expenses payable under any dealer manager and placement agent agreements, if any;
(v)debt service (including interest, fees and expenses) and other costs arising out of all borrowings, leverage, guarantees or other financing arrangements, including, but not limited to, the arranging thereof;
(vi)all fees, costs and expenses of any loan servicers and other service providers and of any custodians, lenders, investment banks and other financing sources;
(vii)costs incurred in connection with the formation or maintenance of entities or vehicles to hold the Fund’s assets for tax or other purposes;
(xiv)investment costs, including all fees, costs and expenses incurred in evaluating, developing, negotiating, structuring, trading, settling, monitoring and holding actual investments including, without limitation, any financing, legal, filing, auditing, tax, accounting, compliance, loan administration, advisory, consulting, engineering and other professional fees, costs and expenses in connection therewith (to the extent the Sub-Adviser is not reimbursed by a prospective or actual issuer of the applicable investment or other third parties or capitalized as part of the acquisition price of the transaction) and any costs and expenses associated with vehicles through which the Fund directly or indirectly participate in investments;
(xv)transfer agent, dividend agent and custodial fees;
(xvi)fees and expenses associated with marketing efforts;
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(xvii)federal and state registration fees, franchise fees, any stock exchange listing fees and fees payable to rating agencies;
(xviii)independent trustees’ fees and expenses including reasonable travel, entertainment, lodging and meal expenses, and any legal counsel or other advisors retained by, or at the discretion or for the benefit of, the independent trustees;
(xix)costs of preparing financial statements and maintaining books and records, costs of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 compliance and attestation and costs of preparing and filing reports or other documents with the SEC, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“此外,商品交易所法,经修订(「CEA」),目前对我们与比特币的采矿或交易未直接赋予任何义务。一般而言,期货交易委员会(「CFTC」),负责执行CEA的联邦机构,将比特币和其他加密货币视为商品。联邦法院的判决支持这一立场。”) and other regulatory bodies and other reporting and compliance costs, including registration and exchange listing and the costs associated with reporting and compliance obligations under the 1940 Act and any other applicable federal and state securities laws, and the compensation of professionals responsible for the foregoing;
7.非专属服务. The Adviser, the Fund and the Board of Trustees acknowledge and agree that:
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(a)the services provided hereunder by the Sub-Adviser are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Sub-Adviser and any of its affiliates or related persons are free to render similar services to others and to use the research developed in connection with this Agreement for other Advisory Clients or affiliates. The Fund agrees that the Sub-Adviser may give advice and take action with respect to any of its other Advisory Clients which may differ from advice given or the timing or nature of action taken with respect to any client or account so long as it is the Sub-Adviser’s policy, to the extent practicable, to
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allocate investment opportunities to the client or account on a fair and equitable basis relative to its other Advisory Clients. It is understood that the Sub-Adviser shall not have any obligation to recommend for purchase or sale any loans which its principals, affiliates or employees may purchase or sell for its or their own accounts or for any other client or account if, in the opinion of the Investment Sub-Adviser, such transaction or investment appears unsuitable, impractical or undesirable for the Fund. Nothing herein shall be construed as constituting the Sub-Adviser an agent of the Fund; and
(b)the Sub-Adviser and its affiliates may face conflicts of interest as described in the Fund’s Private Placement Memorandum and/or the Fund’s periodic filings with the SEC (as such disclosures may be updated from time to time) and such disclosures have been provided, and any updates will be provided, to the Board of Trustees in connection with its consideration of this Agreement and any future renewal of this Agreement.
9.Limit of Liability. The Sub-Adviser and its officers, managers, partners, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with it (the “被赔偿人”) shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any act or omission or any loss suffered by the Fund in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, provided that the Sub-Adviser shall not be protected against any liability to the Fund or its shareholders to which the Sub-Adviser would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of its duties and obligations (“禁用行为”). 受保护方可以就基金事务咨询律师和会计师,并并在遵循此等律师和会计师建议或意见所采取的任何行动或不采取行动方面完全受到保护并合法化;前提是,必须以合理的谨慎选择该等律师或会计师。在无禁用行为的情况下,基金将赔偿受保护方,并使其免受因根据本协议提供次经理的服务或其他作为基金顾问的而产生的任何损害、责任、成本和费用(包括合理的律师费和合理支付的和解金额)的损害。受保护方根据本协议或其他不应对因经纪人或其他代理商的任何错误、行动、不作为、疏忽、不诚实、欺诈或恶意行为而导致的任何损失承担责任;前提是,除非该经纪人或其他代理商基于善意被拟定、聘请或保留及接受并受到次经理善意监控,或者此等行动或不行动是因禁用行为,或在刑事诉讼中,适当情况下,次经理有合理理由相信其行为是非法的。