(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 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;
(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 (“CFTC”) 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 Investment Company Act and any other applicable federal and state securities laws, and the compensation of professionals responsible for the foregoing;
(xx)all fees, costs and expenses associated with the preparation and issuance of the Fund’s periodic reports and related statements (e.g., financial statements and tax
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returns) and other printing and reporting-related expenses (including other notices and communications) in respect of the Fund and its activities (including internal expenses, charges and/or related costs incurred, charged or specifically attributed or allocated by the Fund or the Adviser or its affiliates in connection with such provision of services thereby);
(xxxvi)all other expenses incurred by the Sub-Administrator in connection with administering the Fund’s business.
From time to time, the Adviser, the Sub-Administrator or their affiliates may pay third-party providers of goods or services. The Fund will reimburse the Adviser, the Administrator or such affiliates thereof for any such amounts paid on the Fund’s behalf. The Administrator will reimburse the Sub-Administrator or such affiliates thereof for any such amounts paid on the Allocable Portion’s behalf. From time to time, the Adviser or the Sub-Administrator may defer or waive fees and/or rights to be reimbursed for expenses.
All of the foregoing expenses will ultimately be borne by the Fund’s shareholders.
Costs and expenses of the Administrator and the Adviser that are eligible for reimbursement by the Fund will be reasonable allocated to the Fund on the basis of time spent, assets under management, usage rates, proportionate holdings, a combination thereof or other reasonable methods determined by the Administrator. Costs and expenses of the Sub-Administrator that are eligible for reimbursement by the Administrator will be reasonably
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allocated to the Fund on the basis of time spent, assets under management, usage rates, proportionate holdings, a combination thereof or other reasonable methods determined by the Administrator.
5.Limit of Liability. The Sub-Administrator and its officers, managers, partners, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with it (the “被赔偿人本公司不就判断错误、法律错误、任何行为或遗漏或基金在本协议相关事项中遭受的任何损失对基金担负责任,前提是副管理人对于其履行职责中的恶意误行、恶意或重大过失,或对于其职务和义务的鲁莽忽视,不得对基金或其股东保持豁免,副管理人否则可能承担的任何责任。瘫痪行为。授权人可以就基金事务咨询律师和会计师,并将符合该律师和会计师意见依据采取的任何行动或不采取行动得到充分保护和合理辩护;前提是,该等律师或会计师是经合理谨慎地选择的。缺乏瘫痪行为情况下,基金将赔偿受保护方,并免除其对因履行本协议下副管理人的服务或以分配部分为副管理人而产生的任何损失、责任、成本和费用(包括合理的律师费和合理支付的和解款额)。受保护方根据本协议或其他可能因任何券商或其他代理人的错误、行动、不采取行动、疏忽、不诚实、欺诈或恶意造成的任何损失概不承担责任;前提是,此类券商或代理人应已经以善意由副管理人选择、聘用或保留并监管,除非此类行动或不采取行动系因瘫痪行为,或在刑事诉讼中,副管理人有合理理由相信其行为是非法的。