Except as specifically provided below and above in Section 1 hereof, the Fund anticipates that all investment professionals and staff of the 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 Adviser. The Fund will bear all other costs and expenses of the Fund’s operations, administration and transactions, including, but not limited to:
(a)investment advisory fees, including management fees and incentive fees, to the Adviser, pursuant to this Agreement;
(b)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 “管理員”) in performing its administrative obligations under the administration agreement between the Fund and the Administrator (the “管理協議”), 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
(c)all other expenses of the Fund’s operations and transactions including, without limitation, those relating to:
(xix)籌備財務報表和保持記錄的費用,Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002合規和證明的成本,以及準備和提交報告或其他文件給SEC、美國金融業監管局、美國商品期貨交易委員會等部門的成本;此外,商品交易所法,經修訂(「CEA」),目前對我們與比特幣的採礦或交易未直接賦予任何義務。一般而言,期貨交易委員會(「CFTC」),負責執行CEA的聯邦機構,將比特幣和其他加密貨幣視為商品。聯邦法院的判決支持這一立場。與基金的周期性報告和相關報表(例如基本報表和稅務申報)以及其他印刷和報告相關費用(包括有關基金及其活動的其他通知和通訊)的準備和發行所需的所有費用、成本和開支(例如,登記和交易所上市以及根據1940年法案和其他適用聯邦和州證券法下的報告和合規義務所需的成本)以及對負責上述事項的專業人士的報酬;
The Adviser and its affiliates may aggregate purchase or sale orders for the assets with purchase or sale orders for the same security for other clients’ accounts of the Adviser or of its affiliates, the Adviser’s own accounts and hold proprietary positions in accordance with its current aggregation and allocation policy (collectively, the “Advisory Clients”), but only if (x)
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in the Adviser’s reasonable judgment such aggregation results in an overall economic or other benefit to the assets taking into consideration the advantageous selling or purchase price, brokerage commission and other expenses and factors and (y) the Adviser’s actions with respect to aggregating orders for multiple Advisory Clients, as well as the Fund, are consistent with applicable law. However, the Adviser is under no obligation to aggregate any such orders under any circumstances.
5.核數委員會報告.
The Fund agrees to pay, and the Adviser agrees to accept, as compensation for the services provided by the Adviser hereunder, a base management fee and an incentive fee as hereinafter set forth. The Fund shall make any payments due hereunder to the Adviser or to the Adviser’s designee as the Adviser may otherwise direct, including any sub-adviser.
(a)Management Fee. The management fee is paid quarterly in arrears at an annual rate of 1.0% of the average value of the Fund’s gross assets at the end of the two most recently completed calendar quarters. For purposes of this Agreement, gross assets means the Fund’s total assets determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP扣除未動用的承諾,但包括用借入款項購買的資產。