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
(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,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。”) 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.非專屬服務. 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 “被賠償人”) 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 (“禁用行為”). 受保護方可以就基金事務諮詢律師和會計師,並並在遵循此等律師和會計師建議或意見所採取的任何行動或不採取行動方面完全受到保護並合法化;前提是,必須以合理的謹慎選擇該等律師或會計師。在無禁用行為的情況下,基金將賠償受保護方,並使其免受因根據本協議提供次經理的服務或其他作為基金顧問的而產生的任何損害、責任、成本和費用(包括合理的律師費和合理支付的和解金額)的損害。受保護方根據本協議或其他不應對因經紀人或其他代理商的任何錯誤、行動、不作為、疏忽、不誠實、欺詐或惡意行為而導致的任何損失承担責任;前提是,除非該經紀人或其他代理商基於善意被擬定、聘請或保留及接受並受到次經理善意監控,或者此等行動或不行動是因禁用行為,或在刑事訴訟中,適當情況下,次經理有合理理由相信其行為是非法的。