Allocation of Costs The Fund shall pay the cost of composition and printing of sufficient copies of its Prospectus and SAI as shall be required for periodic distribution to its shareholders and the expense of registering Shares for sale under federal securities laws. You shall pay the expenses normally attributable to the sale of Shares, other than as paid under the Fund's Distribution Plan under Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, including the cost of printing and mailing of the Prospectus (other than those furnished to existing shareholders) and any sales literature used by you in the public sale of the Shares and for registering such shares under state blue sky laws pursuant to paragraph 8.
Allocation of Costs and Expenses The Company shall bear all costs and expenses for the administration of its business and shall reimburse the Adviser for any such costs and expenses that have been paid by the Adviser, or by any affiliate thereof, on behalf of the Company on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 6. These costs and expenses shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) trust and organizational expenses relating to borrowings and offerings of the Shares and the Company’s other securities and incurrences of indebtedness, subject to limitations included in this Agreement;
(b) the cost of calculating the Company’s net asset value, including the cost and expenses of any third-party valuation services;
(c) the cost of effecting sales and repurchases of the Shares and any other securities of the Company;
(d) expenses incurred by the Adviser or any affiliate thereof payable to third parties, including agents, consultants or other advisors (such as accountants and legal counsel);
(e) fees payable to third parties relating to, or associated with, making, monitoring and disposing of investments, and valuing investments and enforcing contractual rights, including fees and expenses associated with performing due diligence reviews of prospective investments;
(f) professional fees relating to investments, including expenses of consultants, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other experts;
(g) fees, expenses, and costs relating to or associated with software tools, programs or other technology (including risk management software, fees to risk management services providers, third-party software licensing, implementation, data management and recovery services and custom development costs);
(h) research and market data (including news and quotation equipment and services, and any computer hardware and connectivity hardware (e.g., telephone and fiber optic lines) incorporated into the cost of obtaining such research and market data);
(i) all costs and charges for equipment or services used in communicating information regarding the Company’s transactions among the Adviser and any custodian or other agent engaged by the Company
(j) all costs associated with the provision of information technology services;
(k) federal and any state registration or notification fees;
(l) the costs of preparing, printing and mailing reports and other communications, including tender offer correspondence, proxy statements, shareholder reports and notices or similar materials, to shareholders;
(m) interest payable on debt, if any, incurred to finance the Company’s investments;
(n) transfer agent and custodial fees;
(o) fees and expenses associated with the Company’s marketing efforts (including travel and attendance at investment conferences and similar events);
(p) all costs of registration and listing the Company’s securities on any securities exchange;
(q) federal, state and local taxes;
(r) fees and expenses of Independent Trustees (as defined below);
(s) overhead costs, including rent, office supplies, utilities and capital equipment;
(t) costs of preparing and filing reports or other documents required by the SEC or any other governmental agency;
(u) costs of fidelity bond, trustees and officers/errors and omissions liability insurance and other insurance premiums;
(v) direct costs and expenses of administration, including those relating to printing, mailing, long distance telephone, copying, secretarial and other and staff, independent auditors and outside legal costs;
(w) fees and expenses associated with independent audits, outside legal costs, and tax returns, including compliance with the S▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002, the 1940 Act and applicable federal and state securities laws;
(x) internal legal expenses (including those expenses associated with preparing the Company’s public filings, attending and preparing for board meetings, as applicable, and generally serving as counsel to the Company)
(y) costs associated with the Company’s reporting and compliance obligations under the 1940 Act and applicable federal and state securities laws, including the cost of third-party service providers and any compliance program audit programs;
(z) brokerage commissions for the Company’s investments;
(aa) computer software specific to the business of the Company;
(bb) any unreimbursed expenses incurred in connection with transactions not consummated;
(cc) research and market data (including news and quotation equipment and services, and any computer hardware and connectivity hardware (e.g., telephone and fiber optic lines) incorporated into the cost of obtaining such research and market data);
(dd) the costs of responding to regulatory requests;
(ee) routine non-compensation overhead expenses of the Adviser and or any affiliate thereof in connection with administering the Company’s business;
(ff) all other expenses incurred by the Company or the Adviser, or by any affiliate thereof that the Adviser has arranged to provide services to the Company, in connection with the administration of the Company’s business, including expenses incurred by the Adviser or any affiliate thereof in performing the Adviser’s obligations under this Agreement and the reimbursement of the allocable portion of the compensation of the Company’s chief financial officer, chief compliance officer and administrative support staff attributable to the Company, to the extent that they are not a person with a controlling interest in the Adviser or any of its affiliates, subject to the limitations included in this Agreement, as applicable; and
(gg) any expenses incurred outside of the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, costs incurred in connection with any claim, litigation, arbitration, mediation, government investigation or similar proceeding and indemnification expenses as provided for in the Fund’s and the Master Fund’s respective organizational documents.
Costs and Expenses: Allocation of Costs A. The Transfer Agent will be responsible for all expenses, costs and other charges arising out of the performance of its obligations pursuant to this Contract, including the fees and disbursements of any third party retained to perform any of the services to the Fund on behalf of the Transfer Agent; all paper, typesetting, printing, stationery, envelopes, postage, labeling costs, mail sorting and other similar costs of preparing and mailing any dividend or redemption payment, all shareholder reports (including the cost of printing and mailing prospectuses sent to current shareholders, including the beneficial owners of Accounts), tax statements, confirmations, notices and statements of account; all telephone and computer equipment and usage charges; all personnel expenses, heat, light, rent, utilities, equipment purchases or rentals; all insurance premiums associated with FIIOC’s provision of services under this Contract, unless the Trustees of the Fund shall have specifically authorized an allocation of all or a portion of the premium to the Fund; all costs associated with the provision of check redemption services (including, the costs of printing and mailing of checks and checkbooks to shareholders, the charges of any vendor retained by the Fund to process checks for payment, and the charges of sending canceled checks to shareholders); and all other necessary expenses associated with the provision of services under the Contract.
B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fund shall be required to bear all expenses for all Accounts associated with: (i) all fees and expenses of registering shares for sale under the state securities laws (“blue sky charges”); and (ii) the holding of annual or special meetings of Fund shareholders, including: the costs of typesetting, printing, postage and mailing of notices, proxy cards and proxy statements (and, if requested by a shareholder, annual reports sent to those shareholders that have opened accounts subsequent to the last regular mailing date of such reports to shareholders); the fees and other disbursements of any agent hired to mail proxy materials and/or tabulate proxies; all charges incurred by any proxy soliciting agent; the reasonable and customary fees and handling charges of brokers, banks and other intermediaries for forwarding proxy materials; all other customary expenses associated with the holding of shareholder meetings.
C. The Fund shall not bear expenses for Accounts associated with charges of any bank for establishing and operating accounts for the receipt of funds for share purchases and the payment of dividends, distributions and redemption proceeds (together, “bank charges”). The Transfer Agent shall look exclusively to FMR for payment of bank charges.
D. Any amounts earned by the bank accounts established pursuant to paragraph 3(D) above on overnight repurchase agreements or money market funds shall be allocated to the Fund on a pro rata basis based on the amount of moneys attributable to the Fund invested in such repurchase agreements or money market funds.
Payment of Costs and Expenses The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable expenses of each of the Agents and the Arranger (including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to the Agents and the Arranger and of local or foreign counsel, if any, who may be retained by counsel to the Agents) in connection with
(a) the syndication by the Syndication Agent and the Arranger of the Loans, the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each other Loan Document, including schedules and exhibits, and any amendments, waivers, consents, supplements or other modifications to this Agreement or any other Loan Document as may from time to time hereafter be required, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated;
(b) the filing, recording, refiling or rerecording of each Pledge Agreement and each Security Agreement and/or any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements relating thereto and all amendments, supplements and modifications to any thereof and any and all other documents or instruments of further assurance required to be filed or recorded or refiled or rerecorded by the terms hereof or of such Pledge Agreement, Security Agreement or Uniform Commercial Code financial statements; and
(c) the preparation and review of the form of any document or instrument relevant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Borrower further agrees to pay, and to save the Agents, the Documentation Agent, the Arranger, the Issuer and the Lenders harmless from all liability for, any stamp or other similar taxes which may be payable in connection with the execution or delivery of this Agreement, the Credit Extensions made hereunder or the issuance of the Notes or Letters of Credit or any other Loan Documents. The Borrower also agrees to reimburse each Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Arranger, the Issuer and each Lender upon demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses) incurred by such Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Arranger, the Issuer or such Lender in connection with (x) the negotiation of any restructuring or "work-out", whether or not consummated, of any Obligations and (y) the enforcement of any Obligations.
Compensation; Allocation of Costs and Expenses In full consideration of the provision of the services of the Administrator, the Company shall reimburse the Administrator for the costs and expenses incurred by the Administrator in performing its obligations and providing personnel and facilities hereunder. The Company will bear all costs and expenses that are incurred in its operation and transactions that are not specifically assumed by the Company’s investment adviser, Gladstone Management Corporation (the “Adviser”), pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement, dated the same date hereof by and between the Company and the Adviser. Costs and expenses to be borne by the Company include, but are not limited to, those relating to: organization and offering; expenses incurred by the Adviser payable to third parties, including agents, consultants or other advisors (such as independent valuation firms, accountants and legal counsel), in monitoring financial and legal affairs for the Company and in monitoring the Company’s investments and performing due diligence on its prospective portfolio companies; interest and fees payable on debt, if any, incurred to finance the Company’s investments; offerings of the Company’s common stock, preferred stock and other securities; investment advisory and management fees; administration fees, if any, payable under this Agreement; fees payable to third parties, including agents, consultants or other advisors, relating to, or associated with, evaluating and making investments; transfer agent and custodial fees; federal and state registration fees; all costs of registration and listing the Company’s shares on any securities exchange; federal, state and local taxes; independent directors’ fees and expenses; costs of preparing and filing reports or other documents required by the SEC; costs of any reports, proxy statements or other notices to stockholders, including printing costs; the Company’s allocable portion of the fidelity bond, directors and officers and errors and omissions liability insurance, and any other insurance premiums; direct costs and expenses of administration, including printing, mailing, long distance telephone, copying, secretarial and other staff, independent auditors and outside legal costs; and all other expenses incurred by the Company or the Administrator in connection with administering the Company’s business, including payments under this Agreement based upon the Company’s allocable portion of the Administrator’s overhead in performing its obligations under this Agreement, including rent, and the allocable portion of the salaries and benefits expenses of the Company’s chief compliance officer, treasurer, chief financial officer and controller and their respective staffs.