Accounting Treatment For accounting purposes, the Merger is intended to be treated as a "purchase."
Investment Securities and Commodities (a) Each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary has good title to all securities and commodities owned by it (except those sold under repurchase agreements or held in any fiduciary or agency capacity), free and clear of any Lien, except to the extent such securities or commodities are pledged in the ordinary course of business to secure obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Such securities and commodities are valued on the books of the Company in accordance with GAAP in all material respects. (b) The Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses employ investment, securities, commodities, risk management and other policies, practices and procedures (the “Policies, Practices and Procedures”) which the Company believes are prudent and reasonable in the context of such businesses. Prior to the date hereof, the Company has made available to Parent in writing the material Policies, Practices and Procedures.
National Treatment and Most-favoured-nation Treatment (1) Each Contracting Party shall accord to investments of investors of the other Contracting Party, treatment which shall not be less favourable than that accorded either to investments of its own or investments of investors of any third State. (2) In addition, each Contracting Party shall accord to investors of the other Contracting Party, including in respect of returns on their investments, treatment which shall not be less favourable than that accorded to investors of any third State. (3) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall not be construed so as to oblige one Contracting Party to extend to the investors of the other the benefit of any treatment, preference or privilege resulting from: (a) Any existing or future free trade area, customs unions, monetary union or similar international agreement or other forms of regional cooperation to which one of the Contracting Parties is or may become a party, or (b) Any matter pertaining wholly or mainly to taxation.
FINANCIAL REPORTING; MONEY MARKET FUND SERVICES BNY Mellon shall provide the following financial reporting services for each Fund: Financial Statement Preparation & Review · Prepare the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports3 for shareholder delivery and for inclusion in Form N-CSR; · Prepare the Fund’s fiscal quarterly schedule of portfolio holdings3 for inclusion in Form N-Q; · Prepare, circulate and maintain the Fund’s financial reporting production calendar and track status of reporting cycles; · Coordinate N-SAR surveys; prepare and file (or coordinate the filing of) the Fund’s Form N-SAR; and · Prepare and coordinate the filing of the Fund’s monthly website files and Form N-MFP, as applicable to money market funds. Typesetting Services · Create financial compositions for the applicable financial report and related EDGAR files; · Maintain country codes, industry class codes, security class codes and state codes; · Map individual general ledger accounts into master accounts to be displayed in the applicable financial reports; · Create components that will specify the proper grouping and sorting for display of portfolio information; · Create components that will specify the proper calculation and display of financial data required for each applicable financial report (except for identified manual entries, which BNY Mellon will enter); · Process, convert and load security and general ledger data; · Include data in financial reports provided from external parties to BNY Mellon which includes, but is not limited to: shareholder letters, “Management Discussion and Analysis” commentary, notes on performance, form of notes to financials, report of independent auditors, Fund management listing, service providers listing and Fund spectrums; 3 Requires “Typesetting Services” as described herein. · Generate financial reports using the Vendor’s capabilities which include the following: o table of contents; o schedules of investments; o statement of net assets; o statements of assets and liabilities; o statements of operation; o statements of changes; o statements of cash flows; o financial highlights; o notes to financial statements; o report of independent registered public accounting firm; o tax information; and o additional Fund information as mutually agreed in writing between BNY Mellon and a Fund. · Unless mutually agreed in writing between BNY Mellon and a Fund, solely with respect to typesetting services, BNY Mellon will use the same layout and format for every successive reporting period for the typeset reports. At the request of a Fund and upon the mutual written agreement of BNY Mellon and the Fund as to the scope of any changes and additional compensation of BNY Mellon, BNY Mellon will, or will cause the Vendor to, change the format or layout of reports from time to time.
Fund Valuation and Financial Reporting Services (1) Account for Fund share purchases, sales, exchanges, transfers, dividend reinvestments, and other Fund share activity as reported by the Fund’s transfer agent on a timely basis. (2) Apply equalization accounting as directed by the Fund. (3) Determine net investment income (earnings) for the Fund as of each valuation date. Account for periodic distributions of earnings to shareholders and maintain undistributed net investment income balances as of each valuation date. (4) Maintain a general ledger and other accounts, books, and financial records for the Fund in the form as agreed upon. (5) Determine the net asset value of the Fund according to the accounting policies and procedures set forth in the Fund’s current prospectus. (6) Calculate per share net asset value, per share net earnings, and other per share amounts reflective of Fund operations at such time as required by the nature and characteristics of the Fund. (7) Communicate to the Fund, at an agreed upon time, the per share net asset value for each valuation date. (8) Prepare monthly reports that document the adequacy of accounting detail to support month-end ledger balances. (9) Prepare monthly security transactions listings.