Common use of Securities Transaction Clause in Contracts

Securities Transaction. The Advisor is authorized to select the brokers or dealers that will execute purchases and sales of securities for the Fund, and is directed to use its best efforts to obtain the best available price and most favorable execution for such transactions. To the extent expressly permitted by the written policies and procedures established by the Board of Trustees, and subject to Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, any interpretations thereof by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") or its staff, and other applicable law, the Advisor is permitted to pay a broker or dealer an amount of commission for effecting a securities transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Advisor determines in good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the Advisor's overall responsibilities to the accounts as to which it exercises investment discretion. The execution of such transactions in conformity with the authority expressly referenced in the immediately preceding sentence shall not be deemed to represent an unlawful act or breach of any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise. The Advisor agrees to use its best efforts to comply with any directed brokerage or other brokerage arrangements that the Fund communicates to the Advisor in writing. The Advisor will promptly communicate to the Trust's officers and the Board of Trustees any information relating to the portfolio transactions the Advisor has directed on behalf of the Fund as such officers or the Board may reasonably request.