THE COMPANY'S DUTIES Subject to the supervision and control of the Investment Company's Board of Trustees or Directors ("Board"), the Company will assist the Investment Company with regard to fund accounting for the Investment Company, and/or the Funds, and/or the Classes, and in connection therewith undertakes to perform the following specific services;
A. Value the assets of the Funds using: primarily, market quotations, including the use of matrix pricing, supplied by the independent pricing services selected by the Company in consultation with the adviser, or sources selected by the adviser, and reviewed by the board; secondarily, if a designated pricing service does not provide a price for a security which the Company believes should be available by market quotation, the Company may obtain a price by calling brokers designated by the investment adviser of the fund holding the security, or if the adviser does not supply the names of such brokers, the Company will attempt on its own to find brokers to price those securities; thirdly, for securities for which no market price is available, the Pricing Committee of the Board will determine a fair value in good faith. Consistent with Rule 2a-4 of the 40 Act, estimates may be used where necessary or appropriate. The Company's obligations with regard to the prices received from outside pricing services and designated brokers or other outside sources, is to exercise reasonable care in the supervision of the pricing agent. The Company is not the guarantor of the securities prices received from such agents and the Company is not liable to the Fund for potential errors in valuing a Fund's assets or calculating the net asset value per share of such Fund or Class when the calculations are based upon such prices. All of the above sources of prices used as described are deemed by the Company to be authorized sources of security prices. The Company provides daily to the adviser the securities prices used in calculating the net asset value of the fund, for its use in preparing exception reports for those prices on which the adviser has comment. Further, upon receipt of the exception reports generated by the adviser, the Company diligently pursues communication regarding exception reports with the designated pricing agents;
B. Determine the net asset value per share of each Fund and/or Class, at the time and in the manner from time to time determined by the Board and as set forth in the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information ("Prospectus") of each Fund;
C. Calculate the net income of each of the Funds, if any;
D. Calculate realized capital gains or losses of each of the Funds resulting from sale or disposition of assets, if any;
E. Maintain the general ledger and other accounts, books and financial records of the Investment Company, including for each Fund, and/or Class, as required under Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act and the Rules thereunder in connection with the services provided by the Company;
F. Preserve for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act the records to be maintained by Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act in connection with the services provided by the Company. The Company further agrees that all such records it maintains for the Investment Company are the property of the Investment Company and further agrees to surrender promptly to the Investment Company such records upon the Investment Company's request;
G. At the request of the Investment Company, prepare various reports or other financial documents in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as required by federal, state and other applicable laws and regulations; and
H. Such other similar services as may be reasonably requested by the Investment Company. The foregoing, along with any additional services that the Company shall agree in writing to perform for the Investment Company under this Section One, shall hereafter be referred to as "Fund Accounting Services."
Employment Duties and Responsibilities A) The Company shall employ the Executive, and the Executive shall serve the Company, as President and Chief Executive Officer, with such duties and responsibilities as may be assigned to the Executive by the Board of Directors of the Company (“BOD”) and are typically associated with a position of that nature.
B) The Executive shall devote his best efforts and all of his business time to the performance of his duties under this Agreement and shall perform them faithfully, diligently and competently in a manner consistent with the policies and goals of the Company as determined from time to time by the BOD.
C) The Executive shall report to the BOD of the Company.
D) The Executive shall not engage in any activities outside the scope of his employment that would detract from, or interfere with, the fulfillment of his responsibilities or duties under this Agreement.
E) The Executive shall not serve as a director (or the equivalent position) of any company or entity other than the Company and shall not render services of a business, professional or commercial nature to any other person or firm, except for not-for-profit entities, without prior written consent of the BOD. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
F) The Executive shall not receive fees or other remuneration for work performed either within or outside the scope of his employment without prior written consent of the BOD. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Company's Duties The Company shall diligently perform all duties incident to the origination, sale and servicing of the mortgage loans subject to this Agreement. In the performance of its servicing duties, the Company shall exercise the same degree of care it exercises when servicing mortgage loans for its own account, but in no event shall the Company exercise less care than a reasonable prudent servicer would exercise under similar circumstances. In addition, the Company shall comply with all of the provisions of the Guides and with all other requirements and instructions of Washington Mutual Mortgage. The Company shall perform such duties at its sole expense, except as otherwise expressly provided in the Guides.
Operation of the Company’s Business (a) Except (i) as set forth in Section 4.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (ii) as expressly permitted by or required in accordance this Agreement, (iii) as required by applicable Law, (iv) in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, to the extent reasonably necessary, (A) to protect the health and safety of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ employees, (B) to respond to third party supply or service disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or (C) as required by any applicable Law, directive or guideline from any Governmental Body arising out of, or otherwise related to, the COVID-19 pandemic (including any response to COVID-19), or (v) as may be consented to in writing by Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), during the Pre-Closing Period: each of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall conduct its business and operations in the Ordinary Course of Business and in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and the requirements of all Contracts that constitute Company Material Contracts.
(b) Except (i) as expressly permitted by this Agreement, (ii) as set forth in Section 4.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (iii) as required by applicable Law or (iv) with the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), at all times during the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall not, nor shall it cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, do any of the following:
(i) declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of its capital stock or repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock or other securities (except in connection with the payment of the exercise price and/or withholding Taxes incurred upon the exercise, settlement or vesting of any award granted under the Company Plan in accordance with the terms of such award in effect on the date of this Agreement);
(ii) sell, issue, grant, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber or authorize any of the foregoing with respect to: (A) any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except for shares of outstanding Company Common Stock issued upon the valid exercise of Company Options); (B) any option, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other security, other than option grants or restricted stock unit awards granted to employees and service providers in the Ordinary Course of Business which are included in the calculation of the Company Outstanding Shares; or (C) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) except as required to give effect to anything in contemplation of the Closing, amend any of its or its Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents, or effect or be a party to any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction except, for the avoidance of doubt, the Contemplated Transactions;
(iv) form any Subsidiary or acquire any equity interest or other interest in any other Entity or enter into a joint venture with any other Entity;
(A) lend money to any Person (except for the advancement of expenses to employees, directors and consultants in the Ordinary Course of Business), (B) incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money, (C) guarantee any debt securities of others, or (D) other than the incurrence or payment of any Transaction Expenses, make any capital expenditure in excess of the budgeted capital expenditure amounts set forth in the Company operating budget delivered to Parent concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “Company Budget”);
(vi) other than as required by applicable Law or the terms of any Company Benefit Plan as in effect on the date of this Agreement: (A) adopt, terminate, establish or enter into any Company Benefit Plan; (B) cause or permit any Company Benefit Plan to be amended in any material respect; (C) pay any bonus or make any profit-sharing or similar payment to, or increase the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, benefits or other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its directors, officers or employees, other than increases in base salary and annual cash bonus opportunities and payments made in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past practice and which do not exceed, in the aggregate, the amounts specifically budgeted therefore in the Company Budget; (D) increase the severance or change of control benefits offered to any current or new employees, directors or consultants; (E) hire any (x) officer or (y) employee whose annual base salary is or is expected to be more than $250,000 per year or (F) terminate or give notice of termination to any officer other than for cause;
(vii) recognize any labor union or labor organization, except as otherwise required by applicable Law and after prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned);
(viii) enter into any material transaction other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(ix) acquire any material asset or sell, lease or otherwise irrevocably dispose of any of its assets or properties, or grant any Encumbrance with respect to such assets or properties, except in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(x) sell, assign, transfer, license, sublicense or otherwise dispose of any Company IP (other than pursuant to non-exclusive licenses in the Ordinary Course of Business);
(xi) make, change or revoke any material Tax election, fail to pay any income or other material Tax as such Tax becomes due and payable, file any amendment making any material change to any Tax Return, settle or compromise any income or other material Tax liability or submit any voluntary disclosure application, enter into any Tax allocation, sharing, indemnification or other similar agreement or arrangement (other than customary commercial contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business the principal subject matter of which is not Taxes), request or consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation period with respect to any claim or assessment for any income or other material Taxes (other than pursuant to an extension of time to file any Tax Return granted in the Ordinary Course of Business of not more than seven (7) months), or adopt or change any material accounting method in respect of Taxes;
(xii) enter into, materially amend or terminate any Company Material Contract;
(xiii) other than as required by Law or GAAP, take any action to change accounting policies or procedures;
(xiv) initiate or settle any Legal Proceeding
(xv) enter into or amend a Contract that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede, interfere with, hinder or delay the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions; or
(xvi) agree, resolve or commit to do any of the foregoing.
(c) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give Parent, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the Company prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete unilateral control and supervision over its business operations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, no consent of Parent shall be required with respect to any matter set forth in this Section 4.2 or elsewhere in this Agreement to the extent that the requirement of such consent could violate any applicable Laws.
Position, Duties and Responsibilities (a) During the Term, Executive will be employed by the REIT Operator and will serve as the Chief Operating Officer of the REIT, reporting directly to the Co-Chief Executive Officers (the “Co-CEOs”) or the board of directors (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) of the REIT. In this capacity, Executive shall have the duties, authorities and responsibilities as are required by Executive’s position commensurate with the duties, authorities and responsibilities of persons in similar capacities in similarly sized companies, and such other duties, authorities and responsibilities as may reasonably be assigned to Executive as the Co-CEOs of the REIT or the Board shall designate from time to time that are not inconsistent with Executive’s position and that are consistent with the bylaws of the REIT, the limited partnership agreement of the Operating Company, and the limited liability company agreement of the REIT Operator, each as may be amended from time to time, including, but not limited to, managing the affairs of the Company.
(b) During the Term, Executive will, without additional compensation, also serve on the board of directors of, serve as an officer of, or perform such executive and consulting services for, or on behalf of, such subsidiaries of the REIT as the Co-CEOs of the REIT or the Board may, from time to time, request.
(c) During the Term, Executive will serve the Company faithfully, diligently, and to the best of Executive’s ability and will devote substantially all of Executive’s business time and attention to the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder, and shall have no other employment (including self-employment), whether or not such activity is engaged in for pecuniary profit; provided, that, nothing contained herein shall prohibit Executive from (i) participating in trade associations or industry organizations in furtherance of the Company’s interests, (ii) engaging in charitable, civic, educational or political activities, (iii) engaging in passive personal investment activities for Executive and Executive’s family or (iv) accepting directorships or similar positions, subject to approval in advance by the Board of Directors of the REIT, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld (together, the “Personal Activities”), in each case so long as the Personal Activities do not (x) unreasonably interfere, individually or in the aggregate, with the performance of Executive’s duties to the Company under this Agreement, (y) have an adverse impact on the Company’s business reputation, or (z) violate the Restrictive Covenants (as defined below), in each case as determined by the Board.
(d) During the Term, Executive shall perform the services required by this Agreement at the Company’s principal offices located in Dallas, Texas (the “Principal Location”), except for travel to other locations as may be necessary to fulfill Executive’s duties and responsibilities hereunder.