Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Advisor shall: (i) furnish the Funds with advice
and recommendations with respect to the investment of the Funds’ assets and the purchase and sale of
portfolio securities for the Funds, including the taking of such steps as may be necessary to implement such
advice and recommendations (i.e., placing the orders); (ii) manage and oversee the investments of the Funds,
subject to the ultimate supervision and direction of the Trust’s Board of Trustees; (iii) vote proxies for the
Funds, file ownership reports under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) for
the Funds, and take other actions on behalf of the Funds; (iv) maintain the books and records required to be
maintained by the Funds except to the extent arrangements have been made for such books and records to be
maintained by the administrator or another agent of the Funds; (v) furnish reports, statements and other data
on securities, economic conditions and other matters related to the investment of the Funds’ assets which the
Funds’ administrator or distributor or the officers of the Trust may reasonably request; and (vi) render to the
Trust’s Board of Trustees such periodic and special reports with respect to the Funds’ investment activities as
the Board may reasonably request, including at least one in-person appearance annually before the Board of
Trustees.
(b) BROKERAGE. The Advisor shall be responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities for the
Funds, for broker-dealer selection, and for negotiation of brokerage commission rates, provided that the
Advisor shall not direct orders to an affiliated person of the Advisor without general prior authorization to
use such affiliated broker or dealer from the Trust’s Board of Trustees. The Advisor’s primary consideration
in effecting a securities transaction will be execution at the most favorable price. In selecting a broker-dealer
to execute each particular transaction, the Advisor may take the following into consideration: the best net
price available; the reliability, integrity and financial condition of the broker-dealer; the size of and difficulty in
executing the order; and the value of the expected contribution of the broker-dealer to the investment
performance of the Funds on a continuing basis. The price to the Funds in any transaction may be less
favorable than that available from another broker-dealer if the difference is reasonably justified by other
aspects of the portfolio execution services offered.
Subject to such policies as the Board of Trustees of the Trust may determine and consistent with
Section 28(e) of the 1934 Act, the Advisor shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have breached
any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by reason of its having caused the Funds to pay a
broker or dealer that provides (directly or indirectly) brokerage or research services to the Advisor an amount
of commission for effecting a portfolio 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 with respect to the Trust. Subject to the same policies and legal provisions, the Advisor
is further authorized to allocate the orders placed by it on behalf of the Funds to such brokers or dealers who
also provide research or statistical material, or other services, to the Trust, the Advisor, or any affiliate of
either. Such allocation shall be in such amounts and proportions as the Advisor shall determine, and the
Advisor shall report on such allocations regularly to the Trust, indicating the broker-dealers to whom such
allocations have been made and the basis therefor.
On occasions when the Advisor deems the purchase or sale of a security to be in the best interest of
the Fund as well as of other clients, the Advisor, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations,
may aggregate the securities to be so purchased or sold in order to obtain the most favorable price or lower
brokerage commissions and the most efficient execution. In such event, allocation of the securities so
purchased or sold, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, will be made by the Advisor in the
manner it considers to be the most equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to the Funds and to
such other clients.