or act in the capacity of employee, officer, director, member of an advisory board, investment adviser, or depositor of any registered investment company, or principal underwriter for any registered investment company, registered unit investment trust, or registered face-amount certificate company;
(ix) An individual nominated or seated as a Trustee not serve or have served within the past three years as a board member of any registered closed-end investment company which, while such individual was serving as a board member or within one year after the end of such service, ceased to be a closed-end investment company registered under the 1940 Act, unless such individual was initially nominated for election as a board member by the board of directors or trustees of such closed-end investment company;
(x) An individual nominated or seated as a Trustee shall not cause the Trust to be in violation of, or not in compliance with, applicable law, regulation or regulatory interpretation, or the Declaration of Trust or these Bylaws, or any general policies adopted by the Board of Trustees;
(xi) An individual nominated or seated as an Independent Trustee may not be an “interested person” of the Trust as defined under Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act;
(xii) An individual nominated or seated as a Trustee may not directly or indirectly own, control or hold with the power to vote, or be a member of a group of shareholders party to an agreement, arrangement or practice for sharing information or decisions concerning shareholder actions or the acquisition, disposition or voting of Shares, who together directly or indirectly own, control or hold with the power to vote, 5% or more of the outstanding shares of any class of Shares of the Trust (each such person and each member of such a group, a “5% Holder”), may not control or act in concert with a 5% Holder, and may not be an immediate family member of a 5% Holder or of a person who controls or acts in concert with a 5% Holder;
(xiii) An individual nominated or seated as a Trustee may not, and any immediate family member of such nominee may not, be employed or have been employed within the last year by any 5% Holder or any person who controls, is controlled by, is under common control with or acts in concert with a 5% Holder;
(xiv) An individual nominated or seated as a Trustee may not, and any immediate family member of such nominee may not, have accepted directly or indirectly, during the year of the election for which such individual is nominated or seated or during the immediately preceding calendar year, any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from any 5% Holder or from any person who controls, is controlled by, is under common control with or acts in concert with any 5% Holder;
(xv) An individual nominated or seated as a Trustee may not, and any immediate family member of such nominee may not, be an officer, director, general partner or managing member (or person performing similar functions) of any 5% Holder or of any person who controls, is controlled by, is under common control with or acting in concert with a 5% Holder;