NOTE 6 — OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND RELATED PARTIES (continued)
trustees’ fees under the Plan will not affect net assets of the Portfolios, and will not materially affect the Portfolios’ assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the Plan.
NOTE 7 — EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
The Investment Adviser has entered into a written expense limitation agreement (“Expense Limitation Agreement”) with the following Portfolios whereby the Investment Adviser has agreed to limit expenses, excluding interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses to the levels listed below:
| | | Class ADV | | | Class I | | | Class S | | | Class S2 | | | Class T | |
Global Value Advantage(1) | | | | | 1.34% | | | | | | 0.84% | | | | | | 1.09% | | | | | | 1.24% | | | | | | 1.44% | | |
Growth and Income | | | | | 1.30% | | | | | | 0.70% | | | | | | 0.95% | | | | | | 1.10% | | | | | | N/A | | |
Intermediate Bond | | | | | 1.05% | | | | | | 0.55% | | | | | | 0.80% | | | | | | 0.95% | | | | | | N/A | | |
Small Company | | | | | 1.45% | | | | | | 0.95% | | | | | | 1.20% | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | N/A | | |
(1)
Effective close of business on March 6, 2015, pursuant to a side letter agreement, through May 1, 2017, the Investment Adviser has further lowered the expense limits for Global Value Advantage to 1.14%, 0.64%, 0.89%, 1.04% and 1.24% for Class ADV, Class I, Class S, Class S2 and Class T, respectively. Prior to close of business on March 6, 2015, the side letter agreement expense limits were 1.15%, 0.65%, 0.90%, 1.05% and 1.25% for Class ADV, Class I, Class S, Class S2 and Class T, respectively. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Board. Any fees waived pursuant to the side letter agreement shall not be eligible for recoupment.
The Investment Adviser may at a later date recoup from a Portfolio management fees waived and other expenses assumed by the Investment Adviser during the previous 36 months, but only if, after such recoupment, the Portfolio’s expense ratio does not exceed the percentage described above. Waived and reimbursed fees net of any recoupment by the Investment Adviser of such waived and reimbursed fees are reflected on the accompanying Statements of Operations. Amounts payable by the Investment Adviser are reflected on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
As of June 30, 2015, the Portfolios did not have any amount of waived or reimbursed fees that would be subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser.
The Expense Limitation Agreements are contractual through May 1, 2016 (except for Global Value Advantage and Intermediate Bond, which are through May 1, 2017) and shall renew automatically for one-year terms. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Board.
NOTE 8 — LINE OF CREDIT
The Portfolios, in addition to certain other funds managed by the Investment Adviser, have entered into an unsecured committed revolving line of credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with BNY for an aggregate amount of $200,000,000. The proceeds may be used only to: (1) temporarily finance the purchase or sale of securities; or (2) finance the redemption of shares of an investor in the funds. The funds to which the line of credit is available pay a commitment fee equal to 0.10% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount payable quarterly in arrears. Prior to May 22, 2015, the funds to which the Credit Agreement is available paid a commitment fee equal to 0.07% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount payable quarterly in arrears.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement accrue interest at the federal funds rate plus a specified margin. Repayments generally must be made within 60 days after the date of a revolving credit advance.
The following Portfolios utilized the line of credit during the six months ended June 30, 2015:
Portfolio | | | Days Utilized | | | Approximate Average Daily Balance For Days Utilized | | | Approximate Weighted Average Interest Rate For Days Utilized | |
Balanced | | | | | 4 | | | | | $ | 670,000 | | | | | | 1.12% | | |
Global Value Advantage | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 2,757,000 | | | | | | 1.12 | | |
Growth and Income | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 20,136,000 | | | | | | 1.12 | | |
Intermediate Bond | | | | | 16 | | | | | | 987,875 | | | | | | 1.12 | | |
Money Market | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 17,079,000 | | | | | | 1.12 | | |
NOTE 9 — OTHER ACCRUED EXPENSES & LIABILITIES
At June 30, 2015, the following Portfolio had the below payables included in Other Accrued Expenses and Liabilities that exceeded 5% of total liabilities:
Portfolio | | | Accrued Expenses | | | Amount | |
Money Market | | | Custody | | | | $ | 30,669 | | |
| | | Shareholder Reporting | | | | | 50,305 | | |
NOTE 10 — PURCHASED AND WRITTEN OPTIONS
Transactions in purchased foreign currency options for Balanced during the period ended June 30, 2015 were as follows:
| | | USD Notional | | | Cost | |
Balance at 12/31/2014 | | | | | 2,843,000 | | | | | $ | 13,078 | | |
Options Purchased | | | | | 18,334,058 | | | | | | 199,020 | | |