Stockholders recommending potential director candidates must substantiate compliance with these requirements at the time of submitting their proposed director candidate to the attention of the Fund’s Secretary. Notice to the Fund’s Secretary should be provided in accordance with the deadline specified in the Fund’s Bylaws; (Article II, Section 10) and include, as specified in the same section of theFund’s Bylaws:
(i) for eachdirector candidate:
(a) the director candidate’s name, address, date of birth, business and residence addressesand nationality;
(b) whether the stockholder believes the director candidate is an “interested person” within the meaning of the1940 Act and, if not believed to be an “interested person,” sufficient information to enable the Board, any Committee thereof, or a Fund officer to makethat determination;
(c) sufficient information to enable the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to determine whether the director candidate meets the qualification requirements set forth in theFund’s Bylaws;
(d) the director candidate’s written, signed and notarized statement confirming his or her consent to be named in the proxy statement and intention to serve as a directorif elected;
(ii)
for the proposing stockholder, each “Stockholder Associated Person” as such term is defined in the Fund’s Bylaws, and eachdirector candidate:
(a) the class, series and number of any Fund shares owned beneficially or of record, the date on which such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition and an explicit description of each “Derivative Instrument” (as such term is defined in the Fund’s Bylaws) entered into, or to which the proposing stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person or director candidate is a party or beneficiary and the number, class and series to which such DerivativeInstrument relates;
(b) the nominee holder for and number of any Fund shares, and the nominee holder for each Derivative Instrument owned beneficially but not of record and evidence establishing such indirect ownership and, if applicable, entitlement to vote such shares orDerivative Instrument;
(c) whether and the extent to which such proposing stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person or director candidate directly or indirectly (though brokers, nominees or otherwise) is subject to or during the last six months has engaged in any hedging, derivative or other transaction or series of transactions or entered into any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short interest, any borrowing or lending of securities or any proxy or voting agreement), the effect or intent of which is to (1) manage risk or benefit from changes in the price of (i) Fund shares or (ii) any combination of securities owned by the Fund representing more than 30% by value of the Fund’s assets, as reported in the most recent schedule of investments filed by the Fund with the SEC or as the Fund otherwise makes publicly available (“Portfolio Securities”) or (2) increase or decrease the voting power of such proposing stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person or director candidate in the Fund or any affiliate thereof (or in any issuer of Portfolio Securities, as applicable) disproportionately to such person’s economic interest in Fund shares (or in Portfolio Securities, as applicable) and, if applicable, the number, class and series of shares (or Portfolio Securities, as applicable) to which such transaction, agreement, arrangement orunderstanding relates;
(d) any economic interest, direct or indirect (including without limitation any existing or prospective commercial, business or contractual relationship with the Fund), individually or in the aggregate, in the Fund, other than an interest arising from the ownership of Fund shares conferring no extra or special benefit not shared on a pro rata basis byall stockholders;
(iii)
for the proposing stockholder, each Stockholder Associated Person with an interest or ownership described under Section (ii) above, and eachdirector candidate:
(a) such proposing stockholder’s name, address and telephone number as they appear on the Fund’s stock ledger, and the current name, business and residence address and telephone number of such proposing stockholder, each Stockholder Associated Person and each director candidate,if different;
(b) all other information relating to such proposing stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person and director nominee that would be required to be disclosed in the solicitation of proxies for election of directors in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved) and all other documents, materials or information relating to such proposing stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person and director nominee that would otherwise be required in connection with any such solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act andrules thereunder;