Shareholder Transactions Ultimus shall provide the Trust with shareholder transaction services, including:
1.1. process shareholder purchase, redemption, exchange, and transfer orders in accordance with conditions set forth in the applicable Fund’s prospectus(es) applying all applicable redemption or other miscellaneous fees;
1.2. set up of account information, including address, account designations, dividend and capital gains options, taxpayer identification numbers, banking instructions, automatic investment plans, systematic withdrawal plans and cost basis disposition method,
1.3. assist shareholders making changes to their account information included in 1.2;
1.4. issue trade confirmations in compliance with Rule 10b-10 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”);
1.5. issue quarterly statements for shareholders, interested parties, broker firms, branch offices and registered representatives;
1.6. act as a service agent and process income dividend and capital gains distributions, including the purchase of new shares, through dividend reimbursement and appropriate application of backup withholding, non-resident alien withholding and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) withholding;
1.7. record the issuance of shares and maintain pursuant to Rule 17Ad-10(e) of the 1934 Act a record of the total number of shares of each Fund which are authorized, based upon data provided to it by the Trust, and issued and outstanding;
1.8. perform such services as are required to comply with Rules 17a-24 and 17Ad-17 of the 1934 Act (the “Lost Shareholder Rules”);
1.9. provide cost basis reporting to shareholders on covered shares (shares purchased after 1/1/2012), as required;
1.10. withholding taxes on non-resident alien accounts, pension accounts and in accordance with state requirements;
1.11. produce, print, mail and file U.S. Treasury Department Forms 1099 and other appropriate forms required by federal authorities with respect to distributions for shareholders;
1.12. administer and perform all other customary services of a transfer agent, including, but not limited to, answering routine customer inquiries regarding shares; and
1.13. process all standing instruction orders (Automatic Investment Plans (“AIPs”) and Systematic Withdrawal Plan (“SWPs”)) including the debit of shareholder bank information for automatic purchases.
Transactions at the Closing The closing of the transactions set forth herein (the "Closing") shall take place at York Gate, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, within ten business days after the date on which all conditions to the Closing shall have been satisfied and all legally required regulatory approvals (including the approval of the Controller of Restrictive Trade Practices, which approval shall not include any conditions or restrictions (the “Anti-trust Approval”)) shall have been obtained, or thereafter at such other time, date and place as may be agreed by the Parties (the time and date of the Closing being herein referred to as the “Closing Date”). In the event that the Closing does not take place within 90 days of the Effective Date, each Party shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement without giving rise to any right or claim by the other Party hereto, excluding claims for breaches of obligations or representations by any Party hereto prior to such termination; provided, however, that no Party may terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3 if such Party's failure to fulfill any of its obligations under this Agreement shall have been a principal reason that the Closing shall not have occurred within the 90-day period of the date hereof. At the Closing, the following transactions shall occur, which transactions shall be deemed to take place simultaneously and no transaction shall be deemed to have been completed or any document delivered until all such transactions have been completed and all required documents have been delivered:
(1) Seller shall transfer to the Purchaser the Purchased Shares, free and clear of any and all Encumbrances.
(2) Seller shall deliver to Purchaser duly executed irrevocable instructions from the Seller to the broker holding the Purchased Shares or to the holder registered as holding the Purchased Shares with any registration company or otherwise, instructing the electronic transfer of the Purchased Shares to the respective accounts of the Purchaser, as shall be provided to Seller by Purchaser.
(3) The Purchaser shall transfer to the bank account of the Seller the Purchase Price. The Purchase Price shall be paid in US$ by wire transfer of immediately available funds. Any tax due by Seller with respect to the Seller's sale of the Purchased Shares shall be borne exclusively by the Seller and Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser in the event that any taxing authority requires Purchaser to pay the tax liability of Seller with respect to the sale of the Purchased Shares hereunder. The Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller, promptly following its receipt, any notice, demand or claim it receives from any taxing authority in respect of any tax due with respect to the Seller and its sale of the Purchased Shares. Without derogating from Seller's indemnification obligations as set forth above and the Purchaser's right to timely comply with any requirement made to it by a taxing authority, the Seller shall have the right (at its sole discretion and expense) to directly negotiate and settle any such tax requirement with the relevant taxing authority.
Closing Purchase Price (a) The closing (the “Closing”) of the purchase and sale of the Transferred Assets and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities shall be held at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, at 6:00 a.m., San Francisco time on the third business day after and excluding the date on which the conditions to Closing set forth in Article VIII hereof (other than those conditions which by their nature are to be satisfied concurrently with the Closing) shall have been satisfied or waived or at such other place, time and date as agreed in writing by Purchaser and the Seller. The date on which the Closing shall occur is hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.” The Closing shall be deemed to occur as of the close of business on the Closing Date.
(b) In consideration of the transfer of the Transferred Assets to Purchaser, and in reliance on the representations and warranties of Seller and the Canadian Subsidiary contained in this Agreement, at the Closing, Purchaser shall (i) pay Seller and the Canadian Subsidiary the aggregate amount of Eighty-Two Million Dollars ($82,000,000), which amount shall be adjusted as provided in this Section 2.4, Section 2.8 and Section 2.12(a), in cash (the “Cash Consideration”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated in writing by Seller no later than one business day prior to Closing and (ii) assume the Assumed Liabilities.
(c) All expenses and other liabilities arising from the North America Business up until the close of business on the Closing Date, including assessments levied against the Transferred Assets, salesperson advances, property and equipment rentals, amounts owing under the Canadian Lease, sales taxes, applicable copyright or other fees, sales and service charges, and similar prepaid and deferred items shall be prorated between Purchaser, on the one hand, and Seller and the Canadian Subsidiary, on the other hand, in accordance with the principle that Seller and its Affiliates shall be responsible for all expenses, costs and liabilities allocable to the conduct of the North America Business for the period prior to the close of business on the Closing Date, and Purchaser shall be responsible for all expenses, costs and liabilities allocable to the conduct of the North America Business for the period after the close of business on the Closing Date; provided that, Seller and its Affiliates shall be solely responsible for all intercompany accounts among Seller and its Affiliates. The Cash Consideration shall be increased or decreased as required to effectuate the foregoing proration of expenses and liabilities. This Section 2.4(c) is subject to the provisions of Sections 2.8, 2.9 and 2.12. A preliminary schedule of such allocation, calculated in accordance with the foregoing as though the Closing had taken place on November 30, 2004, is attached hereto as Schedule 2.4(c).
(d) The Cash Consideration shall be decreased by an amount equal to (i) any customer payments and deposits received by Seller or the Canadian Subsidiary prior to the close of business on the Closing Date but attributable to products or services to be provided by Purchaser after the close of business on the Closing Date (including any interest owing thereon), (ii) any other advance payments or deposits, to the extent any of the foregoing payments or deposits are attributable to products or services to be provided after the close of business on the Closing Date and (iii) the cost of all accrued vacation for Transferred Employees, as reflected on Section 4.12 of the Seller Disclosure Letter, as updated as of the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7.3 of this Agreement. A preliminary schedule of all such payments, deposits and accrued vacation, calculated in accordance with the foregoing as though the Closing had taken place on November 30, 2004, is attached hereto as Schedule 2.4(d).
(e) At least 10 business days prior to the Closing, Seller will deliver to Purchaser a report with respect to the North America Business (the “Preliminary Report”), certified as to completeness and accuracy by Seller, showing in detail the preliminary determination of the adjustments referred to in Sections 2.4(c), 2.4(d), 2.8 and 2.12(a), which are calculated in accordance with such Section as of the Closing Date, together with any documents substantiating the determination of the adjustments to the Cash Consideration proposed in the Preliminary Report. The parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve any dispute and to reach an agreement prior to the Closing Date on such preliminary adjustments to the Cash Consideration as of the Closing Date (provided that, in the absence of such agreement prior to the Closing Date, the Preliminary Report shall be used for determining any adjustments to the Cash Consideration at Closing) or thereafter in accordance with Section 2.4(f) below. The adjustments shown in the Preliminary Report, as adjusted by agreement of the parties, will be reflected as an adjustment to the Cash Consideration payable at the Closing.
(f) Within 90 days after the Closing Date, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a report with respect to the North America Business (the “Final Report”), showing in detail the final determination of any adjustments which were not calculated as of the Closing Date and containing any corrections to the Preliminary Report, together with any documents substantiating the final calculation of the adjustments proposed in the Final Report. If Seller shall conclude that the Final Report does not accurately reflect the adjustments and prorations to be made to the Cash Consideration in accordance with this Section 2.4, Seller shall, within 30 days after its receipt of the Final Report, provide to Purchaser its written statement of any discrepancies believed to exist. Purchaser and Seller shall use good faith efforts to jointly resolve the discrepancies within 30 days of Purchaser’s receipt of Seller’s written statement of discrepancies, which resolution, if achieved, shall be binding upon all parties to this Agreement and not subject to dispute or judicial review. If Purchaser and Seller cannot resolve the discrepancies to their mutual satisfaction within such 30-day period, Purchaser and Seller shall, within the following 10 days, jointly designate a national independent public accounting firm to be retained to review the Final Report together with Seller’s discrepancy statement and any other relevant documents. The parties agree that the foregoing independent public accounting firm shall not be one that is regularly engaged by Purchaser or Seller. Such firm shall report its conclusions as to adjustments pursuant to this Section 2.4, which shall be conclusive on all parties to this Agreement and not subject to dispute or judicial review. The conclusion of such firm with respect to each discrepancy shall be within the range established for such item by the Final Report and Seller’s discrepancy statement. If Purchaser or Seller is determined to owe an amount to the other, the appropriate party shall pay such amount thereof to the other within three business days after receipt of such determination. The cost of retaining such independent public accounting firm shall be borne equally by the parties.
