Common use of Excess Brokerage Commissions Clause in Contracts

Excess Brokerage Commissions. The Adviser is hereby authorized, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law, to cause the Company to pay a member of a national securities exchange, broker or dealer an amount of commission for effecting a securities transaction (including where such member of a national securities exchange, broker or dealer (i) supplies, or pays for (or rebates a portion of the Company’s brokerage commissions to the Company for the payment of) the cost of, brokerage, research or execution services used by the Company (ii) and/or pays for (or rebates a portion of the Company’s brokerage commissions to the Company for the payment of) obligations of the Company or the Company’s share of obligations) in excess of the amount of commission another member of such exchange, broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the Adviser determines in good faith, taking into account such factors as price (including the applicable brokerage commission or dealer spread), size of order, difficulty of execution, and operational facilities of the firm and the firm’s risk and skill in positioning blocks of securities, that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and/or research services provided by such member, broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or its overall responsibilities with respect to the Company’s portfolio; except that, during all periods when the assets of the Company are treated as “plan assets” for purposes of ERISA, the Adviser may use “soft dollars” to obtain products and services only to the extent that such products and services fall within the parameters of Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as such safe harbor is interpreted by the SEC.

Excess Brokerage Commissions. The Adviser is hereby authorized, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law, to cause the Company to pay a member of a national securities exchange, broker or dealer an amount of commission for effecting a securities transaction (including where such member of a national securities exchange, broker or dealer (i) supplies, or pays for (or rebates a portion of the Company’s 's brokerage commissions to the Company for the payment of) the cost of, brokerage, research or execution services used by the Company (ii) and/or pays for (or rebates a portion of the Company’s 's brokerage commissions to the Company for the payment of) obligations of the Company or the Company’s 's share of obligations) in excess of the amount of commission another member of such exchange, broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the Adviser determines in good faith, taking into account such factors as price (including the applicable brokerage commission or dealer spread), size of order, difficulty of execution, and operational facilities of the firm and the firm’s 's risk and skill in positioning blocks of securities, that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and/or research services provided by such member, broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or its overall responsibilities with respect to the Company’s 's portfolio; except that, during all periods when the assets of the Company are treated as “plan assets” for purposes of ERISA, the Adviser may use “soft dollars” to obtain products and services only to the extent that such products and services fall within the parameters of Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as such safe harbor is interpreted by the SEC.