Entry Into Force, Duration and Termination 1. The Contracting Parties shall notify each other when the constitutional requirements for entry into force of this Agreement have been fulfilled. The Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date of receipt of the last notification.
Duration and Termination This Agreement shall become effective on July 21, 2015 and shall continue in effect until February 28, 2017, and thereafter, only if such continuance is approved at least annually by a vote of the Board, including the vote of a majority of the directors who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such party, cast in person, at a meeting called for the purpose of voting such approval. In addition, the question of continuance of this Agreement may be presented to the shareholders of the Portfolio; in such event, such continuance shall be effected only if approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio. This Agreement may at any time be terminated without payment of any penalty either by vote of the Board or by vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio, on not more than (60) sixty days’ written notice to the Manager. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its assignment. This Agreement may be terminated by the Manager after ninety (90) days’ written notice to the Fund. Any notice under this Agreement shall be given in writing, addressed and delivered, or mailed post-paid, to the other party at any office of such party. As used in this Section, the terms “assignment,” “interested persons,” “voting securities,” and a “majority of the outstanding voting securities” shall have the respective meanings set forth in Section 2(a)(4), Section 2(a)(19), Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder.
