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• Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit The Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit with respect to each Fund shall be the amount specified in Schedule A based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund.

• Applicable Expense Limit To the extent that the aggregate expenses of every character incurred by a Fund in any fiscal year, including but not limited to investment advisory fees of the Adviser (but excluding interest, distribution fees pursuant to Rule 12b-1 Plans, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage commissions, dividend expenses on short sales, and other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of such Fund’s business) (“Fund Operating Expenses”), exceed the Maximum Annual Operating Expense Limit, as defined in Section 1.2 below, such excess amount (the “Excess Amount”) shall be the liability of the Adviser.

• Expense Limit To the extent that the aggregate expenses incurred by the Fund, which include all of the Fund's expenses (whether incurred directly by the Fund or indirectly at the Offshore Funds or the Master Fund level) ("Operating Expenses") other than expenses disclosed in the Fund's registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as not being included as part of the expense limit (which currently include (i) the management fee, (ii) interest expense, if any, (iii) any taxes paid by the Offshore Funds or the Master Fund, (iv) expenses incurred directly or indirectly by the Fund as a result of expenses related to investing in, or incurred by, a portfolio fund or other permitted investment in which the Fund or Master Fund invests, (v) any trading-related expenses, including, but not limited to, clearing costs and commissions, (vi) dividends on short sales, if any, (vii) any other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's, Offshore Fund's, or Master Fund's business (including, without limitation, litigation expenses) and (viii) if applicable, distribution and investor services related fees paid to the distributor for the Fund's securities or financial intermediaries engaged by such distributor – collectively, the "Excluded Expenses"), for the period beginning and ending on the Fund’s fiscal year end which is March 31 (each, an "Applicable Year") exceed the Operating Expense Limit, as defined in Section 1.2 below, such excess amount (the "Excess Amount") shall be the liability of BlackRock. In the event that any Applicable Year is for a period less than 365 days (for example, the Fund's initial year of operations or because this Agreement is terminated in the middle of a fiscal year), the Operating Expenses shall be annualized for purposes of calculating the Excess Amount. The list of Excluded Expenses in this Agreement shall be automatically amended on the effective date of the Fund's Registration Statement or any amendment thereto if the list of Excluded Expenses set forth in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement differs from the list in this Agreement and such new list of Excluded Expenses was approved by a majority of the Non-Interested Directors (defined below).

• Operating Expense Limit The Fund’s maximum operating expense limits (each an “Operating Expense Limit”) in any year shall be that percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund as set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and incorporated by this reference.

• Duration of Operating Expense Limit The Operating Expense Limit with respect to the Fund shall remain in effect during the term of this Agreement.

• Expense Limitation As part of the consideration for the Fund entering into this Agreement, the Manager hereby agrees to limit the aggregate expenses of every character incurred by the Fund, including but not limited to Fees of the Manager computed as hereinabove set forth, but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage, and other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and extraordinary expenses (“Manager Limitation”). Under the Manager Limitation, the Manager agrees that through a certain date (“Certain Date”), such expenses shall not exceed a certain level of the average daily net assets of the Fund (“Expense Limitation”). To determine the Manager’s liability for the Fund’s expenses over the Expense Limitation, the amount of allowable year-to-date expenses shall be computed daily by prorating the Expense Limitation based on the number of days elapsed within the fiscal year of the Fund, or limitation period, if shorter (“Prorated Limitation”). The Prorated Limitation shall be compared to the expenses of the Fund recorded through the prior day in order to produce the allowable expenses to be recorded for the current day (“Allowable Expenses”). If the Fund’s Management Fee and other expenses for the current day exceed the Allowable Expenses, the Management Fee for the current day shall be reduced by such excess (“Unaccrued Fees”). In the event the excess exceeds the amount due as the Management Fee, the Manager shall be responsible to the Fund for the additional excess (“Other Expenses Exceeding Limit”). If at any time up through and including the Certain date, the Fund’s Management Fee and other expenses for the current day are less than the Allowable Expenses, the differential shall be due to the Manager as payment of cumulative Unaccrued Fees (if any) or as payment for cumulative Other Expenses Exceeding Limit (if any). If cumulative Unaccrued Fees or cumulative Other Expenses Exceeding Limit remain at the Certain Date, these amounts shall be paid to the Manager in the future provided that: (1) no such payment shall be made to the Manager after a two year reimbursement period following the Certain Date; and (2) such payment shall only be made to the extent that it does not result in the Fund’s aggregate expenses exceeding the Expense Limitation. The Manager may voluntarily agree to an additional expense limitation (any such additional expense limitation hereinafter referred to as an “Additional Expense Limitation”), at the same or a different level and for the same or a different period of time beyond the Certain Date (any such additional period being hereinafter referred to an as “Additional Period”) provided, however, that: (1) the calculations and methods of payment shall be as described above; (2) no payment for cumulative Unaccrued Fees or cumulative Other Expenses Exceeding Limit shall be made to the Manager more than two years after the end of the Additional Period; and (3) payment for cumulative Unaccrued Fees or cumulative Other Expenses Exceeding Limit after the expiration of the Additional Period shall only be made to the extent it does not result in the Fund’s aggregate expenses exceeding the Additional Expense Limitation to which the unpaid amounts relate.

• Interest Expense Coverage Ratio The Borrower will not permit the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA to (ii) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters to be less than 3.75 to 1.00.

• Minimum Adjusted EBITDA As of any date of determination from and after April 1, 2008, if Borrowers do not have Net Debt in an amount less than $4,000,000 at all times during the most recently completed fiscal quarter, then Borrowers shall not fail to achieve Adjusted EBITDA, measured on a quarter-end basis, of at least the required amount set forth in the following table for the applicable period set forth opposite thereto (and the failure to do so shall be deemed an Event of Default): Applicable Amount Applicable Period $(1,234,000) For the 3 month period ending March 31, 2008 $(1,246,000) For the 6 month period ending June 30, 2008 $(200,000) For the 9 month period ending September 30, 2008 $(839,000) For the 12 month period ending December 31, 2008 $(750,000) For the 12 month period ending March 31, 2009 17 Applicable Amount Applicable Period $(500,000) For the 12 month period ending June 30, 2009 $(150,000) For the 12 month period ending September 30, 2009 $150,000 For the 12 month period ending December 31, 2009 $350,000 For the 12 month period ending March 31, 2010 $550,000 For the 12 month period ending June 30, 2010 $750,000 For the 12 month period ending September 30, 2010 $950,000 For the 12 month period ending December 31, 2010 and for each 12 month period ending as of the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter

• Exclusions from Operating Expenses Operating Expenses exclude the following expenditures:

• Expense Limitations In the event the operating expenses of the Fund, ------------------- including amounts payable to the Investment Adviser pursuant to subsection (a) hereof, for any fiscal year ending on a date on which this Agreement is in effect exceed the expense limitations applicable to the Fund imposed by applicable state securities laws or regulations thereunder, as such limitations may be raised or lowered from time to time, the Investment Adviser shall reduce its management and investment advisory fee by the extent of such excess and, if required pursuant to any such laws or regulations, will reimburse the Fund in the amount of such excess; provided, however, to the extent permitted by law, -------- ------- there shall be excluded from such expenses the amount of any interest, taxes, distribution fees, brokerage fees and commissions and extraordinary expenses (including but not limited to legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto) paid or payable by the Fund. Whenever the expenses of the Fund exceed a pro rata portion of the applicable annual expense limitations, the estimated amount of reimbursement under such limitations shall be applicable as an offset against the monthly payment of the fee due to the Investment Adviser. Should two or more such expense limitations be applicable as at the end of the last business day of the month, that expense limitation which results in the largest reduction in the Investment Adviser's fee shall be applicable.