In particular, you need 25 percent
of the shares to call for a special meeting; all the
shareholders involved need to be «stockholders
of record» at the time
of the request; and every
shareholder involved needs to provide,
among other things, «a representation that such Proposing Person intends to hold the shares
of the Corporation... through the date
of the Stockholder Requested Special Meeting.»
Under the terms
of the Advisory Agreement, each Fund is responsible for the payment
of the following expenses
among others: (a) the fees payable to the Adviser, (b) the fees and expenses
of Trustees who are not affiliated persons
of the Adviser or Distributor (as defined under the section entitled («The Distributor»)(c) the fees and certain expenses
of the Custodian (as defined under the section entitled «Custodian») and Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent (as defined under the section entitled «Transfer Agent»), including the cost
of maintaining certain required
records of the Fund and
of pricing the Fund's shares, (d) the charges and expenses
of legal counsel and independent accountants for the Fund, (e) brokerage commissions and any issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection with its securities transactions, (f) all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Fund to governmental agencies, (g) the fees
of any trade association
of which the Fund may be a member, (h) the cost
of fidelity and liability insurance, (i) the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration
of the Fund and
of shares with the SEC, qualifying its shares under state securities laws, including the preparation and printing
of the Fund's registration statements and prospectuses for such purposes, (j) all expenses
of shareholders and Trustees» meetings (including travel expenses
of trustees and officers
of the Trust who are not directors,
The service providers may provide fund
shareholders with the following
shareholder services,
among other
shareholder services: (i) maintaining
records for
shareholders that hold shares
of a fund; (ii) communicating with
shareholders, including the mailing
of regular statements and confirmation statements, distributing fund - related materials, mailing prospectuses and reports to
shareholders, and responding to
shareholder inquiries; (iii) communicating and processing
shareholder purchase, redemption and exchange orders; (iv) communicating mergers, splits or other reorganization activities to fund
shareholders; and (v) preparing and filing tax information, returns and reports.