| Goods and Services | Accounting services; Business management; Business management consultation; Business management consultation in the field of providing fund organization services to mutual funds and mutual fund companies, financial analysis for companies, business assistance in the field of budgeting, vendor selection, product pricing, preparation and filing of financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission, consulting regarding the preparation of compliance business policies and procedures, preparation of Board of Trustees' materials for organizational meetings, office functions in the nature of filing documents necessary to qualify funds for sale in various states, prospectus printing, providing fund transfer agent services to mutual funds and mutual fund companies in the nature of bookkeeping, namely, maintaining necessary books and records required by the Investment Company Act of 1940, maintaining complete shareholder records for each shareholder account, administrative processing of purchase and redemption orders, establishing and maintaining business procedures and controls over elective shareholder transactions, providing business reports featuring comprehensive sales reporting, commission tracking and reporting, and financial record-keeping for regulatory compliance purposes, namely, assisting fund in anti-money laundering compliance, accounting services to mutual funds and mutual fund companies in the nature of providing daily net asset value calculations, general ledger maintenance, financial and tax reporting, management reporting, tax compliance and fund performance reporting, accounting services to mutual funds and mutual fund companies, namely, pricing services in the nature of business appraisals, obtaining market prices for each security comprising the fund, calculating the fund's net asset value and providing business appraisals via transmission to the securities exchanges and entities, facilitating establishment of relationships, namely, providing business advice and assistance to commercial entities regarding establishing business relationships with brokerage firms and other financial intermediaries, creating awareness of the fund through marketing and advertising services, data conversion for mutual funds and mutual fund companies in the nature of converting existing mutual funds data from one service provider or proprietary system to an ew service provider or to an in-house system, and shareholder services to mutual funds and mutual fund companies in the nature of assisting mutual fund companies in administering identity theft prevention programs; Business management in the field of providing startup support for others by providing fund business administration to mutual funds and mutual fund companies in the nature of day-to-day business management and supervision of fund operaitons and coordination of custody, transfer agent, distribution, accounting and pricing services, providing officers for the fund in the nature of professional staffing services, preparation and maintenance of business reports regarding fund expense projections, report expense projections and variances to fund management, acting as a liaison with the fund's independent accountants, custodian, outside counsel and board of trustees, negotiation and settlement of commercial transactions for third parties, coordination, scheduling and preparation of business reports in the nature of materials for Board of Trustees' meetings, preparation and supervision of all SEC filings, preparation, filing and mailing of reports to shareholders, office functions in the nature of maintenance of books and records of ownership of stocks, shares and securities of mutual funds, assisting fund advisers in insurance compliance monitoring and examining for business purposes, and providing mutual fund sales tracking and reporting, developing best practices for mutual fund companies, check processing and invoicing services; Business organization and operation consultancy; Professional staffing services; Professional staffing services in the field of providing an AML compliance officer and an identity theft prevention compliance officer; Shareholder record keeping services |
