As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2013

Securities Act File No. 333-186097

Investment Company Act File No. 811-21698

 

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form N-2

 

 

þ   Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933

Pre-Effective Amendment No.   

Post-Effective Amendment No. 2

and/or

þ   Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940

þ   Amendment No. 30

(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)

 

 

GAMCO GLOBAL GOLD, NATURAL RESOURCES & INCOME TRUST BY GABELLI

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in the Declaration of Trust)

One Corporate Center

Rye, New York 10580-1422

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (800) 422-3554

Bruce N. Alpert

GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli

One Corporate Center

Rye, New York 10580-1422

(914) 921-5100

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Richard T. Prins, Esq.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &

Flom LLP

4 Times Square

New York, New York 10036

(212) 735-3000

 

Sonia K. Kothari, Esq.

GAMCO Global Gold, Natural

Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli

One Corporate Center

Rye, New York 10580-1422

(914) 921-5100

Approximate date of proposed public offering:     From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If any securities being registered on this form will be offered on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other than securities offered in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan, check the following box.     þ

 

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-186097) of GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely for the purpose of filing exhibits to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 consists only of a facing page, this explanatory note and Part C of the Registration Statement on Form N-2 setting forth the exhibits to the Registration Statement. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 does not modify any other part of the Registration Statement. Pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The contents of the Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.


PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 25. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(1)  Financial Statements

Part A

None

Part B

The following statements of the Registrant are incorporated by reference in Part B of the Registration Statement:

Schedule of Investments at December 31, 2012

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2012

Statement of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2012

Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the Year Ended December 31, 2012

Notes to Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

(2)  Exhibits

 

(a)   (i)   Third Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant (11)
  (ii)   Statement of Preferences of Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares (4)
  (iii)   Statement of Preferences of Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares (15)

(b)  Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant dated as of February 2011 (11)

(c)  Not applicable

 

(d)   (i)   Form of Specimen Common Share Certificate (1)
  (ii)   Form of Specimen Preferred Share Certificate for the Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares (4)
  (iii)   Form of Specimen Preferred Share Certificate for the Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares (15)

(e)  Automatic Dividend Reinvestment and Voluntary Cash Purchase Plan (6)

(f)  Not applicable

(g)  Investment Advisory Agreement between Registrant and Gabelli Funds, LLC (3)

(h)  (i) Sales Agreement dated April 11, 2013 (14)

  (ii) Underwriting Agreement dated May 2, 2013 (15)

(i)  Not applicable

(j)  Custodian Agreement (3)

(k)  Form of Registrar, Transfer Agency and Service Agreement (1)

 

(l)   (i)   Opinion and Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, dated April 4, 2013 (13)
  (ii)   Opinion and Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, dated April 12, 2013 (14)
  (iii)   Opinion and Consent of Skadden, Slate, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, dated May 6, 2013 (15)

(m)  Not applicable

 

(n)   (i)   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (13)
  (ii)   Powers of Attorney (12)

(o)  Not applicable

(p)  Form of Initial Subscription Agreement (2)

(q)  Not applicable

 


(r)   (i)   Code of Ethics of the Fund and the Investment Adviser (5)
  (ii)   Joint Code of Ethics for Chief Executive and Senior Financial Officers of the Fund (5)

 

(1) Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on March 23, 2005 (333-121998).

 

(2) Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on March 24, 2005 (333-121998).

 

(3) Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on March 28, 2005 (333-121998).

 

(4) Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on October 12, 2007 (333-143009).

 

(5) Previously filed with the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on January 15, 2010 (333-164363).

 

(6) Included in Prospectus.

 

(7) Previously filed with the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on November 18, 2010 (333-170691).

 

(8) Previously filed with the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on December 9, 2010 (811-21698).

 

(9) Previously filed with the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on February 1, 2011 (333-170691).

 

(10) Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on February 3, 2011 (333-170691).

 

(11) Previously filed with the Registrant’s Annual Report for Management Companies on Form NSAR-B filed on March 1, 2011 (811-21698).

 

(12) Previously filed with the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on January 18, 2013 (333-186097).

 

(13) Previously filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on April 4, 2013 (333-186097).

 

(14) Previously filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on April 12, 2013 (333-186097).

 

(15) Filed herewith.

 

(16) To be filed by amendment.

 

Item 26. Marketing Arrangements

The information contained under the heading “Plan of Distribution” on page 56 of the Prospectus is incorporated by reference, and any information concerning any underwriters will be contained in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, if any.

 

Item 27. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following table sets forth the estimated expenses to be incurred in connection with the offering described in this Registration Statement:

 

Accounting fees

   $ 38,000   

Legal fees

     300,000   

NYSE MKT listing fee

     25,000   

Printing expenses

     240,000   

Rating Agency fees

     40,000   

SEC registration fee

     40,635   

Blue Sky fees

     0   

Miscellaneous

     81,365   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 765,000   

 

Item 28. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Registrant

None

 

Item 29. Number of Holders of Securities as of February 28, 2013

 

Title of Class

   Number of  Record
Holders
 

Common Shares of Beneficial Interest

     89   

Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares

     1   

 


Item 30. Indemnification

Article IV of the Registrant’s Third Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust provides as follows:

4.1  No Personal Liability of Shareholders, Trustees, etc. No Shareholder of the Trust shall be subject in such capacity to any personal liability whatsoever to any Person in connection with Trust Property or the acts, obligations or affairs of the Trust. Shareholders shall have the same limitation of personal liability as is extended to stockholders of a private corporation for profit incorporated under the general corporation law of the State of Delaware. No Trustee or officer of the Trust shall be subject in such capacity to any personal liability whatsoever to any Person, other than the Trust or its Shareholders, in connection with Trust Property or the affairs of the Trust, save only liability to the Trust or its Shareholders arising from bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard for his duty to such Person; and, subject to the foregoing exception, all such Persons shall look solely to the Trust Property for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising in connection with the affairs of the Trust. If any Shareholder, Trustee or officer, as such, of the Trust, is made a party to any suit or proceeding to enforce any such liability, subject to the foregoing exception, he shall not, on account thereof, be held to any personal liability.

4.2  Mandatory Indemnification. (a) The Trust shall indemnify the Trustees and officers of the Trust (each such person being an “indemnitee”) against any liabilities and expenses, including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines and penalties, and reasonable counsel fees reasonably incurred by such indemnitee in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, before any court or administrative or investigative body in which he may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise (other than, except as authorized by the Trustees, as the plaintiff or complainant) or with which he may be or may have been threatened, while acting in any capacity set forth above in this Section 4.2 by reason of his having acted in any such capacity, except with respect to any matter as to which he shall not have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Trust or, in the case of any criminal proceeding, as to which he shall have had reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful, provided, however, that no indemnitee shall be indemnified hereunder against any liability to any person or any expense of such indemnitee arising by reason of (i) willful misfeasance, (ii) bad faith, (iii) gross negligence (negligence in the case of Affiliated Indemnitees), or (iv) reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his position (the conduct referred to in such clauses (i) through (iv) being sometimes referred to herein as “disabling conduct”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any action, suit or other proceeding voluntarily prosecuted by any indemnitee as plaintiff, indemnification shall be mandatory only if the prosecution of such action, suit or other proceeding by such indemnitee was authorized by a majority of the Trustees.

(b)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no indemnification shall be made hereunder unless there has been a determination (1) by a final decision on the merits by a court or other body of competent jurisdiction before whom the issue of entitlement to indemnification hereunder was brought that such indemnitee is entitled to indemnification hereunder or, (2) in the absence of such a decision, by (i) a majority vote of a quorum of those Trustees who are neither Interested Persons of the Trust nor parties to the proceeding (“Disinterested Non-Party Trustees”), that the indemnitee is entitled to indemnification hereunder, or (ii) if such quorum is not obtainable or even if obtainable, if such majority so directs, independent legal counsel in a written opinion conclude that the indemnitee should be entitled to indemnification hereunder. All determinations to make advance payments in connection with the expense of defending any proceeding shall be authorized and made in accordance with the immediately succeeding paragraph (c) below.

(c)  The Trust shall make advance payments in connection with the expenses of defending any action with respect to which indemnification might be sought hereunder if the Trust receives a written affirmation by the indemnitee of the indemnitee’s good faith belief that the standards of conduct necessary for indemnification have been met and a written undertaking to reimburse the Trust unless it is subsequently determined that he is entitled to such indemnification and if a majority of the Trustees determine that the applicable standards of conduct necessary for indemnification appear to have been met. In addition, at least one of the following conditions must be met: (1) the indemnitee shall provide adequate security for his undertaking, (2) the Trust shall be insured against losses arising by reason of any lawful advances, or (3) a majority of a quorum of the Disinterested Non-Party Trustees, or if a majority vote of such quorum so direct, independent legal counsel in a written opinion, shall conclude, based on a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry), that there is substantial reason to believe that the indemnitee ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification.


(d)  The rights accruing to any indemnitee under these provisions shall not exclude any other right to which he may be lawfully entitled.

(e)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to any limitations provided by the 1940 Act and this Declaration, the Trust shall have the power and authority to indemnify Persons providing services to the Trust to the full extent provided by law as if the Trust were a corporation organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law provided that such indemnification has been approved by a majority of the Trustees.

4.3  No Duty of Investigation; Notice in Trust Instruments, etc. No purchaser, lender, transfer agent or other person dealing with the Trustees or with any officer, employee or agent of the Trust shall be bound to make any inquiry concerning the validity of any transaction purporting to be made by the Trustees or by said officer, employee or agent or be liable for the application of money or property paid, loaned, or delivered to or on the order of the Trustees or of said officer, employee or agent. Every obligation, contract, undertaking, instrument, certificate, Share, other security of the Trust, and every other act or thing whatsoever executed in connection with the Trust shall be conclusively taken to have been executed or done by the executors thereof only in their capacity as Trustees under this Declaration or in their capacity as officers, employees or agents of the Trust. The Trustees may maintain insurance for the protection of the Trust Property, its Shareholders, Trustees, officers, employees and agents in such amount as the Trustees shall deem adequate to cover possible liability, and such other insurance as the Trustees in their sole judgment shall deem advisable or is required by the 1940 Act.

4.4  Reliance on Experts, etc. Each Trustee and officer or employee of the Trust shall, in the performance of its duties, be fully and completely justified and protected with regard to any act or any failure to act resulting from reliance in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Trust, upon an opinion of counsel, or upon reports made to the Trust by any of the Trust’s officers or employees or by any advisor, administrator, manager, distributor, selected dealer, accountant, appraiser or other expert or consultant selected with reasonable care by the Trustees, officers or employees of the Trust, regardless of whether such counsel or other person may also be a Trustee.

Section 9 of the Registrant’s Investment Advisory Agreement provides as follows:

9.  Indemnity

(a)  The Fund hereby agrees to indemnify the Adviser and each of the Adviser’s trustees, officers, employees, and agents (including any individual who serves at the Adviser’s request as director, officer, partner, trustee or the like of another corporation) and controlling persons (each such person being an “indemnitee”) against any liabilities and expenses, including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines and penalties, and counsel fees (all as provided in accordance with applicable corporate law) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, before any court or administrative or investigative body in which he may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise or with which he may be or may have been threatened, while acting in any capacity set forth above in this paragraph or thereafter by reason of his having acted in any such capacity, except with respect to any matter as to which he shall have been adjudicated not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Fund and furthermore, in the case of any criminal proceeding, so long as he had no reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful, provided, however, that (1) no indemnitee shall be indemnified hereunder against any liability to the Fund or its shareholders or any expense of such indemnitee arising by reason of (i) willful misfeasance, (ii) bad faith, (iii) gross negligence, (iv) reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his position (the conduct referred to in such clauses (i) through (iv) being sometimes referred to herein as “disabling conduct”), (2) as to any matter disposed of by settlement or a compromise payment by such indemnitee, pursuant to a consent decree or otherwise, no indemnification either for said payment or for any other expenses shall be provided unless there has been a determination that such settlement or compromise is in the best interests of the Fund and that such indemnitee appears to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the Fund and did not involve disabling conduct by such indemnitee and (3) with respect to any action, suit or other proceeding voluntarily prosecuted by any indemnitee as plaintiff, indemnification shall be mandatory only if the prosecution of such action, suit or other proceeding by such indemnitee was authorized by a majority of the full Board of the Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing the Fund shall not be obligated to provide any such indemnification to the extent such provision would waive any right which the Fund cannot lawfully waive.


(b)  The Fund shall make advance payments in connection with the expenses of defending any action with respect to which indemnification might be sought hereunder if the Fund receives a written affirmation of the indemnitee’s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification has been met and a written undertaking to reimburse the Fund unless it is subsequently determined that he is entitled to such indemnification and if the trustees of the Fund determine that the facts then known to them would not preclude indemnification. In addition, at least one of the following conditions must be met: (A) the indemnitee shall provide a security for his undertaking, (B) the Fund shall be insured against losses arising by reason of any lawful advances, or (C) a majority of a quorum of trustees of the Fund who are neither “interested persons” of the Fund (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Act) nor parties to the proceeding (“Disinterested Non-Party Trustees”) or an independent legal counsel in a written opinion, shall determine, based on a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry), that there is reason to believe that the indemnitee ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification.

(c)  All determinations with respect to indemnification hereunder shall be made (1) by a final decision on the merits by a court or other body before whom the proceeding was brought that such indemnitee is not liable by reason of disabling conduct or, (2) in the absence of such a decision, by (i) a majority vote of a quorum of the Disinterested Non-party Trustees of the Fund, or (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable or even, if obtainable, if a majority vote of such quorum so directs, independent legal counsel in a written opinion.

The rights accruing to any indemnitee under these provisions shall not exclude any other right to which he may be lawfully entitled.

Underwriter indemnification provisions, if any, to be provided by amendment.

 

Item 31. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser

The Investment Adviser, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of New York, acts as investment adviser to the Registrant. The Registrant is fulfilling the requirement of this Item 31 to provide a list of the officers of the Investment Adviser, together with information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in by the Investment Adviser or those officers during the past two years, by incorporating by reference the information contained in the Form ADV of the Investment Adviser filed with the commission pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Commission File No. 801-26202).

 

Item 32. Location of Accounts and Records

The accounts and records of the Registrant are maintained in part at the office of the Investment Adviser at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580-1422, in part at the offices of the Fund’s custodian, Mellon, at 135 Santilli Highway, Everett, Massachusetts 02149, in part at the offices of the Fund’s sub-administrator, BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc., at 760 Moore Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, and in part at the offices of the Fund’s transfer agent, American Stock Transfer, at 59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038.

 

Item 33. Management Services

Not applicable.

 

Item 34. Undertakings

1.  Registrant undertakes to suspend the offering of shares until the prospectus is amended, if subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement, its net asset value declines more than ten percent from its net asset value, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or its net asset value increases to an amount greater than its net proceeds as stated in the prospectus.

2.  Not applicable.

3.  Not applicable.


4.  Registrant hereby undertakes:

(a)  to file, during and period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(1)  to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(2)  to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and

(3)  to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.

(b)  that for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”), each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

(c)  to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering; and

(d)  that, for the purpose of determining liability under the 1933 Act to any purchaser, if the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C: Each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 497(b), (c), (d) or (e) under the 1933 Act as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A under the 1933 Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(e)  that for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the 1933 Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities:

The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to the purchaser:

(1)  any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 497 under the 1933 Act.

(2)  the portion of any advertisement pursuant to Rule 482 under the 1933 Act relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and

(3)  any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

5.  Registrant undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 497(h) will be deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.

Registrant undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus will be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time will be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

6.  Registrant undertakes to send by first class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery, within two business days of receipt of a written or oral request, any Statement of Additional Information constituting Part B of this Registration Statement.


SIGNATURES

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form N-2 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, in the City of Rye, State of New York, on the 6th day of May, 2013.

GAMCO GLOBAL GOLD, NATURAL RESOURCES & INCOME TRUST BY GABELLI

By: /s/  B RUCE N. A LPERT

 

 

Bruce N. Alpert

President

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Form N-2 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities set forth below on the 6th day of May, 2013.

 

NAME

  

TITLE

/s/  A NTHONY J. C OLAVITA *      

Anthony J. Colavita    

   Trustee

/s/  J AMES P. C ONN *      

James P. Conn    

   Trustee

/s/  M ARIO D ’U RSO *      

Mario d’Urso    

   Trustee

/s/  V INCENT D. E NRIGHT *      

Vincent D. Enright    

   Trustee

/s/  F RANK J. F AHRENKOPF , J R .*      

Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.    

   Trustee

/s/  M ICHAEL J. M ELARKEY *      

Michael J. Melarkey    

   Trustee

/s/  S ALVATORE M. S ALIBELLO *      

Salvatore M. Salibello    

   Trustee

/s/  A NTHONIE C. VAN E KRIS *      

Anthonie C. van Ekris    

   Trustee

/s/  S ALVATORE J. Z IZZA *      

Salvatore J. Zizza    

   Trustee

/s/  B RUCE N. A LPERT          

Bruce N. Alpert        

   President (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/  A GNES M ULLADY          

Agnes Mullady      

   Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/  A GNES M ULLADY          

Agnes Mullady      

   Attorney-in-Fact

 

* Pursuant to a Power of Attorney


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

(a)(iv)   Statement of Preferences of Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares
(d)(iii)   Form of Specimen Preferred Share Certificate for the Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares
(h)(ii)  

Underwriting Agreement dated May 2, 2013

(l)(iii)  

Opinion and Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, dated May 6, 2013

Exhibit (a)(iv)

GAMCO GLOBAL GOLD, NATURAL RESOURCES & INCOME TRUST by Gabelli

STATEMENT OF PREFERENCES

OF

5.00% SERIES B CUMULATIVE PREFERRED SHARES

GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund” ), hereby certifies that:

FIRST: The Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “ Board of Trustees ”), at a meeting duly convened and held on February 27, 2013, pursuant to authority expressly vested in it by Article V of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, adopted resolutions classifying an unlimited amount of shares as authorized but unissued preferred shares of the Fund, and delegated determination of certain terms of such preferred shares to a pricing committee of the Board of Trustees (the “Pricing Committee”).

SECOND: The Pricing Committee, at a meeting duly convened and held on May 2, 2013, approved the designation and issuance by the Fund of up to 4,000,000 shares of 5.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares.

THIRD: The preferences, rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the 5.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares, par value $0.001 per share, as set by the Pricing Committee, are as follows:

DESIGNATION

Series B Preferred Shares: A series of 4,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.001 per share, liquidation preference $25 per share, is hereby designated “Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares” (the “Series B Preferred Shares” ). Each share of Series B Preferred Shares may be issued on a date to be determined by the Board of Trustees; and have such other preferences, rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption, in addition to those required by applicable law or set forth in the Governing Documents applicable to Preferred Shares of the Fund, as are set forth in this Statement of Preferences. The Series B Preferred Shares shall constitute a separate series of Preferred Shares.

PART I

DEFINITIONS

Unless the context or use indicates another or different meaning or intent, each of the following terms when used in this Statement of Preferences shall have the meaning ascribed to it below, whether such term is used in the singular or plural and regardless of tense:

“Adjusted Value” of each Eligible Asset shall be computed as follows:

 

  (a) cash shall be valued at 100% of the face value thereof;

 

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  (b) all other Eligible Assets shall be valued at the applicable Discounted Value thereof, provided, however , that the Adjusted Value of any unit of a security held by the Fund that is subject to a call option written by the Fund shall be the lesser of (i) the Discounted Value of such unit or (ii) the strike price per unit of such option; and

 

  (c) each asset that is not an Eligible Asset shall be valued at zero.

“Administrator” means Gabelli Funds, LLC, a New York limited liability company, or such other entity as shall be providing administrative services to the Fund and will include, as appropriate, any sub-administrator appointed by the Administrator.

“Adviser” means Gabelli Funds, LLC, a New York limited liability company, or such other entity as shall be serving as the investment adviser of the Fund.

“Asset Coverage” means asset coverage, as determined in accordance with Section 18(h) of the 1940 Act, of at least 200% with respect to all outstanding senior securities of the Fund which are stock, including all Outstanding Series B Preferred Shares (or such other asset coverage as may in the future be specified in or under the 1940 Act as the minimum asset coverage for senior securities which are stock of a closed-end investment company as a condition of declaring dividends on its common stock), determined on the basis of values calculated as of a time within 48 hours (not including Saturdays, Sundays or holidays) next preceding the time of such determination.

“Basic Maintenance Amount,” as of any Valuation Date, shall have the meaning set forth in the Rating Agency Guidelines.

“Basic Maintenance Amount Cure Date,” with respect to the failure by the Fund to satisfy the Basic Maintenance Amount (as required by Section 6(a)(ii)) as of a given Valuation Date, shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable Rating Agency Guidelines, but in no event shall it be longer than 20 Business Days following such Valuation Date.

“Board of Trustees” means the Board of Trustees of the Fund or any duly authorized committee thereof as permitted by applicable law.

“Business Day” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and that is neither a Saturday, Sunday nor any other day on which banks in The City of New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law to close.

“By-Laws” means the By-Laws of the Fund as amended from time to time.

“Common Shares” means the common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share, of the Fund.

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Cure Date” shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Part II hereof.

 

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“Date of Original Issue” means May 7, 2013, and for the purposes of this Statement of Preferences shall have a correlative meaning with respect to any other class or series of Preferred Shares.

“Declaration of Trust” means the Third Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Fund, dated as of February 16, 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time (including by this Statement of Preferences or by way of any other supplement or Statement of Preferences authorizing or creating a class or series of a class of shares of beneficial interest in the Fund).

“Deposit Assets” means cash, Short-Term Money Market Instruments and U.S. Government Obligations. Except for determining whether the Fund has Eligible Assets with an Adjusted Value equal to or greater than the Basic Maintenance Amount, each Deposit Asset shall be deemed to have a value equal to its principal or face amount payable at maturity plus any interest payable thereon after delivery of such Deposit Asset but only if payable on or prior to the applicable payment date in advance of which the relevant deposit is made.

“Discounted Value,” as of any Valuation Date, has the meaning set forth in the applicable Rating Agency Guidelines.

“Dividend-Disbursing Agent” means, with respect to the Series B Preferred Shares, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company and its successors or any other dividend-disbursing agent appointed by the Fund and, with respect to any other class or series of Preferred Shares, the entity appointed by the Fund as dividend-disbursing or paying agent with respect to such class or series.

“Dividend Payment Date” means with respect to the Series B Preferred Shares, any date on which dividends and distributions declared by the Board of Trustees thereon are payable pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 2(a) of Part II of this Statement of Preferences and shall for the purposes of this Statement of Preferences have a correlative meaning with respect to any other class or series of Preferred Shares.

“Dividend Period” shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 2(a) of Part II hereof, and for the purposes of this Statement of Preferences shall have a correlative meaning with respect to any other class or series of Preferred Shares.

“Eligible Assets” means the eligible assets as set forth in the applicable Rating Agency Guidelines as eligible for inclusion in calculating the Discounted Value of the Fund’s assets in connection with such Rating Agency ratings of the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund.

Exchange Act ” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute.

Exposure Period ” has the meaning set forth in the Moody’s Guidelines.

“Fund” means GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli, a Delaware statutory trust.

 

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“Governing Documents” means the Declaration of Trust and the By-Laws.

“Liquidation Preference” shall, with respect to the Series B Preferred Shares, have the meaning set forth in paragraph 3(a) of Part II hereof, and for the purposes of this Statement of Preferences shall have a correlative meaning with respect to any other class or series of Preferred Shares.

“Market Value” means the amount determined by the Fund with respect to specific Eligible Assets in accordance with valuation policies adopted from time to time by the Board of Trustees as being in compliance with the requirements of the 1940 Act.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes hereof “Market Value” may, at the option of the Fund with respect to any of its assets, mean the amount determined with respect to specific Eligible Assets of the Fund in the manner set forth below:

 

  (a) as to any common or preferred stock which is an Eligible Asset, (i) if the stock is traded on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq System, the last sales price reported on the Valuation Date or (ii) if there was no reported sales price on the Valuation Date, the price reported by a recognized pricing service or (iii) if there was no such pricing service report on the Valuation date, the lower of two bid prices for such stock provided to the Administrator by two recognized securities dealers with minimum capitalizations of $25,000,000 (or otherwise approved for such purpose by the relevant Rating Agency) or by one such securities dealer and any other source (provided that the utilization of such source would not adversely affect such Rating Agency’s then-current rating of the Series B Preferred Shares), at least one of which shall be provided in writing or by telecopy, telex, other electronic transcription, computer obtained quotation reducible to written form or similar means, and in turn provided to the Fund by any such means by such Administrator, or, if two bid prices cannot be obtained, such Eligible Asset shall have a Market Value of zero;

 

  (b) as to any U.S. Government Obligation, Short-Term Money Market Instrument (other than demand deposits, federal funds, bankers’ acceptances and next Business Day repurchase agreements) and commercial paper with a maturity of greater than 60 days, the product of (i) the principal amount (accreted principal to the extent such instrument accretes interest) of such instrument, and (ii) the lower of the bid prices for the same kind of instruments having, as nearly as practicable, comparable interest rates and maturities provided by two recognized securities dealers with minimum capitalizations of $25,000,000 (or otherwise approved for such purpose by the relevant Rating Agency) to the Administrator, at least one of which shall be provided in writing or by telecopy, telex, other electronic transcription, computer obtained quotation reducible to written form or similar means, and in turn provided to the Fund by any such means by such Administrator, or, if two bid prices cannot be obtained, such Eligible Asset will have a Market Value of zero;

 

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  (c) as to cash, demand deposits, federal funds, bankers’ acceptances and next Business Day repurchase agreements included in Short-Term Money Market Instruments, the face value thereof;

 

  (d) as to any U.S. Government Obligation, Short-Term Money Market Instrument or commercial paper with a maturity of 60 days or fewer, amortized cost unless the Board of Trustees determines that such value does not constitute fair value; and

 

  (e) as to any other evidence of indebtedness which is an Eligible Asset, (i) the product of (A) the unpaid principal balance of such indebtedness as of the Valuation Date and (B)(1) if such indebtedness is traded on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq System, the last sales price reported on the Valuation Date or (2) if there was no reported sales price on the Valuation Date or if such indebtedness is not traded on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq System, the lower of two bid prices for such indebtedness provided by two recognized dealers with minimum capitalizations of $25,000,000 (or otherwise approved for such purpose by the relevant Rating Agency) to the Administrator, at least one of which shall be provided in writing or by telecopy, telex, other electronic transcription, computer obtained quotation reducible to written form or similar means, and in turn provided to the Fund by any such means by such Administrator, plus (ii) accrued interest on such indebtedness.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or its successors at law.

“Moody’s Discount Factor” means the discount factors set forth in the Moody’s Guidelines for use in calculating the Discounted Value of the Fund’s assets in connection with Moody’s rating of the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund.

“Moody’s Eligible Assets” means assets of the Fund set forth in the Moody’s Guidelines for use in calculating the Discounted Value of the Fund’s assets in connection with Moody’s rating of the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund.

Moody’s Guidelines ” means the guidelines applicable to Moody’s then current ratings of the Series B Preferred Shares, provided by Moody’s in connection with Moody’s ratings of the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund, in effect on the date hereof and as may be amended by Moody’s from time to time, provided, however that no such amendment will be effective until thirty (30) days following the later of the date on which the Fund receives from Moody’s a final written notice of the full terms of such amendment and the date as of which the amendments contained in such notice become effective, or such earlier date as the Fund may elect.

Moody’s Provisions ” means Sections 6(a)(ii) and 7 of this Statement of Preferences with respect to Moody’s, and any other provisions hereof with respect to Moody’s ratings of the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund, including any provisions with respect to obtaining and maintaining a rating on Series B Preferred Shares from Moody’s. The Fund is required to comply with the Moody’s Provisions only if Moody’s is then rating the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund.

 

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“1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute.

“1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or any successor statute.

“Notice of Redemption” shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(c)(i) of Part II hereof.

NRSRO ” means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act that is not an “affiliated person” (as defined in Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act) of the Fund, including, at the date hereof, Moody’s and Fitch.

Other Rating Agency ” means each NRSRO, if any, other than Moody’s then providing a rating for the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund.

Other Rating Agency Eligible Assets ” means assets of the Fund set forth in the applicable Other Rating Agency Guidelines as eligible for inclusion in calculating the Discounted Value of the Fund’s assets in connection with such Other Rating Agency ratings of the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund.

Other Rating Agency Guidelines ” means the guidelines applicable to each applicable Other Rating Agency’s ratings of the Series B Preferred Shares, provided by such Other Rating Agency in connection with such Other Rating Agency’s ratings of the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund (a copy of which is available on request to the Fund), as may be amended by such Other Rating Agency from time to time, provided, however that no such amendment will be effective until thirty (30) days following the later of the date on which the Fund receives from such Other Rating Agency final written notice of the full terms of such amendment and the date as of which the amendments contained in such notice become effective, or such earlier date as the Fund may elect.

Other Rating Agency Provisions ” means, with respect to any applicable Other Rating Agency then rating the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund, Sections 6(a)(ii) and 7 of this Statement of Preferences and any other provisions hereof with respect to such Other Rating Agency’s ratings of the Series B Preferred Shares, including any provisions with respect to obtaining and maintaining a rating on the Series B Preferred Shares from such Other Rating Agency. The Fund is required to comply with the Other Rating Agency Provisions of an Other Rating Agency only if such Other Rating Agency is then rating Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund.

“Outstanding” means, as of any date, Preferred Shares theretofore issued by the Fund except:

 

  (a) any such Preferred Share theretofore cancelled by the Fund or delivered to the Fund for cancellation;

 

  (b) any such Preferred Share as to which a notice of redemption shall have been given and for whose payment at the redemption thereof Deposit Assets in the necessary amount are held by the Fund in trust for, or have been irrevocably deposited with the relevant disbursing agent for payment to, the holder of such share pursuant to the Statement of Preferences with respect thereto; and

 

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  (c) any such Preferred Share in exchange for or in lieu of which other shares have been issued and delivered.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of voting rights (including the determination of the number of shares required to constitute a quorum), any Preferred Shares as to which any subsidiary of the Fund is the holder will be disregarded and deemed not Outstanding.

“Person” means and includes an individual, a partnership, the Fund, a trust, a corporation, a limited liability company, an unincorporated association, a joint venture or other entity or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Preferred Shares” means all series of preferred shares, par value $0.001 per share, of the Fund, and includes the Series B Preferred Shares.

Rating Agency ” means each of Moody’s (if Moody’s is then rating the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund) and any Other Rating Agency (if such Other Rating Agency is then rating the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund).

Rating Agency Certificate ” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a)(ii)(B) of this Statement of Preferences.

Rating Agency Guidelines ” means Moody’s Guidelines (if Moody’s is then rating the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund) and any applicable Other Rating Agency Guidelines (if such Other Rating Agency is then rating the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund).

Rating Agency Provisions ” means the Moody’s Provisions (if Moody’s is then rating the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund) and any applicable Other Rating Agency Provisions (if such Other Rating Agency is then rating Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund). The Fund is required to comply with the Rating Agency Provisions of a Rating Agency only if such Rating Agency is then rating Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund.

“Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4(a) of Part II hereof, and for the purposes of this Statement of Preferences shall have a correlative meaning with respect to any other series of Preferred Shares.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, or its successors at law.

“Series B Preferred Shares” means the 5.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares, par value $0.001 per share, of the Fund.

“Series B Asset Coverage Cure Date” means, with respect to the failure by the Fund to maintain Asset Coverage (as required by paragraph 6(a)(i) of Part II hereof) as of the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year, 60 days following such Business Day.

 

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“Short-Term Money Market Instruments” means shares of investment funds qualifying as “money market funds” under Rule 2a-7 or any successor rule of the 1940 Act and the following types of instruments if, on the date of purchase or other acquisition thereof by the Fund, the remaining term to maturity thereof is not in excess of 180 days:

 

  (i) commercial paper rated A-1 if such commercial paper matures within 30 days or A-1+ if such commercial paper matures in over 30 days;

 

  (ii) demand or time deposits in, and banker’s acceptances and certificates of deposit of (A) a depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or (B) a United States branch office or agency of a foreign depository institution (provided that such branch office or agency is subject to banking regulation under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia);

 

  (iii) overnight funds; and

 

  (iv) U.S. Government Obligations.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations of the United States or obligations issued by its agencies or instrumentalities that are entitled to the full faith and credit of the United States and that, other than United States Treasury Bills, provide for the periodic payment of interest and the full payment of principal at maturity or call for redemption.

“Valuation Date” means the last Business Day of each quarter, or such other date as the Fund and Rating Agencies may agree to for purposes of determining the Basic Maintenance Amount.

“Voting Period” shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(b) of Part II hereof.

 

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PART II

SERIES B PREFERRED SHARES

 

1. Number of Shares; Ranking.

 

  (a) The initial number of authorized shares constituting the Series B Preferred Shares to be issued is 4,000,000. No fractional Series B Preferred Shares shall be issued.

 

  (b) Series B Preferred Shares which at any time have been redeemed or purchased by the Fund shall, after such redemption or purchase, have the status of authorized but unissued Preferred Shares.

 

  (c) The Series B Preferred Shares shall rank on a parity with any other series of Preferred Shares as to the payment of dividends and liquidation preference to which such Shares are entitled.

 

  (d) No Holder of Series B Preferred Shares shall have, solely by reason of being such a holder, any preemptive or other right to acquire, purchase or subscribe for any Preferred Shares or Common Shares or other securities of the Fund which it may hereafter issue or sell.

 

2. Dividends and Distributions.

 

  (a) The holders of Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by, or under authority granted by, the Board of Trustees, out of funds legally available therefor, cumulative cash dividends and distributions at the rate of 5.00% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) of the Liquidation Preference on the Series B Preferred Shares and no more, payable quarterly on March 26, June 26, September 26 and December 26 in each year (each, a “Dividend Payment Date” ) commencing on June 26, 2013 (or, if any such day is not a Business Day, then on the next succeeding Business Day) to holders of record of Series B Preferred Shares as they appear on the stock register of the Fund at the close of business on the fifth preceding Business Day in preference to dividends and distributions on Common Shares and any other capital shares of the Fund ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Shares in payment of dividends and distributions. Dividends and distributions on Series B Preferred Shares shall accumulate from the date on which such shares are originally issued. Each period beginning on and including a Dividend Payment Date (or the Date of Original Issue, in the case of the first dividend period after issuance of such shares) and ending on but excluding the next succeeding Dividend Payment Date is referred to herein as a “Dividend Period.” Dividends and distributions on account of arrears for any past Dividend Period or in connection with the redemption of Series B Preferred Shares may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any Dividend Payment Date, to holders of record on such date as shall be fixed by or under authority granted by the Board of Trustees.

 

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  (b) No full dividends and distributions shall be declared or paid on Series B Preferred Shares for any Dividend Period or part thereof unless full cumulative dividends and distributions due through the most recent Dividend Payment Dates therefor for all series of Preferred Shares of the Fund ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Shares as to the payment of dividends and distributions have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid through the most recent Dividend Payment Dates therefor. If full cumulative dividends and distributions due have not been paid on all such Outstanding Preferred Shares, any dividends and distributions being paid on such Preferred Shares (including the Series B Preferred Shares) will be paid as nearly pro rata as possible in proportion to the respective amounts of dividends and distributions accumulated but unpaid on each such series of Preferred Shares on the relevant Dividend Payment Date. No holders of Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to any dividends and distributions, whether payable in cash, property or shares, in excess of full cumulative dividends and distributions as provided in this paragraph 2(b)(i) on Series B Preferred Shares. No interest or sum of money in lieu of interest shall be payable in respect of any dividend payments on any Series B Preferred Shares that may be in arrears.

 

  (i) For so long as Series B Preferred Shares are Outstanding, the Fund shall not pay any dividend or other distribution (other than a dividend or distribution paid in Common Shares, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares or other shares, if any, ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Shares as to dividends and distributions and upon liquidation) in respect of the Common Shares or any other shares of the Fund ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Shares as to the payment of dividends and distributions and upon liquidation, or call for redemption, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any Common Shares or any other shares of the Fund ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Shares as to the payment of dividends and distributions and upon liquidation (except by conversion into or exchange for shares of the Fund ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Shares as to dividends and distributions and upon liquidation), unless, in each case, (A) immediately thereafter, the aggregate Adjusted Value of the Fund’s Eligible Assets shall equal or exceed the Basic Maintenance Amount and the Fund shall have Asset Coverage, (B) all cumulative dividends and distributions on all Series B Preferred Shares due on or prior to the date of the transaction have been declared and paid (or shall have been declared and sufficient funds for the payment thereof deposited with the applicable Dividend-Disbursing Agent) and (C) the Fund has redeemed the full number of Series B Preferred Shares to be redeemed mandatorily pursuant to any provision contained herein for mandatory redemption.

 

  (ii) Any dividend payment made on the Series B Preferred Shares shall first be credited against the dividends and distributions accumulated with respect to the earliest Dividend Period for which dividends and distributions have not been paid.

 

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  (c) Not later than the Business Day immediately preceding each Dividend Payment Date, the Fund shall deposit with the Dividend-Disbursing Agent Deposit Assets having an initial combined value sufficient to pay the dividends and distributions that are payable on such Dividend Payment Date, which Deposit Assets shall mature or be redeemable on or prior to such Dividend Payment Date. The Fund may direct the Dividend-Disbursing Agent with respect to the investment of any such Deposit Assets, provided that such investment consists exclusively of Deposit Assets and provided further that the proceeds of any such investment will be available at the opening of business on such Dividend Payment Date.

 

3. Liquidation Rights.

 

  (a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Fund, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Fund available for distribution to shareholders, after satisfying claims of creditors but before any distribution or payment shall be made in respect of the Common Shares or any other shares of the Fund ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Shares as to liquidation payments, a liquidation distribution in the amount of $25.00 per share (the “Liquidation Preference” ), plus an amount equal to all unpaid dividends and distributions accumulated to and including the date fixed for such distribution or payment to holders of Series B Preferred Shares (whether or not earned or declared by the Fund, but excluding interest thereon), and such holders shall be entitled to no further participation in any distribution or payment in connection with any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

 

  (b) If, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Fund, whether voluntary or involuntary, the assets of the Fund available for distribution among the holders of all Outstanding Series B Preferred Shares, and any other Outstanding series of Preferred Shares of the Fund ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Shares as to payment upon liquidation, shall be insufficient to permit the payment in full to such holders of Series B Preferred Shares of the Liquidation Preference plus accumulated and unpaid dividends and distributions and the amounts due upon liquidation with respect to such other Preferred Shares, then such available assets shall be distributed among the holders of Series B Preferred Shares and such other Preferred Shares ratably in proportion to the respective preferential liquidation amounts to which they are entitled. Unless and until the Liquidation Preference plus accumulated and unpaid dividends and distributions has been paid in full (or set aside for such payment) to the holders of Series B Preferred Shares, no dividends or distributions will be made to holders of the Common Shares or any other shares of the Fund ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Shares as to liquidation.

 

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4. Redemption.

The Series B Preferred Shares shall be redeemed by the Fund as provided below:

 

  (a) Mandatory Redemptions.

If the Fund is required to redeem any Preferred Shares (which may include Series B Preferred Shares) pursuant to paragraphs 6(b) or 6(c) of Part II hereof, then the Fund shall, to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act and Delaware law, by the close of business on such Series B Asset Coverage Cure Date or Basic Maintenance Amount Cure Date (herein collectively referred to as a “Cure Date” ), as the case may be, fix a redemption date and proceed to redeem shares as set forth in paragraph 4(c) hereof. On such redemption date, the Fund shall redeem, out of funds legally available therefor, the number of Preferred Shares, which, to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act and Delaware law, at the option of the Fund may include any proportion of Series B Preferred Shares or any other series of Preferred Shares, equal to the minimum number of shares the redemption of which, if such redemption had occurred immediately prior to the opening of business on such Cure Date, would have resulted in the Fund having Asset Coverage or an Adjusted Value of its Eligible Assets equal to or greater than the Basic Maintenance Amount, as the case may be, immediately prior to the opening of business on such Cure Date or, if Asset Coverage or an Adjusted Value of its Eligible Assets equal to or greater than the Basic Maintenance Amount, as the case may be, cannot be so restored, all of the Outstanding Series B Preferred Shares, at a price equal to $25.00 per share plus accumulated but unpaid dividends and distributions (whether or not earned or declared by the Fund) through the date of redemption (the “Redemption Price” ). In the event that Preferred Shares are redeemed pursuant to paragraphs 6(b) or 6(c) of Part II hereof, the Fund may, but is not required to, redeem a sufficient number of Series B Preferred Shares pursuant to this paragraph 4(a) which, when aggregated with other Preferred Shares redeemed by the Fund, permits the Fund to have with respect to the Preferred Shares (including the Series B Preferred Shares) remaining Outstanding after such redemption (i) Asset Coverage of as much as 220% and (ii) Eligible Assets with Adjusted Value of as great as the certain percentage, as set forth in the applicable Rating Agency Guidelines, of the Basic Maintenance Amount. In the event that all of the Series B Preferred Shares then Outstanding are required to be redeemed pursuant to paragraph 6 of Part II hereof, the Fund shall redeem such shares at the Redemption Price and proceed to do so as set forth in paragraph 4(c) hereof.

 

  (b) Optional Redemptions.

Prior to May 7, 2018, the Series B Preferred Shares are not subject to optional redemption by the Fund unless such redemption is necessary, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees, to maintain the Fund’s status as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Basic Maintenance Amount or regulatory requirements. Commencing May 7, 2018, and thereafter, and prior thereto to the extent necessary to maintain the Fund’s status as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Basic Maintenance Amount or regulatory requirements to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act and Delaware law, the Fund may at any time upon Notice of Redemption redeem the Series B Preferred Shares in whole or in part at the Redemption Price per share, which notice shall specify a redemption date of not fewer than 15 days nor more than 40 days after the date of such notice.

 

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  (c) Procedures for Redemption.

 

  (i) If the Fund shall determine or be required to redeem Series B Preferred Shares pursuant to this paragraph 4, it shall mail a written notice of redemption ( “Notice of Redemption” ) with respect to such redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each holder of the shares to be redeemed at such holder’s address as the same appears on the stock register of the Fund on the close of business on such date as the Board of Trustees or its delegatee may determine, which date shall not be earlier than the second Business Day prior to the date upon which such Notice of Redemption is mailed to the holders of Series B Preferred Shares. Each such Notice of Redemption shall state: (A) the redemption date as established by the Board of Trustees or its delegatee; (B) the number of Series B Preferred Shares to be redeemed; (C) the CUSIP number(s) of such shares; (D) the Redemption Price (specifying the amount of accumulated dividends to be included therein); (E) the place or places where the certificate(s) for such shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Board of Trustees or its delegatee shall so require and the Notice of Redemption shall so state) are to be surrendered for payment in respect of such redemption; (F) that dividends and distributions on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such redemption date; (G) the provisions of this paragraph 4 under which such redemption is made; and (H) in the case of a redemption pursuant to paragraph 4(b), any conditions precedent to such redemption. If fewer than all Series B Preferred Shares held by any holder are to be redeemed, the Notice of Redemption mailed to such holder also shall specify the number or percentage of shares to be redeemed from such holder. No defect in the Notice of Redemption or the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the redemption proceedings, except as required by applicable law.

 

  (ii)

If the Fund shall give a Notice of Redemption, then by the close of business on the Business Day preceding the redemption date specified in the Notice of Redemption (so long as any conditions precedent to such redemption have been met) or, if the Dividend-Disbursing Agent so agrees, another date not later than the redemption date, the Fund shall (A) deposit with the Dividend-Disbursing Agent Deposit Assets that shall mature on or prior to such redemption date having an initial combined value sufficient to effect the redemption of the Series B Preferred Shares to be redeemed and (B) give the Dividend-Disbursing Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares called for redemption on the redemption date. The Fund may direct the Dividend-Disbursing Agent with respect to the investment of any Deposit Assets so deposited provided that the proceeds of any such investment will be available at the opening of business on such redemption date. Upon the date of such deposit (unless the Fund shall default in making payment of the Redemption Price), all rights of the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares so called for

 

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  redemption shall cease and terminate except the right of the holders thereof to receive the Redemption Price thereof and such shares shall no longer be deemed Outstanding for any purpose. The Fund shall be entitled to receive, promptly after the date fixed for redemption, any cash in excess of the aggregate Redemption Price of the Series B Preferred Shares called for redemption on such date and any remaining Deposit Assets. Any assets so deposited that are unclaimed at the end of two years from such redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be repaid to the Fund, after which the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Fund for payment of the Redemption Price thereof. The Fund shall be entitled to receive, from time to time after the date fixed for redemption, any interest on the Deposit Assets so deposited.

 

  (iii) On or after the redemption date, each holder of Series B Preferred Shares that are subject to redemption shall surrender the certificate evidencing such shares to the Fund at the place designated in the Notice of Redemption in accordance with the procedures specified by the Fund and only upon such qualifying surrender shall then be entitled to receive the cash Redemption Price, without interest.

 

  (iv) In the case of any redemption of less than all of the Series B Preferred Shares pursuant to this Statement of Preferences, such redemption shall be made (A) pro rata from each holder of Series B Preferred Shares in accordance with the respective number of shares held by each such holder on the record date for such redemption or (B) by a lot or such other equitable methodology consistent with the 1940 Act as the Dividend Disbursing Agent shall determine after consultation with the Fund.

 

  (v) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this paragraph 4, the Fund shall not redeem Series B Preferred Shares unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends and distributions on all Outstanding Series B Preferred Shares and other Preferred Shares ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Shares with respect to dividends and distributions for all applicable past Dividend Periods (whether or not earned or declared by the Fund) shall have been or are contemporaneously paid or declared and Deposit Assets for the payment of such dividends and distributions shall have been deposited with the Dividend-Disbursing Agent as set forth in paragraph 2(c) of Part II hereof, provided, however , that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of outstanding Preferred Shares pursuant to the successful completion of an otherwise lawful purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all Outstanding Series B Preferred Shares or pursuant to any other lawful means.

If the Fund shall not have funds legally available for the redemption of, or is otherwise unable to redeem, all the Series B Preferred Shares or other Preferred Shares designated to be redeemed on any redemption date, the Fund shall redeem on such redemption date the number of

 

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Series B Preferred Shares and other Preferred Shares so designated as it shall have legally available funds, or is otherwise able, to redeem ratably on the basis of the Redemption Price from each holder whose shares are to be redeemed, and the remainder of the Series B Preferred Shares and other Preferred Shares designated to be redeemed shall be redeemed on the earliest practicable date on which the Fund shall have funds legally available for the redemption of, or is otherwise able to redeem, such shares upon Notice of Redemption.

 

5. Voting Rights.

 

  (a) General.

Except as otherwise provided in the Governing Documents or a resolution of the Board of Trustees or its delegatee, or as required by applicable law, holders of Series B Preferred Shares shall have no power to vote on any matter except matters submitted to a vote of the Common Shares. In any matter submitted to a vote of the holders of the Common Shares, each holder of Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each Series B Preferred Share held and the holders of the Outstanding Preferred Shares, including Series B Preferred Shares, and the Common Shares shall vote together as a single class; provided, however , that at any meeting of the shareholders of the Fund held for the election of Trustees, the holders of the Outstanding Preferred Shares, including Series B Preferred Shares, shall be entitled, as a class, to the exclusion of the holders of all other securities and classes of capital shares of the Fund, to elect a number of Fund trustees, such that following the election of trustees at the meeting of the shareholders, the Fund’s Board of Trustees shall contain two trustees elected by the holders of the Outstanding Preferred Shares, including the Series B Preferred Shares. Subject to paragraph 5(b) of Part II hereof, the holders of the outstanding capital shares of the Fund, including the holders of Outstanding Preferred Shares, including the Series B Preferred Shares, voting as a single class, shall elect the balance of the trustees.

 

  (b) Right to Elect Majority of Board of Trustees.

During any period in which any one or more of the conditions described below shall exist (such period being referred to herein as a “Voting Period” ), the number and/or composition of trustees constituting the Board of Trustees shall be adjusted as necessary to permit the holders of Outstanding Preferred Shares, including the Series B Preferred Shares, voting separately as one class (to the exclusion of the holders of all other securities and classes of capital shares of the Fund) to elect the number of trustees that, when added to the two trustees elected exclusively by the holders of Preferred Shares pursuant to paragraph 5(a) above, would constitute a simple majority of the Board of Trustees as so adjusted. The Fund and the Board of Trustees shall take all necessary actions, including effecting the removal of trustees or amendment of the Fund Declaration of Trust, to effect an adjustment of the number and/or composition of trustees as described in the preceding sentence. A Voting Period shall commence:

 

  (i) if at any time accumulated dividends and distributions (whether or not earned or declared, and whether or not funds are then legally available in an amount sufficient therefor) on the Outstanding Series B Preferred Shares equal to at least two full years’ dividends and distributions shall be due and unpaid and sufficient cash or specified securities shall not have been deposited with the Dividend-Disbursing Agent for the payment of such accumulated dividends and distributions; or

 

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  (ii) if at any time holders of any other Preferred Shares are entitled to elect a majority of the Trustees of the Fund under the 1940 Act or Statement of Preferences creating such shares.

Upon the termination of a Voting Period, the voting rights described in this paragraph 5(b) shall cease, subject always, however, to the reverting of such voting rights in the holders of Preferred Shares upon the further occurrence of any of the events described in this paragraph 5(b).

 

  (c) Right to Vote with Respect to Certain Other Matters.

Subject to paragraph 1 of Part III of this Statement of Preferences, so long as any Series B Preferred Shares are Outstanding, the Fund shall not amend, alter or repeal the provisions of this Statement of Preferences so as to in the aggregate adversely affect the rights and preferences set forth in any Statement of Preferences, including the Series B Preferred Shares, without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Preferred Shares Outstanding at the time and present and voting on such matter, voting separately as one class. To the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, in the event that more than one series of Preferred Shares are Outstanding, the Fund shall not effect any of the actions set forth in the preceding sentence which in the aggregate adversely affects the rights and preferences set forth in the Statement of Preferences for a series of Preferred Shares differently than such rights and preferences for any other series of Preferred Shares without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the Preferred Shares Outstanding and present and voting on such matter of each series adversely affected (each such adversely affected series voting separately as a class to the extent its rights are affected differently). The holders of the Series B Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to vote on any matter that affects the rights or interests of only one or more other series of Preferred Shares. Unless a higher percentage is required under the Governing Documents or applicable provisions of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act or the 1940 Act, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Outstanding Preferred Shares, including Series B Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class, will be required to approve any plan of reorganization adversely affecting the Preferred Shares or any action requiring a vote of security holders under Section 13(a) of the 1940 Act. For purposes of this paragraph 5(c), the phrase “vote of the holders of a majority of the Outstanding Preferred Shares” or series or series thereof (or any like phrase) shall mean, in accordance with Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act, the vote, at the annual or a special meeting of the shareholders of the Fund duly called (i) of 67 percent or more of the Preferred Shares or series or series thereof present at such meeting, if the holders of more than 50 percent of the Outstanding Preferred Shares or series or series thereof are present or represented by proxy; or (ii) of more than 50 percent of the Outstanding Preferred Shares or series or series thereof, whichever is less. The class vote of holders of Preferred Shares described above will in each case be in addition to a separate vote of the requisite percentage of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, including Series B Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class, necessary to authorize the action in question. An increase in the number of authorized Preferred Shares pursuant to the Governing Documents or the issuance of additional shares of any series of Preferred Shares (including Series B Preferred Shares) pursuant to the Governing Documents shall not be considered to adversely affect the rights and preferences of the Preferred Shares.

 

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  (d) Voting Procedures.

 

  (i) As soon as practicable after the accrual of any right of the holders of Preferred Shares to elect additional trustees as described in paragraph 5(b) above, the Fund shall call a special meeting of such holders and instruct the Dividend-Disbursing Agent to mail a notice of such special meeting to such holders, such meeting to be held not less than 10 nor more than 30 days after the date of mailing of such notice. If the Fund fails to send such notice to the Dividend-Disbursing Agent or if the Fund does not call such a special meeting, it may be called by any such holder on like notice. The record date for determining the holders entitled to notice of and to vote at such special meeting shall be the close of business on the day on which such notice is mailed or such other date as the Board of Trustees shall determine. At any such special meeting and at each meeting held during a Voting Period, such holders of Preferred Shares, voting together as a class (to the exclusion of the holders of all other securities and classes of capital shares of the Fund), shall be entitled to elect the number of trustees prescribed in paragraph 5(b) above on a one-vote-per-share basis. At any such meeting, or adjournment thereof in the absence of a quorum, a majority of such holders present in person or by proxy shall have the power to adjourn the meeting without notice, other than by an announcement at the meeting, to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date.

 

  (ii) For purposes of determining any rights of the holders of Series B Preferred Shares to vote on any matter or the number of shares required to constitute a quorum, whether such right is created by this Statement of Preferences, by the other provisions of the Governing Documents, by statute or otherwise, any Series B Preferred Share which is not Outstanding shall not be counted.

 

  (iii) The terms of office of all persons who are trustees of the Fund at the time of a special meeting of holders of Preferred Shares to elect trustees and who remain trustees following such meeting shall continue, notwithstanding the election at such meeting by such holders of the number of trustees that they are entitled to elect, and the persons so elected by such holders, together with the two incumbent trustees elected by the holders of Preferred Shares, and the remaining incumbent trustees elected by the holders of the Common Shares and Preferred Shares, shall constitute the duly elected trustees of the Fund.

 

  (iv)

Upon the expiration of a Voting Period, the terms of office of the additional trustees elected by the holders of Preferred Shares pursuant to paragraph 5(b) above shall expire at the earliest time permitted by law,

 

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  and the remaining trustees shall constitute the trustees of the Fund and the voting rights of such holders of Preferred Shares, including Series B Preferred Shares, to elect additional trustees pursuant to paragraph 5(b) above shall cease, subject to the provisions of the last sentence of paragraph 5(b). Upon the expiration of the terms of the trustees elected by the holders of Preferred Shares pursuant to paragraph 5(b) above, the number of trustees shall be automatically reduced to the number of trustees on the Board immediately preceding such Voting Period.

 

  (e) Exclusive Remedy.

Unless otherwise required by law, the holders of Series B Preferred Shares shall not have any rights or preferences other than those specifically set forth herein. The holders of Series B Preferred Shares shall have no preemptive rights or rights to cumulative voting. In the event that the Fund fails to pay any dividends and distributions on the Series B Preferred Shares or fails to complete any voluntary or mandatory redemption, the exclusive remedy of the holders shall be the right to vote for trustees pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph 5.

 

  (f) Notification to Rating Agency.

In the event a vote of holders of Series B Preferred Shares is required pursuant to the provisions of Section 13(a) of the 1940 Act, as long as the Series B Preferred Shares are rated by a Rating Agency at the Fund request, the Fund shall, not later than ten Business Days prior to the date on which such vote is to be taken, notify the relevant Rating Agency that such vote is to be taken and the nature of the action with respect to which such vote is to be taken and, not later than ten Business Days after the date on which such vote is taken, notify such Rating Agency of the result of such vote.

 

6. Coverage Tests.

 

  (a) Determination of Compliance.

For so long as any Series B Preferred Shares are Outstanding, the Fund shall make the following determinations:

 

  (i) Asset Coverage. The Fund shall have Asset Coverage as of the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each year in which any Series B Preferred Shares are Outstanding.

 

  (ii) Basic Maintenance Amount Requirement.

 

  (A) So long as any Series B Preferred Shares are Outstanding and are rated by a Rating Agency at the Fund’s request, the Fund shall maintain, on each Valuation Date, (i) Moody’s Eligible Assets having an aggregate Discounted Value equal to or greater than the Basic Maintenance Amount (if Moody’s is then rating the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund) and/or (ii) Other Rating Agency Eligible Assets having an aggregate Discounted Value equal to or greater than the Basic Maintenance Amount (if any Other Rating Agency is then rating the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund).

 

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  (B) The Fund shall deliver to each Rating Agency which is then rating Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund and any other party specified in the Rating Agency Guidelines all certificates that are set forth in the respective Rating Agency Guidelines regarding the Basic Maintenance Amount and/or related calculations at such times and containing such information as set forth in the respective Rating Agency Guidelines (each, a “ Rating Agency Certificate ”). A failure by the Fund to deliver a Rating Agency Certificate with respect to the Basic Maintenance Amount shall be deemed to be delivery of a Rating Agency Certificate indicating the Discounted Value for all assets of the Fund is less than the Basic Maintenance Amount as of the relevant Valuation Date; provided, however, that the Fund shall have the ability to cure such failure to deliver a Rating Agency Certificate by delivery of such certificate not later than the Business Day following the date of receipt of written notice from such Rating Agency that the Fund failed to deliver such Rating Agency Certificate.

 

  (b) Failure to Meet Asset Coverage.

If the Fund fails to have Asset Coverage as provided in paragraph 6(a)(i) hereof and such failure is not cured as of the related Series B Asset Coverage Cure Date, (i) the Fund shall give a Notice of Redemption as described in paragraph 4 of Part II hereof with respect to the redemption of a sufficient number of Preferred Shares, which at the Fund determination (to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act and Delaware law) may include any proportion of Series B Preferred Shares, to enable it to meet the requirements of paragraph 6(a)(i) above, and, at the Fund’s discretion, such additional number of Series B Preferred Shares or other Preferred Shares in order that the Fund have Asset Coverage with respect to the Series B Preferred Shares and any other Preferred Shares remaining Outstanding after such redemption as great as 220%, and (ii) deposit with the Dividend-Disbursing Agent Deposit Assets having an initial combined value sufficient to effect the redemption of the Series B Preferred Shares or other Preferred Shares to be redeemed, as contemplated by paragraph 4 of Part II hereof.

 

  (c) Failure to Maintain Eligible Assets having an Adjusted Value at Least Equal to the Basic Maintenance Amount.

If the Fund fails to have Eligible Assets having an Adjusted Value at least equal to the Basic Maintenance Amount as provided in paragraph 6(a)(ii)(A) above and such failure is not cured, the Fund shall, (i) on or prior to the Basic Maintenance Amount Cure Date, give a Notice of Redemption as described in paragraph 4 of Part II hereof with respect to the redemption of a sufficient number of Series B Preferred Shares or other Preferred Shares to enable it to meet the requirements of paragraph 6(a)(ii)(A) above, and, at the Fund’s discretion, such additional number of Series B Preferred Shares or other Preferred Shares in order that the Fund have

 

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Adjusted Assets with respect to the remaining Series B Preferred Shares and any other Preferred Shares remaining Outstanding after such redemption as great as the certain percentage, as set forth in the applicable Rating Agency Guidelines, of the Basic Maintenance Amount, and (ii) on or prior to the date of such redemption, deposit with the Dividend-Disbursing Agent Deposit Assets having an initial combined value sufficient to effect the redemption of the Series B Preferred Shares or other Preferred Shares to be redeemed, as contemplated by paragraph 4 of Part II hereof.

 

  (d) Status of Shares Called for Redemption.

For purposes of determining whether the requirements of paragraphs 6(a)(i) and 5(a)(ii)(A) hereof are satisfied, (i) no Series B Preferred Share shall be deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any computation if, prior to or concurrently with such determination, sufficient Deposit Assets to pay the full Redemption Price for such share shall have been deposited in trust with the Dividend-Disbursing Agent (or applicable paying agent) and the requisite Notice of Redemption shall have been given, and (ii) such Deposit Assets deposited with the Dividend-Disbursing Agent (or paying agent) shall not be included.

 

7. Certain Other Restrictions.

For so long as any Series B Preferred Shares are Outstanding and any Rating Agency is then rating the Series B Preferred Shares at the request of the Fund, the Fund will not engage in certain proscribed transactions set forth in the Rating Agency Guidelines, unless it has received written confirmation from each such Rating Agency that proscribes the applicable transaction in its Rating Agency Guidelines that any such action would not impair the rating then assigned by such Rating Agency to a Series B Preferred Shares.

 

8. Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Additional Preferred Shares

 

  (a) So long as any Series B Preferred Shares are Outstanding the Fund may issue and sell one or more series of a class of senior securities of the Fund representing indebtedness under Section 18 of the 1940 Act and/or otherwise create or incur indebtedness, provided that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such indebtedness and to its receipt and application of the proceeds thereof, the Fund shall have an “asset coverage” for all senior securities representing indebtedness, as defined in Section 18(h) of the 1940 Act, of at least 300% of the amount of all indebtedness of the Fund then Outstanding and no such additional indebtedness shall have any preference or priority over any other indebtedness of the Fund constituting senior securities upon the distribution of the assets of the Fund or in respect of the payment of interest. Any possible liability resulting from lending and/or borrowing portfolio securities, entering into reverse repurchase agreements, entering into futures contracts and writing options, to the extent such transactions are made in accordance with the investment restrictions of the Fund then in effect, shall not be considered to be indebtedness limited by this paragraph 8(a).

 

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  (b) So long as any Series B Preferred Shares are Outstanding, the Fund may issue and sell shares of one or more other series of Preferred Shares constituting a series of a class of senior securities of the Fund representing stock under Section 18 of the 1940 Act in addition to the Series B Preferred Shares, provided that (i) the Fund shall, immediately after giving effect to the issuance of such additional Preferred Shares and to its receipt and application of the proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, to the redemption of Preferred Shares for which a Redemption Notice has been mailed prior to such issuance, have an “asset coverage” for all senior securities which are stock, as defined in Section 18(h) of the 1940 Act, of at least 200% of the sum of the liquidation preference of the Series B Preferred Shares and all other Preferred Shares of the Fund then Outstanding, and (ii) no such additional Preferred Shares shall have any preference or priority over any other Preferred Shares of the Fund upon the distribution of the assets of the Fund or in respect of the payment of dividends.

 

9. Status of Redeemed or Repurchased Series B Preferred

Series B Preferred Shares which at any time have been redeemed or purchased by the Fund shall, after such redemption or purchase, have the status of authorized but unissued Preferred Shares.

 

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PART III

ABILITY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO MODIFY THE STATEMENT OF

PREFERENCES

1. Modification to Prevent Ratings Reduction or Withdrawal.

The Board of Trustees or its delegatee, without further action by the shareholders, may amend, alter, add to or repeal any provision of this Statement of Preferences including provisions that have been adopted by the Fund pursuant to the Rating Agency guidelines, if the Board of Trustees or its delegatee determines that such amendments or modifications are necessary to prevent a reduction in, or the withdrawal of, a rating of the Preferred Shares and are in the aggregate in the best interests of the holders of the Preferred Shares.

2. Other Modification.

The Board of Trustees or its delegatee, without further action by the shareholders, may amend, alter, add to or repeal any provision of this Statement of Preferences including provisions that have been adopted by the Fund pursuant to the Rating Agency guidelines, if the Board of Trustees or its delegatee determines that such amendments or modifications will not in the aggregate adversely affect the rights and preferences of the holders of any series of the Preferred Shares, provided, that the Fund has received advice from each applicable Rating Agency that such amendment or modification is not expected to adversely affect such Rating Agency’s then-current rating of such series of the Fund’s Preferred Shares.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, to the extent permitted by law, the Board of Trustees or its delegatee, without the vote of the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares or any other capital shares of the Fund, may amend the provisions of this Statement of Preferences to resolve any inconsistency or ambiguity or to remedy any formal defect so long as the amendment does not in the aggregate adversely affect the rights and preferences of the Series B Preferred Shares.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli has caused these presents to be signed in its name and on its behalf by a duly authorized officer, who acknowledges said instrument to be the corporate act of the Fund, and states that to the best of such officer’s knowledge, information and belief under penalty of perjury the matters and facts herein set forth with respect to approval are true in all material respects, all as of May 7, 2013.

 

By:  

 

  Name:   Bruce N. Alpert
  Title:   President and Principal Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 99(d)(iii)

 

CERTIFICATE NO.

  SHARES

GAMCO GLOBAL GOLD, NATURAL RESOURCES & INCOME TRUST BY GABELLI

Organized Under the Laws of The State of Delaware

5.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares

Par Value $0.001 Per Share

$25.00 Liquidation Preference Per Share

CUSIP No.

This certifies that Cede & Co. is the owner of [ ] fully paid and non-assessable 5.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares, par value $0.001 per share, $25.00 liquidation preference per share, of the GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli (the “Fund”) transferable only on the books of the Fund by the holder thereof in person or by duly authorized Attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the transfer agent and registrar.

A statement in full, of all the designations, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, will be furnished by the Fund to any shareholders upon request and without charge.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Fund has caused this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers this          day of          .

 

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY

 

As Transfer Agent and Registrar

    

GAMCO GLOBAL GOLD, NATURAL RESOURCES &

INCOME TRUST BY GABELLI

By:   

 

     By:   

 

   Authorized Signature         President
        Attest:   

 

           Secretary


FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                          hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto                                     

Shares represented by this Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                             

Attorney to transfer the said Shares on the books of the within named Fund with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated                          ,             

In presence of

 

 

    

 

The Fund will furnish to any shareholder, upon request and without charge, the Fund’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and a full statement of the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class or series of capital stock of the Fund authorized to be issued, so far as they have been determined, and the authority of the Board of Trustees to determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent classes or series. Any such request should be addressed to the Secretary of the Fund.

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Fund or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

Exhibit (h)(ii)

GAMCO GLOBAL GOLD, NATURAL RESOURCES & INCOME TRUST

BY GABELLI

5.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

New York, New York

May 2, 2013

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

As Representatives of the several Underwriters

listed on Schedule I hereto

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), and Gabelli Funds, LLC, a New York limited liability company (the “Adviser”), address you as underwriters and as the representatives (the “Representatives”) of each of the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”). The Fund proposes to sell to the Underwriters 4,000,000 shares of its 5.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares, with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share (the “Preferred Shares”) (said shares to be issued and sold by the Fund being hereinafter called the “Underwritten Securities”). The Fund also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 600,000 additional Preferred Shares to cover over-allotments (the “Option Securities”; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the “Securities”). Unless otherwise stated, the term “you” as used herein means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. individually on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Underwriters. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Form N-2 which were filed under the 1940 Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final


Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the 1940 Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 21 hereof.

The Fund has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser dated as of March 28, 2005, a Custodian Agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation dated as of March 28, 2005, and a Mutual Fund Custody and Services Agreement with American Stock Transfer & Trust Company dated as of March 28, 2005, and such agreements are herein referred to as the “Management Agreement,” the “Custodian Agreement,” and the “Transfer Agency Agreement’” respectively. Collectively, the Management Agreement, the Custodian Agreement and the Transfer Agency Agreement are herein referred to as the “Fund Agreements.”

1. Representations and Warranties of the Fund and the Adviser . The Fund and the Adviser, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.

(a) The Fund has prepared and filed with the Commission a shelf registration statement (file numbers 333-186097 and 811-21698) on Form N-2, including a related base prospectus (including any statement of additional information incorporated by reference therein), for registration under the Act and the 1940 Act of the offering and sale of certain securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become effective. The Fund may have filed, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 497, one or more amendments thereto, including a related Preliminary Final Prospectus (including any statement of additional information incorporated by reference therein), each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Fund will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement (including any statement of additional information incorporated by reference therein) related to the Securities in accordance with Rule 497. As filed, such final prospectus supplement (including any statement of additional information incorporated by reference therein), together with the Base Prospectus, shall contain all information required by the Act and the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations for the offering and sale of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Final Prospectus) as the Fund has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1).

(b) Each Preliminary Final Prospectus complied when filed with the Commission in all material respects with the provisions of the Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations, and each Preliminary Final Prospectus, any Rule 482 Statement and the Rule 430B Information, when taken together as a whole, as of the Execution Time, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary

 

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in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Fund makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from a Preliminary Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Fund by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 9(b) hereof.

(c) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 497 and on the Closing Date (as defined herein), and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (a “settlement date”), the Final Prospectus (and any supplements thereto) will, and the 1940 Act Notification when originally filed with the Commission and any amendment or supplement thereto when filed with the Commission did or will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations; on the Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 497 and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that the Fund makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Fund by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 9(b) hereof. The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Final Prospectus or Final Prospectus.

(d) The Fund has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and Final Prospectus (as amended by any amendment or supplement to any of them) and is duly registered and qualified to do business and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such registration or qualification. The Fund has no subsidiaries.

(e) The Fund’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus; the capital shares of the Fund conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, each

 

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Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus; all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Fund have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; the Securities have been duly and validly authorized, and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable; the Securities are duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, subject to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution, on the NYSE MKT LLC (“NYSE MKT”); the Fund’s shares of common stock are duly listed on the NYSE MKT; the certificates for the Securities are in valid and sufficient form; and, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Final Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Fund are outstanding.

(f) The Securities will conform in all material respects to the statements relating thereto contained in each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and to the terms thereof set forth in the Statement of Preferences of GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli, creating and fixing the rights of 5.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares dated May 7, 2013 (the “Statement of Preferences”).

(g) The Fund’s registration statement on Form 8-A under the Exchange Act has become effective.

(h) The Fund, subject to the Registration Statement having been declared effective and the filing of the Final Prospectus under Rule 497, has taken all required action under the Act, the 1940 Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations to make the public offering and consummate the sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.

(i) There are no agreements, contracts, indentures, leases, permits or other instruments that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, which are not described or filed as required by the Act, the 1940 Act or the Rules and Regulations (except that for the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement will be filed by a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement prior to the Closing Date); the statements in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and Final Prospectus under the headings “Management of the Fund,” “Description of the Shares,” “Anti-Takeover Provisions of the Fund’s Governing Documents,” “Taxation” and “Repurchase of Common Shares” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.

(j) The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Fund of its obligations under, this Agreement and the Fund Agreements have been duly and validly authorized by the Fund and this Agreement and the Fund Agreements have been duly

 

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executed and delivered by the Fund and constitute the valid and legally binding agreements of the Fund, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, enforceable against the Fund in accordance with their terms, except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or principles of public policy and subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the Fund’s obligations hereunder and thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.

(k) The Fund is duly registered under the 1940 Act as a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company and the 1940 Act Notification has been duly filed with the Commission. The Fund has not received any notice from the Commission pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1940 Act with respect to the 1940 Act Notification or the Registration Statement.

(l) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein or in the Fund Agreements, except such as have been made or obtained under the Act, the Exchange Act, the Advisers Act, the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations of FINRA and the NYSE MKT, and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.

(m) Neither the issuance and sale of the Securities, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any of the Fund Agreements or the performance of the Fund’s Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof, conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Fund pursuant to, (i) the Organizational Documents of the Fund and the Statement of Preferences, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Fund is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Fund of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Fund or any of its properties except, in the case of (ii) or (iii), for such conflict, breach or default that would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Fund, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business.

(n) The financial statements, together with related schedules and notes, included or incorporated by reference in the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly, the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Fund as of the dates and for the periods

 

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indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the 1940 Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein); and the other financial and statistical information and data included in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus are accurately derived from such financial statements and the books and records of the Fund.

(o) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Fund or its property is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Fund, threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions herein contemplated or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Fund, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.

(p) The Fund does not own any real property.

(q) The Fund is not in violation or default of any provision of its Organizational Documents or (i) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject or (ii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Fund or any of its properties.

(r) Since the date as of which information is given in the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (i) there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Fund (other than as a result of changes in the markets affecting its portfolio assets), whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business and (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Fund which are material to the Fund other than those in the ordinary course of its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.

(s) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who has audited the financial statements of the Fund and delivered its report with respect to the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and Final Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Fund within the meaning of the Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations.

 

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(t) The Fund has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or other materials permitted by the Act, the 1940 Act or the Rules and Regulations.

(u) All advertising, sales literature or other promotional material (including “prospectus wrappers,” “broker kits,” “road show slides” and “road show scripts”), whether in printed or electronic form, authorized in writing by or prepared by the Fund or the Adviser for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities (collectively, “sales material”) complied and comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the 1940 Act, the Rules and Regulations and the rules and interpretations of FINRA and if required to be filed with FINRA under FINRA’s conduct rules, or with the Commission, were so filed. No sales material contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(v) The Fund is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which it is engaged and which the Fund deems adequate; all policies of insurance insuring the Fund or its business, assets, employees, officers and trustees, including the Fund’s trustees and officers errors and omissions insurance policy and the fidelity bond required by Rule 17g-1 of the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations, are in full force and effect; the Fund is in compliance with the terms of such policy and fidelity bond in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Fund under any such policy or fidelity bond as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; the Fund has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the Fund has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage and fidelity bond as and when such coverage and fidelity bond expires or to obtain similar coverage and fidelity bond from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Fund, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(w) The Fund possesses all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its business, and the Fund has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Fund, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.

 

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(x) The Fund maintains and will maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund and the applicable requirements of the 1940 Act, the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, to calculate net asset value, to maintain accountability for assets and to maintain material compliance with the books and records requirements under the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Fund employs “internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rule 30a-3 under the 1940 Act) and such internal control over financial reporting is and shall be effective as required by the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations. The Fund is not aware of any material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting.

(y) The Fund maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 30a-3 under the 1940 Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are effective as required by the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations.

(z) Except as stated in this Agreement and as described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, the Fund has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in violation of federal securities laws, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Fund to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities, and the Fund is not aware of any such action taken or to be taken by any affiliates of the Fund.

(aa) This Agreement and each of the Fund Agreements complies in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Act, the 1940 Act, the Rules and Regulations, the Advisers Act and the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations and the Fund’s trustees and the Fund’s shareholders have approved the Management Agreement in accordance with Section 15 of the 1940 Act.

(bb) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, no trustee of the Fund is an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or an “affiliated person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of any Underwriter listed in Schedule I hereto.

(cc) The Fund intends to direct the investment of the proceeds of the offering of the Securities in such a manner as to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code and, at all times since its inception, has qualified as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code.

 

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(dd) The conduct by the Fund of its business (as described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus) does not require it to be the owner, possessor or licensee of any patents, patent licenses, trademarks, service marks or trade names which it does not own, possess or license.

(ee) The Fund has filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns required to be filed or has properly requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Fund, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Fund, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus; and the Fund has been and is currently in compliance with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Code.

(ff) There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Fund or sale by the Fund of the Securities.

(gg) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and Final Prospectus, the Fund (i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of the Representatives and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.

(hh) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Fund and any of the Fund’s trustees or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”).

(ii) The Fund has adopted and implemented written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violation of the Federal Securities Laws (as that term is defined in Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act) by the Fund, including policies and procedures that provide oversight of compliance by each investment adviser, administrator and transfer agent of the Fund.

 

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(jj) The Fund will comply with the asset coverage requirements of the 1940 Act immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Securities.

(kk) There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Fund under the Act.

(ll) Reserved.

(mm) The operations of the Fund are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any government agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Fund with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Fund, threatened.

(nn) There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the Fund or any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and Final Prospectus which have not been described as required, it being understood and agreed that the Fund and the Adviser make no representation or warranty with respect to any such relationships involving any Underwriter or any affiliate and any other person that have not been disclosed to the Fund by the relevant underwriter in connection with this offering.

(oo) Neither the Fund nor, to the knowledge of the Fund, any trustee, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Fund is aware of or has taken any action in connection with the Fund, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Fund, and to the knowledge of the Fund, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

(pp) Neither the Fund nor, to the knowledge of the Fund, any trustee, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Fund is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Fund will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or

 

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lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Fund and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Fund, as to matters covered therein, to each Underwriter.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Adviser . The Adviser represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as follows:

(a) The Adviser has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification.

(b) The Adviser is duly registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and the Adviser is not prohibited by the Advisers Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations or the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations from acting under the Management Agreement as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.

(c) The Adviser has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement; the execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Adviser of its obligations under, this Agreement and the Management Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by the Adviser; and this Agreement and the Management Agreement, have been duly executed and delivered by the Adviser, and each such agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Adviser, enforceable against the Adviser in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the Adviser’s obligations hereunder and thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.

(d) The Adviser has the financial resources available to it necessary for the performance of its services and obligations as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and Final Prospectus and under this Agreement and the Management Agreement, as applicable.

(e) The description of the Adviser and its business, and the statements attributable to the Adviser, in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and Final Prospectus complied and comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act, the Rules and Regulations and the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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(f) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Adviser or its property is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Adviser, threatened that (i) is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus that is not so described as required, (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Adviser to fulfill its obligations hereunder or under the Management Agreement or (iii) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Adviser, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus; and there are no agreements, contracts, indentures, leases, permits or other instruments relating to the Adviser that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required by the Act, the 1940 Act or the Rules and Regulations.

(g) Since the date as of which information is given in the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (i) there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Adviser, whether or not arising from the ordinary course of business and (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Adviser which are material to the Adviser other than those in the ordinary course of its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.

(h) The Adviser possesses all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its business, and has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Adviser, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.

(i) This Agreement and the Management Agreement comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Act, the 1940 Act, the Rules and Regulations, the Advisers Act and the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations.

 

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(j) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein or in the Management Agreement, except such as have been made or obtained under the Act, the Exchange Act, the Advisers Act, the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations of FINRA and the NYSE MKT, and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.

(k) Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Management Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof, conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Adviser pursuant to, (i) the Organizational Documents of the Adviser, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Adviser is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Adviser of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Adviser or any of its properties except, in the case of (ii) or (iii), for such conflict, breach or default that would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Adviser, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business.

(l) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and Final Prospectus, the Adviser has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in violation of federal securities laws, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Fund to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities, and the Adviser is not aware of any such action taken or to be taken by any affiliates of the Adviser.

(m) In the event that the Fund or the Adviser makes available any promotional materials related to the Securities or the transactions contemplated hereby intended for use only by registered broker-dealers and registered representatives thereof by means of an Internet web site or similar electronic means, the Adviser will install and maintain or will cause to be installed and maintained, pre-qualification and password-protection or similar procedures which are reasonably designed to effectively prohibit access to such promotional materials by persons other than registered broker-dealers and registered representatives thereof.

(n) The operations of the Adviser and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable Money Laundering Laws and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Adviser or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Adviser, threatened.

 

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(o) The Adviser maintains a system of internal controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions effectuated by it under the Management Agreement are executed in accordance with its management’s general or specific authorization; and (ii) access to the Fund’s assets is permitted only in accordance with its management’s general or specific authorization.

(p) Neither the Adviser nor, to the knowledge of the Adviser, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Advisers is aware of or has taken any action in connection with the Adviser, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, and the Advisers and, to the knowledge of the Adviser, their respective affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA.

(q) Neither the Adviser nor, to the knowledge of the Adviser, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Advisers is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC; and the Advisers will not directly or indirectly cause the Fund to use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Adviser and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Adviser, as to matters covered therein, to each Underwriter.

3. Purchase and Sale. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Fund agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Fund, at a purchase price of $24.2125 per share, the amount of the Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Fund hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 600,000 Option Securities at the same purchase price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Underwritten Securities. Said option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Underwritten Securities by the Underwriters. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or before the 30th day after the date of the Final Prospectus upon written or telegraphic notice by the Representatives to the Fund setting forth the number of shares of the Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement date. The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same

 

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percentage of the total number of shares of the Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.

4. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 3(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business Day prior to the Closing Date) shall be made at 10:00 AM, New York City time, on May 7, 2013 or at such time on such later date not earlier than the second Business Day, nor more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Fund or as provided in Section 10 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Fund by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Fund. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.

If the option provided for in Section 3(b) hereof is exercised after the third Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Fund will deliver the Option Securities (at the expense of the Fund) to the Representatives on the date specified by the Representatives (which shall be within three Business Days after exercise of said option but not earlier than two Business Days thereafter) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Fund by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Fund. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Fund will deliver the Option Securities to the Representatives on the settlement date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7 hereof.

5. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.

6. Agreements of the Fund and the Adviser. The Fund and the Adviser, jointly and severally, agree with the several Underwriters that:

(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Fund will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Final Prospectus) to the Basic Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Fund has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Fund will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 497 within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely

 

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filing. The Fund will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497 or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Fund of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Fund will use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.

(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be filed or delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations, the Fund promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 6, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; (iii) use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in the use of the Final Prospectus; and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(c) If at any time following issuance of a Rule 482 Statement, there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Rule 482 Statement included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances, prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Fund will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Rule 482 Statement to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission.

 

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(d) As soon as practicable, the Fund will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Fund which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.

(e) The Fund will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(f) In cooperation with the Underwriters, the Fund will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Fund be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.

(g) The Fund and the Adviser will not, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Fund, the Adviser or any affiliate of the Fund or the Adviser or any person in privity with the Fund or the Adviser, directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any senior securities (as defined in the 1940 Act) other than the Securities, or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, senior securities other than the Securities; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Fund may issue senior securities representing indebtedness (as defined in the 1940 Act) as provided in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and Final Prospectus. In the event that either (x) during the last 17 days of the 180-day period referred to above, the Fund issues an earnings release or material news or material event relating to the Fund or (y) prior to the expiration of such 180-day period, the Fund announces that it will release earning results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of such 180-day period, the restrictions described above shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable.

(h) The Fund will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and will use its best efforts to cause the Fund’s trustees and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

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(i) Except as stated in this Agreement, and as described in the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and Final Prospectus Fund, the Fund and the Adviser will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Fund to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities, other than such actions as taken by the Underwriters that are affiliates of the Fund or the Adviser, so long as such actions are in material compliance with all applicable law.

(j) The Fund agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, the Rule 482 Statement, if any, and the 1940 Act Notification and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, any sales material and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum, dealer agreements and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the NYSE MKT; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings required to be made with FINRA (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Fund representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Fund’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Fund; (ix) any expense and fees for the cost of Moody’s; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Fund of its obligations hereunder.

(k) The Fund will direct the investment of the net proceeds of the offering of the Securities in such a manner as to comply with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund as described in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.

(l) The Fund will continue to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Code.

 

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(m) The Fund and the Adviser will use their best efforts to perform all of the agreements required of them by this Agreement and discharge all conditions of theirs to closing as set forth in this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Adviser’s performance of its services and obligations as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and under the Management Agreement.

(n) Reserved.

(o) The Fund will furnish to you a certificate showing compliance with the asset coverage requirements of the 1940 Act as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you. Such certificate shall assume the receipt of net proceeds from the sale of the Securities.

(p) The Fund will use its best efforts to effect the listing of the Securities on the NYSE MKT, subject to notice of issuance, within thirty days of the Closing Date.

7. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Fund and the Adviser contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Fund and the Adviser made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Fund or the Adviser of their obligations hereunder or to the Representatives’ waiver in writing thereof and to the following additional conditions:

(a) The Final Prospectus and any supplements thereto have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 497; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use or order pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1940 Act shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened by the Commission, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with in all material respects.

(b) The Fund shall have requested and caused Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Fund, to have furnished to the Representatives its opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:

(i) Based solely on our review of the Delaware Certificate, the Trust is duly formed and is validly existing and is in good standing under the DSTA.

(ii) Based solely on our review of the New York Certificate, the Trust is authorized to do business in the State of New York.

(iii) The Trust has the statutory trust power and authority under the DSTA to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

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(iv) The Trust has the statutory trust power and authority under the DSTA to execute and deliver each of the Transaction Agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Securities.

(v) Each of the NY Transaction Agreements has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all requisite statutory trust action on the part of the Trust under the DSTA and duly executed and delivered by the Trust under the laws of the State of New York to the extent that such execution and delivery is governed by the laws of the State of New York. The Custodian Contract has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all requisite statutory trust action on the part of the Trust under the DSTA and duly executed and delivered by the Trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the extent that such execution and delivery is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(vi) Each of the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Transfer Agency Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Trust, enforceable against the Trust in accordance with its terms under the laws of the State of New York. The Custodian Contract constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Trust, enforceable against the Trust in accordance with its terms under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(vii) Neither the execution and delivery by the Trust of the Transaction Agreements nor the consummation by the Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Securities: (i) conflicts with the Organizational Documents, (ii) constitutes a violation of, or a default under, any Scheduled Contract, (iii) contravenes any Scheduled Order or (iv) causes the creation of any security interest or lien (other than those expressly created by the Transaction Agreements) upon any of the property of the Trust pursuant to any Scheduled Contracts.

(viii) Neither the execution and delivery by the Trust of the NY Transaction Agreements nor the consummation by the Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Securities, violates the DSTA or any law, rule or regulation of the State of New York. Neither the execution and delivery by the Trust of the Custodian Contract, nor the consummation by the Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Securities, violates the DSTA or any law, rule or regulation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(ix) Neither the execution and delivery by the Trust of the NY Transaction Agreements nor the consummation by the Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Securities, requires the consent, approval, licensing or authorization of, or any filing, recording or registration with, any governmental authority under the DSTA or any law, rule or regulation of the State of New York or the United States of America except for

 

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those consents, approvals, licenses and authorizations already obtained and those filings, recordings and registrations already made. Neither the execution and delivery by the Trust of the Custodian Contract nor the consummation by the Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby requires the consent, approval, licensing or authorization of, or any filing, recording or registration with, any governmental authority under the DSTA or any law, rule or regulation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States of America except for those consents, approvals, licenses and authorizations already obtained and those filings, recordings and registrations already made.

(x) Neither the execution and delivery by the Trust of the Transaction Agreements nor the consummation by the Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Securities (i) violates the 1940 Act or the General Rules and Regulations under the 1940 Act (the “1940 Act Rules and Regulations”) or (ii) requires the consent, approval, licensing or authorization of, or any filing, recording or registration with, any governmental authority under the 1940 Act or the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations except for those consents, approvals, licenses and authorizations already obtained and those filings, recordings and registrations already made; provided, however, that in each case we do not express any opinion with respect to (A) the antifraud provisions of any of the foregoing or (B) the eligibility under the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (formerly known as Mellon Trust of New England NA) to act as custodian for the Trust.

(xi) The provisions of the Declaration and the By-Laws do not violate the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations.

(xii) The Trust has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus. The Securities have been duly authorized by all requisite statutory trust action on the part of the Trust under the DSTA and, when duly entered into the stock record books of the Trust and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear of any preemptive rights or any similar rights arising under the DSTA, the Organizational Documents or any Scheduled Contract.

(xiii) The statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of the Shares” and “Anti-Takeover Provisions of the Fund’s Governing Documents” insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the Organizational Documents fairly summarize such provisions in all material respects.

(xiv) To our knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Trust is a party that are required to be disclosed in the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form N-2 under the Securities Act and the 1940 Act that are not so disclosed therein, and no contract or other document is required to be described in the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described therein or filed as required.

 

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(xv) The filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act Rules and Regulations has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 497 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations.

(xvi) No person has any right under the Trust’s Certificate of Trust, the Declaration, the By-Laws, the DSTA or under any Scheduled Contract to cause the Company to register under the Securities Act any shares of securities or to include any such securities in the Registration Statement or the offering contemplated thereby.

(xvii) Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that under current U.S. federal income tax law, although the discussion set forth in the Prospectus under the headings “Taxation” does not purport to discuss all possible U.S. federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership or disposition of the Securities, such discussion constitutes, in all material respects, a fair and accurate summary of the U.S. federal income tax consequences that are anticipated to be material to holders who purchase the Securities in the offering described in the Prospectus, subject to the qualifications set forth in such discussion.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Fund and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.

(c) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Sonia K. Kothari, counsel to the Adviser, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:

(i) The Investment Adviser has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company, is in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, and has the authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus. To my knowledge, the nature of the Investment Adviser’s business operations does not require it to register to conduct its business in any jurisdiction in which it is not currently registered;

(ii) The Investment Adviser is registered with the Commission as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, and is not prohibited by the Advisers Act, the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Advisers Act from acting under the Management Agreement as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and no order of suspension or revocation of such registration has been issued or proceedings therefore initiated or, to my knowledge, threatened by the Commission;

 

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(iii) The Investment Adviser has the limited liability company power and authority to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and the Management Agreement, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Investment Adviser;

(iv) The Management Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Adviser and the Management Agreement is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Adviser, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, enforceable against the Adviser in accordance with its terms subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the Adviser’s obligations thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles;

(v) The Management Agreement contains the provisions required by Section 205 of the Advisers Act and Section 15 of the 1940 Act and is enforceable against the Investment Adviser in accordance with its terms;

(vi) The execution and delivery by the Investment Adviser of, and the performance by the Investment Adviser of its obligations under, the Management Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement will not contravene the Certificate of Formation and the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Investment Adviser (each as currently in effect) or, to my knowledge, any agreement binding on the Investment Adviser or any judgment, order or decree of any U.S. federal or state governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Investment Adviser;

(vii) The description of the Investment Adviser in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus complies in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations;

(viii) To my knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Investment Adviser is a party or to which any of the properties of the Investment Adviser is subject that is expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Investment Adviser or impair the ability of the Investment Adviser to act as the investment adviser for the Fund or that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and are not so described;

(ix) No consent, approval, authorization, or filing with any U.S. federal or New York governmental authority or, to my knowledge, any court is required for the performance by the Investment Adviser of the Management Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement, except (a) as have been made or obtained and are in

 

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full force and effect under the 1933 Act, 1934 Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act or the rules of the NYSE MKT, or (b) as may be required (i) by the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or (ii) under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities, in each case as to which I express no opinion; and

In addition to the above opinions, nothing has come to my attention that has caused me to believe that the description of the Investment Adviser in the Registration Statement, at the time such Registration Statement became effective, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the description of the Investment Adviser in the Final Prospectus, as of its date and the date hereof contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In addition, nothing has come to my attention that has caused me to believe that the description of the Investment Adviser in the Preliminary Final Prospectus, as of the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Adviser and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (c) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.

(d) The Representatives shall have received from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Fund and the Adviser shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(e) Each of the Fund and the Adviser shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President or Executive Vice president and the principal financial or accounting officer of each of the Fund and the Adviser, as the case may be, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto and this Agreement and that:

(i) The representations and warranties of the Fund or the Adviser, as the case may be, in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Fund or the Adviser, as the case may be, has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date (to the extent not waived in writing by the Representatives);

 

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(ii) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Fund’s or the Adviser’s knowledge, as the case may be, threatened; and

(iii) Since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) (with respect to the certificate of the Fund) and since the date of the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) (with respect to the certificate of the Adviser), there has been no material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Fund or the Adviser, as the case may be, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.

(f) The Fund shall have requested and caused PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to have furnished to the Representatives, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations and stating in effect that:

(i) in their opinion the audited financial statements and financial statement schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and reported on by them comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations; and

(ii) they have performed certain other specified procedures as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature (which is limited to accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the general accounting records of the Fund) set forth in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, including the information set forth under the captions “Summary of Fund Expenses” in the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, agrees with the accounting records of the Fund, excluding any questions of legal interpretation.

References to the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (f) include any supplement thereto at the date of the letter.

(g) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been

 

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(i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (f) of this Section 7 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, operations, business or properties of the Fund and the Adviser, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(h) Reserved.

(i) Prior to the Closing Date, the Fund and the Adviser shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(j) If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Fund in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

(k) The documents required to be delivered by this Section 7 shall be delivered at the office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, on the Closing Date.

8. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses . If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 7 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 11 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Fund or the Adviser to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Fund will reimburse the Underwriters severally through Citigroup Global Markets Inc. on demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.

9. Indemnification and Contribution . (a) The Fund and the Adviser, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, members, managers, officers, employees, agents and affiliates of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several (including reasonable costs of investigation), to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange

 

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Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof (and including any post-effective amendment and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any Rule 430B Information deemed to be included or incorporated therein), or in the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Rule 482 Statement, any sales material or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Fund and the Adviser will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Fund and the Adviser by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Fund and the Adviser may otherwise have.

Notwithstanding this paragraph (a), the Adviser shall be liable to any party to be indemnified under this section 9(a) in any case only to the extent that the Fund fails to indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party.

(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Fund and the Adviser, each of its directors, trustees, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Fund or the Adviser within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Fund and the Adviser to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Fund or the Adviser by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Fund and the Adviser acknowledge that the statements set forth in the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the Securities and, under the heading “Underwriting,” (i) the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the Securities, (ii) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and (iii) the paragraphs related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters specifically for inclusion in any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 9 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 9, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve the indemnifying party from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent the indemnifying party did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results

 

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in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided , however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. No indemnifying party will, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Fund, the Adviser and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively, “Losses”) to which the Fund, the Adviser and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Fund and the Adviser on the one hand (treated jointly for this purpose as one person) and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities; provided , however , that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Fund, the Adviser and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Fund and the Adviser on the one hand (treated jointly for this purpose as one person) and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Fund and the Adviser (treated jointly for this

 

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purpose as one person) shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Fund, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Fund and the Adviser on the one hand (treated jointly for this purpose as one person) or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Fund, the Adviser and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 9, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee, agent and affiliate of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Fund or the Adviser within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Fund and the Adviser who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director (or, with respect to the Fund, trustee) of the Fund and the Adviser shall have the same rights to contribution as the Fund and the Adviser, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

The Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the Fund’s indemnity and contribution obligations under this Section 9 are subject to the provisions of Section 17(i) of the 1940 Act.

10. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided , however , that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter, the Fund or the Adviser. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 10, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Fund and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

 

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11. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, without liability on the part of the Underwriters to the Fund or the Adviser, by notice given to the Fund or the Adviser prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such time (a) trading in the Fund’s Common Shares shall have been suspended by the Commission or the NYSE MKT or trading in securities generally on the NYSE MKT or on any international securities exchange shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on the NYSE MKT or on any international securities exchange, (b) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (c) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State authorities or (d) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, or there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

12. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of each of the Fund and the Adviser or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Fund or the Adviser or any of the officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents, affiliates or controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

13. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. General Counsel (fax no.: (212) 816-7912) and confirmed to the General Counsel, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, 10013, Attention: General Counsel and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park, New York, New York, 10036, attention of Syndicate Department; if sent to the Fund or the Adviser, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the Fund (fax no.: (914) 921-5118) and confirmed to the General Counsel at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York, 10580.

14. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

15. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.

16. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Fund, the Adviser and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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17. Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

18. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) among the Fund, the Adviser and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter thereof.

19. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

20. No Fiduciary Duty. Each of the Fund and the Adviser hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Fund and the Adviser, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate, through which they may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Fund or the Adviser and (c) the Fund’s and Adviser’s engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, each of the Fund and Adviser agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Fund or the Adviser on related or other matters). The Fund and the Adviser agree and acknowledge that in any event the Underwriters do not owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Fund or the Adviser.

21. Definitions. The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.

“1940 Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

“1940 Act Rules and Regulations” shall mean the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1940 Act.

“1940 Act Notification” shall mean a notification of registration of the Fund as an investment company under the 1940 Act on Form N-8A, as the 1940 Act Notification may be amended from time to time.

“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Act Rules and Regulations” shall mean the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act.

“Advisers Act” shall mean the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

“Advisers Act Rules and Regulations” shall mean the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Advisers Act.

 

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“Base Prospectus” shall mean the base prospectus (including any statement of additional information incorporated by reference herein) referred to in paragraph 1(a) above contained in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date.

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or become effective.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

“Final Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus supplement (including any statement of additional information incorporated by reference therein) relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 497 after the Execution Time, together with the Basic Prospectus.

“FCPA” shall mean the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

“FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

“OFAC” shall mean the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.

“Organizational Documents” shall mean (a) in the case of a corporation, its charter and by-laws; (b) in the case of a limited or general partnership, its partnership certificate, certificate of formation or similar organizational document and its partnership agreement; (c) in the case of a limited liability company, its articles of organization, certificate of formation or similar organizational documents and its operating agreement, limited liability company agreement, membership agreement or other similar agreement; (d) in the case of a trust, its agreement and declaration of trust, certificate of trust, certificate of formation or similar organizational document and its trust agreement, bylaws or other similar document; and (e) in the case of any other entity, the organizational and governing documents of such entity, in each case as may be amended from time to time.

“Preliminary Final Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement (including any statement of additional information incorporated by reference therein) to the Basic Prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497, which describes the Securities and the offering thereof and is used prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus, together with the Basic Prospectus.

 

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“Registration Statement” shall mean the shelf registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497 and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended at the Execution Time and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.

“Rule 415”, “Rule 430B” and “Rule 462” refer to such rules under the Act.

“Rule 430B Information” shall mean information with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430B.

“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.

“Rule 482 Statement” shall mean a document that is prepared in accordance with the provisions of Rule 482 of the Act, including the advertisements used in the public offering of the Securities pursuant to Rule 482 under the Rules and Regulations, each of which is listed in Schedule II hereto.

“Rule 497” refers to Rule 497(c) or 497(e) under the Act, as applicable.

“Rules and Regulations” shall mean, collectively, the Act Rules and Regulations and the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Fund, the Adviser and the several Underwriters.

 

Very truly yours,
GAMCO GLOBAL GOLD, NATURAL RESOURCES & INCOME TRUST BY GABELLI
By:  

/s/ Agnes Mullady

  Name: Agnes Mullady
  Title:   Treasurer

 

GABELLI FUNDS, LLC
By:   /s/ Bruce N. Alpert
  Name: Bruce N. Alpert
  Title:   Executive Vice President

 


The foregoing Agreement is hereby

confirmed and accepted as of the

date first above written.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

 

By: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
By:  

/s/ Christine L. Macdonald

 

Name: Christine L. Macdonald

Title: Director

For themselves and the other

several Underwriters named in

Schedule I to the foregoing

Agreement.

 

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Exhibit (l)(iii)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036

(212) 735-3000

May 6, 2013

GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli

One Corporate Center

Rye, New York 10580-1422

 

Re: GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli

Preferred Shares Shelf Takedown

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s sale of up to 4,000,000 shares (the “Securities”) of the Company’s 5.00% Series B Preferred Shares, liquidation value $25.00 per share, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Shares”), pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated May 2, 2013, by and among Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and G.research, Inc., as the representatives of each of the several underwriters named in Schedule I therein, the Company and Gabelli Funds, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the investment adviser to the Company (the “Underwriting Agreement”).

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of sub paragraph (l) of item 25.2 of part C of Form N-2.

In rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have examined and relied on originals or copies of: (i) the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form N-2 (No. 333-186097) filed on January 18, 2013 by the Company, as amended by pre-effective Amendment No. 1 thereto and post-effective Amendment No. 1 thereto (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”); (ii) the Certificate of Trust of the Company, dated January 4, 2005, as amended to date and as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 2, 2013; (iii) the Third Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Company as amended to date and currently in effect; (iv) the Statement of Preferences defining the terms of the Preferred Shares; (v) the By-laws of the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect; and (vi) certain resolutions of the Board of Trustees of the Company relating to the issuance, sale and registration of the Securities (the “Resolutions”).


We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company, and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein.

In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, including endorsements, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making our examination of documents executed or to be executed, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had or will have the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents, and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.

We do not express any opinion with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing and to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Securities have been duly authorized and, when the Securities are issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Resolutions, the Underwriting Agreement and the Registration Statement against payment of the consideration set forth therein, the Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable laws.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

 

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