Corporation’s Responsibilities and Expenses Payable by the Corporation. All investment professionals of the Adviser and
their respective staffs, its staff, when and to the extent engaged in providing investment advisory
and management services
hereunder, required to be provided by the Adviser under Section 1(a) hereof, and the compensation and routine overhead expenses of such personnel allocable to such services, will be provided and paid for by the Adviser and not by the Corporation. The Corporation will bear all
other costs and expenses of its operations and tran
...sactions, including (without limitation) those relating to: organization and offering; · organization; · calculating the Corporation's net asset value (including the cost and expenses of any independent valuation firm); · expenses incurred by the Adviser payable to third parties, including agents, consultants or other advisors, in monitoring financial and legal affairs for the Corporation and in monitoring the Corporation's investments (including the cost of consultants hired to develop information technology systems designed to monitor the Corporation's investments) and performing due diligence (including related legal expenses) on its prospective portfolio companies; · interest payable on debt, if any, incurred to finance the Corporation's investments and expenses related to unsuccessful portfolio acquisition efforts; investments; · offerings of the Corporation's common stock and other securities; · investment advisory and management fees; 3 · administration fees fees, if any, payable under the Amended and Restated Administration Agreement (the "Administration Agreement") between the Corporation and PennantPark Investment Administration, Ares Operations LLC or any successor thereto (the "Administrator"), the Corporation's administrator; · fees payable to third parties, including agents, consultants or other advisors, relating to, or associated with, evaluating and making investments, including costs associated with meeting potential investments (including payments to third party vendors for financial sponsors; information services); · transfer agent and custodial fees; · federal and state registration fees; · all costs of registration and listing the Corporation's shares on any securities exchange; · federal, state and local taxes; · independent directors' fees and expenses; · costs of preparing and filing reports or other documents required by governmental bodies (including the Securities and Exchange Commission; SEC); · costs of any reports, proxy statements or other notices to stockholders, including printing costs; costs associated with individual or group stockholders; · the Corporation's allocable portion of the fidelity bond, directors and officers/errors and omissions liability insurance, and any other insurance premiums; · direct costs and expenses of administration, including printing, mailing, long distance telephone, cellular phone and data service, copying, secretarial and other staff, independent auditors and outside legal costs; and · all other expenses incurred by the Corporation or the Administrator in connection with administering the Corporation's business, including business (including payments under the Administration Agreement between the Corporation and the Administrator based upon the Corporation's allocable portion of the Administrator's overhead in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement, including rent and the allocable portion of the cost of the Corporation's chief compliance officer and chief financial officer officers and their respective staffs. staffs (including travel expenses)).
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