(f)
That the Target Fund shall have received the opinion of Alston & Bird, dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to the Target Fund,
that substantively provides the following:
(i)
The Acquiring Fund is validly existing as a business trust under the laws of the State of Massachusetts and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Massachusetts and has the corporate power to conduct its business as described in the definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus
filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act.
(ii)
The execution and delivery by the Acquiring Fund of this Agreement and the performance of the Acquiring Fund’s obligations under
the Agreement do not violate the Acquiring Fund’s Declaration of Trust or Bylaws.
(iii)
Assuming that the Acquiring Fund Shares will be issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Acquiring Fund Shares to be
issued and delivered to the Target Fund Shareholders as provided by this Agreement are duly authorized and upon such delivery will be
validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable by the Acquiring Fund, and no shareholder of the Acquiring Fund has, as such holder,
any preemptive rights to acquire, purchase or subscribe for any securities of the Acquiring Fund under the Acquiring Fund’s Declaration
of Trust, Bylaws or the laws of the State of Massachusetts.
(g)
That the Target Fund shall have received the opinion of Alston & Bird, counsel to the Acquiring Fund, dated as of the Closing Date,
addressed to the Target Fund, that substantively provides the following:
(i)
The Acquiring Fund is registered with the SEC as a non-diversified closed-end management investment company under the 1940 Act.
(ii)
To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no governmental approval, which has not been obtained and is not in full force and effect,
is required to authorize, or is required in connection with, the execution or delivery of the Agreement by the Acquiring Fund, or the
enforceability of the Agreement against the Acquiring Fund.
(iii)
Neither the execution, delivery or performance by the Acquiring Fund of the Agreement nor the compliance by the Acquiring Fund with the
terms and provisions thereof will contravene any provision of applicable federal securities law of the United States of America.
(h)
That the Target Fund shall have obtained an opinion from counsel for the Acquiring Fund, dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to the
Target Fund, that the consummation of the transactions set forth in this Agreement complies with the requirements of a reorganization
as described in Section 368(a) of the Code.
(i)
That all proceedings taken by the Acquiring Fund and its counsel in connection with the Reorganization and all documents incidental thereto
shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Target Fund.
(j)
That the N-14 Registration Statement shall have become effective under the 1933 Act, and no stop order suspending such effectiveness shall
have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Acquiring Fund, be contemplated by the SEC.
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The
obligations of the Acquiring Fund hereunder shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a)
That the issuance of additional Acquiring Fund Shares in connection with the Reorganization shall have been approved by the Board of the
Acquiring Fund and by the affirmative vote of the Acquiring Fund Shareholders, to the extent and as required by applicable law.
(b)
The Target Fund shall have delivered (including in electronic format) to the Acquiring Fund: (i) a copy of the resolutions approving this
Agreement adopted by the Board of the Target Fund, (ii) a certificate setting forth the vote of the Target Fund Shareholders, and (iii)
a certificate certifying that the Target Fund has received all requisite consents and approvals necessary to consummate the Reorganization,
each certified by the Target Fund’s Secretary or any Assistant Secretary.
(c)
That the Target Fund shall have provided or made available (including by electronic format) to the Acquiring Fund the Target Fund Closing
Financial Statements, together with a schedule of the Target Fund’s investments with their respective dates of acquisition and tax
costs, all as of the Valuation Time, certified on the Target Fund’s behalf by any of the following: its Chief Executive Officer,
President, any Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, and a certificate signed by any of the following:
the Target Fund’s Chief Executive Officer, President, any Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer,
dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that as of the Valuation Time and as of the Closing Date there has been no material adverse change
in the financial position of the Target Fund since the date of the Target Fund’s most recent Annual Report or Semi-Annual Report,
as applicable, other than changes in the Target Fund Investments since that date or changes in the market value of the Target Fund Investments.