FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND Standard Form No. 14, Revised to October, 1987
Bond No. RNN757521/01/2014
Axis Reinsurance Company (Herein called Underwriter) DECLARATIONS
Item 1. Name of Insured (herein called Insured):
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Blackstone/GSO Long Short Credit Income Fund Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund | ||
Principal Address: |
280 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017
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Item 2. |
Bond Period: from 12:01 a.m. on
standard time. |
May 25, 2014 (MONTH, DAY, YEAR) |
to 12:01 a.m. on | May 25, 2015 (MONTH, DAY, YEAR) |
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Item 3. |
The Aggregate Liability of the Underwriter during the Bond Period shall be |
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$N/A |
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Item 4. |
Subject to Sections 4 and 11 hereof, the Single Loss Limit of Liability is $4,000,000 and the Single Loss Deductible is $25,000 |
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Provided, however, that if any amounts are inserted below opposite specified Insuring Agreements or Coverage, those amounts shall be controlling. Any amount set forth below shall be part of and not in addition to amounts set forth above. (If an Insuring Agreement or Coverage is to be deleted, insert Not Covered.) |
Amount applicable to: | Single Loss Limit of Liability |
Single Loss Deductible | ||
Insuring Agreement (A)-FIDELITY |
$4,000,000 | $0 | ||
Insuring Agreement (B)-ON PREMISES |
$4,000,000 | $25,000 | ||
Insuring Agreement (C)-IN TRANSIT |
$4,000,000 | $25,000 | ||
Insuring Agreement (D)-FORGERY OR ALTERATION |
$4,000,000 | $25,000 | ||
Insuring Agreement (E)-SECURITIES |
$4,000,000 | $25,000 | ||
Insuring Agreement (F)-COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY |
$4,000,000 | $25,000 | ||
Optional Insuring Agreements and Coverages |
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-Computer Systems Fraud (SR6196) |
$4,000,000 | $25,000 |
If Not Covered is inserted above opposite any specified Insuring Agreement or Coverage, such Insuring Agreement or Coverage and any other reference thereto in this bond shall be deemed to be deleted therefrom.
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Item 5. |
The liability of the Underwriter is subject to the terms of the following riders attached hereto: |
1. ERISA Compliance Rider (SR 6145b Ed.6/90);
2. NY Amendatory Rider (SR 6180b Ed.12/93);
3. Central Handling of Securities (MANU);
4. Amend Discovery to Risk Management (MANU);
5. Amend Insuring Agreement F to money issued by any country (MANU);
6. Amend Definition of Employee to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940; (MANU);
7. Cyber Exclusion (MANU)
8. Computer Systems Fraud (SR6149c Ed.12/93);
9. Amend Fidelity Insuring Agreement (MANU)
10. Amend Termination (MANU)
11. Add Notification of Cancellation (SR5834c Ed.10/87)
12. Amend Change of Control (MANU)
Item 6. |
The Insured by the acceptance of this bond gives notice to the Underwriter terminating or canceling prior bond(s) or policy(ies) No.(s) RNN757521/01/2013 such termination or cancelation to be effective as of the time this bond becomes effective. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused the facsimile signatures of its President and secretary to be affixed hereto, and has caused this policy to be signed on the Declarations Page by an authorized representative of the Company.
AXIS Reinsurance Company
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Robert J. Looney |
Andrew Weissert | |||
President |
Secretary |
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The Underwriter, in consideration of an agreed premium, and in reliance upon all statements made and information furnished to the Underwriter by the Insured in applying for this bond, and subject to the Declarations, Insuring Agreements, General Agreements, Conditions and Limitations and other terms hereof, agrees to indemnify the Insured for:
INSURING AGREEMENTS
GENERAL AGREEMENTS
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CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS
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In witness whereof, the Underwriter has caused this bond to be executed on the Declarations page.
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RIDER NO. 1
Effective date of this rider / endorsement: 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014
To be attached to and form part of Bond / Policy Number: RNN757521/01/2014
Issued to: Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund
Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund
By: Axis Reinsurance Company
It is agreed that:
1. Employee as used in the attached bond shall include any natural person who is a director or trustee of the Insured while such director or trustee is engaged in handling funds or other property of any Employee Welfare or Pension Benefit Plan owned, controlled or operated by the Insured or any natural person who is a trustee, manager, officer or employee of any such Plan.
2. If the bond, in accordance with the agreements, limitations and conditions thereof, covers loss sustained by two or more Employee Welfare or Pension Benefit Plans or sustained by any such Plan in addition to loss sustained by an Insured other than such Plan, it is the obligation of the Insured or the Plan Administrator(s) of such Plans under Regulations published by the Secretary of Labor implementing Section 13 of the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act of 1958 to obtain under one or more bonds issued by one or more Insurers an amount of coverage for each such Plan at least equal to that which would be required if such Plans were bonded separately.
3. In compliance with the foregoing, payment by the Company in accordance with the agreements, limitations and conditions of the bond shall be held by the Insured, or, if more than one, by the Insured first named, for the use and benefit of any Employee Welfare or Pension Benefit Plan sustaining loss so covered and to the extent that such payment is in excess of the amount of coverage required by such Regulations to be carried by said Plan sustaining such loss, such excess shall be held for the use and benefit of any other such Plan also covered in the event that such other Plan discovers that it has sustained loss covered thereunder.
4. If money or other property of two or more Employee Welfare or Pension Benefit Plans covered under the bond is commingled, recovery for loss of such money or other property through fraudulent or dishonest acts of Employees shall be shared by such Plans on a pro rata basis in accordance with the amount for which each such Plan is required to carry bonding coverage in accordance with the applicable provisions of said Regulations.
5. The Deductible Amount of this bond applicable to loss sustained by a Plan through acts committed by an Employee of the Plan shall be waived, but only up to an amount equal to the amount of coverage required to be carried by the Plan because of compliance with the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
6. Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any of the terms, conditions, provisions, agreements or limitations of the bond, other than as stated herein.
7. This rider is effective as of 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014.
Accepted:
ERISA RIDER
TO COMPLY WITH BONDING REGULATIONS MADE APPLICABLE
TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974.
NOTE: This rider should not be used for any insured exempted
from the bonding provisions of the Act.
REVISED TO JUNE, 1990.
All other provisions of this policy remain unchanged.
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RIDER NO. 2
Effective date of this rider / endorsement: 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014
To be attached to and form part of Bond / Policy Number: RNN757521/01/2014
Issued to: Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund
Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund
By: Axis Reinsurance Company
It is agreed that:
1. | Part (a) of the section entitled Termination or Cancelation of this bond/policy is deleted. |
2. | Cancelation of this bond/policy by the Underwriter/Company is subject to the following provisions: |
If the bond/policy has been in effect for 60 days or less, it may be canceled by the Underwriter/Company for any reason. Such cancelation shall be effective 20 days after the Underwriter/Company mails a notice of cancelation to the first-named insured at the mailing address shown in the bond/policy. However, if the bond/policy has been in effect for more than 60 days or is a renewal, then cancelation must be based on one of the following grounds:
(A) | non-payment of premium; |
(B) | conviction of a crime arising out of acts increasing the hazard insured against; |
(C) | discovery of fraud or material misrepresentation in the obtaining of the bond/policy or in the presentation of claim thereunder; |
(D) | after issuance of the bond/policy or after the last renewal date, discovery of an act or omission, or a violation of any bond/policy condition that substantially and materially increases the hazard insured against, and which occurred subsequent to inception of the current bond/policy period; |
(E) | material change in the nature or extent of the risk, occurring after issuance or last annual renewal anniversary date of the bond/policy, which causes the risk of loss to be substantially and materially increased beyond that contemplated at the time the bond/policy was issued or last renewed; |
(F) | the cancelation is required pursuant to a determination by the superintendent that continuation of the present premium volume of the insurer would jeopardize that insurers solvency or be hazardous to the interests of the insureds, the insurers creditors or the public; |
(G) | a determination by the superintendent that the continuation of the bond/policy would violate, or would place the insurer in violation of, any provision of the New York State insurance laws. |
(H) | where the insurer has reason to believe, in good faith and with sufficient cause, that there is a possible risk or danger that the insured property will be destroyed by the insured for the purpose of collecting the insurance proceeds, provided, however, that: |
(i) | a notice of cancelation on this ground shall inform the insured in plain language that the insured must act within ten days if review by the Insurance Department of the State of New York of the ground for cancelation is desired, and |
(ii) | notice of cancelation on this ground shall be provided simultaneously by the insurer to the Insurance Department of the State of New York. |
Cancelation based on one of the above grounds shall be effective 15 days after the notice of cancelation is mailed or delivered to the named insured, at the address shown on the bond/policy, and to its authorized agent or broker.
NEW YORK STATUTORY RIDER/ENDORSEMENT
FOR USE WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BONDS, STANDARD FORMS NOS. 14, 15, 24 AND 25, AND EXCESS BANK EMPLOYEE DISHONESTY BOND, STANDARD FORM NO. 28, AND COMPUTER CRIME POLICY FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. |
REVISED TO DECEMBER, 1993
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3. If the Underwriter/company elects not to replace a bond/policy at the termination of the bond/policy period, it shall notify the insured not more than 120 days nor less than 60 days before termination. If such notice is given late, the bond/policy shall continue in effect for 60 days after such notice is given. The Aggregate Limit of Liability shall not be increased or reinstated. The notice not to replace shall be mailed to the insured and its broker or agent.
4. If the Underwriter/Company elects to replace the bond/policy, but with a change of limits, reduced coverage, increased deductible, additional exclusion, or upon increased premiums in excess of ten percent (exclusive of any premium increase as a result of experience rating), the Underwriter/Company must mail written notice to the insured and its agent or broker not more than 120 days nor less than 60 days before replacement. If such notice is given late, the replacement bond/policy shall be in effect with the same terms, conditions and rates as the terminated bond/policy for 60 days after such notice is given.
5. The Underwriter/Company may elect to simply notify the insured that the bond/policy will either be not renewed or renewed with different terms, conditions or rates. In this event, the Underwriter/Company will inform the insured that a second notice will be sent at a later date specifying the Underwriters/Companys exact intention. The Underwriter/Company shall inform the insured that, in the meantime, coverage shall continue on the same terms, conditions and rates as the expiring bond/policy until the expiration date of the bond/policy or 60 days after the second notice is mailed or delivered, whichever is later.
All other provisions remain unchanged.
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RIDER NO. 3
Effective date of this rider / endorsement: 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014
To be attached to and form part of Bond / Policy Number: RNN757521/01/2014
Issued to: Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund
Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund
By: Axis Reinsurance Company
It is agreed that:
1. Those premises of Depositories listed in the following Schedule shall be deemed to be premises of the Insured but only as respects coverage on Certificated Securities:
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DEPOSITORY | LOCATION COVERED | |||
All Depositories used by the Insured |
2. Certificated Securities held by such Depository shall be deemed to be Property as defined in the attached bond to the extent of the Insureds interest therein as effected by the making of appropriate entries on the books and records of such Depository.
3. The attached bond does not afford coverage in favor of any Depository listed in the Schedule above. When the Underwriter indemnifies the Insured for a loss covered hereunder, the Insured will assign the rights and causes of action to the extent of the claim payment against the Depository, or any other entity or person against whom it has a cause of action, to the Underwriter.
4. If the rules of the Depository named in the Schedule above provide that the Insured shall be assessed for a portion of the judgment (or agreed settlement) taken by the Underwriter based upon the assignment set forth in part 3. above and the Insured actually pays such assessment, then the Underwriter will reimburse the Insured for the amount of the assessment but not exceeding the amount of loss payment by the Underwriter.
5. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014 standard time.
CENTRAL HANDLING OF SECURITIES
FOR USE WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BONDS, STANDARD FORMS NOS. 14, 24 AND 25 TO SCHEDULE THE PREMISES OF DEPOSITORIES.
REVISED TO OCTOBER, 1987
All other provisions of this policy remain unchanged. |
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RIDER NO. 4
Effective date of this rider / endorsement: 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014
To be attached to and form part of Bond / Policy Number: RNN757521/01/2014
Issued to: Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund
Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund
By: Axis Reinsurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
In consideration of the premium charged, it is agreed that:
1. | Conditions and Limitations, Section 3. Discovery is deleted and amended to read in its entirety as follows: |
DISCOVERY
Section 3. This bond applies to loss Discovered by the Risk Management, Human Resources, General Counsel or Internal Audit Departments during the Bond Period. Discovery occurs when the Risk Management, Human Resources, General Counsel or Internal Audit Departments first become aware of facts which would cause a reasonable person to assume that a loss of a type covered by this bond has been or will be incurred, regardless of when the act or acts causing or contributing to such loss occurred, even though the exact amount or details of loss may not then be known.
Discovery also occurs when the Risk Management, Human Resources, General Counsel or Internal Audit Departments receives notice of an actual or potential claim in which it is alleged that the Insured is liable to a third party under circumstances which, if true, would constitute a loss under this bond.
2. | Section 5, NOTICE/PROOFLEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST UNDERWRITER is amended by deleting subsection (a) and replacing it with the following: |
(a) | At the earliest practicable moment, not to exceed 60 days, after discovery of loss by the Risk Management, Human Resources, General Counsel or Internal Audit Departments shall give the underwriter notice thereof. |
3. | General Agreement F-NOTICE/PROOF-LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE INSURED-ELECTION TO DEFEND is hereby amended by deleting the first paragraph and replacing it with the following: |
The Risk Management, Human Resources, General Counsel or Internal Audit Departments shall notify the Underwriter at the earliest practicable moment, not exceed 60 days after notice thereof, of any legal proceeding brought to determine the Insureds liability for any loss, claim or damage, which if established, would constitute a collectible loss under this bond. Concurrently, the Insured shall furnish copies of all pleadings and pertinent papers to the Underwriter.
4. | General Agreement E- JOINT INSUREDS is amended by deleting the following sentence: |
Knowledge possessed or discovery by any Insured shall constitute knowledge or discovery by all Insureds for the purposes of this Bond.
And replacing it with:
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Knowledge possessed or Discovery by the Risk Management, Human Resources, General Counsel or Internal Audit Departments, shall constitute knowledge or discovery by the Insured for the purposes of this Bond.
5. | Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any of the terms, limitations, conditions or agreements of the attached bond other than as above stated. |
All other provisions remain unchanged.
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RIDER NO. 5
Effective date of this rider / endorsement: 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014
To be attached to and form part of Bond / Policy Number: RNN757521/01/2014
Issued to: Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund
Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund
By: Axis Reinsurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
In consideration of the premium charged, it is agreed that:
1. | Insuring Agreement (F), COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY, is deleted and amended to read in its entirety as follows: |
(F) | Loss resulting directly from the receipt by the Insured, in good faith, of any Counterfeit Money of the United Stated of America, Canada or any other country. |
2. | Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any of the terms, limitations conditions or agreements on the attached bond other than as stated above. |
All other provisions remain unchanged.
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RIDER NO. 6
Effective date of this rider / endorsement: 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014
To be attached to and form part of Bond / Policy Number: RNN757521/01/2014
Issued to: Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund
Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund
By: Axis Reinsurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
In consideration of the premium charged, it is agreed that:
1. | Definition (e) Employee, is deleted in its entirety and amended to read as follows: |
(e) | Employee means: |
(1) | each officer, director, trustee, partner or employee of the Insured, and |
(2) | each officer, director, trustee, partner or employee of any predecessor of the Insured whose principal assets are acquired by the Insured by consolidation or merger with, or purchase of assets or capital stock of, such predecessor, and |
(3) | each attorney performing legal services for the Insured and each employee of such attorney or of the law firm of such attorney while performing services for the Insured, and |
(4) | each student who is an authorized intern of the Insured, while in any of the Insureds offices, and |
(5) | each officer, director, trustee, partner or employee of |
(a) | an investment adviser, |
(b) | an underwriter (distributor), |
(c) | a transfer agent or shareholder accounting record keeper, or |
(d) | an administrator authorized by written agreement to keep financial and/or other required records, |
for an Investment Company named as an Insured, but only while
(i) | such officer, partner or employee is performing acts coming within the scope of the usual duties of an officer or employee of an Insured, or |
(ii) | such officer, director, trustee, partner or employee is acting as a member of any committee duly elected or appointed to examine or audit or have custody of or access to the Property of the Insured; |
provided, that the term Employee shall not include any officer, director, trustee, partner or employee of a transfer agent, shareholder accounting record keeper or administrator
(i) | which is not an affiliated person (as defined in Section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940) of an Investment Company named as Insured or of the adviser or underwriter of such Investment Company, or |
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(ii) | which is a Bank (as defined in Section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940), and |
(6) | each individual assigned, by contract or by any agency furnishing temporary personnel, in either case on a contingent or part-time basis, to perform the usual duties of an employee in any office of the Insured, and |
(7) | each individual assigned to perform the usual duties of an employee or officer of any entity authorized by written agreement with the Insured to perform services as electronic data processor of checks or other accounting records of the Insured, but excluding a processor which acts as transfer agent or in any other agency capacity for the Insured in issuing checks, drafts or securities, unless included under subsection (5) hereof, and |
(8) | each officer, partner or employee of any Depository or Exchange, |
any nominee in whose name is registered any Security included in the systems for the central handling of securities established and maintained by any Depository, and
any recognized service company which provides clerks or other personnel to any Depository or Exchange on a contract basis,
while such officer, partner or employee is performing services for any Depository in the operation of systems for the central handling of securities, and
(9) | in the case of an Insured which is an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)) for officers, directors or employees of another Insured (In-House Plan), any fiduciary or other plan official (within the meaning of Section 412 of ERISA) of such In-House Plan, provided that such fiduciary or other plan official is a director, partner, officer, trustee or employee of an Insured (other than an In-House Plan). |
Each employer of temporary personnel and each entity referred to in subsections (6) and (7) and their respective partners, officers and employees shall collectively be deemed to be one person for all the purposes of this Bond.
Brokers, agents, independent contractors, or representatives of the same general character shall not be considered Employees, except as provided in subsections (3), (6), and (7).
2. | Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive or extend any of the terms, limitations conditions or agreements on the attached bond other than as stated above. |
All other provisions remain unchanged.
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RIDER NO. 7
Effective date of this rider / endorsement: 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014
To be attached to and form part of Bond / Policy Number: RNN757521/01/2014
Issued to: Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund
Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund
By: Axis Reinsurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
(Cyber Information Exclusion)
THIS ENDORSEMENT CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This endorsement modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form No. 14
It is agreed that this bond shall not apply to any loss resulting directly or indirectly from the: (i) theft, disappearance, or destruction of; (ii) unauthorized use or disclosure of; (iii) unauthorized access to; or (iv) failure to protect any:
A. | confidential or non-public; or |
B. | personal or personally identifiable; |
information that any person or entity has a duty to protect under any law, rule or regulation, agreement, or industry guideline or standard; provided that this shall not apply to the extent that any unauthorized use or disclosure of a password enables a theft by an Employee of the Insured of tangible Property of the Insured or tangible Property that the Insured is holding for a third party.
Theft of tangible Property does not include the use of confidential or non-public information or personal or personally identifiable information to enable the theft of or disclosure of information.
All other provisions of this policy remain unchanged.
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RIDER NO. 8
Effective date of this rider / endorsement: 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014
To be attached to and form part of Bond / Policy Number: RNN757521/01/2014
Issued to: Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund
Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund
By: Axis Reinsurance Company
It is agreed that:
1. The attached bond is amended by adding an Insuring Agreement as follows:
COMPUTER SYSTEMS FRAUD
Loss resulting directly from a fraudulent
(1) | entry of Electronic Data or Computer Program into, or |
(2) | change of Electronic Data or Computer Program within |
any Computer System operated by the Insured, whether owned or leased; or any Computer System identified in the application for this bond; or a Computer System first used by the Insured during the Bond Period, as provided by General Agreement B of this bond;
provided that the entry or change causes
(i) | Property to be transferred, paid or delivered, |
(ii) | an account of the Insured, or of its customer, to be added, deleted, debited or credited, or |
(iii) | an unauthorized account or a fictitious account to be debited or credited. |
In this Insuring Agreement, fraudulent entry or change shall include such entry or change made by an Employee of the Insured acting in good faith
(a) | on an instruction from a software contractor who has a written agreement with the Insured to design, implement or service programs for a Computer System covered by this Insuring Agreement, or |
(b) | on an instruction transmitted by Tested telex or similar means of Tested communication (except a Telefacsimile Device) identified in the application for this bond purportedly sent by a customer, financial institution or automated clearing house. |
2. In addition to the Conditions and Limitations in the bond, the following, applicable to the Computer Systems Fraud Insuring Agreement, are added:
DEFINITIONS
(A) | Computer Program means a set of related electronic instructions which direct the operations and functions of a computer or devices connected to it which enable the computer or devices to receive, process, store or send Electronic Data; |
(B) | Computer System means |
(1) | computers with related peripheral components, including storage components wherever located, |
(2) | systems and applications software, |
(3) | terminal devices, and |
(4) | related communication networks |
by which Electronic Data are electronically collected, transmitted, processed, stored and retrieved;
(C) | Electronic Data means facts or information converted to a form usable in a Computer System by Computer Programs, and which is stored on magnetic tapes or disks, or optical storage disks or other bulk media. |
(D) | Telefacsimile Device means a machine capable of sending or receiving a duplicate image of a document by means of electronic impulses transmitted through a telephone line and which reproduces the duplicate image on paper; |
(E) | Tested means a method of authenticating the contents of a communication by placing a valid test key on it which has been agreed upon between the Insured and a customer, automated clearing house, or another financial institution for the purpose of protecting the integrity of the communication in the ordinary course of business. |
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EXCLUSIONS
(A) | loss resulting directly or indirectly from the assumption of liability by the Insured by contract unless the liability arises from a loss covered by the Computer Systems Fraud Insuring Agreement and would be imposed on the Insured regardless of the existence of the contract; |
(B) | loss resulting directly or indirectly from negotiable instruments, securities, documents or other written instruments which bear a forged signature, or are counterfeit, altered or otherwise fraudulent and which are used as source documentation in the preparation of Electronic Data or manually keyed into a data terminal; |
(C) | loss resulting directly or indirectly from |
(1) | mechanical failure, faulty construction, error in design, latent defect, fire, wear or tear, gradual deterioration, electrical disturbance or electrical surge which affects a Computer System, or |
(2) | failure or breakdown of electronic data processing media, or |
(3) | error or omission in programming or processing; |
(D) | loss resulting directly or indirectly from the input of Electronic Data into a Computer System terminal device either on the premises of a customer of the Insured or under the control of such a customer by a person who had authorized access to the customers authentication mechanism; |
(E) | loss resulting directly or indirectly from the theft of confidential information. |
SERIES OF LOSSES
All loss or series of losses involving the fraudulent acts of one individual, or involving fraudulent acts in which one individual is implicated, whether or not that individual is specifically identified, shall be treated as a Single Loss and subject to the Single Loss Limit of Liability. A series of losses involving unidentified individuals but arising from the same method of operation shall be deemed to involve the same individual and in that event shall be treated as a Single Loss and subject to the Single Loss Limit of Liability.
3. The exclusion below, as found in the attached bond, does not apply to the Computer Systems Fraud Insuring Agreement.
loss involving any Uncertificated Security except an Uncertificated Security of any Federal Reserve Bank of the United States or when covered under Insuring Agreement (A);
4. This rider shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014.
All other provisions of this policy remain unchanged.
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COMPUTER SYSTEMS FRAUD INSURING AGREEMENT
FOR USE WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, STANDARD FORM NO. 24
REVISED DECEMBER, 1993
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SR 6149c |
RIDER NO. 9
Effective date of this rider / endorsement: 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014
To be attached to and form part of Bond / Policy Number: RNN757521/01/2014
Issued to: Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund
Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund
By: Axis Reinsurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
(Amend Fidelity Insuring Agreement)
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
It is agreed that:
I. | The first paragraph of Insuring Agreement (A) FIDELITY is replaced with the following: |
Loss resulting directly from dishonest or fraudulent acts, including Larceny or Embezzlement, committed by an Employee acting alone or in collusion with others.
II. | For the purposes of this rider, the terms Larceny and Embezzlement shall have the same meaning given to such terms in Section 37 of The Investment Company Act of 1940. |
All other provisions of this policy remain unchanged.
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Authorized Representative |
June 10, 2014 |
Date |
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RIDER NO. 10
Effective date of this rider / endorsement: 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014
To be attached to and form part of Bond / Policy Number: RNN757521/01/2014
Issued to: Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund
Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund
By: Axis Reinsurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
(Securities and Exchange Commission Notification)
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
It is agreed that:
I. | In the event that this bond is cancelled, terminated, or Substantially Modified, the Underwriter agrees to use its best efforts to notify the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) within sixty (60) days following such cancellation, termination, or modification, whether such cancellation, termination, or modification is at the request of the Insured or the Underwriter. Failure on the part of the Underwriter to provide such notice shall not impair or delay the effectiveness of such cancellation, termination, or modification, nor shall the Underwriter be held liable in any way for such failure. |
II. | For the purposes of this rider, Substantially Modified means a change in the type or amount of fidelity bond coverage, or a change in the exclusions of this bond, or any change in the bond so that it no longer meets the requirements of the applicable SEC laws and regulations. |
All other provisions of this policy remain unchanged.
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Authorized Representative |
June 10, 2014 |
Date |
Includes copyright material of The Surety Association of America |
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RIDER NO. 11
Effective date of this rider / endorsement: 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014
To be attached to and form part of Bond / Policy Number: RNN757521/01/2014
Issued to: Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund
Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund
By: Axis Reinsurance Company
It is agreed that:
1. The attached bond shall not be canceled, as provided in parts (a) and (b) of Section 12. or modified by rider except after written notice shall have been given by the acting party to the affected party, and to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., not less than sixty days prior to the effective date of such cancelation or modification.
2. | This rider shall become effective when the bond becomes effective on May 25, 2014. |
All other provisions of this policy remain unchanged.
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Authorized Representative |
June 10, 2014 |
Date |
S.E.C.SOLE INSURED CANCELATION CLAUSE RIDER
FOR USE WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, STANDARD FROM NO. 14, WHEN ISSUED TO A REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY COVERED AS A SOLE INSURED, TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
REVISED TO OCTOBER, 1987
SR 5834c |
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RIDER NO. 12
Effective date of this rider / endorsement: 12:01 a.m. on May 25, 2014
To be attached to and form part of Bond / Policy Number: RNN757521/01/2014
Issued to: Blackstone/GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund
Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund
Blackstone/GSO Strategic Credit Fund
By: Axis Reinsurance Company
MANUSCRIPT RIDER
(Amend Change of Control)
THIS RIDER CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
This rider modifies insurance provided under the following:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BOND, Standard Form 14
It is agreed that the first two paragraphs of Section C. CHANGE OF CONTROL NOTICE of the GENERAL AGREEMENTS are replaced with the following:
When the Insured learns of a change in control, it shall give written notice to the Underwriter as soon as practicable, but in no event later than thirty (30) days, after such change in control has occurred. Such notice shall contain the names of the transferors and the transferees (or the names of the beneficial owners if the voting securities are requested in another name), the total number of voting securities owned by the transferors and the transferees (or the beneficial owners), both immediately before and after the transfer, and the total number of outstanding voting securities.
As used in this General Agreement, control shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company, unless such power is solely the result of an official position with such company. A change in ownership of voting securities of a company which results in direct or indirect ownership by a securities holder or an affiliated group of securities holders of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of such voting securities shall be presumed to result in a change in control for the purpose of giving the required notice.
All other provisions of this policy remain unchanged.
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Authorized Representative |
June 10, 2014 |
Date |
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BLACKSTONE / GSO SENIOR FLOATING RATE TERM FUND
BLACKSTONE / GSO LONG-SHORT CREDIT INCOME FUND
BLACKSTONE / GSO STRATEGIC CREDIT FUND
May 22, 2014
As approved by at least a majority of the non-interested Trustees of the Trust
RESOLVED: |
That the appropriate officers of Blackstone / GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund, Blackstone / GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund and Blackstone / GSO Strategic Credit Fund (the Funds) be, and each hereby is, authorized and directed to take and/or ratify all necessary action for the Funds to purchase Axis Insurance Company fidelity bond coverage (Fidelity Bond); and further | |
RESOLVED: |
That it is the finding of the Board of Trustees of the Funds that the Fidelity Bond covering, among others, officers and employees of each Fund in accordance with the requirements of Rule 17g-1 under the 1940 Act, is reasonable in form and amount, after having given due consideration to, among other things, the value of the aggregate assets of each Fund to which any person covered under the Fidelity Bond may have access, the type and terms of the arrangements made for the custody and safekeeping of each Funds assets and the nature of the securities in each Funds portfolio; and further | |
RESOLVED: |
That the portion of the total premium for the Fidelity Bond to be allocated to each Fund based on its managed assets be, and hereby is, approved by a vote of the Board of Trustees of the Funds (all trustees voting) and separately by a vote of the Independent Trustees, after having given due consideration to, among other things, the number of the other parties named as insureds, the nature of the business activities of such other parties, the amount of the Fidelity Bond, the amount of the premiums for the Fidelity Bond, the ratable allocation of the premiums among all parties named as insureds, and the extent to which the share of the premium allocated to each Fund is less than the premium each Fund would have had to pay if it had provided and maintained a fidelity bond which covers only one Fund as the insured; and further | |
RESOLVED: |
That the Fidelity Bond, substantially based on the materials presented, be, and hereby is, approved by a vote of the Board of Trustees (all trustees voting) and separately by the Independent Trustees; and further |
RESOLVED: |
That the appropriate officers of each Fund be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to enter into an agreement as required by paragraph (f) of Rule 17g-1 under the 1940 Act with the other named insureds under the Fidelity Bond providing that in the event any recovery is received under the Fidelity Bond as a result of a loss sustained by each Fund and also by one or more of the other named insureds, each Fund shall receive an equitable and proportionate share of the recovery, but in no event less than the amount it would have received had it obtained and maintained a single insured bond with the minimum coverage required by paragraph (d) (1) of such Rule 17g-1; and further | |
RESOLVED: |
That the appropriate officers of the Funds be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to prepare, execute and file such amendments and supplements to the aforesaid agreement, and to take such other action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to conform to the provisions of the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; and further | |
RESOLVED: |
That the Secretary of the Funds shall file the Fidelity Bond with the Securities and Exchange Commission and give the notices required under paragraph (g) of Rule 17g-1 under the 1940 Act. |
Agreement Among Joint Insureds
This Agreement is made as of May 22, 2014 by and among Blackstone / GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund, Blackstone / GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund and Blackstone / GSO Strategic Credit Fund (the Funds).
WHEREAS the Funds are named as insureds under a joint fidelity bond (the Bond) issued by Axis Reinsurance Company (the Insurer);
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:
In the event that the claims of loss of multiple Funds under the Bond are so related that the Insurer is entitled to assert that the claims must be aggregated, each Fund shall receive an equitable and proportionate share of the recovery, but at least equal to the amount it would have received had it provided and maintained a single insured bond with the minimum coverage requirements under Rule 17g-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF each party has caused this Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date and year first written above.
Blackstone / GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund | ||
Blackstone / GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund | ||
Blackstone / GSO Strategic Credit Fund | ||
By: | /s/ Marisa Beeney | |
Marisa Beeney | ||
Secretary, Chief Legal Officer and Chief | ||
Compliance Officer |