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Exhibit (k)(4)
FORM OF SUB-ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
     AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) made as of [___], 2010 by and between MCC Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter referred to as the “Administrator”) and Medley Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter referred to as the “Sub-Administrator”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, Administrator serves as administrator of the Medley Capital Corporation (the “Corporation”), which is a newly organized closed-end management investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (hereinafter referred to as the “1940 Act”);
     WHEREAS, the Administrator desires to retain the Sub-Administrator to provide sub-administrative services to the Corporation in the manner and on the terms hereinafter set forth; and
     WHEREAS, the Sub-Administrator is willing to provide sub-administrative services to the Corporation on the terms and conditions hereafter set forth.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants hereinafter contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the Administrator and the Sub-Administrator hereby agree as follows:
1. Duties of the Sub-Administrator
     (a) Employment of Sub-Administrator. The Administrator hereby employs the Sub-Administrator to act as sub-administrator of the Corporation, and to furnish the administrative services, personnel and facilities described below, subject to review by and the overall control of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, for the period and on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Sub-Administrator hereby accepts such employment and agrees during such period to render such services and to assume the obligations herein set forth subject to the reimbursement of costs and expenses provided for below. The Sub-Administrator and such others shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be independent contractors and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized herein, have no authority to act for or represent the Corporation in any way or otherwise be deemed agents of the Corporation.
     (b) Services. The Sub-Administrator shall perform (or oversee, or arrange for, the performance of) the administrative services necessary for the operation of the Corporation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Sub-Administrator shall provide the Corporation with office facilities, equipment, clerical, bookkeeping and record keeping services at such facilities and such other services as the Sub-Administrator, subject to review by the

 


 

Board of Directors of the Corporation, shall from time to time determine to be necessary or useful to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Sub-Administrator shall also, on behalf of the Corporation, arrange for the services of, and oversee, custodians, depositories, transfer agents, dividend disbursing agents, other stockholder servicing agents, accountants, attorneys, underwriters, brokers and dealers, corporate fiduciaries, insurers, banks and such other persons in any such other capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable. The Sub-Administrator shall make reports to the Corporation’s Board of Directors of its performance of obligations hereunder and furnish advice and recommendations with respect to such other aspects of the business and affairs of the Corporation as it shall determine to be desirable; provided that nothing herein shall be construed to require the Sub-Administrator to, and the Sub-Administrator shall not, in its capacity as sub-administrator, provide any advice or recommendation relating to the securities and other assets that the Corporation should purchase, retain or sell or any other investment advisory services to the Corporation. The Sub-Administrator shall be responsible for the financial and other records that the Corporation is required to maintain and shall prepare reports to stockholders, and reports and other materials filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or any other regulatory authority, including, but not limited to, reports on Forms 8-K, 10-Q and periodic reports to stockholders. At the Corporation’s request, the Sub-Administrator will provide on the Corporation’s behalf significant managerial assistance to those portfolio companies to which the Corporation is required to provide such assistance. In addition, the Sub-Administrator will assist the Corporation in determining and publishing the Corporation’s net asset value, overseeing the preparation and filing of the Corporation’s tax returns, and the printing and dissemination of reports to stockholders of the Corporation, and generally overseeing the payment of the Corporation’s expenses and the performance of administrative and professional services rendered to the Corporation by others.
2. Records
     To the extent that the Corporation chooses to be treated as a Business Development Company under the 1940 Act, the Sub-Administrator agrees to maintain and keep all books, accounts and other records of the Corporation that relate to activities performed by the Sub-Administrator hereunder and, if required by any applicable statutes, rules and regulations, including without limitation, the 1940 Act, will maintain and keep such books, accounts and records in accordance with such statutes, rules and regulations. In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940 Act, the Sub-Administrator agrees that all records which it maintains for the Corporation shall at all times remain the property of the Corporation, shall be readily accessible during normal business hours, and shall be promptly surrendered upon the termination of the Agreement or otherwise on written request. The Sub-Administrator further agrees that all records which it maintains for the Corporation pursuant to Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act will be preserved for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act unless any such records are earlier surrendered as provided above. Records shall be surrendered in usable machine-readable form. The Sub-Administrator shall have the right to retain copies of such records subject to observance of its confidentiality obligations under this Agreement.

 


 

3. Confidentiality
     The parties hereto agree that each shall treat confidentially all information provided by each party to the other regarding its business and operations. All confidential information provided by a party hereto, including nonpublic personal information of natural persons pursuant to Regulation S-P of the SEC, shall be used by any other party hereto solely for the purpose of rendering services pursuant to this Agreement and, except as may be required in carrying out this Agreement, shall not be disclosed to any third party, without the prior consent of such providing party. The foregoing shall not be applicable to any information that is publicly available when provided or thereafter becomes publicly available other than through a breach of this Agreement, or that is required to be disclosed by any regulatory authority, any authority or legal counsel of the parties hereto, by judicial or administrative process or otherwise by applicable law or regulation.
4. Compensation; Allocation of Costs and Expenses
     In full consideration of the provision of the services of the Sub-Administrator, the Corporation shall reimburse the Administrator and the Administrator shall reimburse the Sub-Administrator for the costs and expenses incurred by the Sub-Administrator in performing its obligations and providing personnel and facilities hereunder.
     The Corporation will bear all costs and expenses that are incurred in its operation and transactions not specifically assumed by the Corporation’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”), pursuant to that certain Investment Management Agreement, dated as of [____], 2010 by and between the Corporation and the Adviser. Costs and expenses to be borne by the Corporation include, but are not limited to, those relating to: organization and offering; valuing the Corporation’s assets and computing its net asset value per share (including the cost and expenses of any independent valuation firms, consultants or appraisers); expenses incurred by the Adviser or payable to third parties, including agents, consultants or other advisors and travel expense, in monitoring financial and legal affairs for the Corporation and in monitoring the Corporation’s investments and enforcing the Corporation’s rights in respect of such investments; performing due diligence on the Corporation’s prospective portfolio companies; interest payable on debt, if any, incurred to finance the Corporation’s investments; distributions on shares; offerings and repurchases of the Corporation’s common stock and other securities; investment advisory and management fees; administration fees, if any, payable under this Agreement; transfer agent and custody fees and expenses; the allocated costs of providing managerial assistance to those portfolio companies that require it; fees payable to third parties, including agents, consultants or other advisors, relating to, or associated with, evaluating and making and disposing of investments; brokerage fees and commissions; the Corporation’s dues, fees and charges of any trade association of which the Corporation is a member as well as fees and expenses associated with marketing efforts (including attendance at investment conferences and similar events); 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, registration statements, prospectuses or other documents required by the SEC, including printing costs; costs of any reports, proxy statements or other notices to stockholders, including printing and mailing costs; the expenses of holding shareholder meetings; 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 and operation, including printing, mailing, long distance telephone, copying, secretarial and other staff, independent auditors and outside legal costs; litigation and indemnification and other extraordinary or non recurring expenses; and all other expenses incurred by the Corporation or the Sub-Administrator in connection with administering the Corporation’s business, including payments under this Agreement based upon the Corporation’s allocable portion of the Sub-Administrator’s overhead in performing its obligations under this Agreement, including rent and the allocable portion of the cost of the Corporation’s officers and their respective staffs.
5. Limitation of Liability of the Sub-Administrator; Indemnification
     The Sub-Administrator, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, managers, partners, agents, employees, controlling persons, members, and any other person or entity affiliated with any of them (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”, shall not be liable to the Corporation for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Sub-Administrator in connection with the performance of any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement or otherwise as sub-administrator for the Corporation, and the Administrator shall indemnify, defend and protect the Sub-Administrator (and its officers, managers, partners, agents, employees, controlling persons, members, and any other person or entity affiliated with the Sub-Administrator, including without limitation the Indemnified Parties (each of whom shall be deemed a third party beneficiary hereof) and hold them harmless from and against all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) incurred by the Indemnified Parties in or by reason of any pending, threatened or completed action, suit, investigation or other proceeding (including an action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation or its security holders) arising out of or otherwise based upon the performance of any of the Sub-Administrator’s duties or obligations under this Agreement or otherwise as sub-administrator for the Corporation. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence of this Paragraph 5 to the contrary, nothing contained herein shall protect or be deemed to protect the Indemnified Parties against or entitle or be deemed to entitle the Indemnified Parties to indemnification in respect of, any liability to the Corporation or its security holders to which the Indemnified Parties would otherwise be subject by reason of criminal conduct, willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of the Sub-Administrator’s duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of the Sub-Administrator’s duties and obligations under this Agreement.
6. Activities of the Sub-Administrator
     The services of the Sub-Administrator to the Corporation are not to be deemed to be exclusive, and the Sub-Administrator and each other person providing services as arranged by the Sub-Administrator is free to render services to others. It is understood that directors, officers, employees and stockholders of the Corporation are or may become interested in the Sub-Administrator and its affiliates, as directors, officers, members, managers, employees, partners, stockholders or otherwise, and that the Sub-Administrator and directors, officers, members, managers, employees, partners and stockholders of the Sub-Administrator and its affiliates are or may become similarly interested in the Corporation as officers, directors, stockholders or otherwise.

 


 

7. Duration and Termination of this Agreement
     This Agreement shall become effective as of the date hereof, and shall remain in force with respect to the Corporation for two years thereafter, and thereafter continue from year to year, but only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the Board of Directors of the Corporation and (ii) a majority of those members of the Corporation’s Board of Directors who are not parties to this Agreement or “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of any such party.
     This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by vote of the Corporation’s Board of Directors, or by the Sub-Administrator, upon 60 days’ written notice to the other party (which notice may be waived by such other party).
8. Amendments of this Agreement
     This Agreement may not be amended or modified expect by an instrument in writing signed by all parties hereto.
9. Assignment.
     This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Neither party may assign (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act and the regulations thereunder), delegate or otherwise transfer this Agreement or any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party. Any assignment by either party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be pursuant to a written assignment agreement in which the assignee expressly assumed the assigning party’s rights and obligations hereunder.
10. Governing Law
     This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York and the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, if any. To the extent that the applicable laws of the State of New York, or any of the provisions herein, conflict with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, if any, the latter shall control. The parties unconditionally and irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in the State of New York and waive any objection with respect thereto, for the purpose of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
11. No Waiver
     The failure of either party to enforce at any time for any period the provisions of or any rights deriving from this Agreement shall not be construed to be a waver of such provisions or rights or the right of such party thereafter to enforce such provisions, and no waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing by all parties hereto.

 


 

12. Severability
     If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.
13. Headings
     The descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
14. Counterparts
     This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original instrument and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
15. Notices
     All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by overnight courier service (with signature required), by facsimile, or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at their respective principal executive office addresses.
16. Entire Agreement
     This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first above written.
         
  MCC ADVISORS LLC
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Brook Taube   
    Title:   Managing Member   
 
  MEDLEY CAPITAL LLC
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Andrew Fentress   
    Title:   Managing Member