Appointment of Manager as Selling Agent; Terms Agreement For purposes of selling the Shares through the Manager, the Company hereby appoints the Manager as exclusive agent of the Company for the purpose of selling the Shares of the Company pursuant to this Agreement and the Manager agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Shares on the terms and subject to the conditions stated herein. The Company agrees that, whenever it determines to sell the Shares directly to the Manager as principal, it will enter into a separate agreement (each, a “Terms Agreement”) in substantially the form of Annex I hereto, relating to such sale in accordance with Section 2 of this Agreement.
Appointment as Distributor Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company hereby appoints you as its distributor for the purpose of offering the Notes for sale on a continuous basis, unless such offering of Notes is terminated by the Company. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, you hereby accept such appointment. In this capacity you will act as the Company’s agent and follow the Company’s written or oral instructions in offering or soliciting purchases of the Notes on behalf of the Company. All sales or solicitations to purchase the Notes shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
Appointment as Sub-Adviser The Adviser hereby retains the Sub-Adviser to act as investment adviser for and to manage the Sub-Adviser Assets, subject to the supervision of the Adviser and the Board and subject to the terms of this Agreement; and the Sub-Adviser hereby accepts such employment. In such capacity, the Sub-Adviser shall be responsible for the investment management of the Sub-Adviser Assets. The Sub-Adviser agrees to exercise the same skill and care in performing its services under this Agreement as the Sub-Adviser exercises in performing similar services with respect to other fiduciary accounts for which the Sub-Adviser has investment responsibilities.
Appointment of USBFS as Transfer Agent The Trust hereby appoints USBFS as transfer agent of the Trust on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and USBFS hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the services and duties set forth in this Agreement. The services and duties of USBFS shall be confined to those matters expressly set forth herein, and no implied duties are assumed by or may be asserted against USBFS hereunder.
Appointment as Sub-Advisor The Advisor hereby appoints the Sub-Advisor to act as investment adviser for and to manage the Sub-Advisor Assets, subject to the supervision of the Advisor and the Board of Trustees of the Trust, and subject to the terms of this Agreement; and the Sub-Advisor hereby accepts such appointment. In such capacity, the Sub-Advisor shall be responsible for the investment management of the Sub-Advisor Assets. The Sub-Advisor agrees to exercise the same degree of skill, care and diligence in performing its services under this Agreement as the Sub-Advisor exercises in performing similar services with respect to other fiduciary accounts for which the Sub-Advisor has investment responsibilities, and that a prudent manager would exercise under the circumstances.
Appointment of Quasar as Distributor The Trust hereby appoints the Distributor as its agent for the sale and distribution of Shares of the Fund in jurisdictions wherein the Shares may be legally offered for sale, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the Distributor hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the services and duties set forth in this Agreement. The services and duties of the Distributor shall be confined to those matters expressly set forth herein, and no implied duties are assumed by or may be asserted against the Distributor hereunder.
Appointment as Subadviser Subject to and in accordance with the provisions hereof, Manager hereby appoints Subadviser as investment subadviser to perform the various investment advisory and other services to the Fund set forth herein and, subject to the restrictions set forth herein, hereby delegates to Subadviser the authority vested in Manager pursuant to the Management Contract to the extent necessary to enable Subadviser to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
Investment Adviser Principal Underwriter and Transfer Agent Section 5.1
Appointment of the Underwriter The Fund hereby appoints the Underwriter as the principal underwriter and distributor of the Fund to sell to the public shares of its Class A Common Stock (the "Class A shares"), Class B Common Stock (the "Class B shares"), Class C Common Stock (the "Class C shares"), Advisor Class Common Stock (the "Advisor Class shares"), Class R Common Stock (the "Class R shares") and shares of such other class or classes as the Fund and the Underwriter shall from time to time mutually agree in writing shall become subject to this Agreement (the "New shares") (the Class A shares, the Class B shares, the Class C shares, the Advisor Class shares, the Class R shares and the New shares being collectively referred to herein as the "shares") and hereby agrees during the term of this Agreement to sell shares to the Underwriter upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.
NO REGISTRATION AS A DEALER The Investor is not and will not be required to be registered as a "dealer" under the 1934 Act, either as a result of its execution and performance of its obligations under this Agreement or otherwise.
