Common use of Dealings with Affiliates Clause in Contracts

Dealings with Affiliates. No officer, Trustee or agent of the Trust and no officer, director or agent of any investment advisor shall deal for or on behalf of the Trust with himself as principal or agent, or with any partnership, association or corporation in which he has a material financial interest; provided that the foregoing provisions shall not prevent (a) officers and Trustees of the Trust from buying, holding or selling shares in the Trust, or from being partners, officers or directors of or financially interested in any investment advisor to the Trust or in any corporation, firm or association which may at any time have a distributor’s or principal underwriter’s contract with the Trust; (b) purchases or sales of securities or other property if such transaction is permitted by or is exempt or exempted from the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) or any Rule or Regulation thereunder and if such transaction does not involve any commission or profit to any security dealer who is, or one or more of whose partners, shareholders, officers or directors is, an officer or Trustees of the Trust or an officer or director of the investment advisor, manager or principal underwriter of the Trust; (c) employment of legal counsel, registrar, transfer agent, shareholder services, dividend disbursing agent or custodian who is, or has a partner, stockholder, officer or director who is, an officer or Trustee of the Trust; or (d) sharing statistical, research and management expenses, including office hire and services, with any other company in which an officer or Trustee of the Trust is an officer or director or financially interested.

Dealings with Affiliates. No officer, Trustee or agent of the Trust and no officer, director or agent of any investment advisor shall deal for or on behalf of the Trust with himself as principal or agent, or with any partnership, association or corporation in which he has a material financial interest; provided that the foregoing provisions shall not prevent (a) officers and Trustees of the Trust from buying, holding or selling shares in the Trust, or from being partners, officers or directors of or financially interested in any investment advisor to the Trust or in any corporation, firm or association which may at any time have a distributor’s 's or principal underwriter’s 's contract with the Trust; (b) purchases or sales of securities or other property if such transaction is permitted by or is exempt or exempted from the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) or any Rule or Regulation thereunder and if such transaction does not involve any commission or profit to any security dealer who is, or one or more of whose partners, shareholders, officers or directors is, an officer or Trustees of the Trust or an officer or director of the investment advisor, manager or principal underwriter of the Trust; (c) employment of legal counsel, registrar, transfer agent, shareholder services, dividend disbursing agent or custodian who is, or has a partner, stockholder, officer or director who is, an officer or Trustee of the Trust; or (d) sharing statistical, research and management expenses, including office hire and services, with any other company in which an officer or Trustee of the Trust is an officer or director or financially interested.

Dealings with Affiliates. No officer, Trustee or agent of the Trust and no officer, director or agent of any investment advisor shall deal for or on behalf of the Trust with himself as principal or agent, or with any partnership, association or corporation in which he has a material financial interest; , provided that the foregoing provisions provision shall not prevent prevent: (a) officers Officers and Trustees of the Trust from buying, holding or selling shares in the Trust, Trust or from being partners, officers or directors Directors of or financially interested in any the investment advisor to adviser or distributor, if any, of the Trust; (b) Purchases of investments for the portfolio of the Trust or in any corporation, firm or association which may at any time have a distributor’s or principal underwriter’s contract with the Trust; (b) purchases or sales of investments owned by the Trust through a securities or other property if such transaction is permitted by or is exempt or exempted from the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) or any Rule or Regulation thereunder and if such transaction does not involve any commission or profit to any security dealer who is, or one or more of whose partners, shareholdersstockholders, officers or directors Directors is, an officer or Trustees of the Trust or an officer or director of the investment advisor, manager or principal underwriter Trustee of the Trust; , if such transactions are handled in the capacity of broker only and commissions charged to the Trust do not exceed customary brokerage charges for such services; (c) employment Employment of legal counsel, registrar, transfer agent, shareholder services, dividend disbursing agent or custodian who is, or has a partner, stockholder, officer or director who is, an officer or Trustee of the Trust; or , if only customary fees are charged for services to the Trust; (d) sharing Sharing statistical, research and management expenses, including office hire and services, with any other company in which an officer or Trustee of the Trust is an officer or director or financially interested; (e) Transactions for which an exemption has been obtained pursuant to Section 17(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Dealings with Affiliates. No officer, Trustee or agent of the Trust and no officer, director or agent of any investment advisor shall deal for or on behalf of the Trust with himself as principal or agent, or with any partnership, association or corporation in which he has a material financial interest; provided that the foregoing provisions shall not prevent (a) officers and Trustees of the Trust from buying, holding or selling shares in the Trust, or from being partners, officers or directors of or financially xxxxx-cially interested in any investment advisor to the Trust or in any corporation, firm or association which may at any time have a distributor’s 's or principal underwriter’s 's contract with the Trust; (b) purchases or sales of securities or other property if such transaction is permitted by or is exempt or exempted from the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) or any Rule or Regulation thereunder there-under and if such transaction does not involve any commission or profit to any security dealer who is, or one or more of whose partners, shareholders, officers or directors is, an officer or Trustees of the Trust or an officer or director of the investment advisor, manager or principal underwriter of the Trust; (c) employment of legal counsel, registrar, transfer agent, shareholder services, dividend disbursing disburs-ing agent or custodian who is, or has a partner, stockholder, officer or director who is, an officer or Trustee of the Trust; or (d) sharing statistical, research and management expenses, including office hire and services, with any other company in which an officer or Trustee of the Trust is an officer or director or financially interested.

Dealings with Affiliates. No officer, Trustee Director or agent of the Trust and no officer, director or agent of any investment advisor shall deal for or on behalf of the Trust with himself as principal or agent, or with any partnership, association or corporation in which he has a material financial interest; , provided that the foregoing provisions provision shall not prevent prevent: (a) officers Officers and Trustees Directors of the Trust from buying, holding or selling shares in the Trust, Trust or from being partners, officers or directors Directors of or financially interested in any the investment advisor to adviser or distributor, if any, of the Trust; (b) Purchases of investments for the portfolio of the Trust or in any corporation, firm or association which may at any time have a distributor’s or principal underwriter’s contract with the Trust; (b) purchases or sales of investments owned by the Trust through a securities or other property if such transaction is permitted by or is exempt or exempted from the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) or any Rule or Regulation thereunder and if such transaction does not involve any commission or profit to any security dealer who is, or one or more of whose partners, shareholdersstockholders, officers or directors Directors is, an officer or Trustees of the Trust or an officer or director of the investment advisor, manager or principal underwriter Director of the Trust; , if such transactions are handled in the capacity of broker only and commissions charged to the Trust do not exceed customary brokerage charges for such services; (c) employment Employment of legal counsel, registrar, transfer agent, shareholder services, dividend disbursing agent or custodian who is, or has a partner, stockholder, officer or director who is, an officer or Trustee director of the Trust; or , if only customary fees are charged for services to the Trust; (d) sharing Sharing statistical, research and management expenses, including office hire and services, with any other company in which an officer or Trustee Director of the Trust is an officer or director or financially interested; (e) Transactions for which an exemption has been obtained pursuant to Section 17(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.