Common use of Investment Advisory and Management Services Clause in Contracts

Investment Advisory and Management Services. (a) The Adviser ------------------------------------------- shall provide to the Trust investment guidance and policy direction in connection with the management of the portfolio of each Fund, including oral and written money market research, analysis, advice, statistical and economic data and information and judgments, of both a macroeconomic and microeconomic character, concerning, among other things, interest rate trends, money market portfolio composition, credit conditions of both a general and specific nature and the average maturity of the portfolio of each Fund. (b) The Adviser shall also provide to the Trust's officers administrative assistance in connection with the operation of the Trust and each of the Funds. Administrative services provided by the Adviser shall include (i) data processing, clerical bookkeeping services required in connection with maintaining the financial accounts and records for the Trust and each of the Funds, (ii) the compilation of statistical and research data required for the preparation of periodic reports and statements of each of the Funds which are distributed to the Trust's officers and Board of Trustees, (iii) handling, or causing to be handled, general shareholder relations with Fund investors, such as advice as to the status of their accounts, the current yield and dividends declared to date and assistance with other questions related to their accounts, (iv) the compilation of information required in connection with the Trust's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and (v) such other services as the Adviser shall from time to time determine, upon consultation with the Sponsor, to be necessary or useful to the administration of the Trust and each of the Funds. (c) As a manager of the assets of each Fund, the Adviser shall make investments for the account of each Fund in accordance with the Adviser's best judgment and within the investment objective and restrictions of each such Fund set forth in the Trust's Declaration of Trust, the Prospectus of each such Fund, the 1940 Act and the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to regulated investment companies, subject to policy decisions adopted by the Trust's Board of Trustees. The Adviser shall advise the Trust's Officers and Board of Trustees, at such times as the Board of Trustees may specify, of investments made for each of the Funds and shall, when requested by the Trust's Officers or Board of Trustees, supply the reasons for making particular investments. (d) The Adviser shall furnish to the Board of Trustees periodic reports on the investment performance of each Fund and on the performance of its obligations under this Contract and shall supply such additional reports and information as the Trust's Officers or Board of Trustees shall reasonably request.

Investment Advisory and Management Services. (a) The Adviser ------------------------------------------- shall provide to the Trust investment guidance and policy direction in connection with the management of the portfolio of each Fund, including oral and written money market research, analysis, advice, statistical and economic data and information and judgments, of both a macroeconomic and microeconomic character, concerning, among other things, interest rate trends, money market portfolio composition, credit conditions of both a general and specific nature and the average maturity of the portfolio of each Fund. (b) The Adviser shall also provide to the Trust's officers administrative assistance in connection with the operation of the Trust and each of the Funds. Administrative services provided by the Adviser shall include (i) data processing, clerical bookkeeping services required in connection with maintaining the financial accounts and records for the Trust and each of the Funds, (ii) the compilation of statistical and research data required for the preparation of periodic reports and statements of each of the Funds which are distributed to the Trust's officers and Board of Trustees, (iii) handling, or causing to be handled, general shareholder relations with Fund investors, such as advice as to the status of their accounts, the current yield and dividends declared to date and assistance with other questions related to their accounts, (iv) the compilation of information required in connection with the Trust's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and (v) such other services as the Adviser shall from time to time determine, upon consultation with the Sponsor, to be necessary or useful to the administration of the Trust and each of the Funds. (c) As a manager of the assets of each Fund, the Adviser shall make investments for the account of each Fund in accordance with the Adviser's best judgment and within the investment objective and restrictions of each such Fund set forth in the Trust's Declaration of Trust, the Prospectus of each such Fund, the 1940 Act and the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to regulated investment companies, subject to policy decisions adopted by the Trust's Board of Trustees. The Adviser shall advise the Trust's Officers and Board of Trustees, at such times as the Board of Trustees may specify, of investments made for each of the Funds and shall, when requested by the Trust's Officers or Board of Trustees, supply the reasons for making particular investments. (d) The Adviser shall furnish to the Board of Trustees periodic reports on the investment performance of each Fund and on the performance of its obligations under this Contract and shall supply such additional reports and information as the Trust's Officers or Board of Trustees shall reasonably request.

Investment Advisory and Management Services. (a) The ------------------------------------------- Adviser ------------------------------------------- shall provide to the Trust investment guidance and policy direction in connection with the management of the portfolio of each Fund, including oral and written money market research, analysis, advice, statistical and economic data and information and judgments, of both a macroeconomic and microeconomic character, concerning, among other things, interest rate trends, money market portfolio composition, credit conditions of both a general and specific nature and the average maturity of the portfolio of each Fund. (b) The Adviser shall also provide to the Trust's officers administrative assistance in connection with the operation of the Trust and each of the Funds. Administrative services provided by the Adviser shall include (i) data processing, clerical bookkeeping services required in connection with maintaining the financial accounts and records for the Trust and each of the Funds, (ii) the compilation of statistical and research data required for the preparation of periodic reports and statements of each of the Funds which are distributed to the Trust's officers and Board of Trustees, (iii) handling, or causing to be handled, general shareholder relations with Fund investors, such as advice as to the status of their accounts, the current yield and dividends declared to date and assistance with other questions related to their accounts, (iv) the compilation of information required in connection with the Trust's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and (v) such other services as the Adviser shall from time to time determine, upon consultation with the Sponsor, to be necessary or useful to the administration of the Trust and each of the Funds. (c) As a manager of the assets of each Fund, the Adviser shall make investments for the account of each Fund in accordance with the Adviser's best judgment and within the investment objective and restrictions of each such Fund set forth in the Trust's Declaration of Trust, the Prospectus of each such Fund, the 1940 Act and the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to regulated investment companies, subject to policy decisions adopted by the Trust's Board of Trustees. The Adviser shall advise the Trust's Officers and Board of Trustees, at such times as the Board of Trustees may specify, of investments made for each of the Funds and shall, when requested by the Trust's Officers or Board of Trustees, supply the reasons for making particular investments. (d) The Adviser shall furnish to the Board of Trustees periodic reports on the investment performance of each Fund and on the performance of its obligations under this Contract and shall supply such additional reports and information as the Trust's Officers or Board of Trustees shall reasonably request.

Investment Advisory and Management Services. (a) The Adviser ------------------------------------------- shall provide to the Trust investment guidance and policy direction in connection with the management of the portfolio of each Fund, including oral and written money market research, analysis, advice, statistical and economic data and information and judgments, of both a macroeconomic and microeconomic character, concerning, among other things, interest rate trends, money market portfolio composition, credit conditions of both a general and specific special nature and the average maturity of the portfolio of each Fund. (b) The Adviser shall also provide to the Trust's officers administrative assistance in connection with the operation of the Trust and each of the Funds. Administrative services provided by the Adviser shall include (i) data processing, clerical and bookkeeping services required in connection with maintaining the financial accounts and records for the Trust and each of the Funds, (ii) the compilation of statistical and research data required for the preparation of periodic reports and statements of each of the Funds which are distributed to the Trust's officers and Board of Trustees, (iii) handling, or causing to be handled, general shareholder relations with Fund investors, such as advice as to the status of their accounts, the current yield and dividends declared to date and assistance with other questions related to their accounts, (iv) the compilation of information required in connection with the Trust's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and (viv) such other services as the Adviser shall from time to time determine, upon consultation with the SponsorAdministrator, to be necessary or useful to the administration of the Trust and each of the Funds. (c) As a manager of the assets of each Fund, the Adviser shall make investments for the account of each Fund in accordance with the Adviser's best judgment and within the investment objective objectives and restrictions of each such Fund set forth in the Trust's Declaration of Trust, the Prospectus of each such Fund, the 1940 Act and the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to regulated investment companies, subject to policy decisions adopted by the Trust's Board of Trustees. The Adviser shall advise the Trust's Officers and Board of Trustees, at such times as the Board of Trustees may specify, of investments made for each of the Funds and shall, when requested by the Trust's Officers officers or Board of Trustees, supply the reasons for making particular investments. (d) The Adviser, subject to and in accordance with any directions which the Trust's Board of Trustees may issue from time to time, shall place, in the name of the Funds, orders for the execution of the Fund's securities transactions. When placing such orders the Adviser shall generally seek to obtain the best net price and execution for the Funds, but this requirement shall not be deemed to obligate the Adviser to place any order solely on the basis of obtaining the lowest commission rate or spread if the other standards set forth below have been satisfied. The parties recognize that there are likely to be many cases in which different brokers or dealers are equally able to provide such best price and execution and that, in selecting among such brokers or dealers with respect to particular trades, it is desirable to choose those brokers or dealers who furnish research, statistics, quotations and other information to the Funds and the Adviser in accordance with the standards set forth below. Moreover, to the extent that it continues to be lawful to do so and so long as the Board of Trustees determines that the Funds will benefit, directly or indirectly, by doing so, the Adviser may place orders with a broker who charges a commission for that transaction which is in excess of the amount of commission that another broker would have charged for effecting that transaction, provided that the excess commission is reasonable in relation to the value of "brokerage and research services" (as defined in Section 28(e)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) provided by that broker. (e) The Adviser shall render regular reports to the Trust, not more frequently than quarterly, of how much total business for the Funds' portfolio transactions has been placed by the Adviser with brokers or dealers falling into each of the categories referred to above and the manner in which the allocation has been accomplished. (f) The Adviser agrees that no investment decision will be made or influenced by a desire to direct portfolio transactions for allocation in accordance with the foregoing, and that the right to make such allocation shall not interfere with the Adviser's paramount duty to obtain the best net price and execution for the Funds. (g) The Adviser shall furnish to the Board of Trustees periodic reports on the investment performance of each Fund and on the performance of its obligations under this Contract and shall supply such additional reports and information as the Trust's Officers officers or Board of Trustees shall reasonably request.

Investment Advisory and Management Services. (a) The Adviser ------------------------------------------- shall provide to the Trust investment guidance and policy direction in connection with the management of the portfolio of each Fund, including oral and written money market research, analysis, advice, statistical and economic data and information and judgments, of both a macroeconomic and microeconomic character, concerning, among other things, interest rate trends, money market portfolio composition, credit conditions of both a general and specific special nature and the average maturity of the portfolio of each Fund. (b) The Adviser shall also provide to the Trust's officers administrative assistance in connection with the operation of the Trust and each of the Funds. Administrative services provided by the Adviser shall include (i) data processing, clerical and bookkeeping services required in connection with maintaining the financial accounts and records for the Trust and each of the Funds, (ii) the compilation of statistical and research data required for the preparation of periodic reports and statements of each of the Funds which are distributed to the Trust's officers and Board of Trustees, (iii) handling, or causing to be handled, general shareholder relations with Fund investors, such as advice as to the status of their accounts, the current yield and dividends declared to date and assistance with other questions related to their accounts, (iv) the compilation of information required in connection with the Trust's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and (viv) such other services as the Adviser shall from time to time determine, upon consultation with the SponsorAdministrator, to be necessary or useful to the administration of the Trust and each of the Funds. (c) As a manager of the assets of each Fund, the Adviser shall make investments for the account of each Fund in accordance with the Adviser's best judgment and within the investment objective objectives and restrictions of each such Fund set forth in the Trust's Declaration of Trust, the Prospectus of each such Fund, the 1940 Act and the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to regulated investment companies, subject to policy decisions adopted by the Trust's Board of Trustees. The Adviser shall advise the Trust's Officers and Board of Trustees, at such times as the Board of Trustees may specify, of investments made for each of the Funds and shall, when requested by the Trust's Officers officers or Board of Trustees, supply the reasons for making particular investments. (d) The Adviser, subject to and in accordance with any directions which the Trust's Board of Trustees may issue from time to time, shall place, in the name of the Funds, orders for the execution of the Fund's securities transactions. When placing such orders the Adviser shall generally seek to obtain the best net price and execution for the Funds, but this requirement shall not be deemed to obligate the Adviser to place any order solely on the basis of obtaining the lowest commission rate or spread if the other standards set forth below have been satisfied. The parties recognize that there are likely to be many cases in which different brokers or dealers are equally able to provide such best price and execution and that, in selecting among such brokers or dealers with respect to particular trades, it is desirable to choose those brokers or dealers who furnish research, statistics, quotations and other information to the Funds and the Adviser in accordance with the standards set forth below. Moreover, to the extent that it continues to be lawful to do so and so long as the Board of Trustees determines that the Funds will benefit, directly or indirectly, by doing so, the Adviser may place orders with a broker who charges a commission for that transaction which is in excess of the amount of commission that another broker would have charged for effecting that transaction, provided that the excess commission is reasonable in relation to the value of "brokerage and research services" (as defined in Section 28(e)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) provided by that broker. Accordingly, the Trust and the Adviser agree that the Adviser shall select brokers for the execution of the Funds' transactions from among those brokers and dealers who provide quotations and other services to the Funds, specifically including the quotations necessary to determine the Funds' net assets, in such amount of total brokerage as may reasonably be required in light of such services; and those brokers and dealers who supply research, statistical and other data to the Adviser or its affiliates which the Adviser or its affiliates may lawfully and appropriately use in their investment advisory capacities, which relate directly to securities, actual or potential, of the Funds, or which place the Adviser in a better position to make decisions in connection with the management of the Funds' assets and securities, whether or not such data may also be 119 useful to the Adviser and its affiliates in managing other portfolios or advising other clients, in such amount of total brokerage as may reasonably be required. (e) The Adviser shall render regular reports to the Trust, not more frequently than quarterly, of how much total business for the Funds' portfolio transactions has been placed by the Adviser with brokers or dealers falling into each of the categories referred to above and the manner in which the allocation has been accomplished. (f) The Adviser agrees that no investment decision will be made or influenced by a desire to direct portfolio transactions for allocation in accordance with the foregoing, and that the right to make such allocation shall not interfere with the Adviser's paramount duty to obtain the best net price and execution for the Funds. (g) The Adviser shall furnish to the Board of Trustees periodic reports on the investment performance of each Fund and on the performance of its obligations under this Contract and shall supply such additional reports and information as the Trust's Officers officers or Board of Trustees shall reasonably request.

Investment Advisory and Management Services. (a) The Adviser ------------------------------------------- shall provide to the Trust investment guidance and policy direction in connection with the management of the portfolio of each Fund, including oral and written money market research, analysis, advice, statistical and economic data and information and judgments, of both a macroeconomic and microeconomic character, concerning, among other things, interest rate trends, money market portfolio composition, credit conditions of both a general and specific special nature and the average maturity of the portfolio of each Fund. (b) The Adviser shall also provide to the Trust's officers administrative assistance in connection with the operation of the Trust and each of the Funds. Administrative services provided by the Adviser shall include (i) data processing, clerical and bookkeeping services required in connection with maintaining the financial accounts 110 and records for the Trust and each of the Funds, (ii) the compilation of statistical and research data required for the preparation of periodic reports and statements of each of the Funds which are distributed to the Trust's officers and Board of Trustees, (iii) handling, or causing to be handled, general shareholder relations with Fund investors, such as advice as to the status of their accounts, the current yield and dividends declared to date and assistance with other questions related to their accounts, (iv) the compilation of information required in connection with the Trust's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and (viv) such other services as the Adviser shall from time to time determine, upon consultation with the SponsorAdministrator, to be necessary or useful to the administration of the Trust and each of the Funds. (c) As a manager of the assets of each Fund, the Adviser shall make investments for the account of each Fund in accordance with the Adviser's best judgment and within the investment objective objectives and restrictions of each such Fund set forth in the Trust's Declaration of Trust, the Prospectus of each such Fund, the 1940 Act and the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to regulated investment companies, subject to policy decisions adopted by the Trust's Board of Trustees. The Adviser shall advise the Trust's Officers and Board of Trustees, at such times as the Board of Trustees may specify, of investments made for each of the Funds and shall, when requested by the Trust's Officers officers or Board of Trustees, supply the reasons for making particular investments. (d) The Adviser, subject to and in accordance with any directions which the Trust's Board of Trustees may issue from time to time, shall place, in the name of the Funds, orders for the execution of the Fund's securities transactions. When placing such orders the Adviser shall generally seek to obtain the best net price and execution for the Funds, but this requirement shall not be deemed to obligate the Adviser to place any order solely on the basis of obtaining the lowest commission rate or spread if the other standards set forth below have been satisfied. The parties recognize that there are likely to be many cases in which different brokers or dealers are equally able to provide such best price and execution and that, in selecting among such brokers or dealers with respect to particular trades, it is desirable to choose those brokers or dealers who furnish research, statistics, quotations and other information to the Funds and the Adviser in accordance with the standards set forth below. Moreover, to the extent that it continues to be lawful to do so and so long as the Board of Trustees determines that the Funds will benefit, directly or indirectly, by doing so, the Adviser may place orders with a broker who charges a commission for that transaction which is in excess of the amount of commission that another broker would have charged for effecting that transaction, provided that the excess commission is reasonable in relation to the value of "brokerage and research services" (as defined in Section 28(e)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) provided by that broker. Accordingly, the Trust and the Adviser agree that the Adviser shall select brokers for the execution of the Funds' transactions from among those brokers and dealers who provide quotations and other services to the Funds, specifically including the quotations necessary to determine the Funds' net assets, in such amount of total brokerage as may reasonably be required in light of such services; and those brokers and dealers who supply research, statistical and other data to the Adviser or its affiliates which the Adviser or its affiliates may lawfully and appropriately use in their investment advisory capacities, which relate directly to securities, actual or potential, of the Funds, or which place the Adviser in a better position to make decisions in connection with the management of the Funds' assets and securities, whether or not such data may also be useful to the Adviser and its affiliates in managing other portfolios or advising other clients, in such amount of total brokerage as may reasonably be required. (e) The Adviser shall render regular reports to the Trust, not more frequently than quarterly, of how much total business for the Funds' portfolio transactions has been placed by the Adviser with brokers or dealers falling into each of the categories referred to above and the manner in which the allocation has been accomplished. (f) The Adviser agrees that no investment decision will be made or influenced by a desire to direct portfolio transactions for allocation in accordance with the foregoing, and that the right to make such allocation shall not interfere with the Adviser's paramount duty to obtain the best net price and execution for the Funds. (g) The Adviser shall furnish to the Board of Trustees periodic reports on the investment performance of each Fund and on the performance of its obligations under this Contract and shall supply such additional reports and information as the Trust's Officers officers or Board of Trustees shall reasonably request.

Investment Advisory and Management Services. (a) The Adviser ------------------------------------------- shall provide to the Trust investment guidance and policy direction in connection with the management of the portfolio of each Fund, including oral and written money market research, analysis, advice, statistical and economic data and information and judgments, of both a macroeconomic and microeconomic character, concerning, among other things, interest rate trends, money market portfolio composition, credit conditions of both a general and specific nature and the average maturity of the portfolio of each Fund. (b) The Adviser shall also provide to the Trust's officers administrative assistance in connection with the operation of the Trust and each of the Funds. Administrative services provided by the Adviser shall include (i) data processing, clerical and bookkeeping services required in connection with maintaining the financial accounts and records for the Trust and each of the Funds, (ii) the compilation of statistical and research data required for the preparation of periodic reports and statements of each of the Funds which are distributed to the Trust's officers and Board of Trustees, (iii) handling, or causing to be handled, general shareholder relations with Fund investors, such as advice as to the status of their accounts, the current yield and dividends declared to date and assistance with other questions related to their accounts, (iv) the compilation of information required in connection with the Trust's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and (viv) such other services as the Adviser shall from time to time determine, upon consultation with the SponsorAdministrator, to be necessary or useful to the administration of the Trust and each of the Funds. (c) As a manager of the assets of each Fund, the Adviser shall make investments for the account of each Fund in accordance with the Adviser's best judgment and within the investment objective objectives and restrictions of each such Fund set forth in the Trust's Declaration Certificate of Trust, the Prospectus of each such Fund, the 1940 Act and the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to regulated investment companies, subject to policy decisions adopted by the Trust's Board of Trustees. The Adviser shall advise the Trust's Officers and Board of Trustees, at such times as the Board of Trustees may specify, of investments made for each of the Funds and shall, when requested by the Trust's Officers officers or Board of Trustees, supply the reasons for making particular investments. (d) The Adviser shall furnish Adviser, subject to and in accordance with any directions which the Trust's Board of Trustees periodic reports on may issue from time to time, shall place, in the investment performance name of each Fund and on the performance Funds, orders for the execution of its obligations under this Contract and shall supply such additional reports and information as the TrustFund's Officers or Board of Trustees shall reasonably request.securities CO/295/RV-1

Investment Advisory and Management Services. (a) The Adviser ------------------------------------------- shall provide to the Trust investment guidance and policy direction in connection with the management of the portfolio of each Fund, including oral and written money market research, analysis, advice, statistical and economic data and information and judgments, of both a macroeconomic and microeconomic character, concerning, among other things, interest rate trends, money market portfolio composition, credit conditions of both a general and specific special nature and the average maturity of the portfolio of each Fund. (b) The Adviser shall also provide to the Trust's officers administrative assistance in connection with the operation of the Trust and each of the Funds. Administrative services provided by the Adviser shall include (i) data processing, clerical and bookkeeping services required in connection with maintaining the financial accounts and records for the Trust and each of the Funds, (ii) the compilation of statistical and research data required for the preparation of periodic reports and statements of each of the Funds which are distributed to the Trust's officers and Board of Trustees, (iii) handling, or causing to be handled, general shareholder relations with Fund investors, such as advice as to the status of their accounts, the current yield and dividends declared to date and assistance with other questions related to their accounts, (iv) the compilation of information required in connection with the Trust's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and (viv) such other services as the Adviser shall from time to time determine, upon consultation with the SponsorAdministrator, to be necessary or useful to the administration of the Trust and each of the Funds. (c) As a manager of the assets of each Fund, the Adviser shall make investments for the account of each Fund in accordance with the Adviser's best judgment and within the investment objective objectives and restrictions of each such Fund set forth in the Trust's Declaration of Trust, the Prospectus of each such Fund, the 1940 Act and the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to regulated investment companies, subject to policy decisions adopted by the Trust's Board of Trustees. The Adviser shall advise the Trust's Officers and Board of Trustees, at such times as the Board of Trustees may specify, of investments made for each of the Funds and shall, when requested by the Trust's Officers officers or Board of Trustees, supply the reasons for making particular investments. (d) The Adviser, subject to and in accordance with any directions which the Trust's Board of Trustees may issue from time to time, shall place, in the name of the Funds, orders for the execution of the Fund's securities transactions. When placing such orders the Adviser shall generally seek to obtain the best net price and execution for the Funds, but this requirement shall not be deemed to obligate the Adviser to place any order solely on the basis of obtaining the lowest commission rate or spread if the other standards set forth below have been satisfied. The parties recognize that there are likely to be many cases in which different brokers or dealers are equally able to provide such best price and execution and that, in selecting among such brokers or dealers with respect to particular trades, it is desirable to choose those brokers or dealers who furnish research, statistics, quotations and other information to the Funds and the Adviser in accordance with the standards set forth below. Moreover, to the extent that it continues to be lawful to do so and so long as the Board of Trustees determines that the Funds will benefit, directly or indirectly, by doing so, the Adviser may place orders with a broker who charges a commission for that transaction which is in excess of the amount of commission that another broker would have charged for effecting that transaction, provided that the excess commission is reasonable in relation to the value of "brokerage and research services" (as defined in Section 28(e)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) provided by that broker. Accordingly, the Trust and the Adviser agree that the Adviser shall select brokers for the execution of the Funds' transactions from among those brokers and dealers who provide quotations and other services to the Funds, specifically including the quotations necessary to determine the Funds' net assets, in such amount of total brokerage as may reasonably be required in light of such services; and those brokers and dealers who supply research, statistical and other data to the Adviser or its affiliates which the Adviser or its affiliates may lawfully and appropriately use in their investment advisory capacities, which relate directly to securities, actual or potential, of the Funds, or which place the Adviser in a better position to make decisions in connection with the management of the Funds' assets and securities, whether or not such data may also be useful to the Adviser and its affiliates in managing other portfolios or advising other clients, in such amount of total brokerage as may reasonably be required. (e) The Adviser shall render regular reports to the Trust, not more frequently than quarterly, of how much total business for the Funds' portfolio transactions has been placed by the Adviser with brokers or dealers falling into each of the categories referred to above and the manner in which the allocation has been accomplished. (f) The Adviser agrees that no investment decision will be made or influenced by a desire to direct portfolio transactions for allocation in accordance with the foregoing, and that the right to make such allocation shall not interfere with the Adviser's paramount duty to obtain the best net price and execution for the Funds. (g) The Adviser shall furnish to the Board of Trustees periodic reports on the investment performance of each Fund and on the performance of its obligations under this Contract and shall supply such additional reports and information as the Trust's Officers officers or Board of Trustees shall reasonably request.