Common use of OTHER AGREEMENTS, ETC Clause in Contracts

OTHER AGREEMENTS, ETC. It is understood that any of the shareholders, Trustees, officers and employees of the Trust may be a shareholder, partner, director, officer or employee of, or be otherwise interested in, the Advisor, and in any person controlled by or under common control with the Advisor, and that the Advisor and any person controlled by or under common control with the Advisor may have an interest in the Trust. It is also understood that the Advisor and persons controlled by or under common control with the Advisor have and may have advisory, management, service or other contracts with other organizations (including other investment companies and other managed accounts) and persons, and may have other interests and businesses. Nothing in this Contract shall prohibit the Advisor or any of its affiliates from providing any services for any other person or entity or limit the services which the Advisor or any such affiliate can provide to any person or entity. The Manager understands and agrees that the Advisor and its affiliates perform investment advisory and investment management services for various clients other than the Manager and the Trust. The Manager agrees that the Advisor and its affiliates may give advice and take action in the performance of duties with respect to any other client which may differ from advice given, or the timing or nature of action taken, with respect to the Fund. Nothing in this Contract shall be deemed to impose upon the Advisor any obligation to purchase or sell or to recommend for purchase or sale for the Fund any security or other property which the Advisor or any of its affiliates may purchase or sell for its own account or for the account of any other client, so long as it continues to be the policy and practice of the Advisor not to favor or disfavor consistently or consciously any client or class of clients in the allocation of investment opportunities, so that to the extent practical, such opportunities will be allocated among clients over a period of time on a fair and equitable basis.

OTHER AGREEMENTS, ETC. It is understood that any of the shareholders, Trustees, officers and employees of the Trust may be a shareholder, partner, director, officer or employee of, or be otherwise interested in, the Advisor, and in any person controlled by or under common control with the Advisor, and that the Advisor and any person controlled by or under common control with the Advisor may have an interest in the Trust. It is also understood that the Advisor and persons controlled by or under common control with the Advisor have and may have advisory, management, service or other contracts with other organizations (including other investment companies and other managed accounts) and persons, and may have other interests and businesses. Nothing in this Contract shall prohibit the Advisor or any of its affiliates from providing any services for any other person or entity or limit the services which the Advisor or any such affiliate can provide to any person or entity, provided, however, that without the written consent of the Manager, the Advisor may not provide investment advisory or investment management services to another investment company which invests the primary portion of its assets in companies comprising the Xxxxxxx 2000 Index, or any other widely recognized index of small cap stocks. The Manager understands and agrees that the Advisor and its affiliates perform investment advisory and investment management services for various clients other than the Manager and the Trust. The Manager agrees that the Advisor and its affiliates may give advice and take action in the performance of duties with respect to any other client which may differ from advice given, or the timing or nature of action taken, with respect to the Fund. Nothing in this Contract shall be deemed to impose upon the Advisor any obligation to purchase or sell or to recommend for purchase or sale for the Fund any security or other property which the Advisor or any of its affiliates may purchase or sell for its own account or for the account of any other client, so long as it continues to be the policy and practice of the Advisor not to favor or disfavor consistently or consciously any client or class of clients in the allocation of investment opportunities, so that to the extent practical, such opportunities will be allocated among clients over a period of time on a fair and equitable basis.

OTHER AGREEMENTS, ETC. It is understood that any of the shareholders, Trustees, officers and employees of the Trust may be a shareholder, partner, director, officer or employee of, or be otherwise interested in, the Advisor, and in any person controlled by or under common control with the Advisor, and that the Advisor and any person controlled by or under common control with the Advisor may have an interest in the Trust. It is also understood that the Advisor and persons controlled by or under common control with the Advisor have and may have advisory, management, service or other contracts with other organizations (including other investment companies and other managed accounts) and persons, and may have other interests and businesses. Nothing in this Contract shall prohibit the Advisor or any of its affiliates from providing any services for any other person or entity or limit the services which the Advisor or any such affiliate can provide to any person or entity. The Manager understands and agrees that the Advisor and its affiliates perform investment advisory and investment management services for various clients other than the Manager and the Trust. The Manager agrees that the Advisor and its affiliates may give advice and take action in the performance of duties with respect to any other client which may differ from advice given, or the timing or nature of action taken, with respect to the Fund. Nothing in this Contract shall be deemed to impose upon the Advisor any obligation to purchase or sell or to recommend for purchase or sale sale. for the Fund any security or other property proper1y which the Advisor or any of its affiliates may purchase or sell for its own account or for the account of any other client, so long as it continues to be the policy and practice of the Advisor not to favor or disfavor consistently or consciously any client or class of clients in the allocation of investment opportunities, so that to the extent practical, such opportunities will be allocated among clients over a period of time on a fair and equitable basis.