Common use of OTHER SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO ADVISER'S COMPENSATION Clause in Contracts

OTHER SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO ADVISER'S COMPENSATION. The Index will not be fully operable as the sole performance index used to determine the Adviser's Adjustment until the quarter ending July 31, 2003. Until that date, the Adviser's Adjustment will be determined by linking the investment performance of the Index and that of the Small Company Growth Fund Stock Index (the "Prior Index") as follows.