FIFTH The Distributor shall act as an agent of the Company in connection with the sale and redemption of Shares. Except with respect to such sales and redemptions, the Distributor shall act as principal in all matters relating to the promotion of the sale of Shares and shall enter into all of its own engagements, agreements and contracts as principal on its own account. The Distributor shall enter into agreements with investment dealers and financial institutions selected by the Distributor, authorizing such investment dealers and financial institutions to offer and sell the Shares to the public upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Each agreement shall provide that the investment dealer or financial institution shall act as a principal, and not as an agent, of the Company.
SIXTH Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the DGCL) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation.
SEVENTH A copy of the Agreement of Merger will be furnished by the surviving corporation on request, without cost, to any stockholder of the constituent corporations.
FOURTH (a) The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is forty-one million (41,000,000) shares, consisting of:
EIGHTH (A) The Distributor may, from time to time, assign, transfer or pledge ("Transfer") to one or more designees (each an "Assignee"), its rights to all or a designated portion of (i) the Distributor's 12b-1 Share (but not the Distributor's duties and obligations pursuant hereto or pursuant to the Plan), and (ii) the Distributor's Earned CDSC, free and clear of any offsets or claims the Company may have against the Distributor. Each such Assignee's ownership interest in a Transfer of a designated portion of a Distributor's 12b-1 Share and a Distributor's Earned CDSC is hereinafter referred to as an "Assignee's 12b-1 Portion" and an "Assignee's CDSC Portion," respectively. A Transfer pursuant to this Section EIGHTH: (A) shall not reduce or extinguish any claim of the Company against the Distributor.
SIXTEENTH Any notice under this Agreement shall be in writing, addressed and delivered, or mailed postage prepaid, to the other party at such address as the other party may designate for the receipt of notices. Until further notice to the other party, the addresses of each Fund and the Distributor is 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000.
THIRTEENTH (A) This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Shares of any Portfolio at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by vote of the Board of Trustees or Board of Directors of the Fund or by vote of a majority of the outstanding Shares of such class of such Portfolio, or by the Distributor, on sixty (60) days' written notice to the other party; and
Anniversary Fee A fully earned, non-refundable fee of $33,750, on the first anniversary of the Effective Date; and if this Agreement is terminated prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, either by Borrower or Bank, Borrower shall pay such Anniversary Fee to Bank in addition to any Termination Fee.
TWELFTH This Agreement shall become effective as of the date hereof, shall continue in force and effect until June 30, 1999, and shall continue in force and effect from year to year thereafter, provided, that such continuance is specifically approved at least annually (a)(I) by the Board of Trustees of the Company or (ii) by the vote of a majority of the Portfolios' outstanding voting securities (as defined in Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act), and (b) by vote of a majority of the Company's trustees who are not parties to this Agreement or "interested persons" (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Xxx) xx any party to this Agreement cast in person at a meeting called for such purpose.
FIFTEENTH (A) This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Shares of any Portfolio, at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by vote of the Board of Trustees or Board of Directors of the Fund or by vote of a majority of the outstanding Shares of such Portfolio, or by the Distributor, on sixty (60) days' written notice to the other party; and