EXHIBIT 9 SERVICES AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 17th day of April, 1995, and amended as of June 22, 1998, by and between Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as "MSDW Advisors"), and Morgan Stanley...Services Agreement • September 29th, 1998 • Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Strategist Fund • New York
Contract Type FiledSeptember 29th, 1998 Company JurisdictionServices may have an interest in the Fund. It is also understood that MSDW Services and any affiliated persons thereof or any persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with MSDW Services have and may have advisory, management, administration service or other contracts with other organizations and persons, and may have other interests and businesses, and further may purchase, sell or trade any securities or commodities for their own accounts or for the account of others for whom they may be acting. 9. This Agreement shall continue until April 30, 1999, and thereafter shall continue automatically for successive periods of one year unless terminated by either party by written notice delivered to the other party within 30 days of the expiration of the then-existing period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated at any time, by either party on 30 days' written notice delivered to the other party. In the event that the Investment Management Agreement
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of this 31st day of May, 1997 between each of the open-end investment companies to which Dean Witter InterCapital Inc. acts as investment manager, that are listed on Schedule A, as may be amended from time to...Distribution Agreement • July 18th, 1997 • Dean Witter Strategist Fund • New York
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7- NYA 691088.10Investment Advisory Agreement • April 1st, 2005 • Morgan Stanley Strategist Fund • New York
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH DEAN WITTER TRUST FSBTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • May 4th, 1998 • Dean Witter Strategist Fund • New York
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INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 31st day of May, 1997, and amended as of May 1, 1998 and May 1, 2000, by and between Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Strategist Fund, an unincorporated business trust organized under the laws of the...Investment Management Agreement • September 26th, 2000 • Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Strategist Fund • New York
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENTTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • September 29th, 1998 • Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Strategist Fund • New York
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DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of this 28th day of July, 1997 between each of the open-end investment companies to which Dean Witter InterCapital Inc. acts as investment manager, that are listed on Schedule A, as may be amended from time to...Distribution Agreement • July 18th, 1997 • Dean Witter Strategist Fund • New York
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MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER DISTRIBUTORS INC. OMNIBUS SELECTED DEALER AGREEMENT Dear Sir or Madam: We, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Distributors Inc. (the "Distributor") have a distribution agreement (the "Distribution Agreement") with each of the...Omnibus Selected Dealer Agreement • July 22nd, 1999 • Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Strategist Fund
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENTTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • May 8th, 1998 • Dean Witter Strategist Fund • New York
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DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of this 28th day of July, 1997, and amended as of June 22, 1998, between each of the open-end investment companies to which Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc. acts as investment manager, that are listed...Distribution Agreement • September 29th, 1998 • Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Strategist Fund • New York
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ASSIGNMENT THIS ASSIGNMENT is made as of the 1st day of August, 1997, between and among Dean Witter Trust Company ("DWTC"), Dean Witter Trust FSB ("DWTFSB") and the open-end investment companies managed by Dean Witter InterCapital Inc....Assignment • September 25th, 1997 • Dean Witter Strategist Fund
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Item 77Q-1 Morgan Stanley Strategist Fund On February 6, 2006, the Board of Trustees approved an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated February 6, 2006 (the "Agreement") with respect to the reorganization between Morgan Stanley Total Return Trust...Agreement and Plan of Reorganization • March 30th, 2007 • Morgan Stanley Strategist Fund
Contract Type FiledMarch 30th, 2007 CompanyOn February 6, 2006, the Board of Trustees approved an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated February 6, 2006 (the "Agreement") with respect to the reorganization between Morgan Stanley Total Return Trust and Morgan Stanley Strategist Fund (the "Fund"). The Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Proxy Statement included in Form N-14/A filed by the Fund via EDGAR on May 16, 2006.
ADDENDUM NO. 1 TO SELECTED DEALER AGREEMENTSelected Dealer Agreement • September 26th, 2007 • Morgan Stanley Strategist Fund
Contract Type FiledSeptember 26th, 2007 CompanyTHIS ADDENDUM, dated as of July 13, 2007, is entered into by and between Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (“Dealer”) and Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc. (“Distributor”). This Addendum supplements the Selected Dealer Agreement currently in effect between the parties (the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms used, but not defined, herein shall have the same meanings as ascribed to them in the Agreement.