Exhibit (l)(4)
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Firstar Funds, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), and
X.X. Xxxxxxx & Company ("X.X. Xxxxxxx") hereby agree as follows:
1. The Company hereby offers X.X. Xxxxxxx and X.X. Xxxxxxx
hereby purchases, in consideration for the payment of $130.00, one share of
beneficial interest of the Special Growth Fund - Series B, one share of the Bond
IMMDEX_ Fund - Series B, one share of the Equity Index Fund - Series B, one
share of the Growth & Income Fund - Series B, one share of the Short-Term Bond
Market Fund - Series B, one share of the Balanced Growth Fund - Series B, one
share of the Growth Fund - Series B, one share of the Intermediate Bond Market
Fund - Series B, one share of the Tax-Exempt Intermediate Bond Fund - Series B,
one share of the International Equity Fund - Series B, one share of the MicroCap
Fund - Series B, one share of the Balanced Income Fund - Series B, and one share
of the Emerging Growth Fund - Series B for a purchase price of $10.00 per
share.
2. X.X. Xxxxxxx acknowledges that the shares purchased hereunder
have not been registered under the federal securities laws and that the Company
is relying on certain exemptions from such registration requirements. X.X.
Xxxxxxx represents and warrants that it is acquiring such shares solely for
investment purposes and that X.X. Xxxxxxx has no present intention to redeem,
sell or otherwise dispose of the shares.
3. This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the State of
Wisconsin. Firstar Funds is a corporation organized under the laws of Wisconsin
and under Articles of Incorporation, to which reference is hereby made and a
copy of which is on file at the office of the Secretary of State of Wisconsin as
required by law, and to any and all amendments thereto so filed or hereafter
filed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the 26th day of February, 1999.
(SEAL)
FIRSTAR FUNDS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Treasurer
X.X. XXXXXXX & COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Tuszyski
Name: Xxxxxx X. Tuszyski
Title: Senior Vice President
