EXHIBIT 6(d)
MASTER DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
AIM SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUNDS
(CLASS B SHARES)
AND
A I M DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
THIS AGREEMENT made as of this 12th day of May, 1998, by and between
AIM Special Opportunities Funds, a Delaware business trust (the "Company"), with
respect to each of the Class B shares (the "Shares") of each series of shares of
common stock set forth on Schedule A to this agreement (the "Portfolios"), and
A I M DISTRIBUTORS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Distributor").
W I T N E S S E T H:
In consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
FIRST: The Company hereby appoints the Distributor as its exclusive agent
for the sale of the Shares to the public directly and through investment dealers
in the United States and throughout the world. If subsequent to the termination
of the Distributor's services to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the
Company retains the services of another distributor, the distribution agreement
with such distributor shall contain provisions comparable to Clauses FOURTH and
SEVENTH hereof and Exhibit A hereto, and without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, will require such distributor to maintain and make available to the
Distributor records regarding sales, redemptions and reinvestments of Shares
necessary to implement the terms of Clauses FOURTH, SEVENTH and EIGHTH hereof.
SECOND: The Company shall not sell any Shares except through the
Distributor and under the terms and conditions set forth in paragraph FOURTH
below. Notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing sentence, however:
(A) the Company may issue Shares to any other investment company or
personal holding company, or to the shareholders thereof, in exchange for all or
a majority of the shares or assets of any such company;
(B) the Company may issue Shares at their net asset value in connection
with certain classes of transactions or to certain classes of persons, in
accordance with Rule 22d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "1940 Act"), provided that any such class is specified in the then current
prospectus of the applicable Shares; and
(C) the Company shall have the right to specify minimum amounts for
initial and subsequent orders for the purchase of Shares.
THIRD: The Distributor hereby accepts appointment as exclusive agent for
the sale of the Shares and agrees that it will use its best efforts to sell such
Shares; provided, however, that:
(A) the Distributor may, and when requested by the Company on behalf of
the Shares shall, suspend its efforts to effectuate such sales at any time when,
in the opinion of the Distributor or of the Company, no sales should be made
because of market or other economic considerations or abnormal circumstances of
any kind;
(B) the Company may withdraw the offering of the Shares (i) at any time
with the consent of the Distributor, or (ii) without such consent when so
required by the provisions of any statute or of any order, rule or regulation of
any governmental body having jurisdiction; and
(C) the Distributor, as agent, does not undertake to sell any specific
amount of the Shares.
FOURTH:
(A) The public offering price of the Shares shall be the net asset value
per share of the applicable Shares. Net asset value per share shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of the then current prospectus and
statement of additional information of the applicable Portfolio. The
Distributor may establish a schedule of contingent deferred sales charges to be
imposed at the time of redemption of the Shares, and such schedule shall be
disclosed in the current prospectus or statement of additional information of
each Portfolio. Such schedule of contingent deferred sales charges may reflect
variations in or waivers of such charges on redemptions of Shares, either
generally to the public or to any specified class of shareholders and/or in
connection with any specified class of transactions, in accordance with
applicable rules and regulations and exemptive relief granted by the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and as set forth in the Portfolios' current
prospectus(es) or statement(s) of additional information. The Distributor and
the Company shall apply any then applicable scheduled variation in or waiver of
contingent deferred sales charges uniformly to all shareholders and/or all
transactions belonging to a specified class.
(B) The Distributor may pay to investment dealers and other financial
institutions through whom Shares are sold, such sales commission as the
Distributor may specify from time to time. Payment of any such sales
commissions shall be the sole obligation of the Distributor.
(C) No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit any
payments by the Company to the Distributor or by the Company or the Distributor
to investment dealers, financial institutions and 401(k) plan service providers
where such payments are made under a distribution plan adopted by the Company
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act.
(D) The Company shall redeem the Shares from shareholders in accordance
with the terms set forth from time to time in the current prospectus and
statement of additional information of each Portfolio. The price to be paid to
a shareholder to redeem the Shares shall be equal to the net asset value of the
Shares being redeemed ("gross redemption proceeds"), less any applicable
contingent deferred sales charge, calculated pursuant to the then applicable
schedule of contingent deferred sales charges ("net redemption proceeds"). The
Distributor shall be entitled to receive the
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amount of the contingent deferred sales charge that has been subtracted from
gross redemption proceeds (the "CDSC"), provided that the Shares being redeemed
were (i) issued by a Portfolio during the term of this Agreement and any
predecessor Agreement between the Company and the Distributor or (ii) issued by
a Portfolio during or after the term of this Agreement or any predecessor
Agreement between the Company and the Distributor in one or a series of free
exchanges of Shares for class B shares of another portfolio, which can be traced
to Shares or class B shares of another portfolio initially issued by a Portfolio
or such other portfolio during the term of this Agreement, any predecessor
Agreement or any other distribution agreement with the Distributor with respect
to such other portfolio (the "Distributor's Earned CDSC"). The Company shall
pay or cause the Company's transfer agent to pay the Distributor's Earned CDSC
to the Distributor on the date net redemption proceeds are payable to the
redeeming shareholder.
(E) The Distributor shall maintain adequate books and records to identify
Shares (i) issued by a Portfolio during the term of this Agreement and any
predecessor Agreement between the Company and the Distributor or (ii) issued by
a Portfolio during or after the term of this Agreement or any predecessor
Agreement between the Company and the Distributor in one or a series of free
exchanges of Shares for class B shares of another portfolio, which can be traced
to Shares or class B shares of another portfolio initially issued by a Portfolio
or such other portfolio during the term of this Agreement, any predecessor
Agreement or any other distribution agreement with the Distributor with respect
to such other portfolio and shall calculate the Distributor's Earned CDSC, if
any, with respect to such Shares, upon their redemption. The Company shall be
entitled to rely on Distributor's books, records and calculations with respect
to Distributor's Earned CDSC.
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: The Shares shall bear:
(A) the expenses of qualification of Shares for sale in connection with
such public offerings in such states as shall be selected by the Distributor,
and of continuing the qualification therein until the Distributor notifies the
Company that it does not wish such qualification continued; and
(B) all legal expenses in connection with the foregoing.
SEVENTH:
(A) The Distributor shall bear the expenses of printing from the final
proof and distributing the prospectuses and statements of additional information
for the Shares (including supplements thereto) relating to public offerings made
by the Company pursuant to such prospectuses (which shall not include those
prospectuses and statements of additional information, and supplements thereto,
to be distributed to existing shareholders of the Shares), and any other
promotional or sales
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literature used by the Distributor or furnished by the Distributor to dealers in
connection with such public offerings, and expenses of advertising in connection
with such public offerings.
(B) Subject to the limitations, if any, of applicable law including the
NASD Conduct Rules (formerly, the NASD Rules of Fair Practice) regarding
asset-based sales charges, the Company shall pay to the Distributor as a
reimbursement for all or a portion of such expenses, or as reasonable
compensation for distribution of the Shares, an asset-based sales charge in an
amount equal to 0.75% per annum of the average daily net asset value of the
Shares of each Portfolio from time to time (the "Distributor's 12b-1 Share"),
such sales charge to be payable pursuant to the distribution plan adopted
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the "Plan"). The Distributor will be
deemed to have performed all services required to be performed in order to be
entitled to receive the Distributor's 12b-1 Share with respect to Shares upon
the settlement of each sale of a Share (or share of another portfolio from which
the Share derives) taken into account in determining such Distributor's 12b-1
Share (including other shares that derive from such Share). The Distributor's
12b-1 Share shall be a percentage, which shall be recomputed periodically (but
not less than monthly) in accordance with Exhibit A to this Agreement. The
Distributor's 12b-1 Share shall accrue daily and be paid to the Distributor as
soon as practicable after the end of each calendar month within which it accrues
but in any event within 10 business days after the end of each such calendar
month (unless the Distributor shall specify a later date in written instructions
to the Company) provided, however, that any notices and calculation required by
Section EIGHTH: (B) and (C) have been received by the Company.
(C) The Distributor shall maintain adequate books and records to permit
calculations periodically (but not less than monthly) of, and shall calculate on
a monthly basis, the Distributor's 12b-1 Share to be paid to the Distributor.
The Company shall be entitled to rely on Distributor's books, records and
calculations relating to Distributor's 12b-1 Share.
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.
(B) The Distributor shall promptly notify the Company in writing of each
Transfer pursuant to Section EIGHTH: (A) by providing the Company with the name
and address of each such Assignee.
(C) The Distributor may direct the Company to pay directly to an Assignee
such Assignee's 12b-1 Portion and Assignee's CDSC Portion. In such event,
Distributor shall provide the Company with a monthly calculation of (i) the
Distributor's Earned CDSC and Distributor's 12b-1 Share and (ii) each Assignee's
12b-1 Portion and Assignee's CDSC Portion, if any, for such month (the "Monthly
Calculation"). The Monthly Calculation shall be provided to the Company by the
Distributor promptly after the close of each month or such other time as agreed
to by the Company
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and the Distributor which allows timely payment of the Distributor's 12b-1 Share
and Distributor's Earned CDSC and/or the Assignee's 12b-1 Portion and Assignee's
CDSC Portion. The Company shall not be liable for any interest on such payments
occasioned by delayed delivery of the Monthly Calculation by the Distributor.
In such event following receipt from the Distributor of (i) notice of Transfer
referred to in Section EIGHTH: (B) and (ii) each Monthly Calculation, the
Company shall make all payments directly to the Assignee or Assignees in
accordance with the information provided in such notice and Monthly Calculation,
on the same terms and conditions as if such payments were to be paid directly to
the Distributor. The Company shall be entitled to rely on Distributor's
notices, and Monthly Calculations in respect of amounts to be paid pursuant to
this Section EIGHTH: (B).
(D) Alternatively, in connection with a Transfer the Distributor may
direct the Company to pay all of such Distributor's 12b-1 Share and
Distributor's Earned CDSC from time to time to a depository or collection agent
designated by any Assignee, which depository or collection agent may be
delegated the duty of dividing such Distributor's 12b-1 Share and Distributor's
Earned CDSC between the Assignee's 12b-1 Portion and Assignee's CDSC Portion and
the balance of the Distributor's 12b-1 Share (such balance, when distributed to
the Distributor by the depository or collection agent, the "Distributor's 12b-1
Portion") and of the Distributor's Earned CDSC (such balance, when distributed
to the Distributor by the depository or collection agent, the "Distributor's
Earned CDSC Portion"), in which case only the Distributor's 12b-1 Portion and
Distributor's Earned CDSC Portion may be subject to offsets or claims the
Company may have against the Distributor.
(E) The Company shall not amend the Plan to reduce the amount payable to
the Distributor or any Assignee under Section SEVENTH: (B) hereof with respect
to the Shares for any Shares which have been issued prior to the date of such
amendment.
NINTH: The Distributor will accept orders for the purchase of Shares only
to the extent of purchase orders actually received and not in excess of such
orders, and it will not avail itself of any opportunity of making a profit by
expediting or withholding orders.
TENTH:
(A) Pursuant to the Plan and this Agreement, the Distributor, as agent,
shall enter into Shareholder Service Agreements with investment dealers,
financial institutions and certain 401(K) plan service providers (collectively
"Service Providers") selected by the Distributor for the provision of certain
continuing personal services to customers of such Service Providers who have
purchased Shares. Such agreements shall authorize Service Providers to provide
continuing personal shareholder services to their customers upon the terms and
conditions set forth therein, which shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement. Each Shareholder Service Agreement shall provide
that the Service Provider shall act as principal, and not as an agent of the
Company.
(B) Shareholder Service Agreements may provide that the Service Providers
may receive a service fee in the amount of .25% of the average daily net assets
of the Shares held by customers of such Service Providers provided that such
Service Providers furnish continuing personal shareholder services to their
customers in respect of such Shares. The continuing personal services to be
rendered by Service Providers under the Shareholder Service Agreements may
include, but shall not be limited to, some or all of the following:
distributing sales literature; answering routine customer inquiries concerning
the Company; assisting customers in changing dividend elections, options,
account designations and addresses, and in enrolling in any of several
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special investment plans offered in connection with the purchase of Shares;
assisting in the establishment and maintenance of or establishing and
maintaining customer accounts and records and the processing of purchase and
redemption transactions; performing subaccounting; investing dividends and any
capital gains distributions automatically in the Company's shares; providing
periodic statements showing a customer's account balance and the integration of
such statements with those of other transactions and balances in the customer's
account serviced by the Service Provider; forwarding applicable prospectus,
proxy statements, reports and notices to customers who hold Shares and providing
such other information and services as the Company or the customers may
reasonably request.
(C) The Distributor may advance service fees payable to Service Providers
pursuant to the Plan or any other distribution plan adopted by the Company with
respect to Shares of one or more of the Portfolios pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under
the 1940 Act; and thereafter the Distributor may be reimbursed for such advances
through retention of service fee payments during the period for which the
service fees were advanced.
ELEVENTH: The Company and the Distributor shall each comply with all
applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and of all other federal and state laws, rules and regulations governing the
issuance and sale of the Shares.
TWELFTH:
(A) In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or
reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of the
Distributor, the Company shall indemnify the Distributor against any and all
claims, demands, liabilities and expenses which the Distributor may incur under
the Securities Act of 1933, or common law or otherwise, arising out of or based
upon any alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
registration statement or prospectus of the Shares, or any omission to state a
material fact therein, the omission of which makes any statement contained
therein misleading, unless such statement or omission was made in reliance upon,
and in conformity with, information furnished to the Company in connection
therewith by or on behalf of the Distributor. The Distributor shall indemnify
the Company and the Shares against any and all claims, demands, liabilities and
expenses which the Company or the Shares may incur arising out of or based upon
(i) any act or deed of the Distributor or its sales representatives which has
not been authorized by the Company in its prospectus or in this Agreement and
(ii) the Company's reliance on the Distributor's books, records, calculations
and notices in Sections FOURTH: (E), SEVENTH: (C), EIGHTH: (B), EIGHTH: (C) and
EIGHTH: (D).
(B) The Distributor shall indemnify the Company and the Shares against any
and all claims, demands, liabilities and expenses which the Company or the
Shares may incur under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or common law or
otherwise, arising out of or based upon any alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any registration statement or prospectus of the
Shares, or any omission to state a material fact therein if such statement or
omission was made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information
furnished to the Company in connection therewith by or on behalf of the
Distributor.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Distributor
shall not be liable for any errors of the transfer agent(s) of the Shares, or
for any failure of any such transfer agent to perform its duties.
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THIRTEENTH: Nothing herein contained shall require the Company to take any
action contrary to any provision of its Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as
amended, or to any applicable statute or regulation.
FOURTEENTH: This Agreement shall become effective with respect to the
Shares of each Portfolio upon its approval by the Board of Trustees of the
Company and by vote of a majority of the Company's trustees who are not
interested parties to this Agreement or "interested persons" (as defined in
Section 2(a)(19) of the 0000 Xxx) of any party to this Agreement cast in person
at a meeting called for such purpose, shall continue in force and effect until
May 12, 2000, and from year to year thereafter, provided, that such continuance
is specifically approved with respect to the Shares of each Portfolio at least
annually (a)(i) by the Board of Trustees of the Company or (ii) by the vote of a
majority of the outstanding Shares of such class of such Portfolio, 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 0000
Xxx) of 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 of the Company 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
(B) This Agreement shall also automatically terminate in the event of its
assignment, the term "assignment" having the meaning set forth in Section
2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act; PROVIDED, that, subject to the provisions of the
following sentence, if this Agreement is terminated for any reason, the
obligations of the Company and the Distributor pursuant to Sections FOURTH: (D),
FOURTH: (E), SEVENTH: (B), SEVENTH: (C), EIGHTH: (A) through (E) and
TWELFTH: (A) of this Agreement will continue and survive any such termination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon Complete Termination of the Plan (as such
term is defined in Section 8 of the Plan in effect at the date of this
Agreement), the obligations of the Company pursuant to the terms of Sections
SEVENTH: (B), EIGHTH: (A), EIGHTH: (C), EIGHTH: (D) and EIGHTH: (E) (with
respect to payments of Distributor's 12b-1 Share and Assignee's 12b-1 Portion)
of this Agreement shall terminate. A termination of the Plan with respect to
any or all Shares of any or all Portfolios shall not affect the obligations of
the Company pursuant to Sections FOURTH: (D), EIGHTH: (A), EIGHTH: (C), EIGHTH:
(D) and EIGHTH: (E) (with respect to payments of Distributor's Earned CDSC or
Assignee's CDSC Portion) hereof or of the obligations of the Distributor
pursuant to Section FOURTH: (E) or EIGHTH: (B) hereof.
(C) The Transfer of the Distributor's rights to Distributor's 12b-1 Share
or Distributor's Earned CDSC shall not cause a termination of this Agreement or
be deemed to be an assignment for purposes of Section FIFTEENTH: (B) above.
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 both the Company and the Distributor shall
be 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000.
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SEVENTEENTH: Notice is hereby given that, as provided by applicable law,
the obligations of or arising out of this Agreement are not binding upon any of
the shareholders of the Company or any Portfolio individually, but are binding
only upon the assets and property of the Company or such Portfolio and that the
shareholders shall be entitled, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, to the same limitation on personal liability as stockholders of private
corporations for profit.
EIGHTEENTH: This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws (without reference to conflicts of law provisions) of the State of
Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed
in duplicate on the day and year first above written.
AIM SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUNDS
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
Attest:
/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Asst. Secretary
A I M DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: President
Attest:
/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Asst. Secretary
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SCHEDULE A
TO
MASTER DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
OF
AIM SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUNDS
CLASS B SHARES
AIM Small Cap Opportunities Fund
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EXHIBIT A
The Distributor's 12b-1 Share in respect of each Portfolio shall be
100 percent until such time as the Distributor shall cease to serve as exclusive
distributor of the Shares of such Portfolio and thereafter shall be a
percentage, recomputed first on the date of any termination of the Distributor's
services as exclusive distributor of Shares of any Portfolio and thereafter
periodically (but not less than monthly), representing the percentage of Shares
of such Portfolio outstanding on each such computation date allocated to the
Distributor in accordance with the following rules:
1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Exhibit A defined terms used
herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Distribution
Agreement and the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"COMMISSION SHARES" shall mean shares of the Portfolio or another
portfolio the redemption of which would, in the absence of the application of
some standard waiver provision, give rise to the payment of a CDSC and shall
include Commission Shares which due to the expiration of the CDSC period no
longer bear a CDSC.
"DISTRIBUTOR" shall mean the Distributor.
"OTHER DISTRIBUTOR" shall mean each person appointed as the
exclusive distributor for the Shares of the Portfolio after the Distributor
ceases to serve in that capacity.
2. ALLOCATION RULES. In determining the Distributor's 12b-1 Share
in respect of a particular Portfolio:
(a) There shall be allocated to the Distributor and each Other
Distributor all Commission Shares of such Portfolio which were sold while such
Distributor or such Other Distributor, as the case may be, was the exclusive
distributor for the Shares of the Portfolio, determined in accordance with the
transfer records maintained for such Portfolio.
(b) REINVESTED SHARES: On the date that any Shares are issued
by a Portfolio as a result of the reinvestment of dividends or other
distributions, whether ordinary income, capital gains or exempt-interest
dividend or distributions ("Reinvested Shares"), Reinvested Shares shall be
allocated to the Distributor and each Other Distributor in a number obtained by
multiplying the total number of Reinvested Shares issued on such date by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of all Shares outstanding
in such Fund as of the opening of business on such date and allocated to the
Distributor or Other Distributor as of such date of determination pursuant to
these allocation procedures and the denominator is the total number of Shares
outstanding as of the opening of business on such date.
(c) EXCHANGE SHARES: There shall be allocated to the
Distributor and each Other Distributor, as the case may be, all Commission
Shares of such Portfolio which were issued during or after the period referred
to in (a) as a consequence of one or more free exchanges of Commission Shares of
the Portfolio or of another portfolio (other than Free Appreciation Shares) (the
"Exchange Shares"), which in accordance with the transfer records maintained for
such Portfolio can be traced to Commission Shares of the Portfolio or another
portfolio initially issued by
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the Company or such other portfolio during the time the Distributor or such
Other Distributor, as the case may be, was the exclusive distributor for the
Shares of the Portfolio or such other portfolio.
(d) FREE APPRECIATION SHARES: Shares (other than Exchange
Shares) that were acquired by the holders of such Shares in a free exchange of
Shares of any other Portfolio, which represent the appreciated value of the
Shares of the exiting portfolio over the initial purchase price paid for the
Shares being redeemed and exchanged and for which the original purchase date and
the original purchase price are not identified on an on-going basis, shall be
allocated to the Distributor and each Other Distributor ("Free Appreciation
Shares") daily in a number obtained by multiplying the total number of Free
Appreciation Shares issued by the exiting portfolio on such date by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the total number of all Shares outstanding as of the
opening of business on such date allocated to the Distributor or such Other
Distributor as of such date of determination pursuant to these allocation
procedures and the denominator is the total number of Shares outstanding as of
the opening of business on such date.
(e) REDEEMED SHARES: Shares (other than Reinvested Shares and
Free Appreciation Shares) that are redeemed will be allocated to the Distributor
and each Other Distributor to the extent such Share was previously allocated to
the Distributor or such Other Distributor in accordance with the rules set forth
in 2(a) or (c) above. Reinvested Shares and Free Appreciation Shares that are
redeemed will be allocated to the Distributor and each Other Distributor daily
in an amount equal to the number of Free Appreciation Shares and Reinvested
Shares of such Portfolio being redeemed on such date, which amount is obtained
by multiplying the total number of Free Appreciation Shares and Reinvested
Shares being redeemed by such Portfolio on such date by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the total number of all Free Appreciation Shares and
Reinvested Shares of such Portfolio outstanding as of the opening of business on
such date and the denominator is the total number of Free Appreciation Shares
and Reinvested Shares of such Portfolio outstanding as of the opening of
business on such date.
The Fund shall use its best efforts to assure that the transfer agents and
sub-transfer agents for each Portfolio maintain the data necessary to implement
the foregoing rules. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the transfer agents or
sub-transfer agents for such Portfolio are unable to maintain the data necessary
to implement the foregoing rules as written, and if the Distributor shall cease
to serve as exclusive distributor of the Shares of the Portfolio, the
Distributor and the Portfolio agree to negotiate in good faith with each other,
with the transfer agents and sub-transfer agents for such Portfolio and with any
third party that has obtained an interest in the Distributor's 12b-1 Share in
respect of such Portfolio with a view to arriving at mutually satisfactory
modifications to the foregoing rules designed to accomplish substantially
identical results on the basis of data which can be made available.
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