Exhibit 99.h(8)
Form of Fulfillment Servicing Agreement
This Agreement between Firstar Trust Company (FTC) and The Tocqueville Trust, a
Massachusetts business trust and the Gold Fund (hereinafter called the "Fund")
is entered into on this sixteenth day of June, 1998.
WHEREAS, the Funds provide investment opportunities to prospective shareholders
through a family of open end mutual funds; and
WHEREAS, FTC provides fulfillment services to mutual funds;
NOW THFREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
Duties and responsibilities of FTC
1. Answer all prospective shareholder calls concerning any of The
Tocqueville Funds listed in the attached Schedule A which may be
modified from time to time.
2. Send all available fund(s) materials requested by the prospect which
may include but not limited to, prospectus, financial statements, new
account forms, fact sheets, and sales literature or other materials at
the direction of the Funds within 24 hours from time of call.
3. Receive and update all funds fulfillment literature so that most
current information is sent and quoted.
4. Provide 24 hour answering service to record prospect calls made after
hours (8 p.m. to 9 a.m. NYT).
5. Maintain and store funds fulfillment inventory.
6. Send periodic fulfillment reports to the funds as agreed upon between
the parties
Duties and responsibilities of the Funds
1. Provide funds fulfillment literature updates to FTC as necessary.
2. Supply FTC with sufficient inventory of fulfillment materials as
requested from time to time by FTC.
3. Provide FTC with any sundry information about the Funds in order to
answer prospect questions.
Compensation
Funds agree to compensate FTC for the services performed under this agreement in
accordance with the attached Schedule B; the Funds agree to pay all invoices
within ten days of receipt.
Proprietary and Confidential Information
FTC agrees on behalf of itself and its directors, officers, and employees to
treat confidentiality and as proprietary information of the Funds all records
and other information relative to the Funds and prior, present, or potential
shareholders of the Funds (and clients of said shareholders), and not to use
such records and information for any purpose other than performance of its
responsibilities and duties thereunder, except after prior notification to and
approval in writing by the Funds, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld and may not be withheld where FTC may be exposed to civil or criminal
contempt proceedings for failure to comply, when requested to divulge such
information by duly constituted authorities, or when so requested by the Funds.
Termination
This agreement may be terminated by either party upon 30 days written notice.
Dated this sixteenth day of June, 1998.
THE TOCQUEVILLE TRUST FIRSTAR TRUST COMPANY
By: ___________________________ By: ___________________________
Print: ___________________________ Print: ___________________________
Title: ___________________________ Title: ___________________________
Date: ___________________________ Date: ___________________________
Attest: ___________________________ Attest: ___________________________
