JOINT INSURED BOND AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 23rd day of January 1997 between Winthrop Focus Funds,
a Massachusetts business trust, and Winthrop Opportunity Funds, a Delaware
business trust (each an "Insured" and together, the "Insureds") pursuant to Rule
17g-1 (f) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") relating to
the Insureds' joint insured bond (the "Bond").
The undersigned hereby agree that in the event recovery is received under
the Bond as a result of a loss sustained by each of the Insureds, each Insured
shall receive an equitable and proportionate share of the recovery, and in all
such events such share of the recovery shall be an amount that is at least equal
to the amount which it would have received had it maintained a single insured
bond with the minimum coverage required by Rule 17g-1(d) under the 1940 Act.
WINTHROP FOCUS FUNDS
/s/ X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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By: X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, President
WINTHROP OPPORTUNITY FUNDS
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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By: Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Vice President