FLAG INVESTORS EQUITY PARTNERS FUND, INC.
[Form of Shareholder Services Agreement]
FLAG INVESTORS FAMILY OF FUNDS
SHAREHOLDER SERVICING AGREEMENT
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We wish to enter into this Shareholder Servicing Agreement with you
concerning the provision of support services to your clients and customers
("Customers") who may from time to time beneficially own shares of our common
stock ("Shares").
The terms and conditions of this Servicing Agreement are as follows:
Section 1.
(a) You agree to provide the following services to Customers who may from
time to time beneficially own Shares: (i) aggregating and processing purchase
and redemption requests for Shares from Customers and placing net purchase and
redemption orders with our distributor; (ii) processing dividend payments from
us on behalf of Customers; (iii) providing information periodically to
Customers showing their positions in Shares; (iv) arranging for bank wires;
(v) responding to Customer inquiries relating to the services performed by
you; (v) providing subaccounting with respect to Shares beneficially owned by
Customers; (vii) as required by law, forwarding shareholder communications
from us (such as proxies, shareholder reports, annual and semi-annual
financial statements and dividend, distribution and tax notices) to Customers;
and (viii) providing such other similar services as we may reasonably request
to the extent you are permitted to do so under applicable statutes, rules or
regulations. You will provide to Customers a schedule of any fees that you may
charge directly to them for such services. You hereby represent that such fees
are not unreasonable or excessive. Shares purchased by you on behalf of
Customers will be registered with our transfer agent in your name or in the
name of your nominee. The Customer will be the beneficial owner of Shares
purchased and held by you in accordance with the Customer's instructions
("Customers' Shares") and the Customer may exercise all rights of a
shareholder of the Fund.
(b) You agree that you will (i) maintain all records required by law
relating to transactions in Shares and, upon our request, promptly make such
of these records available to us as we may reasonably request in connection
with our operations, and (ii) promptly notify us if you experience
any difficulty in maintaining the records described in the foregoing clauses
in an accurate and complete manner.
Section 2. You will provide such office space and equipment, telephone
facilities and personnel (which may be a part of the space, equipment and
facilities currently used in your business, or any personnel employed by you)
as may be reasonably necessary or beneficial in order to provide the
aforementioned services to Customers.
Section 3. Neither you nor any of your officers, employees, agents or
assignees are authorized to make any representations concerning us or Shares
except those contained in our then current prospectus for such Shares, copies
of which will be supplied by us to you, or in such supplemental literature or
advertising as may be authorized by us in writing.
Section 4. For all purposes of this Agreement, you will be deemed to be
an independent contractor and will have no authority to act as agent for us in
any matter or in any respect. You may, upon prior written notice to us,
delegate your responsibilities hereunder to another person or persons;
provided, however, that notwithstanding any such delegation, you will remain
responsible for the performance of all your responsibilities under this
Agreement. By your written acceptance of this Agreement, you agree and do
release, indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any and all direct or
indirect liabilities or losses resulting from requests, directions, actions or
inactions of or by you and your offices, employees, agents or assigns
regarding your responsibilities hereunder or the purchase, redemption,
transfer or registration of Shares by or on behalf of Customers. You and your
employees will, upon request, be available during normal business hours to
consult with us or our designees concerning the performance of your
responsibilities under this Agreement.
Section 5. In consideration of the services and facilities provided by
you hereunder, we will cause our distributor to pay you, and you will accept
as full payment therefore, a fee (as we may determine from time to time in
writing) computed as a percentage of the average daily net assets of the
Customers' Shares held of record by you from time to time, which fee will be
computed daily and payable no less often than annually. For purposes of
determining the fees payable under this Section 5, the average daily net
assets of the Customer's Shares will be computed in the manner specified in
our registration statement (as the same is in effect from time to time) in
connection with the computation of the net asset value of Shares for purposes
of purchases and redemptions. The fee rate stated above may be prospectively
increased or decreased by us or by our distributor, at any time upon notice to
you. Further, we may, in our discretion and without notice, suspend or
withdraw the sale of Shares, including the sale of such shares to you for the
account of any Customer or Customers.
Section 6. You will furnish us or our designees with such information
relating to your performance under this Agreement as we or they may reasonably
request (including, without limitation, periodic certifications confirming the
provision to Customers of the services described herein), and shall otherwise
cooperate with us and our designees (including, without limitation, any
auditors designated by us), in connection with the preparation of reports to
our Board of Directors concerning this Agreement and the monies paid or
payable by us pursuant hereto, as well as any other reports or filings that
may be required by law.
Section 7. We may enter into other similar services agreements with any
other person or persons without your consent.
Section 8. This Agreement will become effective on the date a fully
executed copy of this Agreement is received by us or by our distributor, and
is terminable, without penalty, at any time by us or by you upon ten days'
notice to the other party hereto and shall automatically terminate in the
event of its assignment, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended.
Section 9. This Agreement will be construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of Maryland.
Section 10. All notices and other communications to either you or us will
be duly given if mailed, telegraphed, telexed, or transmitted by similar
telecommunications device, if to us at the address below, and if to you, at
the address specified by you after your signature below:
ICC Distributors, Inc.
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Dealer Services
If you agree to be legally bound by the provisions of this Agreement,
please sign a copy of this letter where indicated below and promptly return it
to us at the address set forth in Section 10 above.
Very truly yours,
ICC DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
By: __________________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Butt, Vice President
Confirmed and Accepted:
Firm Name:___________________________________________________________
By:__________________________________________________________________
Name:________________________________________________________________
Address:_____________________________________________________________
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Date:________________________________________________________________
