EXHIBIT (l)(6)
FORM OF
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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Excelsior Funds, Inc. (the "Company"), a Maryland corporation, and Edgewood
Services, Inc. ("Edgewood"), a New York corporation, hereby agree with each
other as follows:
1. The Company hereby offers Edgewood and Edgewood hereby purchases two
Advisor Shares each of the Company's Blended Equity, Value and
Restructuring, Intermediate-Term Managed Income and Large Cap Growth
Funds at $10 per share. The Company hereby acknowledges receipt from
Edgewood of funds in the total amount of $80 in full payment for the
Advisor Shares.
2. Edgewood represents and warrants to the Company that the Advisor
Shares are being acquired for investment purposes and not with a view
to the distribution thereof.
IN AGREEMENT WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties
hereto have executed this Agreement as of the ____ day of _____________, 1999.
EXCELSIOR FUNDS, INC.
By:__________________________
Title:_______________________
EDGEWOOD SERVICES, INC.
By:__________________________
Title:_______________________