DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
August
25, 2009
Hatteras
Capital Distributors, LLC
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
This is
to confirm that, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter contained, the
undersigned, Hatteras Multi-Strategy Institutional Fund, LP (the “Fund”), a closed-end management
investment company organized as a limited partnership under the laws of the
State of Delaware, has appointed you, the “Distributor,” and that you shall be the
exclusive distributor in connection with the offering and sale of limited
partnership units (the “Units”). The Units shall have such
rights and conditions and shall be sold in the manner set forth from time to
time in the Fund’s Registration Statement, as defined below. The organization,
administration and policies of the Fund are described in its Prospectus and SAI
(as those terms are defined below). (This letter, as amended from time to time,
shall be referred to hereinafter as the “Agreement”.)
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Definitions. The terms which
follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings
indicated.
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“Effective
Date” shall mean
the date that the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
becomes effective.
The “Initial
Acceptance Date”
shall mean the first date on which the Fund sells Units pursuant to the
Registration Statement.
“Prospectus” shall mean any prospectus
relating to the Units, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497 or, if no
filing pursuant to Rule 497 is required, the form of final prospectus relating
thereto included in any Registration Statement, in each case together with any
amendments or supplements thereto.
“Registration
Statement” shall
mean any registration statement under the Investment Company Act and Securities
Act on Form N-2 relating to the Units, including all exhibits thereto, as of the
Effective Date of the most recent post-effective amendment thereto.
“Rule
497” refers to
such rule (or any successor rule or rules) under the Securities
Act.
“SAI” shall mean any statement of
additional information relating to the Units, filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 497 or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 497 is required, the final
statement of additional information included in any Registration
Statement.
References
in this Agreement to any “rules
and regulations”
shall be deemed to be references to the applicable rules and regulations
as then in effect, and references to this Agreement and the Fund Agreements (as
defined in Section 2 below), shall be deemed to be references to such agreements
as then in effect.
All
capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are not separately defined herein
shall have the respective meaning set forth in the Registration
Statement.
2.
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Representations
and Warranties.
The Fund represents and warrants to and agrees with you, for your
benefit and the benefit of each Selling Agent (as defined in Section 3
below), as set forth below in this Section 2. Each of the representations,
warranties and agreements made in this Section 2 shall be deemed made on
the date hereof, on the date of any filing of the Prospectus pursuant to
Rule 497 and any Effective Date after the date hereof, with the same
effect as if made on each such
date.
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(a)
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The
Fund meets the requirements for use of Form N-2 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment
Company Act”), and the rules and
regulations of the Commission under each such Act and in respect of said
form (or of such successor form as the Commission may adopt). The Fund has
filed with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form N-2 and is duly
registered as a closed-end management investment
company.
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(b)
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The
Prospectus and SAI conform, and any further amendments or supplements to
the Registration Statement, Prospectus or SAI will conform, in all
material respects, with the Securities Act and Investment Company Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder; the Prospectus and the SAI do not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
and, on the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did not and will
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that
the Fund makes no representations or warranties as to the information
contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, Prospectus or SAI
in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing
to the Fund by you (with respect to information relating solely to your
role as distributor of the Units) expressly for use
therein.
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(c)
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The
Fund has been duly created and is lawfully and validly existing as a
limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has, on
the date hereof, and will have, on and after the date hereof, full power
and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Registration Statement, Prospectus and SAI, and is duly qualified
to do business under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such
qualification wherein it owns or leases material properties or conducts
material business.
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(d)
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The
Units, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with this
Agreement, the Prospectus and SAI, and the limited partnership agreement
of the Fund, as amended from time to time (the “LPA”),
will be validly issued, and subject to the terms of the LPA, fully paid
and non-assessable. Issuance of the Units of the Fund as contemplated by
this Agreement and by the Prospectus and SAI will conform, in all material
respects, to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus and SAI.
The holders of outstanding Units are not entitled to preemptive or other
rights to subscribe for the Units, other than as contemplated by the
Prospectus and SAI.
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(e)
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This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Fund.
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(f)
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On
or prior to the Initial Acceptance Date, all of the material agreements
described in the Prospectus or SAI (collectively, the “Fund
Agreements”) will have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Fund, and will comply in all material
respects with the Investment Company Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
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(g)
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The
Fund Agreements constitute or will constitute, on and after the Initial
Acceptance Date, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
parties thereto other than the Fund, valid and legally binding
instruments, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms,
subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles.
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(h)
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No
consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental
agency or body is or shall be required, as the case may be, for the
consummation from time to time of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Fund Agreements, except such as may be required (i)
under the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange
Act”), the Investment Company Act,
the rules and regulations under each of the foregoing or the Conduct Rules
of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) (any of which that were
required before offers were made will have been obtained before such
offers were made and all of which will have been obtained by the Effective
Date of the post-effective amendment relating to the Fund, except for
those which become required under such acts or rules or any other law or
regulation after the Effective Date but that were not required before such
Effective Date, all of which shall be obtained in a timely manner) or (ii)
by state securities laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the
issuance, offer or redemption of the
Units.
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(i)
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The
operations and activities of the Fund as contemplated by the Prospectus
and the SAI, the performance by the Fund of this Agreement and the Fund
Agreements, the making of the offer or the sale of Units and consummation
from time to time of such sales, the repurchase of Units, or any other
transactions contemplated herein, in the Fund Agreements, the Prospectus
or the SAI, will not conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a
default under, the LPA of the Fund or, in any material respect, the terms
of any other agreement or instrument to which the Fund is a party or by
which it is bound, or any order or regulation applicable to the Fund of
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or
arbitrator having jurisdiction over the
Fund.
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3.
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Selection
of Selling Agents; Other Services as Distributor.
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(a)
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The
Distributor shall have the right on the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained and subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, to make arrangements for (i) securities
dealers (including bank-affiliated dealers) that are members in good
standing of FINRA, (ii) foreign securities dealers which are not eligible
for membership in FINRA who have agreed to comply as though they were
FINRA members with the provisions of Sections 2730, IM-2730, 2740,
IM-2740, 2750 and IM-2750 of the Conduct Rules of FINRA and with Section
2420 thereof as that Section applies to a non-FINRA member broker or
dealer in a foreign country, or (iii) banks, as defined in Section 3(a)(6)
of the Exchange Act, which are duly organized and validly existing in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are organized,
to solicit from the public orders to purchase Units. Such securities
dealers and banks (“Selling
Agents”) selected by you in accordance
with Selling Agreements with you (“Selling
Agreements”) shall solicit such orders
pursuant to their respective Selling Agreements. You will act only on your
own behalf as principal in entering into each such Selling
Agreement.
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(b)
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You
acknowledge that the only information provided to you by the Fund is that
contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or SAI Neither you nor
any Selling Agent nor any other person is authorized by the Fund to give
any information or to make any representations, other than those contained
in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or SAI and any sales literature
approved by appropriate representatives of the Fund. You may undertake or
arrange for such advertising and promotion as you believe is reasonable in
connection with the solicitation of orders to purchase Units; provided, however, that
you will provide the Fund with and obtain the Fund’s approval of copies of
any advertising and promotional materials approved, produced or used by
you prior to their use. You will file such materials with the Commission
and FINRA as may be required by the Exchange Act and the Investment
Company Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and by the rules of
FINRA.
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(c)
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You
agree to perform such services as are described in the Registration
Statement, Prospectus or SAI as to be performed by the
Distributor.
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(d)
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All
of your activities as distributor of the Units shall comply, in all
material respects, with all applicable laws, rules and regulations,
including, without limitation, all rules and regulations made or adopted
by the Commission or by any securities association registered under the
Exchange Act, including FINRA, as in effect from time to
time.
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4.
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Offering
by the Distributor.
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(a)
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You
will act as agent for the Fund in the distribution of Units and you agree
to use your best efforts to offer and sell Units subject to a sales charge
as set forth in the Prospectus, subject to any waivers or reductions of
any applicable sales charges, dealer allowances and fees as you and each
of the Selling Agents, if any, shall have agreed to in writing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Fund may withdraw or suspend the offering of Units at any
time in its sole discretion. You may also subscribe for Units as
principals for resale to the public or for resale to Selling Agents. You
shall devote reasonable time and effort to effect sales of Units, but you
shall not be obligated to sell any specific amount of Units. Nothing
contained herein shall prevent you from entering into like distribution
arrangements with other investment companies or other
issuers.
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(b)
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You
agree that you shall not make, and that each Selling Agent shall agree not
to make, offers or sales of Units except in the manner set forth in the
Registration Statement, Prospectus or SAI. You agree, and each Selling
Agent shall agree, that:
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(i)
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no
sale of Units to any one investor will be for less than the minimum amount
as may be specified in the Prospectus unless the Fund shall have
previously consented to a waiver of such minimum
amount;
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(ii)
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no
offer or sale of Units will be made in any state or jurisdiction, or to
any prospective investor located in any state or jurisdiction, where Units
have not been registered or qualified for offer and sale under applicable
state securities laws unless Units are exempt from the registration or
qualification requirements of such laws;
and
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(iii)
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sales
of Units will be made only to persons who certify that they are “qualified
clients,” as that term is defined by Rule 205-3 under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and that they meet such other
eligibility requirements as may be imposed by the Fund and set forth in
the Registration Statement, Prospectus or
SAI.
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(c)
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Unless
you are otherwise notified by the Fund, any right granted to you to accept
orders for Units or to make sales on behalf of the Fund will not apply to
(i) Units issued in connection with the merger or consolidation of any
other investment company with the Fund or its acquisition, by purchase or
otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of any investment
company or substantially all the outstanding securities of any such
company, and (ii) Units that may be offered by the Fund to members of the
Fund by virtue of their being members of the
Fund.
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(d)
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The
Initial Acceptance Date will occur on such date as the Fund shall
determine in its sole discretion. Thereafter, Units shall be offered and
made available for purchase as of the first day of each calendar month,
except that Units may be offered more or less frequently as determined by
the Fund, in its sole discretion.
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(e)
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If
the offering is not completed in accordance with the conditions set forth
in the Prospectus, the Fund may terminate the offering. In such case, UMB
Fund Services, Inc. or any other escrow agent who may be serving in such
capacity for the time being will be instructed to return all subscription
payments to investors. The Distributor will not accept conditional
purchases for Units.
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5.
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Compensation.
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(a)
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With
respect to any Units which are sold to the public subject to a sales
charge, you will be entitled to receive the sales charge set forth in the
Prospectus, subject to any waivers or reductions of such sales charge, if
any, in accordance with Section 4 of this
Agreement.
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(b)
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The
amounts payable as compensation pursuant to this Section 5 shall be
subject to the limitations in Section 2830 of the Conduct Rules of
FINRA.
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Undertakings. The Fund agrees with
you, for your benefit, that:
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(a)
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The
Fund shall cause the provider of transfer agency services to the Fund
(acting in such capacity, the “Transfer
Agent”), which may be the Fund’s
administrator, to record on its books the ownership of such Units
registered in such names and amounts as you have requested in writing or
other means, as promptly as practicable after receipt by the Fund of the
payment therefor. The Fund will make such filings under the Investment
Company Act with, and pay such fees to, the Commission as are necessary to
register the Units sold by you on behalf of the
Fund.
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(b)
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Subject
to Section 8 of this Agreement, the Fund will furnish to you as many
conformed copies of the Registration Statement including exhibits thereto,
on each Effective Date, as you may reasonably request for yourself and for
delivery to the Selling Agents and, so long as delivery of the Prospectus
or SAI by you or any Selling Agent may be required by law, the number of
copies of the Prospectus and SAI as you may reasonably request for
yourself and for delivery to the Selling
Agents.
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(c)
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To
the extent required by applicable state law, the Fund will use its best
efforts to arrange for the qualification of an appropriate amount of Units
for sale under the laws of such of the 00 xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Territory of
Guam, and such other jurisdiction as you and the Fund may approve, and
will maintain such qualifications in effect as long as may be reasonably
requested by you, provided that the Fund shall not be required in
connection herewith or as a condition hereto to qualify as a foreign
corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction. You shall furnish such information and other material
relating to your affairs and activities as may be required by the Fund in
connection with such
qualifications.
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(d)
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The
Fund shall keep you informed in all material respects with respect to its
affairs and, subject to Section 8 of this Agreement, the Fund, if so
requested, will furnish to you, as soon as they are available (with
sufficient copies for the Selling Agents), copies of all reports,
communications and financial statements sent by the Fund to its members or
filed by, or on behalf of, the Fund with the
Commission.
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7.
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Expenses.
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(a)
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The
Fund will pay (or will enter into arrangements providing that parties
other than you will pay) all fees and
expenses:
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(1)
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in
connection with the registration of the Fund and its Units under the
United States securities laws and the registration and qualification of
the Units for sale in the various jurisdictions in which the Fund shall
determine it advisable to qualify such Units for sale (including
registering the Fund as a broker or dealer or any officer of the Fund or
other person as agent or salesman of the Fund in any such
jurisdictions);
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(2)
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of
preparing, setting in type, printing and mailing any notice, proxy
statement, report, Prospectus, SAI or other sales material or
communications to members;
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(3)
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in
connection with the issue and transfer of Units resulting from the
acceptance by you of orders to purchase Units placed with you by
investors, including the expenses of printing and mailing confirmations of
such purchase orders and the expenses of printing and mailing a Prospectus
included with the confirmation of such orders and, if requested by the
purchaser, an SAI; and
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(4)
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such
other fees and expenses of the Fund not borne by you pursuant to this
Section 8.
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(b)
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You
shall pay or arrange for the payment of all fees and
expenses:
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(1)
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of
advertising or promotion in connection with the offering of Units to the
public;
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(2)
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incurred
in connection with your registration as a broker or dealer or the
registration or qualification of your officers, partners, directors,
agents or representatives under Federal and state
laws;
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(3)
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of
that portion of the salaries and overhead of persons employed by you as
member representatives attributable to the time spent by such persons in
responding to requests from investors, but not members, for information
about the Fund; and
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(4)
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of
any activity initiated by you which is primarily intended to result in the
sale of Units.
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8.
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Indemnification
and Contribution.
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(a)
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The
Fund will indemnify you and hold you harmless against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, to which you may become subject, under the
Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus, or SAI or arise out
of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statement therein not misleading, and will reimburse you for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by you in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim; provided, however, that
the Fund shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or SAI in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Fund by you expressly
for use therein.
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(b)
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You
will indemnify and hold harmless the Fund against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which the Fund may become subject, under the
Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or SAI, or arise out
of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to
the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in any Registration Statement,
Prospectus or SAI in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Fund by you expressly for use therein; and
will reimburse the Fund for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by the Fund in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim.
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(c)
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Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if
a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party
shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any
indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such
action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof the indemnifying party
shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall
wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to
assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified
party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be
counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the
indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume
the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such
indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other
counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of
investigation.
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(d)
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If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to, or
insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party under subsection (a)
or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Fund on the one hand and you
on the other from the offering of the Units in respect of which such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arose. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party
failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Fund on the one
hand and you on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) as well as any other relative equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Fund on the one hand
and you on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the
total net proceeds from the offering of the Units (before deducting
expenses) received by the Fund bear to the total compensation received by
you in selling Units under this Agreement, including any sales charge as
set forth in the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Fund on the one
hand or you on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement
or omission. The Fund and you agree that it would not be just and
equitable if the contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation
which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to
above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall
be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection
(d), you shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which the Units sold by you and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of
any damages which you have otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution
from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
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(e)
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The
obligations of the Fund under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any
liability which the Fund may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the
same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls you within
the meaning of the Securities Act; and your obligations under this Section
8 shall be in addition to any liability which you may otherwise have and
shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer or
member of the Board of Directors (the “Board
of Directors”) of the Fund, the general
partner of the Fund, and to each person, if any, who controls the Fund
within the meaning of the Securities
Act.
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(f)
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It
is understood, however, that nothing in this Section 8 shall protect any
indemnified party against, or entitle any indemnified party to
indemnification against, or contribution with respect to, any liability to
the Fund or its shareholders to which such indemnified party is subject,
by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of its duties, or by reason of any reckless disregard of its
obligations and duties, under this Agreement, or otherwise to an extent or
in a manner that is inconsistent with Section 17(i) of the Investment
Company Act.
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9.
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Term.
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(a)
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This
Agreement shall commence on the date first set forth above and continue in
effect until May 31, 2010, and then for successive annual periods after
May 31, 2010, provided such continuance is specifically approved at least
annually by (i) the Board of Directors or (ii) a vote of a majority of the
Fund’s outstanding voting securities (as defined in the Investment Company
Act), provided that in either event the continuance is also approved by a
vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not
“interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the
Fund or any party to this Agreement, by vote cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such
approval.
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(b)
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The
sale of Units in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be
subject to termination or suspension in the absolute discretion of the
Fund, by notice given to you as set forth in Section 11
hereof.
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(c)
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This
Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as
defined in the Investment Company Act). In addition, this Agreement may be
terminated (i) by you at any time without penalty upon sixty (60) days’
written notice to the Fund (which notice may be waived by the Fund); or
(ii) by the Fund at any time without penalty upon sixty (60) days’ written
notice to you (which notice may be waived by you). If this Agreement is
terminated prior to the sale of Units to the public, you shall not be
entitled to any compensation hereunder other than reimbursement of any
out-of-pocket expenses that may be payable to you
hereunder.
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10.
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Representation
and Indemnities to Survive. The respective
agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements
by the Fund and you set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of you, any
Selling Agent or the Fund, or any of the controlling persons referred to
in Section 8 hereof, and will survive the offer of the Units of the Fund.
The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof and this Section 10 shall, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, survive the termination or
cancellation of this Agreement.
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Notices. All communications
hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent
to you, mailed, delivered or telefaxed and confirmed to you at Hatteras
Capital Distributors, LLC, 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Fax No.: 000-000-0000, Attention: J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx or,
if sent to the Fund, mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it
at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attn: J.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx.
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Affiliates. The Fund recognizes
that your partners, officers and employees may from time to time serve as
directors, trustees, officers and employees of corporations and business
entities (including other investment companies), and that you or your
affiliates may enter into distribution or other agreements with other
corporations and business entities.
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Successors. This Agreement will
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their
respective successors and, to the extent set forth herein, each of the
officers, members of the Board of Directors and controlling persons
referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right
or obligation hereunder.
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14.
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Applicable
Law. This
Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws
principles thereof, and the applicable provisions of applicable Federal
law. To the extent that the applicable laws of the State of Delaware, or
any of the provisions herein, conflict with the applicable provisions of
Federal law, the latter shall
control.
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Miscellaneous. The captions in this
Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and in no way
define or delimit any of the provisions hereof or otherwise affect their
construction or effect. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in
two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
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You
understand and agree that the obligations of the Fund under this Agreement are
not binding upon any member of the Board of Directors or member or officer of
the Fund personally, but bind only the Fund and the Fund’s property. You further
acknowledge in this regard that you have notice of the provisions of the LPA of
the Fund disclaiming liability of members of the Board and members and officers
of the Fund for acts or obligations of the Fund.
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If the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign
and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your
acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between you and the Fund, and, to
the extent set forth herein, shall be for the benefit of each Selling
Agent.
Very
truly yours,
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HATTERAS
MULTI-STRATEGY INSTITUTIONAL
FUND, LP |
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By:
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/s/
J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: J.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Secretary
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The
foregoing Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above
written:
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above
written:
HATTERAS
CAPITAL DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
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By:
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/s/ J. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Name: J.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Chief
Compliance Officer
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