LICENSE AGREEMENT
This license agreement (the "Agreement") is made this ______ day of
_______, 2006, by and between Xxxx Xxxxx Properties, Inc., a North Carolina
corporation ("Licensor"), and the Trusts/Corporations listed on Exhibit A hereto
(each, a "Licensee").
WHEREAS, Licensee is registered as an open-ended management investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and
WHEREAS, Xxxx Xxxxx, Inc., the parent company of Licensor, is also the
parent company of the investment manager of Licensee and provides investment
advisory, management, and administrative services to various other open-ended
investment companies, including Licensee; and
WHEREAS, Licensor is the sole owner of all rights to use the name "Xxxx
Xxxxx" and trademark and service xxxx XXXX XXXXX (collectively the "Xxxx"); and
WHEREAS, Licensee contemplates changing its name to a name that includes
the Xxxx.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants
herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency whereof are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. LICENSE GRANT: Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a non-exclusive,
royalty-free license, to run perpetually unless terminated pursuant to the terms
hereof, for worldwide use of the Xxxx as part of the name of an open-ended
investment fund and in the promotion of such fund. All rights not granted herein
are expressly reserved to Licensor.
2. OWNERSHIP OF MARKS: All use of the Xxxx by Licensee shall inure to the
benefit of Licensor. Licensee shall cooperate in Licensor's efforts to perfect
or enforce its rights in the Xxxx and shall neither assert nor assist a third
party in asserting any independent rights in the Xxxx anywhere in the world for
any goods or services.
3. QUALITY CONTROL: All services provided by Licensee under the Xxxx shall be
provided at a high-quality standard acceptable to Licensor. Licensee agrees upon
Licensor's request to furnish Licensor an example of each use of the Xxxx and
Licensor shall have the right to disapprove such use and require Licensee to
cease or revise such use.
4. ASSIGNMENT/SUBLICENSE: Licensee shall have the right to assign or sublicense
its rights granted hereunder only with the written consent of Licensor.
5. TERMINATION: Licensor shall have the right to terminate this Agreement
without prejudice to any other rights and remedies it may have upon Licensee's
breach of the terms or undertakings of this License Agreement, upon a change in
ownership of or controlling interest in Licensee, or if an affiliate of Xxxx
Xxxxx, Inc. no longer acts as the investment manager of Licensee, whether as a
result of termination by Licensee or by Xxxx Xxxxx, Inc. or for any other
reason. Upon termination: (i) all rights, licenses and privileges granted to
Licensee hereunder shall automatically revert to Licensor; (ii) Licensee shall
cease making any use of the Xxxx in any corporate or business name, trademark or
service xxxx, domain name or otherwise; and (iii) Licensee shall execute any and
all documents requested by Licensor to evidence such reversion.
6. GOVERNING LAW: This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws
of the United States of America and the State of New York, and the exclusive
jurisdiction for any disputes shall be the federal and state courts in New York.
7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: The undersigned officer of the Licensee has executed
this Agreement not individually, but as an officer under the Trust's Declaration
of Trust and the obligations of this Agreement are not binding upon any of the
Trustees, officers or shareholders of the Trust individually.
8. MISCELLANEOUS: This Agreement represents the entire understanding between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous
representations, understandings or agreements, oral or written, between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEROF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
written:
ATTEST: XXXX XXXXX PROPERTIES, INC.
By:_____________________________ By:___________________________
ATTEST: TRUSTS LISTED ON
EXHIBIT A HERETO
By:_____________________________ By:___________________________
EXHIBIT A
CitiFunds Trust I
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Adjustable Rate Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Income Funds
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Capital and Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Convertible Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Diversified Strategic Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Dividend and Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Exchange Reserve Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners High Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Municipal High Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Total Return Bond Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Investment Series
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Growth and Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Dividend Strategy Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners International Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Dividend Strategy Portfolio
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Government Portfolio
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Growth and Income Portfolio
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Premier Selections All Cap Growth Portfolio
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Investment Trust
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Classic Values Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Intermediate Maturity California Municipals Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Intermediate Maturity New York Municipals Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Large Cap Growth Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Mid Cap Core Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners S&P 500 Index Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Massachusetts Municipal Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Municipal Funds
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Florida Municipals Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Georgia Municipals Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Limited Term Municipals Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners National Municipals Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners New York Municipals Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Pennsylvania Municipals Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Oregon Municipals Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Trust II
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Capital Preservation Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Capital Preservation Fund II
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Diversified Large Cap Growth Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners International Large Cap Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Short Duration Municipal Income Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Small Cap Growth Opportunities Fund
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Portfolios II
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Aggressive Growth Portfolio
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Appreciation Portfolio
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Capital and Income Portfolio
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Diversified Strategic Income Portfolio
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Equity Index Portfolio
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Fundamental Value Portfolio
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Growth and Income Portfolio
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Portfolios IV
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Multiple Discipline Portfolio -- All Cap
Growth and Value
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Multiple Discipline Portfolio -- Balanced All
Cap Growth and Value
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Multiple Discipline Portfolio -- Global All
Cap Growth and Value
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Multiple Discipline Portfolio -- Large Cap
Growth and Value
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Portfolios V
Xxxx Xxxxx Partners Variable Small Cap Growth Opportunities Portfolio
