Exhibit (l)(4)
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Firstar Funds, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), and X.X.
Xxxxxxx & Company ("X.X. Xxxxxxx") hereby agree as follows:
1. The Company hereby offers X.X. Xxxxxxx and X.X. Xxxxxxx hereby
purchases, in consideration for the payment of $____, one share of beneficial
interest of the Special Growth Fund - Series B, one share of the Bond IMMDEX/TM
Fund - Series B, one share of the Equity Index Fund - Series B, one share of the
Growth & Income Fund - Series B, one share of the Short-Term Bond Market Fund -
Series B, one share of the Balanced Growth Fund - Series B, one share of the
Growth Fund - Series B, one share of the Intermediate Bond Market Fund - Series
B, one share of the Tax-Exempt Intermediate Bond Fund - Series B, one share of
the International Equity Fund - Series B, one share of the MicroCap Fund -
Series B, one share of the Balanced Income Fund - Series B, and one share of the
Emerging Growth Fund - Series B each for a purchase price corresponding to the
net asset value per share as listed in Exhibit 1 to this agreement.
2. X.X. Xxxxxxx acknowledges that the shares purchased hereunder have not
been registered under the federal securities laws and that the Company is
relying on certain exemptions from such registration requirements. X.X. Xxxxxxx
represents and warrants that it is acquiring such shares solely for investment
purposes and that X.X. Xxxxxxx has no present intention to redeem, sell or
otherwise dispose of the shares.
3. This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the State of Wisconsin.
Firstar Funds is a corporation organized under the laws of Wisconsin and under
Articles of Incorporation, to which reference is hereby made and a copy of which
is on file at the office of the Secretary of State of Wisconsin as required by
law, and to any and all amendments thereto so filed or hereafter filed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the 26th day of February, 1999.
(SEAL)
FIRSTAR FUNDS, INC.
By: /s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Treasurer
X.X. XXXXXXX & COMPANY
By: /s/Xxxxxx X. Tuszyski
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Tuszyski
Title: Senior Vice President
Exhibit 1
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Firstar Short Term Bond Market Fund - Series B $
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Firstar Intermediate Bond Market Fund - Series B $
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Firstar Tax-Exempt Intermediate Bond Fund - Series B $
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Firstar Bond IMMEX/TM Fund - Series B $
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Firstar Balanced Income Fund - Series B $
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Firstar Balanced Growth Fund - Series B $
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Firstar Growth and Income Fund - Series B $
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Firstar Equity Index Fund - Series B $
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Firstar Growth Fund - Series B $
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Firstar Special Growth Fund - Series B $
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Firstar Emerging Growth Fund - Series B $
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Firstar MicroCap Fund - Series B $
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Firstar International Equity Fund - Series B $
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Total Consideration for one share of each series $
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