AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
EXHIBIT (4)
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION |
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (“Agreement”) is made as of this 7th day of June, 2010, by and among Xxxxx Xxxxx Growth Trust (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust, on behalf of its series Xxxxx Xxxxx Global Growth Fund (“Global Growth Fund”) and Xxxxx Xxxxx Multi-Cap Growth Fund (“Multi-Cap Growth Fund”) and Global Growth Portfolio, Global Growth Fund’s master portfolio and Multi-Cap Growth Portfolio, Multi-Cap Fund’s master portfolio.
WITNESSETH |
WHEREAS, the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end management investment company authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest without par value in one or more series (such as Global Growth Fund and Multi-Cap Growth Fund), and the Trustees of the Trust have divided the shares of Global Growth Fund into Class A, Class B and Class C shares (“Global Growth Fund Shares”) and Multi-Cap Growth Fund into Class A, Class B and Class C shares (“Multi-Cap Growth Fund Shares”);
WHEREAS, the Trust desires to provide for the reorganization of Global Growth Fund through the acquisition by Multi-Cap Growth Fund of substantially all of the assets of Global Growth Fund in exchange for Multi-Cap Growth Fund Shares in the manner set forth herein;
WHEREAS, Global Growth Fund currently invests all of its assets in Global Growth Portfolio, a Massachusetts trust registered under the 1940 Act as an open-end management investment company which is proposed to be dissolved upon consummation of the reorganization contemplated herein, and Multi-Cap Growth Fund currently invests all of its assets in Multi-Cap Growth Portfolio, a Massachusetts trust registered under the 1940 Act as an open-end management investment company;
WHEREAS, it is intended that the reorganization described in this Agreement shall be a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. | Definitions | |
1.1 | The term “1933 Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. | |
1.2 | The term “1934 Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as | |
amended. | ||
1.3 | The term “Agreement” shall mean this Agreement and Plan of Reorganization. | |
1.4 | The term “Assumed Liabilities” shall mean all liabilities, expenses, costs, charges | |
and receivables of Global Growth Fund as of the Close of Trading on the New | ||
York Stock Exchange on the Valuation Date. | ||
1.5 | The term “Business Day” shall mean any day that the New York Stock Exchange | |
is open. | ||
1.6 | The term “Close of Trading on the NYSE” shall mean the close of regular trading | |
on the New York Stock Exchange, which is usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. |
1.7 | The term “Closing” shall mean the closing of the transaction contemplated by this | |
Agreement. | ||
1.8 | The term “Closing Date” shall mean November 5, 2010, provided all necessary | |
approvals have been received, or such other date as may be agreed by the | ||
parties on which the Closing is to take place. | ||
1.9 | The term “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission. | |
1.10 | The term “Custodian” shall mean State Street Bank and Trust Company. | |
1.11 | The term “Delivery Date” shall mean the date contemplated by Section 3.3 of this | |
Agreement. | ||
1.12 | The term “Trust N-14” shall mean the Trust’s registration statement on Form N- | |
14, including a Proxy Statement/Prospectus as may be amended, that describes | ||
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and registers the Multi-Cap | ||
Growth Fund Shares to be issued in connection with this transaction. | ||
1.13 | The term “Global Growth Fund N-1A” shall mean the registration | |
statement, as amended, on Form N-1A of the Trust with respect to Global Growth | ||
Fund in effect on the date hereof or on the Closing Date, as the context may | ||
require. | ||
1.14 | The term “NYSE” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange. | |
1.15 | The term “Portfolio N-1As” shall mean the registration statement, as amended, | |
on Form N-1A of the Portfolios in effect on the date hereof or on the Closing | ||
Date, as the context may require. | ||
1.16 | The term “Proxy Statement” shall mean the Proxy Statement/Prospectus | |
furnished to the Global Growth Fund shareholders in connection with this | ||
transaction. | ||
1.17 | The term “Securities List” shall mean the list of those securities and other assets | |
owned by the Trust, on behalf of Global Growth Fund, on the Delivery Date. | ||
1.18 | The term “Multi-Cap Growth Fund N-1A” shall mean the registration statement, | |
as amended, on Form N-1A of the Trust with respect to Multi-Cap Growth Fund in | ||
effect on the date hereof or on the Closing Date, as the context may require. | ||
1.19 | The term “Valuation Date” shall mean the day of the Closing Date. | |
2. | Transfer and Exchange of Assets | |
2.1 | Reorganization of Global Growth Fund. At the Closing, subject to the requisite | |
approval of the Global Growth Fund’s shareholders and the terms and conditions | ||
set forth herein, the Trust shall transfer all of the assets of Global Growth Fund | ||
and assign all Assumed Liabilities to Multi-Cap Growth Fund, and Multi-Cap | ||
Growth Fund shall acquire such assets and shall assume such Assumed | ||
Liabilities upon delivery by Multi-Cap Growth Fund to Global Growth Fund on the | ||
Closing Date of Class A, Class B and Class C Multi-Cap Growth Fund Shares | ||
(including, if applicable, fractional shares) having an aggregate net asset value | ||
equal to the value of the assets so transferred, assigned and delivered, less the | ||
Assumed Liabilities, all determined and adjusted as provided in Section 2.2. |
Upon delivery of the assets, Multi-Cap Growth Fund will receive good and | ||
marketable title thereto free and clear of all liens. | ||
2.2 | Computation of Net Asset Value. The net asset value per share of the Multi-Cap | |
Growth Fund Shares and the net value of the assets of Global Growth Fund | ||
subject to this Agreement shall, in each case, be determined as of the Close of | ||
Trading on the NYSE on the Valuation Date, after the declaration and payment of | ||
any dividend on that date. The net asset value of the Multi-Cap Growth Fund | ||
Shares shall be computed in the manner set forth in the Multi-Cap Growth Fund | ||
Form N-1A. In determining the value of the securities transferred by Global | ||
Growth Fund to Multi-Cap Growth Fund, such assets shall be priced in | ||
accordance with the policies and procedures described in the Multi-Cap Growth | ||
Fund N-1A. | ||
3. | Closing Date, Valuation Date and Delivery | |
3.1 | Closing Date. The Closing shall be at the offices of Xxxxx Xxxxx Management, | |
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000 immediately prior to the opening of | ||
Xxxxx Vance’s business on the Closing Date. All acts taking place at Closing | ||
shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of 9:00 a.m. Eastern time on the | ||
Closing Date unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties. | ||
3.2 | Valuation Date. Pursuant to Section 2.2, the net value of the assets of Global | |
Growth Fund and the net asset value per share of Multi-Cap Growth Fund shall | ||
be determined as of the Close of Trading on the NYSE on the Valuation Date, | ||
after the declaration and payment of any dividend on that date. The stock | ||
transfer books of the Trust with respect to Global Growth Fund will be | ||
permanently closed, and sales of Global Growth Fund Shares shall be | ||
suspended, as of the close of business of the Trust on the Valuation Date. | ||
Redemption requests thereafter received by the Trust with respect to Global | ||
Growth Fund shall be deemed to be redemption requests for Multi-Cap Growth | ||
Fund Shares to be distributed to shareholders of Global Growth Fund under this | ||
Agreement provided that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are | ||
consummated. | ||
In the event that trading on the NYSE or on another exchange or market on | ||
which securities held by the Global Growth Fund are traded shall be disrupted on | ||
the Valuation Date so that, in the judgment of the Trust, accurate appraisal of the | ||
net assets of Global Growth Fund to be transferred hereunder or the assets of | ||
Multi-Cap Growth Fund is impracticable, the Valuation Date shall be postponed | ||
until the first Business Day after the day on which trading on such exchange or in | ||
such market shall, in the judgment of the Trust, have been resumed without | ||
disruption. In such event, the Closing Date shall be postponed until one | ||
Business Day after the Valuation Date. | ||
3.3 | Delivery of Assets. After the close of business on the Valuation Date, the Trust | |
shall issue instructions providing for the delivery of all of its assets held on behalf | ||
of Global Growth Fund to the Custodian to be held for the account of Multi-Cap | ||
Growth Fund, effective as of the Closing. Multi-Cap Growth Fund may inspect | ||
such securities at the offices of the Custodian prior to the Valuation Date. | ||
4. | Global Growth Fund Distributions and Termination | |
4.1 | As soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing Date, the Trust shall pay or | |
make provisions for the payment of all of the debts and taxes of Global Growth | ||
Fund and distribute all remaining assets, if any, to shareholders of Global Growth |
Fund, and Global Growth Fund shall thereafter be terminated under | ||
Massachusetts law. | ||
At, or as soon as may be practicable following the Closing Date, the Trust on | ||
behalf of Global Growth Fund shall distribute the Class A, Class B and Class C | ||
Multi-Cap Growth Fund Shares it received from the Multi-Cap Growth Fund to the | ||
shareholders of the Global Growth Fund and shall instruct Multi-Cap Growth | ||
Fund as to the amount of the pro rata interest of each of Global Growth Fund’s | ||
shareholders as of the close of business on the Valuation Date (such | ||
shareholders to be certified as such by the transfer agent for the Trust), to be | ||
registered on the books of Multi-Cap Growth Fund, in full and fractional Multi-Cap | ||
Growth Fund Shares, in the name of each such shareholder, and Multi-Cap | ||
Growth Fund agrees promptly to transfer the Multi-Cap Growth Fund Shares then | ||
credited to the account of Global Growth Fund on the books of Multi-Cap Growth | ||
Fund to open accounts on the share records of Multi-Cap Growth Fund in the | ||
names of Global Growth Fund shareholders in accordance with said instruction. | ||
Each Global Growth Fund shareholder shall receive shares of the corresponding | ||
class of Multi-Cap Growth Fund to the class of Global Growth Fund held by such | ||
shareholder. All issued and outstanding Global Growth Fund Shares shall | ||
thereupon be canceled on the books of the Trust. Multi-Cap Growth Fund shall | ||
have no obligation to inquire as to the correctness of any such instruction, but | ||
shall, in each case, assume that such instruction is valid, proper and correct. | ||
5. | Global Growth Fund Securities | |
On the Delivery Date, Global Growth Portfolio on behalf of Global Growth Fund shall | ||
deliver the Securities List and tax records. Such records shall be made available to Multi- | ||
Cap Growth Fund prior to the Closing Date for inspection by the Treasurer (or his or her | ||
designee). Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood that Global Growth | ||
Fund may hereafter until the close of business on the Valuation Date sell any securities | ||
owned by it in the ordinary course of its business as a series of an open-end, | ||
management investment company. | ||
6. | Liabilities and Expenses | |
Multi-Cap Growth Fund shall acquire all liabilities of Global Growth Fund, whether known | ||
or unknown, or contingent or determined. The Trust will discharge all known liabilities of | ||
Global Growth Fund, so far as may be possible, prior to the Closing Date. Global Growth | ||
Fund shall bear the expenses of carrying out this Agreement. | ||
7. | Global Growth Portfolio and Multi-Cap Growth Portfolio Representations and Warranties | |
Each Portfolio hereby represents, warrants and agrees as follows: | ||
7.1 | Legal Existence. Global Growth Portfolio and Multi-Cap Growth Portfolio are | |
trusts duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of | ||
Massachusetts. | ||
7.2 | Registration under 1940 Act. Global Growth Portfolio and Multi-Cap Growth | |
Portfolio are duly registered with the Commission as a closed-end investment | ||
company under the 1940 Act and such registration is in full force and effect. | ||
7.3 | Financial Statements. The statement of assets and liabilities, schedule of | |
portfolio investments and related statements of operations and changes in net | ||
assets of Global Growth Portfolio and Multi-Cap Growth Portfolio dated August |
31, 2009 and February 28, 2010 fairly present its financial condition as of said | ||
date in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. | ||
7.4 | No Material Events. There are no legal, administrative or other proceedings | |
pending, or to its knowledge, threatened against Global Growth Portfolio and | ||
Multi-Cap Growth Portfolio that would materially affect its financial condition. | ||
7.5 | Requisite Approvals. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the | |
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein have been authorized by | ||
the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees by vote taken at a meeting of such Board duly | ||
called and held on June 7, 2010. | ||
7.6 | No Material Violations. Global Growth Portfolio and Multi-Cap Growth Portfolio | |
are not, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not | ||
result, in a material violation of any provision of its Declaration of Trust or By- | ||
Laws, as each may be amended, of Global Growth Portfolio and Multi-Cap | ||
Growth Portfolio or of any agreement, indenture, instrument, contract, lease or | ||
other undertaking to which it is a party or by which it is bound. | ||
7.7 | Taxes and Related Filings. Except where failure to do so would not have a | |
material adverse effect on Global Growth Portfolio and Multi-Cap Growth | ||
Portfolio, Global Growth Portfolio and Multi-Cap Growth Portfolio have filed and | ||
will file or obtain valid extensions of filing dates for all required federal, state and | ||
local tax returns and reports for all taxable years through and including its current | ||
taxable year and no such filings or reports are currently being audited or | ||
contested by the Internal Revenue Service or state or local taxing authority and | ||
all federal, state and local income, franchise, property, sales, employment or | ||
other taxes or penalties payable have been paid or will be paid, so far as due. | ||
Global Growth Portfolio and Multi-Cap Growth Portfolio are classified as | ||
partnerships for federal tax purposes, have qualified as such for each taxable | ||
year of its operations, and will qualify as such as of the Closing Date. | ||
7.8 | Good and Marketable Title. On the Closing Date, Global Growth Portfolio and | |
Multi-Cap Growth Portfolio are will have good and marketable title to its assets, | ||
free and clear of all liens, mortgages, pledges, encumbrances, charges, claims | ||
and equities whatsoever, except as provided in the Portfolio N-1As. | ||
7.9 | Books and Records. Global Growth Portfolio and Multi-Cap Growth Portfolio has | |
maintained all records required under Section 31 of the 1940 Act and rules | ||
thereunder. | ||
8. | Trust Representations and Warranties | |
Growth Trust, on behalf of the Funds, hereby represents, warrants and agrees as follows: | ||
8.1 | Legal Existence. Growth Trust and Growth Trust are each a business trust duly | |
organized and validly existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of | ||
Massachusetts. Global Growth Fund and Multi-Cap Growth Fund are validly | ||
existing series of Growth Trust. The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited | ||
number of shares of beneficial interest of Multi-Cap Growth Fund. | ||
8.2 | Registration under 1940 Act. The Trust is a duly registered as open-end | |
management investment companies under the 1940 Act and such registration is | ||
in full force and effect. |
8.3 | Financial Statements. The statement of assets and liabilities and the schedule of | |
portfolio investments and the related statements of operations and changes in | ||
net assets of Global Growth Fund and Multi-Cap Growth Fund dated August 31, | ||
2009 and February 28, 2010, fairly present the financial condition of Global | ||
Growth Fund and Multi-Cap Growth Fund as of said dates in conformity with | ||
generally accepted accounting principles. | ||
8.4 | No Contingent Liabilities. There are no known contingent liabilities of Global | |
Growth Fund or Multi-Cap Growth Fund not disclosed and there are no legal, | ||
administrative or other proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of the Trust | ||
threatened, against Global Growth Fund or Multi-Cap Growth Fund which would | ||
materially affect its financial condition. | ||
8.5 | Requisite Approvals. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the | |
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, have been authorized by | ||
the Board of Trustees of the Trust by vote taken at a meeting of such Board duly | ||
called and held on June 7, 2010. No approval of the shareholders of Multi-Cap | ||
Growth Fund is required in connection with this Agreement or the transaction | ||
contemplated hereby. The Agreement has been executed and delivered by a | ||
duly authorized officer of the Trust and is a valid and legally binding obligation of | ||
each of Global Growth Fund and Multi-Cap Growth Fund enforceable in | ||
accordance with its terms. | ||
8.6 | No Material Violations. The Trust is not, and the execution, delivery and | |
performance of this Agreement will not result, in a material violation of any | ||
provision of its Declaration of Trust or By-Laws, as may be amended, of Growth | ||
Trust or of any agreement, indenture, instrument, contract, lease or other | ||
undertaking to which the Trust is a party or by which it is bound. | ||
8.7 | Taxes and Related Filings. Except where failure to do so would not have a | |
material adverse effect on Global Growth Fund or Multi-Cap Growth Fund, each | ||
of Global Growth Fund and Multi-Cap Growth Fund has filed or will file or obtain | ||
valid extensions of filing dates for all required federal, state and local tax returns | ||
and reports for all taxable years through and including its current taxable year | ||
and no such filings are currently being audited or contested by the Internal | ||
Revenue Service or state or local taxing authority and all federal, state and local | ||
income, franchise, property, sales, employment or other taxes or penalties | ||
payable pursuant to such returns have been paid or will be paid, so far as due. | ||
Each of Global Growth Fund and Multi-Cap Growth Fund has elected to be | ||
treated as a “regulated investment company” for federal tax purposes, has | ||
qualified as such for each taxable year of its operations and will qualify as such | ||
as of the Closing Date. | ||
8.8 | Good and Marketable Title. On the Closing Date, Global Growth Fund will have | |
good and marketable title to its assets, free and clear of all liens, mortgages, | ||
pledges, encumbrances, charges, claims and equities whatsoever, and full right, | ||
power and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver such assets and shall | ||
deliver such assets to Multi-Cap Growth Fund. Upon delivery of such assets, | ||
Multi-Cap Growth Fund will receive good and marketable title to such assets, free | ||
and clear of all liens, mortgages, pledges, encumbrances, charges, claims and | ||
equities, except as to adverse claims under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial | ||
Code of which Multi-Cap Growth Fund has notice and necessary documentation | ||
at or prior to the time of delivery. | ||
8.9 | Multi-Cap Growth Fund N-1A Not Misleading. The Multi-Cap Growth Fund N-1A | |
conforms on the date of the Agreement, and will conform on the date of the Proxy |
Statement and the Closing Date, in all material respects to the applicable | ||
requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of | ||
the Commission thereunder and does not include any untrue statement of a | ||
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or | ||
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under | ||
which they were made, not materially misleading. | ||
8.10 | Proxy Statement. The Proxy Statement delivered to the Global Growth Fund | |
shareholders in connection with this transaction (both at the time of delivery to | ||
such shareholders in connection with the meeting of shareholders and at all | ||
times subsequent thereto and including the Closing Date) in all material respects, | ||
conforms to the applicable requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1940 Act and | ||
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and will not include any | ||
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to | ||
be stated thereon or necessary to make statements therein, in light of the | ||
circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading. | ||
8.11 | Books and Records. Each of Global Growth Fund and Multi-Cap Growth Fund | |
has maintained all records required under Section 31 of the 1940 Act and rules | ||
thereunder. | ||
9. | Conditions Precedent to Closing | |
The obligations of the parties hereto shall be conditioned on the following: | ||
9.1 | Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the | |
parties made herein will be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and | ||
on the Closing Date. | ||
9.2 | Shareholder Approval. The Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein | |
shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the holders of Global Growth | ||
Fund Shares in accordance with the 1940 Act and the Declaration of Trust and | ||
By-Laws, each as amended, of the Trust. | ||
9.3 | Pending or Threatened Proceedings. On the Closing Date, no action, suit or | |
other proceeding shall be threatened or pending before any court or | ||
governmental agency in which it is sought to restrain or prohibit, or obtain | ||
damages or other relief in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions | ||
contemplated herein. | ||
9.4 | Registration Statement. The Trust N-14 shall have become effective under the | |
1933 Act; no stop orders suspending the effectiveness of such Trust N-14 shall | ||
have been issued; and, to the best knowledge of the parties hereto, no | ||
investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be | ||
pending, threatened or contemplated under the 1933 Act. The Proxy Statement | ||
has been delivered to each shareholder of record of the Global Growth Fund as | ||
of August 19, 2010 in accordance with the provisions of the 1934 Act and the | ||
rules thereunder. | ||
9.5 | Declaration of Dividend. The Trust shall have declared a dividend or dividends | |
which, together with all previous such dividends, shall have the effect of | ||
distributing to Global Growth Fund shareholders all of Global Growth Fund’s | ||
investment company taxable income (as defined in Section 852 of the Code) | ||
(computed without regard to any deduction for dividends paid) for the final | ||
taxable period of Global Growth Fund, all of its net capital gain realized in the | ||
final taxable period of Global Growth Fund (after reduction for any capital loss |
carryforward) and all of the excess of (i) its interest income excludable from gross | |||
income under Section 103(a) of the Code over (ii) its deductions disallowed | |||
under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the final taxable period of | |||
Global Growth Fund. | |||
9.6 | State Securities Laws. The parties shall have received all permits and other | ||
authorizations necessary, if any, under state securities laws to consummate the | |||
transactions contemplated herein. | |||
9.7 | Performance of Covenants. Each party shall have performed and complied in all | ||
material respects with each of the agreements and covenants required by this | |||
Agreement to be performed or complied with by each such party prior to or at the | |||
Valuation Date and the Closing Date. | |||
9.8 | Due Diligence. Multi-Cap Growth Fund and Multi-Cap Growth Portfolio shall | ||
have had reasonable opportunity to have its officers and agents review the | |||
records of Global Growth Fund and Global Growth Portfolio. | |||
9.9 | No Material Adverse Change. From the date of this Agreement, through the | ||
Closing Date, there shall not have been: | |||
• | any change in the business, results of operations, assets or financial | ||
condition or the manner of conducting the business of Global Growth | |||
Fund or Multi-Cap Growth Fund (other than changes in the ordinary | |||
course of its business, including, without limitation, dividends and | |||
distributions in the ordinary course and changes in the net asset value | |||
per share) which has had a material adverse effect on such business, | |||
results of operations, assets or financial condition, except in all instances | |||
as set forth in the financial statements; | |||
• | any loss (whether or not covered by insurance) suffered by Global | ||
Growth Fund or Multi-Cap Growth Fund materially and adversely | |||
affecting of Global Growth Fund or Multi-Cap Growth Fund, other than | |||
depreciation of securities; | |||
• | issued by the Trust to any person any option to purchase or other right to | ||
acquire shares of any class of Global Growth Fund or Multi-Cap Growth | |||
Fund Shares (other than in the ordinary course of Growth Trust’s | |||
business as an open-end management investment company); | |||
• | any indebtedness incurred by Global Growth Fund or Multi-Cap Growth | ||
Fund for borrowed money or any commitment to borrow money entered | |||
into by Global Growth Fund or Multi-Cap Growth Fund except as | |||
permitted in Global Growth Fund N-1A or Multi-Cap Growth Fund N-1A | |||
and disclosed in financial statements required to be provided under this | |||
Agreement; | |||
• | any amendment to the Declaration of Trust or By-Laws of the Trust that | ||
will adversely affect the ability of the Trust to comply with the terms of | |||
this Agreement; or | |||
• | any grant or imposition of any lien, claim, charge or encumbrance upon | ||
any asset of Global Growth Fund except as provided in Global Growth | |||
Fund N-1A so long as it will not prevent the Trust from complying with | |||
Section 7.8. |
9.10 | Lawful Sale of Shares. On the Closing Date, Multi-Cap Growth Fund Shares to | |
be issued pursuant to Section 2.1 of this Agreement will be duly authorized, duly | ||
and validly issued and outstanding, and fully paid and non-assessable by the | ||
Trust, and conform in all substantial respects to the description thereof contained | ||
in the Trust N-14 and Proxy Statement furnished to the Global Growth Fund | ||
shareholders and the Multi-Cap Growth Fund Shares to be issued pursuant to | ||
paragraph 2.1 of this Agreement will be duly registered under the 1933 Act by the | ||
Trust N-14 and will be offered and sold in compliance with all applicable state | ||
securities laws. | ||
9.11 | Documentation and Other Actions. The Trust shall have executed such | |
documents and shall have taken such other actions, if any, as reasonably | ||
requested to fully effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby. | ||
10. | Addresses | |
All notices required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in | ||
writing to Xxxxx Xxxxx Growth Trust, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
(Attention: Chief Legal Officer), or at such other place as shall be specified in written | ||
notice given by either party to the other party to this Agreement and shall be validly given | ||
if mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid. | ||
11. | Termination | |
This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon the giving of written notice to the | ||
other, if any of the representations, warranties or conditions specified in Sections 7 or 8 | ||
hereof have not been performed or do not exist on or before December 31, 2010. In the | ||
event of termination of this Agreement pursuant to this provision, neither party (nor its | ||
officers, Trustees or shareholders) shall have any liability to the other. |
12. | Miscellaneous |
This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the | |
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Trust represents that there are no | |
brokers or finders entitled to receive any payments in connection with the transactions | |
provided for herein. The Trust represents that this Agreement constitutes the entire | |
agreement between the parties as to the subject matter hereof. The representations, | |
warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered | |
pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall not survive the consummation of the | |
transactions contemplated hereunder. The Section headings contained in this Agreement | |
are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or | |
interpretation of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be executed in any number of | |
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original. Whenever used herein, the use | |
of any gender shall include all genders. In the event that any provision of this Agreement | |
is unenforceable at law or in equity, the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in full | |
force and effect. | |
13. | Amendments |
At any time prior to or after approval of this Agreement by Global Growth Fund | |
shareholders (i) the parties hereto may, by written agreement and without shareholder | |
approval, amend any of the provisions of this Agreement, and (ii) either party may waive | |
without such approval any default by the other party or the failure to satisfy any of the | |
conditions to its obligations (such waiver to be in writing); provided, however, that | |
following shareholder approval, no such amendment may have the effect of changing the | |
provisions for determining the number of Multi-Cap Growth Fund Shares to be received | |
by Global Growth Fund shareholders under this Agreement to the detriment of such | |
shareholders without their further approval. The failure of a party hereto to enforce at any | |
time any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver | |
of any such provision, nor in any way to affect the validity of this Agreement or any part | |
hereof or the right of any party thereafter to enforce each and every such provision. No | |
waiver of any breach of this Agreement shall be held to be a waiver of any other or | |
subsequent breach. | |
14. | Massachusetts Business Trust |
References in this Agreement to the Trust mean and refer to the Trustees from time to | |
time serving under its Declarations of Trust on file with the Secretary of the | |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as the same may be amended from time to time, | |
pursuant to which they conduct their businesses. It is expressly agreed that the | |
obligations of the Trust hereunder shall not be binding upon any of the trustees, | |
shareholders, nominees, officers, agents or employees of the Trust personally, but bind | |
only the trust property of the Trust as provided in said Declaration of Trust. The | |
execution and delivery of this Agreement has been authorized by the respective trustees | |
and signed by an authorized officer of the Trust, acting as such, and neither such | |
authorization by such trustees nor such execution and delivery by such officer shall be | |
deemed to have been made by any of them but shall bind only the trust property of the | |
Trust as provided in such Declaration of Trust. No series of the Trust shall be liable for | |
the obligations of any other series. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed by their officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
ATTEST: | XXXXX XXXXX GROWTH TRUST | |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Gemma | By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Xxxxxxx X. Gemma, Secretary | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Vice President | |
GLOBAL GROWTH PORTFOLIO | ||
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Gemma | By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Xxxxxxx X. Gemma, Secretary | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Treasurer | |
(For purposes of Section 7 only) | ||
MULTI-CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO | ||
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Gemma | By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Xxxxxxx X. Gemma, Secretary | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Treasurer | |
(For purposes of Section 7 only) |