EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT NORTH AMERICAN GOVERNMENT BOND FUND, INC. CLASS C SHARES
NORTH
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT BOND FUND, INC.
CLASS
C SHARES
THIS EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT is made as of the 1st day
of March 2010 by and between NORTH AMERICAN GOVERNMENT BOND FUND, INC., a
Maryland corporation (the “Fund”), and INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY & INVESTMENT
INC., a Delaware corporation (“ISI” or the “Advisor”), with respect to the
following:
WHEREAS,
ISI serves as the Fund’s investment advisor pursuant to an Investment Advisory
Agreement dated December 15, 1992; and
WHEREAS,
ISI has voluntarily agreed to waive its fees and reimburse expenses with respect
to the Class C Shares of the Fund so that the total annual operating expenses of
the Class C Shares do not exceed 1.85% of the average daily net assets of the
Class C Shares of the Fund; and
WHEREAS,
the Fund and ISI desire to formalize this voluntary fee waiver arrangement for a
one-year period beginning on March 1, 2010 and ending February 28,
2011.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. ISI
agrees to waive its fee with respect to the Fund and reimburse the expenses of
the Class C Shares of the Fund for a period from March 1, 2010 through February
28, 2011 to the extent necessary so that the total annual operating expenses of
the Class C Shares of the Fund do not exceed 1.85% of its average daily net
assets.
2. Upon
the termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement this Agreement shall
automatically terminate.
3. Any
question of interpretation of any term or provision of this Agreement having a
counterpart in or otherwise derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act
shall be resolved by reference to such term or provision of the 1940 Act and to
interpretations thereof, if any, by the United States Courts or in the absence
of any controlling decision of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders
of the SEC issued pursuant to said Act. In addition, where the effect
of a requirement of the 1940 Act reflected in any provision of this Agreement is
revised by rule, regulation or order of the SEC, such provision shall be deemed
to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or
order. Otherwise the provisions of this Agreement shall be
interpreted in accordance with the laws of Maryland.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in
duplicate by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.
NORTH
AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT
BOND
FUND,
INC.
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Attest:
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President
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INTERNATIONAL
STRATEGY
&
INVESTMENT INC.
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Attest:
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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By:
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/s/ R. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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R.
Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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President
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