Exhibit (l)(5)
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 $10.00 for each share, one share
of beneficial interest of the Core International Equity Fund - Institutional,
one share of the Core International Equity Fund - Series A, and one share of the
Core International Equity Fund - Series B 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 3rd day of November, 1999.
(SEAL)
FIRSTAR FUNDS, INC.
By: /s/Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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X.X. XXXXXXX & COMPANY
By: /s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 1
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Firstar Core International Equity Fund - Institutional $10.00
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Firstar Core International Equity Fund - Series A $10.00
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Firstar Core International Equity Fund - Series B $10.00
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Total consideration for one share of each series $30.00
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