Exhibit (l)(6)
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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Excelsior Funds Trust (the "Company"), a Delaware business trust, and
Edgewood Services, Inc. ("Edgewood"), a New York corporation, hereby agree with
each other as follows:
1. The Company hereby offers Edgewood and Edgewood hereby purchases
____ shares of the Shares Class and _____ shares of the
Institutional Shares Class of the Equity Core Fund of the Company
at $[__] per share and $[__] per share, respectively. The Company
hereby acknowledges receipt from Edgewood of funds in the total
amount of $_____ in full payment for the shares.
2. Edgewood represents and warrants to the Company that the shares
are being acquired for investment purposes and not with a view to
the distribution thereof.
IN AGREEMENT WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the __ day of ____________,
2004.
EXCELSIOR FUNDS TRUST
By:
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Name:
Title:
EDGEWOOD SERVICES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
