INTER-AFFILIATE TRANSFER AGREEMENT (Administration Services Agreement) Legg Mason Investment Trust, Inc. (Opportunity Trust)
(Administration
Services Agreement)
Xxxx
Xxxxx Investment Trust, Inc. (Opportunity Trust)
This
Inter-Affiliate Transfer Agreement (“Transfer Agreement”) is made as of the 30th
day of September, 2009 by and among Xxxx Xxxxx Fund Adviser, Inc. (“LMFA”), Xxxx
Xxxxx Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”), LMM LLC, (“LMM”), and Xxxx Xxxxx
Investment Trust, Inc. (“Investment Trust”) on behalf of its series, Xxxx Xxxxx
Opportunity Trust (the “Fund”).
Recitals
LMFA and
LMM are each party to an Administration Agreement (“Admin. Agreement”) dated
August 1, 2000, with respect to the Fund pursuant to which LMFA provides certain
administrative services to the Fund; and
LMFA and
LMPFA are affiliated by virtue of being wholly owned subsidiaries of Xxxx Xxxxx,
Inc. and share common officers, directors, and employees; and
LMFA
desires to transfer its duties and obligations under the Admin. Agreement to
LMPFA, and LMPFA is willing to accept the transfer and assume the duties and
obligations under the Admin. Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth
herein; and
LMM and
Investment Trust, on behalf of the Fund, have agreed to the proposed
transfer;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1a. Transfer and
Assumption. The parties agree that the terms and conditions of
the Admin. Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. Effective
September 30, 2009, LMFA hereby transfers, conveys and sets over all of its
rights, interests, claims and entitlements under the Admin. Agreement to LMPFA
and to its successors and permitted assigns, to have and to hold the same
forever;
1b. Representation. LMPFA
makes all representations and warranties of LMFA in the Admin. Agreement with
the same force and effect as if set forth fully herein.
LMPFA
hereby undertakes, assumes, and agrees to perform or otherwise discharge when
due all covenants, liabilities, duties and obligations of LMFA under or in
connection with or arising out of the Admin. Agreement. Except as
expressly herein provided, this Transfer Agreement shall not be construed to
modify, terminate or merge any rights any party to the Admin. Agreement has
pursuant to the terms thereof, and the parties hereby confirm that all of the
terms and provisions of the Admin. Agreement remain in full force and
effect.
2. Consent. LMM
and Investment Trust on behalf of the Fund, each hereby consents and agrees to
the foregoing transfer and assumption.
3. Further
Assurances. Each of the parties agrees to execute and deliver,
at its own expense, such further documents, and to do such further things, as
another party may reasonably request in order to more fully effectuate the
transactions contemplated by this Transfer Agreement.
4. Governing
Law. This Transfer Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland without regard to
its conflict of laws provisions.
5. Counterparts. This
Transfer Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which
when taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument, and any of
the parties hereto may execute this Transfer Agreement by signing any such
counterpart.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Transfer Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers, or other authorized signatories, as of
the date first above written.
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XXXXX INVESTMENT TRUST INC.
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XXXXX FUND ADVISER, INC.
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XXXXX PARTNERS FUND ADVISOR, LLC
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