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Exhibit 15(k)
PERFORMANCE FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.
DEALER AND SELLING GROUP AGREEMENT
Gentlemen:
We have entered into distribution agreements with the following open-end
management investment company: Performance Funds Trust (the "Funds"), under
which we are appointed exclusive agent for the sale of capital stock and shares
of beneficial interest ("Shares"). As such agent, we offer to sell to you as a
member of a Selling Group, Shares of the Funds on the terms set forth below. We
are acting as an underwriter within the meaning of Conduct Rule 2830 of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD").
1. You are to offer and sell Shares of the Funds only at the public
offering price currently determined by each Fund in the manner described in its
Prospectus. This Agreement on your part runs to us and to the Fund and is for
the benefit of and enforceable by each.
2. You are hereby authorized (i) to place orders with us for Shares and
(ii) to tender Shares to us for redemption.
3. You have advised us that you are a broker-dealer registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a member of the NASD. You agree
to abide by the Rules of Fair Practice of the NASD. This Agreement is in all
respects subject to Conduct Rule 2830 of the NASD Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. which shall control any provisions to the contrary.
4. We shall not accept from you any conditional orders for the Shares. If
payment for the Shares purchased is not received within five days, the sale may
be cancelled forthwith without any responsibility or liability on our part or on
the part of the Funds (in which case you will be responsible for any loss,
including loss of profit suffered by the Funds resulting from your failure to
make payment as aforesaid), or, at our option, we may sell the Shares ordered
back to the Funds (in which case we may hold you responsible for any loss,
including loss of profit suffered by the Funds resulting from your failure to
make payment as aforesaid), or at our option, we may sell the Shares ordered
back to the Funds (in which case we may hold you responsible for any loss,
including loss of profit suffered by us resulting from your failure to make
payment as aforesaid). Any order by you for the purchase of Shares of the Funds
through us shall be executed pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in
the Prospectus of each Fund for which an order is made unless rejected by us or
that Fund. In addition to the right to reject any order, each Fund has reserved
the right to withhold Shares from sale temporarily or permanently.
5. You will not offer or sell any of the Shares except under
circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable Federal and
state securities law and in connection with sales and offers to sell Shares, you
will furnish to each person to whom any such sale or offer is made a copy of the
applicable then current Prospectus. We shall be under no liability to you except
for lack of good faith and for obligations expressly assumed by us herein.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall be deemed to be a condition,
stipulation or provision binding any persons acquiring any security to waive
compliance with any provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, or of the Rules
and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or to relieve the
parties hereto from any liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933.
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6. No person is authorized to make any representations concerning Shares
of the Funds except those contained in the then current Prospectus and printed
information issued by each Fund or by us as information supplemental to each
Prospectus. We shall supply prospectuses, reasonable quantities of supplemental
sales literature, sales bulletins, and additional information as issued. You
agree not to use other advertising or sales material relating to the Funds
unless approved in writing by us in advance of such use. Any printed information
furnished by us other than the then current Prospectus for each Fund, periodic
reports and proxy solicitation materials are our sole responsibility and not the
responsibility of the Funds, and you agree that the Funds shall have no
liability or responsibility to you in these respects unless expressly assumed in
connection therewith.
7. In accordance with the terms of the Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan and
Agreement adopted on behalf of the Funds and as we shall from time to time agree
with regard to certain Funds, we will pay you a fee each month at an annual rate
which shall not exceed that specified in each Fund's current Prospectus based on
the daily share value of the preceding month's share balance of each Fund owned
by shareholders who purchased their shares through you.
8. You are to be allowed a discount from the public offering price of
Shares purchased by you through us in accordance with an applicable schedule of
sales charges as specified in each Fund's current Prospectus. The schedules of
sales charges will apply to single purchases, to purchases made under a Letter
of Intent and pursuant to Rights of Accumulation, each of which is described in
the Prospectus of each Fund.
9. You agree to respond to investor inquiries concerning the Fund to the
best of your ability and to contact all shareholders in the Funds to whom you
have sold Shares on a periodic basis to provide them with such information about
the Funds as we will reasonably provide to you.
10. You are obliged to date and time stamp all orders received by you and
promptly to transmit all orders to us in time to provide for processing at the
offering price next determined in accordance with each Fund's Prospectus. You
are not to withhold placing with us orders received from any customer for the
purchase of Shares so as to profit yourself as a result of such withholding. You
shall not purchase orders already received by you or for your bona fide
investment.
11. If any Share is repurchased by a Fund or is tendered thereto for
redemption within seven business days after confirmation by us of the original
purchase order from you for such security, you shall forthwith refund to us the
full concession allowed to you on the original sale.
12. You shall not, as principal, purchase any Shares of a Fund from a
record holder at price lower than the net asset value next determined by Shares
of that Fund. You shall, however, be permitted to sell any Shares of that Fund
for the account of a record owner to that Fund at the net asset value currently
quoted by or for those particular Shares, and may charge a fair service fee for
handling the transaction provided you disclose the fee to the record owner.
13. In purchasing Shares of a Fund through us, you shall act only as
Principal for your own account. You shall purchase Shares of a Fund only through
us, except for repurchase of Shares incidental to redemption. In no transaction
(whether of purchase or sale) shall you have
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any authority to act as agent for, partner of, or participant in a joint venture
with us or with a Fund or any other member of the selling group.
14. We act solely as agent for the Funds and are not responsible for
qualifying the Funds or their Shares for sale in any jurisdiction. We also are
not responsible for the issuance, form, validity, enforceability or value of
Shares of the Funds.
15. All communications to us should be sent to the address on the
following page. Any notice to you shall be duly given if mailed or telegraphed
to you at the address specified you.
16. Either party to this Agreement may cancel this Agreement by giving
written notice to the other. Such notice shall be deemed to have been given on
the date on which it was either delivered personally to the other party of any
officer or member thereof, or was mailed post-paid or delivered to a telegraph
office for transmission to the other party at his or its address. This Agreement
may be amended by us at any time upon time notice to you and your placing of an
order after the effective date of any such amendment shall constitute your
acceptance thereof.
17. This Agreement should be executed in duplicate, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original. One of the duplicate originals should be returned to
us for our file. The Agreement shall be effective as of the date of acceptance
by you, but only upon receipt by us of such duplicate original. The Agreement
shall be in cancellation of and in substitution for any and all previous Dealer
Agreements, but shall not terminate, cancel or release any rights or liabilities
accrued thereunder. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
Very truly yours,
PERFORMANCE FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.
Legal Address: Mailing Address:
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxx. 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Accepted: By:
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