Exhibit (l)(17)
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
The RBB Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), a Maryland corporation, and Xxxxx
Investment Management, L. P. ("BIM") intending to be legally bound, hereby agree
with each other as follows:
1. The Fund hereby offers BIM and BIM hereby purchases $1,000 worth of
shares of each of Classes NNN and OOO Common Stock of the Fund (par value $.001
per share) (such shares hereinafter sometimes collectively known as "Shares") at
a price per Share equivalent to the net asset value per share of the Shares of
the Fund as determined on --------, 1999.
2. The Fund hereby acknowledges receipt from BIM of funds in the amount
of $2,000 in full payment for the Shares.
3. BIM represents and warrants to the Fund that the Shares are being
acquired for investment purposes and not with a view to the distribution
thereof.
4. This agreement may be executed in counterparts, and all such
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the ----- day of -----, 1999.
THE RBB FUND, INC.
By:______________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
President & Treasurer
XXXXX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L. P.
By:______________________
