FORM OF 45 BASIS POINT EXPENSE CONTRACT between FIDELITY INCOME FUND: FIDELITY GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND and FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
Exhibit 13(b)
FORM OF
45 BASIS POINT EXPENSE CONTRACT
between
FIDELITY INCOME FUND:
FIDELITY GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND
and
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
This 45 Basis Point Expense Contract, dated as of _______ 2006 (the "Agreement"), is made and entered into by and between Fidelity Income Fund, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one or more series of shares of beneficial interest (the "Trust"), on behalf of Fidelity Government Income Fund (the "Fund"), and Fidelity Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation (the "Manager").
WHEREAS, the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, and the Manager have entered into
an Amended and Restated Fundwide Operations and Expense Agreement, dated as of _______
2006, pursuant to which the Manager has agreed to limit fund-level expense of the Fund
(including its advisory fee) to 35 bp;
WHEREAS, the retail class of the Fund (the "Retail Fund") currently pays
transfer agent fees at a fixed rate of 10 bp; and
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Manager have determined that it is appropriate and
in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders to maintain the expenses of the Retail Fund
at a fixed annualized expense rate not to exceed 45 basis points.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. EXPENSE PROVISION. Until this agreement shall be amended or terminated pursuant to
Section 2 or Section 5 hereof, the Manager agrees to pay or provide for the payment of any fee
or expense allocated at the class level and attributable to the Retail Fund, such that the ordinary
operating expenses incurred by the Retail Fund in any fiscal year (excluding interest, taxes,
securities lending costs, brokerage commissions, and extraordinary expenses) will not exceed
0.45% on an annual basis. For avoidance of doubt, it is understood that this agreement shall not
apply to any class of the Fund other than the Retail Fund.
2. AMENDMENTS. This Agreement may not be amended to increase the fees or expenses
payable by the Retail Fund except by a vote of a majority of the Board of Trustees of the Trust
and by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Retail Fund; provided that
the Trust may amend Section 1 hereof without shareholder approval if the Board of Trustees
determines that any payments by or on behalf of the Manager described in Section 1 hereof may
create a preferential dividend for federal income tax purposes; and further provided, that all other
amendments may be approved by mutual consent of the parties without a shareholder vote.
3. INTERPRETATION. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require the Trust or the
Retail Fund to take any action contrary to the Trust's Declaration of Trust or Bylaws, each as
in effect from time to time, or any applicable statutory or regulatory requirement, including
without limitation any requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940
Act"), to which it is subject or by which it is bound, or to relieve or deprive the Trust's Board
of Trustees of its responsibility for or control of the conduct of the affairs of the Trust or the Retail
Fund.
4. DEFINITIONS. Any question of interpretation of any term or provision of this Agreement
having a counterpart in or otherwise derived from the terms and provisions of the Management
Agreement between the Trust and the Manager, or the 1940 Act, shall have the same meaning
as and be resolved by reference to the Management Agreement.
5. TERMINATION. This Agreement will automatically terminate upon termination of the
Management Agreement between the Fund and the Manager.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
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