PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Warburg, Xxxxxx Select Economic Value Equity Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, and Warburg
Pincus Asset Management, Inc. ("Warburg") hereby agree as follows:
1. The Fund offers Warburg and Warburg hereby purchases three shares of
common stock of the Fund, one of which shall be designated a Common Share,
another designated an Institutional Share and another designated an Advisor
Share, having a par value $.001 per share (the "Shares"), at a price of $10.00
per Share (the "Initial Shares"). Warburg hereby acknowledges receipt of a
certificate representing the Initial Shares and the Fund hereby acknowledges
receipt from Warburg of $30.00 in full payment for the Initial Shares.
2. Warburg represents and warrants to the Fund that the Initial Shares are
being acquired for investment purposes and not for the purpose of distributing
them.
3. Warburg agrees that if any holder of the Initial Shares redeems such
Shares in the Fund before five years after the date upon which the Fund
commences its investment activities, the redemption proceeds will be reduced by
the amount of unamortized organizational expenses, in the same proportion as the
Initial Shares being redeemed bears to the Initial Shares outstanding at the
time of redemption. The parties hereby acknowledge that any Shares acquired by
Warburg other than the Initial Shares have not
been acquired to fulfill the requirements of Section 14 of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, and, if redeemed, their redemption proceeds
will not be subject to reduction based on the unamortized organizational
expenses of the Fund.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the 1st day of September, 1998.
WARBURG, XXXXXX SELECT ECONOMIC
VALUE EQUITY FUND, INC.
By: /s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President & Secretary
ATTEST:
/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
WARBURG PINCUS ASSET MANAGEMENT,
INC.
By: /s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President & Secretary
ATTEST:
/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
