INTER-AFFILIATE TRANSFER AGREEMENT (Advisory Agreement) Legg Mason Funds
(Advisory
Agreement)
Xxxx
Xxxxx Funds
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”), and the investment advisers or sub-advisers set forth on Appendix
2 (“Adviser”), with respect to the series set forth on Appendix 1 (each a
“Fund”).
Recitals
Each Fund is a series of an open-end
management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (“1940 Act”) (each an “Investment Company”); and
Each Investment Company and LMFA are
parties to an Investment Management Agreement with respect to each series of the
Fund, as set forth on Appendix 1 hereto (each a “Management Agreement”),
pursuant to which LMFA provides certain investment advisory, management, and
administrative services to the Fund; and
LMFA and the Advisers are parties to an
investment advisory agreement or sub-advisory agreement with respect to each
series of the Fund, as set forth on Appendix 2 hereto (the “Advisory
Agreement”), pursuant to which LMFA delegates to such Adviser investment
advisory duties with respect 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 each Advisory Agreement to LMPFA, and LMPFA is willing to
accept the transfer and assume the duties and obligations under the Advisory
Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
The Fund and the Advisers 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 with respect to each
Advisory Agreement:
1a. Transfer and
Assumption. The parties agree that the terms and conditions of
the Advisory Agreement are incorporated herein by reference with respect to the
appropriate Fund. Effective September 30, 2009, LMFA hereby
transfers, conveys and sets over all of its rights, interests, claims and
entitlements under the Advisory Agreement to LMPFA and to its successors and
permitted assigns, to have and to hold the same forever;
1b. Representations (i)
Each of LMFA and LMPFA represents and warrants to the Fund and the Adviser that
such transfer, conveyance and set over will not result in an “assignment” within
the meaning set forth in the 1940 Act and the regulations thereunder, such as
would result in the
automatic
termination of the Advisory Agreement.. (ii) LMPFA makes all representations and
warranties of LMFA in the Advisory 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 Advisory Agreement. Except as
expressly herein provided, this Transfer Agreement shall not be construed to
modify, terminate or merge any rights any party to the Advisory Agreement has
pursuant to the terms thereof, and the parties hereby confirm that all of the
terms and provisions of the Advisory Agreement remain in full force and
effect.
2. Consent. The
Fund and the Adviser 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.
6. Business Trust. With
respect to any Fund that is organized as a business trust (“Trust”), LMFA, LMPFA
and the Adviser are hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of
shareholder liability as set forth in the Declaration of Trust of the Trust and
agree that obligations assumed by the Trust or each Fund pursuant to this
Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Trust or that Fund and its
respective assets. LMFA, LMPFA, and each Adviser agree that they
shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any
individual shareholder of the Trust, nor from the Trustees or any individual
Trustee of the Trust.
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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ATTEST:
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EACH
INVESTMENT COMPANY LISTED ON APPENDIX A WITH RESPECT TO EACH FUND SO
LISTED.
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By:
/s/
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By:
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/s/
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Name:
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Title:
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ATTEST:
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_______________________________
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[Adviser]
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By:
/s/
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By:
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/s/
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Name:
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Title:
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ATTEST:
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_______________________________
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[Adviser]
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By:
/s/
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By:
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/s/
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Name:
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Title:
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ATTEST:
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_______________________________
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[Adviser]
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By:
/s/
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By:
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/s/
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Name:
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Title:
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ATTEST:
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_______________________________
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[Adviser]
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By:
/s/
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By:
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/s/
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Name:
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Title:
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ATTEST:
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XXXX
XXXXX FUND ADVISER, INC.
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By:
/s/
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By:
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/s/
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Name:
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Title:
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ATTEST:
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XXXX
XXXXX PARTNER FUND ADVISOR,
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LLC
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By:
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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APPENDIX
1
Investment
Company
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Fund
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Date of
Management
Agreement
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Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Street
Trust,
Inc.
Xxxx
Xxxxx Global Trust, Inc.
Xxxx
Xxxxx Investors Trust,
Inc.
Xxxx
Xxxxx Light Street Trust,
Inc.
Xxxx
Xxxxx Tax-Free Income
Fund
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Batterymarch
U.S. Small
Capitalization
Equity Portfolio
Global
Opportunities Bond
Fund
Xxxx
Xxxxx International
Equity
Trust
Xxxx
Xxxxx Emerging
Markets
Trust
Xxxx
Xxxxx U.S. Small
Capitalization
Value Trust
Xxxx
Xxxxx Classic Valuation
Fund
Xxxx
Xxxxx Maryland Tax-
Free
Income Trust
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December
31, 2001
October
13, 2006
February
11, 1995
May
1, 1996
May
1, 1998
November
1, 1999
June
1, 2000
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Appendix
2
Investment
Company
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Fund
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Adviser or
Sub-
Adviser
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Date of Investment
Advisory or
Sub-
Advisory
Agreement
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Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Street
Trust, Inc.
Xxxx
Xxxxx Global
Trust,
Inc.
Xxxx
Xxxxx
Investors
Trust, Inc.
Xxxx
Xxxxx Light
Street
Trust, Inc.
Xxxx
Xxxxx Tax-
Free
Income Fund
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Batterymarch
U.S. Small
Capitalization
Equity
Portfolio
Global
Opportunities Bond
Fund
Xxxx
Xxxxx International
Equity
Trust
Xxxx
Xxxxx Emerging
Markets
Trust
Xxxx
Xxxxx U.S. Small
Capitalization
Value Trust
Xxxx
Xxxxx Classic
Valuation
Fund
Xxxx
Xxxxx Maryland Tax-
Free
Income Trust
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Batterymarch
Financial
Management,
Inc.
Brandywine
Global
Investment
Management,
LLC
Batterymarch
Financial
Management,
Inc.
Batterymarch
Financial
Management,
Inc.
Brandywine
Global
Investment
Management,
LLC
Brandywine
Global
Investment
Management,
LLC
Xxxx
Xxxxx
Investment
Counsel,
LLC1
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December
31, 2001
October
13, 2006
February
11, 1995
May
1, 1996
January
1, 2004
November
1, 1999
June
1, 2000
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1 Xxxx
Xxxxx Maryland Tax-Free Income Trust’s sub-advisory agreement with Xxxx Xxxxx
Investment Counsel & Trust Company, N.A. (f/k/a Xxxx Xxxxx Trust, fsb) dated
June 1, 2000 was assigned to Xxxx Xxxxx Investment Counsel, LLC pursuant to an
Inter-Affiliate Transfer Agreement dated June 8, 2008.
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