Common Contracts

Exhibit (e)(2)(c) Form of Amendment No. 2 to the Distribution Agreement AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Distribution Agreement • April 30th, 2009 • Forward Funds • Pennsylvania

• Contract Type
  Distribution Agreement
• Filed
  April 30th, 2009
• Company
  Forward Funds
• Jurisdiction
  Pennsylvania

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), effective as of the 1st day of May, 2009 (the “Amendment Effective Date”), between FORWARD FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust, solely on behalf of each of the series or portfolios (“Portfolios”) set forth in Schedule A, as amended herein (the “Fund”) and SEI INVESTMENTS DISTRIBUTION CO. (the “Distributor”).

Exhibit (e)(2)(b) Form of Amendment No. 1 to the Distribution Agreement AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Distribution Agreement • April 30th, 2009 • Forward Funds • Pennsylvania

• Contract Type
  Distribution Agreement
• Filed
  April 30th, 2009
• Company
  Forward Funds
• Jurisdiction
  Pennsylvania

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), effective as of the 8th day of January, 2009 (the “Amendment Effective Date”), between FORWARD FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust, solely on behalf of each of the series or portfolios (“Portfolios”) set forth in Schedule A, as amended herein (the “Fund”) and SEI INVESTMENTS DISTRIBUTION CO. (the “Distributor”).