June 12, 2007 Hallmark Equity Series Trust Trustees of the Hallmark Equity Series Trust 1250 Broadway, 32nd Floor New York, NY 10001-3701 Northern Lights Fund Trust Trustees of the Northern Lights Fund Trust 450 Wireless Boulevard Hauppauge, NY 11788Northern Lights Fund Trust • June 12th, 2007
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION, DATED AS OF June 11, 2007 (THE "AGREEMENT"), BY AND BETWEEN THE HALLMARK SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND (THE "TRANSFERRING FUND"), A SERIES OF THE HALLMARK EQUITY SERIES TRUST, A DELAWARE STATUTORY TRUST (THE "HALLMARK TRUST") AND THE ROANOKE SMALL-CAP GROWTH FUND (THE "ACQUIRING FUND"), A NEWLY FORMED SERIES OF NORTHERN LIGHTS FUND TRUST, A DELAWARE STATUTORY TRUST (THE "NORTHERN TRUST")
