Investment Advisory AgreementInvestment Advisory Agreement • April 30th, 2014 • First Eagle Funds • New York
This Agreement, entered into as of April 30, 2014 by and between FIRST EAGLE ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND (the “Fund”), a series of FIRST EAGLE FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and FIRST EAGLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, a registered investment adviser organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Adviser”),
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENTAdministrative Services Agreement • April 30th, 2014 • First Eagle Funds • New York
AGREEMENT effective as of April 24, 2014 between First Eagle Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) having its principal place of business at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105 and acting solely on behalf of its separate series designated the First Eagle Absolute Return Fund (the “Fund”), and First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (“FEIM”), a Delaware limited liability corporation also having its principal place of business at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105.
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS New York, New York 10105 Amended and Restated Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • April 30th, 2014 • First Eagle Funds • Massachusetts
This Agreement further amends and restates the Amended and Restated Underwriting Agreement between the parties dated April 23, 2004, since which time you have changed your name from “ASB Securities, LLC” to “FEF Distributors, LLC.” First Eagle Funds (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust currently consisting of the portfolios listed on Schedule A, attached hereto, together with all other portfolios subsequently established and made subject to this Agreement, is engaged in the business of an investment company. Its Board of Trustees has selected you to act as principal underwriter (as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(29) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) of the shares of beneficial interest of the Trust and you are willing to act as such principal underwriter and to perform the duties and functions of underwriter in the manner and on the conditions hereinafter set forth. Accordingly, the Trust hereby agrees with you as follows:
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS AMENDED AND RESTATED RULE 12b-1 DISTRIBUTION SERVICE PLAN AND AGREEMENT CLASS A, CLASS C and (for First Eagle Fund of America) CLASS Y SHARESRule 12b-1 Distribution Service Plan and Agreement • April 30th, 2014 • First Eagle Funds
The Trust is an open-end management investment company and is registered as such under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Trust currently offers shares of eight separate portfolios: First Eagle Global Fund, (“Global Fund”), First Eagle Overseas Fund, (“Overseas Fund”), First Eagle Gold Fund (“Gold Fund”), First Eagle U.S. Value Fund (“U.S. Value Fund”), First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund (“Global Income Builder Fund”), First Eagle High Yield Fund (“High Yield Fund”), First Eagle Absolute Return Fund (“Absolute Return Fund”) and First Eagle Fund of America (“Fund of America”). This Amended and Restated Rule 12b-1 Distribution Service Plan and Agreement relates to each of these portfolios. FEF Distributors acts as the principal underwriter of the Trust pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated as of the date hereof.
Investment Advisory AgreementInvestment Advisory Agreement • April 30th, 2014 • First Eagle Funds • New York
This Agreement, entered into as of April 30, 2014 by and between FIRST EAGLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, a registered investment adviser organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Adviser”), and First Eagle Absolute Return Cayman Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Subsidiary”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the First Eagle Funds, a Delaware statutory trust and open-ended investment company (the “Trust”), on behalf of its series, First Eagle Absolute Return Fund (the “Absolute Return Fund”). The purpose of the Subsidiary is to facilitate the implementation of the Absolute Return Fund’s investment strategies.
Re: Investment Management Fee for First Eagle Absolute Return Fund (the “Fund”)Investment Advisory Agreement • April 30th, 2014 • First Eagle Funds
This letter relates to the April 30, 2014 Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) between the Fund and First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”), which provides that the Fund will pay the Investment Adviser an investment management fee at the annual rate of 0.90% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. A parallel Investment Advisory Agreement between the Fund's wholly-owned Cayman Islands trading subsidiary sets out the same investment management fee rate.
FEE WAIVER AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT (First Eagle Absolute Return Fund)Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement Agreement • April 30th, 2014 • First Eagle Funds • Delaware
AGREEMENT, made as of this 24th day of April, 2014, between First Eagle Funds (the “Trust”), on behalf of its series of shares designated as the First Eagle Absolute Return Fund (“Absolute Return Fund”), and First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (“FEIM”).
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS SELLING GROUP AGREEMENTSelling Group Agreement • April 30th, 2014 • First Eagle Funds • New York
As Distributor and principal underwriter of the Shares (the “Shares”) of beneficial interest of First Eagle Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), and the series thereof as set forth in Exhibit A hereto, FEF Distributors, LLC, invites you to join a selling group for the distribution of the Shares of the Fund. As exclusive agent of the Fund, we offer to sell you Shares on the following terms:
