GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT STRATEGIES FUND Distribution AgreementDistribution Agreement • May 27th, 2009 • Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund • New York
This is to confirm that, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter contained, the undersigned, Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund (the “Trust”), a closed-end management investment company organized as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware, which as of the date of this Agreement (as defined below) consists only of a single undivided investment portfolio (the “Fund”) but which in the future may consist of separate investment portfolios, or series (each, also “Fund”), has appointed you, Goldman, Sachs & Co., the “Distributor,” and that you shall be the exclusive distributor in connection with the offering and sale of the shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), corresponding to any Fund listed on Exhibit A, as the same may be supplemented from time to time. Each Fund may offer one or more classes of its shares (each a “Class”), which Classes shall have such relative rights and conditions and shall be sold in the manner set forth
Re: Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund: Additional Trust to Custodian ContractCustodian Contract • May 27th, 2009 • Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund
Reference is hereby made to the Custodian Contract dated as of July 15, 1991 by and between Goldman Sachs Trust (“Goldman Sachs Trust”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time (the “Custodian Contract”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Custodian Contract.
FORM OF DEALER AGREEMENT FOR CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANIES [Date]Dealer Agreement • May 27th, 2009 • Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund • New York
Goldman, Sachs & Co., as distributor (the “Distributor”), has entered into distribution agreements (the “Distribution Agreements”), as amended or supplemented from time to time, between ourselves and the closed-end management investment companies identified on Schedule A hereto (referred to individually as a “Trust” and collectively as the “Trusts”). As of the date of this Agreement each Trust consists only of a single undivided investment portfolio (a “Fund”) but which in the future may consist of separate investment portfolios, or series (each, also a “Fund”). Pursuant to the Distribution Agreements, the Distributor acts as exclusive distributor of shares of beneficial interest (the “Shares”), of the Trusts listed on Schedule A hereto, as the same may be supplemented from time to time. Each Fund may offer one or more classes of its Shares (each a “Class”) which Classes shall have such relative rights and conditions and shall be sold in the manner and on the terms set forth from time
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT STRATEGIES FUND TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENTTransfer Agency Agreement • May 27th, 2009 • Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund • Illinois
THIS AGREEMENT made as of the 15th day of May, 2009 is by and between Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, on behalf of its series listed in Appendix A (each, a “Fund”), and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs”), a New York limited partnership.
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTManagement Agreement • May 27th, 2009 • Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund • New York
Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund (the “Registrant”) is organized as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware to engage in the business of an investment company. The shares of the Registrant (“Shares”) may be divided into multiple series. As of the date of this Management Agreement (the “Agreement”), the Registrant consists of only non-designated Shares (the “Fund”). Annex A, however, may be amended from time to time to reflect future series (each also a “Fund” or a “Series”). The Registrant has selected you to act as the investment adviser and administrator of a Fund and to provide certain services, as more fully set forth below, and you are willing to act as such investment adviser and administrator and to perform such services under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. Accordingly, the Registrant agrees with you as follows:
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENTSubscription Agreement • May 27th, 2009 • Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund
Subscription Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2009, between Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”) and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (the “Purchaser”).
