DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTDistribution Agreement • May 31st, 2012 • Avenue Mutual Funds Trust • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of this day of May 2012 by and between Avenue Mutual Funds Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, on behalf of each of the series listed on Exhibit A hereto, severally and not jointly (the “Client”), and Foreside Fund Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”).
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENTTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • May 31st, 2012 • Avenue Mutual Funds Trust • Massachusetts
THIS AGREEMENT is dated as of May , 2012 and effective as of the date the Fund (defined below) is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or such other date as the parties mutually agree in writing, by and between STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a trust company chartered under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (“State Street” or the “Transfer Agent”), and each trust or other entity identified on Appendix A attached hereto, severally and not jointly (each such trust or other entity and each trust or other entity made subject to this Agreement in accordance with Section 12 below, a “Fund”).
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Advisory Agreement • May 31st, 2012 • Avenue Mutual Funds Trust • Delaware
This INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT dated as of [May ], 2012 (this “Agreement”), by and between Avenue Mutual Funds Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, including the series thereof, Avenue Credit Strategies Fund (the “Fund”), and Avenue Capital Management II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Adviser”):
AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER CUSTODIAN AND FUND ACCOUNTING SERVICES AGREEMENTAgreement • May 31st, 2012 • Avenue Mutual Funds Trust • Massachusetts
This Agreement is made as of , 2012 by and among each management investment company identified on Appendix A hereto, severally and not jointly (each such investment company and each management investment company made subject to this Agreement in accordance with Section 18.5 below, shall hereinafter be referred to as a “Fund”), and STATE STREET BANK and TRUST COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust company (the “Custodian”).
AVENUE MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST FORM OF SHAREHOLDER SERVICING PLAN AND AGREEMENTShareholder Servicing Plan and Agreement • May 31st, 2012 • Avenue Mutual Funds Trust • Delaware
This Shareholder Servicing Plan and Agreement (the “Plan”) is adopted by Avenue Mutual Funds Trust (the “Trust”) with respect to shares of beneficial interest of Avenue Credit Strategies Fund (the “Fund”), and is entered into by the Trust and Foreside Fund Services, LLC the principal underwriter to the Trust (“Distributor”), subject to the following terms and conditions. The Plan is not adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
FORESIDE FUND SERVICES, LLC DEALER AGREEMENTDealer Agreement • May 31st, 2012 • Avenue Mutual Funds Trust • Delaware
As the distributor of the shares (“Shares”) of each investment company portfolio (“Fund”), of the investment company or companies referenced above and covered hereunder (collectively, “Company”) which may be amended by us from time to time, Foreside Fund Services, LLC (“Distributor”) hereby invites you to participate in the selling group on the following terms and conditions. In this letter, the terms “we,” “us,” and similar words refer to the Distributor, and the terms “you,” “your,” and similar words refer to the dealer executing this agreement, including its associated persons.
AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENTAdministration Agreement • May 31st, 2012 • Avenue Mutual Funds Trust • Massachusetts
This Amended and Restated Administration Agreement (“Agreement”) dated as of May , 2012 and effective as of the date the Fund (defined below) is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or such other date as the parties mutually agree in writing, is by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company (the “Administrator”), and each management investment company identified on Appendix A attached hereto (each such investment company and each management investment company made subject to this Agreement in accordance with Section 1 below, shall hereinafter be referred to as a “Fund”).
SELLING GROUP MEMBER AGREEMENTSelling Group Member Agreement • May 31st, 2012 • Avenue Mutual Funds Trust • Delaware
As the distributor of the shares (“Shares”) of each investment company portfolio (“Fund”), of the investment company or companies referenced above and covered hereunder (collectively, “Company”) which may be amended by us from time to time, Foreside Fund Services, LLC (“Distributor”) hereby invites you to participate in the selling group on the following terms and conditions. In this letter, the terms “we,” “us,” and similar words refer to the Distributor, and the terms “you,” “your,” and similar words refer to the intermediary executing this agreement, including its associated persons.
Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. 399 Park Avenue, 6th Floor New York, New York 10022Avenue Mutual Funds Trust • May 31st, 2012 • New York
Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. (the “Adviser”), intending to be legally bound, hereby confirms its agreement as follows in respect of Avenue Credit Strategies Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Avenue Mutual Funds Trust (the “Trust”):
