APPENDIX A FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • July 6th, 2009 • Investment Managers Series Trust • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Agreement”) is made as of this ___ day of __________, 2009, by and among FORUM FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust, with its principal place of business at Three Canal Plaza, Suite #600, Portland, Maine 04101 (“Forum”), with respect to Liberty Street Horizon Fund, a segregated portfolio of assets (“series”) thereof (the “Acquired Fund”), INVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust, with its principal place of business at 803 West Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233 (“IMST”), with respect to its Liberty Street Horizon Fund series (the “Acquiring Fund”), and, solely for purposes of paragraphs 5.11(c), 5.13, and 9.1, LIBERTY STREET ADVISORS, INC., the investment manager of the Acquiring Fund and the Acquired Fund (the “Manager”).
