AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION MAINSTAY SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND MAINSTAY U.S. SMALL CAP FUNDAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • April 20th, 2010 • Eclipse Funds
This agreement is intended to be and is adopted as a plan of reorganization and liquidation (the “Plan”) within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The reorganization and liquidation will consist of the transfer of all of the assets of the Acquired Fund to the Acquiring Fund in exchange solely for Investor Class, Class A, Class B, Class C and Class I shares of beneficial interest of the Acquiring Fund (“Acquiring Fund Shares”), the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of all liabilities of the Acquired Fund, and the distribution of the Acquiring Fund Shares to the shareholders of the Acquired Fund in complete liquidation of the Acquired Fund, as provided herein (“Reorganization”), all upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this Plan.
