DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTDistribution Agreement • January 27th, 2006 • Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund • New York
AGREEMENT made this day of , 2005, between ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), and [Morgan Stanley Distribution, Inc.] [Van Kampen Funds Inc.] (the “Distributor”).
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Advisory Agreement • January 27th, 2006 • Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund • New York
AGREEMENT made as of this 28th day of April, 2005 by and between Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), and Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Adviser”).
TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EACH OF THE ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO AND BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC.Transfer Agency and Service Agreement • January 27th, 2006 • Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund • Massachusetts
AGREEMENT made as of the 30th day of December, 2005, by and between each of the entities listed on Schedule A hereto and each being an entity of the type set forth on Schedule A and organized under the laws of the state of Delaware, each with a principal place of business at 100 Front Street, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2881 and each of which is acting on its own behalf (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), and BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES, INC., a Massachusetts corporation having its principal office and place of business at 2 Heritage Drive, North Quincy, Massachusetts 02171 (the “Transfer Agent”).
CUSTODIAN AGREEMENTCustodian Agreement • January 27th, 2006 • Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund • Massachusetts
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 30th day of December, 2005 by and between (i) Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund, a Delaware statutory trust formed under an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated May 12, 2005 (the “Declaration of Trust”) registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) with its principal place of business at One Tower Bridge, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (the “Fund”), and (ii) STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust company with its principal place of business at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, U.S.A. (the “Custodian”).
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENTAdministrative Services Agreement • January 27th, 2006 • Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund • Massachusetts
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 30th day of December, 2005, by and between Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund (the “Fund”), a Delaware statutory trust with its principal place of business at One Tower Bridge, 100 Front Street, Suite 1100, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company with its principal place of business at One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (“State Street”).
