FORM OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN INVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST AND Knowledge Leaders Capital, LLCInvestment Advisory Agreement • March 18th, 2020 • Investment Managers Series Trust • Delaware
THIS INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of_____________, is entered into by and between Investment Managers Series Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of its series listed in Appendix A, as amended from time to time (each a “Fund”), and Knowledge Leaders Capital, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company (the “Advisor”).
FORM OF ETF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTEtf Distribution Agreement • March 18th, 2020 • Investment Managers Series Trust • Delaware
This Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made this __ day of _________ 201__, by and between «Entity Name», a _______________ (the “Trust”) having its principal place of business at «Address1», «City», «State», «ZipCode», and «Foreside Entity», a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”) having its principal place of business at Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, ME 04101.
FORM OF CUSTODIAN AGREEMENTForm of Custodian Agreement • March 18th, 2020 • Investment Managers Series Trust • New York
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of [____], 2020, between INVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST (the Fund, including its separate series listed on Exhibit A, the Portfolios), a Delaware statutory trust and an open-end management investment company registered with the Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), and BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO., a limited partnership formed under the laws of the State of New York (BBH&Co. or, the Custodian).
APPENDIX A - FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONForm of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization • March 18th, 2020 • Investment Managers Series Trust • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Agreement”) is made as of this __ day of ___ 2020, by and among Exchange Listed Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, with its principal place of business at 10900 Hefner Pointe Drive, Suite 207, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73120, on behalf of its series Knowledge Leaders Developed World ETF (the “Acquired Fund”), Investment Managers Series Trust (the “IMST Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, with its principal place of business at 235 West Galena Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212, on behalf of its series Knowledge Leaders Developed World ETF (the “Acquiring Fund” and, together with the Acquired Fund, the “Funds”) and, solely with respect to Article IX, Knowledge Leaders Capital, LLC, the investment adviser to the Acquiring Fund (“KL”), with its principal place of business at 1600 Broadway, Suite 1600, Denver, Colorado 80202, UMB Fund Services, Inc. (“UMBFS”), with its principal place of business at 235 West Galena Street,
