AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AND TERMINATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination • September 30th, 2019 • Paradigm Funds • Ohio
Contract Type FiledSeptember 30th, 2019 Company JurisdictionTHIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AND TERMINATION (the “Agreement”) is made as of September [*], 2019, among PARADIGM FUNDS, an Ohio business trust, with its principal place of business at Nine Elk Street, Albany, New York 12207 (the “Trust”), on behalf of Paradigm Opportunity Fund, a series of the Trust (the “Target Fund”) and on behalf of Paradigm Micro-Cap Fund, a series of the Trust (the “Survivor Fund”); and, solely for purposes of paragraph 6, Paradigm Funds Advisor LLC, investment adviser to the Target Fund and Survivor Fund (the “Advisor”). Each of the Target Fund and Survivor Fund is sometimes referred to herein as a “Fund.” Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (1) the agreements, covenants, representations, warranties, actions, and obligations (collectively, “Obligations”) of and by each Fund and of and by the Trust of which that Fund is a series, on that Fund’s behalf shall be the Obligations of that Fund only, (2) all rights and benefits create