December 12, 2006Master Pledge Security Agreement • June 29th, 2007 • Excelsior Funds Trust
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”) hereby offers to each of the investment companies (each individually, a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”) registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) a secured line of credit for advances in an amount not to exceed the least of (i) $150,000,000, (ii)10% of its total market assets determined at the time the request for an advance is made, (iii) the maximum amount that such Borrower is permitted to borrow under its fundamental policies and operating policies in effect at the time of the request for an advance is made and (iv) the maximum amount that the Bank is permitted to loan to such Borrower in conformance with regulations (the “Regulations”) promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Maximum Amount”); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate amount of outstanding advances extended to all Borrowers at any time exceed $150,000,000.
