Terms of Appointment/Duties of Price Associates Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Fund hereby employs and appoints Price Associates to provide, and Price Associates agrees to provide, the following Accounting Services:
Services and Duties of the Distributor A. The Distributor agrees to sell Shares on a best efforts basis as agent for the Trust upon the terms and at the current offering price (plus sales charge, if any) described in the Prospectus. As used in this Agreement, the term “Prospectus” shall mean the current prospectus, including the statement of additional information, as both may be amended or supplemented, relating to the Fund and included in the currently effective registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) of the Trust filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and the 1940 Act. The Trust shall in all cases receive the net asset value per Share on all sales. If a sales charge is in effect, the Distributor shall remit the sales charge (or portion thereof) to broker-dealers who have sold Shares, as described in Section 2(G), below. In no event shall the Distributor be entitled to all or any portion of such sales charge.
Duties of the Distributor (a) The Distributor shall sell shares of each Fund through DWR and may sell shares through other securities dealers and its own Account Executives, and shall devote reasonable time and effort to promote sales of the Shares, but shall not be obligated to sell any specific number of Shares. The services of the Distributor hereunder are not exclusive and it is understood that the Distributor may act as principal underwriter for other registered investment companies, so long as the performance of its obligations hereunder is not impaired thereby. It is also understood that Selected Dealers, including DWR, may also sell shares for other registered investment companies.
Services and Duties of Fund Services Fund Services shall provide the following administration services to each Fund:
Services and Duties of USBFS USBFS shall provide the following accounting services to the Fund:
DUTIES OF MSS 1.01 Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Trust hereby employs and appoints MSS to act, and MSS agrees to act, as transfer agent for the Trust’s authorized and issued shares of beneficial interest of each class of each portfolio of the Trust (the “Shares”), and as dividend disbursing and redemption agent for the Trust.
DUTIES OF GFS GFS’s duties with respect to Fund Accounting, Fund Administration and Transfer Agency services are detailed in Appendices I, II and III to this Agreement.
Sub-adviser’s Use of the Services of Others The Sub-adviser may (at its cost except as contemplated by Paragraph 5 of this Agreement) employ, retain, or otherwise avail itself of the services or facilities of other persons or organizations for the purpose of providing the Sub-adviser or Fund, as appropriate, with such statistical and other factual information, such advice regarding economic factors and trends, such advice as to occasional transactions in specific securities, or such other information, advice, or assistance as the Sub-adviser may deem necessary, appropriate, or convenient for the discharge of its obligations hereunder or otherwise helpful to the Fund, as appropriate, or in the discharge of Sub-adviser’s overall responsibilities with respect to the other accounts that it serves as investment manager or counselor.
Duties of the Custodian with Respect to Property of the Fund Held By the Custodian in the United States
Duties of RPS RPS agrees that it will perform the Services set forth herein and on Schedule 1 of this Agreement in accordance with all applicable rules and regulations, the Fund’s then-current prospectus and policies and procedures adopted by RPS (“Services”). RPS will implement and maintain the systems, data storage and reporting necessary to perform such Services.
