Common use of Purchase and Redemption of Fund Shares Clause in Contracts

Purchase and Redemption of Fund Shares. 1.1. The Fund and the Underwriter agree to make available for purchase by the Company shares of the Portfolio(s) and shall execute purchase orders placed for each Account on each Business Day at the net asset value next computed after receipt by the Fund or its designee of such purchase order. For purposes of this Section 1.1, and for purposes of Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act, the Company shall be the designee of the Fund and the Underwriter for receipt of such purchase orders from each Account and receipt by such designee shall constitute receipt by the Fund; provided that such purchase orders are received and transmitted (manual or NSCC Fund/SERV) in accordance with the Operating Procedures attached hereto as Schedule D (the “Operating Procedures”). “