Common use of Service Fee Clause in Contracts

Service Fee. The Trust, on behalf of the Series, will pay to CDC IXIS Asset Management Distributors, L.P. ("CDC IXIS Distributors"), a Delaware limited partnership which acts as the Principal Distributor of the Series' shares, or such other entity as shall from time to time act as the Principal Distributor of the Series' shares (the "Distributor"), a fee (the "Service Fee") at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the Series' average daily net assets attributable to the Class B shares. Subject to such limit and subject to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, the Service Fee shall be as approved from time to time by (a) the Trustees of the Trust and (b) the Independent Trustees of the Trust; provided, however, that no Service Fee or other fee that is a "service fee" as defined in Section 26 of the Rules of Fair Practice of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (or any successor provision thereto) as in effect from time to time (the "NASD Rule") shall be paid, with respect to Class B shares of the Series, to CDC IXIS Distributors (or to any affiliate of CDC IXIS Distributors, or to any other person in circumstances where substantially all of the services and functions relating to the distribution of Class B shares of the Series have been delegated to, or are being performed by, CDC IXIS Distributors or an affiliate of CDC IXIS Distributors), under this Plan or otherwise, if the Distribution Fee is terminated or is reduced below the rate set forth in Section 2. The Service Fee shall be accrued daily and paid monthly or at such other intervals as the Trustees shall determine. The Distributor may pay all or any portion of the Service Fee to securities dealers or other organizations (including, but not limited to, any affiliate of the Distributor) as service fees pursuant to agreements with such organizations for providing personal services to investors in Class B shares of the Series and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts, and may retain all or any portion of the Service Fee as compensation for providing personal services to investors in Class B shares of the Series and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. All payments under this Section 1 are intended to qualify as "service fees" as defined in the NASD Rule.

Service Fee. The Trust, on behalf of the Series, will pay to CDC IXIS Asset Management Distributors, L.P. ("CDC IXIS Distributors"), a Delaware limited partnership which acts as the Principal Distributor of the Series' shares, or such other entity as shall from time to time act as the Principal Distributor of the Series' shares (the "Distributor"), a fee (the "Service Fee") at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the Series' average daily net assets attributable to the Class B shares. Subject to such limit and subject to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, the Service Fee shall be as approved from time to time by (a) the Trustees of the Trust and (b) the Independent Trustees of the Trust; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that no Service Fee or other fee that is a "service fee" as defined in Section 26 of the Rules of Fair Practice of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (or any successor provision thereto) as in effect from time to time (the "NASD Rule") shall be paid, with respect to Class B shares of the Series, to CDC IXIS Distributors (or to any affiliate of CDC IXIS Distributors, or to any other person in circumstances where substantially all of the services and functions relating to the distribution of Class B shares of the Series have been delegated to, or are being performed by, CDC IXIS Distributors or an affiliate of CDC IXIS Distributors), under this Plan or otherwise, if the Distribution Fee is terminated or is reduced below the rate set forth in Section 2. The Service Fee shall be accrued daily and paid monthly or at such other intervals as the Trustees shall determine. The Distributor may pay all or any portion of the Service Fee to securities dealers or other organizations (including, but not limited to, any affiliate of the Distributor) as service fees pursuant to agreements with such organizations for providing personal services to investors in Class B shares of the Series and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts, and may retain all or any portion of the Service Fee as compensation for providing personal services to investors in Class B shares of the Series and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. All payments under this Section 1 are intended to qualify as "service fees" as defined in the NASD Rule.

Service Fee. The Trust, on behalf of the Series, will pay to CDC IXIS Asset Management Distributors, L.P. ("CDC IXIS DistributorsCID"), a Delaware limited partnership which acts as the Principal Distributor of the Series' shares, or such other entity as shall from time to time act as the Principal Distributor of the Series' shares (the "Distributor"), a fee (the "Service Fee") at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the Series' average daily net assets attributable to the Class B shares. Subject to such limit and subject to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, the Service Fee shall be as approved from time to time by (a) the Trustees of the Trust and (b) the Independent Trustees of the Trust; provided, however, that no Service Fee or other fee that is a "service fee" as defined in Section 26 of the Rules of Fair Practice of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (or any successor provision thereto) as in effect from time to time (the "NASD Rule") shall be paid, with respect to Class B shares of the Series, to CDC IXIS Distributors CID (or to any affiliate of CDC IXIS DistributorsCID, or to any other person in circumstances where substantially all of the services and functions relating to the distribution of Class B shares of the Series have been delegated to, or are being performed by, CDC IXIS Distributors CID or an affiliate of CDC IXIS DistributorsCID), under this Plan or otherwise, if the Distribution Fee is terminated or is reduced below the rate set forth in Section 2. The Service Fee shall be accrued daily and paid monthly or at such other intervals as the Trustees shall determine. The Distributor may pay all or any portion of the Service Fee to securities dealers or other organizations (including, but not limited to, any affiliate of the Distributor) as service fees pursuant to agreements with such organizations for providing personal services to investors in Class B shares of the Series and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts, and may retain all or any portion of the Service Fee as compensation for providing personal services to investors in Class B shares of the Series and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. All payments under this Section 1 are intended to qualify as "service fees" as defined in the NASD Rule.

Service Fee. The Trust, on behalf of the Series, will pay to CDC IXIS Asset Management Distributors, L.P. ("CDC IXIS DistributorsCID"), a Delaware limited partnership which acts as the Principal Distributor of the Series' shares, or such other entity as shall from time to time act as the Principal Distributor of the Series' shares (the "Distributor"), a fee (the "Service Fee") at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the Series' average daily net assets attributable to the Class B shares. Subject to such limit and subject to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, the Service Fee shall be as approved from time to time by (a) the Trustees of the Trust and (b) the Independent Trustees of the Trust; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that no Service Fee or other fee that is a "service fee" as defined in Section 26 of the Rules of Fair Practice of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (or any successor provision thereto) as in effect from time to time (the "NASD Rule") shall be paid, with respect to Class B shares of the Series, to CDC IXIS Distributors CID (or to any affiliate of CDC IXIS DistributorsCID, or to any other person in circumstances where substantially all of the services and functions relating to the distribution of Class B shares of the Series have been delegated to, or are being performed by, CDC IXIS Distributors CID or an affiliate of CDC IXIS DistributorsCID), under this Plan or otherwise, if the Distribution Fee is terminated or is reduced below the rate set forth in Section 2. The Service Fee shall be accrued daily and paid monthly or at such other intervals as the Trustees shall determine. The Distributor may pay all or any portion of the Service Fee to securities dealers or other organizations (including, but not limited to, any affiliate of the Distributor) as service fees pursuant to agreements with such organizations for providing personal services to investors in Class B shares of the Series and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts, and may retain all or any portion of the Service Fee as compensation for providing personal services to investors in Class B shares of the Series and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. All payments under this Section 1 are intended to qualify as "service fees" as defined in the NASD Rule.

Service Fee. The Trust, on behalf of the Series, will pay to CDC IXIS Asset Management DistributorsNew England Funds, L.P. ("CDC IXIS DistributorsNEF"), a Delaware limited partnership which acts as the Principal Distributor of the Series' shares, or such other entity as shall from time to time act as the Principal Distributor of the Series' shares (the "Distributor"), a fee (the "Service Fee") at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25.25% of the Series' average daily net assets attributable to the Class B C shares. Subject to such limit and subject to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, the Service Fee shall be as approved from time to time by (a) the Trustees of the Trust and (b) the Independent Trustees of the Trust; provided, however, that no Service Fee or other fee that is a "service fee" as defined in Section 26 of the Rules of Fair Practice of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (or any successor provision thereto) as in effect from time to time (the "NASD Rule") shall be paid, with respect to Class B C shares of the Series, to CDC IXIS Distributors NEF (or to any affiliate of CDC IXIS DistributorsNEF, or to any other person in circumstances where substantially all of the services and functions relating to the distribution of Class B C shares of the Series have been delegated to, or are being performed by, CDC IXIS Distributors NEF or an affiliate of CDC IXIS DistributorsNEF), under this Plan or otherwise, if the Distribution Fee is terminated or is reduced below the rate set forth in Section 2. The Service Fee shall be accrued daily and paid monthly or at such other intervals as the Trustees shall determine. The Distributor may pay all or any portion of the Service Fee to securities dealers or other organizations (including, but not limited to, any affiliate of the Distributor) as service fees pursuant to agreements with such organizations for providing personal services to investors in Class B C shares of the Series and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts, and may retain all or any portion of the Service Fee as compensation for providing personal services to investors in Class B C shares of the Series and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. All payments under this Section 1 are intended to qualify as "service fees" as defined in the NASD Rule.

Service Fee. The Trust, on behalf of the Series, will pay to CDC IXIS Asset Management DistributorsNew England Funds, L.P. ("CDC IXIS DistributorsNEF"), a Delaware limited partnership which acts as the Principal Distributor of the Series' shares, or such other entity as shall from time to time act as the Principal Distributor of the Series' shares (the "Distributor"), a fee (the "Service Fee") at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25.25% of the Series' average daily net assets attributable to the Class B shares. Subject to such limit and subject to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, the Service Fee shall be as approved from time to time by (a) the Trustees of the Trust and (b) the Independent Trustees of the Trust; provided, however, that no Service Fee or other fee that is a "service fee" as defined in Section 26 of the Rules of Fair Practice of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (or any successor provision thereto) as in effect from time to time (the "NASD Rule") shall be paid, with respect to Class B shares of the Series, to CDC IXIS Distributors NEF (or to any affiliate of CDC IXIS DistributorsNEF, or to any other person in circumstances where substantially all of the services and functions relating to the distribution of Class B shares of the Series have been delegated to, or are being performed by, CDC IXIS Distributors NEF or an affiliate of CDC IXIS DistributorsNEF), under this Plan or otherwise, if the Distribution Fee is terminated or is reduced below the rate set forth in Section 2. The Service Fee shall be accrued daily and paid monthly or at such other intervals as the Trustees shall determine. The Distributor may pay all or any portion of the Service Fee to securities dealers or other organizations (including, but not limited to, any affiliate of the Distributor) as service fees pursuant to agreements with such organizations for providing personal services to investors in Class B shares of the Series and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts, and may retain all or any portion of the Service Fee as compensation for providing personal services to investors in Class B shares of the Series and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. All payments under this Section 1 are intended to qualify as "service fees" as defined in the NASD Rule.