I. SERVICE FEESService Agreement • July 30th, 1999 • Quantitative Group of Funds
EXHIBIT 19 QUANTITATIVE GROUP OF FUNDS ORDINARY AND INSTITUTIONAL SHARE SELLING AGREEMENT Ladies and Gentlemen: U.S. Boston Capital Corporation ("Distributor") is the exclusive underwriter and distributor for the Quantitative Group of Funds...Selling Agreement • July 30th, 1999 • Quantitative Group of Funds • Massachusetts
BYLAWS OF U.S. BOSTON INVESTMENT COMPANY ARTICLE I Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Principal OfficeQuantitative Group of Funds • July 30th, 1999
Exhibit 21 FIRST AMENDMENT TO CUSTODY AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTING AGREEMENT THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CUSTODY AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTING AGREEMENT (the "Amendment") is made and entered into as of March 1, 1998 by and among QUANTITATIVE GROUP OF FUNDS...Investment Accounting Agreement • July 30th, 1999 • Quantitative Group of Funds
SECOND AMENDMENT TO CUSTODY AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTING AGREEMENT This Amendment to the Custody Agreement is made as of _____________May 1, , 2001 by and between THE QUANT FUNDS, formerly known as Quantitative Group of Funds (the "Fund") and STATE...Custody and Investment Accounting Agreement • July 31st, 2002 • Quantitative Group of Funds
EXHIBIT 18 QUANTITATIVE GROUP OF FUNDS ORDINARY SHARE SELLING AGREEMENT (fully disclosed accounts) Ladies and Gentlemen: U.S. Boston Capital Corporation ("Distributor") is the exclusive underwriter and distributor for the Quantitative Group of Funds...Quantitative Group of Funds • July 30th, 1999 • Massachusetts
QUANTITATIVE ADVISORS, INC. ADVISORY CONTRACTAdvisory Contract • June 2nd, 2011 • Pear Tree Funds • Massachusetts
Advisory Contract ("Contract") dated as of October 5, 1999, between QUANTITATIVE ADVISORS, INC., a Massachusetts corporation (the "Manager") and POLARIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC., a Massachusetts Corporation (the "Advisor").
CUSTODIAN AGREEMENTCustodian Agreement • May 30th, 2008 • Quantitative Group of Funds • Massachusetts
This Agreement is effective the 1st day of May, 2008, between QUANTITATIVE GROUP OF FUNDS, a business trust organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Fund”), and STATE STREET BANK and TRUST COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust company (the “Custodian”).
FIDELITY BOND/D&O/E&O PREMIUM AND LOSS ALLOCATION AGREEMENTAllocation Agreement • October 26th, 2023 • Pear Tree Funds • Massachusetts
This FIDELITY BOND/D&O/E&O PREMIUM AND LOSS ALLOCATION AGREEMENT is made as of August 1, 2023 between Pear Tree Funds (the “Trust”) on behalf of each of its separate series (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) and Pear Tree Advisors, Inc. (the “Manager”) on behalf of Pear Tree Institutional Services (a division of the Manager), (the Trust, the Funds and Manager are collectively referred to as the “Joint Insureds”).
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENT AND SERVICE AGREEMENT between QUANTITATIVE GROUP OF FUNDS and QUANTITATIVE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.Transfer Agent and Service Agreement • April 30th, 2008 • Quantitative Group of Funds • Massachusetts
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT effective as of May 1 2008, by and between Quantitative Group of Funds, a Massachusetts business trust doing business as Quant Funds, having its principal office and place of business at 55 Old Bedford Road, Lincoln, MA 01773 (the “Fund”), and Quantitative Investment Advisors, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, doing business as Quantitative Advisors, having its principal office and place of business at 55 Old Bedford Road, Lincoln, MA 01773 (“QA”) which is duly registered as a transfer agent pursuant to Section 17A(c)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
EXHIBIT 23 Limited Agency Agreement for Transfer Agency Services WHEREAS, One or more open-end investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), which are identified on the attached Exhibit A, as the...Limited Agency Agreement • July 30th, 1999 • Quantitative Group of Funds • Massachusetts
FIDELITY BOND/D&O PREMIUM AND LOSS ALLOCATION AGREEMENTPremium and Loss Allocation Agreement • August 27th, 2019 • Pear Tree Funds • Massachusetts
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of August 1, 2015 between Pear Tree Funds (the “Trust”) on behalf of each of its separate series (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) and Pear Tree Advisors, Inc. (the “Manager”) on behalf of Pear Tree Institutional Services (a division of the Manager), (the Trust, the Funds and Manager are collectively referred to as the “Joint Insureds”).
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTDistribution Agreement • April 30th, 2008 • Quantitative Group of Funds
Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement effective as of May 1, 2008, by and between QUANTITATIVE GROUP OF FUNDS (formerly U.S. BOSTON INVESTMENT COMPANY), a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”) and U.S. BOSTON CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Massachusetts corporation (“U.S. Boston Capital”).
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Advisory Agreement • August 31st, 2021 • Pear Tree Funds • Massachusetts
This Sub-Advisory Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated ____, 2021 by and between PEAR TREE ADVISORS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Manager”), and ESSEX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sub-Adviser”).
PEAR TREE ADVISORS, INC. SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Advisory Agreement • May 29th, 2015 • Pear Tree Funds • Massachusetts
This Sub-Advisory Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated October 30, 2014 by and between PEAR TREE ADVISORS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Manager”), and POLARIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Delaware corporation (the “Subadviser”).
PEAR TREE FUNDS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST (As amended through May 26, 2011)Pear Tree Funds • March 16th, 2018 • Pear Tree Funds • Massachusetts
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST made at Lincoln, Massachusetts, this 26th day of May, 2011, amending and restating the AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST dated April 2, 1990, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated July 18, 1993 (the “Amended Declaration of Trust”), by the Trustees hereunder and by the holders of shares of beneficial interest issued hereunder as hereinafter provided.
QUANTITATIVE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. d/b/a QUANTITATIVE ADVISORS AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT CONTRACTManagement Contract • April 30th, 2008 • Quantitative Group of Funds
Amended and Restated Management Contract (“Contract”) effective as of May 1, 2008, between QUANTITATIVE GROUP OF FUNDS d/b/a QUANT FUNDS, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Fund”) and QUANTITATIVE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. d/b/a QUANTITATIVE ADVISORS, a Delaware corporation (the “Manager”).
AMENDMENT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF DISTRIBUTION ------------------------------------------------- AGREEMENT --------- Amendment dated May 18, 1998 to the Terms and Conditions of the Distribution Agreement dated April 17, 1985, between QUANTITATIVE...Exhibit 17 • July 30th, 1999 • Quantitative Group of Funds
AGREEMENT AMONG JOINTLY INSURED PARTIESAgreement Among Jointly Insured Parties • September 9th, 2013 • Pear Tree Funds
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of August 1, 2013 between the Pear Tree Funds on behalf of each of its series (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”) and Pear Tree Advisors, Inc. (the “Manager”) on behalf of Pear Tree Institutional Services (a division of the Manager), (the Funds and Manager are collectively referred to as the “Insureds”).
FIDELITY BOND/D&O PREMIUM AND LOSS ALLOCATION AGREEMENTPremium and Loss Allocation Agreement • September 20th, 2017 • Pear Tree Funds • Massachusetts
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of August 1, 2015 between Pear Tree Funds (the "Trust") on behalf of each of its separate series (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") and Pear Tree Advisors, Inc. (the "Manager") on behalf of Pear Tree Institutional Services (a division of the Manager), (the Trust, the Funds and Manager are collectively referred to as the "Joint Insureds").
PEAR TREE ADVISORS, INC. INTERIM ADVISORY CONTRACTPear Tree Advisors • July 31st, 2014 • Pear Tree Funds • Massachusetts
Interim Advisory Contract ("Contract") dated as of October 22, 2013, between PEAR TREE ADVISORS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Manager") and PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Advisor").
PEAR TREE ADVISORS, INC.Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement • June 4th, 2019 • Pear Tree Funds • Massachusetts
This Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (this “Agreement”) dated as of February 15, 2018, between PEAR TREE ADVISORS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Manager”), and CHARTWELL INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company (the “Sub-Adviser”).
PEAR TREE POLARIS INTERNATIONAL Opportunities FUND expense reimbursement AgreementExpense Reimbursement Agreement • November 7th, 2023 • Pear Tree Funds
Pear Tree Advisors, Inc. (the “Manager”) serves as the investment manager to Pear Tree Polaris International Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Pear Tree Funds (the “Trust”), pursuant to the Amended and Restated Management Contract dated May 1, 2008, as amended, between the Manager and the Trust.
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (as amended August 1, 2005)Distribution Agreement • November 4th, 2005 • Quantitative Group of Funds
Distribution Agreement dated April 17, 1985, by and between U.S. BOSTON INVESTMENT COMPANY), a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”) and U.S. BOSTON CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Massachusetts corporation (“U.S. Boston Capital”).
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (as amended November 1, 2006)Terms and Conditions of Distribution Agreement • October 27th, 2006 • Quantitative Group of Funds
Distribution Agreement dated April 17, 1985, by and between U.S. BOSTON INVESTMENT COMPANY), a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”) and U.S. BOSTON CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Massachusetts corporation (“U.S. Boston Capital”).
AMENDMENT to the ADVISORY CONTRACT Effective January 1, 2009Advisory Contract • June 2nd, 2011 • Pear Tree Funds
This Amendment dated January 1, 2009 to the Advisory Contract dated October 5, 1999 between Quantitative Investment Advisors, Inc. and Polaris Capital Management, Inc., is effective for the period January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010. Paragraph 3 of the Advisory Contract is replaced in its entirety with the paragraph below.
AMENDMENT to the ADVISORY CONTRACT Effective November 10, 2009Advisory Contract • June 2nd, 2011 • Pear Tree Funds
This Amendment dated November 10, 2009 to the Advisory Contract dated October 5, 1999 between Quantitative Investment Advisors, Inc. and Polaris Capital Management, Inc., is effective for the period January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010. Paragraph 3 of the Advisory Contract is replaced in its entirety with the paragraph below.
ADVISORY CONTRACTAdvisory Contract • July 31st, 2014 • Pear Tree Funds • Massachusetts
Advisory Contract ("Contract") dated as of November 7, 2013, between PEAR TREE ADVISORS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Manager") and PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Advisor").
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENTAdministration Agreement • June 2nd, 2011 • Pear Tree Funds • Massachusetts
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Administrator entered into an Administration Agreement dated as of November 1, 2008 (the “Original Agreement,” and together with the Amendment, the “Agreement”), pursuant to which the Administrator is to provide certain administrative services to the Trust, including certain legal services; and
AGREEMENT AMONG JOINTLY INSURED PARTIESAgreement Among Jointly Insured Parties • June 14th, 2010 • Quantitative Group of Funds
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of May 1, 2010 between the Quantitative Group of Funds d/b/a the “Quant Funds” on behalf of each of the its series (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”) and Quantitative Investment Advisors, Inc. (the “Manager”) on behalf of Quantitative Institutional Services (a division of the Manager), (the Funds and Manager are collectively referred to as the “Insureds”).
INVESTMENT ACCOUNTING AGREEMENTInvestment Accounting Agreement • May 30th, 2008 • Quantitative Group of Funds • Massachusetts
QUANTITATIVE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. ADVISORY CONTRACTInvestment Advisors • June 2nd, 2011 • Pear Tree Funds • Massachusetts
Advisory Contract ("Contract") dated as of January 27, 2011, between QUANTITATIVE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Manager") and COLUMBIA PARTNERS, L.L.C., INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, a Delaware Limited Liability Company (the "Advisor").
EXHIBIT 7 QUANTITATIVE ADVISORS, INC. --------------------------- MANAGEMENT CONTRACT ------------------- Management Contract ("Contract") dated as of January 31, 1999, between QUANTITATIVE GROUP OF FUNDS, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Fund")...Exhibit 7 • July 30th, 1999 • Quantitative Group of Funds
DECHERT PRICE & RHOADS] May 27, 1997 Quantitative Group of funds 55 Old Bedford Road Lincoln, MA 01773 Re: Rule 24f-2 Notice _________________ Gentlemen: Quantitative Group of Funds (the "Trust") is a trust created under a written Agreement and...Quantitative Group of Funds • May 28th, 1997
Quantitative Group of Funds (the "Trust") is a trust created under a written Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated June 27, 1983, and executed and delivered in Burlington, Massachusetts. The Declaration of Trust was amended by an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated April 2, 1990, which was most recently amended on July 18, 1993 (as amended, the "Declaration of Trust"). The beneficial interest thereunder is represented by transferable shares with no par value per share ("Shares"). The Trustees have the powers set forth in the Declaration of Trust, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions therein provided.
PEAR TREE POLARIS FOREIGN VALUE FUND PEAR TREE POLARIS FOREIGN VALUE SMALL CAP FUND pear tree polaris international opportunities fund MANAGEMENT FEE/Sub- Advisory Fee WAIVER Agreement (for the period ending July 31, 2024)Waiver Agreement • August 1st, 2023 • Pear Tree Funds
Pear Tree Advisors, Inc. (the “Manager”) serves as the investment manager to each of Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Fund (“Foreign Value Fund”), Pear Tree Polaris Foreign Value Small Cap Fund (“Foreign Value Small Cap Fund,” and Pear Tree Polaris International Opportunities Fund (“International Opportunities Fund”, and together with Foreign Value Fund and Foreign Value Small Cap Fund, the “Funds”), series of Pear Tree Funds (the “Trust”), pursuant to the Amended and Restated Management Contract dated May 1, 2008, as amended (the “Management Contract”), between the Manager and the Trust. Polaris Capital Management, LLC (“Polaris”) serves as the investment sub-adviser to Foreign Value Fund pursuant to an Advisory Contract dated October 5, 1999 (the “FV Advisory Contract”), to Foreign Value Small Cap Fund pursuant to an Advisory Contract dated May 1, 2008 (the “FVSC Advisory Contract”), and to International Opportunities Fund pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Contract dated November 15, 2019 (t
