FORWARD FUNDS INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Sub-Advisory Agreement • March 3rd, 2009 • Forward Funds • California
This INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) effective as of September 1, 2008, is by and among Pennant Management, Inc. (the “Sub-Advisor”), Forward Funds (the “Trust”), on behalf of the Accessor Total Return Fund, a series of the Trust (the “Fund”), and Forward Management, LLC (the “Advisor”).
Exhibit Q1(e)(7) AMENDMENT TO SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Advisory Agreement • March 3rd, 2009 • Forward Funds • California
This amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Sub-Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated September 1, 2008, between First Western Investment Management Inc. (the “Sub-Advisor”), Forward Funds (the “Trust”), on behalf of the Accessor High Yield Bond Fund, a series of the Trust (the “Fund”), and Forward Management, LLC (the “Advisor”), is entered into as of November 17, 2008 with reference to the following facts:
Exhibit Q1(e)(1) FORWARD FUNDS AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTInvestment Management Agreement • March 3rd, 2009 • Forward Funds • California
AGREEMENT, effective as of May 1, 2005 and amended and restated as of January 8, 2008 and March 5, 2008, between Forward Management, LLC (“Forward Management” or the “Investment Advisor”) and Forward Funds (the “Trust”) on behalf of the series of the Trust listed on Exhibits A and B (the “Funds”).
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • March 3rd, 2009 • Forward Funds • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Agreement”) is made as of this 18th day of August, 2008, by and among Forward Funds, a Delaware statutory trust with its principal place of business at 433 California Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco, California (the “Trust”), on behalf of each of its series listed in Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Fund”), Accessor Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation with its principal place of business at 1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3600, Seattle, Washington (the “Company”), on behalf of each of its series listed in Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquired Fund”), Forward Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business at 433 California Street, 11th Floor, San Francisco, California (“Forward”) (with respect to the provisions of Paragraph 11.2 only), and Accessor Capital Management, L.P., a Washington limited partnership with its principal place of business at 1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3600, Seattle, Washington (“A
