Distribution Agreement Sample Contracts

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • January 3rd, 2012 • Fs Variable Separate Account
January 30, 2017 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II 120 East Liberty Drive Wheaton, Illinois 60187 Ladies and Gentlemen: This letter supercedes that certain letter agreement by and among First Trust Portfolios L.P. and First Trust Exchange-Traded...
Distribution Agreement • January 30th, 2017 • First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund Ii

This letter supercedes that certain letter agreement by and among First Trust Portfolios L.P. and First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II (the "Trust"), dated as of January 12, 2016, with respect to the Trust. It is hereby acknowledged that First Trust Portfolios L.P. serves as the distributor of the shares of each series of the Trust. The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), comprised of various exchange-traded funds (each, a "Fund," and, collectively, the "Funds") set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, which may be amended from time to time.

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Distribution Agreement • April 25th, 2008 • Security Equity Fund
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Distribution Agreement • December 30th, 2009 • ACAP Strategic Fund • New York
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • January 28th, 2022 • Trust for Advised Portfolios • Wisconsin

THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of this 29th day of September, 2020, by and between TRUST FOR ADVISED PORTFOLIOS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) on behalf of its series in Exhibit A, Quasar Distributors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”) and Regan Capital, the investment advisor to the series set out in Exhibit A (the “Adviser).

AMENDED AND RESTATED Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement With
Distribution Agreement • January 28th, 2019 • Oppenheimer Rochester Short Duration High Yield Municipal Fund

This Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan and Agreement (the “Plan”) is dated as of the 30th day of June, 2011, as revised October 15, 2018, by and between Oppenheimer Rochester Short Duration High Yield Municipal Fund (formerly Oppenheimer Rochester Limited Term Municipal Fund) (the “Fund”), a series of Oppenheimer Rochester Short Duration High Yield Municipal Fund, (the “Trust”) and OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”).

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Distribution Agreement • April 30th, 2019 • Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co Separate Account A
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Distribution Agreement • December 23rd, 2009 • Gabelli 787 Fund, Inc.
ARTICLE 1 APPOINTMENT
Distribution Agreement • November 27th, 2013 • MEMBERS Life Insurance Co • Life insurance
DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE PLAN AND AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • February 21st, 2008 • Oppenheimer Transition 2050 Fund
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • August 25th, 2023 • Morningstar Funds Trust • Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of October 1, 2021, by and between Morningstar Funds Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Client”) and Foreside Fund Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”).

FRANKLIN INVESTORS SECURITIES TRUST
Distribution Agreement • February 26th, 2025 • Franklin Investors Securities Trust

We, Franklin Investors Securities Trust (the “Trust”), comprised of the series listed on Attachment A (each a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”), are a Delaware statutory trust operating as an open-end management investment company or “mutual fund”, which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and whose shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). We desire to issue one or more series or classes of our authorized but unissued shares of capital stock or beneficial interest (the “Shares”) to authorized persons in accordance with applicable Federal and State securities laws. The Fund’s Shares may be made available in one or more separate series, each of which may have one or more classes.

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT DREYFUS MUNICIPAL FUNDS, INC.
Distribution Agreement • December 29th, 2010 • Dreyfus Municipal Funds Inc

This is to confirm that, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter contained, the above-named investment company (the "Fund") has agreed that you shall be, for the period of this agreement, the distributor of (a) shares of each series of the Fund set forth on Exhibit A hereto, as such Exhibit may be revised from time to time (each, a "Series") or (b) if no Series are set forth on such Exhibit, shares of the Fund. For purposes of this agreement the term "Shares" shall mean the authorized shares of the relevant Series, if any, and otherwise shall mean the Fund's authorized shares.

ETF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • March 17th, 2025 • Russell Investments Exchange Traded Funds • Delaware

This distribution agreement (the “Agreement”) dated February 28, 2025 with an effective date as set forth in Section 8(a) below and made by Russell Investments Exchange Traded Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) having its principal place of business at 1301 Second Avenue, 18th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101, and Foreside Fund Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”) having its principal place of business at Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, ME 04101.

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • October 25th, 2024 • Hussman Investment Trust

This Agreement made as of February 1, 2019 by and between Hussman Investment Trust (the "Trust"), an Ohio business trust, and Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company ("Distributor").

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • January 13th, 2025 • Pop Venture Fund • New York

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of August 8, 2024, between The Pop Venture Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), and ALPS Distributors, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“ALPS”).

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • May 8th, 2025 • Privacore PCAAM Alternative Growth Fund • Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the April 15, 2025 (this “Agreement”), by and between Privacore PCAAM Alternative Growth Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”) and Janus Henderson Distributors US LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, with its principal office and place of business at 151 Detroit Street, Denver, CO 80206-4923 (the “Distributor”).

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND One Post Office Square Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Distribution Agreement • May 1st, 2025 • Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund is a Massachusetts business trust operating as a closed-end management investment company (hereinafter referred to as the “Fund”). The Fund has filed an automatic shelf registration statement “as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-286821 and 811-21735) (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the 1933 Act, to register additional common shares of the Fund, which may be issued and sold from time to time through various specified transactions, including at-the-market (“ATM”) offerings. “Registration Statement” as used herein includes the Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information, including materials incorporated therein and any supplements or amendments thereto.

NUVEEN MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND Chicago, Illinois 60606
Distribution Agreement • December 17th, 2021 • Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund

Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund is a Massachusetts business trust operating as a closed-end management investment company (hereinafter referred to as the “Fund”). The Fund has filed an automatic shelf registration statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-253965 and 811-21449) (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register additional common shares of the Fund, which may be issued and sold from time to time through various specified transactions, including at-the-market (“ATM”) offerings. The Fund also has filed or will file a prospectus supplement (“Prospectus Supplement”) pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the offering of its common shares through an ATM offering.

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • April 18th, 2022 • Legg Mason Partners Variable Equity Trust • Maryland

This DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made this 31st day of July, 2020 by and between Legg Mason Partners Variable Equity Trust (“Investment Company”), a Maryland business trust, and Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (“Distributor”).

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • August 14th, 2020 • Listed Funds Trust • New York

THIS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement’) is made as of the last date written on the signature block by and between Listed Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, Quasar Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”), a Delaware limited liability company, and Alternative Access Funds, LLC (the “Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company and the investment advisor to the Trust.