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ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANT AND TERMINATION OF MARCH. 1st , 2010 AGREEMENT

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• Xxxx and Termination of Agreement 1. This Agreement shall run for a period of one (1) year from the date first written above and will be renewed from year to year thereafter unless terminated by either party as provided hereunder.

• Term and Termination of Agreement 1. This Agreement shall run for a period of one (1) year from the date first written above and will be renewed from year to year thereafter unless terminated by either party as provided hereunder.

• Duration and Termination of Agreement This Agreement shall become effective with respect to each Portfolio on the later of (i) its execution and (ii) the date of the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, at which meeting this Agreement is approved as described below. The Agreement will continue in effect for a period more than two years from the date of its execution only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually either by the Trustees of the Trust or by a majority of the outstanding voting securities of each of the Portfolios, provided that in either event such continuance shall also be approved by the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of any party to this Agreement cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. Any required shareholder approval of the Agreement or of any continuance of the Agreement shall be effective with respect to any Portfolio if a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the series (as defined in Rule 18f-2(h) under the Investment Company Act) of shares of that Portfolio votes to approve the Agreement or its continuance, notwithstanding that the Agreement or its continuance may not have been approved by a majority of the outstanding voting securities of (a) any other Portfolio affected by the Agreement or (b) all the portfolios of the Trust. If any required shareholder approval of this Agreement or any continuance of the Agreement is not obtained, the Subadviser will continue to act as investment subadviser with respect to such Portfolio pending the required approval of the Agreement or its continuance or of a new contract with the Subadviser or a different adviser or subadviser or other definitive action; provided, that the compensation received by the Subadviser in respect of such Portfolio during such period is in compliance with Rule 15a-4 under the Investment Company Act. This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the Trustees of the Trust, by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust, or with respect to any Portfolio by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such Portfolio, on sixty days' written notice to the Adviser and the Subadviser, or by the Adviser or Subadviser on sixty days' written notice to the Trust and the other party. This Agreement will automatically terminate, without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment (as defined in the Investment Company Act) or in the event the Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and the Trust terminates for any reason.

• EFFECTIVE DATE, DURATION AND TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT This Agreement shall become effective as of the day and date first above written (the "Effective Date"). Wherever referred to in this Agreement, the vote or approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund shall mean the vote of 67% or more of such shares if the holders of more than 50% of such shares are present in person or by proxy or the vote of more than 50% of such shares, whichever is less. Unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided, this Agreement shall continue in effect through November 4, 2001, and thereafter shall continue in effect for successive periods of 12 months thereafter, provided that each continuance is specifically approved annually by (a) the vote of a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who are not parties to the Agreement or interested persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the Company or the Adviser, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on approval and (b) either (i) the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund or (ii) the vote of a majority of the Company's Board of Directors. This Agreement may be terminated at any time without the payment of any penalty by the vote of the Board of Directors of the Company or by the vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, upon sixty (60) days written notice to the Adviser. The Adviser may terminate this Agreement without penalty on ninety (90) days written notice to the Company. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its assignment as defined in the Investment Company Act. This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon completion of the dissolution, liquidation and winding up of the Fund.

• Retention and Termination of Servicer The Servicer hereby covenants and agrees to act as such under this Agreement for an initial term, commencing on the Closing Date and ending on _______________ which term shall be extendible by [the Note Insurer] for successive quarterly terms ending on each successive June 30, September 30, December 31, and March 31 (or, pursuant to revocable written standing instructions from time to time to the Servicer and the Trust Collateral Agent, for any specified number of terms greater than one), until the termination of the Issuer. Each such notice (including each notice pursuant to standing instructions, which shall be deemed delivered at the end of successive quarterly terms for so long as such instructions are in effect) (a "Servicer Extension Notice") shall be delivered by [the Note Insurer] to the Trust Collateral Agent and the Servicer. The Servicer hereby agrees that, as of the date hereof and upon its receipt of any such Servicer Extension Notice, the Servicer shall become bound, for the initial term beginning on the date hereof and for the duration of the term covered by such Servicer Extension Notice, to continue as the Servicer subject to and in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement. [Until such time as a Note Insurer Default shall have occurred and be continuing,] the Trust Collateral Agent agrees that if as of the fifteenth day prior to the last day of any term of the Servicer, the Trust Collateral Agent shall not have received any Servicer Extension Notice from [the Note Insurer], the Trust Collateral Agent will, within five days thereafter, give written notice of such non-receipt [to the Note Insurer], the Back-up Servicer (or any alternate successor servicer appointed by the Note Insurer pursuant to Section 8.5) and the Servicer and the Servicer's terms shall not be extended unless a Servicer Extension Notice is received on or before the last day of such term.

• Amendment and Termination of Agreement (a) We may amend any provision of this Agreement by giving you written notice of the amendment. Either party to this Agreement may terminate the Agreement without cause by giving the other party at least thirty (30) days' written notice of its intention to terminate. This Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).

• Term of Agreement and Termination 4.1. Either party may terminate this Agreement, if the other party is in material breach of the Agreement, by giving written notice thereof to the other party, to cure such breach, following which, without curing the breach, this Agreement shall terminate. Such notice shall specify the alleged material breach, shall state the termination date and shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the other party at the notice address specified.

• Termination of Consulting Agreement As of the Effective Date, the Consulting Agreement is hereby terminated and is of no further force or effect.

• Effective Date of Agreement and Termination This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto. This Agreement may be terminated at any time on or prior to the Closing Date by you by notice to the Company if any of the following has occurred (i) on or after the Applicable Time, any Material Adverse Change occurs, which, in the judgment of the Representatives, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for sale of the Securities, (ii) any new outbreak or material escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis or material adverse change in the financial markets of the United States or elsewhere, or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, calamity, crisis or emergency would, in the judgment of the Representatives, make it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in the Company’s securities or in trading generally in securities on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex Equities, the NASDAQ Stock Market or in the over-the-counter markets or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange or markets, or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, (iv) any declaration of a general banking moratorium by Federal, New York or Maryland authorities, (v) the taking of any action by any Federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs that in your judgment has a material adverse effect on the financial markets in the United States, and would, in the judgment of the Representatives, make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities or (vi) the enactment, publication, decree, or other promulgation of any Federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which would, in the judgment of the Representatives, have a Material Adverse Effect. The indemnities and contribution provisions and the other agreements, representations and warranties of the Company, its officers and directors and the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities, regardless of (i) any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any of the Underwriters or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any controlling person thereof, (ii) acceptance of the Securities and payment for them hereunder and (iii) termination of this Agreement. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters pursuant to clauses (i) or (iii) (with respect to the Company’s securities) of the second paragraph of this Section 11 or because of the failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse you for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by you. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the Company shall be liable for all expenses which they have agreed to pay pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof. Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company, the Underwriters, any Indemnified Person referred to herein and their respective successors and assigns, all as and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The terms “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser of any of the Securities from any of the Underwriters merely because of such purchase.

• Effective Date and Termination of Agreement This Agreement shall become effective on January 1, 2018 and unless terminated sooner it shall continue in effect until April 30, 2018. It may thereafter be continued from year to year only with the approval of a majority of those trustees of the Fund who are not “interested persons” of the Fund (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of this Agreement or any agreement related to it (the “Independent Trustees”). This Agreement may be terminated as to the Fund as a whole or any class of shares individually at any time by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees. The Investment Adviser may terminate this agreement upon sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to the Fund.