Common use of Measuring Class Clause in Contracts

Measuring Class. The “Measuring Class” of shares of the Fund is the outstanding class of shares of the Fund that has begun investment operations and that has the highest total annual fund operating expenses of all of the classes of shares of the Fund for the Performance Period. As of the date of this Agreement, the “Measuring Class” is the Institutional Class. If the outstanding class of shares of the Fund that has investment operations and has the highest total annual fund operating expenses is not outstanding or does not have investment operations for all of the Performance Period, it may only be used in calculating that portion of the Performance Adjustment Rate attributable to the period during which such class is outstanding and has investment operations. Any other portion of the Performance Period will be calculated using the outstanding class of shares of the Fund that has investment operations and has the highest total annual fund operating expenses of all the classes of shares of the Fund during such portion of the Performance Period.