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EXHIBIT 7(b)
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DEALER AGREEMENT
WITH ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ AMERICAN CAPITAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
REGARDING ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ AMERICAN CAPITAL
OPEN-END AND CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANIES
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
As dealer for our own account, we offer to sell to you shares
of any of the ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ American Capital open-end investment companies (the
"Open-End Funds" or, individually, an "Open-End Fund") and ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ American
Capital closed-end investment companies (the "Closed-End Funds" or,
individually, a "Closed-End Fund") distributed by ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ American Capital
Distributors, Inc. ("VKAC") pursuant to the terms and conditions contained
herein. Collectively, the Open-End Funds and Closed-End Funds sometimes are
referred to herein as the "Funds" or, individually, as a "Fund".
VKAC acts as the principal underwriter (as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) for each Fund with
respect to its offering of one or more classes of shares as described in each
Fund's Prospectus. Pursuant to this Agreement, VKAC offers to sell to you
shares of each Open-End Fund and each Closed-End Fund prior to the Effective
Date (as defined herein) of each Fund's Registration Statement (as defined
herein) (the "Initial Offering Period") and after the Effective Date of each
Fund's Registration Statement (the "Continuous Offering Period") (if any) as
described in each respective Fund's Prospectus.
As used herein unless otherwise indicated, the term
"Prospectus" means the final prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
included in the registration statement for the fund on the effective date and
as from time to time thereafter amended or supplemented. As used herein unless
otherwise indicated, the term "Preliminary Prospectus" means any preliminary
prospectus and any preliminary Statement of Additional Information included at
any time as a part of the registration statement for any Fund prior to the
effective date and which is authorized by VKAC for use in connection with the
offering of shares.
In consideration of the mutual obligations contained herein,
the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by you, the terms of the
Agreement are as follows:
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Your acceptance of this Agreement constitutes a
representation that you are a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and a member in good standing of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or, in the alternative,
that you are a foreign dealer or bank, not required to be registered as a
broker-dealer with the SEC and not required or eligible for membership in the
NASD. If you are such an NASD member, you agree that in making sales of shares
of the one or more classes of shares of each Fund you will comply with all
applicable rules of the NASD, including without limitation rules pertaining to
the opening, approval, supervision and monitoring of customer accounts, the
NASD's Interpretation with Respect to Free-Riding and Withholding and Sections
8, 24 and 36 of Article III of the NASD's Rules of Fair Practice. If you are
such an unregistered foreign dealer or bank, you agree not to offer or sell, or
to agree to offer or sell, directly or indirectly, except through VKAC, any
shares to any party to whom such shares may not be sold unless you are so
registered and a member of the NASD, and in making sales of such shares you
agree to comply with the NASD's Interpretation with Respect to Free-Riding and
Withholding and Sections 8, 24 and 36 of Article III of the NASD's Rules of
Fair Practice as though you were a member in
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good standing of the NASD and to comply with Section 25 of such Article III as
it applies to a nonmember broker or dealer in a foreign country. You and we
agree to abide by all other Rules and Regulations of the NASD, including
Section 26 of its Rules of Fair Practice, and all applicable state and Federal
laws, rules and regulations. Your acceptance also constitutes a representation
that you have been duly authorized by proper corporate or partnership action to
enter into this Agreement and to perform your obligations hereunder. You will
not accept any orders from any broker, dealer or financial institution who is
purchasing from you with a view toward distribution unless you have obtained
such person's or entity's written consent to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement.
2. In all sales of shares of the Funds to the public you
shall act as dealer for your own account, and you shall have no authority in
any transaction to act as agent for the Fund or for VKAC.
3. Each Fund has filed with the SEC and the securities
commissions of one or more states a Registration Statement (the "Registration
Statement") on the SEC Form applicable to the respective Fund. The date on
which the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC is referred
to herein as the "Effective Date". Prior to the Effective Date of the
Registration Statement with respect to a particular Fund, you expressly
acknowledge and understand that with respect to such Fund:
(a) Shares of such Fund may not be sold, nor may
offers to buy be accepted, (i) in any state prior to the Effective Date of the
Registration Statement with respect thereto or (ii) in any state in which such
offer or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
the securities laws of such state.
(b) The Fund's Preliminary Prospectus, together with
any sales material distributed for use in connection with the offering of
shares of such Fund, does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to buy shares of such Fund and is subject to completion and
modification by the Prospectus. You agree that you will distribute to the
public only (a) the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto and (b) sales literature or other documents expressly
authorized for such distribution by VKAC.
(c) In the event that you transmit indications of
interest to VKAC for accumulation prior to the Effective Date, you will be
responsible for confirming such indications of interest with your customers
following the Effective Date. Indications of interest with respect to shares
of a class of a Fund's shares transmitted to VKAC prior to the Effective Date
will be conditioned upon the occurrence of the Effective Date and the
registration or qualification of the respective class of shares in the
respective state.
(d) Indications of interest with respect to shares
of a class of a Fund's shares which are not canceled by you prior to the latter
of the Effective Date and the registration or qualification of the respective
class of the Fund's shares in the respective state, and accepted by VKAC will
be deemed by VKAC to be orders for shares of such class of shares of the Fund.
(e) All indications of interest and orders
transmitted to VKAC are subject to the terms and conditions of the Prospectus
and this Agreement.
4. After the Effective Date, you will not offer shares of a
class of the Fund's shares for sale in any state where they are not qualified
for sale under the "blue sky" laws and regulations of such state or where you
are not qualified to act as a dealer, except for states in which they are
exempt from qualification.
5. In the event that you offer shares of the Fund for sale
outside the United States, you agree to comply with the applicable laws, rules
and regulations of the foreign government having jurisdiction over such sales,
including any regulations of the United States military authorities applicable
to solicitations to military personnel.
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6. Upon application to VKAC, VKAC will inform you as to the
jurisdictions in which VKAC believes shares of a Fund have been qualified for
sale under the respective securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions.
VKAC understands and agrees that qualification of any shares of a Fund for sale
in such jurisdictions shall be solely VKAC's responsibility and that you assume
no responsibility or obligation with respect to such eligibility. You
understand and agree that your compliance with the requirements of the
securities or "blue sky" laws in each jurisdiction with respect to your right
to sell the shares in such jurisdiction shall be solely your responsibility.
7. No person is authorized to make any representations
concerning any class of shares of a Fund except those contained in the Fund's
current Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be. In
purchasing shares from us you shall rely solely on the representations
contained in such Prospectus. VKAC will furnish additional copies of a Fund's
current Prospectus and sales literature issued by VKAC in reasonable quantities
upon request.
8. Orders received from you will be accepted by VKAC only at
the public offering price applicable to each order as specified in the
then-current Fund Prospectus. The minimum dollar purchase of any shares of
each Fund by any person shall be the applicable minimum dollar amount described
in the then-current Fund Prospectus for that class of shares, and no order for
less than such amount will be accepted hereunder. The procedures relating to
the handling of orders shall be subject to instructions that VKAC shall
communicate from time to time to you. All orders are subject to acceptance or
rejection by VKAC in its sole discretion.
9. Payment for Fund shares shall be made on or before the
settlement date specified in the VKAC confirmation at the office of VKAC's
clearing agent, by check payable to the order of the Fund which reserves VKAC's
right to delay issuance or transfer of shares until such check has cleared. If
such payment is not received by VKAC, VKAC reserves the right, without notice,
forthwith either to cancel the sale or, at its option, to sell the shares
ordered back to the Fund, and in either case, VKAC may hold you responsible for
any loss suffered by the Fund. You agree that in transmitting investors'
funds, you will comply with Rule 15c2-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
10. You shall not withhold placing orders with VKAC from your
customers so as to profit yourself as a result of such withholding; e.g., by a
change in the net asset value from that used in determining the public offering
price to your customers.
11. VKAC will not accept from you any conditioned orders for
shares, except at a definite, specified price.
12. You represent that you are familiar with Release No. 4968
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 15c2-8 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as it relates to the distribution
of Preliminary Prospectuses (and not Statements of Additional Information) and
Prospectuses (and not Statements of Additional Information) for each Fund and
agree that you will comply therewith. You agree that if an investor or
potential investor places a request with you to receive a Statement of
Additional Information, you will (i) provide such person with a Statement of
Additional Information without charge and notify the Fund that you have done
so, (ii) notify the Fund of the request so that the Fund can fulfill the
request or (iii) tell such person to request a Statement of Additional
Information by telephoning the Fund at the number set forth on the cover of the
current Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus. You also agree to keep an
accurate record of your distribution (including dates, number of copies and
persons to whom sent) of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus (and any
Statement of Additional Information) and/or Prospectus (and any Statement of
Additional Information) for each Fund (or any amendment or supplement to
either) and, promptly upon request by VKAC, to bring all subsequent changes to
such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus to the attention of anyone to whom
such material shall have been distributed. You further agree to furnish to
persons who receive a confirmation of sale of shares of any Fund a copy of the
Prospectus (and not the Statement of Additional Information) for such Fund
filed pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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13. Unless otherwise indicated in a Fund's Prospectus, stock
certificates for shares of Funds sold to you shall be issued only if
specifically requested.
14. VKAC will have no liability to you, except for lack of
good faith and for obligations expressly assumed by VKAC in this Agreement.
15. All communications to VKAC shall be sent to ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Mutual Fund Department.
Any notice to you shall be duly given if sent to you at the address specified
by you below or such other address as you may designate to VKAC in writing.
16. Neither this Agreement nor the performance of the
services hereunder shall be considered to create a joint venture or partnership
between VKAC and you.
17. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Illinois without reference to the choice-of-law principles
thereof.
18. The Fund reserves the right in its discretion and VKAC
reserves the right in its discretion, without notice, to suspend or withdraw
the offering of any shares of a Fund entirely. VKAC reserves the right,
without notice, to amend, modify or cancel the Agreement. The Agreement may
not be assigned by either party without prior written consent of the other
party.
19. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by either
party.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE ONLY TO OPEN-END FUNDS
20. Each of the Open-End Fund's is subject to an alternative
distribution plan (the "Alternative Distribution Plan") as described in such
Fund's then-current Prospectus pursuant to which the Open-End Fund may sell
multiple classes of its shares with varying combinations of front-end service
charges (each a "FESC"), distributions fees, service fees, contingent deferred
sales charges (each a "CDSC"), exchange features, conversion rights, voting
rights, expenses allocations and investment requirements. As used herein,
classes of shares of a Fund subject to a FESC will be referred to as FESC
Shares, and classes of shares of a Fund subject to a CDSC will be referred to
as CDSC Shares.
21.(a) With respect to any shares of a class of FESC Shares
of an Open-End Fund, the public offering price for such shares shall be the net
asset value per share plus a FESC, expressed as a percentage of the applicable
public offering price, as determined and effective as of the time specified in
the then-current Prospectus of such Open-End Fund. The dealer discount
applicable to any sale of shares of a class of FESC Shares of an Open-End Fund
shall be a percentage of the applicable public offering price for such shares
as provided for in the then-current Prospectus of such Open-End Fund or, if not
so provided, as provided to you from time to time in writing by VKAC.
(b) With respect to any shares of a class of CDSC
Shares of an Open-End Fund, the public offering price for such shares shall be
the net asset value per share as determined and effective as of the time
specified in the then-current Prospectus of such Open-End Fund. The dealer
sales compensation payable by VKAC applicable to any sale of shares of a class
of CDSC Shares of an Open-End Fund shall be the percentage of the applicable
public offering price for such shares as provided for in the then-current
Prospectus of such Open-End Fund or, if not so provided, as provided to you
from time to time in writing by VKAC.
22. Should you wish to participate in the Distribution Plan
with respect to a class of shares adopted by an Open-End Fund pursuant to Rule
12b-1 ("Rule 12b-1 Plan") under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
or the Service Plan with respect to a class of shares, it is understood that
you must be approved by the Board of Directors of such Open-End Fund and
execute a Distribution Assistance Agreement.
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23. With respect to the Open-End Funds, your acceptance of
this Agreement constitutes a representation that you will adopt policies and
procedures to comply with Rule 18f-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
with respect to when you may appropriately sell the various classes of shares
of the Open-End Funds to investors and that you will sell such shares only in
accordance therewith.
24.(a) You agree to purchase shares of an Open-End Fund only
from VKAC or from your customers. If you purchase shares of an Open-End Fund
from VKAC, you agree that all such purchases shall be made only: (i) to cover
orders already received by you from your customers or (ii) for your own bona
fide investment. If you purchase shares of an Open-End Fund from your
customers, you agree to pay such customers not less than the applicable
repurchase price for such shares as established by the then-current Prospectus
for such Open-End Fund. VKAC in turn agrees that it will not purchase any
shares from an Open-End Fund except for the purpose of covering purchase orders
that it has already received.
(b) With respect to shares of a class of CDSC Shares
of an Open-End Fund purchased from your customers, you additionally agree to
resell such shares only to VKAC as agent for the Fund at the repurchase price
for such shares as established by the then-current Prospectus of such Open-End
Fund. You acknowledge and understand that shares of a class of CDSC Shares of
an Open-End Fund may be subject to a CDSC payable to VKAC as set forth in the
Prospectus for such Open-End Fund in effect at the time of the original
purchase of such shares from the Open-End Fund and that the repurchase price
for such shares that will be paid by VKAC will reflect the imposition of any
applicable CDSC.
25.(a) You shall sell shares of a class of shares of an
Open-End Fund only: (i) to customers at the applicable public offering price
or (ii) to VKAC as agent for the Open-End Fund at the repurchase price in the
then-current Prospectus of such Open-End Fund. In such a sale to VKAC, you may
act either as principal for your own account or as agent for your customer. If
you act as principal for your own account in purchasing shares of a class of
shares of an Open-End Fund for resale to VKAC, you agree to pay your customer
not less than the price that you receive from VKAC. If you act as agent for
your customer in selling shares of a class of shares of an Open-End Fund to
VKAC, you agree not to charge your customer more than a fair commission for
handling the transaction. You acknowledge and understand that CDSC Shares of
an Open-End Fund may be subject to a CDSC payable to VKAC as set forth in the
Prospectus of such Open-End Fund in effect at the time of the original purchase
of such CDSC Shares and that the repurchase price that will be paid by VKAC for
such CDSC Shares will reflect the imposition of any such CDSC.
26. If any shares of a class of FESC Shares of an Open-End
Fund sold to or by you under the terms of this Agreement are repurchased by the
Fund or by VKAC as agent for the Fund or are tendered for redemption within
seven business days after the date of VKAC's confirmation of the original
purchase, it is agreed that you shall forfeit your right to any dealer discount
received by you on such FESC Shares. VKAC will notify you of any such
repurchase or redemption within ten business days from the date on which the
repurchase or redemption order in proper form is delivered to VKAC or to the
Fund, and you shall forthwith refund to VKAC the full dealer discount allowed
to you on such sale. VKAC agrees, in the event of any such repurchase or
redemption, to refund to the Fund its share of any discount allowed to VKAC
and, upon receipt from you of the refund of the discount allowed to you, to pay
such refund forthwith to the Fund.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO CLOSED END-FUNDS
27. No Closed-End Fund will issue fractional shares.
28. VKAC may, in its sole discretion, allocate shares of a
Closed-End Fund among brokers and dealers participating in the Initial Offering
Period or among brokers, dealers and banks in the Continuous Offering Period,
as the case may be, on other than a pro rata basis, which may result in
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certain brokers, dealers and banks not being allocated the full amount of
shares of such fund sold by them while certain other brokers, dealers and banks
may receive their full allocation.
29. You agree that with respect to orders for shares of a
Closed-End Fund, you will transmit such orders received during the Initial
Offering Period to VKAC within the time period as specified in such Closed-End
Fund's Prospectus (or in the time period as extended by VKAC in writing). You
also agree to transmit any customer order received during the Continuous
Offering Period to VKAC prior to the time that the public offering price for
such Closed-End Fund is next determined after your receipt of such order as set
forth in the Closed-End Fund's Prospectus. There is no assurance that each
Closed-End Fund will engage in a continuous offering of shares.
30. On each order accepted by VKAC for shares of a Closed-End
Fund, you will be entitled to receive a concession paid out of VKAC's own
assets as set forth in the then-current Prospectus of such Closed-End Fund
(exclusive of additional compensation that may be payable pursuant to sales
programs, if any, that may be established from time to time as described in the
Prospectus for such Closed-End Fund, which will be payable only as and to the
extent the requirements of such programs are satisfied). In no event will any
Closed-End Fund reimburse VKAC for any such sales concessions or other
additional compensation or pay any such concession or other additional
compensation or allowance directly to you. VKAC will specify for each
Closed-End Fund a period after the date that the shares of such Closed-End Fund
are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or
another national securities market system (which period will end no later that
the first dividend payment date with respect to such Closed-End Fund) during
which sales concessions and other additional compensation are subject to
forfeiture as provided in the following sentence (the "Forfeiture Period").
During the Forfeiture Period for any Closed-End Fund, physical delivery of
certificates representing shares will be required to transfer ownership of such
shares. In the event that any shares of a Closed-End Fund sold through an
order received from you in the Initial Offering Period or the Continuous
Offering Period are resold in the open market or otherwise during the
Forfeiture Period, VKAC reserves the right to require you to forfeit any sales
concessions and other additional compensation with respect to such shares. In
the event of a forfeiture, VKAC may withhold any forfeited sales concessions
and other additional compensation that has not yet been paid or from other
amounts yet to be paid to you (whether or not payable with respect to such
shares) and you agree to repay to VKAC, promptly upon demand, any forfeited
sales concessions and other compensation that has been paid. Determinations of
the amounts to be paid to you or by you to VKAC shall be made by VKAC and shall
be conclusive.
31. During the Initial Offering Period and any Continuous
Offering Period for any Closed-End Fund, you agree to supply VKAC, not less
frequently than once a week by Friday, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, during such
Closed-End Fund's Initial Offering Period, a list setting forth by state and in
the aggregate all indications of interest and, during any Continuous Offering
Period, all shares sold by you of such Closed-End Fund during such week (or
lesser period of time), and a list setting forth by name and location each
registered representative making said sales and indicating the amount of all
sales per Closed-End Fund to date.
32. You expressly acknowledge and understand that there is no
Rule 12b-1 Plan for the Closed-End Funds.
33. You expressly acknowledge and understand that shares of
the Closed-End Funds will not be repurchased by either the Closed-End Funds
(other than through tender offers from time to time, if any) or by VKAC and
that no secondary market for such shares is expected to develop until the
shares have begun trading on a national exchange or national market system.
You hereby covenant that, until notified by VKAC that the distribution of such
shares has been completed or that the Forfeiture Period has ended, you (a) will
not make a secondary market in any shares of such a Closed-End Fund, (b) will
not purchase or hold shares of such Closed-End Fund in inventory for the
purpose of resale in the open market or to your customers and (c) without
VKAC's consent, will not repurchase shares of such Closed-End Fund in the open
market or from your customers for any account in which you have a beneficial
interest.
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34. Unlike the other Closed-End Funds, the Continuous
Offering period with respect to the ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ American Capital Prime Rate
Income Trust (the "Prime Rate Fund") may continue indefinitely. The offer to
sell shares of the Prime Rate Fund is subject to further terms and conditions
in addition to those set forth above as follows:
(a) You expressly acknowledge and understand that
shares of the Prime Rate Fund will not be repurchased by either the Prime Rate
Fund (other than through tender offers from time to time, if any) or VKAC, and
that no secondary market for the shares of the Prime Rate Fund exists
currently, or is expected to develop. You also expressly acknowledge and agree
that, in the event your customer cancels their order for shares after
confirmation, such shares may not be repurchased, remarketed or otherwise
disposed of by or through VKAC.
(b) You acknowledge and understand that, while the
Board of Trustees of the Prime Rate Fund intends to consider tendering for all
or a portion of the Prime Rate Fund's shares on a quarterly basis, there is no
assurance the Prime Rate Fund will tender for shares at any time or, following
such a tender offer, that shares so tendered will be repurchased by the Prime
Rate Fund. You acknowledge and understand that an early withdrawal charge
payable to VKAC will be imposed on most shares accepted for tender by the Prime
Rate Fund which have been held for less than five years, as set forth in the
Prime Rate Fund's Prospectus. ANY REPRESENTATION AS TO A TENDER OFFER BY THE
PRIME RATE FUND, OTHER THAN THAT WHICH IS SET FORTH IN THE PRIME RATE FUND'S
CURRENT PROSPECTUS IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED.
Please accept the foregoing by signing this Dealer Agreement,
keeping a copy for your files and returning the original to us.
Accepted and Agreed to:
(PRINT OR TYPE)
Dated: ________________________________________ By:
Its:
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Broker-Dealer Name
________________________________________
Broker-Dealer Taxpayer ID Number
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________________________________________ DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
Address
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City, State, Zip
By: ________________________________________
Signature
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EXHIBIT A
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
WITH RESPECT TO SALES UNDER THE
ALTERNATIVE DISTRIBUTION PLAN
As certain ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ American Capital open-end investment
companies (the "funds") offer multiple classes of shares subject to either
front-end sales charges ("FESC Shares") or contingent deferred sales charges
("CDSC Shares"), it is important for an investor not only to choose the Fund
that best suits his or her investment objectives, but also to choose the
alternative distribution method that best suits his or her particular
situation. To assist investors in these decisions, we (the selling firm) are
instituting the following policy.
1. Any purchase order for $1 million or more must be for
Class A Shares.
2. Any purchase order for $100,000 but less than $1
million is subject to approval by [appropriate selling firm supervisor], who
must approve the purchase order ticket for the appropriate class of shares in
light of the relevant facts and circumstances, including:
(a) the specific purchase order dollar amount;
(b) the length of time the investor expects to hold
his shares; and
(c) any other relevant circumstances, such as the
availability of purchase price discounts under a Letter of Intent or a Quantity
Discount.
There are instances when one financing method may be more
appropriate than the other. For example, investors who would qualify for a
significant purchase price discount from the maximum sales charge on shares of
a class of FESC Shares that has such purchase price discounts may determine
that payment of such a reduced front-end sales charge is superior to electing
to purchase shares of a class of CDSC Shares with no front-end service charge
but subject to a higher aggregate distribution and service fee. On the other
hand, an investor whose order would not qualify for such purchase price
discounts and intends to remain invested until after the expiration of the
applicable CDSC may wish to defer the sales charge and have all his funds
invested in Class B Shares initially. In addition if such investor
anticipates that he or she will redeem such shares prior to the expiration of
the CDSC period applicable to Class B Shares the investor may, depending on the
amount of his purchase, wish to acquire Class C Shares. However, investors who
intend to hold their shares for a significantly long time may not wish to
continue to bear the ongoing distribution and service expenses of shares of
Class C Shares, irrespective of the fact that a contingent deferred sales
charge would eventually not apply to a redemption of such shares.
[The appropriate selling firm supervisor] must ensure that all
employees receiving investor inquiries about the purchase of shares from funds
subject to ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ American Capital Distributors, Inc.'s alternative
distribution plan advise the investor of the available alternative distribution
methods offered by such funds and the impact of choosing one method over
another. It may be appropriate for [the appropriate selling firm supervisor]
to discuss the purchase with the investor.
This policy is effective immediately with respect to any order
for the purchase of shares from a fund subject to ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ American Capital
Distributors, Inc.'s alternative distribution plan.
Questions relating to this policy should be directed to
[appropriate selling firm supervisor].
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