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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Investment Company Act Release No. 20075; 812-8442]

 

PFAMCo Funds, et al.

February 15, 1994.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``SEC'').

ACTION: Notice of Application for Exemption Under the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').

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APPLICANTS: PFAMCo Funds, Pacific Financial Asset Management 
Corporation (``PFAMCo''), Pacific Equities Network (the 
``Distributor'').

RELEVANT ACT SECTIONS: Order requested under section 6(c) for a 
conditional exemption from sections 2(a)(32), 2(a)(35), 18(f)(1), 
18(g), 18(i), 22(c), and 22(d), and rule 22c-1.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants seek an order that would permit 
certain open-end management investment companies to issue multiple 
classes of shares representing interests in the same portfolio of 
securities, and assess a contingent deferred sales charge (a ``CDSC'') 
on certain redemptions of shares, and waive the CDSC under certain 
circumstances.

FILING DATE: The application was filed on June 14, 1993, and amended on 
October 21, 1993, and December 22, 1993. By letters dated February 14, 
1994, and February 15, 1994, applicants have agreed to make certain 
technical changes to the application, and to file an amendment prior to 
the issuance of any order granting the requested relief. This notice 
reflects the changes to be made to the application by such further 
amendment.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An order granting the application 
will be issued unless the SEC orders a hearing. Interested persons may 
request a hearing by writing to the SEC's Secretary and serving 
Applicants with a copy of the request, personally or by mail. Hearing 
requests should be received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on March 14, 1994, 
and should be accompanied by proof of service on Applicants, in the 
form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Hearing 
requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, the reason 
for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be 
notified of a hearing may request a notification by writing to the 
SEC's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549. 
Applicants, 700 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, California 92660.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James J. Dwyer, Staff Attorney, at (202) 504-2920, or Robert A. 
Robertson, Branch Chief, at (202) 272-3030 (Office of Investment 
Company Regulation, Division of Investment Management).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the 
application. The complete application may be obtained for a fee at the 
SEC's Public Reference Branch.

Applicants' Representations

    1. PFAMCo Funds is a Massachusetts business trust that is a 
registered open-end management investment company. PFAMCo Funds 
currently consists of fourteen portfolios. Shares of PFAMCo Funds 
generally are distributed through the Distributor, a registered broker-
dealer and an indirect subsidiary of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance 
Company.
    2. PFAMCo is a registered investment adviser and also an indirect 
subsidiary of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company. PFAMCo serves as 
investment adviser under an investment advisory agreement, and as 
administrator under an administration agreement, to the portfolios of 
PFAMCo Funds. Under the administration agreement, PFAMCo has overall 
responsibility, subject to the supervision of PFAMCo Funds' board of 
trustees, for providing or procuring, at PFAMCo's expense, the 
administrative and other services necessary for the operation of PFAMCo 
Funds and its portfolios. These services include custodial, 
administrative, transfer agency, portfolio accounting, dividend 
disbursing, auditing, and ordinary legal services. PFAMCo also acts as 
a liaison among the various service providers. PFAMCo Funds differs 
from most mutual funds in that the services provided under the 
administration agreement are paid by PFAMCo, as administrator, whereas 
most mutual funds pay for these services directly from fund assets.
    3. Applicants request an exemption on behalf of themselves, the 
portfolios of PFAMCo Funds, and any other open-end investment company, 
or portfolio thereof, that may be established in the future that is 
advised or administered by PFAMCo (or any entity controlling, 
controlled by, or under common control with PFAMCo) or for which the 
Distributor (or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common 
control with the Distributor) serves as principal underwriter and that 
becomes part of the same ``group of investment companies,'' as that 
term is defined in rule 11a-3 (collectively, the ``Funds''). Pursuant 
to the requested exemption, each Fund would be able to offer multiple 
classes of shares that would be identical in all respects to shares of 
the other classes of shares of the Fund, except for class designation, 
the allocation of certain expenses, voting rights, and exchange 
privileges.
    4. Applicants propose that each Fund would enter into an agreement 
(the ``Administration Agreement'') with its administrator, which may be 
PFAMCo or another person, for the provision or procurement of the 
administrative and other services necessary for the ordinary operation 
of the Fund. These services would include transfer agency, custodian, 
recordkeeping, dividend disbursing, auditing, and ordinary legal 
services. The administrator would provide or procure such services for 
a fee (the ``Administration Fee'') to be agreed upon by the 
administrator and the Fund. The Administration Agreement will provide 
that the services that are rendered to the Fund will be rendered to 
each class of the Fund, and each such class will be obligated to pay 
the applicable Administration Fee.
    5. Any services required for the operation of a class in addition 
to those provided in the Administration Agreement would be provided for 
in a separate agreement or addendum (the ``Class Addendum''). Under the 
Class Addendum, the Fund's administrator would provide or procure the 
services contracted for in the Class Addendum for a specified fee (the 
``Class Addendum Fee''). The services rendered under the Class Addendum 
will relate only to the class or classes specified in that Class 
Addendum, and only such class or classes shall be obligated to pay the 
Class Addendum Fee. Different classes may have different Class Addenda, 
each of which would reflect the different servicing needs of those 
classes that require service beyond that provided in the Administration 
Agreement. If a class is offered in connection with a 12b-1 plan, the 
expenses payable for distribution services would not be included in a 
Class Addendum, but would be payable under a separate 12b-1 agreement. 
A class could have a 12b-1 plan and a Class Addendum.
    6. Each Fund could offer one class (the ``Institutional Class'') 
solely to pension and profit sharing plans, employee benefit trusts, 
endowments, foundations, corporations, other institutions, and high net 
worth individuals. The Institutional Class would be similar or 
identical to the shares currently offered by PFAMCo Funds. There would 
be no sales charge imposed on the purchase and redemption of shares of 
the Institutional Class, and no 12b-1 fees. There would be a 
significant minimum initial investment, which currently is $200,000 for 
PFAMCo Funds. Applicants anticipate that the Institutional Class will 
be the only class without a Class Addendum; all of the administrative 
services for the Institutional Class would be provided under the 
Administration Agreement.
    7. Each Fund could offer one class (the ``Benefit Plan Class'') 
only to qualified or nonqualified employee benefit plans. In addition 
to the services provided under the Administration Agreement, a Fund's 
administrator would provide or procure additional administrative and 
recordkeeping services necessary for the employee benefit plans to 
invest in the Funds. The administrator would charge a Class 
Administration Fee for the services, which fee is expected to be no 
more than 35 basis points of the net assets attributable to the Benefit 
Plan Class. The services are limited to: furnishing participant sub-
accounting; maintaining separate records for each plan; assistance in 
processing purchase and redemption transactions; disbursing or 
crediting to the plans and maintaining records of all proceeds of 
redemptions of shares and all other distributions not reinvested in 
shares; preparing and transmitting to the plans, plan participants, or 
the trustees of the plans periodic account statements, and the 
integration of such statements with those of other transactions and 
balances in other accounts of the plan or participant; transmitting to 
the plans prospectuses, proxy materials, reports, and other information 
required to be sent to shareholders under the federal securities laws; 
transmitting to the transfer agent purchase orders and redemption 
requests placed by the plans; transmitting to a Fund or its agents 
periodic reports necessary to enable the Fund to comply with state Blue 
Sky requirements; transmitting to the plans or the trustees of the 
plans confirmations of purchase orders and redemption requests placed 
by the plans; maintaining all account balance information for the plans 
and daily and monthly purchase summaries expressed in shares and dollar 
amounts; and preparing, filing, and transmitting all federal, state, 
and local government reports and returns as required by law with 
respect to each account maintained on behalf of a plan; providing 
information to plans and participants about a Fund and its portfolios; 
and maintaining account designations and addresses.
    8. A Fund may offer Benefit Plan Classes whose shares only are 
offered to qualified retirement plans for which a trustee is vested 
with investment discretion as to plan assets (``Excluded Classes'') by 
means of a separate prospectus. The Excluded Classes do not include 
Benefit Plan Classes whose shares are offered to self-directed plans in 
which an individual plan beneficiary can make an investment decision. 
As a result, there will be no overlap between the investors eligible to 
invest on their own behalf in Excluded Classes and any other class of a 
Fund.
    9. Each Fund may offer one class of shares (the ``Administrative 
Services Class'') to the clients, members, or customers of banks, 
broker-dealers, consultants, administrators, and other financial 
institutions (``Organizations''), which would provide certain services 
to their customers who purchase shares of the Administrative Services 
Class. Arrangements between the administrator and the Fund relating to 
such additional services are ``Administrative Services Arrangements.'' 
The administrator would either provide these additional services 
directly or would procure these services by entering into agreements 
with the Organizations. The services would be limited to: receiving, 
aggregating, and processing shareholder orders; furnishing shareholder 
sub-accounting; providing and maintaining elective shareholder services 
such as check writing and wire transfer services; providing and 
maintaining pre-authorized investment plans; communicating periodically 
with shareholders; acting as the sole shareholder of record and nominee 
for shareholders; maintaining account records for shareholders; 
answering questions and handling correspondence from shareholders about 
their accounts; issuing confirmations for transactions by shareholders; 
and performing similar account administrative services.
    10. Each Fund also could offer classes with a 12b-1 plan (the 
``12b-1 Classes''). Under a 12b-1 plan, a Fund would enter into 
agreements with certain financial institutions (``Service Agents'') 
providing for distribution or distribution assistance of the shares of 
the 12b-1 Class. A Fund typically would make payments (the ``12b-1 Plan 
Payments'') to the Distributor or the Service Agent for such services.
    11. The Funds may in the future offer classes in addition to those 
described above, provided the Funds met the conditions imposed in any 
order of the SEC granting the requested relief.
    12. The net asset value of all shares of a Fund would be computed 
on the same days and at the same times. The gross income of a Fund 
would be allocated to each class on the basis of the relative net 
assets of each class. Expenses specifically attributable to the 
particular class (``Class Expenses'') and 12b-1 Plan Payments would be 
charged directly to the particular class to which they are 
attributable. Class Expenses would consist of fees under a Class 
Addendum that relates to the class; litigation and indemnification 
expenses, if any, relating solely to one class; and fees of independent 
directors/trustees (``trustees'') incurred as a result of issues 
relating to one class. Class Expenses will be limited to those above, 
and the fees under a Class Addendum will be limited to fees payable for 
services set forth in the description of the Class Addenda for the 
Benefit Plan Class and the Administrative Services Class. Expenses 
incurred by a Fund not attributable to a particular class would be 
subtracted from the gross income on the basis of the relative net 
assets of each class of the Fund. Such expenses include litigation and 
indemnification expenses, if any, relating to a Fund, independent 
trustees' fees, and fees under the applicable Administration Agreement.
    13. Because any 12b-1 Plan Payments and any Class Expenses that 
would be borne by a class of shares may vary for each class, the net 
income of (and dividends payable to) each class may vary from that of 
the other class or classes of the same Fund. Accordingly, for Funds 
that do not declare dividends daily (such as non-money market funds), 
the net asset value per share attributable to each class would differ 
between dividend declaration dates.
    14. Applicants also request an exemption to permit the Funds to 
assess a CDSC on redemptions of shares of a 12b-1 Class. The CDSC will 
not be imposed on redemptions of shares that were purchased after a 
specified period prior to the redemption, which is expected to be six 
years, or on CDSC shares derived from reinvestment of dividends and 
distributions. Furthermore, no CDSC will be imposed on an amount that 
represents an increase in the value of the shareholder's account 
resulting from capital appreciation above the amount paid for the 
shares. In addition, no CDSC will be imposed on shares purchased prior 
to any order granting the requested exemption.
    15. The amount of the CDSC will be calculated as the lesser of the 
amount that represents a specified percentage of the net asset value of 
the shares at the time of purchase or the time of redemption. In 
determining the applicability and rate of any CDSC, it will be assumed 
that redemption is made first of shares or amounts representing capital 
appreciation, or reinvestment of dividends and capital gain 
distributions. Other shares or amounts then would be considered to be 
redeemed in the order purchased, unless the Fund chose to redeem in 
another order that would result in a lower sales load. This will result 
in the charge, if any, being imposed at the lowest possible rate. In 
all cases, the sum of any front-end sales charge, asset-based sales 
charge, shareholder services charge, and CDSC will not exceed the 
maximum sales charge provided for in article III, section 26(d) of the 
Rules of Fair Practice of the National Association of Securities 
Dealers, Inc.
    16. No CDSC will be imposed in connection with an exchange 
privilege whereby an investor exchanges CDSC shares of a Fund for CDSC 
shares of another Fund. All exchanges would be effected in accordance 
with rule 11a-3.
    17. The Funds request the ability to waive the CDSC in connection 
with (a) redemptions by officers, directors, trustees, and employees of 
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, and any of its affiliates, and 
such persons' immediate families, (b) involuntary redemptions effected 
pursuant to the Fund's right to liquidate shareholder accounts having 
an aggregate net asset value of less than the minimum account balance 
set forth in the Fund's then-current prospectus, and (c) total or 
partial redemptions made in connection with the following distributions 
permitted to be made under the Internal Revenue Code (``Code'') from an 
IRA or other qualified retirement plan: (i) Any redemption in 
connection with a lump sum or other distribution following retirement, 
or, in the case of an IRA or Keogh Plan or a custodial account pursuant 
to section 403(b)(7) of the Code, after attaining age 59\1/2\; and (ii) 
any redemption that results from a tax-free return of an excess 
contribution pursuant to section 408(d)(4) or (5) of the Code, or from 
the death or disability of the employee (see sections 72(m)(7) and 
408(f)(3) of the Code). As an alternative to waiver category (c), and 
if the trustees of the Fund determine to adopt this alternative, the 
Fund could waive the CDSC with respect to any partial or complete in 
connection with a distribution following retirement under a tax-
deferred retirement plan or attaining age 70\1/2\ in the case of an IRA 
or Keogh Plan, or custodial account resulting from the tax-free return 
of an excess contribution to an IRA.
    18. Applicants also could provide a pro rata credit paid by the 
Fund's distributor for any CDSC paid in connection with a redemption of 
shares followed by a reinvestment effected within a specified period 
after the redemption. To effect this credit, the distributor would 
purchase additional shares for the account of an investor who reinvests 
the redemption proceeds on which a CDSC was paid, in an amount equal to 
the CDSC charged on the redemption.

Applicants' Legal Analysis

    1. Applicants requests an exemption under section 6(c) from 
sections 18(f)(1), 18(g), and 18(i) to issue multiple classes of shares 
representing interests in the same portfolio of securities. Applicants 
believe that, by implementing the multiple class distribution system, 
the Funds would be able to facilitate the distribution of their shares 
and provide a broad array of services without assuming excessive 
accounting and bookkeeping costs. Applicants also believe that the 
proposed allocation of expenses and voting rights is equitable and 
would not discriminate against any group of shareholders. The proposed 
arrangement does not involve borrowings, affect the Funds' existing 
assets or reserves, or increase the speculative character of the shares 
of a Fund.
    2. In addition, applicants believe that the establishment of a 
multi-class distribution system with the proposed fee structure 
benefits shareholders by providing predictability of expenses and ease 
of understanding the expenses that will be paid. The proposed 
arrangement provides an additional choice for investors to whom such 
predictability is important. The structure makes a party other than the 
Fund assume the economic risks of paying a Fund's operating expenses 
during the start-up phase, and bear the expenses of providing services 
to the classes.
    3. Applicants also request an exemption under section 6(c) from 
sections 2(a)(32), 2(a)(35), 22(c), and 22(d), and rule 22c-1, to 
assess and, under certain circumstances, waive a CDSC on redemptions of 
shares. Applicants believe that their request to permit the CDSC 
arrangement would place the purchaser in a better position than if a 
sales load were imposed at the time of sale, since the shareholder may 
have to pay only a reduced sales charge, or no sales charge at all.

Applicant's Conditions

    Applicants agree that any order granting the requested exemption 
shall be subject to the following conditions:
    1. Each class of shares will represent interests in the same 
portfolio of investments of a Fund, and be identical in all respects, 
except as set forth below. The only differences between the classes of 
shares of a Fund relate solely to: (a) The impact of the 
disproportionate 12b-1 Payments and Class Expenses; (b) voting rights 
as to matters exclusively affecting one class of shares; (c) exchange 
features; and (d) class designation differences. Any additional 
incremental expenses not specifically identified above which are 
subsequently identified and determined to be properly allocated to one 
class of shares shall not be so allocated until approved by the SEC 
pursuant to an amended order or other relief from the SEC.
    2. The trustees of PFAMCo Funds and of any subsequently created 
Funds, including a majority of the independent trustees, will approve 
the offering of multiple classes of shares (the ``Multi-Class 
System''). The minutes of the meetings of the trustees regarding the 
deliberations of the trustees with respect to the approvals necessary 
to implement the Multi-Class System will reflect in detail the reasons 
for the trustees' determination that the proposed Multi-Class System is 
in the best interests of the Funds and their shareholders.
    3. The initial determination of the Class Expenses that will be 
allocated to a particular class and any subsequent changes thereto will 
be reviewed and approved by a vote of the board of trustees of the 
relevant Fund, including a majority of the independent trustees. Any 
person authorized to direct the allocation and disposition of monies 
paid or payable by a Fund to meet Class Expenses shall provide to such 
Fund's trustees, and the trustees shall review, at least quarterly 
after such initial determination, a written report of the amounts so 
expended and the purposes for which such expenditures were made.
    4. The board of trustees of each Fund, including a majority of the 
independent trustees, will review the services to be provided and fees 
to be charged to a class pursuant to a proposed Class Addendum, and 
will make a determination (i) that the Class Addendum is in the best 
interests of the class of the Fund subject to the Class Addendum and 
the shareholders of the class; (ii) that the fees charged to the class 
by the administrator in relation to the services to be provided to the 
class under the Class Addendum are fair and reasonable; and (iii) that 
the services to be provided for the class and the Class Administration 
Fee to be charged for such services are reasonably designed so that 
such services that benefit only a class, as opposed to the Fund 
generally, would augment (and not be duplicative of) services rendered 
to the Fund pursuant to the Administration Agreement.1
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    \1\Applicants represent that, to enable the board to make such 
determinations, the board would be provided with information 
regarding all of the expenses borne by the Administrator in 
providing or procuring services for each class.
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    5. On an ongoing basis, a Fund's trustees, pursuant to their 
fiduciary responsibilities under the Act and otherwise, will monitor 
the Fund for the existence of any material conflicts among the 
interests of the various classes of shares. The trustees, including a 
majority of the independent trustees, shall take such action as is 
reasonably necessary to eliminate any such conflicts that may develop. 
Each Fund's investment adviser, sub-investment adviser (if any), 
administrator (if separate), and distributor will be responsible for 
reporting any potential or existing conflicts to the trustees. If a 
conflict arises, the adviser and the distributor at their own cost will 
remedy such conflict up to and including establishing a new registered 
management investment company.
    6. The Administrative Services Arrangements will be adopted and 
operated in accordance with the procedures set forth in rule 12b-1(b) 
through (f) as if the expenditures made thereunder were subject to rule 
12b-1, except that shareholders need not enjoy the voting rights 
specified in rule 12b-1.
    7. The trustees of each Fund will receive quarterly and annual 
statements concerning expenditures of a Fund or class thereof pursuant 
to 12b-1 plans and Administrative Services Arrangements complying with 
paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of rule 12b-1, as it may be amended from time to 
time. In the statements, only expenditures properly attributable to the 
sale or servicing of a particular class of shares will be used to 
justify any distribution or servicing fee charged to that class. 
Expenditures not related to the sale or servicing of a particular class 
will not be presented to the trustees to justify any fee attributable 
to that class. The statements, including the allocations upon which 
they are based, will be subject to the review and approval of the 
independent trustees in the exercise of their fiduciary duties.
    8. Dividends paid by a Fund with respect to each class of its 
shares, to the extent any dividends are paid, will be calculated in the 
same manner, at the same time, on the same day, and will be in the same 
amount, except that payments made by a class under its 12b-1 plan or 
administrative fees, and any Class Expenses will be borne exclusively 
by that class.
    9. The methodology and procedures for calculating the net asset 
value and dividends and distributions of the various classes and the 
proper allocation of expenses among the classes has been reviewed by an 
expert (the ``Expert'') who has rendered a report to applicants, which 
has been provided to the staff of the SEC, that such methodology and 
procedures are adequate to ensure that such calculations and 
allocations would be made in an appropriate manner. On an ongoing 
basis, the Expert, or an appropriate substitute Expert, will monitor 
the manner in which the calculations and allocations are being made 
and, based upon such review, will render at least annually a report to 
the Fund that the calculations and allocations are being made properly. 
The reports of the Expert will be filed as part of the periodic reports 
filed with the SEC pursuant to sections 30(a) and 30(b)(1) of the Act. 
The work papers of the Expert with respect to such reports, following 
request by applicants (which applicants agree to provide), will be 
available for inspection by the SEC staff upon written request by a 
senior member of the Division of Investment Management, limited to the 
Director, an Associate Director, the Chief Accountant, the Chief 
Financial Analyst, an Assistant Director, and any Regional 
Administrators or Associate and Assistant Administrators. The initial 
report of the Expert is a ``report on policies and procedures placed in 
operation'' and ongoing reports will be ``reports on policies and 
procedures placed in operation and tests of operating effectiveness'' 
as defined and described in Statement of Accounting Standards No. 70 of 
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (``AICPA''), as 
it may be amended from time to time, or in similar auditing standards 
as may be adopted by the AICPA from time to time.
    10. Applicants have adequate facilities in place to ensure 
implementation of the methodology and procedures for calculating the 
net asset value and dividends and distributions of the various classes 
of shares and the proper allocation of expenses among the classes of 
shares and this representation has been concurred with by the Expert in 
the initial report referred to in condition 9 above and will be 
concurred with by the Expert or an appropriate substitute Expert on an 
ongoing basis at least annually in the ongoing reports referred to in 
condition 9 above. Applicants will take immediate corrective measures 
if this representation is not concurred in by the Expert, or 
appropriate substitute Expert.
    11. The prospectus of each class of a Fund will contain a statement 
to the effect that a salesperson or any other person entitled to 
receive compensation for selling or servicing Fund shares may receive 
different compensation with respect to one particular class of shares 
over another in that Fund.
    12. The distributor will adopt compliance standards as to when each 
class of shares may appropriately be sold to particular investors. 
Applicants will require all persons selling shares of the Funds to 
agree to conform to such standards. Such compliance standards will 
require that all investors eligible to purchase shares of the Excluded 
Classes be sold only shares of the Excluded Classes, rather than any 
other class of shares offered by the Fund.
    13. The conditions pursuant to which the exemptive order is granted 
and the duties and responsibilities of the trustees with respect to the 
Multi-Class System will be set forth in guidelines to be furnished to 
the trustees.
    14. Each Fund will disclose the respective expenses, performance 
data, distribution arrangements, services, fees, CDSCs, and exchange 
privileges (if any) applicable to each class of shares in each 
prospectus, regardless of whether each class of shares are offered 
through each prospectus, except that such disclosure need not be made 
with respect to any Excluded Classes. Excluded Classes will be offered 
solely pursuant to a separate prospectus. Each prospectus for Excluded 
Classes will disclose the existence of the Fund's other classes, and 
the prospectuses for the Fund's other classes will identify the persons 
eligible to purchase shares of the Excluded Classes. Each Fund will 
disclose the respective expenses and performance data applicable to all 
other classes of shares in every shareholder report. The shareholder 
reports will contain, in the statement of assets and liabilities and 
statement of operations, information related to the Fund as a whole 
generally and not on a per class basis. Each Fund's per share data, 
however, will be prepared on a per class basis with respect to all 
classes of shares of such Fund. To the extent that any advertisement or 
sales literature describes the expenses or performance data applicable 
to any class of shares, it will also disclose the respective expenses 
and/or performance data applicable to all other classes of shares, 
except the Excluded Classes. Advertising materials reflecting the 
expenses or performance data for an Excluded Class will be available 
only to those persons eligible to purchase that class. The information 
provided by applicants for publication in any newspaper or similar 
listing of a Fund's net asset value or public offering price will 
present each class of shares separately, except for the Excluded 
Classes.
    15. Applicants acknowledge that the grant of the requested 
exemptive order will not imply SEC approval, authorization of or 
acquiescence in any particular level of payments that applicants may 
make pursuant to any Administration Agreement, Class Addendum, or any 
12b-1 plan, in reliance on the exemptive order.
    16. Applicants will comply with the provisions of proposed rule 6c-
10 under the Act (see Investment Company Release No. 16619 (Nov. 2, 
1988)), as such rule is currently proposed and as it may be reproposed, 
adopted or amended.

    For the SEC, by the Division of Investment Management, under 
delegated authority.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
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