[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49011-49021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23438]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

17 CFR Parts 239, 270, and 274

[Release Nos. 33-7328; IC-22202; File No. S7-8-95]
RIN 3235-AD18


Exemption for Certain Open-End Management Investment Companies to 
Impose Deferred Sales Loads

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is adopting amendments to the rule under the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 that permits contingent deferred sales 
loads to be imposed on the shares of certain registered open-end 
management investment companies (``mutual funds'' or ``funds''). The 
Commission also is adopting amendments to the registration form for 
mutual funds, and publishing a staff guide to the registration form. 
The rule amendments allow mutual funds to offer investors a wider 
variety of deferred sales loads, including installment loads, and 
eliminate certain requirements in the rule. The form amendments modify 
the requirements for disclosing deferred sales loads in mutual fund 
prospectuses to reflect the changes made by the rule amendments.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The rule and form amendments will become effective 
October 17, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nadya B. Roytblat, Assistant Chief, or 
Kenneth J. Berman, Assistant Director, at (202) 942-0690, Office of 
Regulatory Policy, Division of Investment Management, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Mail Stop 10-2, 
Washington, D.C. 20549. Requests for formal interpretive advice should 
be directed to the Office of Chief Counsel at (202) 942-0659,

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Division of Investment Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Mail Stop 10-6, Washington, D.C. 20549.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is adopting amendments to 
rule 6c-10 [17 CFR 270.6c-10] under the Investment Company Act of 1940 
[15 U.S.C. 80a] (the ``Investment Company Act'' or the ``Act''), and to 
Form N-1A [17 CFR 239.15A, 274.11A] under the Securities Act of 1933 
[15 U.S.C. 77a-77aa] (the ``Securities Act'') and the Investment 
Company Act. The Commission also is adopting a conforming amendment to 
rule 11a-3 [17 CFR 270.11a-3] under the Investment Company Act.

Table of Contents

I. Executive Summary
II. Background
III. Discussion of Amendments to Rule 6c-10
    A. Scope of the Amended Rule
    B. Deferred Load Calculation
    C. Deferred Loads on Reinvested Distributions
    D. ``No-Load'' Labeling
    E. Rule 11a-3
IV. Discussion of Revised Disclosure Requirements
    A. Changes to the Fee Table and the Example
    B. General Prospectus Disclosure
    C. Performance Data
    1. Total Return
    2. Yield
    D. Dealer Compensation Disclosure
V. Compliance Date
VI. Cost/Benefit Analysis
VII. Summary of the Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
VIII. Statutory Authority
Text of Rule and Form Amendments
Appendix A--Illustration of Fee Table and Example
Appendix B--Illustration of Fee Table and Example

I. Executive Summary

    The Commission is adopting amendments to rule 6c-10 under the 
Investment Company Act to remove certain restrictions on the types of 
deferred sales loads that may be imposed on the shares of mutual funds. 
Rule 6c-10 currently permits only contingent deferred sales loads 
(``CDSLs''). A CDSL is paid at redemption, but declines to zero if the 
shares are held for a certain period of time. The amendments allow 
sales charges paid upon redemption (``back-end loads'') that differ 
from CDSLs (e.g., sales loads that do not decline to zero) as well as 
loads paid after purchase during the term of a shareholder's investment 
in a fund, for example, in installments (``installment loads''). These 
new types of deferred sales loads would be alternatives to existing 
load structures.

II. Background

    The Commission is adopting amendments to rule 6c-10 under the 
Investment Company Act, the rule that permits CDSLs to be imposed on 
mutual fund shares. The amendments allow funds to offer other types of 
deferred sales loads that may provide desirable flexibility for both 
investors and funds.
    Rule 6c-10 was adopted in February, 1995.1 The rule 
essentially codified the conditions in the nearly 300 exemptive orders 
permitting CDSLs that had been issued by the Commission since 1981. A 
CDSL is paid at redemption, but declines to zero if the shares are held 
for a certain period of time. CDSLs typically are imposed in 
combination with an asset-based distribution fee charged in accordance 
with rule 12b-1 under the Act (``rule 12b-1 fee''),2 an 
arrangement commonly called a ``spread load.''
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    \1\ Exemption for Certain Open-End Management Investment 
Companies to Impose Contingent Deferred Sales Loads, Investment 
Company Act Release No. 20916 (Feb. 23, 1995) [60 FR 11887 (Mar. 2, 
1995)].
    \2\ 17 CFR 270.12b-1.
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    Contemporaneously with the adoption of rule 6c-10, the Commission 
proposed amendments designed to allow greater flexibility in the types 
of deferred sales load structures offered to investors, including loads 
payable in installments.3 The Commission also proposed changes to 
the prospectus disclosure requirements for deferred loads to complement 
the proposed changes to rule 6c-10.
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    \3\ Exemption for Certain Open-End Management Investment 
Companies to Impose Deferred Sales Loads, Investment Company Act 
Release No. 20917 (Feb. 23, 1995) [60 FR 11890 (Mar. 2, 1995)] 
[hereinafter Proposing Release].
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    The Commission received letters from three commenters, all of which 
strongly supported the proposed amendments.4 In addition, when 
rule 6c-10 was initially proposed in 1988 to allow various types of 
deferred sales charges, the Commission received 33 comments, including 
19 comments from individual investors.5 Both in 1988 and in 
response to the proposed amendments, commenters indicated that 
flexibility in deferred load structures would be desirable for both 
funds and investors. Individual investors commenting on the 1988 
proposal in particular supported installment loads as an option in 
paying a sales charge.6 Some investors, for example, compared 
installment loads to front-end loads and preferred the former as 
allowing them to defer the payment of a sales charge; others compared 
installment loads to rule 12b-1 fees, and believed that installment 
loads represent a more precise charge, as well as one that would be 
payable within a more definite term.7 The Commission is adopting 
the amendments to rule 6c-10, and modifying the prospectus disclosure 
requirements to reflect these comments as well as its continued study 
of deferred sales charges.
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    \4\ The commenters were the American Bar Association 
Subcommittee on Investment Companies and Investment Advisers, the 
law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell, and the Investment Company 
Institute (``ICI'').
    \5\ Exemptions for Certain Registered Open-End Management 
Investment Companies to Impose Deferred Sales Loads, Investment 
Company Act Release No. 16619 (Nov. 2, 1988) [53 FR 45275 (Nov. 19, 
1988)].
    \6\ All but one of 19 letters from individual investors favored 
installment loads.
    \7\ Industry commenters also suggested that installment loads 
would offer greater certainty than CDSLs and spread load structures, 
thereby making it easier for certain mutual fund sponsors to obtain 
financing for their distribution expenses.
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III. Discussion of Amendments to Rule 6c-10

    The amendments to rule 6c-10 allow back-end sales loads other than 
CDSLs, as well as loads payable during the term of a shareholder's 
investment in a fund, such as in installments. The amendments remove 
certain requirements in the rule regarding the way in which a load must 
be calculated, as well as the current prohibition on imposing deferred 
sales loads on shares purchased through reinvested dividends and other 
distributions. The terms of any deferred sales load, however, must be 
covered by the NASD Sales Charge Rule.8
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    \8\ The NASD Sales Charge Rule prohibits NASD members from 
offering or selling shares of a mutual fund if the sales charges 
described in the fund's prospectus are excessive. Aggregate sales 
charges are deemed excessive under the Rule if they do not conform 
to the specific provisions set forth in the Rule. NASD Conduct 
Rules, Rule 2830(d) (1) and (2).
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A. Scope of the Amended Rule

    The rule as amended defines a deferred sales load as any amount 
properly chargeable to sales or promotional expenses that is paid by a 
shareholder after purchase but before or upon redemption.\9\ The 
definition includes CDSLs as well as loads paid at redemption whose 
amount may remain the same or change over time in a manner different 
from a CDSL, for

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example, not decline to zero. The definition also includes loads paid 
after purchase during the term of a shareholder's investment in a fund, 
such as in one or more installments that may (or may not) be 
accelerated upon early redemption.\10\
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    \9\ Paragraph (b)(3) of rule 6c-10 as amended. The rule is not 
applicable to certain charges that may be imposed by a mutual fund 
to compensate the fund for the cost of redeeming shares and that are 
paid directly to the fund. See, e.g., rule 11a-3 under the Act [17 
CFR 270.11a-3(a)(7)] (defining a ``redemption fee''). The Commission 
staff has taken the position that these charges may be imposed 
without the need for exemptive relief under the Act. See, e.g., John 
P. Reilly & Associates (pub. avail. July 12, 1979).
    \10\ The NASD Sales Charge Rule currently governs only deferred 
loads ``deducted from the proceeds of the redemption of shares by an 
investor.'' NASD Conduct Rules, Rule 2830(b)(8)(B). A deferred load 
paid other than upon redemption (e.g., an installment load) would 
fall outside the current definition and would not be covered by the 
Rule. Therefore, such a load could not be imposed until the NASD 
Sales Charge Rule is amended to cover it. The Commission staff has 
requested the NASD to review its Sales Charge Rule in light of the 
amendments to rule 6c-10.
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    Rule 6c-10 does not apply to insurance company separate accounts, 
which are permitted to deduct deferred loads under an existing 
rule,\11\ or unit investment trusts (``UITs''). While commenters 
generally supported extending the rule to UITs, they identified issues 
related to disclosure, the method for calculating deferred sales loads 
and the interplay of rules 6c-10 and 11a-3 (the Investment Company Act 
rule governing exchanges of fund shares) \12\ that are unique to UITs. 
The Commission will continue to study these issues, consider 
applications for exemptive orders \13\ and, if appropriate, propose 
amendments that would extend rule 6c-10 to UITs.
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    \11\ Rule 6c-8 under the Act [17 CFR 270.6c-8].
    \12\ 17 CFR 270.11a-3.
    \13\ See, e.g., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 
Investment Company Act Release Nos. 13801 (Feb. 29, 1984) [49 FR 
8512 (Mar. 7, 1984)] (Notice of Application) and 13848 (Mar. 27, 
1984) [30 SEC Docket 192] (Order), and 15120 (May 29, 1986) [51 FR 
20389 (June 4, 1986)] (Notice of Application) and 15167 (June 24, 
1986) [35 SEC Docket 1735] (Order); PaineWebber, Inc., Investment 
Company Act Release Nos. 20755 (Dec. 6, 1994) [59 FR 64003 (Dec. 12, 
1994)] (Notice of Application) and 20819 (Jan. 4, 1995) [58 SEC 
Docket 1504] (Order) (allowing UITs to impose deferred sales loads 
payable in installments).
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B. Deferred Load Calculation

    Rule 6c-10 currently contains two requirements relating to the 
calculation of CDSLs. Under the first requirement, a CDSL must be based 
on the lesser of the NAV of the shares at the time of purchase or the 
NAV at the time of redemption.\14\ Under the second requirement, in a 
partial redemption, the CDSL must be calculated by treating as 
redeemed, first shares not subject to a load, and second other shares 
as if redeemed in the order they were purchased.\15\
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    \14\ Rule 6c-10(a)(1) [17 CFR 270.6c-10(a)(1)].
    \15\ Rule 6c-10(a)(3) [17 CFR 270.6c-10(a)(3)].
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    The Commission is eliminating both of these requirements and 
deferring to the NASD to address these matters in its Sales Charge 
Rule. The Commission is, however, limiting the amount of a deferred 
sales load to an amount not to exceed a specified percentage of the NAV 
of the fund's shares at the time of purchase.\16\ The effect of this 
provision would be to require that investors be given the benefit, if 
any, of deferring the load payment should there be an increase in the 
shares' NAV.
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    \16\ The deferred load amount will be specified by the fund in 
its prospectus. See infra section IV.A.
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    The Commission had proposed allowing a deferred load also to be 
based on the higher of the NAV at the time of purchase or at the time 
the load is paid.\17\ None of the commenters specifically addressed the 
higher of standard. Upon reconsideration of the issue, the Commission 
believes that allowing the higher of standard would be inconsistent 
with the intent of the proposal and the approach the Commission has 
taken to deferred loads generally.\18\ Allowing the higher of standard 
would leave investors uncertain about the amount of the deferred load 
they would pay and significantly reduce their ability to compare the 
amounts they would pay under different load structures.
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    \17\ For example, if a shareholder makes a $1000 investment that 
subsequently increases in value to $2,000 by the time the 
shareholder redeems his shares, a 3% deferred load based on the 
higher of standard would result in the shareholder paying a $60 
deferred load (3% of $2,000), which is 6% of the initial $1,000 
investment.
    \18\ See, e.g., Exemptive Relief for Separate Accounts to Impose 
A Deferred Sales Load on Variable Annuity Contracts Participating in 
Such Accounts and to Deduct from Such Contracts in Certain Instances 
an Annual Fee for Administrative Services That is Not Prorated, 
Investment Company Act Release No. 13048 (Feb. 28, 1983) [48 FR 
9532, 9534 (Mar. 7, 1983)] (adopting rule 6c-8 and noting that a 
deferred load is intended to reimburse the same expenses as a front-
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    Rule 6c-10, as amended, permits any deferred load in the amount not 
greater than a specified percentage of the NAV at the time of 
purchase.\19\ This approach is consistent with existing deferred load 
structures, and will permit deferred loads to be charged on the same 
basis as front-end loads. This approach also will assure that investors 
receive the benefit of any growth in the NAV subsequent to purchasing 
the shares,\20\ and facilitate investor comparisons of sales load 
structures. Unlike the current requirements, whereby fund underwriters 
bear the risk of a decrease in NAV (because the amount of the deferred 
load is based on the lesser of the NAV at the time of purchase or 
redemption), amended rule 6c-10 will permit fund underwriters to 
receive the amount they would have received had the sales load been 
charged at the time of purchase.
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    \19\ Paragraph (a)(1) of rule 6c-10 as amended. The requirement 
that the deferred load amount not exceed a ``specified percentage'' 
of the NAV at the time of purchase does not mean that the load may 
not be based on a percentage of the NAV at the time the load is 
paid, even if the NAV at the time the load is paid is greater than 
the NAV at the time of purchase. The total amount of the load paid 
by an investor, however, could not exceed the amount represented by 
the specified percentage of the shares' offering price. Thus, if the 
final installment of an installment load would result in the 
investor paying more than the amount permitted by the rule, the 
amount of the final installment would have to be reduced 
accordingly.
    \20\ Industry representatives have suggested that the principal 
benefit of a deferred sales load is that it allows all of an 
investor's funds to ``go to work'' immediately rather than being 
deducted to pay sales charges. If the deferred sales load is based 
on the NAV at the time of payment, and the NAV has increased because 
of investment gains, any benefit that would have inured to the 
investor as a result of deferring the load payment would be 
collected by the fund's distributor when the load is paid.
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    The amended rule does not require any particular method of 
collecting installment loads. Installment load payments could be 
collected, for example, out of distributions, by automatic redemptions, 
or through separate billing of an investor's account. Different methods 
of collecting installment load payments could result in different tax 
consequences for investors.\21\ The method used, and any material tax 
consequences of such method, must be described in the fund's 
prospectus.\22\
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    \21\ Commenters have pointed out, for example, that payment 
through automatic redemptions would mean that a shareholder might 
incur a capital gain or loss on each such redemption; if additional 
shares then were purchased by the shareholder within 30 days of the 
automatic redemption, any capital loss might be disallowed under the 
``wash sale'' rule contained in the Internal Revenue Code. See, 
e.g., Letter from the ICI to Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary, SEC (Jan. 
9, 1989), File No. S7-8-95.
    \22\ See infra section IV.A.
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C. Deferred Loads on Reinvested Distributions

    Rule 6c-10 currently prohibits CDSLs to be imposed on shares 
purchased through the reinvestment of dividends or capital gains 
distributions.23 The Commission proposed to delete this 
prohibition from the rule. The Commission reasoned, and the commenters 
agreed, that this prohibition is unnecessary so long as a fund 
appropriately discloses the manner in which loads are assessed and so 
long as mutual fund sales loads are subject to the limits in the NASD 
Sales Charge Rule. The prohibition has been deleted from the rule as 
amended.
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    \23\ Rule 6c-10(a)(2) [17 CFR 270.6c-10(a)(2)].
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    The NASD Sales Charge Rule currently does not cover deferred loads 
on reinvested dividends, nor loads on reinvested capital gains 
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returns of capital.24 Under amended rule 6c-10, therefore, 
deferred loads may not be imposed on shares purchased with reinvested 
distributions unless and until the NASD amends its Sales Charge Rule to 
address this issue. Should the NASD Sales Charge Rule be so amended, 
the prospectus disclosure requirements will require deferred sales 
charges on shares purchased with reinvested dividends and other 
distributions to be disclosed in fund prospectuses.25
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    \24\ A return of capital generally occurs when a fund's 
distribution exceeds the fund's aggregate amount of undistributed 
net taxable income and net realized capital gains. See 
Determination, Disclosure, and Financial Statement Presentation of 
Income, Capital Gain, and Return of Capital Distributions by 
Investment Companies, American Institute of Certified Public 
Accountants, Statement of Position 93-2, 8 (Feb. 1, 1993).
    \25\ See infra section IV.B.
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D. ``No-Load'' Labeling

    The NASD Sales Charge Rule expressly prohibits NASD members and 
their associated persons from describing a mutual fund as ``no load'' 
or as having ``no sales charge'' if the fund imposes a front-end load, 
a back-end load, or a rule 12b-1 and/or service fee that exceeds .25% 
of average net assets per year.26 When adopting rule 6c-10, the 
Commission concluded that it was unnecessary to retain the provision in 
the proposed rule which contained a similar ``no-load'' labeling 
prohibition for a fund whose shares are subject to a CDSL. The 
prohibition similarly is unnecessary for funds whose shares are subject 
to deferred loads other than CDSLs under today's amendments to rule 6c-
10. If the NASD amends its Sales Charge Rule to permit installment 
loads, the Commission anticipates that the NASD would address the 
applicability of its ``no-load'' labeling policy to funds whose shares 
are subject to such loads. The Commission reiterates that it would be 
misleading and a violation of the federal securities laws for a mutual 
fund whose shares are subject to a deferred sales load to be held out 
to the public as a no-load fund.27
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    \26\ NASD Conduct Rules, Rule 2830(d)(3).
    \27\ See Proposing Release, supra note , at 11893.
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E. Rule 11a-3

    The Commission requested comment whether the definition of deferred 
sales load in rule 11a-3 under the Investment Company Act, governing 
exchanges of fund shares, should be amended to correspond expressly 
with the proposed definition in rule 6c-10. Commenters favored amending 
the definition in rule 11a-3 to avoid any confusion over the 
interaction of rules 6c-10 and 11a-3. The Commission is adopting the 
conforming amendment.28
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    \28\ Paragraph (a)(3) of rule 11a-3 as amended. 17 CFR 270.11a-
3. Commenters also suggested other, substantive amendments to rule 
11a-3. The Commission will continue to study the issues raised by 
the commenters and consider them in the context of a separate 
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IV. Discussion of Revised Disclosure Requirements

    The Commission is tailoring the prospectus disclosure requirements 
applicable to deferred sales loads in light of the changes to rule 6c-
10 discussed above. These modifications relate to the disclosure of 
deferred sales loads in the fee table and the example in the front of 
fund prospectuses. The modifications also relate to the general 
prospectus disclosure about the deferred load calculation and payment. 
Finally, the amendments address the manner in which deferred sales 
loads are required to be reflected in calculations of fund performance 
data.

A. Changes to the Fee Table and the Example

    The front part of every mutual fund prospectus is required to 
contain a fee table--a tabular presentation of the transactional 
expenses paid by an investor, such as sales loads, and the annual fund 
operating expenses, such as management and any rule 12b-1 fees. The fee 
table is followed by an example that sets forth the cumulative amount 
of various fund expenses over one, three, five and ten year periods 
based on a hypothetical investment of $1000 and an annual 5% return 
(``Example''). The Example was intended to provide a relatively 
straight-forward means for investors to compare the expense levels of 
funds with different fee structures over varying time periods.
    The fee table requirements in Item 2 of Form N-1A, among other 
things, currently require a line showing the maximum sales load imposed 
on purchases (i.e., a front-end load) and a separate line showing any 
deferred sales load based on the purchase price or redemption proceeds. 
The fee table currently does not contemplate deferred loads payable 
other than upon redemption (e.g., in installments) and based on a share 
price or NAV other than that at purchase or redemption (i.e., at the 
time an installment is paid). Similarly, Instructions to the Example 
currently refer only to CDSLs.
    The Commission proposed to amend the deferred sales load line in 
the fee table so that the total installment load or the maximum 
contingent deferred load (expressed as a percentage) would be shown 
there. Specifically, the Commission proposed to replace most of the 
current wording inside the parentheses following the words ``Deferred 
Sales Load'' with a blank, requiring funds to insert the appropriate 
description of the basis on which the load is computed. The Commission 
is adopting this amendment.29 The Commission also is amending 
Instruction 14(f) to Item 2 of Form N-1A to require deferred loads 
other than CDSLs to be reflected in the Example as well.30
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    \29\ The ``Deferred Sales Load'' line also is redesignated 
``Maximum Deferred Sales Load.''
    \30\ Amended Instruction 14(f) to Item 2 also requires a 
deferred load that is calculated based on the shares' NAV at the 
time the load is paid to be based on an account value that 
incorporates the 5% annual return for each year during the period. 
Under amended rule 6c-10, a deferred load may be calculated based on 
the NAV at the time the load is paid, even if the NAV at the time 
the load is paid is greater than the NAV at the purchase, provided 
the total amount of the deferred load paid by an investor does not 
exceed the amount represented by the specified percentage of the 
offering price. See supra note 19.
    In addition, as suggested by a commenter, the Commission is 
clarifying that any deferred sales load, whether based on the offering 
price or on the NAV, be shown in the fee table as a percentage of the 
offering price. This is the same basis on which front-end loads are 
presented.31 This presentation is intended to enable investors to 
better compare sales loads (whether front-end or deferred), since the 
percentage will be based on the same amount (the offering price).
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    \31\ A fund that calculates its deferred load on the basis of 
the NAV at the time of purchase that does not equal the offering 
price (i.e., a fund with a front-end load), should explain in the 
prospectus, in response to new Item 7(g) of Form N-1A, that the load 
amount paid by investors is the same even though the percentage 
amount used in load calculations is different from that shown in the 
fee table.
    When a combination of sales loads is imposed on a fund's shares 
(e.g., a 1% front-end and a 5% deferred load), the fee table is 
required to include a ``Maximum Sales Load'' line showing the 
cumulative percentage of those charges; the terms of the particular 
sales charges comprising that figure must be shown on separate lines 
underneath the ``Maximum Sales Load'' line. This format is designed to 
enable investors to better appreciate the cumulative effect of the 
sales charges and compare one fund's sales charges to another's. 
Finally, as proposed, the Commission is allowing funds to include 
within the larger fee table a tabular presentation of the schedule of a 
deferred sales load, including installment payments.32
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    \32\ As currently required by Instruction 1 to the fee table, a 
fund also must provide a reference following the fee table to the 
discussion of any scheduled sales load variations and other 
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    With regard to loads on shares purchased with reinvested 
distributions, the fee table currently includes a line showing the 
``Maximum Sales Load on Reinvested Dividends (as a percentage of the 
offering price).'' The current format does not contemplate deferred 
loads on reinvested capital gains distributions and returns of capital, 
nor loads based on a price other than the offering price. The 
Commission is modifying this line in the fee table to read ``Maximum 
Sales Load on Reinvested Dividends [and other Distributions]'' and is 
replacing most of the current wording in the parenthetical with a 
blank. A fund that charges a deferred load on shares purchased with 
reinvested capital gains distributions or returns of capital would 
include the bracketed words in the caption. Funds will fill in the 
blank in the parenthetical with the basis on which the load is 
computed. A conforming amendment is made to Instruction 14(d) regarding 
disclosure in the Example of deferred sales loads on shares purchased 
with reinvested distributions.
    An illustration of fee table disclosure reflecting the amendments 
adopted today, and suggested calculation methodologies for the Example, 
appear as Appendices A and B to this Release.

B. General Prospectus Disclosure

    As proposed, the Commission is amending prospectus disclosure 
requirements concerning the way in which a specific fund's deferred 
sales load is imposed and computed.33 New Item 7(g) of Form N-1A 
covers many operational details that have been mandatory for all funds 
under current rule 6c-10 but are now subject to greater flexibility 
under the amendments. These details include the price on which the load 
is based, whether deferred sales loads may be imposed on shares 
acquired through reinvested distributions, and the way in which the 
load is calculated. In a change from the proposal, a deferred load 
calculated based on the offering price or the NAV at the time of 
purchase must be presented both as a percentage of the offering price 
and of the NAV. This disclosure will demonstrate that, although the 
percentage amount used in load calculation and that shown in the fee 
table may be different, the dollar amount of the load paid by the 
investor is the same.
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    \33\ The Commission also is amending Instruction 2 to Item 5A of 
Form N-1A, Management's Discussion of Fund Performance, to require 
that deferred loads charged other than upon redemption (i.e., 
installment loads) be reflected in the line graph showing fund 
performance. This change is similar to the amendment to Instruction 
14(f) to Item 2 discussed in section IV.A above.
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    If a deferred load is charged on shares acquired through reinvested 
dividends or other distributions, Item 7(g) requires a statement to 
that effect, but it does not require this disclosure if the fund does 
not charge such a load. Item 7(g) also requires an explanation of the 
way(s) in which a shareholder may be required to pay an installment 
load, such as through the withholding of dividend payments, involuntary 
redemptions, or separate billing of an investor's account. Because 
different methods of collecting load payments could carry different 
potential tax consequences for investors, the Commission also is 
publishing a revision to staff Guide 30 of the Guidelines for Form N-1A 
to require funds to describe briefly in the prospectus any material tax 
consequences for investors related to an installment load.34
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    \34\ See supra note 21 and accompanying text.
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C. Performance Data

1. Total Return
    The Commission is amending Instruction 1 to Item 22(b)(i) of Form 
N-1A, as proposed, to require deferred sales loads to be included in 
calculations of advertised total return data. The amendment requires 
the calculation to be based on the deduction of the maximum amount of a 
deferred sales load at the times, in the amounts, and under the terms 
disclosed in the prospectus.
2. Yield
    CDSLs currently are not included in advertised yield calculations. 
Under existing rule 482(a)(6) under the Securities Act, however, 
advertisements containing yield data must disclose the maximum amount 
of a CDSL, state that the performance figures do not reflect the load 
and that, if reflected, the load would reduce the quoted 
performance.\35\ In addition, rule 12b-1 fees that usually accompany 
CDSLs are required to be included in the numerator in the yield formula 
in Item 22(b)(ii) of Form N-1A as expenses, and thereby reflected in 
the yield data. The amendments will not change the current approach 
with regard to CDSLs.
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    \35\ 17 CFR 230.482(a)(6).
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    With regard to installment loads, the Commission requested comment 
on two possible approaches to including them in the yield formula. The 
first approach, modeled on the existing treatment of front-end loads, 
would require that the total installment load be added to the NAV to 
reach an assumed ``offering price'' in the denominator in the yield 
formula (the ``gross-up'' approach). Under the second approach, a 
thirty-day percentage amount of an installment load would be included 
as an expense in calculating the yield formula (similar to the manner 
in which rule 12b-1 fees are treated). This method would understate the 
yield for those shareholders that have completed paying the installment 
load.\36\
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    \36\ This method also would have suggested that installment 
loads should be reflected in a fund's expense ratio as are rule 12b-
1 fees. It is more appropriate, however, for transaction-specific 
expenses such as installment loads to be considered separately 
rather than as a component of the fund's expense structure.
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    Commenters believed that installment loads should not be reflected 
in yield calculations, but that performance data should be accompanied 
by disclosure of the existence of an installment load pursuant to rule 
482(a)(6) under the Securities Act. The Commission, however, has 
determined that installment loads should be reflected in fund yield 
calculations, and that the ``gross-up'' approach is the most 
appropriate way to do so. The fixed percentage amounts of installment 
loads, and the certainty that the load will be paid, suggest similarity 
to front-end loads. Installment loads also are assessed on the 
shareholder account level, rather than deducted from fund assets as is 
the case for rule 12b-1 fees. Therefore, new Instruction 10 is added to 
Item 22(b)(ii) of Form N-1A to require installment loads to be 
reflected in the yield calculations based on the gross-up approach.

D. Dealer Compensation Disclosure

    Deferred sales charges are used to pay for a fund's sales or 
promotional expenses, including commissions to persons who sell fund 
shares. The amount of commissions paid from front-end sales loads and 
rule 12b-1 fees currently is required to be disclosed in fund 
prospectuses.\37\ The Commission requested comment whether it should 
amend Item 7(b)(iv) of Form N-1A to require funds that impose deferred 
sales loads to provide disclosure about the commissions comparable to 
that now provided by funds with front-end loads. Alternatively, the 
Commission requested comment whether proposed new Item 7(g) of Form N-
1A should be modified to require this disclosure.
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    \37\ Item 7(b)(iv) of Form N-1A requires funds to show in a 
tabular format in the prospectus the sales load reallowed to dealers 
as a percentage of the public offering price. Item 7(c) requires 
similar disclosure for payments to dealers from rule 12b-1 fees.
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    Commenters generally opposed any changes from the current 
disclosure requirements for dealer compensation.

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They pointed out that the NASD currently is studying dealer 
compensation practices and that related disclosure issues would best be 
addressed in that context. The Commission will consider revisiting the 
issue of dealer compensation disclosure in fund prospectuses after the 
NASD has had an opportunity to complete its study and after further 
experience with installment loads.

V. Compliance Date

    The rule and form amendments will become effective thirty days 
after publication in the Federal Register. Funds may begin to comply 
with amended rule 6c-10 on the effective date. Funds that have received 
exemptive orders allowing deferred sales loads may continue to rely on 
those orders for all the funds covered by the order.
    Registration statements and post-effective amendments filed with 
the Commission, and yield quotations appearing in fund advertisements 
or other sales literature, after the effective date must be in 
compliance with the form amendments. Post-effective amendments made for 
the purpose of complying with the amendments to Form N-1A may be made 
pursuant to the immediate effectiveness provisions of rule 485(b) under 
the Securities Act [17 CFR 230.485(b)], provided the post-effective 
amendment otherwise meets the conditions for immediate effectiveness 
under that rule.

VI. Cost/Benefit Analysis

    The amendments to rule 6c-10 and Form N-1A should not impose any 
significant burdens on mutual funds. Rather, the amendments should 
benefit funds by providing them with alternatives in financing their 
sales and promotional expenses. The amendments also will enable 
investors to defer the payment of a sales charge on the purchase of 
mutual fund shares until redemption or over one or more installment 
payments during the term of their investment.

VII. Summary of the Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

    A summary of the Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, which was 
prepared in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 603, was published in Investment 
Company Act Release No. 20917. No comments were received on that 
analysis. The Commission has prepared a Final Regulatory Flexibility 
Analysis in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 604. The Analysis explains that 
the amendments to rule 6c-10 allow mutual funds to impose deferred 
sales loads other than CDSLs and remove certain restrictions in the 
rule. The Analysis further explains that the amendments to Form N-1A 
modify the prospectus disclosure requirements for deferred loads to 
reflect the changes to rule 6c-10, but provide for disclosure similar 
to that currently made by funds and, therefore, do not impose any 
additional burdens. A copy of the Analysis may be obtained by 
contacting Nadya B. Roytblat, Mail Stop 10-2, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.

VIII. Statutory Authority

    The Commission is adopting the amendments to rules 6c-10 and 11a-3 
under sections 6(c), 11(a) and 38(a) of the Investment Company Act [15 
U.S.C. 80a-6(c), -11(a), and -37(a)]. The authority citations for the 
amendments to Form N-1A precede the text of the amendments.

List of Subjects in 17 CFR Parts 239, 270 and 274

    Investment companies, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Securities.

Text of Rule and Form Amendments

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, Title 17, Chapter II of 
the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 270--RULES AND REGULATIONS, INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

    1. The authority citation for Part 270 continues to read, in part, 
as follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq., 80a-37, 80a-39 unless 
otherwise noted;
* * * * *
    2. Section 270.6c-10 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 270.6c-10   Exemption for certain open-end management investment 
companies to impose deferred sales loads.

    (a) A company and any exempted person shall be exempt from the 
provisions of sections 2(a)(32), 2(a)(35), and 22(d) of the Act [15 
U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(32), 80a-2(a)(35), and 80a-22(d), respectively] and 
Sec. 270.22c-1 to the extent necessary to permit a deferred sales load 
to be imposed on shares issued by the company, Provided, that:
    (1) The amount of the deferred sales load does not exceed a 
specified percentage of the net asset value or the offering price at 
the time of purchase;
    (2) The terms of the deferred sales load are covered by the 
provisions of Rule 2830 of the Conduct Rules of the National 
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; and
    (3) The same deferred sales load is imposed on all shareholders, 
except that scheduled variations in or elimination of a deferred sales 
load may be offered to a particular class of shareholders or 
transactions, Provided, that the conditions in Sec. 270.22d-1 are 
satisfied. Nothing in this paragraph (a) shall prevent a company from 
offering to existing shareholders a new scheduled variation that would 
waive or reduce the amount of a deferred sales load not yet paid.
    (b) For purposes of this section:
    (1) Company means a registered open-end management investment 
company, other than a registered separate account, and includes a 
separate series of the company;
    (2) Exempted person means any principal underwriter of, dealer in, 
and any other person authorized to consummate transactions in, 
securities issued by a company; and
    (3) Deferred sales load means any amount properly chargeable to 
sales or promotional expenses that is paid by a shareholder after 
purchase but before or upon redemption.
    3. Section 270.11a-3 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(3) to 
read as follows:


Sec. 270.11a-3   Offers of exchange by open-end investment companies 
other than separate accounts.

    (a) * * *
    (3) Deferred sales load means any amount properly chargeable to 
sales or promotional expenses that is paid by a shareholder after 
purchase but before or upon redemption;
* * * * *

PART 239--FORMS PRESCRIBED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

PART 274--FORMS PRESCRIBED UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

    4. The authority citation for Part 239 continues to read, in part, 
as follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77f, 77g, 77h, 77j, 77s, 77sss, 78c, 78l, 
78m, 78n, 78o(d), 78w(a), 78ll(d), 79e, 79f, 79g, 79j, 79l, 79m, 
79n, 79q, 79t, 80a-8, 80a-29, 80a-30 and 80a-37, unless otherwise 
noted.
* * * * *
    5. The authority citation for Part 274 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77f, 77g, 77h, 77j, 77s, 78c(b), 78l, 78m, 
78n, 78o(d), 80a-8, 80a-24, and 80a-29, unless otherwise noted.

    Note: Form N-1A does not, and the amendments will not, appear in 
the Code of Federal Regulations.

    6. Item 2 of Part A of Form N-1A [referenced in sections 239.15A 
and

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274.11A] is amended by revising the caption ``Deferred Sales Load'' and 
the parenthetical after such caption in paragraph (a)(i), and revising 
the caption ``Maximum Sales Load Imposed on Reinvested Dividends'' and 
the parenthetical in paragraph (a)(i), Instruction 5, the parenthetical 
in Instruction 14(d), and Instruction 14(f) to read as follows:

Form N-1A

* * * * *

Part A. Information Required in a Prospectus

* * * * *

Item 2. Synopsis

    (a)(i) * * *
* * * * *

Shareholder Transaction Expenses

* * * * *
    Maximum Deferred Sales Load (as a percentage of 
____________)............%
    Maximum Sales Load Imposed on Reinvested Dividends [and other 
Distributions]............% (as a percentage of____________)
* * * * *

Instructions:

* * * * *

Shareholder Transaction Expenses

    5. ``Maximum Deferred Sales Load'' includes the maximum total 
deferred sales load payable upon redemption, in installments, or 
both, expressed as a percentage of the amount or amounts stated in 
response to Item 7(g), provided that a sales load that is based on 
the net asset value at the time of purchase shall be expressed as a 
percentage of the offering price at the time of purchase. The fee 
table may include a tabular presentation, within the larger table, 
of the range over time of any deferred sales load (such as a 
contingent deferred sales load) that may change over time, or a 
schedule of any installment load payments.
    If more than one type of sales load is charged (e.g., a deferred 
sales load and a front-end sales load), the first line in the table 
should read ``Maximum Sales Load'' and show the maximum cumulative 
percentage. Show the percentage amounts and the terms of each sales 
charge comprising that figure on separate lines just below.
    If a sales charge is imposed on shares purchased with reinvested 
capital gains distributions or returns of capital, the third line in 
the table should include the bracketed words.
* * * * *

Example

    14. For purposes of the Example in the table:
* * * * *
    (d)* * * (A Registrant that charges a sales load on shares 
purchased with reinvested dividends or other distributions should 
not reflect these fees in the Example, but should explain in the 
brief narrative following the table that the Example does not 
reflect these fees and that the amounts shown would be increased if 
the fees were reflected.)
* * * * *
     (f) Reflect any contingent deferred sales load by assuming 
redemption of the entire account on the last day of the year; 
reflect any other type of deferred sales load as being paid at the 
end of the year in which it is due. In the case of a deferred sales 
load that is based on the Registrant's net asset value at the time 
of payment, assume that the net asset value at the end of each year 
includes the assumed 5% annual return for that and each preceding 
year.
* * * * *
    7. Instruction 2 to Item 5A of Part A of Form N-1A [referenced in 
sections 239.15A and 274.11A] is amended by removing the phrase ``(or 
other amounts at redemption or upon closing of an account)'' in the 
third sentence and adding at the end a sentence to read as follows:

Form N-1A

* * * * *

Part A. Information Required in a Prospectus

* * * * *

Item 5A. Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

* * * * *

Instructions:

* * * * *
    2. Sales Load. * * * In the case of any other deferred sales 
load, assume the deduction in the amount(s) and at the time(s) the 
load actually would have been deducted.
* * * * *
    8. Item 7 of Part A of Form N-1A [referenced in sections 239.15A 
and 274.11A] is amended by removing the word ``and'' at the end of 
paragraph (e), removing the period at the end of paragraph (f) and 
adding ``; and'' in its place, and adding paragraph (g) to read as 
follows:

Form N-1A

* * * * *

Part A. Information Required in a Prospectus

* * * * *

Item 7. Purchase of Securities Being Offered

* * * * *
    (g) a concise explanation of the way in which any deferred sales 
load is imposed and computed, including: (i) an explanation of the 
basis on which the specified percentage is calculated (i.e., the 
offering price, or the lesser of the offering price or the net asset 
value at the time the load is paid); (ii) the sales charges as a 
percentage of both the offering price and the net asset value at the 
time of purchase; (iii) if the method of determining the amount of 
the load results in the load being applied to shares or amounts 
representing shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends 
or other distributions, a statement to that effect; (iv) a 
description of the way in which the load is calculated (e.g., in the 
case of a partial redemption, whether or not the load is calculated 
as if shares or amounts representing shares not subject to a load 
are redeemed first, and other shares or amounts representing shares 
are then redeemed in the order purchased); and (v) if applicable, an 
explanation of the way(s) in which a shareholder may be required to 
pay an installment load (e.g., through the withholding of dividend 
payments, involuntary redemptions, separate billing of an investor's 
account).

    9. Item 22 of Part B of Form N-1A [referenced in sections 239.15A 
and 274.11A] is amended by adding a sentence to the end of Instruction 
1 to paragraph (b)(i) and an Instruction 10 to paragraph (b)(ii) to 
read as follows:

Form N-1A

* * * * *

Part B. Information Required in a Statement of Additional 
Information

* * * * *

Item 22. Calculation of Performance Data

* * * * *
    (b) Other Registrants
    (i) Total Return * * *

Instructions:

    1. * * * If shareholders are charged a deferred sales load, 
assume the maximum deferred sales load is deducted at the times, in 
the amounts, and under the terms disclosed in the prospectus.
* * * * *
    (ii) Yield * * *

Instructions:

* * * * *
    10. If a Registrant (other than a Registrant described in 
paragraph (a)) imposes, in connection with sales of its shares, a 
deferred sales load payable in installments, the ``maximum public 
offering price'' shall include the aggregate amount of such 
installments (``installment load amount'').

    10. Guide 30 to Form N-1A [referenced in sections 239.15A and 
274.11A] is amended by adding a paragraph before the last paragraph to 
read as follows:

Guidelines for Form N-1A

* * * * *

Guide 30. Tax Consequences

* * * * *
    If the registrant imposes a sales load payable in installments 
on the securities being offered, the registrant must describe 
briefly in response to Item 6 any related material tax consequences 
for investors.
* * * * *
    By the Commission.

    Dated: September 9, 1996.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.

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                                                                                                                                                                            Annual              
                                                                                                                        Ending    Average value    Annual     Deferred     deferred     Amount  
                Year                      Amount invested-        Front-end load=       Beginning value+(5%-1.4%)=       value       x 1.4%=      expenses     load @        load      shown in 
                                                                                                                                                             redemption  installment     table  
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(1).................................  $1,000.00-               $10.00=                $990.00+$35.64=                  $1,025.64     $1,007.82       $14.11      $50.00     [$10.00]         $74
(2).................................  .......................  .....................  $1,015.64+$36.56=                $1,052.20     $1,033.92       $14.47      $40.00     [$10.00]  ..........
(3).................................  .......................  .....................  $1,042.20+$37.52=                $1,079.72     $1,060.96       $14.85      $30.00     [$10.00]        $103
(4).................................  .......................  .....................  $1,069.72+$38.51=                $1,108.22     $1,088.98       $15.25      $20.00     [$10.00]  ..........
(5).................................  .......................  .....................  $1,098.22+$39.54=                $1,137.76     $1,117.99       $15.65      $10.00     [$10.00]        $134
(6).................................  .......................  .....................  $1,127.76+$40.60=                $1,168.36     $1,148.06       $16.07  ..........  ...........  ..........
(7).................................  .......................  .....................  $1,168.36+$42.06=                $1,210.42     $1,189.39       $16.65  ..........  ...........  ..........
(8).................................  .......................  .....................  $1,210.42+$43.58=                $1,254.00     $1,232.21       $17.25  ..........  ...........  ..........
(9).................................  .......................  .....................  $1,254.00+$45.14=                $1,299.41     $1,276.57       $17.87  ..........  ...........  ..........
(10)................................  .......................  .....................  $1,299.14+$46.77=                $1,345.91     $1,322.52       $18.52  ..........  ...........        $221
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                                                                                                                                    Annual              
                               Amount invested-   Front-end       Beginning value+(5%-      Ending    Average value    Annual      deferred     Amount  
             Year                                   load=                1.4%)=              value       x 1.4%=      expenses       load      shown in 
                                                                                                                                 installment     table  
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(1)..........................  $1,000.00-       $10.00=        $990.00+$35.64=             $1,025.64     $1,007.82       $14.11       $10.00         $34
(2)..........................  ...............  .............  $1,015.64+$36.56=           $1,052.20     $1,033.92       $14.47       $10.00            
(3)..........................  ...............  .............  $1,042.20+$37.52=           $1,079.72     $1,060.96       $14.85       $10.00         $83
(4)..........................  ...............  .............  $1,069.72+$38.51=           $1,108.22     $1,088.98       $15.25       $10.00  ..........
(5)..........................  ...............  .............  $1,098.22+$39.54=           $1,137.76     $1,117.99       $15.65       $10.00        $134
(6)..........................  ...............  .............  $1,127.76+$40.60=           $1,168.36     $1,148.06       $16.07  ...........  ..........
(7)..........................  ...............  .............  $1,168.36+$42.06=           $1,210.42     $1,189.39       $16.65  ...........  ..........
(8)..........................  ...............  .............  $1,210.42+$43.58=           $1,254.00     $1,232.21       $17.25  ...........  ..........
(9)..........................  ...............  .............  $1,254.00+$45.14=           $1,299.14     $1,276.57       $17.87  ...........  ..........
(10).........................  ...............  .............  $1,299.14+$46.77=           $1,345.91     $1,322.52       $18.52  ...........        $221
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                                                                                                                                                Average                                 Amount  
                 Year                        Amount invested          Front-end load =         Beginning value+(5%-1.9%) =         Ending    value x 1.9%     Annual      Deferred     shown in 
                                                                                                                                   value           =         expenses       load        table   
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(1)...................................  $1,000.00-                 $0.00=                  $1,000.00+31.00=                       $1,031.00     $1,015.50       $19.29       $50.00          $69
(2)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,031.00+31.96=                         1,062.96      1,046.98        19.89        40.00  ...........
(3)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,062.96+32.95=                         1,095.91      1,079.44        20.51        30.00           90
(4)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,095.91+33.97=                         1,129.88      1,112.90        21.15        20.00  ...........
(5)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,129.88+35.03=                         1,164.91      1,147.39        21.80        10.00          113
(6)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,164.91+36.11=                         1,201.02      1,182.97        22.48  ...........  ...........
(7)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,201.02+37.23=                         1,238.25      1,219.64        23.17  ...........  ...........
(8)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,238.25+38.39=                         1,276.64      1,257.44        23.89  ...........  ...........
(9)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,276.64+39.58=                         1,316.22      1,296.43        24.63  ...........  ...........
(10)..................................  .........................  ......................  1,316.22+40.80=                         1,357.02      1,336.62        25.40  ...........          222
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                                                                                                                                                Average                                 Amount  
                 Year                        Amount invested          Front-end load =         Beginning value+(5%-1.9%) =         Ending    value x 1.9%     Annual      Deferred     shown in 
                                                                                                                                   value           =         expenses       load        table   
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(1)...................................  $1,000.00-                 $0.00=                  $1,000+31.00=                          $1,031.00     $1,015.50       $19.29        $0.00          $19
(2)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,031.00+31.96=                         1,062.96      1,046.98        19.89         0.00  ...........
(3)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,062.96+32.95=                         1,095.91      1,079.44        20.51         0.00           60
(4)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,095.91+33.97=                         1,129.88      1,112.90        21.15         0.00  ...........
(5)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,129.88+35.03=                         1,164.91      1,147.39        21.80         0.00          103
(6)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,164.91+36.11=                         1,201.02      1,182.97        22.48         0.00  ...........
(7)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,201.02+37.23=                         1,238.25      1,219.64        23.17         0.00  ...........
(8)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,238.25+38.39=                         1,276.64      1,257.44        23.89         0.00  ...........
(9)...................................  .........................  ......................  1,276.64+39.58=                         1,316.22      1,296.43        24.63         0.00  ...........
(10)..................................  .........................  ......................  1,316.22+40.80=                         1,357.02      1,336.62        25.40         0.00          222
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