Registration No. 33-21718
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
__________________________________
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. __ [_]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Amendment No. 14 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Wood Island, Third Floor
80 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Larkspur, California 94939 94939
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(415) 461-7860
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Frederick L. Reynolds Copy to:
Reynolds Capital Management Richard L. Teigen
Wood Island, Third Floor Foley & Lardner
80 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd. 777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Larkspur, California 94939 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable
after the Registration Statement becomes effective.
It is proposed that this filing become effective (check appropriate box):
[_] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] on January 30, 1998 pursuant to paragraph (b)
[_] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[_] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[_] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[_] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2), of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
[_] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previously filed post-effective amendment.
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REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC.
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
(Pursuant to Rule 481 showing the location in the Prospectus and
the Statement of Additional Information of the responses to the items of
Parts A and B of Form N-1A.)
Caption or Subheading in Prospectus
Item No. on Form N-1A or Statement of Additional
Information
Part A - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
1. Cover Page Cover Page
2. Synopsis Expense Information
3. Condensed Financial Financial Highlights; Performance
Information Information
4. General Description Introduction; Investment Objectives
of Registrant and Policies
5. Management of the Management of the Funds; Brokerage
Fund Transactions; General Information
About the Company and the Funds
5A. Management's Discussion Management's Discussion of
of Fund Performance Performance of the Funds
6. Capital Stock and Dividends, Distributions and Taxes;
Other Securities General Information About the Company
and the Funds; Shareholder Reports
7. Purchase of Securities Determination of Net Asset Value;
Being Offered How to Purchase Shares; Additional
Shareholder Services; Retirement
Plans
8. Redemption or Repurchase How to Redeem Shares; Exchange
Privilege; Additional Shareholder
Services
9. Pending Legal Proceedings *
Part B - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
10. Cover Page Cover Page
11. Table of Contents Table of Contents
12. General Information and *
History
13. Investment Objectives Investment Restrictions; Investment
and Policies Considerations; Performance and Yield
Information
14. Management of the Directors and Officers of the Company
Fund
15. Control Persons and Ownership of Management and Principal
Principal Holders Shareholders
of Securities
16. Investment Advisory Investment Adviser and Administrator;
and Other Services Custodian; Independent Accountants
17. Brokerage Allocation Allocation of Portfolio Brokerage
and Other Practices
18. Capital Stock and Included in Prospectus under "General
Other Securities Information About the Company and the
Funds"; Shareholder Meetings
19. Purchase, Redemption Included in Prospectus under
and Pricing of "Determination of Net Asset Value";
Securities Being "Additional Shareholder Services";
Offered "Retirement Plans" and Determination
of Net Asset Value, Systematic
Withdrawal Plan
20. Tax Status Taxes
21. Underwriters *
22. Calculation of Performance and Yield Information
Performance Data
23. Financial Statements Financial Statements
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* Answer negative or inapplicable
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PROSPECTUS AND PURCHASE APPLICATION
JANUARY 30, 1998
REYNOLDS FUNDS
100% NO-LOAD MUTUAL FUNDS
REYNOLDS
BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND
SEEKING LONG-TERM CAPITAL APPRECIATION,
WITH CURRENT INCOME A SECONDARY OBJECTIVE
REYNOLDS
OPPORTUNITY FUND
SEEKING LONG-TERM CAPITAL APPRECIATION
REYNOLDS
U.S. GOVERNMENT BOND FUND
SEEKING A HIGH LEVEL OF CURRENT INCOME
REYNOLDS
MONEY MARKET FUND
SEEKING A HIGH LEVEL OF CURRENT INCOME CONSISTENT WITH A STABLE NET ASSET VALUE
1-800-773-9665
PROSPECTUS JANUARY 30, 1998
REYNOLDS FUNDS
WOOD ISLAND, THIRD FLOOR
80 EAST SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BOULEVARD
LARKSPUR, CALIFORNIA 94939
1-415-461-7860
Reynolds Funds, Inc. (the "Company") is an open-end, diversified management
investment company consisting of four mutual funds, the Reynolds Blue Chip
Growth Fund (the "Blue Chip Fund"), the Reynolds Opportunity Fund (the
"Opportunity Fund"), the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund (the "Bond Fund")
and the Reynolds Money Market Fund (the "Money Market Fund") (collectively the
"Reynolds Funds" or "Funds"), offering distinct investment choices.
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND
The investment objective of the Blue Chip Fund is to produce long-term growth
of capital, with current income as a secondary objective, by investing in a
diversified portfolio of common stocks issued by well-established growth
companies commonly known as "blue chip" companies. This Fund is designed for
long-term investors who desire capital appreciation, with reasonable current
income potential.
REYNOLDS OPPORTUNITY FUND
The investment objective of the Opportunity Fund is to produce long-term growth
of capital by investing in a diversified portfolio of common stocks having
above average growth characteristics. This Fund is designed for long-term
investors who desire capital appreciation.
REYNOLDS U.S. GOVERNMENT BOND FUND
The investment objective of the Bond Fund is to provide a high level of current
income by investing in a diversified portfolio of securities issued or
guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or
instrumentalities. This Fund is designed for long-term investors desiring a
combination of high income, safety and quality.
REYNOLDS MONEY MARKET FUND
The investment objective of the Money Market Fund is to provide a high level of
current income, consistent with liquidity, the preservation of capital and a
stable net asset value, by investing in a diversified portfolio of high-
quality, highly liquid money market instruments. This Fund is designed for
investors who desire income without any fluctuation in their principal. AN
INVESTMENT IN THE MONEY MARKET FUND IS NEITHER INSURED NOR GUARANTEED BY THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT, AND THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT SUCH FUND WILL BE ABLE TO
MAINTAIN A STABLE NET ASSET VALUE OF $1.00 PER SHARE.
The foregoing descriptions are designed to help investors choose the Fund that
best fits their investment objectives. An investor may wish to pursue more than
one objective by investing in more than one of the Reynolds Funds. No assurance
can be given that the respective investment objectives of the Funds will be
realized. THE FUNDS ARE 100% "NO-LOAD" FUNDS; THERE ARE NO SALES COMMISSIONS,
REDEMPTION CHARGES OR ONGOING MARKETING (RULE 12B-1) DISTRIBUTION FEES.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
This Prospectus sets forth concisely the information about the Funds that
prospective investors should know before investing. Investors are advised to
read this Prospectus and retain it for future reference. This Prospectus does
not set forth all of the information included in the Registration Statement and
Exhibits thereto which the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. A Statement of Additional Information, dated January 30, 1998,
which is a part of such Registration Statement, is incorporated by reference in
this Prospectus. Copies of the Statement of Additional Information will be
provided without charge to each person to whom a Prospectus is delivered upon
written or oral request made by writing to the address, or calling the
telephone number, stated above. All such requests should be directed to the
attention of the Corporate Secretary.
REYNOLDS FUNDS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
EXPENSE INFORMATION 1
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 2
INTRODUCTION 6
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES 6
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS 14
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE 15
PURCHASE APPLICATION Centerfold
HOW TO PURCHASE SHARES 16
HOW TO REDEEM SHARES 18
EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE 22
ADDITIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES 23
RETIREMENT PLANS 24
DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES 26
SHAREHOLDER REPORTS 27
BROKERAGE TRANSACTIONS 27
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE
COMPANY AND THE FUNDS 27
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 28
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION OF
PERFORMANCE OF THE FUNDS 30
EXPENSE INFORMATION
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<CAPTION>
REYNOLDS REYNOLDS REYNOLDS REYNOLDS
BLUE CHIP OPPORTUNITY U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET
GROWTH FUND FUND BOND FUND FUND
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES
Maximum Sales Load Imposed on
Purchases or Reinvested Dividends None None None None
Deferred Sales Load None None None None
Redemption Fee None*<F1> None*<F1> None*<F1> None*<F1>
Exchange Fee None None None None
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE NET ASSETS)
Management Fees 1.00% 1.00% 0.75% 0.50%
12b-1 Fees None None None None
Other Expenses (after reimbursements) 0.38% 0.50% 0.15%**<F2> 0.15%**<F2>
------ ------ ------- --------
Total Fund Operating Expenses
(after reimbursements) 1.38% 1.50% 0.90%**<F2> 0.65%**<F2>
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*<F1>A fee of $12.00 is charged for each wire redemption.
**<F2>Other Expenses and Total Fund Operating Expenses (without expense
reimbursements) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1997, for the Bond Fund
would have been 1.58% and 2.33%, respectively, and for the Money Market Fund
would have been 1.52% and 2.02%, respectively.
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EXAMPLE
You would pay the following expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming (1) 5%
annual return and (2) redemption at the end of each time period:
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<CAPTION>
1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years
------ ------- ------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund $14 $44 $76 $166
Reynolds Opportunity Fund $15 $47 $82 $179
Reynolds U.S. Government
Bond Fund $9 $29 $50 $111
Reynolds Money Market Fund $7 $21 $36 $81
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The purpose of the preceding table is to assist investors in understanding
the various costs that an investor in a particular Fund will bear, directly or
indirectly. They should not be considered to be a representation of past or
future expenses. Actual expenses may be greater or lesser than those shown. See
"Management of the Funds" for a more complete discussion of applicable
management fees. The Annual Fund Operating Expenses for each Fund are based on
actual expenses incurred for the year ended September 30, 1997. The example
assumes a 5% annual rate of return pursuant to requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission. This hypothetical rate of return is not intended to be
representative of past or future performance of any of the Funds.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(Selected Data for a share of each Fund outstanding throughout each period)
The Financial Highlights of the Funds should be read in conjunction with the
Funds' audited financial statements and notes thereto, included in the Funds'
Annual Report to Shareholders which contains the auditor's report as to the
Financial Highlights. The Funds' audited financial statements, notes thereto
and auditor's report thereon contained in the Funds' Annual Report to
Shareholders are incorporated by reference into the Statement of Additional
Information. The Financial Highlights of each Fund set forth below have been
audited. Further information about the performance of the Funds is also
contained in the Funds' Annual Report to Shareholders, copies of which may be
obtained, without charge, upon request.
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND
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<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
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1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988*<F3>
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PER SHARE OPERATING
PERFORMANCE:
Net asset value, beginning
of period $22.69 $19.25 $14.46 $14.22 $14.98 $13.96 $11.14 $11.92 $10.06 $10.00
Income from investment
operations:
Net investment (loss)
income (0.01) (0.03) 0.02 0.09 0.12 0.09 0.14 0.07 0.25 0.03
Net realized and
unrealized gain (loss)
on investments 9.67 3.52 5.00 0.28 (0.79) 1.02 2.83 (0.65) 1.73 0.03
------ ------ ------ ------ ------- ------- ------ ------- ------ ------
Total from investment
operations 9.66 3.49 5.02 0.37 (0.67) 1.11 2.97 (0.58) 1.98 0.06
Less distributions:
Dividends from net
investment income -- (0.02) (0.06) (0.13) (0.09) (0.09) (0.15) (0.15) (0.12) --
Distributions from
net realized gains (0.35) (0.03) (0.17) -- -- -- -- (0.05) -- --
------ ------ ------ ------ ------- ------- ------ ------- ------ ------
Total from distributions (0.35) (0.05) (0.23) (0.13) (0.09) (0.09) (0.15) (0.20) (0.12) --
------ ------ ------ ------ ------- ------- ------ ------- ------ ------
Net asset value, end
of period $32.00 $22.69 $19.25 $14.46 $14.22 $14.98 $13.96 $11.14 $11.92 $10.06
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TOTAL INVESTMENT
RETURN 43.2% 18.1% 35.3% 2.6% (4.5%) 8.0% 26.9% (5.0%) 19.9% 4.6%**
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL <F4>
DATA:
Net assets, end of period
(in 000's $) 62,294 30,807 29,357 24,771 38,929 40,580 27,735 10,009 5,260 366
Ratio of expenses
(after reimbursement)
to average net assets***<F5> 1.4% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.4% 1.5% 1.7% 2.1% 2.0% 2.0%**
Ratio of net investment <F4>
(loss) income to average
net assets****<F6> (0.1%) (0.1%) 0.1% 0.5% 0.8% 0.6% 1.2% 0.8% 2.7% 4.5%**
<F4>
Portfolio turnover rate 25.0% 21.5% 49.2% 43.3% 38.1% 0.2% 0.9% 66.2% 32.5% --
Average commission
rate paid*****<F7> $0.0728 $0.1047 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
*<F3>For the period from August 10, 1988 (commencement of operations) to
September 30, 1988.
**<F4>Annualized.
***<F5>Computed after giving effect to adviser's expense limitation undertaking.
If the Fund had paid all of its expenses, the ratio would have been 2.7% for the
year ended September 30, 1989.
****<F6>If the Fund had paid all of its expenses, the ratio would have been 2.0%
for the year ended September 30, 1989.
*****<F7>Disclosure required for fiscal years beginning after September 1, 1995.
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REYNOLDS OPPORTUNITY FUND
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<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
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1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992*<F8>
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PER SHARE OPERATING
PERFORMANCE:
Net asset value, beginning of period $15.64 $14.17 $10.09 $9.78 $8.85 $10.00
Income from investment operations:
Net investment (loss) income (0.13) (0.06) (0.11) (0.09) (0.10) 0.00
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss) on securities 3.98 1.53 4.19 0.40 1.03 (1.15)
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Total from investment operations 3.85 1.47 4.08 0.31 0.93 (1.15)
Less distributions:
Dividend from net investment income -- -- -- -- 0.00 --
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Net asset value, end of period $19.49 $15.64 $14.17 $10.09 $9.78 $8.85
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TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURN 24.6% 10.4% 40.4% 3.2% 10.5% (16.8%)**<F9>
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Net assets, end of period (in 000's $) 22,702 17,104 10,983 6,132 3,834 1,844
Ratio of expenses (after reimbursement)
to average net assets***<F10> 1.5% 1.5% 1.9% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0%**<F9>
Ratio of net investment (loss) income
to average net assets****<F11> (0.9%) (1.1%) (1.5%) (1.6%) (1.3%) 0.0%**<F9>
Portfolio turnover rate 60.2% 11.8% 38.4% 16.8% 67.6% 30.1%
Average commission rate paid*****<F12> $0.0791 $0.1269 -- -- -- --
*<F8>For the period from January 30, 1992 (commencement of operations) to
September 30, 1992.
**<F9>Annualized.
***<F10>Computed after giving effect to adviser's limitation undertaking. If
the Fund had paid all of its expenses, the ratio would have been, for the years
ended September 30, 1994 and 1993 and for the period ended September 30, 1992,
2.1%, 2.4% and 3.8%**<F9>, respectively.
****<F11>The ratio of net investment income prior to adviser's expense
limitation undertaking to average net assets for the years ended September 30,
1994 and 1993 and for the period ended September 30, 1992 would have been
(1.7%), (1.7%) and (1.8%)**<F9>, respectively.
*****<F12>Disclosure required for fiscal years beginning after
September 1, 1995.
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REYNOLDS U.S. GOVERNMENT BOND FUND
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<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
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1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992*<F13>
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PER SHARE OPERATING
PERFORMANCE:
Net asset value, beginning of period $9.75 $9.85 $9.61 $10.76 $10.36 $10.00
Income from investment operations:
Net investment income 0.5322 0.5333 0.5350 0.5609 0.5498 0.2979
Net realized and unrealized
(loss) gain on investments 0.0100 (0.1000) 0.2491 (1.1432) 0.4001 0.3602
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Total from investment operations 0.5422 0.4333 0.7841 (0.5823) 0.9499 0.6581
Less distributions:
Dividends from net investment income (0.5322) (0.5333) (0.5441) (0.5607) (0.5499) (0.2981)
Distribution from net realized gains -- -- -- (0.0070) -- --
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Total from distributions (0.5322) (0.5333) (0.5441) (0.5677) (0.5499) (0.2981)
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Net asset value, end of period $9.76 $9.75 $9.85 $9.61 $10.76 $10.36
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TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURN 5.70% 4.49% 8.42% (5.54%) 9.48% 10.20%**<F14>
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Net assets, end of period (in 000's $) 2,626 2,766 2,799 4,367 6,376 3,223
Ratio of expenses (after reimbursement)
to average net assets***<F15> 0.90% 0.90% 0.91% 0.86% 0.83% 0.75%**<F14>
Ratio of net investment income
to average net assets****<F16> 5.45% 5.43% 5.6% 5.4% 5.3% 5.0%**<F14>
Portfolio turnover rate 25.3% 28.6% 0.0% 19.6% 6.3% --
*<F13>For the period from January 30, 1992 (commencement of operations) to
September 30, 1992.
**<F14>Annualized.
***<F15>Computed after giving effect to adviser's expense limitation undertaking.
If the Fund had paid all of its expenses, the ratio would have been 2.3%, 2.2%,
2.0%, 1.5% and 1.5% for the years ended September 30, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994 and
1993, respectively, and 2.8%**<F14> for the period ended September 30, 1992.
****<F16>The ratio of net investment income prior to adviser's expense limitation
undertaking to average net assets for the years ended September 30, 1997, 1996,
1995, 1994 and 1993 and the period ended September 30, 1992 would have been
4.0%, 4.1%, 4.5%, 4.8%, 4.6% and 2.9%**<F14>, respectively.
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REYNOLDS MONEY MARKET FUND
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<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
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1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991*<F17>
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PER SHARE OPERATING
PERFORMANCE:
Net asset value, beginning of period $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00
Income from investment operations:
Net investment income 0.0477 0.0477 0.0510 0.0304 0.0255 0.0364 0.0358
Less distributions:
Dividends from net investment income (0.0477) (0.0477) (0.0510) (0.0304) (0.0255) (0.0364) (0.0358)
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Net asset value, end of period $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00
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TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURN 4.9% 4.9% 5.2% 3.1% 2.6% 3.6% 5.5%**<F18>
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
Net assets, end of period (in 000's $) 3,032 3,980 3,743 3,192 6,798 6,166 3,617
Ratio of expenses (after reimbursement)
to average net assets***<F19> 0.65% 0.65% 0.65% 0.63% 0.67% 0.64% 0.61%**<F18>
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets****<F20> 4.77% 4.78% 5.08% 2.84% 2.62% 3.53% 5.43%**<F18>
*<F17>For the period from January 30, 1991 (commencement of operations) to
September 30, 1991.
**<F18>Annualized.
***<F19>Computed after giving effect to adviser's expense limitation undertaking.
If the Fund had paid all of its expenses, the ratio would have been 2.02%,
1.39%, 1.95%, 1.47%, 1.22% and 1.73% for the years ended September 30, 1997,
1996, 1995, 1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively, and 1.85%**<F18> for the period ended
September 30, 1991.
****<F20>If the Fund had paid all of its expenses, the ratio would have been 3.39%,
4.05%, 3.79%, 2.01%, 2.08% and 2.44% for the years ended September 30, 1997,
1996, 1995, 1994, 1993 and 1992, respectively, and 4.18%**<F18> for the period ended
September 30, 1991.
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INTRODUCTION
The Company is a no-load, open-end, diversified management investment
company, better known as a mutual fund, registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940 (the "Act"). It was incorporated under the laws of Maryland on April
28, 1988. The Company consists of a series of four funds: Reynolds Blue Chip
Growth Fund, Reynolds Opportunity Fund, Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund and
Reynolds Money Market Fund. Each of the Funds obtains its assets by continuously
selling its shares to individual and institutional investors. Proceeds from such
sales are invested by the particular Fund in securities of other issuers. In
this way, each Fund:
o Combines the resources of many investors, with each individual investor
having an interest in every one of the securities owned by such Fund;
o Provides each individual investor with diversification by investing in the
securities of many different issuers;
o Reduces transaction costs by buying and selling larger blocks of securities;
and
o Furnishes professional portfolio management to select and watch over its
investments. See "MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS" for a discussion of the Funds'
Adviser.
Each of the Funds which make up the Company will redeem any of its
outstanding shares on demand of the owner at their next determined net asset
value. Registration of the Company under the Act does not involve supervision of
the Company's management or policies by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND
The investment objective of the Blue Chip Fund is to produce long-term growth
of capital, with current income as a secondary objective, by investing in common
stocks of well-established growth companies commonly referred to as "blue chip"
companies. Reynolds Capital Management (the "Adviser") will, under normal
circumstances, maintain a diversified portfolio in which at least 65% of the
Blue Chip Fund's assets are invested in common stocks of blue chip companies.
Blue chip companies are defined as those companies which have a market
capitalization of at least $500 million (or $500,000,000) and are included in
the Standard and Poor's Daily Stock Price Index of 500 Common Stocks (the "S&P
500") or the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Standard & Poor's Corporation
("Standard & Poor's") selects stocks for inclusion in the S&P 500 based upon the
following criteria: size, as measured by aggregate market value; position within
a given industry classification; nature and extent of capitalization; trading
volume; prospects for the company in particular and/or industry as a whole; and
responsiveness of stock price to changes in industry affairs. The thirty
industrial stocks used to compute the Dow Jones Industrial Average are selected
because they are representative of the breadth of American industry. These
companies are important factors in their respective industries and their stocks
are widely held by individuals and institutional investors. Examples of blue
chip companies include Caterpillar Inc., The Coca-Cola Company, General Electric
Co., Intel Corp., Merck & Co., Inc., Microsoft Corp., Motorola, Inc., Procter &
Gamble Co., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Walt Disney Co. These companies are
mentioned for illustrative purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the
present portfolio composition of the Blue Chip Fund.
The blue chip companies in which the Blue Chip Fund will invest generally
exhibit superior fundamental characteristics, as determined by the Adviser,
which may include:
o a long history of profitability
o potential for above-average earnings growth
o leadership positions in its markets
o a superior and pragmatic growth strategy
o participation in expanding industries
o proprietary products, processes or services
o an experienced and tested management
o a strong balance sheet
o an above-average record of dividend consistency and growth
o a high return on equity
In determining that the above characteristics are present with respect to
specific investments, the Adviser will study the financial statements of the
issuing corporations and other companies in the same industry, the issuing
corporations' reports to shareholders and analysts, and general economic and
industry reports of brokers.
In seeking long-term growth of capital, the Adviser will generally purchase
stocks of those blue chip companies that it expects to have potential earnings
per share growth greater than the average company included in the S&P 500. The
Adviser believes that when a company's earnings grow faster than the economy in
general, the market will eventually recognize this successful long-term record
by valuing that company's stock at a higher price. In addition, the company
should be able to increase its dividend as its long-term earnings grow. The
Adviser will evaluate blue chip stocks as follows. Initially, the Adviser will
determine the strongest sectors (i.e., industry groups) of the market by
comparing the performance of various sectors to the general economic forecast.
The Adviser will then seek to identify those companies within the strongest
sectors with favorable earnings prospects and, finally, select the most
attractive values on the basis of such factors as price-earnings ratios.
Although sector emphasis will shift as the Adviser's outlook for earnings among
market sectors changes, the Blue Chip Fund will maintain representation in as
many industries as possible.
In addition to investing in blue chip stocks the Blue Chip Fund may invest up
to 35% of its assets in common stocks of issuers which are not blue chip
companies but which have proven records of profitability and strong earnings
momentum. Such companies are likely to be (1) leading companies in smaller
industries or (2) lesser known companies moving from a lower to a higher market
share position within their industry groups rather than the largest and best
known companies in such groups. The Blue Chip Fund may also invest not more than
15% of its total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers
in the form of American Depository Receipts ("ADRs") that are regularly traded
on recognized U.S. exchanges or in the U.S. over-the-counter ("OTC") market.
No more than 35% of the Blue Chip Fund's portfolio will, under normal
circumstances, be invested in securities other than common stocks of blue chip
companies. However, when, in the opinion of the Adviser, market conditions
appear unfavorable, the Blue Chip Fund may seek to preserve capital by
temporarily shifting a high proportion of its assets to short-term debt
securities and money market instruments such as United States Treasury Bills,
certificates of deposit of U.S. banks, commercial paper and commercial paper
master notes (which are demand instruments without a fixed maturity bearing
interest at rates which are fixed to known lending rates and automatically
adjusted when such lending rates change) rated A-1 or better by Standard &
Poor's or Prime-1 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"). The Blue Chip
Fund may also invest in such instruments in amounts as the Adviser believes are
reasonable to satisfy anticipated redemption requests. In addition, the Blue
Chip Fund will invest in preferred stocks, U.S. Government securities and high-
quality publicly distributed corporate bonds and debentures when the Adviser
believes such securities offer opportunities for long-term growth of capital,
such as during periods of declining interest rates when the market value of such
securities generally rises. The Blue Chip Fund will limit its investment in non-
convertible bonds and debentures to those which have been assigned one of the
two highest ratings of either Standard & Poor's (AAA and AA) or Moody's (Aaa and
Aa). A description of the foregoing ratings is set forth in the Statement of
Additional Information. Finally the Blue Chip Fund may invest in securities
convertible into blue chip stocks.
The Blue Chip Fund may purchase stock index put options to hedge against a
loss in its stock portfolio caused by a general decline in the stock market. If
the index declines over the life of the option contract, the put option becomes
more valuable and the Blue Chip Fund will enter into a closing contract. The
realized gain would offset the presumed unrealized loss in the Blue Chip Fund's
portfolio. If the index rises over the life of the option contract, the option
will become worthless and expire unexercised. In such event the Blue Chip Fund's
loss on the option contract will be limited to the premium paid. The Blue Chip
Fund may purchase stock index call options in order to participate in an
anticipated increase in stock market prices (i.e., a "long" or "anticipatory"
hedge). An "anticipatory hedge" assumes the Blue Chip Fund will have a projected
source of incoming cash to commit to going to a "long" position. If the index
rises over the life of the option contract, the call option becomes more
valuable and the Blue Chip Fund will enter into a closing contract. The realized
gain would in effect allow the Blue Chip Fund to benefit from stock market
appreciation even though it may not have had sufficient cash to purchase the
underlying stocks. If the index declines over the life of the option contract,
the option will become worthless and expire unexercised and the Blue Chip Fund's
loss will be limited to the premium paid. The value of options purchased by the
Blue Chip Fund will not exceed 5% of the Blue Chip Fund's total assets.
In investing for long-term growth of capital, the Blue Chip Fund does not
intend to place emphasis on short-term trading profits. The sale of a particular
issuer's securities will be based upon factors such as a change in the national
political or economic climate, actual or potential deterioration of the issuer's
earning power, increases in the price of the security that are considered
excessive relative to the issuer's earning power, and investment opportunities
in other securities. The Blue Chip Fund anticipates that its annual portfolio
turnover rate will not exceed 100%. The annual portfolio turnover rate indicates
changes in the Blue Chip Fund's portfolio and is calculated by dividing the
lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities (excluding securities
having maturities at acquisition of one year or less) for the fiscal year by the
monthly average of the value of the portfolio securities (excluding securities
having maturities at acquisition of one year or less) owned by the Blue Chip
Fund during the fiscal year. The annual portfolio turnover rate may vary widely
from year to year depending upon market conditions and prospects. However, the
Blue Chip Fund intends to limit turnover so that realized short-term gains on
securities held for less than three months do not exceed 30% of adjusted gross
income in order to derive the benefits of favorable tax treatment available to
regulated investment companies under the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code").
Increased portfolio turnover necessarily results in correspondingly heavier
brokerage costs which the Blue Chip Fund must pay and increased realized gains
(or losses) to shareholders.
Risks are inherent in any investment. As a consequence, there can be no
assurance that the objective of the Blue Chip Fund will be realized. Nor can
there be any assurance that the Blue Chip Fund's portfolio will not decline in
value. Nevertheless, the Adviser believes that its investment philosophy is best
suited to deal with the continually changing conditions of the economy and
financial and securities markets. Although corporate earnings can be expected to
suffer during periods of recession, the Adviser believes that, in the long run,
the earnings of blue chip growth companies generally will not be adversely
affected by unfavorable economic conditions to the same extent as the earnings
of smaller companies. Additionally, blue chip stocks typically have a high
degree of liquidity, as they usually have a large number of publicly-held shares
and a high trading volume. During periods of market instability, blue chip
stocks should be less volatile than stocks with less liquidity. However, since
the major portion of the Blue Chip Fund's portfolio will generally consist of
common stocks, it may be expected that its net asset value will be subject to
greater fluctuation than a portfolio containing a substantial amount of fixed
income securities.
REYNOLDS OPPORTUNITY FUND
The investment objective of the Opportunity Fund is to produce long-term
growth of capital by investing in a diversified portfolio of common stocks of
companies having above average growth characteristics. Securities are selected
for the Opportunity Fund on the basis of their potential for capital
appreciation; current income is not a significant consideration.
The Opportunity Fund generally invests in securities of growth companies
without regard to size that the Adviser believes to be well-managed and to have
attractive fundamental financial characteristics. Attractive fundamental
financial characteristics may include, among other factors, a low debt to equity
ratio, a return on equity above the market average, and consistent revenue and
earnings per share growth over the prior three to five years or current or
projected increasing earnings momentum. Such investments may be in equity
securities of well-known, established companies as well as smaller, less well-
known companies.
In selecting stocks for the Opportunity Fund, the Adviser employs a "bottom-
up" security analysis. "Bottom-up" security analysis refers to an analytical
approach to securities selection which first focuses on the company and company-
related matters. This is in contrast to a "top-down" analysis, which first
focuses on general economic conditions or a particular industry. The Adviser
believes that a "bottom-up" approach is more likely to identify undervalued
growth companies.
Securities of unseasoned companies, i.e., companies with less than three
years' continuous operations, may be acquired from time to time by the
Opportunity Fund when the Adviser believes such investments offer possibilities
of attractive capital appreciation. However, the Opportunity Fund will not
invest more than 5% of the value of its total assets in the securities of
unseasoned companies. Securities of such companies present risks considerably
greater than do securities of more established companies.
In seeking its investment objective, the Opportunity Fund may invest up to
25% of its total assets in ADRs that are regularly traded on recognized U.S.
exchanges or in the U.S. OTC market. See "Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund" above.
The Opportunity Fund will not purchase securities of foreign issuers on foreign
markets.
The Opportunity Fund may also acquire preferred stocks and obligations, such
as bonds, debentures and notes, that in the opinion of the Adviser present
opportunities for capital appreciation. In addition, the Opportunity Fund may
invest in securities convertible into common stock, such as certain bonds and
preferred stocks, and may invest up to 5% of its net assets in other types of
securities having common stock characteristics, such as rights and warrants to
purchase equity securities.
When, in the opinion of the Adviser, market conditions appear unfavorable,
the Opportunity Fund may seek to preserve capital by temporarily shifting a high
proportion of its assets to short-term debt securities and money market
instruments such as United States Treasury Bills, certificates of deposit of
U.S. Banks, commercial paper and commercial paper master notes rated A-l or
better by Standard & Poor's or Prime-l by Moody's. The Opportunity Fund may also
invest in such instruments in amounts as the Adviser believes are reasonable to
satisfy anticipated redemption requests. In addition, the Opportunity Fund will
invest in United States Government securities and high-quality publicly
distributed corporate bonds and debentures when the Adviser believes such
securities offer opportunities for long-term growth of capital, such as during
periods of declining interest rates when the market value of such securities
generally rises. The Opportunity Fund will limit its investment in non-
convertible bonds and debentures to those which have been assigned one of the
two highest ratings of either Standard & Poor's (AAA and AA) or Moody's (Aaa and
Aa). A description of the foregoing ratings is set forth in the Statement of
Additional Information.
The Opportunity Fund may purchase stock index put options to hedge against a
loss in its stock portfolio caused by a general decline in the stock market. In
addition, the Opportunity Fund may purchase stock index call options in order to
participate in an anticipated increase in stock market prices. For a complete
discussion of such options, see "Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund" above. The
value of options purchased by the Opportunity Fund will not exceed 5% of the
Opportunity Fund's total assets.
In investing for long-term growth of capital, the Opportunity Fund does not
intend to place emphasis on short-term trading profits. The sale of a particular
issuer's securities will be based upon factors such as a change in the national
political or economic climate, actual or potential deterioration of the issuer's
earning power, increases in the price of the security that are considered
excessive relative to the issuer's earning power, and investment opportunities
in other securities. The Opportunity Fund anticipates that its annual portfolio
turnover rate will not exceed 100%. The annual portfolio turnover rate indicates
changes in the Opportunity Fund's portfolio and is calculated by dividing the
lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities (excluding securities
having maturities at acquisition of one year or less) for the fiscal year by the
monthly average of the value of the portfolio securities (excluding securities
having maturities at acquisition of one year or less) owned by the Opportunity
Fund during the fiscal year. The annual portfolio turnover rate may vary widely
from year to year depending upon market conditions and prospects. However, the
Opportunity Fund intends to limit turnover so that realized short-term gains on
securities held for less than three months do not exceed 30% of adjusted gross
income in order to derive the benefits of favorable tax treatment available to
regulated investment companies under the Code. Increased portfolio turnover
necessarily results in correspondingly heavier brokerage costs which the
Opportunity Fund must pay and increased realized gains (or losses) to
shareholders.
Risks are inherent in any investment. For example, the smaller companies in
which the Opportunity Fund may invest may have limited product lines, markets,
or financial resources, or may be dependent upon a small management group. In
addition, their securities may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market
movements than those of larger, more established companies, both because their
securities typically are traded in lower volume and because such issuers
typically are subject to greater fluctuation in earnings and prospects. As a
consequence, there can be no assurance that the objective of the Opportunity
Fund will be realized. Nor can there be any assurance that such Fund's portfolio
will not decline in value. In view of the nature of the Opportunity Fund's
investment activities, investment in its shares may be suitable only for those
investors who are prepared to invest without concern for current income.
REYNOLDS U.S. GOVERNMENT BOND FUND
The investment objective of the Bond Fund is to provide a high level of
current income by investing in a diversified portfolio of securities issued or
guaranteed as to principal by the U.S. Government, its agencies or
instrumentalities (collectively, "U.S. Government Obligations"). It is the Bond
Fund's policy to invest at least 65% of the total value of its assets in U.S.
Government Obligations. Examples of the types of U.S. Government Obligations
that may be held by the Bond Fund include, in addition to U.S. Treasury Bonds,
Notes and Bills, the obligations of Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Farm Credit
Banks, Federal Land Banks, the Federal Housing Administration, Farmers Home
Administration, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Small Business
Administration, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal National
Mortgage Association, General Services Administration, Student Loan Marketing
Association, Central Bank for Cooperatives, Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks and Maritime Administration.
Obligations of certain agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government,
such as those of the Federal Housing Administration, Farmers Home
Administration, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Small Business
Administration and the Government National Mortgage Association, are supported
by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury; others, such as the Federal
Home Loan Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks and the Tennessee Valley
Authority, are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S.
Treasury; others, such as those of the Federal National Mortgage Association,
are supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase
the agency's obligations; still others, such as those of the Student Loan
Marketing Association, are supported only by the credit of the instrumentality.
While the U.S. Government currently provides financial support to such U.S.
Government-sponsored instrumentalities, no assurance can be given that it
always will do so. The U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities do
not guarantee the market value of their securities, and consequently, the value
of such securities may fluctuate.
The Bond Fund may invest in zero coupon treasury securities which consist of
Treasury Notes and Bonds that have been stripped of their unmatured interest
coupons by the Federal Reserve Bank. A zero coupon treasury security pays no
interest to its holders during its life and its value to an investor consists of
the difference between its face value at the time of maturity and the price for
which it was acquired, which is generally an amount much less than its face
value. Zero coupon treasury securities are generally subject to greater
fluctuations in value in response to changing interest rates than debt
obligations that pay interest currently. In addition to zero coupon treasury
securities, the Bond Fund may invest in zero coupon bonds issued directly by
federal agencies and instrumentalities. Such issues of zero coupon bonds are
originated in the form of a zero coupon bond and are not created by stripping an
outstanding bond. Finally, the Bond Fund may invest in U.S. Government
Obligations that have been stripped of their unmatured interest coupons by
dealers. Dealers deposit such stripped U.S. Government Obligations with
custodians for safekeeping and then separately sell the principal and interest
payments generated by the security.
Among the U.S. Government Obligations in which the Bond Fund may invest are
securities representing an interest in mortgages or securities collateralized by
an interest in mortgages (collectively, "mortgage securities"). Interest and
principal payments (including prepayments) on the mortgages underlying mortgage
securities are passed-through to the holders of mortgage securities. As a result
of this pass-through of payments, mortgage securities are often subject to more
rapid prepayments of principal than their stated maturity would indicate.
Because the prepayment characteristics of the underlying mortgages vary, it is
not possible to predict accurately the realized yield or average life of a
particular issue of pass-through certificates. Prepayments are important because
of their effect on the yield and the price of the securities. During periods of
declining interest rates, such prepayments can be expected to accelerate and the
Bond Fund would be required to reinvest the proceeds at the lower interest rate
then available. In addition, prepayments of mortgages which underlie mortgage
securities purchased at a premium may not have been fully amortized at the time
the obligation is repaid. As a result of these principal payment features,
mortgage securities are generally more volatile investments than other U.S.
Government Obligations.
In addition, the Bond Fund may invest in high quality corporate obligations.
The Bond Fund will limit its investment in corporate bonds and debentures to
those which have been assigned one of the two highest ratings of either Standard
& Poor's (AAA and AA) or Moody's (Aaa and Aa). A description of the foregoing
ratings is set forth in the Statement of Additional Information.
The average maturity of the obligations held in the Bond Fund is currently
expected to be between one and ten years, but will vary depending on the
Adviser's forecast for interest rates. When the Adviser believes interest rates
will decline, the Bond Fund will emphasize longer-term maturities. Conversely,
when the Adviser believes interest rates will rise, the Bond Fund will shorten
maturities and/or maintain a larger than normal position in money market
instruments. Some factors which the Adviser considers important in determining
the interest rate outlook and, thus, the average maturity of the Fund are
current and expected: (l) economic forecasts; (2) Federal Reserve policies; (3)
inflation rates; (4) real rates of return (yields minus expected inflation); and
(5) shapes of the yield curve.
The money market instruments the Bond Fund may hold during periods in which
the Adviser expects rising interest rates include United States Treasury Bills,
certificates of deposit of U.S. Banks, commercial paper and commercial paper
master notes rated A-l or better by Standard & Poor's or Prime-l by Moody's. The
Bond Fund will also invest in such instruments in such amounts as the Adviser
believes are reasonable to satisfy anticipated redemption requests.
REYNOLDS MONEY MARKET FUND
The investment objective of the Money Market Fund is to provide a high level
of current income, consistent with liquidity, the preservation of capital and a
stable net asset value, by investing in a diversified portfolio of high-quality,
highly liquid money market instruments. In pursuing its investment objective,
the Money Market Fund will invest, during normal market conditions, all of its
assets in U.S. dollar-denominated debt obligations with remaining maturities of
thirteen months or less (as determined in accordance with the rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission) and will maintain an average portfolio
maturity of no more than 90 days. The Money Market Fund may purchase a broad
range of government, bank and commercial obligations that are available in the
money markets. The following discussion illustrates the types of instruments in
which the Money Market Fund may invest:
The Money Market Fund may invest in U.S. Government Obligations. For a
complete discussion of such securities, see "Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund"
above.
The Money Market Fund may purchase bank obligations, such as certificates of
deposit, bankers' acceptances and time deposits (i.e., non-negotiable deposits
maintained in a banking institution for a specific period of time, not to exceed
7 days, at a stated interest rate), issued by banks with a short-term CD rating
in the highest category of at least two nationally recognized rating agencies
(or of one agency if only one agency has issued a rating) (the "required rating
agencies"). The required rating agencies may consist of Standard & Poor's,
Moody's, Duff & Phelps, Inc. ("D&P"), Fitch IBCA, Inc. ("Fitch") and Thompson
Bankwatch ("TBW"). A description of the highest rating categories of each of
these rating agencies is set forth in the Statement of Additional Information.
The bank obligations which the Money Market Fund may purchase include U.S.
dollar-denominated instruments issued or supported by the credit of U.S. or
foreign banks or savings institutions having total assets at the time of
purchase in excess of $1 billion. Investments by the Money Market Fund in the
obligations of foreign banks, U.S. branches of foreign banks and foreign
branches of domestic banks will not exceed 25% of the value of the Money Market
Fund's total assets at the time of investment. The Money Market Fund may also
make interest-bearing savings deposits in commercial and savings banks in
amounts not in excess of 5% of its total assets.
Instruments issued or supported by the credit of foreign banks or foreign
branches of domestic banks entail risks that are different from those of
investments in domestic obligations of U.S. banks. Such risks include future
political and economic developments, the possible imposition of foreign
withholding taxes on interest income payable on such instruments, the possible
establishment of exchange controls, the possible seizure or nationalization of
foreign deposits and the adoption of other foreign government restrictions which
might affect adversely the payment of principal and interest of such
instruments. In addition, foreign banks and foreign branches of U.S. banks are
subject to less stringent reserve requirements and to different accounting,
auditing, reporting and recordkeeping standards than those applicable to
domestic branches of U.S. banks.
The Money Market Fund may purchase high-quality commercial paper issued by
corporations rated (at the time of purchase) in the highest category by the
required rating agencies and high-quality corporate bonds with remaining
maturities of thirteen months or less which are rated (at the time of purchase)
in the highest category by the required rating agencies.
The Money Market Fund may purchase commercial paper master demand notes rated
in the highest category by the required rating agencies. Such notes are
unsecured instruments that permit the indebtedness thereunder to vary in
addition to providing for periodic adjustments in the interest rate. An active
secondary market usually will not exist with respect to commercial paper master
demand notes. The absence of a secondary market could make it difficult for the
Money Market Fund to dispose of such a note if the issuer defaulted on its
payment obligation, and the Money Market Fund would, for this or other reasons,
suffer a loss with respect to such instrument.
The Money Market Fund also may agree to purchase U.S. Government Obligations
or other debt securities rated in the highest category by the required rating
agencies from financial institutions, such as banks and broker-dealers, subject
to the seller's agreement to repurchase them at an agreed upon price usually not
more than 7 days after their purchase ("repurchase agreements"). The Money
Market Fund will enter into repurchase agreements only with financial
institutions determined to be creditworthy by the Adviser. During the term of
any repurchase agreement, the Adviser will continue to monitor the
creditworthiness of the seller, and the seller will be required to maintain the
value of the securities subject to the agreement at not less than the repurchase
price. Default or bankruptcy of the seller would, however, expose the Money
Market Fund to possible delay in connection with the disposition of the
underlying securities or loss to the extent that the proceeds from a sale of the
underlying securities were less than the repurchase price under the agreement.
Securities subject to repurchase agreements are held by the Money Market Fund's
custodian (or sub-custodian) or in the Federal Reserve/Treasury Book-Entry
System and, because of the seller's repurchase obligation, may have remaining
maturities of longer than one year.
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Under certain circumstances, each of the Funds may (a) temporarily borrow
money from banks for emergency or extraordinary borrowings, (b) pledge its
assets to secure borrowings, (c) purchase securities of other investment
companies, (d) enter into repurchase agreements, and (e) purchase American
Depository Receipts (the Blue Chip Fund and Opportunity Fund only). A more
complete discussion of the circumstances in which each of the Funds may engage
in these activities is included in the Statement of Additional Information. The
investment objectives and, except as provided in the Statement of Additional
Information, other policies described under this caption are not fundamental
policies and may be changed without shareholder approval. Since each Fund's
investment objectives are not fundamental policies, they may be changed without
a vote of the applicable Fund's shareholders. Such changes may result in a Fund
having investment objectives different from the objectives which the shareholder
considered appropriate at the time of investment in such Fund.
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS
As a Maryland corporation, the business and affairs of the Company are
managed by its Board of Directors. Each of the Funds has entered into an
investment advisory agreement (the "Advisory Agreements") with the Adviser,
Reynolds Capital Management (Frederick L. Reynolds, sole proprietor), 80 East
Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Larkspur, California 94939. Under such Advisory
Agreements the Adviser furnishes continuous investment advisory services to each
of the Funds. The Adviser does not advise any other mutual funds, but does act
as the investment adviser to individuals and institutional clients with
investment portfolios aggregating as of December 31, 1997 in excess of
$100,000,000, including the Funds. The Adviser was organized in April, 1985. Mr.
Frederick L. Reynolds, the sole proprietor of the Adviser, had previously
managed portfolios of a registered investment company.
The Adviser supervises and manages the investment portfolio of each of the
Funds and, subject to such policies as the Board of Directors of the Company may
determine, directs the purchase or sale of investment securities in the day-to-
day management of the Funds. Under the Advisory Agreements, the Adviser, at its
own expense and without reimbursement from any of the Funds, furnishes office
space and all necessary office facilities, equipment and executive personnel for
managing the investments of each Fund, bears all sales and promotional expenses
of the Funds, other than expenses incurred in complying with laws regulating the
issue or sale of securities, and pays salaries and fees of all officers and
directors of the Company (except the fees paid to directors who are not
interested persons of the Adviser). For the foregoing, the Adviser receives from
the Blue Chip Fund a monthly fee of 1/12 of 1.0% (1.0% per annum) of such Fund's
daily net assets; from the Opportunity Fund a monthly fee of 1/12 of 1.0% (1.0%
per annum) of such Fund's daily net assets; from the Bond Fund a monthly fee of
1/12 of 0.75% (0.75% per annum) of such Fund's daily net assets; and from the
Money Market Fund a monthly fee of 1/12 of 0.5% (0.5% per annum) of such Fund's
daily net assets. The advisory fees paid by the Blue Chip Fund, the Opportunity
Fund, the Bond Fund and the Money Market Fund in the fiscal year ended September
30, 1997 were equal to 1.00%, 1.00%, 0.75% (0% after reimbursement) and 0.50%
(0% after reimbursement), respectively, of such Fund's average net assets. See
"FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS."
Frederick L. Reynolds, sole proprietor of the Adviser since he founded the
firm in 1985, is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of each
Fund's portfolio. He has held this responsibility since each Fund commenced
operations. Mr. Reynolds also has served as Chairman, President, Treasurer and a
Director of the Company since it was organized in April, 1988.
Each of the Funds also has entered into an administration agreement (the
"Administration Agreements") with Fiduciary Management, Inc. (the
"Administrator"), 225 East Mason Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. Under the
Administration Agreements the Administrator prepares and maintains the books,
accounts and other documents required by the Act, determines each Fund's net
asset value, responds to shareholder inquiries, prepares each Fund's financial
statements and tax returns, prepares certain reports and filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and with state Blue Sky authorities,
furnishes statistical and research data, clerical, accounting and bookkeeping
services and stationery and office supplies, keeps and maintains each Fund's
financial and accounting records and generally assists in all aspects of the
Funds' operations. The Administrator, at its own expense and without
reimbursement from any of the Funds, furnishes office space and all necessary
office facilities, equipment and executive personnel for performing the services
required to be performed by it under the Administration Agreements. For the
foregoing, the Administrator receives from the Blue Chip Fund and the
Opportunity Fund a monthly fee of 1/12 of 0.2% (0.2% per annum) on the first
$30,000,000 of the daily net assets of each of such Funds and 1/12 of 0.1% (0.1%
per annum) on the daily net assets of each of such Funds in excess of
$30,000,000; and from the Bond Fund and the Money Market Fund a monthly fee of
1/12 of 0.1% (0.1% per annum) on the daily net assets of each of such Funds.
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
The per share net asset value of each Fund is determined by dividing the
total value of such Fund's net assets (meaning its assets less its liabilities
excluding capital and surplus) by the total number of its shares outstanding at
that time. Except as otherwise noted below, each Fund's net asset value is
determined as of the close of regular trading (currently 4:00 p.m. Eastern time)
on the New York Stock Exchange on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open
for trading. This determination is applicable to all transactions in shares of
such Fund prior to that time and after the previous time as of which net asset
value was determined. Accordingly, purchase orders accepted or shares tendered
for redemption prior to the close of regular trading on a day the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading will be valued as of the close of trading, and
purchase orders accepted or shares tendered for redemption after that time will
be valued as of the close of the next trading day. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the net asset value of the Bond Fund and the Money Market Fund also
will not be determined on days when the Federal Reserve is closed.
In calculating the net asset value of the Blue Chip Fund, the Opportunity
Fund and the Bond Fund, portfolio securities traded on any national securities
exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market System will ordinarily be
valued on the basis of the last sale price on the date of valuation, or in the
absence of any sales on that date, the most recent bid price. Other securities
will generally be valued at the most recent bid price if market quotations are
readily available. Any securities for which there are no readily available
market quotations and other assets will be valued at their fair value as
determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors, except that debt
securities having maturities of less than 60 days may be valued using the
amortized cost method.
Securities held by the Money Market Fund are valued at amortized cost. Under
this method of valuation, a security is initially valued at its acquisition
cost, and thereafter, a constant amortization of any discount or premium is
assumed each day regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the
market value of the security. While this method provides certainty in valuation,
it may result in periods during which value, as determined by amortized cost, is
higher or lower than the price the Money Market Fund would receive if it sold
the instrument. The Money Market Fund attempts to maintain its per share net
asset value at $1.00. Under most conditions, the Adviser believes this will be
possible. Calculations are made periodically to compare the value of the Money
Market Fund's portfolio at amortized cost to current market values. In the event
the per share net asset value (calculated by reference to market value) should
deviate from $1.00 by l/2 of 1% or more, the Board of Directors will promptly
consider what action, if any, should be taken.
HOW TO PURCHASE SHARES
Shares of the Funds may be purchased directly from the Company. The price per
share of each Fund is its next determined per share net asset value after
receipt of an application in proper form. A purchase application is included in
the center of this Prospectus. Additional purchase applications may be obtained
from the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company has established $1,000
as the minimum initial purchase for each Fund ($100 for an initial purchase
through an employee benefit, profit sharing or retirement plan such as a 401(k)
Plan) and $100 as the minimum for any subsequent purchase (except for the
Automatic Investment Plan and through dividend reinvestment), which minimum
amounts are subject to change at any time. Shareholders of the Funds will be
advised at least 30 days in advance of any increases in such minimum amounts.
TO PURCHASE BY MAIL
Purchase applications should be mailed directly to Reynolds Funds, c/o
Firstar Trust Company, Mutual Fund Services, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53201-0701. The U.S. Postal Service is not an agent of the Funds. Therefore,
deposit in the mail does not constitute receipt by Firstar Trust Company or the
Funds. PLEASE DO NOT mail letters by overnight courier to the Post Office Box.
All applications must be accompanied by payment in the form of a check which
should be made payable to the full name of the Fund whose shares are being
purchased. All purchases must be made in U.S. dollars and checks must be drawn
on U.S. banks. No cash will be accepted. Firstar Trust Company will charge a $20
fee against a shareholder's account for any payment check returned to the
custodian. The shareholder will also be responsible for any losses suffered by
any Fund as a result. When a purchase is made by check (other than a cashiers or
certified check) and a redemption is made shortly thereafter, the Company may
delay the mailing of a redemption check until it is satisfied that the check has
cleared. (It will normally take up to 3 days to clear local personal or
corporate checks and up to 7 days to clear other personal and corporate checks.)
To avoid redemption delays, purchases may be made by cashiers or certified check
or by direct wire transfers. Note: Different forms are used for establishing
REYNOLDS FUNDS-SPONSORED Individual Retirement Accounts, defined contribution,
401(k) and 403(b)(7) plans. Please call Firstar Trust Company at 1-800-773-9665
or 1-414-765-4124 to obtain such forms.
TO PURCHASE BY OVERNIGHT OR EXPRESS MAIL
Purchase applications also may be sent by overnight or express mail. Please
use the following address to insure proper delivery: Reynolds Funds, c/o Firstar
Trust Company, Mutual Fund Services, 3rd Floor, 615 E. Michigan Street,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. The U.S. Postal Service and other independent
delivery services are not agents of the Fund. Therefore, deposit of purchase
applications with such services does not constitute receipt by Firstar Trust
Company or the Funds.
TO PURCHASE BY WIRE
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW ACCOUNT BY WIRE TRANSFER SHOULD BE PRECEDED BY A
TELEPHONE CALL TO FIRSTAR TRUST COMPANY AT 1-800-773-9665 OR 1-414-765-4124 IN
ORDER TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR THE SETTING UP OF THE ACCOUNT, OBTAIN A
CONFIRMATION NUMBER AND TO ENSURE PROMPT AND ACCURATE HANDLING OF FUNDS. THE
FUNDS AND THEIR TRANSFER AGENT ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF
DELAYS RESULTING FROM THE BANKING OR FEDERAL RESERVE WIRE SYSTEM, OR FROM
INCOMPLETE WIRING INSTRUCTIONS. A COMPLETED PURCHASE APPLICATION ALSO MUST BE
SENT TO REYNOLDS FUNDS AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE
INVESTMENT.
A purchase request for any of the Funds should be wired through the Federal
Reserve System as follows:
Firstar Bank Milwaukee, NA
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
ABA Number 0750-00022
For credit to Firstar Trust Company
Account Number 112-952-137
For further credit to: ---------------------------------------------------------
(Insert full name of appropriate Fund)
Shareholder name: --------------------------------------------------------------
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Shareholder account number:-----------------------------------------------------
TO MAKE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS
Shareholders of any Fund may add to their account at any time by purchasing
shares by mail ($100 minimum) or by wire ($500 minimum) according to the
aforementioned wiring instructions. Shareholders should notify Firstar Trust
Company at 1-800-773-9665 or 1-414-765-4124 prior to sending their wire. The
remittance form which is attached to a shareholder's individual account
statement should, if possible, accompany any investment made through the mail.
Every purchase request must include a shareholder's account registration number
in order to assure that funds are credited properly.
AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN
The Company offers an Automatic Investment Plan whereby a shareholder may
automatically make purchases of shares of any Reynolds Fund on a regular,
convenient basis ($50 minimum per transaction). Under the Automatic Investment
Plan, a shareholder's designated bank or other financial institution debits a
preauthorized amount on the shareholder's account on any date specified by the
shareholder each month or calendar quarter and applies the amount to the
purchase of the appropriate Reynolds Fund shares. If such date is a weekend or
holiday, such purchase shall be made on the next business day. The Automatic
Investment Plan must be implemented with a financial institution that is a
member of the Automated Clearing House ("ACH"). No service fee is currently
charged by the Company for participating in the Automatic Investment Plan. A $20
fee will be imposed by the transfer agent if sufficient funds are not available
in the shareholder's account at the time of the automatic transaction. An
application to establish the Automatic Investment Plan is included as part of
the purchase application. Shareholders may change the date or amount of
investments at any time by writing to or calling Firstar Trust Company at 1-800-
773-9665. In the event an investor discontinues participation in the Automatic
Investment Plan, the Company reserves the right to redeem the investor's account
involuntarily, upon 60 days' notice, if the account's value is $500 or less.
GENERAL INFORMATION
As no-load mutual funds, the Funds impose no sales commissions and,
therefore, the entire amount of an investment in any Fund is used to purchase
shares of such Fund. All shares purchased will be credited to the shareholder's
account and confirmed by a statement mailed to the shareholder's address. The
Company does not issue stock certificates for shares purchased. Applications are
subject to acceptance by the Company and are not binding until so accepted. The
Funds do not, except as indicated in the following sentence, accept telephone
orders for the purchase of shares, and they reserve the right to reject
applications in whole or in part. Investors may purchase shares of the Funds
through programs of services offered or administered by broker-dealers,
financial institutions or other service providers ("Processing Intermediaries").
Such Processing Intermediaries may become shareholders of record and may use
procedures and impose restrictions in addition to or different from those
applicable to shareholders who invest directly in the Funds. Certain services of
the Funds may not be available or may be modified in connection with the
programs provided by Processing Intermediaries. The Funds may accept requests to
purchase additional shares into an account in which the Processing Intermediary
is the shareholder of record only from the Processing Intermediary. Processing
Intermediaries may charge fees or assess other charges for the services they
provide to their customers. Any such fee or charge is retained by the Processing
Intermediary and is not remitted to the Funds or the Adviser. Additionally, the
Adviser and/or the Fund may pay fees to Processing Intermediaries to compensate
them for the services they provide. Program materials provided by the Processing
Intermediary should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus before investing
in this manner. Shares of the Funds may be purchased through Processing
Intermediaries without regard to the Funds' minimum purchase requirements.
Certain Processing Intermediaries that have entered into agreements with the
Funds may enter purchase orders by telephone, with payment to follow the next
business day as specified in the agreement. The Funds may effect such purchase
orders at the net asset value next determined after receipt of the telephone
purchase order. It is the responsibility of the Processing Intermediary to place
the order with the Funds on a timely basis. If payment is not received within
the time period specified in the agreement, the Processing Intermediary could be
held liable for any resulting fees or losses.
HOW TO REDEEM SHARES
Investors who purchase shares directly from any Fund may redeem all or part
of their shares in accordance with any of the procedures described below.
REGULAR REDEMPTION
A shareholder may require the Company to redeem his shares of any Fund in
whole or part at any time during normal business hours. Redemption requests must
be made in writing and directed to Reynolds Funds, c/o Firstar Trust Company,
Mutual Fund Services, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0701. The U.S.
Postal Service and other independent delivery services are not agents of the
Funds. Therefore, deposit of redemption requests in the mail or with such
delivery services does not constitute receipt by Firstar Trust Company or the
Funds. Please DO NOT MAIL LETTERS BY OVERNIGHT COURIER TO THE POST OFFICE BOX
ADDRESS. Redemption requests sent by overnight or express mail should be
directed to Reynolds Funds, c/o Firstar Trust Company, Mutual Fund Services, 3rd
Floor, 615 E. Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. If a redemption
request is inadvertently sent to the Company at its corporate address, it will
be forwarded to Firstar Trust Company, and the effective date of redemption will
be delayed until the request is received by Firstar Trust Company. Requests for
redemption by telephone or telegram cannot be honored by the Blue Chip Fund, the
Opportunity Fund or the Bond Fund, and requests which are subject to any special
conditions or which specify an effective date other than as provided herein
cannot be honored by any Fund.
Redemption requests should specify the name of the appropriate Fund, the
number of shares or dollar amount to be redeemed, shareholder's name, account
number, and the additional requirements listed below that apply to the
particular account.
TYPE OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
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Individual, Joint Ten- Redemption request signed
ants, Sole Proprietor, by all person(s) required to
Custodial (Uniform sign for the account, exact-
Gift to Minors Act), ly as it is registered.
General Partners
Corporations, Redemption request and a
Associations corporate resolution,
signed by person(s)
required to sign for the
account, accompanied
by signature guarantee(s).
Trusts Redemption request signed
by the Trustee(s) with a
signature guarantee. (If the
Trustee's name is not
registered on the account,
a copy of the trust docu-
ment certified within the
last sixty (60) days is also
required.)
Redemption requests from shareholders in an Individual Retirement Account
must include instructions regarding federal income tax withholding. Unless
otherwise indicated, these redemptions, as well as redemptions of other
retirement plans not involving a direct rollover to an eligible plan, will be
subject to federal income tax withholding. If a shareholder is not included in
any of the above registration categories (e.g., executors, administrators,
conservators or guardians), the shareholder should call the transfer agent,
Firstar Trust Company, at 1-800-773-9665 or 1-414-765-4124 for further
instructions.
Signatures need not be guaranteed unless otherwise indicated above, the
redemption request exceeds $25,000, or the proceeds of the redemption are
requested to be sent by wire transfer, to a person other than the registered
holder or holders of the shares to be redeemed, or to be mailed to other than
the address of record, in which cases each signature on the redemption request
must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company in the United States, a
member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or other eligible guarantor
institution. Redemptions will not be effective or complete until all of the
foregoing conditions, including receipt of all required documentation by Firstar
Trust Company in its capacity as transfer agent, have been satisfied.
TELEPHONE REDEMPTION
Shareholders may redeem shares of the Funds by telephone. To redeem shares by
telephone, an investor must check the appropriate box on the purchase
application. Once this feature has been requested, shares may be redeemed by
phoning Firstar Trust Company at 1-800-773-9665 or 1-414-765-4124 and giving the
account name, account number and amount of redemption. Proceeds redeemed by
telephone will be mailed, wired or sent via Electronic Funds Transfer ("EFT")
only to an investor's address or bank of record as shown on the records of the
transfer agent. (Transfers via EFT generally take up to 3 business days to reach
the investor's bank account.) Telephone redemptions must be in amounts of $1,000
or more.
If an investor redeems shares of a Fund by telephone and requests wire
payment, payment of the redemption proceeds will normally be made in federal
funds on the next business day. As stated above, the transfer agent will wire
redemption proceeds only to the bank and account designated on the purchase
application or in written instructions subsequently received by the transfer
agent, and only if the investor's bank is a commercial bank located within the
United States. The transfer agent currently charges a $12.00 fee for each
payment made by wire of redemption proceeds, which will be deducted from the
shareholder's account.
If an investor redeems shares of a Fund by telephone and requests EFT, money
will be automatically moved from the investor's Fund account to the investor's
bank account according to the bank and account designated on the purchase
application or in written instructions subsequently received by the transfer
agent. Transfers via EFT generally take up to 3 business days to reach your bank
account. There is not a charge for a payment made via EFT.
In order to arrange for telephone redemptions after a Fund account has been
opened or to change the bank, account or address designated to receive
redemption proceeds, a written request must be sent to Firstar Trust Company at
the address listed above under "Regular Redemption." The request must be signed
by each shareholder of the account with the signatures guaranteed as described
above. Further documentation may be requested from corporations, executors,
administrators, trustees and guardians.
The Funds reserve the right to refuse a telephone redemption if they believe
it is advisable to do so. Procedures for redeeming shares of the Funds by
telephone may be modified or terminated by the Funds at any time. Neither the
Funds nor their transfer agent will be liable for following instructions for
telephone redemption transactions that they reasonably believe to be genuine,
provided reasonable procedures are used to confirm the genuineness of the
telephone instructions, but may be liable for unauthorized transactions if they
fail to follow such procedures. These procedures include requiring some form of
personal identification prior to acting upon the telephone instructions and
recording all telephone calls.
During periods of substantial economic or market change, telephone
redemptions may be difficult to implement. If an investor is unable to contact
the transfer agent by telephone, shares of the Funds may also be redeemed by
delivering the redemption request to the transfer agent in person or by mail as
described above under "Regular Redemption."
CHECKWRITING
An investor may request on the purchase application that the Money Market
Fund provide redemption checks drawn on the Money Market Fund. Checks may be in
amounts of $500 or more. There is no charge for this privilege. The shares
redeemed by check will continue earning dividends until the check clears. Checks
will not be returned. Checks are supplied free of charge and additional checks
will be sent to the shareholder upon request. In order to establish this
checkwriting option after an account has been opened, the shareholder must send
a written request to the Reynolds Money Market Fund. This request must be signed
by each shareholder whose name appears on the account. Shareholders may place
stop payment requests on checks by calling the Money Market Fund at 1-800-773-
9665. A $20 fee will be charged for each stop payment request. If there are
insufficient shares in the shareholder's account to cover the amount of the
redemption by check, the check will be returned marked "insufficient funds," and
a fee of $20 will be charged to the shareholder's account. Because dividends on
the Money Market Fund accrue daily, checks may not be used to close an account,
as a small balance is likely to result. The checkwriting option is not available
to shareholders of the Blue Chip Fund, the Opportunity Fund or the Bond Fund.
OTHER REDEMPTION INFORMATION
The redemption price per share for each Fund is the next determined net asset
value per share for such Fund after receipt by Firstar Trust Company in its
capacity as transfer agent of the written request in proper form with all
required documentation. The amount received will depend on the market value of
the investments in the appropriate Fund's portfolio at the time of determination
of net asset value, and may be more or less than the cost of the shares
redeemed. Proceeds for shares redeemed will be mailed, wired or forwarded via
EFT to the holder typically within one or two days, but no later than the
seventh day after receipt of the redemption request in proper form and of all
required documentation except as indicated in "HOW TO PURCHASE SHARES" for
certain redemptions of shares purchased by check. Wire transfers may be arranged
through Firstar Trust Company, which will assess a nominal wiring charge
(currently $12.00, but subject to change without notice) directly against the
investor's account. Redemptions via EFT generally will take up to 3 business
days to reach the investor's bank account.
The Company reserves the right to redeem the shares held in any account if at
the time of any transfer or redemption of shares in the account, the value of
the remaining shares in the account falls below $500. Shareholders of any Fund
will be notified in writing when the value of the account is less than the
minimum and allowed at least 60 days to make an additional investment in such
Fund. The receipt of proceeds from the redemption of shares held in an
Individual Retirement Account will constitute a taxable distribution of benefits
from the IRA unless a qualifying rollover contribution is made. Involuntary
redemptions will not be made because the value of shares in an account falls
below $500 solely because of a decline in such Fund's net asset value.
The right to redeem shares of any Fund will be suspended for any period
during which the New York Stock Exchange is closed because of financial
conditions or any other extraordinary reason and may be suspended for any period
during which (a) trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted pursuant
to rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, (b) the
Securities and Exchange Commission has by order permitted such suspension or (c)
an emergency, as defined by rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, exists as a result of which it is not reasonably practicable for the
Company to dispose of such Fund's securities or fairly to determine the value of
its net assets.
EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE
The Company generally permits shareholders to exchange shares of one of the
Reynolds Funds for shares of any other. A written request to exchange shares of
one Reynolds Fund for shares of another may be made at no cost to the
shareholder. Signatures required are the same as previously explained under "HOW
TO REDEEM SHARES." A shareholder wishing to use the telephone exchange
privilege must check the appropriate box on the purchase application. The
telephone exchange option may also be added to an existing account by submitting
the request in writing to Reynolds Funds, c/o Firstar Trust Company, Mutual Fund
Services, 3rd Floor, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0701. Exchange
requests should be directed to Firstar Trust Company at 1-800-773-9665 or 1-414-
765-4124. In order to request an exchange by telephone, an investor must give
the account name, account number and the amount or number of shares to be
exchanged.
Procedures for telephone exchanges may be modified or terminated at any time
by the Company or its transfer agent. Neither the Company nor its transfer agent
will be liable for following instructions for telephone exchanges that they
reasonably believe to be genuine, provided reasonable procedures are used to
confirm the genuineness of the telephone instructions, but may be liable for
unauthorized transactions if they fail to follow such procedures. These
procedures include requiring some form of personal identification prior to
acting upon the telephone instructions and recording all telephone calls.
During periods of significant economic or market change, telephone exchanges may
be difficult to implement. If an investor is unable to contact Firstar Trust
Company by telephone, an investor may also deliver the exchange request by mail
at the address listed above.
There is currently no limitation on the number of exchanges a shareholder may
make. However, shares subject to an exchange must have a current value of at
least $1,000. Furthermore, in establishing a new account in another Reynolds
Fund through this privilege, the exchanged shares must have a value at least
equal to the minimum investment required by the Fund into which the exchange is
being made. A completed purchase application also must be sent to Reynolds Funds
at the above address immediately after establishing a new account through this
privilege.
The exchange privilege is available only in states where the exchange may be
legally made. Exchange requests may be subject to other limitations, including
those relating to frequency, that may be established from time to time to ensure
that the exchanges do not disadvantage any Fund or its shareholders.
Shareholders will be notified at least 60 days in advance of any changes in such
limitations and may obtain the terms of any such limitations by writing to
Reynolds Funds, c/o Firstar Trust Company, Mutual Fund Services, 3rd Floor, P.O.
Box 701, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0701. No exchange fee is currently imposed
by the Company on exchanges; however, the Company reserves the right to impose
a service charge in the future.
An exchange involves a redemption of all or a portion of the shares in one
Fund and the investment of the redemption proceeds in shares of another Fund and
is subject to any applicable adjustments in connection with such redemption and
investment. The redemption will be made at the per share net asset value of the
shares to be redeemed next determined after the exchange request is received as
described above. The shares of the Fund to be acquired will be purchased
(subject to any applicable adjustment) at the per share net asset value of those
shares next determined coincident with or after the time of redemption.
Investors may find the exchange privilege useful if their investment
objectives should change after they invest in the Reynolds Funds. For federal
income tax purposes, an exchange of shares (except an exchange from the Money
Market Fund to another Reynolds Fund) is a taxable event and, accordingly, a
capital gain or loss may be realized by an investor. Before making an exchange
request, an investor should consult a tax or other financial adviser to
determine the tax consequences of a particular exchange.
ADDITIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
Shareholders of any Fund may elect to have all income dividends and capital
gains distributions reinvested or paid in cash, or to have income dividends
reinvested and capital gains distributions paid in cash or capital gains
distributions reinvested and income dividends paid in cash. Shareholders having
dividends and/or capital gains distributions paid in cash may choose to have
such amounts mailed or forwarded via EFT. Transfers via EFT generally will take
up to 3 business days to reach the shareholder's bank account. See the purchase
application included in the center of this Prospectus for further information.
If the shareholder does not specify an election, all income dividends and
capital gains distributions will automatically be reinvested in full and
fractional shares of the appropriate Fund, calculated to the nearest 1,000th of
a share. With respect to the Blue Chip Fund and the Opportunity Fund, shares are
purchased at the net asset value in effect on the business day after the
dividend record date and are credited to the shareholder's account on such date.
With respect to the Bond Fund and the Money Market Fund, shares are purchased at
the net asset value in effect on the dividend payment date and are credited to
the shareholder's account on such date. As in the case of normal purchases,
stock certificates will not be issued. Shareholders will be advised of the
number of shares purchased and the price following each reinvestment. An
election to reinvest or receive dividends and/or distributions in cash will
apply to all shares of a Fund registered in the same name, including those
previously purchased. See "DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES" for tax
consequence.
A shareholder may change an election at any time by notifying the appropriate
Fund in writing or, subject to certain limited exceptions, by calling Firstar
Trust Company at 1-800-773-9665. If such a notice is received between a dividend
declaration date and payment date, it will become effective on the day following
the payment date. The Funds may modify or terminate the dividend reinvestment
program at any time on 30 days' notice to participants.
SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN
To accommodate the current cash needs of investors, the Funds offer a
Systematic Withdrawal Plan, pursuant to which a shareholder who owns shares of
any Fund worth at least $10,000 at current net asset value may provide that a
fixed sum will be distributed to him at regular intervals. In electing to
participate in the Systematic Withdrawal Plan, investors should realize that
within any given period the appreciation of their investment in a particular
Fund may not be as great as the amount withdrawn. A shareholder may vary the
amount or frequency of withdrawal payments or temporarily discontinue them by
notifying Firstar Trust Company in writing or by telephone at 1-800-773-9665 or
1-414-765-4124. A more complete discussion of the Systematic Withdrawal Plan is
included in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information. The Systematic
Withdrawal Plan does not apply to shares of any Fund held in Individual
Retirement Accounts or defined contribution retirement plans. An application for
participation in the Systematic Withdrawal Plan is included as part of the
purchase application.
SYSTEMATIC EXCHANGE PLAN
The Company offers a Systematic Exchange Plan whereby a shareholder may
automatically exchange shares (in increments of $100 or more) of one Reynolds
Fund into another on any day, either monthly or quarterly, the shareholder
chooses. If that day is a weekend or holiday, such exchange will be made on the
next business day. An application to establish the Systematic Exchange Plan is
included as part of the purchase application. In order to participate, a
shareholder must meet the minimum initial investment requirement for the
receiving Fund. No service fee is currently charged by the Company for
participating in the Systematic Exchange Plan; however, the Company reserves the
right to impose a service charge in the future.
The Systematic Exchange Plan is available only in states where the desired
exchanges may be legally made. For federal income tax purposes, each exchange of
shares (except an exchange from the Money Market Fund to another Reynolds Fund)
is a taxable event and, accordingly, a capital gain or loss may be realized by
an investor. Before participating in the Systematic Exchange Plan, an investor
should consult a tax or other financial adviser to determine the tax
consequences of participation.
RETIREMENT PLANS
Each of the Funds offers the following retirement plans that may be funded
with purchases of shares of such Fund and may allow investors to shelter some of
their income from taxes:
INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
Individual shareholders may establish their own tax-sheltered Individual
Retirement Accounts ("IRA"). Each of the Funds currently offers three types of
IRAs that can be adopted by executing the appropriate Internal Revenue Service
("IRS") Form.
Traditional IRA. In a Traditional IRA, amounts contributed to the IRA may be
tax deductible at the time of contribution depending on whether the shareholder
is an "active participant" in an employer-sponsored retirement plan and the
shareholder's income. Distributions from a Traditional IRA will be taxed at
distribution except to the extent that the distribution represents a return of
the shareholder's own contributions for which the shareholder did not claim (or
was not eligible to claim) a deduction. Distributions prior to age 59-1/2 may be
subject to an additional 10% tax applicable to certain premature distributions.
Distributions must commence by April 1 following the calendar year in which the
shareholder attains age 70-1/2. Failure to begin distributions by this date (or
distributions that do not equal certain minimum thresholds) may result in
adverse tax consequences.
Roth IRA. In a Roth IRA (sometimes known as American Dream IRA), amounts
contributed to the IRA are taxed at the time of contribution, but distributions
from the IRA are not subject to tax if the shareholder has held the IRA for
certain minimum periods of time (generally, until age 59-1/2). Shareholders
whose incomes exceed certain limits are ineligible to contribute to a Roth IRA.
Distributions that do not satisfy the requirements for tax-free withdrawal are
subject to income taxes (and possibly penalty taxes) to the extent that the
distribution exceeds the shareholder's contributions to the IRA. The minimum
distribution rules applicable to Traditional IRAs do not apply during the
lifetime of the shareholder. Following the death of the shareholder, certain
minimum distribution rules apply.
For Traditional and Roth IRAs, the maximum annual contribution generally is
equal to the lesser of $2,000 or 100% of the shareholder's compensation (earned
income). An individual may also contribute to a Traditional IRA or Roth IRA on
behalf of his or her spouse provided that the individual has sufficient
compensation (earned income). Contributions to a Traditional IRA reduce the
allowable contribution under a Roth IRA, and contributions to a Roth IRA reduce
the allowable contribution to a Traditional IRA.
Education IRA. In an Education IRA, contributions are made to an IRA
maintained on behalf of a beneficiary under age 18. The maximum annual
contribution is $500 per beneficiary. The contributions are not tax deductible
when made. However, if amounts are used for certain educational purposes,
neither the contributor nor the beneficiary of the IRA are taxed upon
distribution. The beneficiary is subject to income (and possibly penalty taxes)
on amounts withdrawn from an Education IRA that are not used for qualified
educational purposes. Shareholders whose income exceeds certain limits are
ineligible to contribute to an Education IRA.
Under current IRS regulations, an IRA applicant must be furnished a
disclosure statement containing information specified by the IRS. The applicant
generally has the right to revoke his account within seven days after receiving
the disclosure statement and obtain a full refund of his contributions. The
custodian may, in its discretion, hold the initial contribution uninvested until
the expiration of the seven-day revocation period. The custodian does not
anticipate that it will exercise its discretion but reserves the right to do so.
SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION PLAN
A Traditional IRA may also be used in conjunction with a Simplified Employee
Pension Plan ("SEP-IRA"). A SEP-IRA is established through execution of Form
5305-SEP together with a Traditional IRA established for each eligible employee.
Generally, a SEP-IRA allows an employer (including a self-employed individual)
to purchase shares with tax deductible contributions, which may not exceed
annually for any one participant 15% of compensation (disregarding for this
purpose compensation in excess of $160,000 per year). The $160,000 compensation
limit applies for 1998 and is adjusted periodically for cost of living
increases. A number of special rules apply to SEP Plans, including a requirement
that contributions generally be made on behalf of all employees of the employer
(including for this purpose a sole proprietorship or partnership) who satisfy
certain minimum participation requirements.
SIMPLE IRA
An IRA may also be used in connection with a SIMPLE Plan established by the
shareholder's employer (or by a self-employed individual). When this is done,
the IRA is known as a SIMPLE IRA, although it is similar to a Traditional IRA
with the exceptions described below. Under a SIMPLE Plan, the shareholder may
elect to have his or her employer make salary reduction contributions of up to
$6,000 per year to the SIMPLE IRA. The $6,000 limit applies for 1998 and is
adjusted periodically for cost of living increases. In addition, the employer
will contribute certain amounts to the shareholder's SIMPLE IRA, either as a
matching contribution to those participants who make salary reduction
contributions or as a non-elective contribution to all eligible participants
whether or not making salary reduction contributions. A number of special rules
apply to SIMPLE Plans, including (1) a SIMPLE Plan generally is available only
to employers with fewer than 100 employees; (2) contributions must be made on
behalf of all employees of the employer (other than bargaining unit employees)
who satisfy certain minimum participation requirements; (3) contributions are
made to a special SIMPLE IRA that is separate and apart from the other IRAs of
employees; (4) the distribution excise tax (if otherwise applicable) is
increased to 25% on withdrawals during the first two years of participation in a
SIMPLE IRA; and (5) amounts withdrawn during the first two years of
participation may be rolled over tax-free only into another SIMPLE IRA (and not
to a Traditional IRA or to a Roth IRA). A SIMPLE IRA is established by executing
Form 5304-SIMPLE together with an IRA established for each eligible employee.
403(b)(7) CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
A 403(b)(7) Custodial Account is available for use in conjunction with the
403(b)(7) program established by certain educational organizations and other
organizations that are exempt from tax under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code as amended (the "Code"). Amounts contributed to the custodial account in
accordance with the employer's 403(b)(7) program will be invested on a tax-
deductible basis in shares of any Fund. Various contribution limits apply with
respect to 403(b)(7) arrangements.
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN (401(k))
A prototype defined contribution plan is available for employers who wish to
purchase shares of any Fund with tax deductible contributions. The plan consists
of both profit sharing and money purchase pension components. The profit sharing
component includes a Section 401(k) cash or deferred arrangement for employers
who wish to allow eligible employees to elect to reduce their compensation and
have such amounts contributed to the plan. The limit on employee salary
reduction contributions is $10,000 annually (as adjusted for cost-of-living
increases) although lower limits may apply as a result of non-discrimination
requirements incorporated into the plan. The Company has received an opinion
letter from the IRS holding that the form of the prototype defined contribution
retirement plan is acceptable under Section 401 of the Code. The maximum annual
contribution that may be allocated to the account of any participant is
generally the lesser of $30,000 or 25% of compensation (earned income).
Compensation in excess of $160,000 (as periodically indexed for cost-of-living
increases) is disregarded for this purpose. The maximum amount that is
deductible by the employer depends upon whether the employer adopts both the
profit sharing and money purchase components of the plan, or only one component.
RETIREMENT PLAN FEES
Firstar Trust Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serves as trustee or custodian
of the retirement plans. Firstar invests all cash contributions, dividends and
capital gains distributions in shares of the appropriate Fund. For such
services, the following fees are charged against the accounts of participants;
$12.50 annual maintenance fee per participant account ($25.00 maximum per tax
payer identification number); $15 for transferring to a successor trustee or
custodian; $15 for distribution(s) to a participant; and $15 for refunding any
contribution in excess of the deductible limit. Firstar Trust Company's fee
schedule may be changed upon written notice.
Requests for information and forms concerning the retirement plans should be
directed to the Company. Because a retirement program may involve commitments
covering future years, it is important that the investment objective of the
Funds be consistent with the participant's retirement objectives. Premature
withdrawal from a retirement plan will result in adverse tax consequences.
Consultation with a competent financial and tax adviser regarding the retirement
plans is recommended.
DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
Each of the Funds will endeavor to qualify annually for and elect tax
treatment applicable to a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the
Code. Pursuant to the qualification requirements of Subchapter M, each Fund
intends normally to distribute substantially all of its net investment income
and net realized capital gains, if any, less any available capital loss
carryover, to its shareholders annually so as to avoid paying income tax on its
net investment income and net realized capital gains or being subject to a
federal excise tax on undistributed net investment income and net realized
capital gains. For federal income tax purposes, distributions by a Fund, whether
invested in additional shares of Common Stock or received in cash, will be
taxable to such Fund's shareholders except those shareholders that are not
subject to tax on their income. Shareholders will be notified annually as to the
federal tax status of dividends and distributions. Distributions and redemptions
may also be taxed under state and local tax laws which may differ from the Code.
SHAREHOLDER REPORTS
Shareholders of each Fund will be provided at least semiannually with a
report showing such Fund's portfolio and other information. After the close of
the Company's fiscal year, which ends September 30, each Fund will provide its
shareholders with an annual report containing audited financial statements. An
individual account statement will be sent to shareholders by Firstar Trust
Company after each purchase, including reinvestment of dividends, or redemption
of shares of any Fund. Each shareholder will also receive an annual statement
after the end of the calendar year listing all transactions in shares of the
Funds during such year.
Shareholder who have questions about their respective accounts should call
Firstar Trust Company at 1-800-773-9665 or 1-414-765-4124. Investors who have
general questions about the Funds or desire additional information should write
to Reynolds Funds, Wood Island, Third Floor, 80 East Sir Francis Drake
Boulevard, Larkspur, California 94939, Attention: Corporate Secretary, or call
1-415-461-7860.
BROKERAGE TRANSACTIONS
The Advisory Agreements authorize the Adviser to select the brokers or
dealers that will execute the purchases and sales of the Funds' portfolio
securities. In placing purchase and sale orders for the Funds, it is the policy
of the Adviser to seek the best execution of orders at the most favorable price
in light of the overall quality of brokerage and research services provided.
The Advisory Agreements permit the Adviser to pay a broker which provides
brokerage and research services to the Adviser a commission for effecting
securities transactions in excess of the amount another broker would have
charged for executing the transaction, provided the Adviser believes this to be
in the best interests of the applicable Fund. The Blue Chip Fund, the
Opportunity Fund and the Bond Fund may place portfolio orders with broker-
dealers who recommend the purchase of their shares to clients, if the Adviser
believes the commissions and transaction quality are comparable to that
available from other brokers, and may allocate portfolio brokerage on that
basis.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE
COMPANY AND THE FUNDS
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS
The Company's authorized capital consists of 20,000,000 Reynolds Blue Chip
Growth Fund shares, 20,000,000 Reynolds Opportunity Fund shares, 20,000,000
Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund shares and 500,000,000 Reynolds Money Market
Fund shares. Each share outstanding entitles the holder to one vote. Generally
shares are voted in the aggregate and not by each Fund, except where class
voting by each Fund is required by Maryland law or the Act (e.g. change in
investment policy or approval of an investment advisory agreement).
The shares of each Fund have the same preferences, limitations and rights,
except that all consideration received from the sale of shares of each Fund,
together with all income, earnings, profits and proceeds thereof, belong to that
Fund and are charged with the liabilities in respect of that Fund and of that
Fund's share of the general liabilities of the Company in the proportion that
the total net assets of the Fund bears to the total net assets of all the Funds.
The net asset value per share of each Fund is based on the assets belonging to
that Fund less the liabilities charged to that Fund, and dividends are paid on
shares of each Fund only out of lawfully available assets belonging to that
Fund. In the event of liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the
shareholders of each Fund will be entitled, out of the assets of the Company
available for distribution, to the assets belonging to such Fund.
There are no conversion or sinking fund provisions applicable to the shares
of any Fund, and the holders have no preemptive rights and may not cumulate
their votes in the election of directors. Consequently the holders of more than
50% of the Company's shares voting for the election of directors can elect the
entire Board of Directors, and in such event, the holders of the remaining
shares voting for the election of directors will not be able to elect any person
or persons to the Board of Directors. The Maryland General Corporation Law
permits registered investment companies, such as the Company, to operate without
an annual meeting of shareholders under specified circumstances if an annual
meeting is not required by the Act. The Company has adopted the appropriate
provisions in its Bylaws and does not anticipate holding an annual meeting in
any year in which the election of directors is not required to be acted on by
shareholders under the Act. The Company also has adopted provisions in its
Bylaws for the removal of directors by its shareholders.
The shares of each Fund are redeemable and are transferable. All shares
issued and sold by the Company will be fully paid and nonassessable. Fractional
shares of each Fund entitle the holder to the same rights as whole shares of
such Fund.
The Company will not issue certificates evidencing the Funds' shares. Each
shareholder's account will be credited with the number of shares purchased,
relieving such shareholder of responsibility for safekeeping of certificates and
the need to deliver them upon redemption. Written confirmations are issued for
all purchases of shares of the Funds.
CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER AND DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT
Firstar Trust Company, 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202,
is the custodian for all securities and cash of the Funds and serves as the
Company's transfer and dividend disbursing agent.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Each of the Funds (except the Money Market Fund) may provide from time to
time in advertisements, reports to shareholders and other communications with
shareholders its average annual compounded rate of return. An average annual
compounded rate of return refers to the rate of return which, if applied to an
initial investment at the beginning of a stated period and compounded over the
period, would result in the redeemable value of the investment at the end of the
stated period assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and
reflecting the effect of all recurring fees. An investor's principal in any of
such Funds and such Fund's return are not guaranteed and will fluctuate
according to market conditions.
The Bond Fund and the Money Market Fund may provide yield data from time to
time in advertisements, reports to shareholders and other communications with
shareholders. The yield of the Bond Fund is determined by dividing such Fund's
net investment income for a 30-day (or one month) period by the average number
of Bond Fund shares outstanding during the period, and expressing the result as
a percentage of the Fund's share price on the last day of the 30-day (or one
month) period. This percentage is then annualized. Capital gains and losses are
not included in the yield calculation.
The Money Market Fund may quote its current and effective yields. The
"current yield" of the Money Market Fund refers to the income generated by an
investment in the Money Market Fund over a seven-day period. This income is then
"annualized." That is, the amount of income generated by the investment during
that week is assumed to be generated each week over a 52-week period and is
shown as a percentage of the investment. The "effective yield" is calculated
similarly but, when annualized, the income earned by an investment in the Money
Market Fund is assumed to be reinvested. The "effective yield" will be slightly
higher than the "current yield" because of the compounding effect of this
assumed reinvestment.
The yield of either the Bond Fund or the Money Market Fund will be affected
if such Fund experiences a net inflow of new money which is invested at interest
rates different from those being earned on its then-current investments. An
investor's principal in either the Bond Fund or the Money Market Fund and such
Fund's return are not guaranteed. Yield information may be useful in reviewing
the performance of both the Bond Fund and the Money Market Fund and for
providing a basis for comparison with other investment alternatives. However,
since net investment income of each of such Funds changes in response to
fluctuations in interest rates and such Fund's expenses, any given yield
quotation should not be considered representative of the applicable Fund's yield
for any future period. An investor should also be aware that there are
differences in investment other than yield.
Each of the Funds (except the Money Market Fund) may compare its performance
to other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and to the industry as
a whole, as reported by Lipper Analytical Services, Inc., Money, Forbes,
Business Week and Barron's magazines and The Wall Street Journal. (Lipper
Analytical Services, Inc. is an independent rating service that ranks over 1,000
mutual funds based upon total return performance.) Each of such Funds may also
compare its performance to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite
Index, Nasdaq Industrials Index, Value Line Composite Index, the Standard &
Poor's 500 Stock Index and the Consumer Price Index. Such comparisons may be
made in advertisements, shareholder reports or other communications to
shareholders.
The Money Market Fund may compare its performance to the following income
producing alternatives: (i) money market funds (based on yields cited by
Donoghue's Money Fund Report and Lipper Analytical Services, Inc.); (ii) various
bank products (based on average rates of bank and thrift institution
certificates of deposit, money market deposit accounts and N.O.W. accounts as
reported by the Bank Rate Monitor); and (iii) United States Treasury Bills or
Notes. There are differences between these income producing alternatives and the
Money Market Fund other than their yields. Money market deposit accounts and
N.O.W. accounts are offered by banks and thrift institutions. Although their
yields will fluctuate, principal will not fluctuate and is insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. N.O.W. accounts generally offer unlimited
checking (no minimum per check) and money market deposit accounts generally
limit the number of checks that may be written. Bank passbook savings accounts
normally offer a fixed rate of interest and their principal and interest are
also guaranteed and insured. Bank certificates of deposit offer fixed or
variable rates for a set term. Principal and fixed rates are guaranteed and
insured. There is no fluctuation in principal value. Withdrawal of these
deposits prior to maturity will normally be subject to penalty.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION OF PERFORMANCE OF THE FUNDS
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND
The Blue Chip Fund's performance was positively affected in the fiscal year
ended September 30, 1997 by the strong earnings growth of many of the stocks in
its portfolio and by the market leadership of high quality growth companies. The
Blue Chip Fund was also positively affected by the continuing economic recovery
and by declining inflation and interest rates.
COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 INVESTMENT IN
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND AND S&P 500 INDEX(1)<F21>
Reynolds Blue Chip
date Growth Fund S&P 500 Index
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8/12/88*<F20> $10,000 $10,000
9/30/88 $10,060 $10,610
9/30/89 $12,062 $14,079
9/30/90 $11,459 $12,770
9/30/91 $14,541 $16,780
9/30/92 $15,705 $18,642
9/30/93 $14,998 $21,066
9/30/94 $15,388 $21,824
9/30/95 $20,820 $28,328
9/30/96 $24,588 $34,107
9/30/97 $35,210 $47,988
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN
1-YEAR 43.2%
5-YEAR 17.5%
Since Inception 8/12/88 14.8%
*<F20>August 12, 1988 inception date.
Past performance is not predictive of future performance.
(1)<F21>The Standard & Poor's 500 Index consists of 500 selected common stocks,
most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Standard & Poor's
Ratings Group designates the stocks to be included in the Index on a statistical
basis. A particular stock's weighting in the Index is based on its relative
total market value (i.e., its market price per share times the number of shares
outstanding). Stocks may be added or deleted from the Index from time to time.
REYNOLDS OPPORTUNITY FUND
The Opportunity Fund's performance was positively affected by the strong
earnings growth of many of the stocks in its portfolio in its fiscal year ended
September 30, 1997. The Opportunity Fund was also positively affected by the
market leadership of high quality growth companies. In addition, the Opportunity
Fund was positively affected by the continuing economic recovery and by
declining inflation and interest rates.
COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 INVESTMENT IN
REYNOLDS OPPORTUNITY FUND AND S&P 500 INDEX(1)<F23>
date Reynolds Opportunity Fund S&P 500 Index
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1/30/92*<F22> $10,000 $10,000
9/30/92 $8,850 $10,270
9/30/93 $9,779 $11,605
9/30/94 $10,092 $12,023
9/30/95 $14,169 $15,606
9/30/96 $15,643 $18,789
9/30/97 $19,491 $26,436
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN
1-YEAR 24.6%
Since Inception 1/30/92 12.5%
*<F22>inception date
Past performance is not predictive of future performance.
(1)<F23>The Standard & Poor's 500 Index consists of 500 selected common stocks,
most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Standard & Poor's
Ratings Group designates the stocks to be included in the Index on a statistical
basis. A particular stock's weighting in the Index is based on its relative
total market value (i.e., its market price per share times the number of shares
outstanding). Stocks may be added or deleted from the Index from time to time.
REYNOLDS U.S. GOVERNMENT BOND FUND
Moderate economic growth accompanied by declining inflation and interest
rates were the main factors contributing to the Bond Fund's performance in the
fiscal year ended September 30, 1997. The Bond Fund's portfolio of U.S.
Government securities had a dollar weighted average maturity of 1.9 years on
September 30, 1997, which was toward the shorter end of the 1-10 year average
maturity stated in the Prospectus as the Bond Fund's expected average maturity.
COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 INVESTMENT IN
REYNOLDS U.S. GOVERNMENT BOND FUND AND LEHMAN GOVERNMENT BOND INDEX(1)<F25>
Reynolds U.S. Government Lehman Government
date Bond Fund Bond Index
- ---- ------------------------ ----------------
1/30/92*<F24> $10,000 $10,000
9/30/92 10,688 10,890
9/30/93 11,679 12,088
9/30/94 11,032 11,604
9/30/95 11,961 13,183
9/30/96 12,498 13,763
9/30/97 13,211 15,029
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN
1-YEAR 5.7%
Since Inception 1/30/92 5.0%
*<F24>inception date
Past perforamnce is not predictive of future performance.
(1)<F25>The Lehman Government Bond Index is made up of the Treasury Bond Index
(all public obligations at the U.S. Treasury, excluding flower bonds and
foreign-targeted issues) and the Agency Bond Index (all publicly issued debt of
U.S. Government agencies and quasi-federal corporations, and corporate debt
guaranteed by the U.S. Government). All issues have at least one year to
maturity and an outstanding par value of at least $100 million.
REYNOLDS FUNDS
Wood Island, Third Floor
80 East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
Larkspur, California 94939
1-415-461-7860
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FREDERICK L. REYNOLDS
ROBERT E. SNADER
ROBERT E. STAUDER
INVESTMENT ADVISER
REYNOLDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Wood Island, Third Floor
80 East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
Larkspur, California 94939
ADMINISTRATOR
FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT, INC.
225 East Mason Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER AGENT
AND DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT
FIRSTAR TRUST COMPANY
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
1-800-773-9665
or 1-800-7REYNOLDS
1-414-765-4124
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
100 East Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 1500
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
LEGAL COUNSEL
FOLEY & LARDNER
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
REYNOLDS FUNDS
PURCHASE APPLICATION
- --- This is a follow-up application to an investment by wire transfer.
Mail completed application to:
Reynolds Funds
c/o Firstar Trust Company
Mutual Fund Services
P.O. Box 701
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701
Overnight Express Mail to:
Reynolds Funds
c/o Firstar Trust Company
Mutual Fund Services, 3rd Floor
615 E. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Use this form for individual, custodial, trust, profit sharing or pension plan
accounts. Do not use this form for REYNOLDS FUNDS-SPONSORED IRA, SEP
IRA, SIMPLE IRA, Defined Contribution (Keogh or Corporate Profit-Sharing And
Money-Purchase), 401(K) OR 403(B)(7) plans which require forms available
from the Reynolds Funds. For information please call 1-800-773-9665
(1-800-7REYNOLDS) or 414-765-4124.
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A. INVESTMENT
The minimum initial investment is $1,000 for shares in any of the Reynolds
Funds. Minimum additions to any Fund are $100 (except $50 for the Automatic
Investment Plan).
Wiring instructions: Firstar Bank Milwaukee, NA, 777 E Wisconsin Ave.,
Milwaukee, WI 53202,
ABA: 075000022, For credit to Firstar Trust Co., Account # 112-952-137,
For further credit (insert full name of Fund) (shareholders name) & (account
------------------------ ----------------- -------
number).
- ------
Please notify Firstar Trust Company at 1-800-773-9665 or 414-765-4124 prior to
sending the wire.
PAYMANT by --- Check --- Wire AMOUNT
- --- (037) Reynolds Blue Chip Fund $--------------
- --- (035) Reynolds Opportunity Fund $--------------
- --- (036) Reynolds US Government Bond Fund $--------------
- --- (038) Reynolds Money Market Fund $--------------
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B. REGISTRATION
1. --- Individual
1.----------------- ---- ------------------------------ ---------------
FIRST NAME M.I. LAST NAME SOCIAL SECURITY #
1. --- Joint Owner*<F24> (Cannot be a minor)
1.----------------- ---- ----------------------------- ---------------
FIRST NAME M.I. LAST NAME SOCIAL SECURITY #
*<F24>Registration will be Joint Tenancy with Rights of Survivorship (JTWROS),
unless otherwise specified.
2. --- Gift to Minor
2.-------------------------------------------- ---- -----------------------
CUSTODIAN'S FIRST NAME (only one permitted) M.I. LAST NAME
2.-------------------------------------------- --- -----------------------
MINOR'S FIRST NAME (only one permitted) M.I. LAST NAME
- ------------------------- ----------------------------- ------------------
MINOR'S SOCIAL SECURITY # MINOR'S BIRTH DATE (Mo/Dy/Yr) STATE OF RESIDENCE
3. --- Trust, Estate or Guardianship**<F25>
3.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME OF TRUSTEE(S) (if to be included in registration)**<F25>
- --- Corporate***<F26> (including Corporate Pension Plans)
3.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME OF TRUST**<F25> / CORPORATION***<F26> / PARTNERSHIP
- --- Partnership**<F25>
- ---------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
SOCIAL SECURITY # / TAX ID # DATE OF AGREEMENT (Mo/Dy/Yr)
- --- Other Entity**<F25>
**<F25>Additional documentation and certification may be requested
***<F26>Corporate Resolution is required
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C. ADDRESS
Mailing Address
- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------
STREET APT / SUITE
- ------------------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
CITY STATE ZIP
- --------------------------------------- ------------------------------------
DAYTIME PHONE # EVENING PHONE #
- --- Duplicate Confirmation (if desired) to:
- ------------------------------- ----- -----------------------------------
FIRST NAME M.I. LAST NAME
- -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------
STREET APT / SUITE
- ------------------------------------------ --------------- ---------------
CITY STATE ZIP
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D. TELEPHONE OPTIONS
--- TELEPHONE EXCHANGES. Allows exchanges between identically registered
accounts in Funds of the Reynolds Funds family. A $1,000 minimum applies to
exchanges. Please refer to the Prospectus for additional details, conditions
and limitations pertaining to the telephone exchange privilege.
--- TELEPHONE REDEMPTION. Permits the redemption of a minimum of $1,000 from
any of the Reynolds Funds only.
--- The proceeds will be mailed to the address in Section C.
--- The proceeds of any redemption may be wired to your bank (complete
bank information below). A wire fee of $12.00 will be charged.
--- The proceeds of any redemption may be transferred via Electronic Funds
Transfer ("EFT"). This transfer may take up to 3 business days to reach your
bank (please complete bank information below).
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NAMES(S) ON BANK ACCOUNT
- ---------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
BANK NAME ACCOUNT NUMBER
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BANK ADDRESS
An unsigned voided check (for checking accounts) or a savings account deposit
slip is required with your application.Your signed application must be received
at least 15 business days prior to the initial redemption transaction.
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E. DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS
Capital gains & dividends will be reinvested if no option is selected.
--- Capital Gains & --- Capital Gains &
Dividends Reinvested Dividends in Cash
--- Capital Gains in Cash & --- Capital Gains Reinvested &
Dividends Reinvested Dividends in Cash
If the distribution is to be paid in cash, specify payment method below:
--- Send check to mailing address in Section C.
--- Automatic deposit to my bank account via EFT. This transfer may take up
to 3 business days to reach your bank account (please complete bank
information below).
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NAMES(S) ON BANK ACCOUNT
- ---------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
BANK NAME ACCOUNT NUMBER
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BANK ADDRESS
An unsigned voided check (for checking accounts) or a savings account deposit
slip is required with your application.Your signed application must be received
at least 15 business days prior to the initial distribution transaction.
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F. SYSTEMATIC EXCHANGES
I authorize the exchange of shares/dollars from my account established by
this application as follows. The account registration on the account being
exchanged into is/will be identical to that listed in Section B of
application. In addition, the minimum investment requirement for the
receiving Fund must have been met.
Reynolds Fund (exchange FROM)-------------------Account #---------------------
Reynolds Fund (exchange TO) -------------------Account #---------------------
- --- I would like to have monthly exchanges between the accounts Or
- --- I would like the following months that I have circled below for my exchange
to take place:
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Start date (month & year)---------------------------------------
- --- Please indicate the following day of exchange --------------(if not
indicated then the 25th of each month will be selected)
- --- Exchange shares in the amount of $------------------------(minimum $100)
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G. SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWALS
I would like to withdraw from Reynolds Fund name------------------------------
Account Number----------------------- $---------- ($100 minimum) as follows:
- --- I would like to have payments made to me on or about the ------- day of each
month, Or
- --- I would like to have payments made to me on or about the ------- day of the
months that I have circled below:
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
- --- To have payments automatically deposited to your bank account, complete bank
account information below and attach a copy of a voided check or savings deposit
slip. (A check will be mailed to the address from section C if this selection is
not marked).
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NAMES(S) ON BANK ACCOUNT
- ---------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
BANK NAME ACCOUNT NUMBER
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BANK ADDRESS
An unsigned voided check (for checking accounts) or a savings account deposit
slip is required with your application.
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H. AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN
Your signed Application must be received at least 15 business days prior to
initial transaction. Attach an unsigned, voided check (for checking
accounts) or a savings account deposit slip and complete this form. I would
like to establish an Automatic Investment Plan for the Reynolds Funds as
described in the Prospectus. Based on these instructions, Firstar Trust
Company as Transfer Agent for the Reynolds Funds, will automatically transfer
money directly from my checking, NOW or savings account to purchase shares in
the Reynolds Fund of my choice. I understand if the automatic purchase
cannot be made due to insufficient funds, stop payment or any other reason, a
$20 fee will be assessed.
Please indicate the day of debit from bank account ---------------(if not
indicated then the 25th of the month will be selected)
Start Date (month & year) ------------------ --- Monthly --- Quarterly
- --- Annually
Reynolds Fund name ------------------------- Account Number---------------
Indicate amount to be withdrawn from my bank account $------------ (minimum $50)
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NAMES(S) ON BANK ACCOUNT
- ---------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
BANK NAME ACCOUNT NUMBER
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BANK ADDRESS
- ------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
SIGNATURE OF BANK ACCOUNT OWNER SIGNATURE OF JOINT OWNER (if any)
An unsigned voided check (for checking accounts) or a savings account deposit
slip is required with your application.
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I. CHECKWRITING
- --- Yes, I would like to establish free check redemption privileges for the
Reynolds Money Market Fund. For further explanation about checkwriting please
refer to page 20 of the Prospectus.
By signing Section J below, I/we authorize Firstar to honor checks drawn by
me on my Reynolds Money Market Fund account and to effect a redemption of
sufficient shares in my account to cover payment of such checks. I
understand that (1) this privilege may be terminated at any time by the
Reynolds Money Market Fund or by Firstar Bank and neither shall incur any
liability for loss expense or cost to me for honoring such checks, or for
effecting redemptions to pay such checks, or for returning checks which have
not been accepted; (2) checks drawn on a joint account will require the
signature of one registered owner; (3) share purchases by check will not be
redeemed by checkwriting until the Reynolds Money Market Fund is satisfied
that the check has cleared (see page 17 of the Prospectus).
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J. SIGNATURE AND CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
Neither the Fund nor its transfer agent will be responsible for the
authenticity of transaction instructions received by telephone, provided that
reasonable security procedures have been followed.
By selecting the options in Section (G or H), I hereby authorize the Fund to
initiate debits/credits to my account at the bank indicated and for the bank
to debit/credit the same to such account through the Automated Clearing House
("ACH") system.
UNDER THE PENALTY OF PERJURY, I CERTIFY THAT (1) THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
OR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SHOWN ON THIS FORM IS MY CORRECT TAXPAYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, AND (2) I AM NOT SUBJECT TO BACKUP WITHHOLDING EITHER
AS A RESULT OF A FAILURE TO REPORT ALL INTEREST OR DIVIDENDS, OR THE IRS HAS
NOTIFIED ME THAT I AM NO LONGER SUBJECT TO BACKUP WITHHOLDING. THE IRSDOES
NOT REQUIRE YOUR CONSENT TO ANY PROVISION OF THIS DOCUMENT OTHER THAN THE
CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO AVOID BACKUP WITHHOLDING.
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DATE (Mo/Dy/Yr) SIGNATURE OF OWNER*
<F27>
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DATE (Mo/Dy/Yr) SIGNATURE OF JOINT OWNER, if any
*<F27>If shares are to be registered in (1) joint names, both persons should
sign, (2) a custodian for a minor, the custodian should sign, (3) a trust, the
trustee(s) should sign, or (4) a corporation or other entity, an officer should
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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION January 30, 1998
REYNOLDS FUNDS
This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus and
should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus of the Reynolds Funds,
dated January 30, 1998. Requests for copies of the Prospectus should be
made in writing to Reynolds Funds, Inc., Wood Island, Third Floor, 80 East
Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Larkspur, California 94939, Attention:
Corporate Secretary, or by calling (415) 461-7860. The name of Reynolds
Funds, Inc. was changed from Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc. on
December 13, 1991.
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
Wood Island, Third Floor
80 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Larkspur, California 94939
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REYNOLDS FUNDS
Table of Contents
Page No.
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
INVESTMENT ADVISER AND ADMINISTRATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO BROKERAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PERFORMANCE AND YIELD INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CUSTODIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
TAXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES RATINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
No person has been authorized to give any information or to make
any representations other than those contained in this Statement of
Additional Information and the Prospectus dated January 30, 1998 and, if
given or made, such information or representations may not be relied upon
as having been authorized by Reynolds Funds, Inc.
The Statement of Additional Information does not constitute an
offer to sell securities.
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
As set forth in the Prospectus dated January 30, 1998 of Reynolds
Funds, Inc. (the "Company") under the caption "INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND
POLICIES," the investment objective of the Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund
(the "Blue Chip Fund") is to produce long-term growth of capital, with
current income as a secondary objective, by investing in a diversified
portfolio of common stocks issued by well-established growth companies
commonly known as "blue chip" companies; the investment objective of the
Reynolds Opportunity Fund (the "Opportunity Fund") is to produce long-term
growth of capital by investing in a diversified portfolio of common stocks
having above average growth characteristics; the investment objective of
the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund (the "Bond Fund") is to provide a
high level of current income by investing in a diversified portfolio of
securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S.
Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; and the investment
objective of the Reynolds Money Market Fund (the "Money Market Fund") is
to provide a high level of current income, consistent with liquidity, the
preservation of capital and a stable net asset value, by investing in a
diversified portfolio of high-quality, highly liquid money market
instruments. (The Blue Chip Fund, the Opportunity Fund, the Bond Fund and
the Money Market Fund are sometimes hereinafter referred to as the
"Funds.") Consistent with these investment objectives, each of the Funds
has adopted the following investment restrictions which are matters of
fundamental policy. Each Fund's fundamental investment policies cannot be
changed without approval of the holders of the lesser of: (i) 67% of that
Fund's shares present or represented at a shareholders' meeting at which
the holders of more than 50% of such shares are present or represented; or
(ii) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of that Fund.
1. None of the Funds will concentrate 25% or more of its total
assets in any one industry. This restriction does not apply: (a) for the
Blue Chip Fund and the Money Market Fund only, to obligations issued and
guaranteed by the United States Government or its agencies; (b) for the
Opportunity Fund and the Bond Fund only, to obligations issued and
guaranteed by the United States Government, its agencies or
instrumentalities; and (c) for the Money Market Fund only, to obligations
issued by domestic branches of U.S. banks.
2. Each of the Funds will diversify its assets in different
issuers and will not invest more than 5% of its assets in any one issuer
(except that up to 25% of the value of each Fund's total assets may be
invested without regard to this limitation). This restriction does not
apply: (a) for the Blue Chip Fund and the Money Market Fund only, to
obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States Government or its
agencies; and (b) for the Opportunity Fund and the Bond Fund only, to
obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, its
agencies or instrumentalities.
3. None of the Funds will make investments for the purpose of
exercising control or management of any company. As a result, none of the
Funds will invest in securities of any single issuer if, as a result of
such investment, such Fund would own more than 10% of the outstanding
voting securities of such issuer.
4. None of the Funds will borrow money, except for temporary bank
borrowings (not in excess of 20% of the value of such Fund's net assets
taken at acquisition cost or market value, whichever is lower) for
extraordinary or emergency purposes, and none of the Funds will pledge any
of its assets except to secure borrowings and only to an extent not
greater than 10% of the value of such Fund's net assets taken at
acquisition cost or market value, whichever is lower. None of the Funds
will purchase securities while it has any outstanding borrowings.
5. None of the Funds will lend money (except by purchasing
publicly-distributed debt securities or entering into repurchase
agreements, provided that repurchase agreements will not exceed 5% of
either the Blue Chip Fund's or the Opportunity Fund's net assets and
repurchase agreements maturing in more than seven days plus all other
illiquid securities will not exceed 10% of any Fund's total assets) or
will lend its portfolio securities. The Funds will only invest in
repurchase agreements which are fully collateralized and will monitor, on
a continuous basis, the value of the underlying securities to ensure that
the value always equals or exceeds the repurchase price. In addition, the
Company's Board of Directors will monitor, on a continuous basis, the
creditworthiness of the issuing broker, dealer or bank.
6. None of the Funds will purchase securities on margin, purchase
warrants, participate in a joint-trading account, sell securities short,
or write or purchase put or call options; provided, however, that (a) the
Blue Chip Fund's or Opportunity Fund's purchase of stock index options may
account for up to 5% of the applicable Fund's assets, and each of such
Funds may enter into closing transactions; and (b) the Opportunity Fund
may invest up to 5% of its assets in rights and warrants to purchase
equity securities.
7. None of the Funds will act as an underwriter or distributor of
securities other than shares of the Company (except to the extent that any
Fund may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in the disposition of restricted
securities).
8. None of the Funds will purchase any interest in any oil, gas
or any other mineral exploration or development program.
9. None of the Funds will purchase or sell real estate or real
estate mortgage loans.
10. None of the Funds will purchase or sell commodities or
commodities contracts, including futures contracts.
11. The Money Market Fund will not purchase common stocks,
preferred stocks, warrants or other equity securities.
Each of the Funds has adopted several other investment restrictions
which are not fundamental policies and which may be changed by the
Company's Board of Directors without shareholder approval. These
additional restrictions are as follows:
1. None of the Funds will invest more than 5% of such Fund's
total assets in securities of issuers which have a record of less than
three (3) years of continuous operation, including the operation of any
predecessor business of a company which came into existence as a result of
a merger, consolidation, reorganization or purchase of substantially all
of the assets of such predecessor business.
2. None of the Funds will purchase securities of foreign issuers
on foreign markets; however, the Blue Chip Fund may invest not more than
15% of its total assets, and the Opportunity Fund may invest not more than
25% of its total assets, in securities of foreign issuers in the form of
American Depository Receipts ("ADRs") and the Money Market Fund may invest
not more than 25% of its total assets in dollar-denominated obligations of
foreign banks and foreign branches of domestic banks.
3. None of the Funds will purchase securities of other investment
companies except (a) as part of a plan of merger, consolidation or
reorganization approved by the shareholders of such Fund or (b) securities
of registered closed-end investment companies on the open market where no
commission or profit results, other than the usual and customary broker's
commission, and where no more than 5% of the value of such Fund's total
assets would be invested in such securities. All assets of any Fund
invested in securities of registered closed-end investment companies will
be included in the daily net assets of such Fund for purposes of
calculating the monthly advisory fee payable to the Adviser. In such
event, shareholders of the applicable Fund will in effect pay two advisory
fees on the assets invested in closed-end investment companies.
4. None of the Funds will acquire or retain any security issued
by a company, an officer or director of which is an officer or director of
the Company or an officer, director or other affiliated person of the
Funds' investment adviser.
5. None of the Funds will acquire or retain any security issued
by a company if any of the directors or officers of the Company or
directors, officers or other affiliated persons of the Funds' investment
adviser beneficially own more than 1/2% of such company's securities and
all of the above persons owning more than 1/2% own together more than 5%
of its securities.
6. Neither the Bond Fund nor the Opportunity Fund will invest
more than 2% of its net assets in warrants not listed on either the New
York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange.
The aforementioned percentage restrictions on investment or
utilization of assets refer to the percentage at the time an investment is
made. If these restrictions are adhered to at the time an investment is
made, and such percentage subsequently changes as a result of changing
market values or some similar event, no violation of the Funds'
fundamental restrictions will be deemed to have occurred. Any changes in
the Funds' investment restrictions made by the Board of Directors of the
Company will be communicated to shareholders of the appropriate Fund(s)
prior to their implementation.
INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS
As set forth above under the caption "INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS,"
none of the Funds (subject to certain exceptions) may concentrate 25% or
more of its total assets in any one industry. The Company will use the
industry classifications of The Value Line Investment Survey ("Value
Line") for purposes of determining whether a Fund has concentrated its
investments in a particular industry.
As set forth above under the caption "INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS," the
Money Market Fund may concentrate more than 25% of its total assets in
obligations issued by domestic branches of U.S. banks. Domestic
commercial banks organized under Federal law are supervised and examined
by the Comptroller of the Currency and are required to be members of the
Federal Reserve System and to be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (the "FDIC"). Domestic banks organized under state law are
supervised and examined by state banking authorities but are members of
the Federal Reserve System only if they elect to join. In addition, state
banks whose certificates of deposit ("CDs") may be purchased by the Money
Market Fund are insured by the FDIC (although such insurance may not be of
material benefit to the Money Market Fund, depending upon the principal
amount of the CDs of each bank held by such Fund) and are subject to
Federal examination and to a substantial body of Federal law and
regulation. As a result of Federal and state laws and regulations,
domestic branches of domestic banks, among other things, are generally
required to maintain specified levels of reserves, and are subject to
other supervision and regulation designed to promote financial soundness.
As set forth above under the caption "INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS," the
Blue Chip Fund and the Opportunity Fund have the limited ability to
purchase stock index options and American Depository Receipts ("ADRs").
An option on a stock index gives the holder (buyer) the right to receive
an amount of cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying the amount
by which the closing price of the stock exceeds, in the case of a call
option, or is less than, in the case of a put option, the exercise price
of the option expressed in dollars times a specified multiple. A stock
index fluctuates with changes in the market values of the stocks included
in the index. For example, some stock index options are based on a broad
market index such as the S&P 500 or the Value Line Composite Index, or a
narrower market index such as the S&P 100. Indexes may also be based on
an industry or market segment such as the AMEX Oil and Gas Index or the
Computer and Business Equipment Index. Options on stock indexes are
currently traded on the following exchanges: The Chicago Board Options
Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Pacific Stock
Exchange and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
Put options may be purchased by either the Blue Chip Fund or the
Opportunity Fund in order to hedge against an anticipated decline in stock
market prices that might adversely affect the value of such Fund's
portfolio securities. Call options may be purchased by either the Blue
Chip Fund or the Opportunity Fund in order to participate in an
anticipated increase in stock market prices. Each of the Blue Chip Fund
and the Opportunity Fund will sell put and call options only to close out
positions in put and call options, as the case may be, which such Fund has
purchased.
The ability of either the Blue Chip Fund or the Opportunity Fund
effectively to hedge all or a portion of the securities in its portfolio
in anticipation of or during a market decline through transactions in put
options on stock indexes depends on the degree to which price movements in
the underlying index correlate with the price movements in such Fund's
portfolio securities. Inasmuch as the portfolio securities of either the
Blue Chip Fund or the Opportunity Fund will not duplicate the components
of an index, the correlation will not be perfect. Consequently, the
applicable Fund will bear the risk that the prices of its portfolio
securities being hedged will not move in the same amount as the prices of
such Fund's put options on the stock indexes. It is also possible that
there may be a negative correlation between the index and such Fund's
portfolio securities which would result in a loss on both such portfolio
securities and the options on stock indexes acquired by such Fund.
All options purchased by either the Blue Chip Fund or the
Opportunity Fund will be listed and traded on an exchange. However, there
is no assurance that a liquid secondary market on an options exchange will
exist for any particular option, or at any particular time, and for some
options no secondary market may exist. If either the Blue Chip Fund or
the Opportunity Fund is unable to effect a closing sale transaction with
respect to options that it has purchased, it would have to exercise the
options in order to realize any profit.
The hours of trading for options may not conform to the hours
during which the underlying securities are traded. To the extent that the
options markets close before the markets for the underlying securities,
significant price and rate movements can take place in the underlying
markets that cannot be reflected in the options markets. The purchase of
options is a highly specialized activity which involves investment
techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary
portfolio securities transactions. The purchase of stock index options
involves the risk that the premium and transaction costs paid by either
the Blue Chip Fund or the Opportunity Fund in purchasing an option will be
lost as a result of unanticipated movements (i.e., upward for a put option
and downward for a call option) in prices of the securities comprising the
stock index on which the option is based. In the event of such
unanticipated movements in prices, the applicable Fund would be better off
if it had not hedged.
The premium paid by the Blue Chip Fund or the Opportunity Fund when
purchasing an option will be recorded as an asset in such Fund's statement
of assets and liabilities. This asset will be adjusted daily to the
option's current market value, which will be the latest sale price at the
time at which the net asset value per share of such Fund is computed, or
in the absence of such sale, the latest bid price. The asset will be
extinguished upon expiration of the option, the selling of an identical
option in a closing transaction or upon the exercise of the option.
ADRs are receipts issued by an American bank or trust company
evidencing ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign issuer.
ADRs may be listed on a national securities exchange or may trade in the
over-the-counter market. ADR prices are denominated in United States
dollars; the underlying security may be denominated in a foreign currency.
The underlying security may be subject to foreign government taxes which
would reduce the yield on such securities. Investments in such securities
also involve certain inherent risks, such as political or economic
instability of the issuer or the country of issue, the difficulty of
predicting international trade patterns and the possibility of imposition
of exchange controls. Such securities may also be subject to greater
fluctuations in price than securities of domestic corporations. In
addition, there may be less publicly available information about a foreign
company than about a domestic company. Foreign companies generally are
not subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting
standards comparable to those applicable to domestic companies. With
respect to certain foreign countries, there is a possibility of
expropriation or confiscatory taxation, or diplomatic developments which
could affect investment in those countries.
As set forth above under the caption "INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS," the
Opportunity Fund also has the limited ability to purchase rights and
warrants to purchase equity securities. Investments in rights and
warrants are pure speculation in that they have no voting rights, pay no
dividends and have no rights with respect to the assets of the corporation
issuing them. Rights and warrants basically are options to purchase
equity securities at a specific price valid for a specific period of time.
They do not represent ownership of the securities, but only the right to
buy them. Rights and warrants differ from call options in that rights and
warrants are issued by the issuer of the security which may be purchased
on their exercise, whereas call options may be written or issued by
anyone. The prices of rights (if traded independently) and warrants do
not necessarily move parallel to the prices of the underlying securities.
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
The name, address, principal occupation(s) during the past five (5)
years and other information with respect to each of the directors and
officers of the Company are as follows:
FREDERICK L. REYNOLDS*
Wood Island, Third Floor
80 East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
Larkspur, California 94939
(CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, TREASURER AND A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY)
Mr. Reynolds, age 55, is the sole proprietor of Reynolds Capital
Management, an investment advisory firm organized in April, 1985.
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* Mr. Reynolds is the only director who is an "interested person" of the
Company as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Messrs. Snader and Stauder are not "interested persons" of the Company.
ROBERT E. SNADER
475 Gate Five Road
Sausalito, California 94965
(A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY)
Mr. Snader, age 57, has been the President of R.E. Snader &
Associates, a distributor of professional, industrial and broadcast video
and computer/video equipment, since May 1975.
ROBERT E. STAUDER
5 Marsh Drive
Mill Valley, California 94941
(A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY)
Mr. Stauder, age 67, is retired. He was a principal of Robinson
Mills + Williams, an architectural and interior design firm, from 1991
until 1996. Prior to joining that firm, Mr. Stauder was associated with
Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum, Inc., an architectural and engineering firm,
for over thirty years. Mr. Stauder served as Vice Chairman of Hellmuth
Obata & Kassabaum, Inc. from 1986 to 1991. Prior to assuming that
position, he was a Senior Vice President of that firm from 1968 to 1986.
He was also a member of the Board of Directors of that firm from 1981 to
1991. Mr. Stauder is a past member of the Board of Directors of
Architects and Engineers Insurance Company, a risk retention insurance
company.
CAMILLE F. WILDES
225 East Mason Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY)
Ms. Wildes, age 45, is a Vice President of Fiduciary Management,
Inc., the Funds' Administrator, and has been employed by such firm in
various capacities since December, 1982.
The Company's standard method of compensating directors is to pay
each director who is not an interested person of the Company a fee of $550
for each meeting of the Board of Directors attended. During the fiscal
year ended September 30, 1997 the Company paid a total of $4,400 in
directors' fees to such directors.
The table below sets forth the compensation paid by the Fund to
each of the directors of the Fund during the fiscal year ended September
30, 1997:
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COMPENSATION TABLE
Pension or
Retirement
Benefits Accrued Total
Aggregate As Part of Estimated Annual Compensation
Compensation Company Benefits Upon from Company Paid to
Name of Person From Company Expenses Retirement Directors
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Frederick L. Reynolds $0 $0 $0 $0
Robert E. Snader $2,200 $0 $0 $2,200
Robert E. Stauder $2,200 $0 $0 $2,200
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OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS
Set forth below are the names and addresses of all holders of each
Fund's shares who as of December 31, 1997 beneficially owned more than 5%
of such Fund's then outstanding shares, as well as the number of shares of
such Fund beneficially owned by all officers and directors of the Company
as a group.
Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner Number of Shares Percent of Class
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. 259,503(1) 13.6%
Reinvest Account
101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104-4122
Officers and Directors
as a Group 76,935(2) 4.0%
(4 Persons)
Reynolds Opportunity Fund
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner Number of Shares Percent of Class
Frederick L. Reynolds 223,631(2) 19.5%
Wood Island, Third Floor
80 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Larkspur, CA 94939
Officers and Directors
as a Group 242,791(2) 21.2%
(4 Persons)
Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner Number of Shares Percent of Class
The Joel W. Renbaum, M.D., Inc. 69,007 25.3%
Profit-Sharing Trust
1145 Bush Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Jean S. Chambers & 27,813 10.2%
Charles G. Stephenson, Trustees
Chambers Family Insurance Trust
U/A Dated 10/07/88
650 California Street, Floor 33
San Francisco, CA 94108-2702
William A. Gleason & 21,977 8.1%
Victor E. Rice, Trustees
FBO Forest Resources
Profit-Sharing Plan
200 Tamal Plaza #200
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Barbara R. Renbaum, Trustee 17,904 6.6%
Louis Posner Test Trust
U/A Dated 04/17/89
P.O. Box 1077
Ross, CA 94957-1077
Trustees, Albert O.J. Landucci 15,595 5.7%
DDS Inc. Profit Sharing Trust
476 West 25th Avenue
San Mateo, California 94403
Officers and Directors
as a Group 1,372 0.5%
(4 Persons)
Reynolds Money Market Fund
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner Number of Shares Percent of Class
Hollis Bascom 424,362 14.4%
1558 San Remo Street
Livermore, CA 94550-6000
Lynn M. Sedway 182,564(3) 6.2%
Three Embarcadero Center #1150
San Francisco, CA 94111
Officers and Directors
as a Group 157,939 5.4%
(4 persons)
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(1) All of such shares were owned by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. of
record only.
(2) Includes shares held in the Reynolds Capital Management 401(k) plan
and custodial accounts for minor children.
(3) Includes shares held in custodial accounts for minor children.
By virtue of its stock ownership, The Joel W. Renbaum, M.D., Inc.
Profit-Sharing Trust is deemed to control the Bond Fund. In combination
with the holders of more than 24.7% of the Bond Fund's outstanding shares,
The Joel W. Renbaum, M.D., Inc. Profit-Sharing Trust owns sufficient
shares of the Bond Fund to approve or disapprove all matters (other than
the election of directors of the Company or the approval of auditors)
brought before such Fund's shareholders. The Blue Chip Fund, the
Opportunity Fund, the Money Market Fund and the Company are not controlled
by any person, and the Company does not control any person.
INVESTMENT ADVISER AND ADMINISTRATOR
As set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "MANAGEMENT OF THE
FUNDS," the investment adviser to the Funds is Reynolds Capital Management
(Frederick L. Reynolds, sole proprietor) (the "Adviser"). Pursuant to
investment advisory agreements entered into between the respective Funds
and the Adviser (the "Advisory Agreements"), the Adviser furnishes
continuous investment advisory services to the Funds. During the fiscal
years ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, the Blue Chip Fund paid the
Adviser advisory fees of $487,874, $298,941 and $251,568, respectively.
During the fiscal years ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, the
Adviser waived 100% of the advisory fees of $15,683, $24,968, and $16,033,
respectively, otherwise payable by the Money Market Fund. During the
fiscal years ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995 the Opportunity Fund
paid the Adviser advisory fees of $193,818, $137,069, and $80,078,
respectively. During the fiscal years ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and
1995, the Adviser waived 100% of the advisory fees of $19,701, $19,280 and
$22,543 otherwise payable by the Bond Fund during such years,
respectively.
The Funds pay all of their own expenses, including, without
limitation, the cost of preparing and printing their registration
statements required under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940 and any amendments thereto, the expense of registering
their shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in the
various states, the printing and distribution costs of prospectuses mailed
to existing shareholders, reports to shareholders, reports to government
authorities and proxy statements, fees paid to directors who are not
interested persons of the Adviser, interest charges, taxes, legal
expenses, association membership dues, auditing services, insurance
premiums, brokerage commissions and expenses in connection with portfolio
transactions, fees and expenses of the custodian of the Funds' assets,
printing and mailing expenses and charges and expenses of dividend
disbursing agents, registrars and stock transfer agents.
The Adviser has undertaken to reimburse each Fund to the extent
that the aggregate annual operating expenses, including investment
advisory fees and administration fees but excluding interest, taxes,
brokerage commissions and other costs incurred in connection with the
purchase or sale of portfolio securities, and extraordinary items, exceed
that percentage of the average net assets of such Fund for such year, as
determined by valuations made as of the close of each business day of the
year, which is the most restrictive percentage provided by the state laws
of the various states in which the shares of such Fund are qualified for
sale or, if the states in which the shares of such Fund are qualified for
sale impose no such restrictions, 2%. As of the date hereof, no such
state law provision was applicable to any of the Funds. Each Fund
monitors its expense ratio on a monthly basis. If the accrued amount of
the expenses of a Fund exceeds the expense limitation, such Fund creates
an account receivable from the Adviser for the amount of such excess. In
such a situation the monthly payment of the Adviser's fee will be reduced
by the amount of such excess, subject to adjustment month by month during
the balance of such Fund's fiscal year if accrued expenses thereafter fall
below this limit. No expense reimbursement was required for the Blue Chip
Fund during the fiscal years ended September 30, 1997, September 30, 1996
or September 30, 1995. Notwithstanding the most restrictive applicable
expense limitation of state securities commissions described above, during
each of the fiscal years ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, the
Adviser voluntarily reimbursed the Money Market Fund for expenses in
excess of 0.65% of such Fund's average net assets. The Adviser reimbursed
the Money Market Fund $43,094, $36,875, and $38,567, respectively
(including the waiver of its advisory fee), for excess expenses during
each period. During the fiscal years ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and
1995, the Adviser reimbursed (including the waiver of its advisory fees)
the Bond Fund $37,573, $34,556 and $33,236, respectively, for excess
expenses during such periods.
The Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and each of the Blue
Chip Fund, the Opportunity Fund, the Money Market Fund and the Bond Fund
will remain in effect as long as its continuance is specifically approved
at least annually by (i) the Board of Directors of the Company, or by the
vote of a majority (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of
the outstanding shares of the applicable Fund, and (ii) by the vote of a
majority of the directors of the Company who are not parties to the
Advisory Agreements or interested persons of the Adviser, cast in person
at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. Each of
the Advisory Agreements provides that it may be terminated at any time
without the payment of any penalty, by the Board of Directors of the
Company or by vote of the majority of the shares of the applicable Fund,
on sixty (60) days' written notice to the Adviser, and by the Adviser on
the same notice to the applicable Fund, and that it shall be automatically
terminated if it is assigned.
As set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "MANAGEMENT OF THE
FUNDS," the administrator to each of the Funds is Fiduciary Management,
Inc. (the "Administrator"). The administration agreement entered into
between each of the Funds and the Administrator (the "Administration
Agreements") will remain in effect until terminated by either party. Each
of the Administration Agreements may be terminated at any time, without
the payment of any penalty, by the Board of Directors of the Company upon
the giving of ninety (90) days' written notice to the Administrator, or by
the Administrator upon the giving of ninety (90) days' written notice to
the applicable Fund. During the fiscal years ended September 30, 1997,
1996 and 1995, the Blue Chip Fund paid the Administrator $82,182, $59,223
and $50,313, respectively, pursuant to its Administration Agreement.
During the fiscal years ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, the Money
Market Fund paid the Administrator $4,632, $4,997, and $3,207,
respectively, pursuant to its Administration Agreement. During the fiscal
years ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, the Opportunity Fund paid
the Administrator $40,158, $27,414, and $17,363, respectively, and the
Bond Fund paid the Administrator $3,822, $2,571, and $3,006, respectively,
pursuant to their Administrative Agreements.
The Advisory Agreements and the Administration Agreements provide
that the Adviser and Administrator, as the case may be, shall not be
liable to any of the Funds or the Company's shareholders for anything
other than willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless
disregard of its obligations or duties. The Advisory Agreements and the
Administration Agreements also provide that the Adviser and Administrator,
as the case may be, and their officers, directors and employees may engage
in other businesses, devote time and attention to any other business
whether of a similar or dissimilar nature, and render services to others.
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
As set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "DETERMINATION OF
NET ASSET VALUE," the net asset value of each Fund will be determined
(except as otherwise noted in the succeeding paragraph) as of the close of
regular trading (currently 4:00 P.M. Eastern time) on each day the New
York Stock Exchange is open for trading. The New York Stock Exchange is
open for trading Monday through Friday except New Year's Day, Martin
Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Additionally, if any of the aforementioned holidays fall on a Saturday,
the New York Stock Exchange will not be open for trading on the preceding
Friday and when any such holiday falls on a Sunday, the New York Stock
Exchange will not be open for trading on the succeeding Monday, unless
unusual business conditions exist, such as the ending of a monthly or the
yearly accounting period.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the net asset value of the
Bond Fund and the Money Market Fund also will not be determined on days
when the Federal Reserve is closed. In addition to the days on which the
New York Stock Exchange is not open for trading, the Federal Reserve is
closed on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Columbus Day and Veterans Day.
SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLAN
A shareholder who owns shares of any Fund worth at least $10,000 at
the current net asset value may, by completing an application included as
part of the purchase application, create a Systematic Withdrawal Plan from
which a fixed sum will be paid to the shareholder at regular intervals.
To establish the Systematic Withdrawal Plan, the shareholder deposits
shares of the applicable Fund with the Company and appoints it as agent to
effect redemptions of shares of such Fund held in the account for the
purpose of making monthly or quarterly withdrawal payments of a fixed
amount to the shareholder out of the account.
The minimum amount of a withdrawal payment is $100. These payments
will be made from the proceeds of periodic redemption of shares in the
account at net asset value. Redemptions will be made monthly or quarterly
on any day a shareholder chooses. If that day is a weekend or holiday,
such redemption will be made on the next business day. Establishment of a
Systematic Withdrawal Plan constitutes an election by the shareholder to
reinvest in additional shares of the applicable Fund, at net asset value,
all income dividends and capital gains distributions payable by such Fund
on shares held in such account, and shares so acquired will be added to
such account. The shareholder may deposit additional Fund shares in his
account at any time.
Withdrawal payments cannot be considered as yield or income on the
shareholder's investment, since portions of each payment will normally
consist of a return of capital. Depending on the size or the frequency of
the disbursements requested, and the fluctuation in the value of the
applicable Fund's portfolio, redemptions for the purpose of making such
disbursements may reduce or even exhaust the shareholder's account.
The shareholder may vary the amount or frequency of withdrawal
payments, temporarily discontinue them, or change the designated payee or
payee's address, by notifying Firstar Trust Company in writing prior to
the fifteenth day of the month preceding the next payment.
ALLOCATION OF PORTFOLIO BROKERAGE
Decisions to buy and sell securities for the Funds are made by the
Adviser subject to review by the Company's Board of Directors. In placing
purchase and sale orders for portfolio securities for each Fund, it is the
policy of the Adviser to seek the best execution of orders at the most
favorable price in light of the overall quality of brokerage and research
services provided, as described in this and the following paragraph. In
selecting brokers to effect portfolio transactions, the determination of
what is expected to result in best execution at the most favorable price
involves a number of largely judgmental considerations. Among these are
the Adviser's evaluation of the broker's efficiency in executing and
clearing transactions, block trading capability (including the broker's
willingness to position securities) and the broker's financial strength
and stability. The most favorable price to a Fund means the best net
price without regard to the mix between purchase or sale price and
commission, if any. Over-the-counter securities are generally purchased
and sold directly with principal market makers who retain the difference
in their cost in the security and its selling price. In some instances,
the Adviser feels that better prices are available from non-principal
market makers who are paid commissions directly. Each of the Funds
(except the Money Market Fund) may place portfolio orders with
broker-dealers who recommend the purchase of such Fund's shares to clients
(if the Adviser believes the commissions and transaction quality are
comparable to that available from other brokers) and may allocate
portfolio brokerage on that basis.
In allocating brokerage business for the Funds, the Adviser also
takes into consideration the research, analytical, statistical and other
information and services provided by the broker, such as general economic
reports and information, reports or analyses of particular companies or
industry groups, market timing and technical information, and the
availability of the brokerage firm's analysts for consultation. While the
Adviser believes these services have substantial value, they are
considered supplemental to the Adviser's own efforts in the performance of
its duties under the Advisory Agreements. Other clients of the Adviser
may indirectly benefit from the availability of these services to the
Adviser, and the Funds may indirectly benefit from services available to
the Adviser as a result of transactions for other clients. The Advisory
Agreements provide that the Adviser may cause the Funds to pay a broker
which provides brokerage and research services to the Adviser a commission
for effecting a securities transaction in excess of the amount another
broker would have charged for effecting the transaction, if the Adviser
determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in
relation to the value of brokerage and research services provided by the
executing broker viewed in terms of either the particular transaction or
the Adviser's overall responsibilities with respect to the Funds and the
other accounts as to which he exercises investment discretion. Brokerage
commissions paid by the Blue Chip Fund during the fiscal years ended
September 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, totaled $42,148 on transactions having
a total market value of $32,898,280, $25,230 on transactions having a
total market value of $12,520,178, and $42,032 on transactions having a
total market value of $23,256,751, respectively. During the fiscal years
ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, the Money Market Fund did not pay
any brokerage commissions. During the fiscal years ended September 30,
1997, 1996 and 1995, the Opportunity Fund paid brokerage commissions of
$26,330 on transactions having a total market value of $16,060,388,
$15,214 on transactions having a total market value of $4,701,608, and
$14,803 on transactions having a total market value of $5,082,765,
respectively. During the fiscal years ended September 30, 1997, 1996 and
1995, the Bond Fund did not pay any brokerage commissions. During the
fiscal year ended September 30, 1997, the Blue Chip Fund paid commissions
of $22,583 on transactions having a total market value of $14,702,486 to
brokers who provided research services to the Adviser, and the Opportunity
Fund paid commissions of $6,135 on transactions having a total market
value of $4,040,046 to brokers who provided research services to the
Adviser.
PERFORMANCE AND YIELD INFORMATION
For illustrative purposes only, the Blue Chip Fund may use the
names of companies in its advertising literature as examples of blue chip
companies. Such companies will only be mentioned if their securities
reflect the overall quality and other characteristics of the Blue Chip
Fund's portfolio and are held by such Fund as of the date of publication
of the advertising literature. However, due to the delay often associated
with the dissemination of advertising literature and to the possibility of
changing circumstances in the interim, these companies will not
necessarily reflect the portfolio composition of the Blue Chip Fund at any
time after such date of publication and the mention of their names will
not constitute a recommendation to purchase their stock.
Any total rate of return quotation for the Blue Chip Fund, the
Opportunity Fund or the Bond Fund will be for a period of three or more
months and will assume the reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains
distributions which were made by such Fund during that period. Any period
total rate of return quotation of the Blue Chip Fund, the Opportunity Fund
or the Bond Fund will be calculated by dividing the net change in value of
a hypothetical shareholder account established by an initial payment of
$1,000 at the beginning of the period by 1,000. The net change in the
value of a shareholder account is determined by subtracting $1,000 from
the product obtained by multiplying the net asset value per share at the
end of the period by the sum obtained by adding (A) the number of shares
purchased at the beginning of the period plus (B) the number of shares
purchased during the period with reinvested dividends and distributions.
Any average annual compounded total rate of return quotation of the Blue
Chip Fund, the Opportunity Fund or the Bond Fund will be calculated by
dividing the redeemable value at the end of the period (i.e., the product
referred to in the preceding sentence) by $1,000. A root equal to the
period, measured in years, in question is then determined and 1 is
subtracted from such root to determine the average annual compounded total
rate of return.
The foregoing computation may also be expressed by the following
formula:
n
P(1+T) = ERV
P = a hypothetical initial payment of $1,000
T = average annual total return
n = number of years
ERV = ending redeemable value of a hypothetical $1,000
payment made at the beginning of the stated periods at
the end of the stated periods.
The results below show the value of an assumed initial investment
in the Blue Chip Fund of $10,000 made on August 12, 1988 through December
31, 1997, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions.
Value of
$10,000 Cumulative
December 31, Investment % Change
1988 $10,132 +1.3%
1989 12,227 +22.3
1990 12,237 +22.4
1991 16,626 +66.3
1992 16,645 +66.5
1993 15,775 +57.8
1994 15,685 +56.9
1995 20,840 +108.4
1996 26,722 +167.2
1997 35,134 +251.3
The results below show the value of an assumed initial investment
in the Opportunity Fund of $10,000 made on January 30, 1992 through
December 31, 1997, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and
distributions.
Value of
$10,000 Cumulative
December 31, Investment % Change
1992 $ 10,051 +0.5%
1993 10,061 +0.6
1994 10,231 +2.3
1995 13,942 +39.4
1996 15,912 +59.1
1997 18,232 +82.3
The foregoing performance results are based on historical earnings
and should not be considered as representative of the performance of the
Blue Chip Fund or the Opportunity Fund in the future. Such performance
results also reflect reimbursements made by the Adviser during the fiscal
year ended September 30, 1989 to keep the Blue Chip Fund's total fund
operating expenses at or below 2.0% and during the fiscal years ended
September 30, 1994 and 1993 and the period from January 30, 1992 to
September 30, 1992 to keep the Opportunity Fund's total fund operating
expenses at or below 2.0%. An investment in the Blue Chip Fund or the
Opportunity Fund will fluctuate in value and at redemption its value may
be more or less than the initial investment.
The Bond Fund may cite its yield in advertisements, sales
literature or information to shareholders. The Bond Fund's yield is based
on a 30-day period and is computed by dividing the net investment income
per share earned during the period by the net asset value per share on the
last day of the period, according to the following formula:
a-b 6
YIELD = 2[(---+1) -1]
cd
Where: a = dividends and interest earned during the period.
b = expenses accrued for the period (net of
reimbursements).
c = the average daily number of shares outstanding
during the period that were entitled to receive
dividends.
d = the net asset value per share on the last day of the
period.
The Bond Fund's yield for the thirty days ended September 30, 1997 was
5.02%. Yield fluctuations may reflect changes in the Bond Fund's net
income, and portfolio changes resulting from net purchases or net
redemptions of the Bond Fund's shares may affect the yield. Accordingly,
the Bond Fund's yield may vary from day to day, and the yield stated for a
particular past period is not necessarily representative of its future
yield. The Bond Fund's yield is not guaranteed and its principal is not
insured.
The Money Market Fund may quote a "Yield" or "Effective Yield" from
time to time. The Yield is an annualized yield based on the actual total
return for a seven-day period. The Effective Yield is an annualized yield
based on a compounding of the Yield. These yields are each computed by
first determining the "Net Change in Account Value" for a hypothetical
account having a share balance of one share at the beginning of a
seven-day period ("Beginning Account Value"), excluding capital changes.
The Net Change in Account Value will always equal the total dividends
declared with respect to the account.
The yields are then computed as follows:
Net Change in Account Value
Yield = ___________________________ x 365/7
Beginning Account Value
Effective Yield = (1 + Total Dividend for 7 days) 365/7 - 1
The Money Market Fund's Yield and Effective Yield for the seven-day
period ended September 30, 1997 were 4.89% and 5.01%, respectively. Yield
fluctuations may reflect changes in the Money Market Fund's net income.
Additionally, portfolio changes resulting from net purchases or net
redemptions of such Fund's shares may affect the yield. Accordingly, the
Money Market Fund's yield may vary from day to day, and the yield stated
for a particular past period is not necessarily representative of future
yield. Since the Money Market Fund uses the amortized cost method of net
asset value computation, it does not anticipate any change in yield
resulting from any unrealized gains or losses or unrealized appreciation
or depreciation not reflected in the yield computation, or change in net
asset value during the period used for computing yield. If any of these
conditions should occur, yield quotations would be suspended. The Money
Market Fund's yield is not guaranteed, and its principal is not insured.
However, the Money Market Fund uses its best efforts to maintain its net
asset value at $1.00 per share.
Yield information may be useful in reviewing the performance of the
Money Market Fund and for providing a basis for comparison with other
investment alternatives. However, since net investment income of the
Money Market Fund changes in response to fluctuations in interest rates
and such Fund's expenses, any given yield quotation should not be
considered representative of its yield for any future period. An investor
should also be aware that there are differences in investments other than
yield.
Furthermore, the Money Market Fund's yield will be affected if it
experiences a net inflow of new money which is invested at interest rates
different from those being earned on its then-current investments. An
investor's principal in the Money Market Fund and such Fund's return are
not guaranteed.
CUSTODIAN
Firstar Trust Company, Mutual Fund Services, 3rd Floor, 615 East
Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, acts as custodian for the
Funds. As such, Firstar Trust Company holds all securities and cash of
the Funds, delivers and receives payment for securities sold, receives and
pays for securities purchased, collects income from investments and
performs other duties, all as directed by officers of the Company.
Firstar Trust Company does not exercise any supervisory function over the
management of the Funds, the purchase and sale of securities or the
payment of distributions to shareholders. Firstar Trust Company also acts
as the Funds' transfer agents and dividend disbursing agents.
TAXES
As set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "DIVIDENDS,
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES," each of the Funds will endeavor to qualify
annually for and elect tax treatment applicable to a regulated investment
company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, (the
"Code").
Each of the Funds intends to distribute substantially all of its
net investment income and net capital gains each fiscal year. Dividends
from each Fund's net investment income, including short-term capital
gains, are taxable to shareholders as ordinary income, while distributions
from each Fund's net realized capital gains are taxable as long-term
capital gains regardless of the shareholder's holding period for the
shares. The Code provides for a three-tiered tax rate structure for long-
term capital gains dependent upon a Fund's holding period of the
underlying financial instrument or capital asset. Distributions from each
of the Funds are taxable to shareholders, whether received in cash or
additional shares of a Fund. A portion of the income distributions of the
Blue Chip Fund and Opportunity Fund (but not the Bond Fund or Money Market
Fund) may be eligible for the 70% dividends-received deduction for
domestic corporate shareholders.
Any dividend or capital gains distribution paid shortly after a
purchase of shares will have the effect of reducing the per share net
asset value of such shares by the amount of the dividend or distribution.
Furthermore, if the net asset value of the shares immediately after a
dividend or distribution is less than the cost of such shares to the
shareholder, the dividend or distribution will be taxable to the
shareholder even though it results in a return of capital to him.
Redemptions of shares will generally result in a capital gain or
loss for income tax purposes. Such capital gain or loss will be long term
or short term, depending upon the holding period. However, if a loss is
realized on shares held for six months or less, and the shareholder
received a capital gain distribution during that period, then such loss is
treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of the capital gain
distribution received.
Each Fund may be required to withhold Federal income tax at a rate
of 31% ("backup withholding") from dividend payments and redemption
proceeds if a shareholder fails to furnish such Fund with his social
security number or other tax identification number and certify under
penalty of perjury that such number is correct and that he is not subject
to backup withholding due to the underreporting of income. The
certification form is included as part of the share purchase application
and should be completed when the account is opened.
SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS
The Maryland General Corporation Law permits registered investment
companies, such as the Company, to operate without an annual meeting of
shareholders under specified circumstances if an annual meeting is not
required by the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Company has adopted
the appropriate provisions in its Bylaws and may not, at its discretion,
hold an annual meeting of shareholders in any year in which the election
of directors is not required to be acted on by shareholders under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
The Company's Bylaws also contain procedures for the removal of
directors by its shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, duly
called and at which a quorum is present, the shareholders may, by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be
cast thereon, remove any director or directors from office and may elect a
successor or successors to fill any resulting vacancies for the unexpired
terms of removed directors.
Upon the written request of the holders of shares entitled to not
less than ten percent (10%) of all the votes entitled to be cast at such
meeting, the Secretary of the Company shall promptly call a special
meeting of shareholders for the purpose of voting upon the question of
removal of any director. Whenever ten or more shareholders of record who
have been such for at least six months preceding the date of application,
and who hold in the aggregate either shares having a net asset value of at
least $25,000 or at least one percent (1%) of the total outstanding
shares, whichever is less, shall apply to the corporation's Secretary in
writing, stating that they wish to communicate with other shareholders
with a view to obtaining signatures to a request for a meeting as
described above and accompanied by a form of communication and request
which they wish to transmit, the Secretary shall within five business days
after such application either: (1) afford to such applicants access to a
list of the names and addresses of all shareholders as recorded on the
books of the Company; or (2) inform such applicants as to the approximate
number of shareholders of record and the approximate cost of mailing to
them the proposed communication and form of request.
If the Secretary elects to follow the course specified in clause
(2) of the last sentence of the preceding paragraph, the Secretary, upon
the written request of such applicants, accompanied by a tender of the
material to be mailed and of the reasonable expenses of mailing, shall,
with reasonable promptness, mail such material to all shareholders of
record at their addresses as recorded on the books unless within five
business days after such tender the Secretary shall mail to such
applicants and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together
with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement signed by at
least a majority of the Board of Directors to the effect that in their
opinion either such material contains untrue statements of fact or omits
to state facts necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading, or would be in violation of applicable law, and specifying the
basis of such opinion.
After opportunity for hearing upon the objections specified in the
written statement so filed, the Securities and Exchange Commission may,
and if demanded by the Board of Directors or by such applicants shall,
enter an order either sustaining one or more of such objections or
refusing to sustain any of them. If the Securities and Exchange
Commission shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such
objections, or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of
such objections, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall find, after
notice and opportunity for hearing, that all objections so sustained have
been met, and shall enter an order so declaring, the Secretary shall mail
copies of such material to all shareholders with reasonable promptness
after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender.
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
Price Waterhouse LLP, 100 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1500,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, currently serves as the independent
accountants for the Company and has so served since the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1989.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES RATINGS
As set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES," the Blue Chip Fund, the Opportunity Fund and the
Bond Fund may invest in publicly-distributed debt securities assigned one
of the highest two (2) ratings of either Standard & Poor's Corporation
("Standard & Poor's") or Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's").
Each of such Funds may also invest in commercial paper and commercial
paper master notes rated A-1 or better by Standard & Poor's or Prime-1 by
Moody's. As also set forth therein, the Money Market Fund may purchase
high-quality commercial paper issued by corporations rated (at the time of
purchase) in the highest category of at least two nationally recognized
rating agencies (or of one agency if only one agency has issued a rating)
(the "required rating agencies"), and high-quality corporate bonds with
remaining maturities of thirteen months or less which are rated (at the
time of purchase) in the highest category by the required rating agencies.
The required rating agencies may consist of Standard & Poor's, Moody's,
Duff & Phelps, Inc. ("D&P"), Fitch Investors Service, Inc. ("Fitch") and
Thompson Bankwatch ("TBW"). A brief description of the ratings symbols
and their meanings follows.
Standard & Poor's Debt Ratings. A Standard & Poor's corporate debt
rating is a current assessment of the creditworthiness of an obligor with
respect to a specific obligation. This assessment may take into
consideration obligors such as guarantors, insurers of lessees.
The debt rating is not a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold a
security, inasmuch as it does not comment as to market price or
suitability for a particular investor.
The ratings are based on current information furnished by the
issuer or obtained by Standard & Poor's from other sources it considers
reliable. Standard & Poor's does not perform any audit in connection with
any rating and may, on occasion, rely on unaudited financial information.
The ratings may be changed, suspended or withdrawn as a result of changes
in, or unavailability of, such information, or for other circumstances.
The ratings are based, in varying degrees, on the following
considerations:
I. Likelihood of default - capacity and willingness of the
obligor as to the timely payment of interest and repayment of
principal in accordance with the terms of the obligation;
II. Nature of and provisions of the obligation; and
III. Protection afforded by, and relative position of the
obligation in the event of bankruptcy, reorganization or other
arrangement under the laws of bankruptcy and other laws
affecting creditors' rights.
AAA - Debt rated AAA has the highest rating assigned by
Standard & Poor's. Capacity to pay interest and
repay principal is extremely strong.
AA - Debt rated AA has a very strong capacity to pay
interest and repay principal and differs from the
higher rated issues only in small degree.
Moody's Bond Ratings.
Aaa - Bonds which are rated Aaa are judged to be the
best quality. They carry the smallest degree of
investment risk and are generally referred to as
"gilt edged." Interest payments are protected by
a large, or by an exceptionally stable, margin,
and principal is secure. While the various
protective elements are likely to change, such
changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to
impair the fundamentally strong position of such
issues.
Aa - Bonds which are rated Aa are judged to be of high
quality by all standards. Together with the Aaa
group they comprise what are generally known as
high-grade bonds. They are rated lower than the
best bonds because margins of protection may not
be as large as in Aaa securities or fluctuation of
protective elements may be of greater amplitude,
or there may be other elements present which make
the long-term risks appear somewhat larger than in
Aaa securities.
Moody's applies numerical modifiers 1,2 and 3 in each of the
foregoing generic rating classifications. The modifier 1 indicates that
the company ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the
modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates
that the company ranks in the lower end of its generic rating category.
Duff & Phelps, Inc. Bond Ratings. D&P ratings concern only credit
quality (i.e., the likelihood of timely payment of principal and
interest). They are not affected by market conditions. All ratings are
regularly reviewed by the Credit Rating Committee at quarterly intervals,
or more frequently, if required.
Rating determination is a matter of judgment based on the
qualitative and quantitative factors, which vary according to the basic
economic and financial characteristics of the industry.
Ratings of fixed income securities maturing beyond one year are
expressed numerically in a range of 1 (highest-grade) to 17 (lowest-
grade). The first 10 ratings fall within the definition of investment-
grade securities, according to typical classifications of bank and
insurance supervisory authorities. Ratings 11 to 17 are used for issues
below investment-grade. Additional ratings up to level 20 will be added
as the need arises. Numerical ratings are grouped in seven categories,
with gradations within the categories.
D&P Generic
Rating Category Description
1 Triple A Highest credit quality. The risk factors
are negligible, being only slightly more
than for risk-free U.S. Treasury debt.
Fitch IBCA, Inc. Bond Ratings. The Fitch Bond Rating provides a
guide to investors in determining the investment risk attached to a
security. The rating represents its assessment of the issuer's ability to
meet the obligations of a specific debt issue. The rating takes into
consideration special features of the issuer, its relationship to other
obligations of the issuer, the record of the issuer and of any guarantor,
as well as the political and economic environment that might affect the
future financial strength of the issuer.
Bonds which have the same rating are of similar, but not
necessarily identical, investment quality since the limited number of
rating categories cannot fully reflect small differences in the degree of
risk. Moreover, the character of the risk factor varies from industry to
industry and between corporate, health care, and municipal obligations.
In assessing credit risk, Fitch relies on current information
furnished by the issuer and/or guarantor and other sources which it
considers reliable. Fitch does not perform an audit of the financial
statements used in assigning a rating.
Ratings may be changed, withdrawn, or suspended at any time to
reflect changes in the financial condition of the issuer, the status of
the issue relative to other debt of the issuer, or any other circumstances
that Fitch considers to have a material effect on the credit of the
obligor.
AAA rated bonds are considered to be investment-grade and of the
highest quality. The obligor has an extraordinary ability to
pay interest and repay principal, which is unlikely to be
affected by reasonably foreseeable events.
Standard & Poor's Commercial Paper Ratings. A Standard & Poor's
commercial paper rating is a current assessment of the likelihood of
timely payment of debt considered short-term in the relevant market.
Ratings are graded into several categories, ranging from A-1 for the
highest quality obligations to D for the lowest. These categories are as
follows:
A-1. This highest category indicates that the degree of safety
regarding timely payment is strong. Those issuers determined to possess
extremely strong safety characteristics are denoted with a plus sign (+)
designation.
A-2. Capacity for timely payment on issues with this designation is
satisfactory. However the relative degree of safety is not as high as for
issuers designated "A-1".
A-3. Issues carrying this designation have adequate capacity for
timely payment. They are, however, more vulnerable to the adverse effects
of changes in circumstances than obligations carrying a higher
designation.
Moody's Short-Term Debt Ratings. Moody's short-term debt ratings
are opinions of the ability of issuers to repay punctually senior debt
obligations which have an original maturity not exceeding one year.
Obligations relying upon support mechanisms such as letters-of-credit and
bonds of indemnity are excluded unless explicitly rated.
Moody's employs the following three designations, all judged to be
investment grade, to indicate the relative repayment ability of rated
issuers:
Prime-1. Issuers rated Prime-1 (or supporting institutions) have a
superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations.
Prime-1 repayment ability will often be evidenced by many of the following
characteristics:
- Leading market positions in well-established industries.
- High rates of return on funds employed.
- Conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance
on debt and ample asset protection.
- Broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges
and high internal cash generation.
- Well-established access to a range of financial markets and
assured sources of alternate liquidity.
Prime-2. Issuers rated Prime-2 (or supporting institutions) have a
strong ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. This
will normally be evidenced by many of the characteristics cited above but
to a lesser degree. Earnings trends and coverage ratios, while sound, may
be more subject to variation. Capitalization characteristics, while still
appropriate, may be more affected by external conditions. Ample alternate
liquidity is maintained.
Prime-3. Issuers rated Prime-3 (or supporting institutions) have
an acceptable ability for repayment of senior short-term obligations. The
effect of industry characteristics and market compositions may be more
pronounced. Variability in earnings and profitability may result in
changes in the level of debt protection measurements and may require
relatively high financial leverage. Adequate alternate liquidity is
maintained.
Duff & Phelps, Inc. Commercial Paper Ratings.
Category 1: Top Grade
Duff 1 plus Highest certainty of timely payment. Short-term liquidity,
including internal operating factors and/or ready access to
alternative sources of funds, is clearly outstanding, and
safety is just below risk-free U.S. Treasury short-term
obligations.
Duff 1 Very high certainty of timely payment. Liquidity factors are
excellent and supported by strong fundamental protection
factors. Risk factors are minor.
Duff 1 minus High certainty of timely payment. Liquidity factors are
strong and supported by good fundamental protection
factors. Risk factors are very small.
Fitch IBCA, Inc. Commercial Paper Rating. Fitch Commercial Paper
Ratings are assigned at the request of an issuer to debt obligations with
an original maturity not in excess of 270 days. The ratings reflect
Fitch's current appraisal of the degree of assurance of timely payment of
such debt. Fitch is compensated for this service by an annual fee paid by
the issuer under a contractual agreement which specifies among other
things that ratings may be changed or withdrawn at any time if, in Fitch's
sole judgment, changing circumstances warrant such action.
Fitch-1 (Highest Grade) Commercial paper assigned this rating is
regarded as having the strongest degree of assurance for
timely payment.
Thompson Bankwatch (TBW) Short-Term Ratings. The TBW Short-Term
Ratings apply to commercial paper, other senior short-term obligations and
deposit obligations of the entities to which the rating has been assigned.
The TBW Short-Term Ratings apply only to unsecured instruments that
have a maturity of one year or less.
The TBW Short-Term Ratings specifically assess the likelihood of an
untimely payment of principal or interest.
TBW-1. The highest category; indicates a very high degree of
likelihood that principal and interest will be paid on a timely basis.
TBW-2. The second highest category; while the degree of safety
regarding timely repayment of principal and interest is strong, the
relative degree of safety is not as high as for issues rated "TBW-1".
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following financial statements are incorporated by reference to
the Annual Report, dated September 30, 1997, of The Reynolds Funds (File
No. 811-5549), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 5, 1997.
Reynolds Funds, Inc. (Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, Reynolds
Opportunity Fund, Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund and Reynolds Money
Market Fund)
Report of Independent Accountants
Statements of Net Assets
Statements of Operations
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Financial Highlights
Notes to Financial Statements
PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a.) Financial Statements (Financial Highlights included in Part A and
all incorporated by reference to the Annual Report, dated
September 30, 1997 (File No. 811-5549), of Reynolds Funds, Inc.
(as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November
5, 1997))
Reynolds Funds, Inc. (Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, Reynolds
Opportunity Fund, Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund and Reynolds
Money Market Fund)
Report of Independent Accountants
Statements of Net Assets
Statements of Operations
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Financial Highlights
Notes to Financial Statements
(b.) Exhibits
(1) Registrant's Articles of Incorporation, as amended and
supplemented.
(2) Registrant's Bylaws, as amended.
(3) None
(4) None
(5.1) Investment Advisory Agreement between Reynolds Blue Chip
Growth Fund and Reynolds Capital Management, as amended.
(5.2) Investment Advisory Agreement between Reynolds Money
Market Fund and Reynolds Capital Management.
(5.3) Investment Advisory Agreement between Reynolds Opportunity
Fund and Reynolds Capital Management.
(5.4) Investment Advisory Agreement between Reynolds U.S.
Government Bond Fund and Reynolds Capital Management.
(6) None
(7) None
(8.1) Custodian Agreement between Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund
and Firstar Trust Company (formerly First Wisconsin Trust
Company).
(8.2) Custodian Agreement between Reynolds Money Market Fund and
Firstar Trust Company (formerly First Wisconsin Trust
Company).
(8.3) Custodian Agreement between Reynolds Opportunity Fund and
Firstar Trust Company (formerly First Wisconsin Trust
Company).
(8.4) Custodian Agreement between Reynolds U.S. Government Bond
Fund and Firstar Trust Company (formerly First Wisconsin
Trust Company).
(9.1) Administration Agreement between Reynolds Blue Chip Growth
Fund and Fiduciary Management, Inc.
(9.2) Administration Agreement between Reynolds Money Market
Fund and Fiduciary Management, Inc.
(9.3) Administration Agreement between Reynolds Opportunity Fund
and Fiduciary Management, Inc.
(9.4) Administration Agreement between Reynolds U.S. Government
Bond Fund and Fiduciary Management, Inc.
(10) Opinion of Foley & Lardner, counsel for Registrant.
(11) Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.
(12) None
(13.1) Subscription Agreement for shares of Reynolds Blue Chip
Growth Fund.
(14.1) Individual Retirement Custodial Accounts.
(14.2) Simplified Employee Pension Plan.
(14.3) Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
(14.4) Model 403(b)(7) Plan.
(15) None
(16) Schedule for Computation of Performance Quotations;
Exhibit 16 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A is
incorporated by reference pursuant to Rule 411 under the
Securities Act of 1933.
(17) Financial Data Schedule
(18) None
Item 25. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant
As of December 31, 1997, The Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund was
controlled by The Joel W. Renbaum, M.D., Inc. Profit-Sharing Trust, which
owned 25.3% of such Fund's voting securities.
None of The Reynolds Blue Chips Growth Fund, The Reynolds
Opportunity Fund, The Reynolds Money Market Fund or the Registrant is
controlled by any person. Registrant does not control any person.
Item 26. Number of Holders of Securities
Number of Record Holders
Title of Class as of December 31, 1997
Class A Common Stock, 1,512
$.01 par value (Reynolds
Blue Chip Growth Fund)
Class B Common Stock, 210
$.01 par value (Reynolds
Money Market Fund)
Class C Common Stock, 327
$.01 par value (Reynolds
Opportunity Fund)
Class D Common Stock, 55
$.01 par value (Reynolds
U.S. Government Bond Fund)
Item 27. Indemnification
Pursuant to the authority of the Maryland General Corporation Law,
particularly Section 2-418 thereof, Registrant's Board of Directors has
adopted the following Bylaw which is in full force and effect and has not
been modified or cancelled:
Article VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7. Indemnification.
A. The corporation shall indemnify all of its corporate
representatives against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
them in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or
threat or claim of such action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative, or legislative, no matter by whom brought, or in
any appeal in which they or any of them are made parties or a party by
reason of being or having been a corporate representative, if the
corporate representative acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation
and with respect to any criminal proceeding, if he had no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was unlawful provided that the corporation shall
not indemnify corporate representatives in relation to matters as to which
any such corporate representative shall be adjudged in such action, suit
or proceeding to be liable for gross negligence, willful misfeasance, bad
faith, reckless disregard of the duties and obligations involved in the
conduct of his office, or when indemnification is otherwise not permitted
by the Maryland General Corporation Law.
B. In the absence of an adjudication which expressly absolves the
corporate representative, or in the event of a settlement, each corporate
representative shall be indemnified hereunder only if there has been a
reasonable determination based on a review of the facts that
indemnification of the corporate representative is proper because he has
met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraph A. Such
determination shall be made: (i) by the board of directors, by a majority
vote of a quorum which consists of directors who were not parties to the
action, suit or proceeding, or if such a quorum cannot be obtained, then
by a majority vote of a committee of the board consisting solely of two or
more directors, not, at the time, parties to the action, suit or
proceeding and who were duly designated to act in the matter by the full
board in which the designated directors who are parties to the action,
suit or proceeding may participate; or (ii) by special legal counsel
selected by the board of directors or a committee of the board by vote as
set forth in (i) of this paragraph, or, if the requisite quorum of the
full board cannot be obtained therefor and the committee cannot be
established, by a majority vote of the full board in which directors who
are parties to the action, suit or proceeding may participate.
C. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall create a rebuttable presumption that the person was
guilty of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless
disregard to the duties and obligations involved in the conduct of his or
her office, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
D. Expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in the
preparation of and/or presentation of the defense of a civil or criminal
action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of
the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized in
the manner provided in Section 2-418(F) of the Maryland General
Corporation Law upon receipt of: (i) an undertaking by or on behalf of
the corporate representative to repay such amount unless it shall
ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by
the corporation as authorized in this bylaw; and (ii) a written
affirmation by the corporate representative of the corporate
representative's good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary
for indemnification by the corporation has been met.
E. The indemnification provided by this bylaw shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled
under these bylaws, any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity
and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person subject to the limitations imposed from
time to time by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
F. This corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any corporate representative against any liability
asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in such capacity or
arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation
would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under
this bylaw provided that no insurance may be purchased or maintained to
protect any corporate representative against liability for gross
negligence, willful misfeasance, bad faith or reckless disregard of the
duties and obligations involved in the conduct of his or her office.
G. "Corporate Representative" means an individual who is or was a
director, officer, agent or employee of the corporation or who serves or
served another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise in one of these capacities at the request of the corporation
and who, by reason of his or her position, is, was, or is threatened to be
made, a party to a proceeding described herein.
Insofar as indemnification for and with respect to liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions or otherwise, Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person or Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
Item 28. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser
Information with respect to Mr. Reynolds is incorporated by
reference to pages 7 through 11 of the Statement of Additional Information
pursuant to Rule 411 under the Securities Act of 1933.
Item 29. Principal Underwriters
Registrant has no principal underwriters.
Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records
All accounts, books, or other documents required to be maintained
by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules
promulgated thereunder are in the physical possession of either
Registrant's Treasurer, at Registrant's corporate offices, Wood Island,
Third Floor, 80 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Larkspur, California 94939,
or Fiduciary Management, Inc. at its offices at 222 East Mason Street,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.
Item 31. Management Services
All management-related service contracts entered into by Registrant
are discussed in Parts A and B of this Registration Statement.
Item 32. Undertakings
None.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all
of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amended Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has
duly caused this Amended Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Larkspur and
State of California on the 23rd day of January, 1998.
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Frederick L. Reynolds
Frederick L. Reynolds, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amended Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name Title Date
/s/ Frederick L. Reynolds Principal Executive, January 23, 1998
Frederick L. Reynolds Financial and
Accounting Officer
and Director
/s/ Robert E. Snader Director January 23, 1998
Robert E. Snader
/s/ Robert E. Stauder Director January 23, 1998
Robert E. Stauder
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Exhibit
(1) Registrant's Articles of
Incorporation, as amended
and supplemented
(2) Registrant's Bylaws, as amended
(3) None
(4) None
(5.1) Investment Advisory Agreement
between Reynolds Blue Chip
Growth Fund and Reynolds Capital
Management, as amended
(5.2) Investment Advisory Agreement
between Reynolds Money Market
Fund and Reynolds Capital
Management
(5.3) Investment Advisory Agreement
between Reynolds Opportunity
Fund and Reynolds Capital
Management
(5.4) Investment Advisory Agreement
between Reynolds U.S. Government
Bond Fund and Reynolds Capital
Management
(6) None
(7) None
(8.1) Custodian Agreement between Reynolds Blue Chip Growth
Fund and Firstar Trust Company (formerly First
Wisconsin Trust Company) ("Firstar")
(8.2) Custodian Agreement between Reynolds Money Market Fund
and Firstar
(8.3) Custodian Agreement between Reynolds Opportunity Fund
and Firstar
(8.4) Custodian Agreement between Reynolds U.S. Government
Bond Fund and Firstar
(9.1) Administration Agreement between
Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund
and Fiduciary Management, Inc.
(9.2) Administration Agreement between
Reynolds Money Market Fund and
Fiduciary Management, Inc.
(9.3) Administration Agreement between
Reynolds Opportunity Fund and
Fiduciary Management, Inc.
(9.4) Administration Agreement between
Reynolds U.S. Government Bond
Fund and Fiduciary Management, Inc.
(10) Opinion of Foley & Lardner
Counsel for Registrant
(11) Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP
(13.1) Subscription Agreement for shares
of Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund
(14.1) Individual Retirement Custodial Accounts
(14.2) Simplified Employee Pension Plan
(14.3) Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
(14.4) Model 403(b)(7) Plan
(15) None
(16) Schedule for Computation of
Performance Quotations*
(17) Financial Data Schedule
(18) None
* Incorporated by reference.
EXHIBIT 1
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
(as amended)
The undersigned sole incorporator, being at least eighteen years
of age, hereby adopts the following Articles of Incorporation for the
purpose of forming a Maryland corporation under the general laws of the
State of Maryland:
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation (hereinafter called "Corporation")
is:
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
ARTICLE II
The period of existence shall be perpetual.
ARTICLE III
The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are to engage
in any lawful business for which corporations may be organized under the
Maryland General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE IV
A. The aggregate number of shares of capital stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Million (10,000,000)
shares, all with a par value of One Cent ($0.01) per share, to be known
and designated as "Common Stock." The aggregate par value of the
authorized shares of the Corporation is One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000). The Board of Directors of the Corporation may increase or
decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of Common Stock
pursuant to Section 2-105 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any
successor provision thereto. The Board of Directors of the Corporation
may classify or reclassify any unissued shares of Common Stock and may
designate or redesignate the name of any class of outstanding Common
Stock. The Board of Directors may fix the number of shares of Common
Stock in any such class and, except as specifically set forth in these
Articles of Incorporation, may set or change the preferences, conversion
or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends,
qualifications and terms or conditions of redemption of any class of
unissued shares of Common Stock.
B. Notwithstanding the authority granted to the Board of
Directors of the Corporation with respect to the designation,
classification and reclassification of the unissued shares of Common Stock
of the Corporation, each class of Common Stock shall have the following
preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to dividends, qualifications and terms or conditions of
redemption:
1. Each holder of shares of Common Stock of the
Corporation, irrespective of the class, shall be entitled to one
(1) vote for each full share (and a fractional vote for each
fractional share) then standing in his or her name on the books
of the Corporation; provided, however, that shares of any class
of Common Stock owned, other than in a fiduciary capacity, by
the Corporation or by another corporation in which the
Corporation owns shares entitled to cast a majority of all the
votes entitled to be cast by all shares outstanding and entitled
to vote of such corporation, shall not be voted at any meeting
of stockholders. On any matter submitted to a vote of
stockholders all shares of the Corporation's Common Stock then
issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, irrespective of the
class, shall be voted in the aggregate and not by class, except
that: (a) when otherwise expressly provided by the Maryland
General Corporation Law, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
the regulations thereunder, or other applicable law, shares
shall be voted by individual class; and (2) when the matter to
be acted upon does not affect any interest of a particular class
of the Corporation's Common Stock, then only shares of the
affected class shall be entitled to vote thereon. At all
elections of directors of the Corporation, each stockholder
shall be entitled to vote the shares owned of record by him for
as many persons as there are directors to be elected, but shall
not be entitled to exercise any right of cumulative voting.
2. All consideration received by the Corporation for the
issue or sale of shares of any class of the Corporation's Common
Stock, together with all assets in which such consideration is
invested and reinvested, income, earnings, profits and proceeds
thereof, including any proceeds derived from the sale, exchange
or liquidation thereof, and any such funds or payments derived
from any reinvestment of such proceeds in whatever form the same
may be, shall irrevocably belong to the class of the
Corporation's Common Stock with respect to which such assets,
payments or funds were received by the Corporation for all
purposes, subject only to the rights of creditors, and shall be
so handled upon the books of account of the Corporation. Such
consideration, assets, income, earnings, profits and proceeds
thereof, including any proceeds derived from the sale, exchange
or liquidation thereof, and any assets derived from any
reinvestment of such proceeds in whatever form, are herein
referred to as "assets belonging to" such class. Any assets,
income, earnings, profits and proceeds thereof, funds or
payments which are not readily attributable to any particular
class of the Corporation's Common Stock shall be allocable among
any one or more of the classes of the Corporation's Common Stock
in such manner and on such basis as the Board of Directors, in
its sole discretion, shall deem fair and equitable. The power
to make such allocations may be delegated by the Board of
Directors from time to time to one or more of the officers of
the Corporation.
3. The assets belonging to any class of the Corporation's
Common Stock shall be charged with the liabilities in respect of
such class of the Corporation's Common Stock, and shall also be
charged with the share of the general liabilities of the
Corporation allocated to such class determined as hereinafter
provided. The determination of the Board of Directors shall be
conclusive as to: (a) the amount of such liabilities, including
the amount of accrued expenses and reserves; (b) any allocation
of the same to a given class; and (c) whether the same are
allocable to one or more classes. The liabilities so allocated
to a class are herein referred to as "liabilities belonging to"
such class. Any liabilities which are not readily attributable
to any particular class of the Corporation's Common Stock shall
be allocable among any one or more of the classes of the
Corporation's Common Stock in such manner and on such basis as
the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, shall deem fair
and equitable. The power to make such allocations may be
delegated by the Board of Directors from time to time to one or
more of the officers of the Corporation.
4. Shares of a class of the Corporation's Common Stock
shall be entitled to such dividends and distributions, in stock
or in cash or both, as may be declared from time to time by the
Board of Directors, acting in its sole discretion, with respect
to such class; provided, however, that dividends and
distributions on shares of a class of the Corporation's Common
Stock shall be paid only out of the lawfully available "assets
belonging to" such class as such phrase is defined in this
Article IV.
5. In the event of the liquidation or dissolution of the
Corporation, stockholders of a class of the Corporation's Common
Stock shall be entitled to receive, as a class, out of the
assets of the Corporation available for distribution to
stockholders, but other than general assets not belonging to any
particular class, the assets belonging to such class, and the
assets so distributable to the holders of any class of the
Corporation's Common Stock shall be distributed among such
holders in proportion to the number of shares of such class of
the Corporation's Common Stock held by them and recorded on the
books of the Corporation. In the event that there are any
general assets not belonging to any particular class of the
Corporation's Common Stock and available for distribution, such
distribution shall be made to the holders of all classes of the
Corporation's Common Stock in proportion to the net asset value
of the respective class of the Corporation's Common Stock
determined as set forth in the Bylaws of the Corporation.
6. Each share of each class of Common Stock of the
Corporation now or hereafter issued shall be subject to
redemption by the stockholders of the Corporation and, subject
to the suspension of such right or redemption as provided in the
Bylaws, each holder of shares of any class of Common Stock of
the Corporation, upon request to the Corporation accompanied by
surrender of the appropriate stock certificate or certificates,
if any, in proper form for transfer and after complying with any
other redemption procedures established by the Board of
Directors, shall be entitled to require the Corporation to
redeem all or any part of the shares of such class of Common
Stock standing in the name of such holder on the books of the
Corporation at the net asset value of such shares. In the event
that no certificates have been issued to the holder, the Board
of Directors may require the submission of a stock power with an
appropriate signature guarantee. All shares of any class of its
Common Stock redeemed by the Corporation shall be deemed to be
cancelled and restored to the status of authorized but unissued
shares. The method of computing the net asset value of shares
of each class of Common Stock of the Corporation for purposes of
the issuance and sale, or redemption, thereof, as well as the
time as of which such net asset value shall be computed, shall
be as set forth in the Bylaws. Payment of the net asset value
of each share of each class of Common Stock of the Corporation
surrendered to it for redemption shall be made by the
Corporation within seven (7) days after surrender of such stock
to the Corporation for such purpose, or within such other
reasonable period as may be determined from time to time by the
Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of the Corporation
may, upon reasonable notice to the stockholders of the
Corporation, impose a fee for the privilege of redeeming shares,
such fee to be not in excess of one percent (1.0%) of the
proceeds of any such redemption. The Board shall have
discretionary authority to rescind the imposition of any such
fee and to reimpose the redemption fee from time to time upon
reasonable notice. Any fee so imposed shall be uniform as to
all stockholders.
7. If, at any time when a request for transfer or
redemption of the shares of any class of Common Stock is
received by the Corporation or its agent, the value (computed as
set forth in the Bylaws) of the shares of such class in a
stockholder's account is less than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00), after giving effect to such transfer or redemption,
the Corporation may cause the remaining shares of such class in
such stockholder's account to be redeemed in accordance with
such procedures as the Board of Directors shall adopt.
8. Each holder of shares of the Corporation's Common
Stock, irrespective of the class, may, upon request to the
Corporation accompanied by surrender of the appropriate stock
certificate or certificates, if any, in proper form for transfer
and after complying with any other conversion procedures
established by the Board of Directors, convert such shares into
shares of any other class of the Corporation's Common Stock on
the basis of their relative net asset values (determined in
accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation) less a conversion
charge or discount determined by the Board of Directors. Any
fee so imposed shall be uniform as to all stockholders.
9. No holder of shares of any class of Common Stock of
the Corporation shall, as such holder, have any right to
purchase or subscribe for any shares of any class of the Common
Stock of the Corporation which it may issue or sell (whether out
of the number of shares authorized by these Articles of
Incorporation, or out of any shares of any class of Common Stock
of the Corporation acquired by it after the issue thereof, or
otherwise) other than such right, if any, as the Board of
Directors, in its discretion, may determine.
ARTICLE V
The number of directors constituting the Board of Directors
shall initially be three (3), and the names of the initial directors are
Frederick L. Reynolds, Robert E. Stauder and Lynn M. Sedway. Thereafter,
the number of directors shall be such number as is fixed from time to time
by the Bylaws.
ARTICLE VI
The Corporation reserves the right to enter into, from time to
time, investment advisory agreements providing for the management and
supervision of the investments of the Corporation, the furnishing of
advice to the Corporation with respect to the desirability of investing
in, purchasing or selling securities or other property and the furnishing
of clerical and administrative services to the Corporation. Such
agreement shall contain such other terms, provisions and conditions as the
Board of Directors of the Corporation may deem advisable and as are
permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940.
The Corporation may designate custodians, transfer agents,
registrars and/or disbursing agents for the stock and assets of the
Corporation and employ and fix the powers, rights, duties,
responsibilities and compensation of each such custodian, transfer agent,
registrar and/or disbursing agent.
ARTICLE VII
The following provisions define, limit and regulate the powers
of the Corporation, the Board of Directors and the stockholders:
A. The Corporation may issue and sell shares of any class of
its own Common Stock in such amounts and on such terms and conditions, for
such purposes and for such amount or kind of consideration now or
hereafter permitted by the laws of the State of Maryland, the Bylaws and
these Articles of Incorporation, as its Board of Directors may determine;
provided, however, that the consideration per share to be received by the
Corporation upon the sale of any shares of any class of its Common Stock
shall not be less than the net asset value per share of such class of
Common Stock outstanding at the time as of which the computation of said
net asset value shall be made.
B. The Board of Directors may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, reject in whole or in part orders for the purchase of shares
of any class of Common Stock and may, in addition, require such orders to
be in such minimum amounts as it shall determine.
C. The holders of any fractional shares of any class Common
Stock shall be entitled to the payment of dividends on such fractional
shares, to receive the net asset value thereof upon redemption, to share
in the assets of the Corporation upon liquidation and to exercise voting
rights with respect thereto.
D. The Board of Directors shall have full power in accordance
with good accounting practice: (a) to determine what receipts of the
Corporation shall constitute income available for payment of dividends and
what receipts shall constitute principal and to make such allocation of
any particular receipt between principal and income as it may deem proper;
and (b) from time to time, in its discretion (i) to determine whether any
and all expenses and other outlays paid or incurred (including any and all
taxes, assessments or governmental charges which the Corporation may be
required to pay or hold under any present or future law of the United
States of America or of any other taxing authority therein) shall be
charged to or paid from principal or income or both, and (ii) to apportion
any and all of said expenses and outlays, including taxes, between
principal and income.
E. The Board of Directors shall have the power to determine
from time to time whether and to what extent and at what time and places
and under what conditions and regulations the books, accounts and
documents of the Corporation or any of them, shall be open to the
inspection of stockholders, except as otherwise provided by applicable
law; and except as so provided, no stockholder shall have any right to
inspect any book, account or document of the Corporation unless authorized
to do so by resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VIII
The address of the principal office of the Corporation is Wood
Island, Third Floor, 80 East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Larkspur,
California 94939.
ARTICLE IX
The address of the initial registered office is c/o The
Corporation Trust Incorporated, 32 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21202.
ARTICLE X
The name of the initial registered agent at such address is The
Corporation Trust, Incorporated, a Maryland corporation.
ARTICLE XI
The name and address of the sole incorporator is:
Name Address
Frederick L. Reynolds c/o Reynolds Capital Management
Wood Island, Third Floor
80 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Larkspur, CA 94939
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned incorporator who executed
the foregoing, Articles of Incorporation hereby acknowledges the same to
be his act and further acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge,
the matters and facts set forth therein are true in all material respects
under the penalties of perjury.
Dated this 21st day of April, 1988.
_______________________________________
Frederick L. Reynolds
<PAGE>
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
TO
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC.
Pursuant to Section 2-208 of the Maryland General Corporation
Law (the "MGCL"), Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc., a Maryland
corporation having its principal office in Baltimore, Maryland (the
"Company"), does hereby certify to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland (the "Department") that:
FIRST: The Company is registered as an open-end investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECOND: Pursuant to Section 2-105(a)(9) of the MGCL and Article
IV of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors of
the Company duly adopted on November 19, 1990 resolutions: (a)
reclassifying five million (5,000,000) shares of the Company's Common
Stock, $.01 par value per share, as "Class B Common Stock," of the par
value of $.01 per share; (b) redesignating five million (5,000,000) shares
of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, including any and
all shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the effective date
of these Articles Supplementary, as "Class A Common Stock," of the par
value of $.01 per share; and (c) authorizing and directing the filing of
these Articles Supplementary for record with the Department.
THIRD: The respective preferences, conversion and other rights,
voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications,
and terms and conditions of redemption of the Company's Class A Common
Stock, $.01 per value per share, and Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value
per share, are as set forth in Section B of Article IV of the Company's
Articles of Incorporation.
FOURTH: These Articles Supplementary shall become effective as
of the time they are accepted by the Department for record.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused these presents to be
signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested by its
Secretary as of this 19th day of November, 1990.
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH
FUND, INC.
(the "Company")
By: _________________________________
Frederick L. Reynolds, President
Attest: ___________________________
Camille F. Wildes, Secretary
<PAGE>
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
TO
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC.
Pursuant to Section 2-208.1 of the Maryland General Corporation
Law (the "MGCL"), Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc., a Maryland
corporation having its principal office in Baltimore, Maryland (the
"Company"), does hereby certify to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland (the "Department") that:
FIRST: The Company is registered as an open-end investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECOND: Pursuant to Section 2-105(c) of the MGCL and Article IV
of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors of the
Company duly adopted on November 27, 1990 resolutions: (a) increasing the
total number of shares of Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per share,
that the Company has authority to issue pursuant to Article IV of the
Company's Articles of Incorporation from five million (5,000,000) shares
to twenty million (20,000,000) shares; (b) increasing the total number of
shares of Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, that the Company
has authority to issue pursuant to Article IV of the Company's Articles of
Incorporation from five million (5,000,000) shares to five hundred million
(500,000,000) shares; and (c) authorizing and directing the filing of
these Articles Supplementary for record with the Department.
THIRD: (a) The total number of shares of stock which the
Company was heretofore authorized to issue was ten million (10,000,000)
shares, consisting of (i) five million (5,000,000) shares of a class
designated as "Class A Common Stock," of the par value of $.01 per share,
and (ii) five million (5,000,000) shares of a class designated as "Class B
Common Stock," of the par value of $.01 per share. The aggregate par
value of all of the authorized shares of both classes of stock was one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(b) The total number of shares of stock which the Company shall
be authorized to issue upon the filing of these Articles Supplementary for
record with the Department is five hundred twenty million (520,000,000)
shares, consisting of (i) twenty million (20,000,000) shares of a class
designated as "Class A Common Stock," of the par value of $.01 per share,
and (ii) five hundred million (500,000,000) shares of a class designated
as "Class B Common Stock," of the par value of $.01 per share. The
aggregate par value of all of the authorized shares of both classes of
stock is five million two hundred thousand dollars ($5,200,000).
FOURTH: These Articles Supplementary shall become effective as
of the time they are accepted by the Department for record.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused these presents to be
signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested by its
Secretary as of this 27th day of November, 1990.
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH
FUND, INC.
(the "Company")
By: _________________________________
Frederick L. Reynolds, President
Attest: ___________________________
Camille F. Wildes, Secretary
<PAGE>
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
TO
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC.
Pursuant to Section 2-208.1 of the Maryland General Corporation
Law (the "MGCL"), Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc., a Maryland
corporation having its principal office in Baltimore, Maryland (the
"Company"), does hereby certify to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland (the "Department") that:
FIRST: The Company is registered as an open-end investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECOND: Pursuant to Section 2-105(c) of the MGCL and Article IV
of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors of the
Company duly adopted on October 4, 1991 resolutions: (a) increasing the
total number of shares of Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per share,
that the Company has authority to issue pursuant to Article IV of the
Company's Articles of Incorporation from twenty million (20,000,000)
shares to sixty million (60,000,000) shares; and (b) authorizing and
directing the filing of these Articles Supplementary for record with the
Department.
THIRD: (a) The total number of shares of stock which the
Company was heretofore authorized to issue was five hundred twenty million
(520,000,000) shares, consisting of (i) twenty million (20,000,000) shares
of a class designated as "Class A Common Stock," of the par value of $.01
per share, and (ii) five hundred million (500,000,000) shares of a class
designated as "Class B Common Stock," of the par value of $.01 per share.
The aggregate par value of all of the authorized shares of both classes of
stock was five million two hundred thousand dollars ($5,200,000).
(b) The total number of shares of stock which the Company shall
be authorized to issue upon the filing of these Articles Supplementary for
record with the Department is five hundred sixty million (560,000,000)
shares, consisting of (i) sixty million (60,000,000) shares of a class
designated as "Class A Common Stock," of the par value of $.01 per share,
and (ii) five hundred million (500,000,000) shares of a class designated
as "Class B Common Stock," of the par value of $.01 per share. The
aggregate par value of all of the authorized shares of both classes of
stock is five million six hundred thousand dollars ($5,600,000).
FOURTH: These Articles Supplementary shall become effective as
of the time they are accepted by the Department for record.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused these presents to be
signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested by its
Secretary as of this 18th day of November, 1991.
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH
FUND, INC.
(the "Company")
By: _________________________________
Frederick L. Reynolds, President
Attest: ___________________________
Camille F. Wildes, Secretary
<PAGE>
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
TO
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC.
Pursuant to Section 2-208 of the Maryland General Corporation
Law (the "MGCL"), Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc., a Maryland
corporation having its principal office in Baltimore, Maryland (the
"Company"), does hereby certify to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland (the "Department") that:
FIRST: The Company is registered as an investment company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECOND: Pursuant to Section 2-105(a)(9) of the MGCL and Article
IV of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors of
the Company duly adopted on October 4, 1990 resolutions: (a)
reclassifying twenty million (20,000,000) shares of the Company's
authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per
share, as "Class C Common Stock," of the par value of $.01 per share; (b)
reclassifying twenty million (20,000,000) shares of the Company's
authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per
share, as "Class D Common Stock," of the par value of $.01 per share; and
(c) authorizing and directing the filing of these Articles Supplementary
for record with the Department.
THIRD: The respective preferences, conversion and other rights,
voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications,
and terms and conditions of redemption of the Company's Class C Common
Stock, $.01 par value per share, and Class D Common Stock, $.01 par value
per share, are as set forth in Section B of Article IV of the Company's
Articles of Incorporation.
FOURTH: These Articles Supplementary shall become effective as
of the time they are accepted by the Department for record.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused these presents to be
signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested by its
Secretary as of this 21st day of November, 1991.
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH
FUND, INC.
(the "Company")
By: _________________________________
Frederick L. Reynolds, President
Attest: ___________________________
Camille F. Wildes, Secretary
EXHIBIT 2
BYLAWS
OF
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC.
(as amended)
ARTICLE I
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS
Section 1. Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders shall be
held at such location as the Board of Directors shall direct.
Section 2. Annual Meeting.
(a) The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of
directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come
before it, if the annual meeting shall be held, shall be held during the
month of _________ of each year (or during such other month as the Board
of Directors shall determine), commencing in 1989, at such date and time
as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of
such meeting. Any business of the corporation may be transacted at the
annual meeting without being specifically designated in the notice, except
such business as is specifically required by statute to be stated in the
notice.
(b) The corporation shall not be required to hold an annual
meeting in any year in which none of the following is required to be acted
on by stockholders under the Investment Company Act of 1940:
(i) Election of directors;
(ii) Approval of the corporation's investment advisory contract;
(iii) Ratification of the selection of the corporation's
independent public accountants; and
(iv) Approval of the corporation's distribution agreement with
respect to any particular class of series.
Section 3. Special Meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders may
be called by the board of directors, the president, any vice president, or
the secretary, and shall be called by the secretary upon the written
request of the holders of shares entitled to not less than ten
percent (10%) of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting;
provided that such holders prepay the costs to the corporation of
preparing and mailing the notice of the meeting. The business transacted
at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes
stated in the notice.
Section 4. Notice of Meeting. Not less than ten (10) days nor more
than ninety (90) days before the date of every stockholders' meeting, the
secretary shall give to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting
and to each other stockholder entitled to notice of such meeting under
applicable law, written or printed notice stating the time and place of
the meeting, and in the case of a special meeting (or where required by
applicable law) the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called,
either by mail, by presenting it to him personally or by leaving it at his
residence or usual place of business. If mailed, such notice shall be
deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail addressed to
the stockholder at his post office address as it appears on the records of
the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.
Section 5. Quorum. At any meeting of stockholders the presence in
person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the
votes thereat shall constitute a quorum; but this section shall not affect
any requirement under statute or under the charter for the vote necessary
for the adoption of any measure. If at any meeting a quorum is not
present or represented, the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a
majority of the stock present or represented may adjourn the meeting from
time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until
a quorum is present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a
quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted which
might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
Section 6. Stock Entitled to Vote. Each issued share of each class of
stock shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders except
shares owned, other than in a fiduciary capacity, by the corporation or by
another corporation in which the corporation owns shares entitled to cast
a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast by all shares outstanding
and entitled to vote of such corporation.
Section 7. Voting. Each outstanding share of each class of stock
entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one
vote on each matter submitted to a vote. In all elections for directors
every stockholder shall have the right to vote the shares of each class
owned of record by him for as many persons as there are directors to be
elected, but shall not be entitled to exercise any right of cumulative
voting. A stockholder may vote the shares owned of record by him either
in person or by proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by his
authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11)
months from its date unless otherwise provided in the proxy. At all
meetings of stockholders, unless the voting is conducted by inspectors,
all questions relating to the qualification of voters, the validity of
proxies and the acceptance or rejection of votes shall be decided by the
chairman of the meeting. A majority of the votes cast at a meeting of
stockholders, duly called and at which a quorum is present, shall be
sufficient to take or authorize any action which may properly come before
the meeting, unless a greater number is required by statute or by the
charter.
Section 8. Informal Action. Any action required or permitted to be
taken at any meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, if a
consent in writing, setting forth such action, is signed by all the
stockholders entitled to vote on the subject matter thereof and such
consent is filed with the records of the corporation.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Number. The number of directors of the corporation shall
be three (3). By vote of a majority of the entire board of directors, the
number of directors fixed by the charter or by these bylaws may be
increased or decreased from time to time to not more than fifteen nor less
than three, but the tenure of office of a director shall not be affected
by any decrease in the number of directors so made by the board.
Section 2. Election and Qualification. Until the first annual meeting
of stockholders and until successors are duly elected and qualify, the
board of directors shall consist of the persons named as such in the
charter. At the first annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholders
shall elect directors to hold office until their successors are elected
and qualify. A director need not be a stockholder of the corporation, but
must be eligible to serve as a director of a registered investment company
under the Investment Company Act of 1940. All but one (1) of the directors
may be interested persons of the investment adviser of the corporation, as
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, or officers or employees of
the corporation.
Section 3. Vacancies. Any vacancy on the board of directors occurring
between stockholders' meetings called for the purpose of electing
directors may be filled, if immediately after filling any such vacancy at
least two-thirds of the directors then holding office shall have been
elected to such office at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, in
the following manner: (i) for a vacancy occurring other than by reason of
an increase in directors, by a majority of the remaining members of the
board, although such majority is less than a quorum; and (ii) for a
vacancy occurring by reason of an increase in the number of directors, by
action of a majority of the entire board. A director elected by the board
to fill a vacancy shall be elected to hold office until the next annual
meeting of stockholders or until his successor is elected and qualifies.
If by reason of the death, disqualification or bona fide resignation of
any director or directors, there is no member of the board of directors
who is not an interested person of the investment adviser of the
corporation, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, such
vacancy shall be filled within thirty (30) days if it may be filled by the
board, or within sixty (60) days if a vote of stockholders is required to
fill such vacancy; provided that such vacancy may be filled within such
longer period as the Securities and Exchange Commission may prescribe by
rules and regulations, upon its own motion or by order upon application.
In the event that at any time less than a majority of the directors were
elected by the stockholders, the board or proper officer shall forthwith
cause to be held as promptly as possible, and in any event within sixty
(60) days, a meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of electing
directors to fill any existing vacancies in the board, unless the
Securities and Exchange Commission shall by order extend such period.
Section 4. Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall
be managed under the direction of the board of directors, which may
exercise all of the powers of the corporation, except such as are by law
or by the charter or by these bylaws conferred upon or reserved to the
stockholders.
Section 5. Removal. At any meeting of stockholders, duly called and
at which a quorum is present, the stockholders may, by the affirmative
vote of the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast
thereon, remove any director or directors from office and may elect a
successor or successors to fill any resulting vacancies for the unexpired
terms of removed directors.
Section 6. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the board of directors,
regular or special, may be held at any place in or out of the State of
Maryland as the board may from time to time determine or as may be
specified in the notice of meeting.
Section 7. First Meeting of Newly Elected Board. The first meeting of
each newly elected board of directors shall be held without notice
immediately after and at the same general place as the annual meeting of
the stockholders, for the purpose of organizing the board, electing
officers and transacting any other business that may properly come before
the meeting.
Section 8. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the board of
directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from
time to time be determined by the board.
Section 9. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of
directors may be called at any time either by the board, the president, a
vice president or a majority of the directors in writing with or without a
meeting. Notice of special meetings shall either be mailed by the
secretary to each director at least three (3) days before the meeting or
shall be given personally or telegraphed to each director at least one (1)
day before the meeting. Such notice shall set forth the time and place of
such meeting but need not, unless otherwise required by law, state the
purposes of the meeting.
Section 10. Quorum and Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of
the board of directors a majority of the entire board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, and the action of a majority of
the directors present at any meetings at which a quorum is present shall
be the action of the board of directors unless the concurrence of a
greater proportion is required for such action by statute, the articles of
incorporation or these bylaws. If at any meeting a quorum is not present,
a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to
time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a
quorum is present. Members of the board of directors or a committee of
the board may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone
or similar communications equipment if all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting
by these means constitutes presence in person at the meeting.
Section 11. Executive and Other Committees. The board of directors may
appoint from among its members an executive and other committees composed
of two (2) or more directors. The board may delegate to such committees in
the intervals between meetings of the board any of the powers of the board
to manage the business and affairs of the corporation, except the power
to: (i) declare dividends or distributions upon the stock of the
corporation; (ii) issue stock of the corporation; (iii) recommend to the
stockholders any action which requires stockholder approval; (iv) amend
the bylaws; (v) approve any merger or share exchange which does not
require stockholder approval; or (vi) take any action required by the
Investment Company Act of 1940 to be taken by the independent directors of
the corporation or by the full board of directors.
Section 12. Informal Action. Any action required or permitted to be
taken at any meeting of the board of directors may be taken without a
meeting, if a written consent to such action is signed by all members of
the board and such written consent is filed with the minutes of
proceedings of the board.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Section 1. Election and Qualification. At the first meeting of each
newly elected board of directors there shall be elected a president, one
or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. The board may also
elect one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. No
officer need be a director. Any two or more offices, except the offices
of president and vice president, may be held by the same person but no
officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than
one capacity, if such instrument is required by law, charter or these
bylaws to be executed, acknowledged or verified by two or more officers.
Each officer must be eligible to serve as an officer of a registered
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Nothing
herein shall preclude the employment of other employees or agents by the
corporation from time to time without action by the board.
Section 2. Term, Removal and Vacancies. The officers shall be elected
to serve until the next first meeting of a newly elected board of
directors and until their successors are elected and qualify. Any officer
may be removed by the board, with or without cause, whenever in its
judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby, but
such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights, if any,
of the person so removed. A vacancy in any office shall be filled by the
board for the unexpired term.
Section 3. Bonding. Each officer and employee of the corporation who
singly or jointly with others has access to securities or funds of the
corporation, either directly or through authority to draw upon such funds,
or to direct generally the disposition of such securities shall be bonded
against larceny and embezzlement by a reputable fidelity insurance company
authorized to do business in California and Wisconsin. Each such bond,
which may be in the form of an individual bond, a schedule or blanket bond
covering the corporation's officers and employees and the officers and
employees of the investment adviser to the corporation and other
corporations to which said investment adviser also acts as investment
adviser, shall be in such form and for such amount (determined at least
annually) as the board of directors shall determine in compliance with the
requirements of Section 17(g) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended from time to time, and the rules, regulations or orders of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Section 4. President. The president shall be the principal executive
officer of the corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and directors, have general and active management of the
business of the corporation, see that all orders and resolutions of the
board of directors are carried into effect, and execute in the name of the
corporation all authorized instruments of the corporation, except where
the signing shall be expressly delegated by the board to some other
officer or agent of the corporation.
Section 5. Vice Presidents. The vice president, or if there be more
than one, the vice presidents in the order determined by the board of
directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform
the duties and exercise the powers of the president, and shall have such
other duties and powers as the board may from time to time prescribe or
the president delegate.
Section 6. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The secretary shall
give notice of, attend and record the minutes of meetings of stockholders
and directors, keep the corporate seal and, when authorized by the board,
affix the same to any instrument requiring it, attesting to the same by
his signature, and shall have such further duties and powers as are
incident to his office or as the board may from time to time prescribe.
The assistant secretary, if any, or, if there be more than one, the
assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board, shall in the
absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise
the powers of the secretary, and shall have such other duties and powers
as the board may from time to time prescribe or the secretary delegate.
Section 7. Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. The treasurer shall be
the principal financial and accounting officer of the corporation. He
shall be responsible for the custody and supervision of the corporation's
books of account and subsidiary accounting records, and shall have such
further duties and powers as are incident to his office or as the board of
directors may from time to time prescribe. The assistant treasurer, if
any, or, if there be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order
determined by the board, shall in the absence or disability of the
treasurer, perform all duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer,
and shall have such other duties and powers as the board may from time to
time prescribe or the treasurer delegate.
ARTICLE IV
RESTRICTIONS ON COMPENSATION
TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENTS
Section 1. Salary and Expenses. Directors and executive officers as
such shall not receive any salary for their services or reimbursement for
expenses from the corporation; provided that the corporation may pay fees
in such amounts and at such times as the board of directors shall
determine to directors who are not interested persons of the corporation
for attendance at meetings of the board of directors. Clerical employees
shall receive compensation for their services from the corporation in such
amounts as are determined by the board of directors.
Section 2. Compensation and Profit from Purchase and Sales. No
affiliated person of the corporation, as defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940, or affiliated person of such person, shall, except as
permitted by Section 17(e) of the Act, or the rules, regulations or orders
of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, (i) acting as agent,
accept from any source any compensation for the purchase or sale of any
property or securities to or for the corporation or any controlled company
of the corporation, as defined in such Act, or (ii) acting as a broker, in
connection with the sale of securities to or by the corporation or any
controlled company of the corporation, receive from any source a
commission, fee or other remuneration for effecting such transaction. The
investment adviser to the corporation shall not profit directly or
indirectly from sales of securities to or from the corporation.
Section 3. Transactions with Affiliated Person. No affiliated person
of the corporation, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, or
affiliated person of such person shall knowingly (i) sell any security or
other property to the corporation or to any company controlled by the
corporation as defined in the Act, except shares of stock of the
corporation or securities of which such person is the issuer and which are
part of a general offering to the holders of a class of its securities,
(ii) purchase from the corporation or any such controlled company any
security or property except shares of stock of the corporation or
securities of which such person is the issuer, (iii) borrow money or other
property from the corporation or any such controlled company, or (iv)
acting as a principal effect any transaction in which the corporation or
controlled company is a joint or joint and several participant with such
person; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any
transaction permitted by Sections 17(a), (b), (c), (d) or 21(b) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 or the rules, regulations or orders of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and shall not prohibit the
joint participation by the corporation and an affiliate in a fidelity bond
arrangement.
Section 4. Investment Adviser. The corporation shall employ only one
investment adviser, the employment of which shall be pursuant to a written
agreement in accordance with Section 15 of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE V
STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER BOOKS
Section 1. Uncertificated Shares. In accordance with Section 2-210(c)
of the Maryland General Corporation Law, or any successor provision
thereto, any and all shares of capital stock of the corporation now or
hereafter authorized for issuance shall be uncertificated shares. At the
time of issue or transfer of such uncertificated shares, the corporation
shall, so long as required by Maryland law, send the acquiring stockholder
a written statement, in such form as the board of directors may approve
from time to time, containing the information otherwise required on stock
certificates by Section 2-211 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, or
any successor provision thereto, including without limitation: (1) the
name of the corporation; (2) the name of the acquiring stockholder and the
class and number of shares issued or transferred to such stockholder;
(3) a full statement or summary of the designations and any preferences,
conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as
to dividends, qualifications and terms of each class of stock of the
corporation, or, alternatively, a statement that the corporation will
furnish such information to the stockholder on request and without charge;
and (4) with respect to any shares which are restricted or limited as to
transferability, a full statement of such restriction or limitation or a
statement that the corporation will furnish such information to the
stockholder on request and without charge.
Section 2. Stock Ledger. The corporation shall maintain at its office
in Larkspur, California, or at the office of its principal transfer agent,
if any, an original or duplicate stock ledger containing the names and
addresses of all stockholders and the number of shares of each class of
stock held by each stockholder.
Section 3. Registered Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled
to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as
such, as the owner of shares for all purposes, and shall not be bound to
recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such shares on
the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or
other notice thereof, except as other provided by the laws of Maryland.
Section 4. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The corporation may maintain
one or more transfer offices or agencies, each in charge of a transfer
agent designated by the board of directors, where the shares of each class
of stock of the corporation shall be transferable. The corporation may
also maintain one or more registry offices, each in charge of a registrar
designated by the board, where the shares of such classes of stock shall
be registered.
Section 5. Fixing of Record Dates and Closing of Transfer Books. The
board of directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for the
purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at,
any meeting of stockholders, or stockholders entitled to receive payment
of any dividend or the allotment of any rights, or in order to make a
determination of stockholders for any other proper purpose. Such date, in
any case, shall be not more than ninety (90) days, and in case of a
meeting of stockholders not less than ten (10) days, prior to the date on
which the particular action requiring such determination of stockholders
is to be taken. In lieu of fixing a record date, the board may provide
that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not
to exceed, in any case, twenty (20) days. If the stock transfer books are
closed or a record date is fixed for the purpose of determining
stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, such books
shall be closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding such
action.
ARTICLE VI
ACCOUNTS, REPORTS, CUSTODIAN AND INVESTMENT ADVISER
Section 1. Inspection of Books. The board of directors shall
determine from time to time whether, and, if allowed, when and under what
conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the corporation
(except such as may by statute be specifically open to inspection) or any
of them, shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders, and the
stockholders' rights in this respect are and shall be limited accordingly.
Section 2. Reliance on Records. Each director and officer shall, in
the performance of his duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith
on the books of account or reports made to the corporation by any of its
officials or by an independent public accountant.
Section 3. Preparation and Maintenance of Accounts, Records and
Statements. The president, a vice president or the treasurer shall
prepare or cause to be prepared annually, a full and correct statement of
the affairs of the corporation, including a balance sheet or statement of
financial condition and a financial statement of operations for the
preceding fiscal year, which shall be submitted at the annual meeting of
the stockholders and filed within twenty (20) days thereafter at the
principal office of the corporation in the State of California. The
proper officers of the corporation shall also prepare, maintain and
preserve or cause to be prepared, maintained and preserved the accounts,
books and other documents required by Section 2-111 of the Maryland
General Corporation Law and Section 31 of the Investment Company Act of
1940 and shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed the
reports required by Section 30 of such Act. No financial statement shall
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission unless the officers
or employees who prepared or participated in the preparation of such
financial statement have been specifically designated for such purpose by
the board of directors.
Section 4. Auditors. No independent public accountant shall be
retained or employed by the corporation to examine, certify or report on
its financial statements for any fiscal year unless such selection: (i)
shall have been approved by a majority of the entire board of directors
within thirty (30) days before or after the beginning of such fiscal year
or before the annual ratification by the stockholders; (ii) shall have
been ratified by the stockholders, provided that any vacancy occurring
between such annual ratification due to the death or resignation of such
accountant may be filled by the board of directors; and (iii) shall
otherwise meet the requirements of Section 32 of the Investment Company
Act of 1940.
Section 5. Custodianship. All securities owned by the corporation and
all cash, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
proceeds from sales of securities owned by the corporation and from the
issuance of shares of the capital stock of the corporation, payments of
principal upon securities owned by the corporation, and distributions in
respect of securities owned by the corporation which at the time of
payment are represented by the distributing corporation to be capital
distributions, shall be held by a custodian or custodians which shall be a
bank, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
having capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating not less than
$2,000,000. The terms of custody of such securities and cash shall
include provisions to the effect that the custodian shall deliver
securities owned by the corporation only (a) upon sales of such securities
for the account of the corporation and receipt by the custodian of payment
therefor, (b) when such securities are called, redeemed or retired or
otherwise become payable, (c) for examination by any broker selling any
such securities in accordance with "street delivery" custom, (d) in
exchange for or upon conversion into other securities alone or other
securities and cash whether pursuant to any plan of merger, consolidation,
reorganization, recapitalization or readjustment, or otherwise, (e) upon
conversion of such securities pursuant to their terms into other
securities, (f) upon exercise of subscription, purchase or other similar
rights represented by such securities, (g) for the purpose of exchanging
interim receipts or temporary securities for definitive securities, (h)
for the purpose of redeeming in kind shares of the capital stock of the
corporation, or (i) for other proper corporate purposes. Such terms of
custody shall also include provisions to the effect that the custodian
shall hold the securities and funds of the corporation in a separate
account or accounts and shall have sole power to release and deliver any
such securities and draw upon any such account, any of the securities or
funds of the corporation only on receipt by such custodian of written
instruction from one or more persons authorized by the board of directors
to give such instructions on behalf of the corporation, and that the
custodian shall deliver cash of the corporation required by this Section 5
to be deposited with the custodian only upon the purchase of securities
for the portfolio of the corporation and the delivery of such securities
to the custodian, for the purchase or redemption of shares of the capital
stock of the corporation, for the payment of interest, dividends, taxes,
management or supervisory fees or operating expenses, for payments in
connection with the conversion, exchange or surrender of securities owned
by the corporation, or for other proper corporate purposes. Upon the
resignation or inability to serve of any such custodian the corporation
shall (a) use its best efforts to obtain a successor custodian, (b)
require the cash and securities of the corporation held by the custodian
to be delivered directly to the successor custodian, and (c) in the event
that no successor custodian can be found, submit to the stockholders of
the corporation, before permitting delivery of such cash and securities to
anyone other than a successor custodian, the question whether the
corporation shall be dissolved or shall function without a custodian;
provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the
termination of any agreement between the corporation and any such
custodian by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all the
shares of the capital stock of the corporation at the time outstanding and
entitled to vote. Upon its resignation or inability to serve, the
custodian may deliver any assets of the corporation held by it to a
qualified bank or trust company selected by it, such assets to be held
subject to the terms of custody which governed such retiring custodian,
pending action by the corporation as set forth in this Section 5.
Section 6. Termination of Custodian Agreement. Any employment
agreement with a custodian shall be terminable on not more than sixty (60)
days' notice in writing by the board of directors or the custodian and
upon any such termination the custodian shall turn over only to the
succeeding custodian designated by the board of directors all funds,
securities and property and documents of the corporation in its
possession.
Section 7. Checks and Requisitions. Except as otherwise authorized by
the board of directors, all checks and drafts for the payment of money
shall be signed in the name of the corporation by a custodian, and all
requisitions or orders for the payment of money by a custodian or for the
issue of checks and drafts therefore, all promissory notes, all
assignments of stock or securities standing in the name of the
corporation, and all requisitions or orders for the assignment of stock or
securities standing in the name of a custodian or its nominee, or for the
execution of powers to transfer the same, shall be signed in the name of
the corporation by not less than two persons (who shall be among those
persons, not in excess of five, designated for this purpose by the board
of directors) at least one of which shall be an officer. Promissory
notes, checks or drafts payable to the corporation may be endorsed only to
the order of a custodian or its nominee by the treasurer or president or
by such other person or persons as shall be thereto authorized by the
board of directors.
Section 8. Investment Advisory Contract. Any investment advisory
contract in effect after the first annual meeting of stockholders of the
corporation, to which the corporation is or shall become a party, whereby,
subject to the control of the board of directors of the corporation, the
investment portfolio of the corporation shall be managed or supervised by
the other party to such contract, shall be effective and binding only upon
the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of
the corporation (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940), and
the investment advisory contract currently in effect shall be submitted to
the stockholders of the corporation for ratification by the affirmative
vote of such majority. Any investment advisory contract to which the
corporation shall be a party whereby, subject to the control of the board
of directors of the corporation, the investment portfolio of the
corporation shall be managed or supervised by the other party to such
contract, shall provide, among other things, that such contract cannot be
assigned. Such investment advisory contract shall prohibit the other
party thereto from making short sales of shares of capital stock of the
corporation; and such investment advisory contract shall prohibit such
other party from purchasing shares otherwise than for investment, and
shall require such other party to advise the corporation of any sales of
shares of the capital stock of the corporation made by such person or
organization less than two months after the date of any purchase by him or
it of shares of the capital stock of the corporation. Unless any such
contract shall expressly otherwise provide, any provisions therein for the
termination thereof by action of the board of directors of the corporation
shall be construed to require that such termination can be accomplished
only upon the vote of a majority of the entire board.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Offices. The registered office of the corporation in the
State of Maryland shall be in the City of Baltimore. The corporation
shall also have an office in Larkspur, California. The corporation may
also have offices at such other places within and without the State of
Maryland as the board of directors may from time to time determine. Except
as otherwise required by statute, the books and records of the corporation
may be kept outside the State of Maryland.
Section 2. Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the
name of the corporation, and the words "Corporate Seal" and "Maryland".
The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed,
affixed, reproduced or otherwise.
Section 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be
fixed by the board of directors.
Section 4. Notice of Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice of the
time, place or purpose of any meeting of stockholders or directors is
required to be given under the statute, the charter or these bylaws, a
waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to
such notice and filed with the records of the meeting, either before or
after the holding thereof, or actual attendance at the meeting of
stockholders in person or by proxy or at the meeting of directors in
person, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice to such
person. No notice need be given to any person with whom communication is
made unlawful by any law of the United States or any rule, regulation,
proclamation or executive order issued by any such law.
Section 5. Voting of Stock. Unless otherwise ordered by the board of
directors, the president shall have full power and authority, in the name
and on behalf of the corporation, (i) to attend, act and vote at any
meeting of stockholders of any company in which the corporation may own
shares of stock of record, beneficially (as the proxy or attorney-in-fact
of the record holder) or of record and beneficially, and (ii) to give
voting directions to the record stockholder of any such stock beneficially
owned. At any such meeting, he shall possess and may exercise any and all
rights and powers incident to the ownership of such shares which, as the
holder or beneficial owner and proxy of the holder thereof, the
corporation might possess and exercise if personally present, and may
delegate such power and authority to any officer, agent or employee of the
corporation.
Section 6. Dividends. Dividends upon any class of stock of the
corporation, subject to the provisions of the charter, if any, may be
declared by the board of directors in any lawful manner. The source of
each dividend payment shall be disclosed to the stockholders receiving
such dividend, to the extent required by the laws of the State of Maryland
and by Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Section 7. Indemnification.
A. The corporation shall indemnify all of its corporate
representatives against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
them in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or
threat or claim of such action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative, or legislative, no matter by whom brought, or in
any appeal in which they or any of them are made parties or a party by
reason of being or having been a corporate representative, if the
corporate representative acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation
and with respect to any criminal proceeding, if he had no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was unlawful provided that the corporation shall
not indemnify corporate representatives in relation to matters as to which
any such corporate representative shall be adjudged in such action, suit
or proceeding to be liable for gross negligence, willful misfeasance, bad
faith, reckless disregard of the duties and obligations involved in the
conduct of his office, or when indemnification is otherwise not permitted
by the Maryland General Corporation Law.
B. In the absence of an adjudication which expressly absolves the
corporate representative, or in the event of a settlement, each corporate
representative shall be indemnified hereunder only if there has been a
reasonable determination based on a review of the facts that
indemnification of the corporate representative is proper because he has
met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraph A. Such
determination shall be made: (i) by the board of directors, by a majority
vote of a quorum which consists of directors who were not parties to the
action, suit or proceeding, or if such a quorum cannot be obtained, then
by a majority vote of a committee of the board consisting solely of two or
more directors, not, at the time, parties to the action, suit or
proceeding and who were duly designated to act in the matter by the full
board in which the designated directors who are parties to the action,
suit or proceeding may participate; or (ii) by special legal counsel
selected by the board of directors or a committee of the board by vote as
set forth in (i) of this paragraph, or, if the requisite quorum of the
full board cannot be obtained therefor and the committee cannot be
established, by a majority vote of the full board in which directors who
are parties to the action, suit or proceeding may participate.
C. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall create a rebuttable presumption that the person was
guilty of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless
disregard to the duties and obligations involved in the conduct of his or
her office, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
D. Expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in the preparation
of and/or presentation of the defense of a civil or criminal action, suit
or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized in the manner
provided in Section 2-418(F) of the Maryland General Corporation Law upon
receipt of: (i) an undertaking by or on behalf of the corporate
representative to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be
determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation
as authorized in this bylaw; and (ii) a written affirmation by the
corporate representative of the corporate representative's good faith
belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the
corporation has been met.
E. The indemnification provided by this bylaw shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled
under these bylaws, any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity
and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person subject to the limitations imposed from
time to time by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
F. This corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any corporate representative against any liability
asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in such capacity or
arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation
would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under
this bylaw provided that no insurance may be purchased or maintained to
protect any corporate representative against liability for gross
negligence, willful misfeasance, bad faith or reckless disregard of the
duties and obligations involved in the conduct of his or her office.
G. "Corporate Representative" means an individual who is or was a
director, officer, agent or employee of the corporation or who serves or
served another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise in one of these capacities at the request of the corporation
and who, by reason of his or her position, is, was, or is threatened to be
made, a party to a proceeding described herein.
Section 8. Amendments.
A. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new
bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders by affirmative vote of not less
than a majority of the shares of all classes of stock present or
represented at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders at which
a quorum is in attendance.
B. These bylaws may also be altered, amended or repealed and
new bylaws may be adopted by the Board of Directors by affirmative vote of
a majority of the number of directors present at any meeting at which a
quorum is in attendance; but no bylaw adopted by the stockholders shall be
amended or repealed by the Board of Directors if the bylaws so adopted so
provides.
C. Any action taken or authorized by the stockholders or by
the Board of Directors, which would be inconsistent with the bylaws then
in effect but is taken or authorized by affirmative vote of not less than
the number of shares or the number of directors required to amend the
bylaws so that the bylaws would be consistent with such action, shall be
given the same effect as though the bylaws had been temporarily amended or
suspended so far, but only so far, as was necessary to permit the specific
action so taken or authorized.
Section 9. Reports to Stockholders. The books of account of the
corporation shall be examined by an independent firm of public accountants
at the close of each annual fiscal period of the corporation and at such
other times, if any, as may be directed by the Board of Directors of the
corporation. A report to the stockholders based upon each such
examination shall be mailed to each stockholder of the corporation of
record on such date with respect to each report as may be determined by
the Board of Directors at his address as the same appears on the books of
the corporation. Each such report shall include the financial information
required to be transmitted to stockholders by rules or regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of
1940 and shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall determine
pursuant to rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Section 10. Information to Accompany Dividends. At the time of the
payment by the corporation of any dividend to the holders of any class of
stock of the corporation, each stockholder to whom such dividend is paid
shall be notified of the account or accounts from which it is paid and the
amount thereof paid from each such account.
ARTICLE VIII
SALES, REDEMPTION AND
NET ASSET VALUE OF SHARES
Section 1. Sale of Shares. Shares of any class of Common Stock of the
corporation shall be sold by it for the net asset value per share of such
class of Common Stock outstanding at the time as of which the computation
of said net asset value shall be made as hereinafter provided in these
bylaws.
Section 2. Periodic Investment and Dividend Reinvestment Plans. The
corporation acting by and through the Board of Directors shall have the
right to adopt and to offer to the holders of each class of stock and to
the public a periodic investment plan and an automatic reinvestment of
dividend plan subject to the limitations and restrictions imposed thereon
and as set forth in the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any rule or
regulation adopted or issued thereunder.
Section 3. Shares Issued for Securities. In the case of shares of any
class of stock of the corporation issued in whole or in part in exchange
for securities, there may, at the discretion of the board of directors of
the corporation, be included in the value of said securities, for the
purpose of determining the number of shares of such class stock of the
corporation issuable in exchange therefor, the amount, if any, of
brokerage commissions (not exceeding an amount equal to the rates payable
in connection with the purchase of comparable securities on the New York
Stock Exchange) or other similar costs of acquisition of such securities
paid by the holder of said securities in acquiring the same.
Section 4. Redemption of Shares. Each share of each class of Common
Stock of the corporation now or hereafter issued shall be subject to
redemption, as provided in the Articles of Incorporation of the
corporation.
Section 5. Suspension of Right of Redemption. The Board of Directors
of the corporation may suspend the right of the holders of any class of
Common Stock of the corporation to require the corporation to redeem
shares of such class:
(1) for any period (a) during which the New York Stock
Exchange is closed other than customary weekend and holiday
closings, or (b) during which trading on the New York Stock
Exchange is restricted;
(2) for any period during which an emergency, as defined
by rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
successor thereto, exists as a result of which (a) disposal by
the corporation of securities owned by it is not reasonably
practicable, or (b) it is not reasonably practicable for the
corporation fairly to determine the value of its net assets; or
(3) for such other periods as the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor thereto may by order permit for the
protection of security holders of the corporation.
Section 6. Computation of Net Asset Value. For purposes of these
bylaws, the following rules shall apply:
A. The net asset value of each share of each class of
Common Stock of the corporation shall be determined at such time
or times as may be disclosed in the then currently effective
Prospectus relating to such class of Common Stock of this
corporation. The Board of Directors may also, from time to time
by resolution, designate a time or times intermediate of the
opening and closing of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on
each day that said Exchange is open for trading as of which the
net asset value of each share of each class of Common Stock of
the corporation shall be determined or estimated.
Any determination or estimation of net asset value as
provided in this subparagraph A shall be effective at the time
as of which such determination or estimation is made.
The net asset value of each share of each class of Common
Stock of the corporation for purposes of the issue of such class
of Common stock shall be the net asset value which becomes
effective as provided in this Subparagraph A, next succeeding
receipt of the subscription to such share of such class Common
Stock. The net asset value of each share of each class of
Common Stock of the corporation tendered for redemption shall be
the net asset value which becomes effective as provided in this
Subparagraph A, next succeeding the tender of such share of such
class of Common stock for redemption.
B. The net asset value of each share of each class of
Common Stock of the corporation, as of the close of business on
any day, shall be the quotient obtained by dividing the value at
such close of the net assets belonging to such class (meaning
the assets belonging to such class and any other assets
allocated to such class less the liabilities belonging to such
class and any other liabilities allocated to such class
excluding capital and suplus) of the corporation by the total
number of shares of such class outstanding at such close.
(i) The assets belonging to any class of Common
Stock shall be that portion of the total assets of the
corporation as determined in accordance with the
provisions Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation of
the corporation. The assets of the corporation shall be
deemed to include (a) all cash on hand, on deposit, or on
call, (b) all bills and notes and accounts receivable,
(c) all shares of stock and subscription rights and other
securities owned or contracted for by the corporation,
other than its own common stock, (d) all stock and cash
dividends and cash distributions, to be received by the
corporation, and not yet received by it but declared to
stockholders of record on a date on or before the date as
of which the net asset value is being determined, (e) all
interest accrued on any interest-bearing securities owned
by the corporation, and (f) all other property of every
kind and nature including prepaid expenses; the value of
such assets to be determined as follows: In determining
the value of any assets of the corporation for the
purpose of obtaining the net asset value of each share of
a particular class of Common Stock, each security listed
on an exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ National Market
System will generally be valued on the basis of the
closing sale price thereof on the business day as of
which such value is being determined. If there be no
sale on such day, then the security shall be valued on
the basis of the closing bid price on such day. All
other securities for which over-the-counter market
quotations are readily available will generally be valued
on the basis of the last current bid price. When market
quotations are not readily available, or when restricted
securities are being valued, such securities are valued
at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors. All other assets of the corporation shall be
valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors, except that debt securities having
maturities of less than 60 days may be valued by the
amortized cost method.
(ii) The liabilities belonging to any class of
Common Stock shall be that portion of the total
liabilities of the corporation as determined in
accordance with the provisions Article IV of the Articles
of Incorporation of the corporation. The liabilities of
the corporation shall be deemed to include (a) all bills
and notes and accounts payable, (b) all administration
expenses payable and/or accrued (including investment
advisory fees), (c) all contractual obligations for the
payment of money or property including the amount of any
unpaid dividend declared upon the corporation's stock and
payable to stockholders of record on or before the day as
of which the value of the corporation's stock is being
determined, (d) all reserves, if any, authorized or
approved by the Board of Directors for taxes, including
reserves for taxes at current rates based on any
unrealized appreciation in the value of the assets of the
corporation, and (e) all other liabilities of the
corporation of whatever kind and nature except
liabilities represented by outstanding capital stock and
surplus of the corporation.
(iii) For the purposes hereof: (a) share of
each class of Common Stock subscribed for shall be deemed
to be outstanding as of the time of acceptance of any
subscription and the entry thereof on the books of the
corporation and the net price thereof shall be deemed to
be an asset belonging to such class; and (b) shares of
each class of Common Stock surrendered for redemption by
the corporation shall be deemed to be outstanding until
the time as of which the net asset value for purposes of
such redemption is determined or estimated.
C. The net asset value of each share of each class of
Common Stock of the corporation, as of any time other than the
close of business on any day, may be determined by applying to
the net asset value as of the close of business on the preceding
business day, computed as provided in Paragraph C of this
Section of these bylaws, such adjustments as are authorized by
or pursuant to the direction of the Board of Directors and
designed reasonably to reflect any material changes in the
market value of securities and other assets held and any other
material changes in the assets or liabilities of the corporation
and in the number of its outstanding shares which shall have
taken place since the close of business on such preceding
business day.
D. In addition to the foregoing, the Board of Directors
is empowered, in its absolute discretion, to establish other
bases or times, or both, for determining the net asset value of
each share of each class of the Common stock of the corporation.
Exhibit 5.1
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
(as amended)
AGREEMENT made this 10th day of August, 1988, between REYNOLDS
BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), and
REYNOLDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (the "Adviser").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Fund is in the process of registering with the
Securities and Exchange Commission as an open-end management investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act");
WHEREAS, upon so registering with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Fund will be a registered investment company; and
WHEREAS, the Fund desires to retain the Adviser, which is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
and which is engaged principally in the business of rendering investment
supervisory services within the meaning of Section 202(a)(13) of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as its investment adviser.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Fund and the Adviser do mutually promise and
agree as follows:
1. Employment. The Fund hereby employs the Adviser to manage
the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Fund for the period
and on the terms set forth in this Agreement. The Adviser hereby accepts
such employment for the compensation herein provided and agrees during
such period to render the services and to assume the obligations herein
set forth.
2. Authority of the Adviser. The Adviser shall supervise and
manage the investment portfolio of the Fund, and, subject to such policies
as the board of directors of the Fund may determine, direct the purchase
and sale of investment securities in the day to day management of the
Fund. The Adviser shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an
independent contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or
authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Fund in any way
or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Fund. However, one or more
shareholders, officers, directors or employees of the Adviser may serve as
directors and/or officers of the Fund, but without compensation or
reimbursement of expenses for such services from the Fund. Nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to require the Fund to take any action contrary
to its Articles of Incorporation or any applicable statute or regulation,
or to relieve or deprive the board of directors of the Fund of its
responsibility for and control of the affairs of the Fund.
3. Expenses. The Adviser, at its own expense and without
reimbursement from the Fund, shall furnish office space, and all necessary
office facilities, equipment and executive personnel for managing the
investments of the Fund. The Adviser shall not be required to pay any
expenses of the Fund except as provided herein if the total expenses borne
by the Fund, including the Adviser's fee and the fees paid to the Fund's
Administrator but excluding all federal, state and local taxes, interest,
brokerage commissions and extraordinary items, in any year exceed that
percentage of the average net asset value of the Fund for such year, as
determined by valuations made as of the close of each business day, which
is the most restrictive percentage provided by the state laws of the
various states in which the Fund's common stock is qualified for sale or,
if the states in which the Fund's common stock is qualified for sale
impose no such restrictions, 2%. The expenses of the Fund's operations
borne by the Fund include by way of illustration and not limitation,
directors fees paid to those directors who are not officers of the Fund,
the costs of preparing and printing its registration statements required
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Act (and amendments thereto), the
expense of registering its shares with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and in the various states, the printing and distribution cost
of prospectuses mailed to existing shareholders, the cost of stock
certificates, director and officer liability insurance, reports to
shareholders, reports to government authorities and proxy statements,
interest charges, taxes, legal expenses, salaries of administrative and
clerical personnel, association membership dues, auditing and accounting
services, insurance premiums, brokerage and other expenses connected with
the execution of portfolio securities transactions, fees and expenses of
the custodian of the Fund's assets, expenses of calculating the net asset
value and repurchasing and redeeming shares, printing and mailing
expenses, charges and expenses of dividend disbursing agents, registrars
and stock transfer agents and the cost of keeping all necessary
shareholder records and accounts.
The Fund shall monitor its expense ratio on a monthly basis. If
the accrued amount of the expenses of the Fund exceeds the expense
limitation established herein, the Fund shall create an account receivable
from the Adviser in the amount of such excess. In such a situation the
monthly payment of the Adviser's fee will be reduced by the amount of such
excess, subject to adjustment month by month during the balance of the
Fund's fiscal year if accrued expenses thereafter fall below the expense
limitation.
4. Compensation of the Adviser. For the services to be
rendered by the Adviser hereunder, the Fund shall pay to the Adviser an
advisory fee, paid monthly, based on the average net assets of the Fund,
as determined by valuations made as of the close of each business day of
the month. The advisory fee shall be 1/12 of 1% of such net assets . For
any month in which this Agreement is not in effect for the entire month,
such fee shall be reduced proportionately on the basis of the number of
calendar days during which it is in effect and the fee computed upon the
average net assets of the business days during which it is so in effect.
5. Ownership of Shares of the Fund. The Adviser shall not
take an ownership position in the Fund, and shall not permit any of its
shareholders, officers, directors or employees to take a long or short
position in the shares of the Fund, except for the purchase of shares of
the Fund for investment purposes at the same price as that available to
the public at the time of purchase or in connection with the initial
capitalization of the Fund.
6. Exclusivity. The services of the Adviser to the Fund
hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and the Adviser shall be free to
furnish similar services to others as long as the services hereunder are
not impaired thereby. Although the Adviser has agreed to permit the Fund
to use the name "Reynolds", if it so desires, it is understood and agreed
that the Adviser reserves the right to use and permit other persons, firms
or corporations, including investment companies, to use such name. During
the period that this Agreement is in effect, the Adviser shall be the
Fund's sole investment adviser.
7. Liability. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Adviser, the Adviser shall not be subject to
liability to the Fund or to any shareholder of the Fund for any act or
omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services
hereunder, or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase,
holding or sale of any security.
8. Brokerage Commissions. The Adviser may cause the Fund to
pay a broker-dealer which provides brokerage and research services, as
such services are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), to the Adviser a commission for effecting a
securities transaction in excess of the amount another broker-dealer would
have charged for effecting such transaction, if the Adviser determines in
good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the
value of brokerage and research services provided by the executing
broker-dealer viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or his
overall responsibilities with respect to the accounts as to which he
exercises investment discretion (as defined in Section 3(a)(35) of the
Exchange Act).
9. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the mutual
consent of the parties; provided, however, that in no event may it be
amended without the approval of the board of directors of the Fund in the
manner required by the Act, and by the vote of the majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund, as defined in the Act.
10. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time,
without the payment of any penalty, by the board of directors of the Fund
or by a vote of the majority of the outstanding voting securities of the
Fund, as defined in the Act, upon giving sixty (60) days' written notice
to the Adviser. This Agreement may be terminated by the Adviser at any
time upon the giving of sixty (60) days' written notice to the Fund. This
Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as
defined in Section 2(a)(4) of the Act). Subject to prior termination as
hereinbefore provided, this Agreement shall continue in effect for two (2)
years from the date hereof and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long
as the continuance after such two (2) year period is specifically approved
annually by (i) the board of directors of the Fund or by the vote of the
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, as defined in
the Act, and (ii) the board of directors of the Fund in the manner
required by the Act, provided that any such approval may be made effective
not more than sixty (60) days thereafter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed on the day first above written.
REYNOLDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
(the "Adviser")
By: _________________________________
Frederick L. Reynolds, Sole
Proprietor
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH
FUND, INC.
(the "Fund")
By: __________________________ By: _______________________________
Secretary President
EXHIBIT 5.2
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 30th day of January, 1991, between REYNOLDS
BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), and
REYNOLDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (the "Adviser").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company is registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act")
as an open-end management investment company comprising a series of two
mutual funds, the Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund and the Reynolds Money
Market Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Adviser, which is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
and which is engaged principally in the business of rendering investment
supervisory services within the meaning of Section 202(a)(13) of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as the investment adviser for the
Reynolds Money Market Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Adviser do mutually promise
and agree as follows:
1. Employment. The Company hereby employs the Adviser to
manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Reynolds Money
Market Fund for the period and on the terms set forth in this Agreement.
The Adviser hereby accepts such employment for the compensation herein
provided and agrees during such period to render the services and to
assume the obligations herein set forth.
2. Authority of the Adviser. The Adviser shall supervise and
manage the investment portfolio of the Reynolds Money Market Fund, and,
subject to such policies as the board of directors of the Company may
determine, direct the purchase and sale of investment securities in the
day to day management of the Reynolds Money Market Fund. The Adviser
shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent contractor
and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized, have no
authority to act for or represent the Company in any way or otherwise be
deemed an agent of the Company. However, one or more shareholders,
officers, directors or employees of the Adviser may serve as directors
and/or officers of the Company, but without compensation or reimbursement
of expenses for such services from the Company. Nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to require the Company to take any action contrary to its
Articles of Incorporation or any applicable statute or regulation, or to
relieve or deprive the board of directors of the Company of its
responsibility for and control of the affairs of the Company.
3. Expenses. The Adviser, at its own expense and without
reimbursement from the Company, shall furnish office space, and all
necessary office facilities, equipment and executive personnel for
managing the investments of the Reynolds Money Market Fund. The Adviser
shall not be required to pay any expenses of the Reynolds Money Market
Fund except as provided herein if the total expenses borne by the Reynolds
Money Market Fund, including the Adviser's fee and the fees paid to the
Reynolds Money Market Fund's Administrator but excluding all federal,
state and local taxes, interest, brokerage commissions and extraordinary
items, in any year exceed that percentage of the average net asset value
of the Reynolds Money Market Fund for such year, as determined by
valuations made as of the close of each business day, which is the most
restrictive percentage provided by the state laws of the various states in
which the Reynolds Money Market Fund's shares are qualified for sale or,
if the states in which the Reynolds Money Market Fund's shares are
qualified for sale impose no such restrictions, 2%. The expenses of the
Reynolds Money Market Fund's operations borne by the Reynolds Money Market
Fund include by way of illustration and not limitation, directors fees
paid to those directors who are not officers of the Reynolds Money Market
Fund, the costs of preparing and printing registration statements required
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Act (and amendments thereto), the
expense of registering its shares with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and in the various states, the printing and distribution cost
of prospectuses mailed to existing shareholders, the cost of stock
certificates (if any), director and officer liability insurance, reports
to shareholders, reports to government authorities and proxy statements,
interest charges, taxes, legal expenses, salaries of administrative and
clerical personnel, association membership dues, auditing and accounting
services, insurance premiums, brokerage and other expenses connected with
the execution of portfolio securities transactions, fees and expenses of
the custodian of the Reynolds Money Market Fund's assets, expenses of
calculating the net asset value and repurchasing and redeeming shares,
printing and mailing expenses, charges and expenses of dividend disbursing
agents, registrars and stock transfer agents and the cost of keeping all
necessary shareholder records and accounts.
The Reynolds Money Market Fund shall monitor its expense ratio
on a monthly basis. If the accrued amount of the expenses of the Reynolds
Money Market Fund exceeds the expense limitation established herein, the
Reynolds Money Market Fund shall create an account receivable from the
Adviser in the amount of such excess. In such a situation the monthly
payment of the Adviser's fee will be reduced by the amount of such excess,
subject to adjustment month by month during the balance of the Reynolds
Money Market Fund's fiscal year if accrued expenses thereafter fall below
the expense limitation.
4. Compensation of the Adviser. For the services to be
rendered by the Adviser hereunder, the Company through the Reynolds Money
Market Fund shall pay to the Adviser an advisory fee, paid monthly, based
on the average net asset value of the Reynolds Money Market Fund, as
determined by valuations made as of the close of each business day of the
month. The advisory fee shall be 1/12 of 0.50% of such net asset value.
For any month in which this Agreement is not in effect for the entire
month, such fee shall be reduced proportionately on the basis of the
number of calendar days during which it is in effect and the fee computed
upon the average net asset value of the business days during which it is
so in effect.
5. Ownership of Shares of the Reynolds Money Market Fund. The
Adviser shall not take an ownership position in the Reynolds Money Market
Fund, and shall not permit any of its shareholders, officers, directors or
employees to take a long or short position in the shares of the Reynolds
Money Market Fund, except for the purchase of shares of the Reynolds Money
Market Fund for investment purposes at the same price as that available to
the public at the time of purchase or in connection with the initial
capitalization of the Company.
6. Exclusivity. The services of the Adviser to the Reynolds
Money Market Fund hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and the Adviser
shall be free to furnish similar services to others as long as the
services hereunder are not impaired thereby. Although the Adviser has
agreed to permit the Company to use the name "Reynolds", if it so desires,
it is understood and agreed that the Adviser reserves the right to use and
permit other persons, firms or corporations, including investment
companies, to use such name. During the period that this Agreement is in
effect, the Adviser shall be the Reynolds Money Market Fund's sole
investment adviser.
7. Liability. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Adviser, the Adviser shall not be subject to
liability to the Reynolds Money Market Fund or to any shareholder of the
Reynolds Money Market Fund for any act or omission in the course of, or
connected with, rendering services hereunder, or for any losses that may
be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
8. Brokerage Commissions. The Adviser may cause the Reynolds
Money Market Fund to pay a broker-dealer which provides brokerage and
research services, as such services are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), to the Adviser a
commission for effecting a securities transaction in excess of the amount
another broker-dealer would have charged for effecting such transaction,
if the Adviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is
reasonable in relation to the value of brokerage and research services
provided by the executing broker-dealer viewed in terms of either that
particular transaction or his overall responsibilities with respect to the
accounts as to which he exercises investment discretion (as defined in
Section 3(a)(35) of the Exchange Act).
9. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the mutual
consent of the parties; provided, however, that in no event may it be
amended without the approval of the board of directors of the Company in
the manner required by the Act, and by the vote of the majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Reynolds Money Market Fund, as
defined in the Act.
10. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time,
without the payment of any penalty, by the board of directors of the
Company or by a vote of the majority of the outstanding voting securities
of the Reynolds Money Market Fund, as defined in the Act, upon giving
sixty (60) days' written notice to the Adviser. This Agreement may be
terminated by the Adviser at any time upon the giving of sixty (60) days'
written notice to the Company. This Agreement shall terminate
automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in
Section 2(a)(4) of the Act). Subject to prior termination as hereinbefore
provided, this Agreement shall continue in effect for an initial period
beginning as of the date hereof and ending January 15, 1992 and
indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the continuance after such
initial period is specifically approved annually by (i) the board of
directors of the Company or by the vote of the majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Reynolds Money Market Fund, as defined in the
Act, and (ii) the board of directors of the Company in the manner required
by the Act, provided that any such approval may be made effective not more
than sixty (60) days thereafter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed on the day first above written.
REYNOLDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
(the "Adviser")
By: _________________________________
Frederick L. Reynolds, Sole
Proprietor
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH
FUND, INC.
(the "Company")
By: __________________________ By: _______________________________
Secretary President
EXHIBIT 5.3
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 12th day of December, 1991, between REYNOLDS
FUNDS, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), and REYNOLDS CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT (the "Adviser").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company is registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act")
as an open-end management investment company comprising a series of four
mutual funds, the Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, the Reynolds Opportunity
Fund, the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund and the Reynolds Money Market
Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Adviser, which is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
and which is engaged principally in the business of rendering investment
supervisory services within the meaning of Section 202(a)(13) of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as the investment adviser for the
Reynolds Opportunity Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Adviser do mutually promise
and agree as follows:
1. Employment. The Company hereby employs the Adviser to
manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Reynolds
Opportunity Fund for the period and on the terms set forth in this
Agreement. The Adviser hereby accepts such employment for the
compensation herein provided and agrees during such period to render the
services and to assume the obligations herein set forth.
2. Authority of the Adviser. The Adviser shall supervise and
manage the investment portfolio of the Reynolds Opportunity Fund, and,
subject to such policies as the board of directors of the Company may
determine, direct the purchase and sale of investment securities in the
day to day management of the Reynolds Opportunity Fund. The Adviser shall
for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent contractor and
shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized, have no
authority to act for or represent the Company in any way or otherwise be
deemed an agent of the Company. However, one or more shareholders,
officers, directors or employees of the Adviser may serve as directors
and/or officers of the Company, but without compensation or reimbursement
of expenses for such services from the Company. Nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to require the Company to take any action contrary to its
Articles of Incorporation, as amended or supplemented, or any applicable
statute or regulation, or to relieve or deprive the board of directors of
the Company of its responsibility for and control of the affairs of the
Company.
3. Expenses. The Adviser, at its own expense and without
reimbursement from the Company, shall furnish office space, and all
necessary office facilities, equipment and executive personnel for
managing the investments of the Reynolds Opportunity Fund. The Adviser
shall not be required to pay any expenses of the Reynolds Opportunity Fund
except as provided herein if the total expenses borne by the Reynolds
Opportunity Fund, including the Adviser's fee and the fees paid to the
Reynolds Opportunity Fund's Administrator but excluding all federal, state
and local taxes, interest, brokerage commissions and extraordinary items,
in any year exceed that percentage of the average net asset value of the
Reynolds Opportunity Fund for such year, as determined by valuations made
as of the close of each business day, which is the most restrictive
percentage provided by the state laws of the various states in which the
Reynolds Opportunity Fund's shares are qualified for sale or, if the
states in which the Reynolds Opportunity Fund's shares are qualified for
sale impose no such restrictions, 2%. The expenses of the Reynolds
Opportunity Fund's operations borne by the Reynolds Opportunity Fund
include by way of illustration and not limitation, directors fees paid to
those directors who are not officers of the Company, the costs of
preparing and printing registration statements required under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Act (and amendments thereto), the expense
of registering its shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
in the various states, the printing and distribution cost of prospectuses
mailed to existing shareholders, the cost of stock certificates (if any),
director and officer liability insurance, reports to shareholders, reports
to government authorities and proxy statements, interest charges, taxes,
legal expenses, salaries of administrative and clerical personnel,
association membership dues, auditing and accounting services, insurance
premiums, brokerage and other expenses connected with the execution of
portfolio securities transactions, fees and expenses of the custodian of
the Reynolds Opportunity Fund's assets, expenses of calculating the net
asset value and repurchasing and redeeming shares, printing and mailing
expenses, charges and expenses of dividend disbursing agents, registrars
and stock transfer agents and the cost of keeping all necessary
shareholder records and accounts.
The Reynolds Opportunity Fund shall monitor its expense ratio on
a monthly basis. If the accrued amount of the expenses of the Reynolds
Opportunity Fund exceeds the expense limitation established herein, the
Reynolds Opportunity Fund shall create an account receivable from the
Adviser in the amount of such excess. In such a situation the monthly
payment of the Adviser's fee will be reduced by the amount of such excess,
subject to adjustment month by month during the balance of the Reynolds
Opportunity Fund's fiscal year if accrued expenses thereafter fall below
the expense limitation.
4. Compensation of the Adviser. For the services to be
rendered by the Adviser hereunder, the Company through the Reynolds
Opportunity Fund shall pay to the Adviser an advisory fee, paid monthly,
based on the average net asset value of the Reynolds Opportunity Fund, as
determined by valuations made as of the close of each business day of the
month. The advisory fee shall be 1/12 of 1.00% of such net asset value .
For any month in which this Agreement is not in effect for the entire
month, such fee shall be reduced proportionately on the basis of the
number of calendar days during which it is in effect and the fee computed
upon the average net asset value of the business days during which it is
so in effect.
5. Ownership of Shares of the Reynolds Opportunity Fund. The
Adviser shall not take an ownership position in the Reynolds Opportunity
Fund, and shall not permit any of its shareholders, officers, directors or
employees to take a long or short position in the shares of the Reynolds
Opportunity Fund, except for the purchase of shares of the Reynolds
Opportunity Fund for investment purposes at the same price as that
available to the public at the time of purchase or in connection with the
initial capitalization of the Company.
6. Exclusivity. The services of the Adviser to the Reynolds
Opportunity Fund hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and the Adviser
shall be free to furnish similar services to others as long as the
services hereunder are not impaired thereby. Although the Adviser has
agreed to permit the Company to use the name "Reynolds", if it so desires,
it is understood and agreed that the Adviser reserves the right to use and
permit other persons, firms or corporations, including investment
companies, to use such name. During the period that this Agreement is in
effect, the Adviser shall be the Reynolds Opportunity Fund's sole
investment adviser.
7. Liability. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Adviser, the Adviser shall not be subject to
liability to the Reynolds Opportunity Fund or to any shareholder of the
Reynolds Opportunity Fund for any act or omission in the course of, or
connected with, rendering services hereunder, or for any losses that may
be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
8. Brokerage Commissions. The Adviser may cause the Reynolds
Opportunity Fund to pay a broker-dealer which provides brokerage and
research services, as such services are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), to the Adviser a
commission for effecting a securities transaction in excess of the amount
another broker-dealer would have charged for effecting such transaction,
if the Adviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is
reasonable in relation to the value of brokerage and research services
provided by the executing broker-dealer viewed in terms of either that
particular transaction or his overall responsibilities with respect to the
accounts as to which he exercises investment discretion (as defined in
Section 3(a)(35) of the Exchange Act).
9. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the mutual
consent of the parties; provided, however, that in no event may it be
amended without the approval of the board of directors of the Company in
the manner required by the Act, and by the vote of the majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Reynolds Opportunity Fund, as defined
in the Act.
10. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time,
without the payment of any penalty, by the board of directors of the
Company or by a vote of the majority of the outstanding voting securities
of the Reynolds Opportunity Fund, as defined in the Act, upon giving
sixty (60) days' written notice to the Adviser. This Agreement may be
terminated by the Adviser at any time upon the giving of sixty (60) days'
written notice to the Company. This Agreement shall terminate
automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in
Section 2(a)(4) of the Act). Subject to prior termination as hereinbefore
provided, this Agreement shall continue in effect for an initial period
beginning as of the date hereof and ending December 12, 1993 and
indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the continuance after such
initial period is specifically approved annually by (i) the board of
directors of the Company or by the vote of the majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Reynolds Opportunity Fund, as defined in the Act,
and (ii) the board of directors of the Company in the manner required by
the Act, provided that any such approval may be made effective not more
than sixty (60) days thereafter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed on the day first above written.
REYNOLDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
(the "Adviser")
By: _________________________________
Frederick L. Reynolds, Sole
Proprietor
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
(the "Company")
By: ___________________________ By: _________________________________
Secretary President
EXHIBIT 5.4
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 12th day of December, 1991, between REYNOLDS
FUNDS, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), and REYNOLDS CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT (the "Adviser").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company is registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act")
as an open-end management investment company comprising a series of four
mutual funds, the Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, the Reynolds Opportunity
Fund, the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund and the Reynolds Money Market
Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Adviser, which is an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
and which is engaged principally in the business of rendering investment
supervisory services within the meaning of Section 202(a)(13) of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as the investment adviser for the
Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Adviser do mutually promise
and agree as follows:
1. Employment. The Company hereby employs the Adviser to
manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Reynolds
U.S. Government Bond Fund for the period and on the terms set forth in
this Agreement. The Adviser hereby accepts such employment for the
compensation herein provided and agrees during such period to render the
services and to assume the obligations herein set forth.
2. Authority of the Adviser. The Adviser shall supervise and
manage the investment portfolio of the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund,
and, subject to such policies as the board of directors of the Company may
determine, direct the purchase and sale of investment securities in the
day to day management of the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund. The
Adviser shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent
contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized,
have no authority to act for or represent the Company in any way or
otherwise be deemed an agent of the Company. However, one or more
shareholders, officers, directors or employees of the Adviser may serve as
directors and/or officers of the Company, but without compensation or
reimbursement of expenses for such services from the Company. Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to require the Company to take any action
contrary to its Articles of Incorporation, as amended or supplemented, or
any applicable statute or regulation, or to relieve or deprive the board
of directors of the Company of its responsibility for and control of the
affairs of the Company.
3. Expenses. The Adviser, at its own expense and without
reimbursement from the Company, shall furnish office space, and all
necessary office facilities, equipment and executive personnel for
managing the investments of the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund. The
Adviser shall not be required to pay any expenses of the Reynolds
U.S. Government Bond Fund except as provided herein if the total expenses
borne by the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund, including the Adviser's
fee and the fees paid to the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund's
Administrator but excluding all federal, state and local taxes, interest,
brokerage commissions and extraordinary items, in any year exceed that
percentage of the average net asset value of the Reynolds U.S. Government
Bond Fund for such year, as determined by valuations made as of the close
of each business day, which is the most restrictive percentage provided by
the state laws of the various states in which the Reynolds U.S. Government
Bond Fund's shares are qualified for sale or, if the states in which the
Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund's shares are qualified for sale impose
no such restrictions, 2%. The expenses of the Reynolds U.S. Government
Bond Fund's operations borne by the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund
include by way of illustration and not limitation, directors fees paid to
those directors who are not officers of the Company, the costs of
preparing and printing registration statements required under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Act (and amendments thereto), the expense
of registering its shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
in the various states, the printing and distribution cost of prospectuses
mailed to existing shareholders, the cost of stock certificates (if any),
director and officer liability insurance, reports to shareholders, reports
to government authorities and proxy statements, interest charges, taxes,
legal expenses, salaries of administrative and clerical personnel,
association membership dues, auditing and accounting services, insurance
premiums, brokerage and other expenses connected with the execution of
portfolio securities transactions, fees and expenses of the custodian of
the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund's assets, expenses of calculating
the net asset value and repurchasing and redeeming shares, printing and
mailing expenses, charges and expenses of dividend disbursing agents,
registrars and stock transfer agents and the cost of keeping all necessary
shareholder records and accounts.
The Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund shall monitor its expense
ratio on a monthly basis. If the accrued amount of the expenses of the
Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund exceeds the expense limitation
established herein, the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund shall create an
account receivable from the Adviser in the amount of such excess. In such
a situation the monthly payment of the Adviser's fee will be reduced by
the amount of such excess, subject to adjustment month by month during the
balance of the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund's fiscal year if accrued
expenses thereafter fall below the expense limitation.
4. Compensation of the Adviser. For the services to be
rendered by the Adviser hereunder, the Company through the Reynolds
U.S. Government Bond Fund shall pay to the Adviser an advisory fee, paid
monthly, based on the average net asset value of the Reynolds
U.S. Government Bond Fund, as determined by valuations made as of the
close of each business day of the month. The advisory fee shall be 1/12
of 0.75% of such net asset value. For any month in which this Agreement
is not in effect for the entire month, such fee shall be reduced
proportionately on the basis of the number of calendar days during which
it is in effect and the fee computed upon the average net asset value of
the business days during which it is so in effect.
5. Ownership of Shares of the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond
Fund. The Adviser shall not take an ownership position in the Reynolds
U.S. Government Bond Fund, and shall not permit any of its shareholders,
officers, directors or employees to take a long or short position in the
shares of the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund, except for the purchase
of shares of the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund for investment
purposes at the same price as that available to the public at the time of
purchase or in connection with the initial capitalization of the Company.
6. Exclusivity. The services of the Adviser to the Reynolds
U.S. Government Bond Fund hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and the
Adviser shall be free to furnish similar services to others as long as the
services hereunder are not impaired thereby. Although the Adviser has
agreed to permit the Company to use the name "Reynolds", if it so desires,
it is understood and agreed that the Adviser reserves the right to use and
permit other persons, firms or corporations, including investment
companies, to use such name. During the period that this Agreement is in
effect, the Adviser shall be the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund's sole
investment adviser.
7. Liability. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Adviser, the Adviser shall not be subject to
liability to the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund or to any shareholder
of the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund for any act or omission in the
course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder, or for any
losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any
security.
8. Brokerage Commissions. The Adviser may cause the Reynolds
U.S. Government Bond Fund to pay a broker-dealer which provides brokerage
and research services, as such services are defined in Section 28(e) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), to the Adviser a
commission for effecting a securities transaction in excess of the amount
another broker-dealer would have charged for effecting such transaction,
if the Adviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is
reasonable in relation to the value of brokerage and research services
provided by the executing broker-dealer viewed in terms of either that
particular transaction or his overall responsibilities with respect to the
accounts as to which he exercises investment discretion (as defined in
Section 3(a)(35) of the Exchange Act).
9. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the mutual
consent of the parties; provided, however, that in no event may it be
amended without the approval of the board of directors of the Company in
the manner required by the Act, and by the vote of the majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund,
as defined in the Act.
10. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time,
without the payment of any penalty, by the board of directors of the
Company or by a vote of the majority of the outstanding voting securities
of the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund, as defined in the Act, upon
giving sixty (60) days' written notice to the Adviser. This Agreement may
be terminated by the Adviser at any time upon the giving of sixty (60)
days' written notice to the Company. This Agreement shall terminate
automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in
Section 2(a)(4) of the Act). Subject to prior termination as hereinbefore
provided, this Agreement shall continue in effect for an initial period
beginning as of the date hereof and ending December 12, 1993 and
indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the continuance after such
initial period is specifically approved annually by (i) the board of
directors of the Company or by the vote of the majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund, as defined in
the Act, and (ii) the board of directors of the Company in the manner
required by the Act, provided that any such approval may be made effective
not more than sixty (60) days thereafter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed on the day first above written.
REYNOLDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
(the "Adviser")
By: _________________________________
Frederick L. Reynolds, Sole
Proprietor
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
(the "Company")
By: ___________________________ By: _________________________________
Secretary President
EXHIBIT 8.1
CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made on ____________, 1988, between REYNOLDS BLUE
CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC., a Maryland Corporation (hereinafter called the
"Fund"), and FIRST WISCONSIN TRUST COMPANY, a corporation organized under
the laws of the State of Wisconsin (hereinafter called "Custodian"),
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Fund desires that its securities and cash shall be
hereafter held and administered by Custodian pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
made, the Fund and Custodian agree as follows:
1. Definitions
The word "securities" as used herein include stocks, shares,
bonds, debentures, notes, mortgages, or other obligations and any
certificates, receipts, warrants or other instruments representing rights
to receive, purchase or subscribe for the same, or evidencing or
representing any other rights or interests therein, or in any property or
assets.
The words "officers' certificate" shall mean a request or
direction or certification in writing signed in the name of the Fund by
any two of the President, a Vice President, the Secretary and the
Treasurer of the Fund, or any other persons duly authorized to sign by the
Board of Directors of the Fund.
2. Names, Titles and Signatures of Fund's Officers
An officer of the Fund will certify to Custodian the names and
signatures of those persons authorized to sign the officers' certificates
described in Section 1 hereof, and the names of the members of the Board
of Directors, together with any changes which may occur from time to time.
3. Receipt and Disbursement of Money
A. Custodian shall open and maintain a separate account or
accounts in the name of the Fund, subject only to draft or order by
Custodian acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Custodian shall
hold in such account or accounts, subject to the provisions hereof, all
cash received by it from or for the account of the Fund. Custodian shall
make payments of cash to, or for the account of, the Fund from such cash
only (a) for the purchase of securities for the portfolio of the Fund upon
the delivery of such securities to Custodian, registered in the name of
the Fund or of the nominee of Custodian referred to in Section 7 or in
proper form for transfer, (b) for the purchase or redemption of shares of
the common stock of the Fund upon delivery thereof to Custodian, (c) for
the payment of interest, dividends, taxes, investment adviser's fees or
operating expenses (including, without limitation thereto, fees for legal,
accounting, auditing and custodian services and expenses for printing and
postage), (d) for payments in connection with the conversion, exchange or
surrender of securities owned or subscribed to by the Fund held by or to
be delivered to Custodian, or (e) for other proper corporate purposes
certified by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Fund. Before
making any such payment Custodian shall receive (and may rely upon) an
officers' certificate requesting such payment and stating that it is for a
purpose permitted under the terms of items (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this
Subsection A, and also, in respect of item (e), upon receipt of an
officers' certificate specifying the amount of such payment, setting forth
the purpose for which such payment is to be made, declaring such purpose
to be a proper corporate purpose, and naming the person or persons to whom
such payment is to be made; provided, however, that an officers'
certificate need not precede the disbursement of cash for the purpose of
purchasing a money market instrument if the President, a Vice President,
the Secretary or the Treasurer of the Fund issues appropriate oral
instructions to Custodian and an appropriate officers' certificate is
received by Custodian within two business days thereafter.
B. Custodian is hereby authorized to endorse and collect all
checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money received by
Custodian for the account of the Fund.
4. Receipt of Securities
Custodian shall hold in a separate account, and physically
segregated at all times from those of any other person, firms or
corporations, pursuant to the provisions hereof, all securities received
by it from or for the account of the Fund. All such securities are to be
held or disposed of by Custodian for, and subject at all times to the
instructions of, the Fund pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The
Custodian shall have no power or authority to assign, hypothecate, pledge
or otherwise dispose of any such securities and investments, except
pursuant to the direction of the Fund and only for the account of the Fund
as set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement.
5. Transfer, Exchange, Redelivery, etc. of Securities
Custodian shall have sole power to release or delivery any
securities of the Fund held by it pursuant to this Agreement. Custodian
agrees to transfer, exchange or deliver securities held by it hereunder
only (a) for sales of such securities for the account of the Fund upon
receipt by Custodian of payment therefore, (b) when such securities are
called, redeemed or retired or otherwise become payable, (c) for
examination by any broker selling any such securities in accordance with
"street delivery" custom, (d) in exchange for, or upon conversion into,
other securities alone or other securities and cash whether pursuant to
any plan of merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or
readjustment, or otherwise, (e) upon conversion of such securities
pursuant to their terms into other securities, (f) upon exercise of
subscription, purchase or other similar rights represented by such
securities, (g) for the purpose of exchanging interim receipts or
temporary securities for definitive securities, (h) for the purpose of
redeeming in kind shares of common stock of the Fund upon delivery thereof
to Custodian, or (i) for other proper corporate purposes. As to any
deliveries made by Custodian pursuant to items (a), (b), (d), (e), (f),
and (g), securities or cash receivable in exchange therefore shall be
deliverable to Custodian. Before making any such transfer, exchange or
delivery, Custodian shall receive (and may rely upon) an officers'
certificate requesting such transfer, exchange or delivery, and stating
that it is for a purpose permitted under the terms of items (a), (b), (c),
(d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of this Section 5 and also, in respect of
item (i), upon receipt of an officers' certificate specifying the
securities to be delivered, setting forth the purpose for which such
delivery is to be made, declaring such purpose to be a proper corporate
purpose, and naming the person or persons to whom delivery of such
securities shall be made; provided, however, that an officers' certificate
need not precede any such transfer, exchange or delivery of a money market
instrument if the President, a Vice President, the Secretary or the
Treasurer of the Fund issues appropriate oral instructions to Custodian
and an appropriate officers' certificate is received by Custodian within
two business days thereafter.
6. Custodian's Acts Without Instructions
Unless and until Custodian receives an officers' certificate to
the contrary, Custodian shall: (a) present for payment all coupons and
other income items held by it for the account of the Fund which call for
payment upon presentation and hold the cash received by it upon such
payment for the account of the Fund; (b) collect interest and cash
dividends received, with notice to the Fund, for the account of the Fund;
(c) hold for the account of the Fund hereunder all stock dividends, rights
and similar securities issued with respect to any securities held by it
hereunder; and (d) execute as agent on behalf of the Fund all necessary
ownership certificates required by the Internal Revenue Code or the Income
Tax Regulations of the United States Treasury Department or under the laws
of any state now or hereafter in effect, inserting the Fund's name on such
certificates as the owner of the securities covered thereby, to the extent
it may lawfully do so.
7. Registration of Securities
Except as otherwise directed by an officers' certificate
Custodian shall register all securities, except such as are in bearer
form, in the name of a registered nominee of Custodian as defined in the
Internal Revenue Code and any Regulations of the Treasury Department
issued hereunder or in any provision of any subsequent Federal tax law
exempting such transaction from liability for stock transfer taxes, and
shall execute and deliver all such certificates in connection therewith as
may be required by such laws or regulations or under the laws of any
state. Custodian shall use its best efforts to the end that the specific
securities held by it hereunder shall be at all times identifiable in its
records.
The Fund shall from time to time furnish to Custodian
appropriate instruments to enable Custodian to hold or deliver in proper
form for transfer, or to register in the name of its registered nominee,
any securities which it may hold for the account of the Fund and which may
from time to time be registered in the name of the Fund.
8. Voting and Other Action
Neither Custodian nor any nominee of Custodian shall vote any of
the securities held hereunder by or for the account of the Fund, except in
accordance with the instructions contained in an officers' certificate.
Custodian shall deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the
Corporation all notices, proxies and proxy soliciting materials with
relation to such securities, such proxies to be executed by the registered
holder of such securities (if registered otherwise than in the name of the
Fund), but without indicating the manner in which such proxies are to be
voted.
9. Transfer Tax and Other Disbursements
The Fund shall pay or reimburse Custodian from time to time for
any transfer taxes payable upon transfers of securities made hereunder,
and for all other necessary and proper disbursements and expenses made or
incurred by Custodian in the performance of this Agreement.
Custodian shall execute and deliver such certificates in
connection with securities delivered to it or by it under this Agreement
as may be required under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and
any Regulations of the Treasury Department issued thereunder, or under the
laws of any state, to exempt from taxation any exemptable transfers and/or
deliveries of any such securities.
10. Concerning Custodian
Custodian shall be paid as compensation for its services
pursuant to this Agreement such compensation as may from time to time be
agreed upon in writing between the two parties. Until modified in writing
such compensation shall be as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.
Custodian shall not be liable for any action taken in good faith
upon any certificate herein described or certified copy of any resolution
of the Board of Directors, and may rely on the genuineness of any such
document which it may in good faith believe to have been validly executed.
The Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Custodian and its
nominee from all taxes, charges, expenses, assessments, claims and
liabilities (including counsel fees) incurred or assessed against it or by
its nominee in connection with the performance of this Agreement, except
such as may arise from its or its nominee's own negligent action,
negligent failure to act or willful misconduct. Custodian is authorized
to charge any account of the Fund for such items. In the event of any
advance of cash for any purpose made by Custodian resulting from orders or
instructions of the Fund, or in the event that Custodian or its nominee
shall incur or be assessed any taxes, charges, expenses, assessments,
claims or liabilities in connection with the performance of this
Agreement, except such as may arise from its or its nominee's own
negligent action, negligent failure to act or willful misconduct, any
property at any time held for the account of the Fund shall be security
therefore.
11. Reports by Custodian
Custodian shall furnish the Fund weekly with a statement
summarizing all transactions and entries for the account of Fund.
Custodian shall furnish the Fund at the end of every month with a list of
the portfolio securities showing the aggregate cost of each issue.
Custodian shall furnish the Fund, at the close of each quarter of the
Fund's fiscal year, with a list showing the cost of the securities held by
it for the Fund hereunder, adjusted for all commitments confirmed by the
Fund as of such close, certified by a duly authorized officer of
Custodian. The books and records of Custodian pertaining to its actions
under this Agreement shall be open to inspection and audit at reasonable
times by officers of, and of auditors employed by, the Fund.
12. Termination or Assignment
This Agreement may be terminated by the Fund, or by Custodian,
on sixty days' notice, given in writing and sent by registered mail to
Custodian at P.O. Box 2054, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, or to the Fund at
Wood Island, Third Floor, 80 East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Larkspur,
California 94939, as the case may be. Upon any termination of this
Agreement, pending appointment of a successor to Custodian or a vote of
the shareholders of the Fund to dissolve or to function without a
custodian of its cash, securities and other property, Custodian shall not
deliver cash, securities or other property of the Fund to the Fund, but
may deliver them to a bank or trust company in the City of Milwaukee of
its own selection, having an aggregate capital, surplus and undivided
profits, as shown by its last published report of not less than Two
Million Dollars ($2,000,000) as a Custodian for the Fund to be held under
terms similar to those of this Agreement; provided, however, that
Custodian shall not be required to make any such delivery or payment until
full payment shall have been made by the Fund of all liabilities
constituting a charge on or against the properties then held by Custodian
or on or against Custodian, and until full payment shall have been made to
Custodian of all its fees, compensation, costs and expenses, subject to
the provisions of Section 10 of this Agreement.
This Agreement may not be assigned by Custodian without the
consent of the Fund, authorized or approved by a resolution of its Board
of Directors.
13. Deposits of Securities in Securities Depositories
No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the
use by Custodian of a central securities clearing agency or securities
depository; provided, however, that Custodian and the central securities
clearing agency or securities depository meet all applicable federal and
state laws and regulations and the Board of Directors of the Fund approves
by resolution the use of such central securities clearing agency or
securities depository.
14. Records
To the extent that Custodian in any capacity prepares or
maintains any records required to be maintained and preserved by the Fund
pursuant to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, Custodian
agrees to make any such records available to the Fund upon request and to
preserve such records for the periods prescribed in Rule 31a-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed and their respective corporate seals to be
affixed hereto as of the date first above-written by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized.
Executed in several counterparts, each of which is an original.
Attest: FIRST WISCONSIN TRUST COMPANY
_________________________________ By _________________________________
ASSISTANT SECRETARY VICE PRESIDENT
Attest: REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH
FUND, INC.
_________________________________ By _________________________________
EXHIBIT 8.2
CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made on February 2, 1991, between REYNOLDS MONEY
MARKET FUND, a Maryland Corporation (hereinafter called the "Fund"), and
FIRST WISCONSIN TRUST COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Wisconsin (hereinafter called "Custodian"),
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Fund desires that its securities and cash shall be
hereafter held and administered by Custodian pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
made, the Fund and Custodian agree as follows:
1. Definitions
The word "securities" as used herein includes stocks, shares,
bonds, debentures, notes, mortgages, or other obligations, and any
certificates, receipts, warrants or other instruments representing rights
to receive, purchase or subscribe for the same, or evidencing or
representing any other rights or interests therein, or in any property or
assets.
The words "officers' certificate" shall mean a request or
direction or certification in writing signed in the name of the Fund by
any two of the President, a Vice President, the Secretary and the
Treasurer of the Fund, or any other persons duly authorized to sign by the
Board of Directors of the Fund.
The word "Board" shall mean Board of Directors of Reynolds Money
Market Fund.
2. Names, Titles and Signatures of the Fund's Officers
An officer of the Fund will certify to Custodian the names and
signatures of those persons authorized to sign the officers' certificates
described in Section 1 hereof, and the names of the members of the Board
of Directors, together with any changes which may occur from time to time.
3. Receipt and Disbursement of Money
A. Custodian shall open and maintain a separate account or
accounts in the name of the Fund, subject only to draft or order by
Custodian acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Custodian shall
hold in such account or accounts, subject to the provisions hereof, all
cash received by it from or for the account of the Fund. Custodian shall
make payments of cash to, or for the account of, the Fund from such cash
only: (a) for the purchase of securities for the portfolio of the Fund
upon the delivery of such securities to Custodian, registered in the name
of the Fund or of the nominee of Custodian referred to in Section 7 or in
proper form for transfer; (b) for the purchase or redemption of shares of
the common stock of the Fund upon delivery thereof to Custodian, or upon
proper instructions from the Reynolds Money Market Fund; (c) for the
payment of interest, dividends, taxes, investment adviser's fees or
operating expenses (including, without limitation thereto, fees for legal,
accounting, auditing and custodian services and expenses for printing and
postage); (d) for payments in connection with the conversion, exchange or
surrender of securities owned or subscribed to by the Fund held by or to
be delivered to Custodian; or (e) for other proper corporate purposes
certified by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Fund.
Before making any such payment, Custodian shall receive (and may
rely upon) an officers' certificate requesting such payment and stating
that it is for a purpose permitted under the terms of items (a), (b), (c)
or (d) of this Subsection A, and also, in respect of item (e), upon
receipt of an officers' certificate specifying the amount of such payment,
setting forth the purpose for which such payment is to be made, declaring
such purpose to be a proper corporate purpose, and naming the person or
persons to whom such payment is to be made, provided, however, that an
officers' certificate need not precede the disbursement of cash for the
purpose of purchasing a money market instrument if the President, a Vice
President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of the Fund issues appropriate
oral or facsimile instructions to Custodian and an appropriate officers'
certificate is received by Custodian within two business days thereafter.
B. Custodian is hereby authorized to endorse and collect all
checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money received by
Custodian for the account of the Fund.
C. Custodian shall, upon receipt of proper instructions, make
federal funds available to the Fund as of specified times agreed upon from
time to time by the Fund and the Custodian in the amount of checks
received in payment for shares of the Fund which are deposited into the
Fund's account.
4. Segregated Accounts
Upon receipt of proper instructions, the Custodian shall
establish and maintain a segregated account(s) for and on behalf of the
portfolio, into which account(s) may be transferred cash and/or
securities.
5. Transfer, Exchange, Redelivery, etc. of Securities
Custodian shall have sole power to release or deliver any
securities of the Fund held by it pursuant to this Agreement. Custodian
agrees to transfer, exchange or deliver securities held by it hereunder
only: (a) for sales of such securities for the account of the Fund upon
receipt by Custodian of payment therefore; (b) when such securities are
called, redeemed or retired or otherwise become payable; (c) for
examination by any broker selling any such securities in accordance with
"street delivery" custom; (d) in exchange for, or upon conversion into,
other securities alone or other securities and cash whether pursuant to
any plan of merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or
readjustment, or otherwise; (e) upon conversion of such securities
pursuant to their terms into other securities; (f) upon exercise of
subscription, purchase or other similar rights represented by such
securities; (g) for the purpose of exchanging interim receipts or
temporary securities for definitive securities; (h) for the purpose of
redeeming in kind shares of common stock of the Fund upon delivery thereof
to Custodian; or (i) for other proper corporate purposes.
As to any deliveries made by Custodian pursuant to items (a),
(b), (d), (e), (f), and (g), securities or cash receivable in exchange
therefore shall be deliverable to Custodian.
Before making any such transfer, exchange or delivery, Custodian
shall receive (and may rely upon) an officers' certificate requesting such
transfer, exchange or delivery, and stating that it is for a purpose
permitted under the terms of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or
(h) of this Section 5 and also, in respect of item (i), upon receipt of an
officers' certificate specifying the securities to be delivered, setting
forth the purpose for which such delivery is to be made, declaring such
purpose to be a proper corporate purpose, and naming the person or persons
to whom delivery of such securities shall be made; provided, however, that
an officers' certificate need not precede any such transfer, exchange or
delivery of a money market instrument, or any other security with same or
next-day settlement, if the President, a Vice President, the Secretary or
the Treasurer of the Fund issues appropriate oral or facsimile
instructions to Custodian and an appropriate officers' certificate is
received by Custodian within two business days thereafter.
6. Custodian's Acts Without Instructions
Unless and until Custodian receives an officers' certificate to
the contrary, Custodian shall: (a) present for payment all coupons and
other income items held by it for the account of the Fund, which call for
payment upon presentation and hold the cash received by it upon such
payment for the account of the Fund; (b) collect interest and cash
dividends received, with notice to the Fund, for the account of the Fund;
(c) hold for the account of the Fund hereunder all stock dividends, rights
and similar securities issued with respect to any securities held by it
hereunder; and (d) execute as agent on behalf of the Fund, all necessary
ownership certificates required by the Internal Revenue Code or the Income
Tax Regulations of the United States Treasury Department or under the laws
of any state now or hereafter in effect, inserting the Fund's name on such
certificates as the owner of the securities covered thereby, to the extent
it may lawfully do so.
7. Registration of Securities
Except as otherwise directed by an officers' certificate,
Custodian shall register all securities, except such as are in bearer
form, in the name of a registered nominee of Custodian as defined in the
Internal Revenue Code and any Regulations of the Treasury Department
issued hereunder or in any provision of any subsequent federal tax law
exempting such transaction from liability for stock transfer taxes, and
shall execute and deliver all such certificates in connection therewith as
may be required by such laws or regulations or under the laws of any
state. Custodian shall use its best efforts to the end that the specific
securities held by it hereunder shall be at all times identifiable in its
records.
The Fund shall from time to time furnish to Custodian
appropriate instruments to enable Custodian to hold or deliver in proper
form for transfer, or to register in the name of its registered nominee,
any securities which it may hold for the account of the Fund and which may
from time to time be registered in the name of the Fund.
8. Voting and Other Action
Neither Custodian nor any nominee of Custodian shall vote any of
the securities held hereunder by or for the account of the Fund, except in
accordance with the instructions contained in an officers' certificate.
Custodian shall deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the
Corporation all notices, proxies and proxy soliciting materials with
relation to such securities, such proxies to be executed by the registered
holder of such securities (if registered otherwise than in the name of the
Fund), but without indicating the manner in which such proxies are to be
voted.
9. Transfer Tax and Other Disbursements
The Fund shall pay or reimburse Custodian from time to time for
any transfer taxes payable upon transfers of securities made hereunder,
and for all other necessary and proper disbursements and expenses made or
incurred by Custodian in the performance of this Agreement.
Custodian shall execute and deliver such certificates in
connection with securities delivered to it or by it under this Agreement
as may be required under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and
any Regulations of the Treasury Department issued thereunder, or under the
laws of any state, to exempt from taxation any exemptable transfers and/or
deliveries of any such securities.
10. Concerning Custodian
Custodian shall be paid as compensation for its services
pursuant to this Agreement such compensation as may from time to time be
agreed upon in writing between the two parties. Until modified in
writing, such compensation shall be as set forth in Exhibit A attached
hereto.
Custodian shall not be liable for any action taken in good faith
upon any certificate herein described or certified copy of any resolution
of the Board, and may rely on the genuineness of any such document which
it may in good faith believe to have been validly executed.
The Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Custodian and its
nominee from all taxes, charges, expenses, assessments, claims and
liabilities (including counsel fees) incurred or assessed against it or by
its nominee in connection with the performance of this Agreement, except
such as may arise from its or its nominee's own negligent action,
negligent failure to act or willful misconduct. Custodian is authorized
to charge any account of the Fund for such items. In the event of any
advance of cash for any purpose made by Custodian resulting from orders or
instructions of the Fund, or in the event that Custodian or its nominee
shall incur or be assessed any taxes, charges, expenses, assessments,
claims or liabilities in connection with the performance of this
Agreement, except such as may arise from its or its nominee's own
negligent action, negligent failure to act or willful misconduct, any
property at any time held for the account of the Fund shall be security
therefore.
11. Subcustodians
Custodian is hereby authorized to engage another bank or trust
company as a Subcustodian for all or any part of the Fund's assets, so
long as any such bank or trust company is a bank or trust company
organized under the laws of any state of the United States, having an
aggregate capital, surplus and undivided profit, as shown by its last
published report, of not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) and
provided further that, if the Custodian utilizes the services of a
Subcustodian, the Custodian shall remain fully liable and responsible for
any losses caused to the Fund by the Subcustodian as fully as if the
Custodian was directly responsible for any such losses under the terms of
the Custodian Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, if the Fund requires
the Custodian to engage specific Subcustodians for the safekeeping and/or
clearing of assets, the Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
Custodian from all claims, expenses and liabilities incurred or assessed
against it in connection with the use of such Subcustodian in regard to
the Fund's assets, except as may arise from its own negligent action,
negligent failure to act or willful misconduct.
12. Reports by Custodian
Custodian shall furnish the Fund periodically as agreed upon
with a statement summarizing all transactions and entries for the account
of Fund. Custodian shall furnish to the Fund, at the end of every month,
a list of the portfolio securities showing the aggregate cost of each
issue. The books and records of Custodian pertaining to its actions under
this Agreement shall be open to inspection and audit at reasonable times
by officers of, and of auditors employed by, the Fund.
13. Termination or Assignment
This Agreement may be terminated by the Fund, or by Custodian,
on ninety (90) days notice, given in writing and sent by registered mail
to Custodian at P.O. Box 2054, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, or to the Fund
at Wood Island, Third Floor, 80 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Larkspur,
CA 94939, as the case may be. Upon any termination of this Agreement,
pending appointment of a successor to Custodian or a vote of the
shareholders of the Fund to dissolve or to function without a custodian of
its cash, securities and other property, Custodian shall not deliver cash,
securities or other property of the Fund to the Fund, but may deliver them
to a bank or trust company of its own selection, having an aggregate
capital, surplus and undivided profits, as shown by its last published
report of not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) as a Custodian
for the Fund to be held under terms similar to those of this Agreement,
provided, however, that Custodian shall not be required to make any such
delivery or payment until full payment shall have been made by the Fund of
all liabilities constituting a charge on or against the properties then
held by Custodian or on or against Custodian, and until full payment shall
have been made to Custodian of all its fees, compensation, costs and
expenses, subject to the provisions of Section 10 of this Agreement.
This Agreement may not be assigned by Custodian without the
consent of the Fund, authorized or approved by a resolution of its Board
of Directors.
14. Deposits of Securities in Securities Depositories
No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the
use by Custodian of a central securities clearing agency or securities
depository, provided, however, that Custodian and the central securities
clearing agency or securities depository meet all applicable federal and
state laws and regulations, and the Board of Directors of the Fund
approves by resolution the use of such central securities clearing agency
or securities depository.
15. Records
To the extent that Custodian in any capacity prepares or
maintains any records required to be maintained and preserved by the Fund
pursuant to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, Custodian
agrees to make any such records available to the Fund upon request and to
preserve such records for the periods prescribed in Rule 31a-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed and their respective corporate seals to be
affixed hereto as of the date first above-written by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized.
Executed in several counterparts, each of which is an original.
Attest: FIRST WISCONSIN TRUST COMPANY
_______________________________ By _________________________________
ASSISTANT SECRETARY VICE PRESIDENT
Attest: REYNOLDS MONEY MARKET FUND
________________________________ By _________________________________
EXHIBIT 8.3
CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made on January 29, 1992, between REYNOLDS
OPPORTUNITY FUND, a Maryland Corp. (hereinafter called the "Fund"), and
FIRST WISCONSIN TRUST COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Wisconsin (hereinafter called "Custodian"),
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Fund desires that its securities and cash shall be
hereafter held and administered by Custodian pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
made, the Fund and Custodian agree as follows:
1. Definitions
The word "securities" as used herein includes stocks, shares,
bonds, debentures, notes, mortgages or other obligations, and any
certificates, receipts, warrants or other instruments representing rights
to receive, purchase or subscribe for the same, or evidencing or
representing any other rights or interests therein, or in any property or
assets.
The words "officers' certificate" shall mean a request or
direction or certification in writing signed in the name of the Fund by
any two of the President, a Vice President, the Secretary and the
Treasurer of the Fund, or any other persons duly authorized to sign by the
Board of Directors of the Fund.
The word "Board" shall mean Board of Directors of Reynolds
Opportunity Fund.
2. Names, Titles and Signatures of the Fund's Officers
An officer of the Fund will certify to Custodian the names and
signatures of those persons authorized to sign the officers' certificates
described in Section 1 hereof, and the names of the members of the Board
of Directors, together with any changes which may occur from time to time.
3. Receipt and Disbursement of Money
A. Custodian shall open and maintain a separate account or
accounts in the name of the Fund, subject only to draft or order by
Custodian acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Custodian shall
hold in such account or accounts, subject to the provisions hereof, all
cash received by it from or for the account of the Fund. Custodian shall
make payments of cash to, or for the account of, the Fund from such cash
only: (a) for the purchase of securities for the portfolio of the Fund
upon the delivery of such securities to Custodian, registered in the name
of the Fund or of the nominee of Custodian referred to in Section 7 or in
proper form for transfer; (b) for the purchase or redemption of shares of
the common stock of the Fund upon delivery thereof to Custodian or upon
proper instructions from the Reynolds Opportunity Fund; (c) for the
payment of interest, dividends, taxes, investment adviser's fees or
operating expenses (including, without limitation thereto, fees for legal,
accounting, auditing and custodian services and expenses for printing and
postage); (d) for payments in connection with the conversion, exchange or
surrender of securities owned or subscribed to by the Fund held by or to
be delivered to Custodian; or (e) for other proper corporate purposes
certified by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Fund.
Before making any such payment, Custodian shall receive (and may
rely upon) an officers' certificate requesting such payment and stating
that it is for a purpose permitted under the terms of items (a), (b), (c)
or (d) of this Subsection A, and also, in respect of item (e), upon
receipt of an officers' certificate specifying the amount of such payment,
setting forth the purpose for which such payment is to be made, declaring
such purpose to be a proper corporate purpose, and naming the person or
persons to whom such payment is to be made, provided, however, that an
officers' certificate need not precede the disbursement of cash for the
purpose of purchasing a money market instrument, or any other security
with same or next-day settlement, if the President, a Vice President, the
Secretary or the Treasurer of the Fund issues appropriate oral or
facsimile instructions to Custodian and an appropriate officers'
certificate is received by Custodian within two business days thereafter.
B. Custodian is hereby authorized to endorse and collect all
checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money received by
Custodian for the account of the Fund.
C. Custodian shall, upon receipt of proper instructions, make
federal funds available to the Fund as of specified times agreed upon from
time to time by the Fund and the Custodian in the amount of checks
received in payment for shares of the Fund which are deposited into the
Fund's account.
4. Segregated Accounts
Upon receipt of proper instructions, the Custodian shall
establish and maintain a segregated account(s) for and on behalf of the
portfolio, into which account(s) may be transferred cash and/or
securities.
5. Transfer, Exchange, Redelivery, etc. of Securities
Custodian shall have sole power to release or deliver any
securities of the Fund held by it pursuant to this Agreement. Custodian
agrees to transfer, exchange or deliver securities held by it hereunder
only: (a) for sales of such securities for the account of the Fund upon
receipt by Custodian of payment therefore; (b) when such securities are
called, redeemed or retired or otherwise become payable; (c) for
examination by any broker selling any such securities in accordance with
"street delivery" custom; (d) in exchange for, or upon conversion into,
other securities alone or other securities and cash whether pursuant to
any plan of merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or
readjustment, or otherwise; (e) upon conversion of such securities
pursuant to their terms into other securities; (f) upon exercise of
subscription, purchase or other similar rights represented by such
securities; (g) for the purpose of exchanging interim receipts or
temporary securities for definitive securities; (h) for the purpose of
redeeming in kind shares of common stock of the Fund upon delivery thereof
to Custodian; or (i) for other proper corporate purposes.
As to any deliveries made by Custodian pursuant to items (a),
(b), (d), (e), (f), and (g), securities or cash receivable in exchange
therefore shall be deliverable to Custodian.
Before making any such transfer, exchange or delivery, Custodian
shall receive (and may rely upon) an officers' certificate requesting such
transfer, exchange or delivery, and stating that it is for a purpose
permitted under the terms of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or
(h) of this Section 5 and also, in respect of item (i), upon receipt of an
officers' certificate specifying the securities to be delivered, setting
forth the purpose for which such delivery is to be made, declaring such
purpose to be a proper corporate purpose, and naming the person or persons
to whom delivery of such securities shall be made; provided, however, that
an officers' certificate need not precede any such transfer, exchange or
delivery of a money market instrument, or any other security with same or
next-day settlement, if the President, a Vice President, the Secretary or
the Treasurer of the Fund issues appropriate oral or facsimile
instructions to Custodian and an appropriate officers' certificate is
received by Custodian within two business days thereafter.
6. Custodian's Acts Without Instructions
Unless and until Custodian receives an officers' certificate to
the contrary, Custodian shall: (a) present for payment all coupons and
other income items held by it for the account of the Fund, which call for
payment upon presentation and hold the cash received by it upon such
payment for the account of the Fund; (b) collect interest and cash
dividends received, with notice to the Fund, for the account of the Fund;
(c) hold for the account of the Fund hereunder all stock dividends, rights
and similar securities issued with respect to any securities held by it
hereunder; and (d) execute as agent on behalf of the Fund, all necessary
ownership certificates required by the Internal Revenue Code or the Income
Tax Regulations of the United States Treasury Department or under the laws
of any state now or hereafter in effect, inserting the Fund's name on such
certificates as the owner of the securities covered thereby, to the extent
it may lawfully do so.
7. Registration of Securities
Except as otherwise directed by an officers' certificate,
Custodian shall register all securities, except such as are in bearer
form, in the name of a registered nominee of Custodian as defined in the
Internal Revenue Code and any Regulations of the Treasury Department
issued hereunder or in any provision of any subsequent federal tax law
exempting such transaction from liability for stock transfer taxes, and
shall execute and deliver all such certificates in connection therewith as
may be required by such laws or regulations or under the laws of any
state. Custodian shall use its best efforts to the end that the specific
securities held by it hereunder shall be at all times identifiable in its
records.
The Fund shall from time to time furnish to Custodian
appropriate instruments to enable Custodian to hold or deliver in proper
form for transfer, or to register in the name of its registered nominee,
any securities which it may hold for the account of the Fund and which may
from time to time be registered in the name of the Fund.
8. Voting and Other Action
Neither Custodian nor any nominee of Custodian shall vote any of
the securities held hereunder by or for the account of the Fund, except in
accordance with the instructions contained in an officers' certificate.
Custodian shall deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the
Corporation all notices, proxies and proxy soliciting materials with
relation to such securities, such proxies to be executed by the registered
holder of such securities (if registered otherwise than in the name of the
Fund), but without indicating the manner in which such proxies are to be
voted.
9. Transfer Tax and Other Disbursements
The Fund shall pay or reimburse Custodian from time to time for
any transfer taxes payable upon transfers of securities made hereunder,
and for all other necessary and proper disbursements and expenses made or
incurred by Custodian in the performance of this Agreement.
Custodian shall execute and deliver such certificates in
connection with securities delivered to it or by it under this Agreement
as may be required under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and
any Regulations of the Treasury Department issued thereunder, or under the
laws of any state, to exempt from taxation any exemptable transfers and/or
deliveries of any such securities.
10. Concerning Custodian
Custodian shall be paid as compensation for its services
pursuant to this Agreement such compensation as may from time to time be
agreed upon in writing between the two parties. Until modified in
writing, such compensation shall be as set forth in Exhibit A attached
hereto.
Custodian shall not be liable for any action taken in good faith
upon any certificate herein described or certified copy of any resolution
of the Board, and may rely on the genuineness of any such document which
it may in good faith believe to have been validly executed.
The Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Custodian and its
nominee from all taxes, charges, expenses, assessments, claims and
liabilities (including counsel fees) incurred or assessed against it or by
its nominee in connection with the performance of this Agreement, except
such as may arise from its or its nominee's own negligent action,
negligent failure to act or willful misconduct. Custodian is authorized
to charge any account of the Fund for such items. In the event of any
advance of cash for any purpose made by Custodian resulting from orders or
instructions of the Fund, or in the event that Custodian or its nominee
shall incur or be assessed any taxes, charges, expenses, assessments,
claims or liabilities in connection with the performance of this
Agreement, except such as may arise from its or its nominee's own
negligent action, negligent failure to act or willful misconduct, any
property at any time held for the account of the Fund shall be security
therefore.
11. Subcustodians
Custodian is hereby authorized to engage another bank or trust
company as a Subcustodian for all or any part of the Fund's assets, so
long as any such bank or trust company is a bank or trust company
organized under the laws of any state of the United States, having an
aggregate capital, surplus and undivided profit, as shown by its last
published report, of not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) and
provided further that, if the Custodian utilizes the services of a
Subcustodian, the Custodian shall remain fully liable and responsible for
any losses caused to the Fund by the Subcustodian as fully as if the
Custodian was directly responsible for any such losses under the terms of
the Custodian Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, if the Fund requires
the Custodian to engage specific Subcustodians for the safekeeping and/or
clearing of assets, the Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
Custodian from all claims, expenses and liabilities incurred or assessed
against it in connection with the use of such Subcustodian in regard to
the Fund's assets, except as may arise from its own negligent action,
negligent failure to act or willful misconduct.
12. Reports by Custodian
Custodian shall furnish the Fund periodically as agreed upon
with a statement summarizing all transactions and entries for the account
of Fund. Custodian shall furnish to the Fund, at the end of every month,
a list of the portfolio securities showing the aggregate cost of each
issue. The books and records of Custodian pertaining to its actions under
this Agreement shall be open to inspection and audit at reasonable times
by officers of, and of auditors employed by, the Fund.
13. Termination or Assignment
This Agreement may be terminated by the Fund, or by Custodian,
on ninety (90) days notice, given in writing and sent by registered mail
to Custodian at P.O. Box 2054, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, or to the Fund
at Wood Island, Third Floor, 80 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Larkspur,
CA 94939, as the case may be. Upon any termination of this Agreement,
pending appointment of a successor to Custodian or a vote of the
shareholders of the Fund to dissolve or to function without a custodian of
its cash, securities and other property, Custodian shall not deliver cash,
securities or other property of the Fund to the Fund, but may deliver them
to a bank or trust company of its own selection, having an aggregate
capital, surplus and undivided profits, as shown by its last published
report of not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) as a Custodian
for the Fund to be held under terms similar to those of this Agreement,
provided, however, that Custodian shall not be required to make any such
delivery or payment until full payment shall have been made by the Fund of
all liabilities constituting a charge on or against the properties then
held by Custodian or on or against Custodian, and until full payment shall
have been made to Custodian of all its fees, compensation, costs and
expenses, subject to the provisions of Section 10 of this Agreement.
This Agreement may not be assigned by Custodian without the
consent of the Fund, authorized or approved by a resolution of its Board
of Directors.
14. Deposits of Securities in Securities Depositories
No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the
use by Custodian of a central securities clearing agency or securities
depository, provided, however, that Custodian and the central securities
clearing agency or securities depository meet all applicable federal and
state laws and regulations, and the Board of Directors of the Fund
approves by resolution the use of such central securities clearing agency
or securities depository.
15. Records
To the extent that Custodian in any capacity prepares or
maintains any records required to be maintained and preserved by the Fund
pursuant to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, Custodian
agrees to make any such records available to the Fund upon request and to
preserve such records for the periods prescribed in Rule 31a-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed and their respective corporate seals to be
affixed hereto as of the date first above-written by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized.
Executed in several counterparts, each of which is an original.
Attest: FIRST WISCONSIN TRUST COMPANY
________________________________ By _________________________________
ASSISTANT SECRETARY VICE PRESIDENT
Attest: REYNOLDS OPPORTUNITY FUND
________________________________ By _________________________________
EXHIBIT 8.4
CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made on January 29, 1992, between REYNOLDS
U.S. GOVERNMENT BOND FUND, a Maryland Corp. (hereinafter called the
"Fund"), and FIRST WISCONSIN TRUST COMPANY, a corporation organized under
the laws of the State of Wisconsin (hereinafter called "Custodian"),
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Fund desires that its securities and cash shall be
hereafter held and administered by Custodian pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
made, the Fund and Custodian agree as follows:
1. Definitions
The word "securities" as used herein includes stocks, shares,
bonds, debentures, notes, mortgages or other obligations, and any
certificates, receipts, warrants or other instruments representing rights
to receive, purchase or subscribe for the same, or evidencing or
representing any other rights or interests therein, or in any property or
assets.
The words "officers' certificate" shall mean a request or
direction or certification in writing signed in the name of the Fund by
any two of the President, a Vice President, the Secretary and the
Treasurer of the Fund, or any other persons duly authorized to sign by the
Board of Directors of the Fund.
The word "Board" shall mean Board of Directors of Reynolds
U.S. Government Bond Fund.
2. Names, Titles and Signatures of the Fund's Officers
An officer of the Fund will certify to Custodian the names and
signatures of those persons authorized to sign the officers' certificates
described in Section 1 hereof, and the names of the members of the Board
of Directors, together with any changes which may occur from time to time.
3. Receipt and Disbursement of Money
A. Custodian shall open and maintain a separate account or
accounts in the name of the Fund, subject only to draft or order by
Custodian acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Custodian shall
hold in such account or accounts, subject to the provisions hereof, all
cash received by it from or for the account of the Fund. Custodian shall
make payments of cash to, or for the account of, the Fund from such cash
only: (a) for the purchase of securities for the portfolio of the Fund
upon the delivery of such securities to Custodian, registered in the name
of the Fund or of the nominee of Custodian referred to in Section 7 or in
proper form for transfer; (b) for the purchase or redemption of shares of
the common stock of the Fund upon delivery thereof to Custodian, or upon
proper instructions from the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund; (c) for
the payment of interest, dividends, taxes, investment adviser's fees or
operating expenses (including, without limitation thereto, fees for legal,
accounting, auditing and custodian services and expenses for printing and
postage); (d) for payments in connection with the conversion, exchange or
surrender of securities owned or subscribed to by the Fund held by or to
be delivered to Custodian; or (e) for other proper corporate purposes
certified by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Fund.
Before making any such payment, Custodian shall receive (and may
rely upon) an officers' certificate requesting such payment and stating
that it is for a purpose permitted under the terms of items (a), (b), (c)
or (d) of this Subsection A, and also, in respect of item (e), upon
receipt of an officers' certificate specifying the amount of such payment,
setting forth the purpose for which such payment is to be made, declaring
such purpose to be a proper corporate purpose, and naming the person or
persons to whom such payment is to be made, provided, however, that an
officers' certificate need not precede the disbursement of cash for the
purpose of purchasing a money market instrument, or any other security
with same or next-day settlement, if the President, a Vice President, the
Secretary or the Treasurer of the Fund issues appropriate oral or
facsimile instructions to Custodian and an appropriate officers'
certificate is received by Custodian within two business days thereafter.
B. Custodian is hereby authorized to endorse and collect all
checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money received by
Custodian for the account of the Fund.
C. Custodian shall, upon receipt of proper instructions, make
federal funds available to the Fund as of specified times agreed upon from
time to time by the Fund and the Custodian in the amount of checks
received in payment for shares of the Fund which are deposited into the
Fund's account.
4. Segregated Accounts
Upon receipt of proper instructions, the Custodian shall
establish and maintain a segregated account(s) for and on behalf of the
portfolio, into which account(s) may be transferred cash and/or
securities.
5. Transfer, Exchange, Redelivery, etc. of Securities
Custodian shall have sole power to release or deliver any
securities of the Fund held by it pursuant to this Agreement. Custodian
agrees to transfer, exchange or deliver securities held by it hereunder
only: (a) for sales of such securities for the account of the Fund upon
receipt by Custodian of payment therefore; (b) when such securities are
called, redeemed or retired or otherwise become payable; (c) for
examination by any broker selling any such securities in accordance with
"street delivery" custom; (d) in exchange for, or upon conversion into,
other securities alone or other securities and cash whether pursuant to
any plan of merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or
readjustment, or otherwise; (e) upon conversion of such securities
pursuant to their terms into other securities; (f) upon exercise of
subscription, purchase or other similar rights represented by such
securities; (g) for the purpose of exchanging interim receipts or
temporary securities for definitive securities; (h) for the purpose of
redeeming in kind shares of common stock of the Fund upon delivery thereof
to Custodian; or (i) for other proper corporate purposes.
As to any deliveries made by Custodian pursuant to items (a),
(b), (d), (e), (f), and (g), securities or cash receivable in exchange
therefore shall be deliverable to Custodian.
Before making any such transfer, exchange or delivery, Custodian
shall receive (and may rely upon) an officers' certificate requesting such
transfer, exchange or delivery, and stating that it is for a purpose
permitted under the terms of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or
(h) of this Section 5 and also, in respect of item (i), upon receipt of an
officers' certificate specifying the securities to be delivered, setting
forth the purpose for which such delivery is to be made, declaring such
purpose to be a proper corporate purpose, and naming the person or persons
to whom delivery of such securities shall be made; provided, however, that
an officers' certificate need not precede any such transfer, exchange or
delivery of a money market instrument, or any other security with same or
next-day settlement, if the President, a Vice President, the Secretary or
the Treasurer of the Fund issues appropriate oral or facsimile
instructions to Custodian and an appropriate officers' certificate is
received by Custodian within two business days thereafter.
6. Custodian's Acts Without Instructions
Unless and until Custodian receives an officers' certificate to
the contrary, Custodian shall: (a) present for payment all coupons and
other income items held by it for the account of the Fund, which call for
payment upon presentation and hold the cash received by it upon such
payment for the account of the Fund; (b) collect interest and cash
dividends received, with notice to the Fund, for the account of the Fund;
(c) hold for the account of the Fund hereunder all stock dividends, rights
and similar securities issued with respect to any securities held by it
hereunder; and (d) execute as agent on behalf of the Fund, all necessary
ownership certificates required by the Internal Revenue Code or the Income
Tax Regulations of the United States Treasury Department or under the laws
of any state now or hereafter in effect, inserting the Fund's name on such
certificates as the owner of the securities covered thereby, to the extent
it may lawfully do so.
7. Registration of Securities
Except as otherwise directed by an officers' certificate,
Custodian shall register all securities, except such as are in bearer
form, in the name of a registered nominee of Custodian as defined in the
Internal Revenue Code and any Regulations of the Treasury Department
issued hereunder or in any provision of any subsequent federal tax law
exempting such transaction from liability for stock transfer taxes, and
shall execute and deliver all such certificates in connection therewith as
may be required by such laws or regulations or under the laws of any
state. Custodian shall use its best efforts to the end that the specific
securities held by it hereunder shall be at all times identifiable in its
records.
The Fund shall from time to time furnish to Custodian
appropriate instruments to enable Custodian to hold or deliver in proper
form for transfer, or to register in the name of its registered nominee,
any securities which it may hold for the account of the Fund and which may
from time to time be registered in the name of the Fund.
8. Voting and Other Action
Neither Custodian nor any nominee of Custodian shall vote any of
the securities held hereunder by or for the account of the Fund, except in
accordance with the instructions contained in an officers' certificate.
Custodian shall deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the
Corporation all notices, proxies and proxy soliciting materials with
relation to such securities, such proxies to be executed by the registered
holder of such securities (if registered otherwise than in the name of the
Fund), but without indicating the manner in which such proxies are to be
voted.
9. Transfer Tax and Other Disbursements
The Fund shall pay or reimburse Custodian from time to time for
any transfer taxes payable upon transfers of securities made hereunder,
and for all other necessary and proper disbursements and expenses made or
incurred by Custodian in the performance of this Agreement.
Custodian shall execute and deliver such certificates in
connection with securities delivered to it or by it under this Agreement
as may be required under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and
any Regulations of the Treasury Department issued thereunder, or under the
laws of any state, to exempt from taxation any exemptable transfers and/or
deliveries of any such securities.
10. Concerning Custodian
Custodian shall be paid as compensation for its services
pursuant to this Agreement such compensation as may from time to time be
agreed upon in writing between the two parties. Until modified in
writing, such compensation shall be as set forth in Exhibit A attached
hereto.
Custodian shall not be liable for any action taken in good faith
upon any certificate herein described or certified copy of any resolution
of the Board, and may rely on the genuineness of any such document which
it may in good faith believe to have been validly executed.
The Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Custodian and its
nominee from all taxes, charges, expenses, assessments, claims and
liabilities (including counsel fees) incurred or assessed against it or by
its nominee in connection with the performance of this Agreement, except
such as may arise from its or its nominee's own negligent action,
negligent failure to act or willful misconduct. Custodian is authorized
to charge any account of the Fund for such items. In the event of any
advance of cash for any purpose made by Custodian resulting from orders or
instructions of the Fund, or in the event that Custodian or its nominee
shall incur or be assessed any taxes, charges, expenses, assessments,
claims or liabilities in connection with the performance of this
Agreement, except such as may arise from its or its nominee's own
negligent action, negligent failure to act or willful misconduct, any
property at any time held for the account of the Fund shall be security
therefore.
11. Subcustodians
Custodian is hereby authorized to engage another bank or trust
company as a Subcustodian for all or any part of the Fund's assets, so
long as any such bank or trust company is a bank or trust company
organized under the laws of any state of the United States, having an
aggregate capital, surplus and undivided profit, as shown by its last
published report, of not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) and
provided further that, if the Custodian utilizes the services of a
Subcustodian, the Custodian shall remain fully liable and responsible for
any losses caused to the Fund by the Subcustodian as fully as if the
Custodian was directly responsible for any such losses under the terms of
the Custodian Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, if the Fund requires
the Custodian to engage specific Subcustodians for the safekeeping and/or
clearing of assets, the Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
Custodian from all claims, expenses and liabilities incurred or assessed
against it in connection with the use of such Subcustodian in regard to
the Fund's assets, except as may arise from its own negligent action,
negligent failure to act or willful misconduct.
12. Reports by Custodian
Custodian shall furnish the Fund periodically as agreed upon
with a statement summarizing all transactions and entries for the account
of Fund. Custodian shall furnish to the Fund, at the end of every month,
a list of the portfolio securities showing the aggregate cost of each
issue. The books and records of Custodian pertaining to its actions under
this Agreement shall be open to inspection and audit at reasonable times
by officers of, and of auditors employed by, the Fund.
13. Termination or Assignment
This Agreement may be terminated by the Fund, or by Custodian,
on ninety (90) days notice, given in writing and sent by registered mail
to Custodian at P.O. Box 2054, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, or to the Fund
at Wood Island, Third Floor, 80 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Larkspur,
CA 94939, as the case may be. Upon any termination of this Agreement,
pending appointment of a successor to Custodian or a vote of the
shareholders of the Fund to dissolve or to function without a custodian of
its cash, securities and other property, Custodian shall not deliver cash,
securities or other property of the Fund to the Fund, but may deliver them
to a bank or trust company of its own selection, having an aggregate
capital, surplus and undivided profits, as shown by its last published
report of not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) as a Custodian
for the Fund to be held under terms similar to those of this Agreement,
provided, however, that Custodian shall not be required to make any such
delivery or payment until full payment shall have been made by the Fund of
all liabilities constituting a charge on or against the properties then
held by Custodian or on or against Custodian, and until full payment shall
have been made to Custodian of all its fees, compensation, costs and
expenses, subject to the provisions of Section 10 of this Agreement.
This Agreement may not be assigned by Custodian without the
consent of the Fund, authorized or approved by a resolution of its Board
of Directors.
14. Deposits of Securities in Securities Depositories
No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the
use by Custodian of a central securities clearing agency or securities
depository, provided, however, that Custodian and the central securities
clearing agency or securities depository meet all applicable federal and
state laws and regulations, and the Board of Directors of the Fund
approves by resolution the use of such central securities clearing agency
or securities depository.
15. Records
To the extent that Custodian in any capacity prepares or
maintains any records required to be maintained and preserved by the Fund
pursuant to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, Custodian
agrees to make any such records available to the Fund upon request and to
preserve such records for the periods prescribed in Rule 31a-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed and their respective corporate seals to be
affixed hereto as of the date first above-written by their respective
officers thereunto duly authorized.
Executed in several counterparts, each of which is an original.
Attest: FIRST WISCONSIN TRUST COMPANY
________________________________ By _________________________________
ASSISTANT SECRETARY VICE PRESIDENT
Attest: REYNOLDS U.S. GOVERNMENT BOND
FUND
________________________________ By _________________________________
EXHIBIT 9.1
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this ____ day of _________, 1988, between
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"),
and FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT, INC., a Wisconsin corporation (the
"Administrator").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Fund is in the process of registering with the
Securities and Exchange Commission as an open-end management investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act");
WHEREAS, upon so registering with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Fund will be a registered investment company; and
WHEREAS, the Fund desires to retain the Administrator to perform
the following management-related services for the Fund and the
Administrator desires to perform such services for the Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Fund and the Administrator do mutually
promise and agree as follows:
1. Employment. The Fund hereby employs the Administrator to
be its Administrator for the period and on the terms set forth in this
Agreement. The Administrator hereby accepts such employment for the
compensation herein provided and agrees during such period to render the
services and to assume the obligations herein set forth.
2. Authority and Duties of the Administrator. The
Administrator shall perform the following management-related services for
the Fund:
(a) Prepare and maintain the books, accounts and other
documents specified in Rule 31a-1, under the Act in accordance
with the requirements of Rule 31a-1 and Rule 31a-2 under the
Act;
(b) Determine the Fund's net asset value in accordance
with the provisions of the Fund's Articles of Incorporation and
its Registration Statement;
(c) Respond to stockholder inquiries forwarded to it by
the Fund;
(d) Prepare the financial statements contained in reports
to stockholders of the Fund;
(e) Prepare for execution by the Fund and file all of the
Fund's federal and state tax returns;
(f) Prepare reports to and filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (other than the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A);
(g) Prepare reports to and filings with state Blue Sky
authorities;
(h) Furnish statistical and research data, clerical,
accounting and bookkeeping services and stationery and office
supplies; and
(i) Keep and maintain the Fund's financial accounts and
records, and generally assist in all aspects of the Fund's
operations to the extent agreed to by the Administrator and the
Fund.
The Administrator shall not act, and shall not be required to
act, as an investment adviser to the Fund and shall not have any authority
to supervise the investment or reinvestment of the cash, securities or
other property comprising the Fund's assets or to determine what
securities or other property may be purchased or sold by the Fund. The
Administrator shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent
contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized,
have no authority to act for or represent the Fund in any way or otherwise
be deemed an agent of the Fund.
3. Expenses. The Administrator, at its own expense and
without reimbursement from the Fund, shall furnish office space, and all
necessary office facilities, equipment and executive personnel for
performing the services required to be performed by it under the
Agreement. The Administrator shall not be required to pay any expenses of
the Fund. The expenses of the Fund's operations borne by the Fund include
by way of illustration and not limitation, directors fees paid to those
directors who are not interested persons of the Fund, as defined in the
Act, the professional costs of preparing and the costs of printing its
registration statements required under the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Act (and amendments thereto), and the expense of registering its shares
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in the various states, the
printing and distribution cost of prospectuses mailed to existing
shareholders, the cost of stock certificates, director and officer
liability insurance, the printing and distribution costs of reports to
stockholders, reports to government authorities and proxy statements,
interest charges, taxes, legal expenses, association membership dues,
auditing services, insurance premiums, brokerage and other expenses
connected with the execution of portfolio securities transactions, fees
and expenses of the custodian of the Fund's assets, printing and mailing
expenses and charges and expenses of dividend disbursing agents,
registrars and stock transfer agents.
4. Compensation of the Administrator. For the services to be
rendered by the Administrator hereunder, the Fund shall pay to the
Administrator an administration fee, paid monthly, based on the average
net asset value of the Fund, as determined by valuations made as of the
close of each business day of the month. The administration fee shall be
1/12 of 0.2% of such net asset value up to and including $30,000,000, and
1/12 of 0.1% of the average net asset value of the Fund in excess of
$30,000,000. For any month in which this Agreement is not in effect for
the entire month, such fee shall be reduced proportionately on the basis
of the number of calendar days during which it is in effect and the fee
computed upon the average net asset value of the business days during
which it is so in effect.
5. Exclusivity. The services of the Administrator to the Fund
hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and the Administrator shall be
free to furnish similar services to others as long as the services
hereunder are not impaired thereby. During the period that this Agreement
is in effect, the Administrator shall be the Fund's sole administrator.
6. Liability. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Administrator, the Administrator shall not be
subject to liability to the Fund or to any shareholder of the Fund for any
act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services
hereunder, or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase,
holding or sale of any security.
7. Amendments and Termination. This Agreement may be amended
by the mutual consent of the parties. This Agreement may be terminated at
any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the board of directors of
the Fund upon the giving of ninety (90) days' written notice to the
Administrator. This Agreement may be terminated by the Administrator at
any time upon the giving of ninety (90) days' written notice to the Fund.
Upon termination of the Agreement the Administrator shall deliver to the
Fund all books, accounts and other documents then maintained by it
pursuant to Section 2 hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed on the day first above written.
FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT, INC.
(the "Administrator")
By: ___________________________ By: _________________________________
Secretary President
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH
FUND, INC.
(the "Fund")
By: ___________________________ By: _________________________________
Secretary President
EXHIBIT 9.2
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 30th day of January, 1991, between REYNOLDS
BLUE CHIP GROWTH FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), and
FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT, INC., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Administrator").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company is registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act")
as an open-end management investment company comprising a series of two
mutual funds, the Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund and the Reynolds Money
Market Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Administrator to
perform the following management-related services for the Reynolds Money
Market Fund (the "Fund") and the Administrator desires to perform such
services for the Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Administrator do mutually
promise and agree as follows:
1. Employment. The Company hereby employs the Administrator
to be the Fund's Administrator for the period and on the terms set forth
in this Agreement. The Administrator hereby accepts such employment for
the compensation herein provided and agrees during such period to render
the services and to assume the obligations herein set forth.
2. Authority and Duties of the Administrator. The
Administrator shall perform the following management-related services for
the Fund:
(a) Prepare and maintain the books, accounts and other
documents specified in Rule 31a-1, under the Act in accordance
with the requirements of Rule 31a-1 and Rule 31a-2 under the
Act;
(b) Determine the Fund's net asset value in accordance
with the provisions of the Company's Articles of Incorporation
and its Registration Statement;
(c) Respond to stockholder inquiries forwarded to it by
the Company;
(d) Prepare the financial statements contained in reports
to stockholders of the Fund;
(e) Prepare for execution by the Fund and file all of the
Fund's federal and state tax returns;
(f) Prepare reports to and filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (other than the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A);
(g) Prepare reports to and filings with state Blue Sky
authorities;
(h) Furnish statistical and research data, clerical,
accounting and bookkeeping services and stationery and office
supplies; and
(i) Keep and maintain the Fund's financial accounts and
records, and generally assist in all aspects of the Fund's
operations to the extent agreed to by the Administrator and the
Company.
The Administrator shall not act, and shall not be required to
act, as an investment adviser to the Fund and shall not have any authority
to supervise the investment or reinvestment of the cash, securities or
other property comprising the Fund's assets or to determine what
securities or other property may be purchased or sold by the Fund. The
Administrator shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent
contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized,
have no authority to act for or represent the Fund in any way or otherwise
be deemed an agent of the Company.
3. Expenses. The Administrator, at its own expense and
without reimbursement from the Company, shall furnish office space, and
all necessary office facilities, equipment and executive personnel for
performing the services required to be performed by it under the
Agreement. The Administrator shall not be required to pay any expenses of
the Fund. The expenses of the Fund's operations borne by the Fund include
by way of illustration and not limitation, directors fees paid to those
directors who are not interested persons of the Company, as defined in the
Act, the professional costs of preparing and the costs of printing
registration statements required under the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Act (and amendments thereto), and the expense of registering its shares
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in the various states, the
printing and distribution cost of prospectuses mailed to existing
shareholders, the cost of stock certificates (if any), director and
officer liability insurance, the printing and distribution costs of
reports to stockholders, reports to government authorities and proxy
statements, interest charges, taxes, legal expenses, association
membership dues, auditing services, insurance premiums, brokerage and
other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio securities
transactions, fees and expenses of the custodian of the Fund's assets,
printing and mailing expenses and charges and expenses of dividend
disbursing agents, registrars and stock transfer agents.
4. Compensation of the Administrator. For the services to be
rendered by the Administrator hereunder, the Company through the Fund
shall pay to the Administrator an administration fee, paid monthly, based
on the average net asset value of the Fund, as determined by valuations
made as of the close of each business day of the month. The
administration fee shall be 1/12 of 0.1% of such net asset value. For any
month in which this Agreement is not in effect for the entire month, such
fee shall be reduced proportionately on the basis of the number of
calendar days during which it is in effect and the fee computed upon the
average net asset value of the business days during which it is so in
effect.
5. Exclusivity. The services of the Administrator to the Fund
hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and the Administrator shall be
free to furnish similar services to others as long as the services
hereunder are not impaired thereby. During the period that this Agreement
is in effect, the Administrator shall be the Fund's sole administrator.
6. Liability. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Administrator, the Administrator shall not be
subject to liability to the Fund or to any shareholder of the Fund for any
act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services
hereunder, or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase,
holding or sale of any security.
7. Amendments and Termination. This Agreement may be amended
by the mutual consent of the parties. This Agreement may be terminated at
any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the board of directors of
the Company upon the giving of ninety (90) days' written notice to the
Administrator. This Agreement may be terminated by the Administrator at
any time upon the giving of ninety (90) days' written notice to the
Company. Upon termination of the Agreement the Administrator shall
deliver to the Company all books, accounts and other documents then
maintained by it pursuant to Section 2 hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed on the day first above written.
FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT, INC.
(the "Administrator")
By: ___________________________ By: _________________________________
Secretary President
REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH
FUND, INC.
(the "Company")
By: ____________________________ By: _________________________________
Secretary President
Exhibit 9.3
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Agreement made this ____ day of January, 1992, between Reynolds
Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), and Fiduciary
Management, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Administrator").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company is registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act")
as an open-end management investment company comprising a series of four
mutual funds, the Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, the Reynolds Opportunity
Fund, the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund and the Reynolds Money Market
Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Administrator to
perform the following management-related services for the Reynolds
Opportunity Fund (the "Fund") and the Administrator desires to perform
such services for the Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Administrator do mutually
promise and agree as follows:
1. Employment. The Company hereby employs the Administrator
to be the Fund's Administrator for the period and on the terms set forth
in this Agreement. The Administrator hereby accepts such employment for
the compensation herein provided and agrees during such period to render
the services and to assume the obligations herein set forth.
2. Authority and Duties of the Administrator. The
Administrator shall perform the following management-related services for
the Fund:
(a) Prepare and maintain the books, accounts and other
documents specified in Rule 31a-1, under the Act in accordance with
the requirements of Rule 31a-1 and Rule 31a-2 under the Act;
(b) Determine the Fund's net asset value in accordance with the
provisions of the Company's Articles of Incorporation and its
Registration Statement;
(c) Respond to stockholder inquiries forwarded to it by the
Company;
(d) Prepare the financial statements contained in reports to
stockholders of the Fund;
(e) Prepare for execution by the Fund and file all of the
Fund's federal and state tax returns;
(f) Prepare reports to and filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (other than the Company's Registration Statement
on Form N-1A);
(g) Prepare reports to and filings with state Blue Sky
authorities;
(h) Furnish statistical and research data, clerical, accounting
and bookkeeping services and stationery and office supplies; and
(i) Keep and maintain the Fund's financial accounts and
records, and generally assist in all aspects of the Fund's operations
to the extent agreed to by the Administrator and the Company.
The Administrator shall not act, and shall not be required to
act, as an investment adviser to the Fund and shall not have any authority
to supervise the investment or reinvestment of the cash, securities or
other property comprising the Fund's assets or to determine what
securities or other property may be purchased or sold by the Fund. The
Administrator shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent
contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized,
have no authority to act for or represent the Company in any way or
otherwise be deemed an agent of the Company.
3. Expenses. The Administrator, at its own expense and
without reimbursement from the Company, shall furnish office space, and
all necessary office facilities, equipment and executive personnel for
performing the services required to be performed by it under the
Agreement. The Administrator shall not be required to pay any expenses of
the Fund. The expenses of the Fund's operations borne by the Fund include
by way of illustration and not limitation, directors fees paid to those
directors who are not interested persons of the Company, as defined in the
Act, the professional costs of preparing and the costs of printing
registration statements required under the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Act (and amendments thereto), the expense of registering its shares with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and in the various states, the
printing and distribution cost of prospectuses mailed to existing
shareholders, the cost of stock certificates (if any), director and
officer liability insurance, the printing and distribution costs of
reports to stockholders, reports to government authorities and proxy
statements, interest charges, taxes, legal expenses, association
membership dues, auditing services, insurance premiums, brokerage and
other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio securities
transactions, fees and expenses of the custodian of the Fund's assets,
printing and mailing expenses and charges and expenses of dividend
disbursing agents, registrars and stock transfer agents.
4. Compensation of the Administrator. For the services to be
rendered by the Administrator hereunder, the Company through the Fund
shall pay to the Administrator an administration fee, paid monthly, based
on the average net asset value of the Fund, as determined by valuations
made as of the close of each business day of the month. The
administration fee shall be 1/12 of 0.2% of such net asset value up to and
including $30,000,000 and 1/12 of 0.1% of the average net asset value of
the Fund in excess of $30,000,000. For any month in which this Agreement
is not in effect for the entire month, such fee shall be reduced
proportionately on the basis of the number of calendar days during which
it is in effect and the fee computed upon the average net asset value of
the business days during which it is so in effect.
5. Exclusivity. The services of the Administrator to the Fund
hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and the Administrator shall be
free to furnish similar services to others as long as the services
hereunder are not impaired thereby. During the period that this Agreement
is in effect, the Administrator shall be the Fund's sole administrator.
6. Liability. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Administrator, the Administrator shall not be
subject to liability to the Fund or to any shareholder of the Fund for any
act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services
hereunder, or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase,
holding or sale of any security.
7. Amendments and Termination. This Agreement may be amended
by the mutual consent of the parties. This Agreement may be terminated at
any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the board of directors of
the Company upon the giving of ninety (90) days' written notice to the
Administrator. This Agreement may be terminated by the Administrator at
any time upon the giving of ninety (90) days' written notice to the
Company. Upon termination of the Agreement the Administrator shall
deliver to the Company all books, accounts and other documents then
maintained by it pursuant to Section 2 hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed on the day first above written.
FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT, INC.
(the "Administrator")
By: ________________________ By: __________________________
Secretary President
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
(the "Company")
By: ________________________ By: __________________________
Secretary President
Exhibit 9.4
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Agreement made this ____ day of January, 1992, between Reynolds
Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), and Fiduciary
Management, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Administrator").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company is registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act")
as an open-end management investment company comprising a series of four
mutual funds, the Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, the Reynolds Opportunity
Fund, the Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund and the Reynolds Money Market
Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Administrator to
perform the following management-related services for the Reynolds U.S.
Government Bond Fund (the "Fund") and the Administrator desires to perform
such services for the Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Administrator do mutually
promise and agree as follows:
1. Employment. The Company hereby employs the Administrator
to be the Fund's Administrator for the period and on the terms set forth
in this Agreement. The Administrator hereby accepts such employment for
the compensation herein provided and agrees during such period to render
the services and to assume the obligations herein set forth.
2. Authority and Duties of the Administrator. The
Administrator shall perform the following management-related services for
the Fund:
(a) Prepare and maintain the books, accounts and other
documents specified in Rule 31a-1, under the Act in accordance with
the requirements of Rule 31a-1 and Rule 31a-2 under the Act;
(b) Determine the Fund's net asset value in accordance with the
provisions of the Company's Articles of Incorporation and its
Registration Statement;
(c) Respond to stockholder inquiries forwarded to it by the
Company;
(d) Prepare the financial statements contained in reports to
stockholders of the Fund;
(e) Prepare for execution by the Fund and file all of the
Fund's federal and state tax returns;
(f) Prepare reports to and filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (other than the Company's Registration Statement
on Form N-1A);
(g) Prepare reports to and filings with state Blue Sky
authorities;
(h) Furnish statistical and research data, clerical, accounting
and bookkeeping services and stationery and office supplies; and
(i) Keep and maintain the Fund's financial accounts and
records, and generally assist in all aspects of the Fund's operations
to the extent agreed to by the Administrator and the Company.
The Administrator shall not act, and shall not be required to
act, as an investment adviser to the Fund and shall not have any authority
to supervise the investment or reinvestment of the cash, securities or
other property comprising the Fund's assets or to determine what
securities or other property may be purchased or sold by the Fund. The
Administrator shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent
contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized,
have no authority to act for or represent the Company in any way or
otherwise be deemed an agent of the Company.
3. Expenses. The Administrator, at its own expense and
without reimbursement from the Company, shall furnish office space, and
all necessary office facilities, equipment and executive personnel for
performing the services required to be performed by it under the
Agreement. The Administrator shall not be required to pay any expenses of
the Fund. The expenses of the Fund's operations borne by the Fund include
by way of illustration and not limitation, directors fees paid to those
directors who are not interested persons of the Company, as defined in the
Act, the professional costs of preparing and the costs of printing
registration statements required under the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Act (and amendments thereto), the expense of registering its shares with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and in the various states, the
printing and distribution cost of prospectuses mailed to existing
shareholders, the cost of stock certificates (if any), director and
officer liability insurance, the printing and distribution costs of
reports to stockholders, reports to government authorities and proxy
statements, interest charges, taxes, legal expenses, association
membership dues, auditing services, insurance premiums, brokerage and
other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio securities
transactions, fees and expenses of the custodian of the Fund's assets,
printing and mailing expenses and charges and expenses of dividend
disbursing agents, registrars and stock transfer agents.
4. Compensation of the Administrator. For the services to be
rendered by the Administrator hereunder, the Company through the Fund
shall pay to the Administrator an administration fee, paid monthly, based
on the average net asset value of the Fund, as determined by valuations
made as of the close of each business day of the month. The
administration fee shall be 1/12 of 0.1% of such net asset value. For any
month in which this Agreement is not in effect for the entire month, such
fee shall be reduced proportionately on the basis of the number of
calendar days during which it is in effect and the fee computed upon the
average net asset value of the business days during which it is so in
effect.
5. Exclusivity. The services of the Administrator to the Fund
hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and the Administrator shall be
free to furnish similar services to others as long as the services
hereunder are not impaired thereby. During the period that this Agreement
is in effect, the Administrator shall be the Fund's sole administrator.
6. Liability. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Administrator, the Administrator shall not be
subject to liability to the Fund or to any shareholder of the Fund for any
act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services
hereunder, or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase,
holding or sale of any security.
7. Amendments and Termination. This Agreement may be amended
by the mutual consent of the parties. This Agreement may be terminated at
any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the board of directors of
the Company upon the giving of ninety (90) days' written notice to the
Administrator. This Agreement may be terminated by the Administrator at
any time upon the giving of ninety (90) days' written notice to the
Company. Upon termination of the Agreement the Administrator shall
deliver to the Company all books, accounts and other documents then
maintained by it pursuant to Section 2 hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed on the day first above written.
FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT, INC.
(the "Administrator")
By: _________________________ By: __________________________
Secretary President
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
(the "Company")
By: _________________________ By: __________________________
Secretary President
EXHIBIT 10
F O L E Y & L A R D N E R
A T T O R N E Y S A T L A W
CHICAGO FIRSTAR CENTER SAN DIEGO
JACKSONVILLE 777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53202-5367 TALLAHASSEE
MADISON TELEPHONE (414) 271-2400 TAMPA
ORLANDO FACSIMILE (414) 297-4900 WASHINGTON, D.C.
SACRAMENTO WEST PALM BEACH
November 26, 1991
Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc.
Wood Island, Third Floor
80 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Larkspur, California 94939
Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for you in connection with the
preparation of an Amended Registration Statement on Form N-1A relating to
the sale by you of an indefinite amount of shares of the four classes of
Common Stock, $.01 par value, of Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc.
(such classes of Common Stock being hereinafter collectively referred to
as the "Stock"), in the manner set forth in the Amended Registration
Statement to which reference is made. In this connection we have
examined: (a) the Amended Registration Statement on Form N-1A; (b) your
Articles of Incorporation and ByLaws, as amended and supplemented to date;
(c) corporate proceedings relative to the authorization for issuance of
the Stock; and (d) such other proceedings, documents and records as we
have deemed necessary to enable us to render this opinion.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the shares
of Stock when sold as contemplated in the Amended Registration Statement
will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to
the Amended Registration Statement on Form N-1A. In giving this consent,
we do not admit that we are experts within the meaning of Section 11 of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or within the category of persons
whose consent is required by Section 7 of said Act.
Very truly yours,
FOLEY & LARDNER
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information constituting parts of this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 12 to the registration statement on Form N-1A (the
"Registration Statement") of our report dated October 27, 1997, relating to
the financial statements and financial highlights appearing in the September
30, 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders of Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund,
Reynolds Opportunity Fund, Reynolds U.S. Government Bond Fund and Reynolds
Money Market Fund (constituting Reynolds Funds, Inc.), portions of which are
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. We also consent
to the reference to us under the heading "Independent Accountants" in the
Statement of Additional Information.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 26, 1998
EXHIBIT 13.1
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc.
Wood Island, Third Floor
80 East Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Larkspur, California 94939
Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby subscribes to 10,000 shares of the Common
Stock, $.01 par value per share, of Reynolds Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc.,
in consideration for which the undersigned agrees to transfer to you upon
demand cash in the amount of $100,000.
It is understood that a certificate or certificates representing
the shares subscribed for shall be issued to the undersigned upon request
at any time after receipt by you of payment therefor, and that said shares
shall be deemed to be fully paid and nonassessable.
The undersigned agrees that the shares are being purchased for
investment with no present intention of reselling or redeeming said
shares.
Dated and effective as of this ____ day of _________, 1988.
REYNOLDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
_______________________________________
Frederick L. Reynolds, Sole Proprietor
ACCEPTANCE
The foregoing subscription is hereby accepted. Dated and
effective as of this ____ day of _________, 1988.
By: _________________________________
Frederick L. Reynolds, President
[CORPORATE SEAL]
Attest: ___________________________
Andrea I. Schucker, Secretary
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
The following constitutes an agreement establishing an
Individual Retirement Account (under Section 408(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code) between the Depositor and the Custodian.
ARTICLE I
The Custodian may accept additional cash contributions on behalf
of the Depositor for a tax year of the Depositor. The total cash
contributions are limited to $2,000 for the tax year unless the
contribution is a rollover contribution described in Section 402(c) (but
only after December 31, 1992), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3), or an
employer contribution to a simplified employee pension plan as described
in Section 408(k). Rollover contributions before January 1, 1993, include
rollovers described in Section 402(a)(5), 402(a)(6), 402(a)(7), 403(a)(4),
403(b)(8), 408(d)(3), or an employer contribution to a simplified employee
pension plan as described in Section 408(k).
ARTICLE II
The Depositor's interest in the balance in the custodial account
is nonforfeitable.
ARTICLE III
1. No part of the custodial funds may be invested in life
insurance contracts, nor may the assets of the custodial account be
commingled with other property except in a common trust fund or common
investment fund (within the meaning of Section 408(a)(5)).
2. No part of the custodial funds may be invested in
collectibles (within the meaning of Section 408(m)) except as otherwise
permitted by Section 408(m)(3) which provides an exception for certain
gold and silver coins and coins issued under the laws of any state.
ARTICLE IV
1. Notwithstanding any provision of this agreement to the
contrary, the distribution of the Depositor's interest in the custodial
account shall be made in accordance with the following requirements and
shall otherwise comply with Section 408(a)(6) and Proposed Regulations
Section 1.408-8, including the incidental death benefit provisions of
Proposed Regulations Section 1.401(a)(9)-2, the provisions of which are
incorporated by reference.
2. Unless otherwise elected by the time distributions are
required to begin to the Depositor under Paragraph 3, or to the surviving
spouse under Paragraph 4, other than in the case of a life annuity, life
expectancies shall be recalculated annually. Such election shall be
irrevocable as to the Depositor and the surviving spouse and shall apply
to all subsequent years. The life expectancy of a nonspouse beneficiary
may not be recalculated.
3. The Depositor's entire interest in the custodial account
must be, or begin to be, distributed by the Depositor's required beginning
date, (April 1 following the calendar year end in which the Depositor
reaches age 70 1/2). By that date, the Depositor may elect, in a manner
acceptable to the Custodian, to have the balance in the custodial account
distributed in:
(a) A single sum payment.
(b) An annuity contract that provides equal or substantially
equal monthly, quarterly, or annual payments over the life of the
Depositor.
(c) An annuity contract that provides equal or substantially
equal monthly, quarterly, or annual payments over the joint and last
survivor lives of the Depositor and his or her designated beneficiary.
(d) Equal or substantially equal annual payments over a
specified period that may not be longer than the Depositor's life
expectancy.
(e) Equal or substantially equal annual payments over a
specified period that may not be longer than the joint life and last
survivor expectancy of the Depositor and his or her designated
beneficiary.
4. If the Depositor dies before his or her entire interest is
distributed to him or her, the entire remaining interest will be
distributed as follows:
(a) If the Depositor dies on or after distribution of his or
her interest has begun, distribution must continue to be made in
accordance with Paragraph 3.
(b) If the Depositor dies before distribution of his or her
interest has begun, the entire remaining interest will, at the election of
the Depositor or, if the Depositor has not so elected, at the election of
the beneficiary or beneficiaries, either
(i) Be distributed by the December 31 of the year
containing the fifth anniversary of the Depositor's
death, or
(ii) Be distributed in equal or substantially equal
payments over the life or life expectancy of the
designated beneficiary or beneficiaries starting by
December 31 of the year following the year of the
Depositor's death. If, however, the beneficiary is
the Depositor's surviving spouse, then this
distribution is not required to begin before December
31 of the year in which the Depositor would have
turned age 70 1/2.
(c) Except where distribution in the form of an annuity meeting
the requirements of Section 408(b)(3) and its related regulations has
irrevocably commenced, distributions are treated as having begun on the
Depositor's required beginning date, even though payments may actually
have been made before that date.
(d) If the Depositor dies before his or her entire interest has
been distributed and if the beneficiary is other than the surviving
spouse, no additional cash contributions or rollover contributions may be
accepted in the account.
5. In the case of a distribution over life expectancy in equal
or substantially equal annual payments, to determine the minimum annual
payment for each year, divide the Depositor's entire interest in the
custodial account as of the close of business on December 31 of the
preceding year by the life expectancy of the Depositor (or the joint life
and last survivor expectancy of the Depositor and the Depositor's
designated beneficiary, or the life expectancy of the designated
beneficiary, whichever applies). In the case of distributions under
Paragraph 3, determine the initial life expectancy (or joint life and last
survivor expectancy) using the attained ages of the Depositor and designed
beneficiary as of their birthdays in the year the Depositor reaches age 70
1/2. In the case of a distribution in accordance with Paragraph 4(b)(ii),
determine life expectancy using the attained age of the designated
beneficiary as of the beneficiary's birthday in the year distributions are
required to commence.
6. The owner of two or more individual retirement accounts may
use the "alternative method" described in Notice 88-38, 1988-1 C.B. 524,
to satisfy the minimum distribution requirements described above. This
method permits an individual to satisfy these requirements by taking from
one individual retirement account the amount required to satisfy the
requirement for another.
ARTICLE V
1. The Depositor agrees to provide the Custodian with
information necessary for the Custodian to prepare any reports required
under Section 408(i) and Regulations Section 1.408-5 and 1.408-6.
2. The Custodian agrees to submit reports to the Internal
Revenue Service and the Depositor prescribed by the Internal Revenue
Service.
ARTICLE VI
Notwithstanding any other articles which may be added or
incorporated, the provisions of Articles I through III and this sentence
will be controlling. Any additional articles that are not consistent with
Section 408(a) and related regulations will be invalid.
ARTICLE VII
This agreement will be amended from time to time to comply with
the provisions of the Code and related regulations. Other amendments may
be made with the consent of the persons whose signatures appear below.
ARTICLE VIII
1. Investment of Account Assets. (a) All contributions to the
custodial account shall be invested in the shares of any regulated
investment company ("Investment Company") for which Reynolds Capital
Management, Inc. serves as investment advisor, or any other regulated
investment company designated by the investment advisor. Shares of stock
of an Investment Company shall be referred to as Investment Company
Shares."
(b) Each contribution to the custodial account shall identify
the Depositor's account number and be accompanied by a signed statement
directing the investment of that contribution. The Custodian may return
to the Depositor, without liability for interest thereon, any contribution
which is not accompanied by adequate account identification or an
appropriate signed statement directing investment of that contribution.
(c) Contributions shall be invested in whole and fractional
Investment Company Shares at the price and in the manner such shares are
offered to the public. All distributions received on Investment Company
Shares held in the custodial account shall be reinvested in like shares.
If any distribution of Investment Company Shares may be received in
additional like shares or in cash or other property, the Custodian shall
elect to receive such distribution in additional like Investment Company
Shares.
(d) All Investment Company Shares acquired by the Custodian
shall be registered in the name of the Custodian or its nominee. The
Depositor shall be the beneficial owner of all Investment Company Shares
held in the custodial account and the Custodian shall not vote any such
shares, except upon written direction of the Depositor. The Custodian
agrees to forward to the Depositor each prospectus, report, notice, proxy
and related proxy soliciting materials applicable to Investment Company
Shares held in the custodial account received by the Custodian.
(e) The Depositor may, at any time, by written notice to the
Custodian, redeem any number of shares held in the custodial account and
reinvest the proceeds in the shares of any other Investment Company. Such
redemptions and reinvestments shall be done at the price and in the manner
such shares are then being redeemed or offered by the respective
Investment Companies.
2. Amendment and Termination. (a) The Custodian may amend
the Custodial Account (including retroactive amendments) by delivering to
the Depositor written notice of such amendment setting forth the substance
and effective date of the amendment. The Depositor shall be deemed to
have consented to any such amendment not objected to in writing by the
Depositor within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice, provided that
no amendment shall cause or permit any part of the assets of the custodial
account to be diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of
the Depositor or his or her beneficiaries.
(b) The Depositor may terminate the custodial account at any
time by delivering to the Custodian a written notice of such termination.
(c) The custodial account shall automatically terminate upon
distribution to the Depositor or his or her beneficiaries of its entire
balance.
3. Taxes and Custodial Fees. Any income taxes or other taxes
levied or assessed upon or in respect of the assets or income of the
custodial account and any transfer taxes incurred shall be paid from the
custodial account. All administrative expenses incurred by the Custodian
in the performance of its duties, including fees for legal services
rendered to the Custodian, and the Custodian's compensation shall be paid
from the custodial account, unless otherwise paid by the Depositor or his
or her beneficiaries.
The Custodian's fees are set forth in a schedule provided to the
Depositor. Extraordinary charges resulting from unusual administrative
responsibilities not contemplated by the schedule will be subject to such
additional charges as will reasonably compensate the Custodian. Fees for
refund of excess contributions, transferring to a successor trustee or
custodian, or redemption/reinvestment of Investment Company Shares will be
deducted from the refund or redemption proceeds and the remaining balance
will be remitted to the Depositor, or reinvested or transferred in
accordance with the Depositor's instructions.
4. Reports and Notices. (a) The Custodian shall keep
adequate records of transactions it is required to perform hereunder.
After the close of each calendar year, the Custodian shall provide to the
Depositor or his or her legal representative a written report or reports
reflecting the transactions effected by it during such year and the assets
and liabilities of the Custodial Account at the close of the year.
(b) All communications or notices shall be deemed to be given
upon receipt by the Custodian at Reynolds Funds, Inc., c/o Firstar Trust
Company, Mutual Fund Services, 615 East Michigan Street, 3rd Floor, P.O.
Box 701, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701, or the Depositor at his most recent
address shown in the Custodian's records. The Depositor agrees to advise
the Custodian promptly, in writing, of any change of address.
5. Designation of Beneficiary. The Depositor may designate a
beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive benefits from the custodial
account in the event of the Depositor's death. In the event the Depositor
has not designated a beneficiary, or if all beneficiaries shall predecease
the Depositor, the following persons shall take in the order named:
(a) The spouse of the Depositor;
(b) If the spouse shall predecease the Depositor or if the
Depositor does not have a spouse, then to the personal representative of
the Depositor's estate.
6. Multiple Individual Retirement Accounts. In the event the
Depositor maintains more than one individual retirement account (as
defined in Section 408(a)) and elects to satisfy his or her minimum
distribution requirements described in Article IV above by making a
distribution for another individual retirement account in accordance with
Paragraph 6 thereof, the Depositor shall be deemed to have elected to
calculate the amount of his or her minimum distribution under this
custodial account in the same manner as under the individual retirement
account from which the distribution is made.
7. Inalienability of Benefits. The benefits provided under
this custodial account shall not be subject to alienation, assignment,
garnishment, attachment, execution or levy of any kind and any attempt to
cause such benefits to be so subjected shall not be recognized except to
the extent as may be required by law.
8. Rollover Contributions and Transfers. The Custodian shall
have the right to receive rollover contributions and to receive direct
transfers from other custodians or trustees. All contributions must be
made in cash or check.
9. Conflict in Provisions. To the extent that any provisions
of this Article VIII shall conflict with the provisions of Articles IV, V
and/or VII, the provisions of this Article VIII shall govern.
10. Applicable State Law. This custodial account shall be
construed, administered and enforced according to the laws of the State of
Wisconsin.
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REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
ROTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
The following constitutes an agreement establishing a Roth IRA
(under Section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code) between the depositor
and the custodian.
ARTICLE I
1. If this Roth IRA is not designated as a Roth Conversion IRA,
then, except in the case of a rollover contribution described in section
408A(e), the custodian will accept only cash contributions and only up to
a maximum amount of $2,000 for any tax year of the depositor.
2. If this Roth IRA is designated as a Roth Conversion IRA, no
contributions other than IRA Conversion Contributions made during the same
tax year will be accepted.
ARTICLE II
The $2,000 limit described in Article I is gradually reduced
to $0 between certain levels of adjusted gross income (AGI). For a single
depositor, the $2,000 annual contribution is phased out between AGI of
$95,000 and $110,000; for a married depositor who files jointly, between
AGI of $150,000 and $160,000; and for a married depositor who files
separately, between $0 and $10,000. In the case of a conversion, the
custodian will not accept IRA Conversion Contributions in a tax year if
the depositor's AGI for that tax year exceeds $100,000 or if the depositor
is married and files a separate return. Adjusted gross income is defined
in section 408A(c)(3) and does not include IRA Conversion Contributions.
ARTICLE III
The depositor's interest in the balance in the custodial account
if nonforfeitable.
ARTICLE IV
1. No part of the custodial funds may be invested in life insurance
contracts, nor may the assets of the custodial account be commingled with
other property except in a common trust fund or common investment fund
(within the meaning of section 408(a)(5)).
2. No part of the custodial funds may be invested in collectibles
(within the meaning of section 408(m) except as otherwise permitted by
section 408(m)(3), which provides an exception for certain gold, silver,
and platinum coins, coins issued under the laws of any state, and certain
bullion.
ARTICLE V
1. If the depositor dies before his or her entire interest is
distributed to him or her and the grantor's surviving spouse is not the
sole beneficiary, the entire remaining interest will, at the election of
the depositor or, if the depositor has not so elected, at the election of
the beneficiary or beneficiaries, either.
(a) Be distributed by December 31 of the year containing the
fifth anniversary of the depositor's death, or
(b) Be distributed over the life expectancy of the designated
beneficiary starting no later than December 31 of the year following the
year of the depositor's death.
If distributions do not begin by the date described in (b),
distribution method (a) will apply.
2. In the case of distribution method 1.(b) above, to determine the
minimum annual payment for each year, divide the grantor's entire interest
in the trust as of the close of business on December 31 of the preceding
year by the life expectancy of the designated beneficiary using the
attained age of the designated beneficiary as of the beneficiary's
birthday in the year distributions are required to commence and subtract 1
for each subsequent year.
3. If the depositor's spouse is the sole beneficiary on the
depositor's date of death, such spouse will then be treated as the
depositor.
ARTICLE VI
1. The depositor agrees to provide the custodian with information
necessary for the custodian to prepare any reports required under section
408(i) and 408A(d)(3)(E), regulations sections 1.408-5 and 1.408-6, and
under guidance published by the Internal Revenue Service.
2. The custodian agrees to submit reports to the Internal Revenue
Service and the depositor prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service.
ARTICLE VII
Notwithstanding any other articles which may be added or
incorporated, the provisions of Articles I through IV and this sentence
will be controlling. Any additional articles that are not consistent with
section 408A, the related regulations, and other published guidance will
be invalid.
ARTICLE VIII
This Agreement will be amended from time to time to comply with
the provisions of the Code, related regulations, and other published
guidance. Other amendments may be made with the consent of the persons
whose signatures appear below.
ARTICLE IX
1. Investment of Account Assets. a. All contributions to the
custodial account shall be invested in the shares of any regulated
investment company ("Investment Company") for which Reynolds Capital
Management, Inc. serves as investment advisor, or any other regulated
investment company designated by the investment advisor. Shares of stock
of an Investment Company shall be referred to as "Investment Company
Shares."
b. Each contribution to the custodial account shall identify the
depositor's account number and be accompanied by a signed statement
directing the investment of that contribution. The custodian may return
to the depositor, without liability for interest thereon, any contribution
which is not accompanied by adequate account identification or an
appropriate signed statement directing investment of that contribution.
c. Contributions shall be invested in whole and fractional
Investment Company Shares at the price and in the manner such shares are
offered to the public. All distributions received on Investment Company
Shares held in the custodial account shall be reinvested in like shares.
If any distribution of Investment Company Shares may be received in
additional like shares or in cash or other property, the custodian shall
elect to receive such distribution in additional like Investment Company
Shares.
d. All Investment Company Shares acquired by the custodian shall
be registered in the name of the custodian or its nominee. The depositor
shall be the beneficial owner of all Investment Company Shares held in the
custodial account and the custodian shall not vote any such shares, except
upon written direction of the depositor. The custodian agrees to forward
to the depositor each prospectus, report, notice, proxy and related proxy
soliciting materials applicable to Investment Company Shares held in the
custodial account received by the custodian.
e. The depositor may, at any time, by written notice to the
custodian, redeem any number of shares held in the custodial account and
reinvest the proceeds in the shares of any other Investment Company. Such
redemptions and reinvestments shall be done at the price and in the manner
such shares are then being redeemed or offered by the respective
Investment Companies.
2. Amendment and Termination. a. The custodian may amend the
Custodial Account (including retroactive amendments) by delivering to the
depositor written notice of such amendment setting forth the substance and
effective date of the amendment. The depositor shall be deemed to have
consented to any such amendment not objected to in writing by the
depositor within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice, provided that
no amendment shall cause or permit any part of the assets of the custodial
account to be diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of
the depositor or his or her beneficiaries.
b. The depositor may terminate the custodial account at any time
by delivering to the custodian a written notice of such termination.
c. The custodial account shall automatically terminate upon
distribution to the depositor or his or her beneficiaries of its entire
balance.
3. Taxes and Custodial Fees. Any income taxes or other taxes
levied or assessed upon or in respect of the assets or income of the
custodial account and any transfer taxes incurred shall be paid from the
custodial account. All administrative expenses incurred by the custodian
in the performance of its duties, including fees for legal services
rendered to the custodian, and the custodian's compensation shall be paid
from the custodial account, unless otherwise paid by the depositor or his
or her beneficiaries.
The custodian's fees are set forth in a schedule provided to the
depositor. Extraordinary charges resulting from unusual administrative
responsibilities not contemplated by the schedule will be subject to such
additional charges as will reasonably compensate the custodian. Fees for
refund of excess contributions, transferring to a successor trustee or
custodian, or redemption/reinvestment of Investment Company Shares will be
deducted from the refund or redemption proceeds and the remaining balance
will be remitted to the depositor, or reinvested or transferred in
accordance with the depositor's instructions.
4. Reports and Notices. a. The custodian shall keep adequate
records of transactions it is required to perform hereunder. After the
close of each calendar year, the custodian shall provide to the depositor
or his or her legal representative a written report or reports reflecting
the transactions effected by it during such year and the assets and
liabilities of the Custodial Account at the close of the year.
b. All communications or notices shall be deemed to be given
upon receipt by the custodian at Reynolds Funds, Inc., c/o Firstar Trust
Company, Mutual Fund Services, 615 East Michigan Street, 3rd Floor, P.O.
Box 701, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701, or the depositor at his most recent
address shown in the custodian's records. The depositor agrees to advise
the custodian promptly, in writing, of any change of address.
5. Designation of Beneficiary. The depositor may designate a
beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive benefits from the custodial
account in the event of the depositor's death. In the event the depositor
has not designated a beneficiary, or if all beneficiaries shall predecease
the depositor, the following persons shall take in the order named:
a. The spouse of the depositor;
b. If the spouse shall predecease the depositor or if the
depositor does not have a spouse, then to the personal representative of
the depositor's estate.
6. Inalienability of Benefits. The benefits provided under this
custodial account shall not be subject to alienation, assignment,
garnishment, attachment, execution or levy of any kind and any attempt to
cause such benefits to be so subjected shall not be recognized except to
the extent as may be required by law.
7. Rollover Contributions and Transfers. Subject to the
restrictions in Article I, the custodian shall have the right to receive
rollover contributions and to receive direct transfers from other
custodians or trustees. All contributions must be made in cash or check.
8. Conflict in Provisions. To the extent that any provisions of
this Article VIII shall conflict with the provisions of Articles V, VI
and/or VIII, the provisions of this Article IX shall govern.
9. Applicable State Law. This custodial account shall be
construed, administered and enforced according to the laws of the State of
Wisconsin.
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REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
SIMPLE INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
The participant whose name appears above is establishing a
savings incentive match plan for employees of small employers individual
retirement account (SIMPLE IRA) under sections 408(a) and 408(p) to
provide for his or her retirement and for the support of his or her
beneficiaries after death.
The custodian named above has given the participant the
disclosure statement required under Regulations section 1.408-6.
The participant and the custodian make the following agreement:
ARTICLE I
The custodian will accept cash contributions made on behalf of
the participant by the participant's employer under the terms of a SIMPLE
plan described in section 408(p). In addition, the custodian will accept
transfers or rollovers from other SIMPLE IRAs of the participant. No
other contributions will be accepted by the custodian.
ARTICLE II
The participant's interest in the balance in the custodial account
is nonforfeitable.
ARTICLE III
1. No part of the custodial funds may be invested in life
insurance contracts, nor may the assets of the custodial account be
commingled with other property except in a common trust fund or common
investment fund (within the meaning of section 408(a)(5)).
2. No part of the custodial funds may be invested in
collectibles (within the meaning of section 408(m)) except as otherwise
permitted by section 408(m)(3), which provides an exception for certain
gold, silver, and platinum coins, coins issued under the laws of any
state, and certain bullion.
ARTICLE IV
1. Notwithstanding any provision of this agreement to the
contrary, the distribution of the participant's interest in the custodial
account shall be made in accordance with the following requirements and
shall otherwise comply with section 408(a)(6) and Proposed Regulations
section 1.408-8, including the incidental death benefit provisions of
Proposed Regulations section 1.401(a)(9)-2, the provisions of which are
incorporated by reference.
2. Unless otherwise elected by the time distributions are
required to begin to the participant under paragraph 3, or to the
surviving spouse under paragraph 4, other than in the case of a life
annuity, life expectancies shall be recalculated annually. Such election
shall be irrevocable as to the participant and the surviving spouse and
shall apply to all subsequent years. The life expectancy of a nonspouse
beneficiary may not be recalculated.
3. The participant's entire interest in the custodial account
must be, or begin to be, distributed by the participant's requested
beginning date (April 1 following the calendar year end in which the
participant reaches age 70-1/2). By that date, the participant may elect,
in a manner acceptable to the custodian, to have the balance in the custodial
account distributed in:
a. A single sum payment.
b. An annuity contract that provides equal or
substantially equal monthly, quarterly, or annual payments over the life
of the participant.
c. An annuity contract that provides equal or
substantially equal monthly, quarterly, or annual payments over the joint
and last survivor lives of the participant and his or her designated
beneficiary.
d. Equal or substantially equal annual payments over a
specified period that may not be longer than the participant's life
expectancy.
e. Equal or substantially equal annual payments over a
specified period that may not be longer than the joint life and last
survivor expectancy of the participant and his or her designated
beneficiary.
4. If the participant dies before his or her entire
interest is distributed to him or her, the entire remaining interest will
be distributed as follows:
a. If the participant dies on or after distribution of
his or her interest has begun, distribution must continue to be made in
accordance with paragraph 3.
b. If the participant dies before distribution of his or
her interest has begun, the entire remaining interest will, at the
election of the participant or, if the participant has not so elected, at
the election of the beneficiary or beneficiaries, either
(i) Be distributed by the December 31 of the year
containing the fifth anniversary of the participant's
death, or
(ii) Be distributed in equal or substantially equal
payments over the life or life expectancy of the
designated beneficiary or beneficiaries starting by
December 31 of the year following the year of the
participant's death. If, however, the beneficiary is
the participant's surviving spouse, then this
distribution is not required to begin before December
31 of the year in which the participant would have
reached age 70-1/2.
c. Except where distribution in the form of an annuity
meeting the requirements of section 408(b0(3) and its related regulations
has irrevocably commenced, distributions are treated as having begun on
the participant's required beginning date, even though payments may
actually have been made before that date.
d. If the participant dies before his or her entire
interest has been distributed and if the beneficiary is other than the
surviving spouse, no additional cash contributions or rollover
contributions may be accepted in the account.
5. In the case of a distribution over life expectancy in
equal or substantially equal annual payments, to determine the minimum
annual payment for each year, divide the participant's entire interest in
the custodial account as of the close of business on December 31 of the
preceding year by the life expectancy of the participant (or the joint
life and last survivor expectancy of the participant and the participant's
designated beneficiary, or the life expectancy of the designated
beneficiary, whichever applies). In the case of distributions under
paragraph 3, determine the initial life expectancy (or joint life and last
survivor expectancy) using the attained ages of the participant and
designated beneficiary as of their birthdays in the year the participant
reaches age 70-1/2. In the case of a distribution in accordance with
paragraph 4(b)(ii), determine life expectancy using the attained age of
the designated beneficiary as of the beneficiary's birthday in the year
distributions are required to commence.
6. The owner of two or more individual retirement accounts may
use the "alternative method" described in Notice 88-38, 1988-1 C.B. 524,
to satisfy the minimum distribution requirements described above. This
method permits an individual to satisfy these requirements by taking from
one individual retirement account the amount required to satisfy the
requirement for another.
ARTICLE V
1. The participant agrees to provide the custodian with
information necessary for the custodian to prepare any report required
under sections 408(i) and 408(l)(2) and Regulations sections 1.408-5 and
1.408-6.
2. The custodian agrees to submit reports to the Internal
Revenue Service and the participant as prescribed by the Internal Revenue
Service.
3. The custodian also agrees to provide the participant's
employer the summary description described in section 408(l)(2) unless
this SIMPLE IRA is a transfer SIMPLE IRA.
ARTICLE VI
Notwithstanding any other articles which may be added or
incorporated, the provisions of Articles I through III and this sentence
will be controlling. Any additional articles that are not consistent with
sections 408(a) and 408(p) and the related regulations will be invalid.
ARTICLE VII
This agreement will be amended from time to time to comply with
the provisions of the Code and related regulations. Other amendments may
be made with the consent of the persons whose signatures appear below.
ARTICLE VIII
1. Investment of Account Assets. a. All contributions to the
custodial account shall be invested in the shares of any regulated
investment company ("Investment Company") for which Reynolds Capital
Management, Inc. serves as investment advisor, or any other regulated
investment company designated by the investment advisor. Shares of stock
of an Investment Company shall be referred to as Investment Company
Shares."
b. Each contribution to the custodial account shall
identify the Depositor's account number and be accompanied by a signed
statement directing the investment of that contribution. The Custodian
may return to the Depositor, without liability for interest thereon, any
contribution which is not accompanied by adequate account identification
or an appropriate signed statement directing investment of that
contribution.
c. Contributions shall be invested in whole and
fractional Investment Company Shares at the price and in the manner such
shares are offered to the public. All distributions received on
Investment Company Shares held in the custodial account shall be
reinvested in like shares. If any distribution of Investment Company
Shares may be received in additional like shares or in cash or other
property, the Custodian shall elect to receive such distribution in
additional like Investment Company Shares.
d. All Investment Company Shares acquired by the
Custodian shall be registered in the name of the Custodian or its nominee.
The Depositor shall be the beneficial owner of all Investment Company
Shares held in the custodial account and the Custodian shall not vote any
such shares, except upon written direction of the Depositor. The
Custodian agrees to forward to the Depositor each prospectus, report,
notice, proxy and related proxy soliciting materials applicable to
Investment Company Shares held in the custodial account received by the
Custodian.
e. The Depositor may, at any time, by written notice to
the Custodian, redeem any number of shares held in the custodial account
and reinvest the proceeds in the shares of any other Investment Company.
Such redemptions and reinvestments shall be done at the price and in the
manner such shares are then being redeemed or offered by the respective
Investment Companies.
2. Amendment and Termination. i. The Custodian may amend the
Custodial Account (including retroactive amendments) by delivering to the
Depositor written notice of such amendment setting forth the substance and
effective date of the amendment. The Depositor shall be deemed to have
consented to any such amendment not objected to in writing by the
Depositor within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice, provided that
no amendment shall cause or permit any part of the assets of the custodial
account to be diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of
the Depositor or his or her beneficiaries.
b. The Depositor may terminate the custodial account at
any time by delivering to the Custodian a written notice of such
termination.
c. The custodial account shall automatically terminate
upon distribution to the Depositor or his or her beneficiaries of its
entire balance.
3. Taxes and Custodial Fees. Any income taxes or other taxes
levied or assessed upon or in respect of the assets or income of the
custodial account and any transfer taxes incurred shall be paid from the
custodial account. All administrative expenses incurred by the Custodian
in the performance of its duties, including fees for legal services
rendered to the Custodian, and the Custodian's compensation shall be paid
from the custodial account, unless otherwise paid by the Depositor or his
or her beneficiaries.
The Custodian's fees are set forth in a schedule provided to the
Depositor. Extraordinary charges resulting from unusual administrative
responsibilities not contemplated by the schedule will be subject to such
additional charges as will reasonably compensate the Custodian. Fees for
refund of excess contributions, transferring to a successor trustee or
custodian, or redemption/reinvestment of Investment Company Shares will be
deducted from the refund or redemption proceeds and the remaining balance
will be remitted to the Depositor, or reinvested or transferred in
accordance with the Depositor's instructions.
4. Reports and Notices. a. The Custodian shall keep adequate
records of transactions it is required to perform hereunder. After the
close of each calendar year, the Custodian shall provide to the Depositor
or his or her legal representative a written report or reports reflecting
the transactions effected by it during such year and the assets and
liabilities of the Custodial Account at the close of the year.
b. All communications or notices shall be deemed to be
given upon receipt by the Custodian at Reynolds Funds, Inc., c/o Firstar
Trust Company, Mutual Fund Services, 615 East Michigan Street, 3rd Floor,
P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701, or the Depositor at his most
recent address shown in the Custodian's records. The Depositor agrees to
advise the Custodian promptly, in writing, of any change of address.
5. Designation of Beneficiary. The Depositor may designate a
beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive benefits from the custodial
account in the event of the Depositor's death. In the event the Depositor
has not designated a beneficiary, or if all beneficiaries shall predecease
the Depositor, the following persons shall take in the order named:
a. The spouse of the Depositor;
b. If the spouse shall predecease the Depositor or if the
Depositor does not have a spouse, then to the personal representative of
the Depositor's estate.
6. Multiple Individual Retirement Accounts. In the event the
Depositor maintains more than one individual retirement account (as
defined in Section 408(a)) and elects to satisfy his or her minimum
distribution requirements described in Article IV above by making a
distribution for another individual retirement account in accordance with
Paragraph 6 thereof, the Depositor shall be deemed to have elected to
calculate the amount of his or her minimum distribution under this
custodial account in the same manner as under the individual retirement
account from which the distribution is made.
7. Inalienability of Benefits. The benefits provided under
this custodial account shall not be subject to alienation, assignment,
garnishment, attachment, execution or levy of any kind and any attempt to
cause such benefits to be so subjected shall not be recognized except to
the extent as may be required by law.
8. Rollover Contributions and Transfers. The Custodian shall
have the right to receive rollover contributions and to receive direct
transfers from other custodians or trustees. All contributions must be
made in cash or check.
9. Conflict in Provisions. To the extent that any provisions
of this Article VIII shall conflict with the provisions of Articles IV, V
and/or VII, the provisions of this Article VIII shall govern.
10. Applicable State Law. This custodial account shall be
construed, administered and enforced according to the laws of the State of
Wisconsin.
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REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
EDUCATION INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
The depositor whose name appears above is establishing an
education individual retirement custodial account under section 530 for
the benefit of the designated beneficiary whose name appears above
exclusively to pay for the qualified higher education expenses, within the
meaning of section 530(b)(2), of such designated beneficiary.
The custodian named above has provided the depositor with a
concise statement disclosing the provisions governing section 530. This
disclosure statement must include an explanation of the statutory
requirements applicable to, and the income tax consequences of
establishing and maintaining an account under, section 530. Providing the
depositor with a copy of Notice 97-60, 1997-46 I.R.B. 8 (November 17,
1997) is considered a sufficient disclosure statement. The custodian also
will provide a copy of this form and the disclosure statement to the
responsible individual, as defined in Article VI below, if the responsible
individual is not the same person as the depositor.
The depositor assigned the custodial account
_______________________ dollars ($____________) in cash.
The depositor and the custodian make the following agreement:
ARTICLE I
The custodian may accept additional cash contributions. These
contributions may be from the depositor, or from any other individual, for
the benefit of the designated beneficiary, provided the designated
beneficiary has not attained the age of 18 as of the date such
contributions are made. Total contributions that are not rollover
contributions described in section 530(d)(5) are limited to a maximum
amount of $500 for the taxable year.
ARTICLE II
The maximum aggregate contribution that an individual may make
to the custodial account in any year may not exceed the $500 in total
contributions that the custodial account can receive. In addition, the
maximum aggregate contribution that an individual may make to the
custodial account in any year is phased out for unmarried individuals who
have modified adjusted gross income (AGI) between $95,000 and $110,000 for
the year of the contribution and for married individuals who file joint
returns with modified AGI between $150,000 and $160,000 for the year of
the contribution. Unmarried individuals with modified AGI above $110,000
for the year and married individuals who file joint returns and have
modified AGI above $160,000 for the year may not make a contribution for
that year. Modified AGI is defined in section 530(c)(2).
ARTICLE III
No part of the custodial account funds may be invested in life
insurance contracts, nor may the assets of the custodial account be
commingled with other property except in a common investment fund (within
the meaning of section 530(b)(1)(D)).
ARTICLE IV
1. Any balance to the credit of the designated beneficiary on
the date on which such designated beneficiary attains age 30 shall be
distributed to the designated beneficiary within 30 days of such date.
2. Any balance to the credit of the designated beneficiary shall
be distributed to the estate of the designated beneficiary within 30 days
of the date of such designated beneficiary's death.
ARTICLE V
The depositor shall have the power to direct the custodian
regarding the investment of the above-listed amount assigned to the
custodial account (including earnings thereon) in the investment choices
offered by the custodian. The responsible individual, however, shall have
the power to redirect the custodian regarding the investment of such
amounts, as well as the power to direct the custodian regarding the
investment of all additional contributions (including earnings thereon) to
the custodial account. In the event that the responsible individual does
not direct the custodian regarding the investment of additional
contributions (including earnings thereon), the initial investment
direction of the depositor also will govern all additional contributions
made to the custodial account until such time as the responsible
individual otherwise directs the custodian. Unless otherwise provided in
this agreement, the responsible individual also shall have the power to
direct the custodian regarding the administration, management, and
distribution of the account.
ARTICLE VI
The "responsible individual" named by the depositor shall be a
parent or guardian of the designated beneficiary. The custodial account
shall have only one responsible individual at any time. If the
responsible individual becomes incapacitated or dies while the designated
beneficiary is a minor under state law, the successor responsible
individual shall be the person named to succeed in that capacity by the
preceding responsible individual in a witnessed writing or, if no
successor is so named, the successor responsible individual shall be the
designated beneficiary's other parent or successor guardian. Unless
otherwise directed by checking the option below, at the time that the
designated beneficiary attains the age of majority under state law, the
designated beneficiary becomes the responsible individual.
______ Option (This provision is effective only if checked):
The responsible individual shall continue to serve as the responsible
individual for the custodial account after the designated beneficiary
attains the age of majority under state law and until such time as all
assets have been distributed from the custodial account and the custodial
account terminates. If the responsible individual becomes incapacitated
or dies after the designated beneficiary reaches the age of majority under
state law, the responsible individual shall be the designated beneficiary.
ARTICLE VII
The responsible individual ____ may or ____ may not change the
beneficiary designated under this agreement to another member of the
designated beneficiary's family described in section 529(e)(2) in
accordance with the custodian's procedures.
ARTICLE VIII
1. The depositor agrees to provide the custodian with the
information necessary for the custodian to prepare any reports required
under section 530(h).
2. The custodian agrees to submit reports to the Internal
Revenue Service and the responsible individual as prescribed by the
Internal Revenue Service.
ARTICLE IX
Notwithstanding any other articles which may be added or
incorporated, the provisions of Articles I through IV will be controlling.
Any additional articles that are not consistent with section 530 and
related regulations will be invalid.
ARTICLE X
This agreement will be amended from time to time to comply with
the provisions of the Code and related regulations. Other amendments may
be made with the consent of the depositor and the custodian whose
signatures appear below.
ARTICLE XI
1. Investment of Account Assets. a. All contributions to the
custodial account shall be invested in the shares of any regulated
investment company ("Investment Company") for which Reynolds Capital
Management, Inc. serves as investment advisor, or any other regulated
investment company designated by the investment advisor. Shares of stock
of an Investment Company shall be referred to as "Investment Company
Shares."
b. Each contribution to the custodial account shall identify
the designated beneficiary's account number and shall be accompanied by a
signed statement directing the investment of that contribution into the
designated beneficiary's account. The custodian may return to the
contributor, without liability for interest thereon, any contribution
which is not accompanied by such information and such appropriate signed
statement directing investment of that contribution.
c. Contributions shall be invested in whole and fractional
Investment Company Shares at the price and in the manner such shares are
offered to the public. All distributions received on Investment Company
Shares held in the custodial account shall be reinvested in like shares.
If any distribution of Investment Company Shares may be received in
additional like shares or in cash, the custodian shall elect to receive
such distribution in additional like Investment Company Shares.
d. All Investment Company Shares acquired by the custodian
shall be registered in the name of the custodian or its nominee. The
designated beneficiary shall be the beneficial owner of all Investment
Company Shares held in the custodial account and the custodian shall not
vote any such shares, except upon written direction of the responsible
individual. The custodian agrees to forward to the responsible individual
each prospectus, report, notice, proxy and related proxy soliciting
materials applicable to Investment Company Shares held in the custodial
account received by the custodian.
e. The responsible individual may, at any time, by written
notice to the custodian, redeem any number of shares held in the custodial
account and reinvest the proceeds in the shares of any other Investment
Company. Such redemptions and reinvestments shall be done at the price
and in the manner such shares are then being redeemed or offered by the
respective Investment Companies.
f. To the extent a responsible individual for the designated
beneficiary makes or has power to make decisions as to the investment of
the designated beneficiary's account, that party acknowledges that such
decisions are binding and nonvoidable.
2. Amendment and Termination. a. The custodian may amend the
Custodial Account (including retroactive amendments) by delivering to the
responsible individual written notice of such amendment setting forth the
substance and effective date of the amendment. The responsible individual
shall be deemed to have consented to any such amendment not objected to in
writing by the responsible individual within thirty (30) days of receipt
of the notice, provided that no amendment shall cause or permit any part
of the assets of the custodial account to be diverted to purposes other
than for the exclusive benefit of the designated beneficiary or his or her
estate.
b. The responsible individual may terminate the custodial
account at any time by delivering to the custodian a written notice of
such termination.
c. The custodial account shall automatically terminate upon
distribution to the designated beneficiary or his or her estate of its
entire balance.
3. Taxes and Custodial Fees. Any income taxes or other taxes
levied or assessed upon or in respect of the assets or income of the
custodial account and any transfer taxes incurred shall be paid from the
custodial account. All administrative expenses incurred by the custodian
in the performance of its duties, including fees for legal services
rendered to the custodian, and the custodian's compensation shall be paid
from the custodial account, unless otherwise paid by the beneficiary or
his or her estate.
The custodian's fees are set forth in a schedule provided to the
responsible individual. Extraordinary charges resulting from unusual
administrative responsibilities not contemplated by the schedule will be
subject to such additional charges as will reasonably compensate the
custodian. Fees for refund of excess contributions, transferring to a
successor trustee or custodian, or redemption/reinvestment of Investment
Company Shares will be deducted from the refund or redemption proceeds and
the remaining balance will be remitted to the designated beneficiary, or
reinvested or transferred in accordance with the responsible individual's
instructions.
4. Reports and Notices. a. The custodian shall keep adequate
records of transactions it is required to perform hereunder. After the
close of each calendar year, the custodian shall provide to the
responsible individual a written report or reports reflecting the
transactions effected by it during such year and the assets and
liabilities of the Custodial Account at the close of the year.
b. All communications or notices shall be deemed to be given
upon receipt by the custodian at Reynolds Funds, Inc., c/o Firstar Trust
Company, Mutual Fund Services, 615 East Michigan Street, 3rd floor, P.O.
Box 701, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701 or the responsible individual at his
most recent address shown in the custodian's records. The responsible
individual agrees to advise the custodian promptly, in writing, of any
change of address.
5. Monitoring of Contribution Limitations Information. The
custodian shall not be responsible for monitoring the amount of
contributions made to the designated beneficiary's account or the income
levels of any depositor or contributor for purposes of assuring compliance
with applicable state or federal tax laws.
6. Inalienability of Benefits. The benefits provided under
this custodial account shall not be subject to alienation, assignment,
garnishment, attachment, execution or levy of any kind and any attempt to
cause such benefits to be so subjected shall not be recognized except to
the extent as may be required by law. However, the responsible individual
may change the designated beneficiary under the agreement to another
member of the designated beneficiary's family described in Internal
Revenue Code Section 529(e)(2) in accordance with the custodian's
procedures.
7. Rollover Contributions and Transfers. The custodian shall
have the right to receive rollover contributions and to receive direct
transfers from other custodians or trustees. All contributions must be
made in cash or check.
8. Conflict in Provisions. To the extent that any provisions
of this Article XI on the Education IRA Application shall conflict with
the provisions of Articles V through VIII or X, the provisions of this
Article XI shall govern.
9. Applicable State Law. This custodial account shall be
construed, administered and enforced according to the laws of the State of
Wisconsin.
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION-INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
(Under Section 408(k) of the Internal Revenue Code)
___________________________ makes the following agreement under
(Name of employer)
Section 408(k) of the Internal Revenue Code and the instructions to this
form.
Article I--Eligibility Requirements (Check appropriate boxes--see
Instructions.)
The employer agrees to provide for discretionary contributions in each
calendar year to the individual retirement account or individual
retirement annuity (IRA) of all employees who are at least ______ years
old (not to exceed 21 years old) and have performed services for the
employer in at least ______ years (not to exceed 3 years) of the
immediately preceding 5 years. This simplified employee pension (SEP) G
includes G does not include employees covered under a collective
bargaining agreement, G includes G does not include certain nonresident
aliens, and G includes G does not include employees whose total
compensation during the year is less than $400*.
Article II--SEP Requirements (See Instructions.)
The employer agrees that contributions made on behalf of each eligible
employee will be:
A. Based only on the first $160,000* of compensation.
B. Made in an amount that is the same percentage of compensation for
every employee.
C. Limited annually to the smaller of $30,000* or 15% of
compensation.
D. Paid to the employee's IRA trustee, custodian, or insurance company
(for an annuity contract).
___________________________________ _________________________
Employer's Signature and date Name and title
* This amount reflects the cost-of-living increase effective
January 1, 1997. The amount is adjusted annually. The IRS
announces the increase, if any, in a news release and in the
Internal Revenue Bulletin.
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REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC. SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION
Instructions
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise
noted.
Purpose of Form
Form 5305-SEP (Model SEP) is used by an employer to make an agreement to
provide benefits to all eligible employees under a SEP described in
section 408(k). Do not file this form with the IRS. See Pub. 560,
Retirement Plans for the Self-Employed, and Pub. 590, Individual
Retirement Arrangements (IRAs).
Instructions to the Employer
Simplified Employee Pension.CA SEP is a written arrangement (a plan) that
provides you with a simplified way to make contributions toward your
employees' retirement income. Under a SEP, you can contribute to an
employee's individual retirement account or annuity (IRA). You make
contributions directly to an IRA set up by or for each employee with a
bank, insurance company, or other qualified financial institution. When
using Form 5305-SEP to establish a SEP, the IRA must be a Model IRA
established on an IRS form or a master or prototype IRA for which the IRS
has issued a favorable opinion letter. Making the agreement on Form 5305-
SEP does not establish an employer IRA described in section 408(c).
When Not To Use Form 5305-SEP.CDo not use this form if you:
1. Currently maintain any other qualified retirement plan. This
does not prevent you from maintaining another SEP.
2. Previously maintained a defined benefit plan that is now
terminated.
3. Have any eligible employees for whom IRAs have not been
established.
4. Use the services of leased employees (described in section
414(n)).
5. Are a member of an affiliated service group (described in
section 414(m)), a controlled group of corporations (described in section
414(b)), or trades or businesses under common control (described in
sections 414(c) and 414(o)), unless all eligible employees of all the
members of such groups,trades, or businesses, participate in the SEP.
6. Will not pay the cost of the SEP contributions. Do not use Form
5305-SEP for a SEP that provides for elective employee contributions even
if the contributions are made under a salary reduction agreement.
Use Form 5305A-SEP, or a nonmodel SEP if you permit elective
deferrals to a SEP.
Note: SEPs permitting elective deferrals cannot be established after
1996.
Eligible Employees.CAll eligible employees must be allowed to participate
in the SEP. An eligible employee is any employee who: (1) is at least 21
years old, and (2) has performed "service" for you in at least 3 of the
immediately preceding 5 years.
Note: You can establish less restrictive eligibility requirements, but
not more restrictive ones.
Service is any work performed for you for any period of time, however
short. If you are a member of an affiliated service group, a controlled
group of corporations,or trades or businesses under common control,
service includes any work performed for any period of time for any other
member of such group,trades, or businesses.
Excludable Employees.CThe following employees do not have to be covered by
the SEP: (1) employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement whose
retirement benefits were bargained for in good faith by you and their
union, (2) nonresident alien employees who did not earn U.S.source income
from you, and (3) employees who received less than $400* in compensation
during the year.
Contribution Limits.CThe SEP rules permit you to make an annual
contribution of up to 15% of the employee's compensation or $300,000*,
whichever is less. Compensation, for this purpose, does not include
employer contributions to the SEP or the employee's compensation in excess
of $160,000*. If you also maintain a Model Elective SEP or any other SEP
that permits employees to make elective deferrals, contributions to the
two SEPs together may not exceed the smaller of $300,000* or 15% of
compensation for any employee.
Contributions cannot discriminate in favor of highly compensated
employees. You are not required to make contributions every year. But
you must contribute to the SEP-IRAs of all of the eligible employees who
actually performed services during the year of the contribution. This
includes eligible employees who die or quit working before the
contribution is made.
You may also not integrate your SEP contributions with, or offset
them by, contributions made under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act
(FICA).
If this SEP is intended to meet the top-heavy minimum contribution
rules of section 416, but it does not cover all your employees who
participate in your elective SEP, then you must make minimum contributions
to IRAs established on behalf of those employees.
____________________
This amount reflects the cost-of-living increase effective
January 1, 1997. The amount is adjusted annually. The IRS announces
the increase, if any, in a news release and in the Internal Revenue
Bulletin.
Deducting Contributions.--You may deduct contributions to a SEP subject to
the limits of section 404(h). This SEP is maintained on a calendar year
basis and contributions to the SEP are deductible for your tax year with
or within which the calendar year ends. Contributions made for a
particular tax year must be made by the due date of your income tax return
(including extensions) for that tax year.
Completing the Agreement.--This agreement is considered adopted when:
! IRAs have been established for all your eligible employees;
! You have completed all blanks on the agreement form without
modification; and
! You have given all your eligible employees the following information:
1. A copy of Form 5305-SEP.
2. A statement that IRAs other than the IRAs into which employer
SEP contributions will be made may provide different rates of return and
different terms concerning, among other things, transfers and withdrawals
of funds from the IRAs.
3. A statement that, in addition to the information provided to an
employee at the time the employee becomes eligible to participate, the
administrator of the SEP must furnish each participant within 30 days of
the effective date of any amendment to the SEP, a copy of the amendment
and a written explanation of its effects.
4. A statement that the administrator will give written
notification to each participant of any employer contributions made under
the SEP to that participant's IRA by the later of January 31 of the year
following the year for which a contribution is made or 30 days after the
contribution is made.
Employers who have established a SEP using Form 5305-SEP and have
furnished each eligible employee with a copy of the completed Form 5305-
SEP and provided the other documents and disclosures described in
Instructions to the Employer and Information for the Employee, are not
required to file the annual information returns, Forms 5500, 5500-C/R, or
5500-EZ for the SEP. However, under Title I of ERISA, this relief from
the annual reporting requirements may not be available to an employer who
selects, recommends, or influences its employees to choose IRAs into which
contributions will be made under the SEP, if those IRAs are subject to
provisions that impose any limits on a participant's ability to withdraw
funds (other than restrictions imposed by the Code that apply to all
IRAs). For additional information on Title I requirements, see the
Department of Labor regulation at 29 CFR 2520.104-48.
Information for the Employee
The information below explains what a SEP is, how contributions are made,
and how to treat your employer's contributions for tax purposes. For more
information, see Pub. 590.
Simplified Employee Pension.--A SEP is a written arrangement (a plan) that
allows an employer to make contributions toward your retirement.
Contributions are made to an individual retirement account/annuity (IRA).
Contributions must be made to either a Model IRA executed on an IRS form
or a master or prototype IRA for which the IRS has issued a favorable
opinion letter.
An employer is not required to make SEP contributions. If a
contribution is made, it must be allocated to all the eligible employees
according to the SEP agreement. The Model SEP (Form 5305-SEP) specifies
that the contribution for each eligible employee will be the same
percentage of compensation (excluding compensation higher than $160,000*)
for all employees.
Your employer will provide you with a copy of the agreement
containing participation rules and a description of how employer
contributions may be made to your IRA. Your employer must also provide
you with a copy of the completed Form 5305-SEP and a yearly statement
showing any contributions to your IRA.
All amounts contributed to your IRA by your employer belong to you
even after you stop working for that employer.
Contribution Limits.--Your employer will determine the amount to be
contributed to your IRA each year. However, the amount for any year is
limited to the smaller of $30,000* or 15% of your compensation (currently
limited to $160,000) for that year. Compensation does not include any
amount that is contributed by your employer to your IRA under the SEP.
Your employer is not required to make contributions every year or to
maintain a particular level of contributions.
Tax Treatment of Contributions.--Employer contributions to your SEP-IRA
are excluded from your income unless there are contributions in excess of
the applicable limit. Employer contributions within these limits will not
be included on your Form W-2.
Employee Contributions.--You may contribute the smaller of $2,000 or 100%
of your compensation to an IRA. However, the amount you can deduct may be
reduced or eliminated because, as a participant in a SEP, you are covered
by an employer retirement plan.
SEP Participation.--If your employer does not require you to participate
in a SEP as a condition of employment, and you elect not to participate,
all other employees of your employer may be prohibited from participating.
If one or more eligible employees do not participate and the employer
tries to establish a SEP for the remaining employees, it could cause
adverse tax consequences for the participating employees.
An employer may not adopt this IRS Model SEP if the employer
maintains another qualified retirement plan or has ever maintained a
qualified defined benefit plan. This does not prevent your employer from
adopting this IRS Model SEP and also maintaining an IRS Model Elective SEP
or other SEP. However, if you work for several employers, you may be
covered by a SEP of one employer and a different SEP or pension or profit-
sharing plan of another employer.
SEP-IRA Amounts--Rollover or Transfer to Another IRA.--You can withdraw or
receive funds from your SEP-IRA if within 60 days of receipt, you place
those funds in another IRA or SEP-IRA. This is called a "rollover" and
can be done without penalty only once in any 1-year period. However,
there are no restrictions on the number of times you may make "transfers"
if you arrange to have these funds transferred between the trustees or the
custodians so that you never have possession of the funds.
Withdrawals.--You may withdraw your employer's contribution at any time,
but any amount withdrawn is includible in your income unless rolled over.
Also, if withdrawals occur before you reach age 592, you may be subject to
a tax on early withdrawal.
Excess SEP Contributions.--Contributions exceeding the yearly limitations
may be withdrawn without penalty by the due date (plus extensions) for
filing your tax return (normally April 15), but is includible in your
gross income. Excess contributions left in your SEP-IRA account after
that time may have adverse tax consequences. Withdrawals of those
contributions may be taxed as premature withdrawals.
Financial Institution Requirements.--The financial institution where your
IRA is maintained must provide you with a disclosure statement that
contains the following information in plain, nontechnical language:
1. The law that relates to your IRA.
2. The tax consequences of various options concerning your IRA.
3. Participation eligibility rules, and rules on the deductibility
of retirement savings.
4. Situations and procedures for revoking your IRA, including the
name, address, and telephone number of the person designated to receive
notice of revocation. (This information must be clearly displayed at the
beginning of the disclosure statement.)
5. A discussion of the penalties that may be assessed because of
prohibited activities concerning your IRA.
6. Financial disclosure that provides the following information:
a. Projects value growth rates of your IRA under various
contribution and retirement schedules, or describes the method of
determining annual earnings and charges that may be assessed.
b. Describes whether, and for when, the growth projections are
guaranteed, or a statement of the earnings rate and the terms on which the
projections are based.
c. States the sales commission for each year expressed as a
percentage of $1,000.
In addition, the financial institution must provide you with a
financial statement each year. You may want to keep these statements to
evaluate your IRA's investment performance.
REYNOLDS/PROTO.TXT 01/26/98 MCW/GHD/jem
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
PROTOTYPE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
RETIREMENT PLAN
Profit Sharing Plan AA - Plan No. 01-001
Pension Plan AA - Plan No. 01-002
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REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
PROTOTYPE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
RETIREMENT PLAN
Profit Sharing Plan AA - Plan No. 01-001
Pension Plan AA - Plan No. 01-002
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REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
PROTOTYPE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
RETIREMENT PLAN
Table of Contents
ARTICLE I INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE III PARTICIPATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 3.1. Participation at Effective Date . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 3.2. Participation after Effective Date . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 3.3. Reentry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 3.4. Participation by an Owner-Employee of More Than One
Trade or Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ARTICLE IV CONTRIBUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 4.1. Employer Profit Sharing Contributions . . . . . . . . 12
Section 4.2. Employer Pension Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 4.3. Participant Voluntary Contributions . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 4.4. Time for Making Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 4.5. Leased Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 4.6. Rollovers and Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ARTICLE V. CASH OR DEFERRED ARRANGEMENT
(CODE SECTION 401(k)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 5.1. Cash or Deferred Arrangement (Code Section 401(k)) . . 16
Section 5.2. Elective Deferrals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 5.3. Matching Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 5.4. Qualified Matching Contributions and Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 5.5. Special Distribution Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 5.6. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ARTICLE VI SECTION 415 LIMITATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 6.1. Employers Maintaining Only this Plan . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 6.2. Employers Maintaining Other Master or Prototype
Defined Contribution Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 6.3. Employers Maintaining Other Defined Contribution
Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 6.4. Employers Maintaining Defined Benefit Plans . . . . . 33
Section 6.5. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ARTICLE VII PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 7.1. Separate Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 7.2. Vesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 7.3. Computation of Vesting Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 7.4. Allocation of Forfeitures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ARTICLE VIII PAYMENT OF BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 8.1. Benefits Payable Under the Plan . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 8.2. Manner of Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 8.3. Commencement of Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 8.4. Payment of Small Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 8.5. Persons Under Legal or Other Disability . . . . . . . 50
Section 8.6. Withdrawals from Profit Sharing Plan . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 8.7. Transfer of Benefits to Eligible Retirement Plan . . . 51
ARTICLE IX ESTABLISHMENT OF CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT; INVESTMENTS . . . 52
Section 9.1. Custodial Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section 9.2. Receipt of Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section 9.3. Investment of Account Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section 9.4. Exclusive Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 9.5. Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 9.6. Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 9.7. Reports of the Custodian and Administrator . . . . . . 53
Section 9.8. Limitation of Custodian's Duties and Liability . . . . 54
ARTICLE X AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Section 10.1. Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Section 10.2. Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
ARTICLE XI FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 11.1. Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 11.2. Powers of Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 11.3. Records and Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 11.4. Other Administrative Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 11.5. Claims Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Section 11.6. Claims Review Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
ARTICLE XII AMENDMENT AND CONTINUATION OF ORIGINAL PLAN . . . . . 61
ARTICLE XIII TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 13.1. Effect of Top-Heavy Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 13.2. Additional Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 13.3. Minimum Allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 13.4. Benefit Limit Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 14.1. Rights of Employees and Participants . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 14.2. Merger With Other Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 14.3. Non-Alienation of Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 14.4. Failure to Qualify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 14.5. Mistake of Fact; Disallowance of Deduction . . . . . . 68
Section 14.6. Participation under Prototype Plan . . . . . . . . . . 68
Section 14.7. Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Section 14.8. Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Section 14.9. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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REYNOLDS FUND, INC.
PROTOTYPE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
RETIREMENT PLAN
ARTICLE I
INTRODUCTION
This Plan, which is made available by Reynolds Capital
Management, Inc. has been adopted by the Employer named in the Adoption
Agreement(s) as a qualified money purchase pension and/or profit sharing
plan for its eligible employees which is intended to qualify under Code
Section 401(a). The Employer's Plan shall consist of the following
provisions, together with the Adoption Agreement(s).
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
Section 2.1. "Account" means the account or accounts
maintained by the Custodian for a Participant, as described in Article
VII.
Section 2.2. "Administrator" means the plan administrator and
fiduciary of the Plan with authority and responsibility to control and
manage the operation and administration of the Plan in accordance with its
terms and to comply with the reporting, disclosure and other requirements
of ERISA. Unless a different Administrator is appointed by the Employer,
the Administrator shall be the Employer.
Section 2.3. "Beneficiary" means the person or persons
designated by a Participant or otherwise entitled to receive benefits in
the event of the Participant's death as provided herein. Such designation
shall be made in writing and in such form as may be required by the
Administrator, and shall be filed with the Administrator. Any designation
may include contingent or successive Beneficiaries. Where such
designation has been properly made, distribution of benefits shall be made
directly to such Beneficiary or Beneficiaries. The Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries designated by a Participant may be changed or withdrawn at
any time from time to time, by the Participant, but only by filing with
the Administrator a new designation, and revoking all prior designations.
The most recent valid designation on file with the Administrator at the
time of the Participant's death shall be the Beneficiary. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event the Participant is married at the time of his
death, the Beneficiary shall be the Participant's surviving spouse unless
such spouse consented in writing to the designation of an alternative
Beneficiary after notice of the spouse's rights and such consent was
witnessed by a Plan representative appointed by the Administrator or a
notary public as provided in Section 8.2(a) hereof. In the event no valid
designation of Beneficiary is on file with the Administrator at the date
of death or no designated Beneficiary survives him, the Participant's
spouse shall be deemed the Beneficiary; in the further event the
Participant is unmarried or his spouse does not survive him, the
Participant's estate shall be deemed to be his Beneficiary.
Section 2.4. "Break in Service" means a Plan Year in which a
Participant fails to complete at least five hundred one (501) Hours of
Service. Breaks in Service and Years of Service will be measured on the
same vesting computation period.
Section 2.5. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as interpreted by applicable regulations and rulings issued pursuant
thereto, all as amended and in effect from time to time. Reference to a
Code Section shall include that Section, and any comparable section or
sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements or supersedes
that Section.
Section 2.6. "Compensation" is defined as wages within the
meaning of Section 3401(a) of the Code and all other payments of
compensation to the Employee by the Employer (in the course of the
Employer's trade or business) for which the Employer is required to
furnish the Employee a written statement under Sections 6041(d),
6051(a)(3) and 6052 of the Code, determined without regard to any rules
under Section 3401(a) that limit the remuneration included in wages based
on the nature or locations of the employment or the services performed.
For any Self-Employed Individual covered under the Plan, Compensation
shall mean such individual's Earned Income.
For Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1988, the maximum
amount of Compensation taken into account under the Plan for a Participant
in any Plan Year shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000)
or such greater amount as permitted by the Secretary of the Treasury,
except that the dollar increase in effect on January 1 of any calendar
year is effective for years beginning in such calendar year and the first
adjustment to the $200,000 limitation is effective on January 1, 1990. If
the Plan determines Compensation on a period of time that contains fewer
than 12 calendar months, then the annual compensation limit is an amount
equal to the annual compensation limit for the calendar year in which the
compensation period begins multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing
the number of full months in the period by 12.
For purposes of this limitation, the family aggregation rules of
Code Section 414(q)(6) shall apply, except that the term "family" shall
include only the spouse of the Participant and any lineal descendants of
the Participant who have not attained age nineteen (19) before the close
of such year. If, as a result of the application of such rules the
adjusted two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) limitation is exceeded,
then (except for purposes of determining the portion of Compensation up to
the integration level if the Plan provides for permitted disparity), the
limitation shall be prorated among the affected individuals in proportion
to each such individual's Compensation as determined under this Section
prior to the application of this limitation. If Compensation for any prior
Plan Year is taken into account in determining an Employee's contributions
or benefits for the current year, the Compensation for such prior year is
subject to the applicable annual compensation limit in effect for that
prior year. For this purpose, for years beginning before January 1, 1990,
the applicable annual compensation limit is $200,000.
In addition to other applicable limitations set forth in the
plan, and notwithstanding any other provision of the plan to the contrary,
for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the annual
Compensation of each employee taken into account under the plan shall not
exceed the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit. The OBRA '93 annual
compensation limit is $150,000, as adjusted by the Commissioner for
increases in the cost of living in accordance with section 401(a)(17)(B)
of the Internal Revenue Code. The cost-of-living adjustment in effect for
a calendar year applies to any period, not exceeding 12 months, over which
compensation is determined (determination period) beginning in such
calendar year. If a determination period consists of fewer than 12
months, the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit will be multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the
determination period, and the denominator of which is 12.
For plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, any
reference in this plan to the limitation under section 401(a)(17) of the
Code shall mean the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit set forth in this
provision.
If Compensation for any prior determination period is taken into
account in determining an employee's benefits accruing in the current plan
year, the compensation for that prior determination period is subject to
OBRA '93 annual compensation limit in effect for that prior determination
period. For this purpose, for determination periods beginning before the
first day of the first plan year beginning on or after January 1, 1994,
the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit is $150,000.
Section 2.7. "Custodial Account" means the account established
by the Custodian, in accordance with Article IX, in the name of the
Employer or for each Participant as elected in the Adoption Agreement.
Section 2.8. "Custodian" means Firstar Trust Company, or any
successor thereto.
Section 2.9. "Disability" means a mental or physical condition
of injury or sickness, as determined by the Administrator based upon the
report of a medical examiner satisfactory to the Employer, which prevents
a Participant from carrying out the duties of his position and which is
likely to be permanent. Any such determination by the Administrator shall
be made in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner.
Section 2.10. "Earned Income" means net earnings from
self-employment in the trade or business with respect to which the Plan is
established for which the personal services of the individual are a
material income-producing factor. Net earnings shall be determined
without regard to items not included in gross income and the deductions
allocable to such items. Net earnings shall be reduced by contributions
by the Employer to a qualified plan to the extent deductible under Code
Section 404. Net earnings shall be determined with regard to the
deduction allowed to the Employer under Code Section 164(f) for taxable
years beginning after December 31, 1989.
Section 2.11. "Effective Date" means the date as of which this
Plan is initially effective as indicated in item 3 of the Adoption
Agreement.
Section 2.12. "Elective Deferrals" means any Employer
contributions made to the Plan at the election of a participating
Employee, in lieu of payment of an equal amount to the participating
Employee in cash as Compensation pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, and shall
include contributions made pursuant to a salary reduction agreement or
other deferral method. With respect to any taxable year, a participating
Employee's Elective Deferrals are the sum of all employer contributions
made on behalf of such Employee pursuant to an election to defer under any
qualified CODA as described in Code Section 401(k), any simplified
employee pension cash or deferred arrangement as described in Code Section
402(h)(1)(B), any eligible deferred compensation plan under Code Section
457, any plan as described under Code Section 501(c)(18), and any employer
contributions made on the behalf of a participating Employee for the
purchase of an annuity contract under Code Section 403(b) pursuant to a
salary reduction agreement.
Section 2.13. "Employee" means an individual employed by the
Employer (including any eligible Self-Employed Individual) or any Related
Employer adopting this Plan except as excluded pursuant to item 4 of the
Adoption Agreement. The term Employee shall also include any individual
who is a Leased Employee, unless excluded pursuant to item 4 of the
Adoption Agreement.
Section 2.14. "Employer" means any entity adopting the Plan.
Section 2.15. "Employer Pension Contributions" means the
contributions made by the Employer pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof if
elected in item 6 of the Adoption Agreement (Pension Plan).
Section 2.16. "Employer Profit Sharing Contributions" means the
contributions made by the Employer pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof if
elected in item 6 of the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan).
Section 2.17. "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as interpreted and applied under regulations and
rulings issued pursuant thereto, all as amended and in effect from time to
time.
Section 2.18. "Hour of Service" means:
(a) Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to
payment for the performance of duties for the Employer. These hours shall
be credited to the Employee for the computation period in which the duties
are performed; and
(b) Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to
payment, by the Employer on account of a period of time during which no
duties are performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship
has terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including
disability), layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence. No
more than five hundred one (501) Hours of service shall be credited under
this paragraph for any single continuous period (whether or not such
period occurs in a single computation period). Hours of Service under
this paragraph shall be calculated and credited pursuant to Section
2530.200b-2 of the Department of Labor Regulations which are incorporated
herein by this reference; and
(c) Each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of
damages, is either awarded or agreed to by the Employer. The same Hours
of Service shall not be credited both under subsection (a) or subsection
(b), as the case may be, and under this subsection (c). These hours shall
be credited to the Employee for the computation period or periods to which
the award or agreement pertains rather than the computation period in
which the award, agreement or payment is made.
(d) Solely for purposes of determining whether a Break in
Service, as defined in Section 2.4, for participation and vesting purposes
has occurred in a computation period, an individual who is absent from
work for maternity or paternity reasons shall receive credit for the Hours
of Service which would otherwise have been credited to such individual but
for such absence, or in any case in which such hours cannot be determined,
eight (8) hours of service per normal workday of such absence. For
purposes of this paragraph, an absence from work for maternity or
paternity reasons means an absence:
(i) by reason of the pregnancy of the
individual;
(ii) by reason of a birth of a child of the
individual;
(iii) by reason of the placement of a child with
the individual in connection with the
adoption of such child by such individual;
or
(iv) for purposes of caring for such child for a
period beginning immediately following such
birth or placement.
The Hours of Service credited under this Section 2.18 shall be credited
(i) in the computation period in which the absence begins if the crediting
is necessary to prevent a Break in Service in that period, or (ii) in all
other cases the following computation period.
(e) Hours of Service shall be determined on the basis of actual
hours for which an Employee is paid or entitled to payment unless a
different method of determining Hours of Service is selected in item 4(A)
of the Adoption Agreement.
(f) In the event the Employer maintains the plan of a
predecessor employer, service for such predecessor employer shall be
treated as service for the Employer. Hours of Service will be credited
for employment with members of an affiliated service group under Code
Section 414(m), a controlled group of corporations under Code Section
414(b), or a group of trades or businesses under common control under Code
Section 414(c) of which the Employer is a member and any other entity
required to be aggregated with the Employer pursuant to Code Section
414(o) and the Regulations thereunder. Hours of Service will also be
credited for any Leased Employee for purposes of this Plan under Code
Sections 414(n) or (o) and the Regulations thereunder, unless excluded
under item 4 of the Adoption Agreement.
Section 2.19. "Investment Advisor" means Reynolds Capital
Management, Inc.
Section 2.20. "Investment Company" means the Reynolds Funds,
Inc. and any other regulated investment company(ies) designated by the
Investment Advisor.
Section 2.21. "Investment Company Shares" means the shares of
each Investment Company.
Section 2.22. "Leased Employee" means any individual who is
considered a leased employee within the meaning of Code Sections 414(n) or
(o). For purposes of this Section, a Leased Employee means any person
who, pursuant to an agreement between the Employer and any other person
(which may include the Leased Employee), has performed services for the
Employer (or for the Employer and any Related Employer) in a capacity
other than as a common law employee on a substantially full-time basis for
a period of at least one year, and such services are of a type
historically performed by employees in the business field of the Employer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no individual shall be considered to be a
Leased Employee if (a) such individual is covered by a money purchase
pension plan providing: (i) a non-integrated employer contribution rate
of at least ten percent (10%) of compensation, as defined in Code Section
415(c)(3), but including amounts contributed pursuant to a salary
reduction agreement which are excludable from the individual's gross
income under Code Sections 125, 402(a)(8), 402(h) or 403(b), (ii)
immediate participation, and (iii) full and immediate vesting and (b)
Leased Employees do not constitute more than twenty percent (20%) of the
Employer's nonhighly compensated work force. Contributions or benefits
provided to a Leased Employee by the leasing organization which are
attributable to services performed for the Employer shall be treated as
provided by the Employer.
Section 2.23. "Matching Contribution" means an Employer
contribution made to the Plan or any other defined contribution plan on
behalf of a participating Employee on account of a participating
Employee's Elective Deferrals pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof or on account
of any employee contributions or elective deferrals made to any other
plan.
Section 2.24. "Net Profits" means the current or accumulated
earnings of the Employer before federal and state taxes and contributions
to this or any other qualified plan.
Section 2.25. "Normal Retirement Age" means age 65 or such
other age as selected in item 11 of the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing
Plan) and item 9 of the Adoption Agreement (Pension Plan). If the
Employer enforces a mandatory retirement age, the Normal Retirement Age
shall be the lesser of such mandatory retirement age or the age specified
in the Adoption Agreement.
Section 2.26. "Original Plan" means any defined contribution
plan which meets the requirements of Code Section 401 and referred to in
Article XII of the Plan.
Section 2.27. "Owner-Employee" means an individual who is a
sole proprietor, or who is a partner owning more than ten percent (10%) of
either the capital or profits interest of the partnership.
Section 2.28. "Participant" means each Employee (including any
eligible Self-Employed Individual) who has completed the requirements for
eligibility specified in Section 3.1 hereof. Each such Employee shall
become a Participant as of the earlier of: (i) the first day of the Plan
Year or (ii) the first day of the seventh month of the Plan Year beginning
after he completes such requirements.
Section 2.29. "Participant Voluntary Contributions" means
contributions by a Participant under the Plan pursuant to Section 4.3, if
elected in item 9 of the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan) and item
8 of the Adoption Agreement (Pension Plan).
Section 2.30. "Pension Plan" means the feature of the Plan
pursuant to which the Employer makes Employer Pension Contributions. Such
feature applies only to the extent elected in item 6 of the Adoption
Agreement (Pension Plan).
Section 2.31. "Plan" means this prototype profit sharing plan
and/or money purchase pension plan, together with the appropriate Adoption
Agreement(s), as set forth herein and as may be amended from time to time.
As used herein, the term Plan shall mean either or both the money purchase
pension plan and the profit-sharing plan depending on whether the Employer
has adopted one or both plans.
Section 2.32. "Plan Year" means the twelve (12) consecutive
month period designated in item 2 of the Adoption Agreement. The first
Plan Year shall commence on the Effective Date.
Section 2.33. "Profit Sharing Plan" means the features of the
Plan pursuant to which all contributions, other than Employer Pension
Contributions, are made to the Plan, including any contributions pursuant
to the cash or deferred arrangement (Section 401(k)) described in Article
V hereof. Such features apply only to the extent elected in items 6
and/or 8 of the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan).
Section 2.34. "Related Employer" means an organization which,
together with the Employer, constitutes (i) a controlled group of
corporations as defined in Code Section 414(b); (ii) trades or businesses
under common control as defined in Code Section 414(c); (iii) an
affiliated service group as defined in Code Section 414(m); or (iv) a
group of employers required to be aggregated under Code Section 414(o).
Section 2.35. "Self-Employed Individual" means an individual
who has Earned Income for the taxable year from the trade or business for
which.the Plan was established or who would have had Earned Income but for
the fact that the trade or business had no Net Profits for the taxable
year.
Section 2.36. "Valuation Date" means the last day of each Plan
Year and such other times as shall be determined by the Administrator.
Section 2.37. "Year of Employment" means the twelve (12)
consecutive month period, beginning on the date the Employee first
performs an Hour of Service or any anniversary thereof, in which the
Employee completes at least one thousand (1,000) Hours of Service or such
lesser number of Hours of Service as selected in item 4 of the Adoption
Agreement.
Section 2.38. "Year of Service" means a Plan Year in which the
Employee completes at least one thousand (1,000) Hours of Service or such
lesser number of Hours of Service as selected in item 7 of the Adoption
Agreement.
ARTICLE III
PARTICIPATION
Section 3.1. Participation at Effective Date. Each Employee
shall become a Participant on the Effective Date, if on the Effective Date
such Employee has completed the number of Years of Employment and has
attained age 21 or such lesser age as elected in item 4 of the Adoption
Agreement.
Section 3.2. Participation after Effective Date. Each Employee
who did not become a Participant as of the Effective Date, including
future Employees, shall be entitled to become a Participant in accordance
with Section 2.28 after such Employee has completed the number of Years of
Employment and has attained age 21 or such lesser age as elected in item 4
of the Adoption Agreement.
Section 3.3. Reentry. A former Participant shall become a
Participant immediately upon his return to employment with the Employer or
his return to an eligible class of Employees, whichever is applicable. In
the event an Employee who is not a member of the eligible class of
Employees becomes a member of the eligible class, such Employee will
become a Participant in accordance with Section 3.2 above; provided that
if the Employee has previously satisfied the eligibility requirements of
Section 3.2, the Employee shall become a Participant immediately upon
becoming a member of the eligible class of Employees.
Section 3.4. Participation by an Owner-Employee of More Than
One Trade or Business.
(a) If this Plan provides contributions or benefits for one or
more Owner-Employees who control both the business with respect to which
this Plan is established, and one or more other trades or businesses, this
Plan and the plan established with respect to such other trades or
businesses must, when looked at as a single plan, satisfy Code Sections
401(a) and (d) with respect to the employees of this and all such other
trades or businesses.
(b) If this Plan provides contributions or benefits for one or
more Owner-Employees who control one or more other trades or businesses,
the employees of each such other trade or business must be included in a
plan which satisfies Code Section 401(a) and (d) and which provides
contributions and benefits not less favorable than provided for such
Owner-Employees under this Plan.
(c) If an individual is covered as an Owner-Employee under the
plans of two or more trades or businesses which he does not control, and
such individual controls a trade or business, then the contributions or
benefits of the employees under the plan of the trade or business which he
or she does control must be as favorable as those provided for him or her
under the most favorable plan of the trade or business which he or she
does not control.
(d) For purposes of the preceding subparagraphs, an
Owner-Employee, or two or more Owner-Employees, shall be considered to
control a trade or business if such Owner-Employee, or such two or more
Owner-Employees together, own the entire interest in an unincorporated
trade or business, or, in the case of a partnership, own more than fifty
percent (50%) of either the capital interest or the profits interest in
such partnership. For purposes of the preceding sentence, an
Owner-Employee, or two or more Owner-Employees, shall be treated as owning
any interest in a partnership which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a
partnership which such Owner-Employee, or such two or more
Owner-Employees, are considered to control within the meaning of the
preceding sentence.
(e) Employees and Owner-Employees of trades or businesses which
are under common control (within the meaning of Code Section 414(c)) and
Employees and Owner-Employees of the members of an affiliated service
group (within the meaning of Code Section 414(m)) or of a group of
aggregated employers (under Code Section 414(o)) will be treated as
employed by a single Employer for purposes of employee benefit
requirements of Code Section 414(m)(4).
ARTICLE IV
CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 4.1. Employer Profit Sharing Contributions.
(a) If elected in item 6 of the Adoption Agreement (Profit
Sharing Plan), the Employer shall make an Employer Profit Sharing
Contribution for each Plan Year ending on or after the Effective Date in
the amount determined under such Adoption Agreement.
(b) The total amount of such Employer Profit Sharing
Contribution for a Plan Year shall be allocated to the Account of each
eligible Participant as follows:
(i) Unless otherwise elected in item 6(C) of the Adoption
Agreement, the total amount of such Employer Profit Sharing Contribution
shall be allocated based on the ratio that such eligible Participant's
Compensation and/or Earned Income for the Plan Year bears to the total
Compensation and Earned Income of all eligible Participants for the Plan
Year.
(ii) If the Integration Formula is selected in item 6(C) of the
Adoption Agreement, the total amount of such Employer Profit Sharing
Contribution shall be allocated based on the ratio that such eligible
Participant's Compensation and/or Earned Income for the Plan Year in
excess of the integration level for the Plan Year bears to the total
Compensation and Earned Income for all eligible Participants in excess of
the integration level for the Plan Year; provided, however, that
contributions allocated to a Participant with respect to Compensation
and/or Earned Income in excess of the integration level shall not
represent a greater percentage of such excess Compensation and/or Earned
Income than the lesser of
(A) 200% of the base contribution
percentage, or
(B) the base contribution percentage
plus the greater of
(I) 5.7%, or
(II) the rate of tax under Code Section
3111(a) which is attributable to
old-age insurance in effect at the
beginning of the Plan Year.
Any Employer Profit Sharing Contribution remaining after the allocation in
this subsection (ii) shall be allocated in accordance with subsection (i)
above. The "integration level" shall be the taxable wage base or such
lesser level of Compensation and/or Earned Income selected in item 6(C) of
the Adoption Agreement. The "base contribution percentage" shall mean the
percentage of Compensation and/or Earned Income which is contributed under
the Plan with respect to each Participant's Compensation and/or Earned
Income not in excess of the integration level.
If the integration level exceeds the greater of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) or one-fifth (1/5) of the taxable wage base but is not
more than eighty percent (80%) of the taxable wage base, the percentage
referred to in (I) above shall be reduced to 4.3% and a proportionate
reduction shall be made to the rate described in (II) above. If the
integration level is more than eighty percent (80%) but less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the taxable wage base, the percentage referred
to in (I) above shall be reduced to 5.4% and a proportionate reduction
shall be made to the rate described in (II) above. The "taxable wage
base" shall be the maximum amount of earnings which may be considered
wages for a year under Code Section 3121(a)(1) in effect as of the
beginning of the applicable Plan Year.
Notwithstanding the above, for any Plan Year in which the Plan
is top-heavy (as defined in Section 13.1 hereof) the Employer Profit
Sharing Contribution shall be allocated
(A) first, to each eligible Participant
based on the ratio that such
Participant's Compensation and/or
Earned Income for the Plan Year bears
to the total Compensation and Earned
Income of all eligible Participants for
the Plan Year, but not more than three
percent (3%) of such Participant's
Compensation and/or Earned Income,
(B) second, to each eligible Participant
based on the ratio that such
Participant's Compensation and/or
Earned Income in excess of the
integration level for the Plan Year
bears to the total Compensation and
Earned Income of all eligible
Participants in excess of the
integration level for the Plan Year,
but not more than three percent (3%) of
such Participant's excess Compensation
and/or Earned Income, and
(C) any remaining Employer Profit Sharing
Contribution shall be allocated
pursuant to the provisions of this
subsection (ii) above.
(c) A Participant will be considered eligible for an allocation
of the Employer Profit Sharing Contribution if the Participant (i) is
employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan Year or (ii) has
completed at least Five Hundred one (501) Hours of Service during the Plan
Year.
(d) If elected in item 6(B) of the Adoption Agreement, Employer
Profit Sharing Contributions for a Plan Year shall not exceed the Net
Profits of the Employer for such Plan Year.
Section 4.2. Employer Pension Contributions.
(a) If elected in item 6 of the Adoption Agreement (Pension
Plan), the Employer shall make an Employer Pension Contribution for each
eligible Participant for each Plan Year ending on or after the Effective
Date in an amount determined under such Adoption Agreement.
(b) The total amount of such Employer Pension Contribution for
a Plan Year shall be allocated to the Account of each eligible Participant
as follows:
(i) Unless otherwise elected in item 6(B) of the Adoption
Agreement, each eligible Participant shall be allocated an amount equal to
the percentage of such eligible Participant's Compensation and/or Earned
Income as specified in the Adoption Agreement.
(ii) If the Integration Formula is selected in item 6(B) of the
Adoption Agreement, the total amount of such Employer Pension Contribution
shall be allocated in accordance with the method described in Section
4.1(b)(ii) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Integration
Formula is selected under the Profit Sharing Plan, the Employer Pension
Contribution shall be allocated in accordance with subsection (b)(i)
above.
(c) A Participant will be considered eligible for an Employer
Pension Contribution if the Participant (i) is employed by the Employer on
the last day of the Plan Year or (ii) has completed at least Five Hundred
one (501) Hours of Service during the Plan Year.
Section 4.3. Participant Voluntary Contributions.
(a) If elected in item 9 of the Adoption Agreement (Profit
Sharing Plan) or item 8 of the Adoption Agreement (Pension Plan), a
Participant may voluntarily contribute to the Plan an amount up to ten
percent (10%) of his aggregate Compensation for all years since becoming a
Participant under this Plan and all other qualified plans of the Employer.
Any Participant Voluntary Contributions shall be limited in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.3, even if the Employer does not elect
the Cash or Deferred Arrangement (Section 401(k)) under item 8 of the
Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan). If the Profit Sharing Plan is
elected, all Participant Voluntary Contributions shall be deemed made to
such plan. Participant Voluntary Contributions shall be limited to
Participants who are not highly compensated employees (within the meaning
of Code Section 414(q)) if elected in the Adoption Agreement.
(b) A Participant shall be entitled to withdraw from his
appropriate Account at any time upon thirty (30) days' notice from the
Administrator to the Custodian (which notice shall specify the amount of
the withdrawal), a sum not in excess of the capital amount contributed by
him as Participant Voluntary Contributions under the provisions of this
Section 4.3, or the value of such Account, whichever is less, provided
that no ordinary income or capital gains attributable to such
contributions shall be subject to withdrawal. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, (i) all withdrawals are subject to the provisions of
Article VIII, and (ii) no forfeiture shall occur solely as a result of a
Participant's withdrawal of all or any portion of his Participant
Voluntary Contributions.
(c) No deductible voluntary employee contributions may be made
for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1986. Such contributions
made prior to that date will be maintained in a separate Account which
will be nonforfeitable at all times. The Account will share in the gains
or losses in the same manner as described in Section 9.3 of the Plan.
Subject to Section 8.2, a Participant may withdraw any part of the
deductible voluntary contribution Account by making a written application
to the Administrator.
Section 4.4. Time for Making Contributions. Employer Pension
Contributions and Employer Profit Sharing Contributions must be made no
later than the due date, including extensions thereof, for filing the
Employer's Federal income tax return for the year coincident with or
within which the Plan Year ends (or such later time as authorized by
Treasury Regulations). Participant Voluntary Contributions for any Plan
Year shall be made no later than thirty (30) days after the end of such
Plan Year. The Employer may establish a payroll deduction system or other
procedure to assist the making of Participant Voluntary Contributions and
shall transfer such contributions to the Custodian as soon as practicable
after collected.
Section 4.5. Leased Employees. Contributions or benefits
provided to a Leased Employee by the leasing organization (within the
meaning of Code Section 414(n)) which are attributable to services
performed for the Employer shall be treated as provided by the Employer
for purposes of this Plan.
Section 4.6. Rollovers and Transfers. In the discretion of
the Administrator according to such uniform and nondiscriminatory rules
established by the Administrator, and in accordance with Sections 402 and
408 of the Code, a Participant may make a rollover to the Plan or the Plan
may accept a direct transfer (including voluntary after-tax contributions)
from another plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or from an
individual retirement account. If the Employer has adopted the Profit
Sharing Plan, any rollover or transfer shall be made to such Plan.
ARTICLE V. CASH OR DEFERRED ARRANGEMENT
(CODE SECTION 401(k))
Section 5.1. Cash or Deferred Arrangement (Code Section
401(k)). The provisions of this Article shall be effective as of the
first day of the Plan Year in which this cash or deferred arrangement is
elected in item 8 of the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan). Under
no circumstances shall the provisions of this Article apply prior to the
time specified in the preceding sentence.
Section 5.2. Elective Deferrals. (a) Election. (i) An
Employee who has satisfied the minimum age and service requirements set
forth in item 8(A) of the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan) may
elect to have Elective Deferrals made to the Plan pursuant to a salary
reduction agreement to the extent permitted in item 8(A) of the Adoption
Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan). Such an election shall be effective as
of the time specified in item 8(A) of the Adoption Agreement (Profit
Sharing Plan) and may not be made effective retroactively.
(ii) An eligible Employee may also base Elective Deferrals, to
the extent provided in item 8(A) of the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing
Plan), on cash bonuses that, at the Employee's election, may be
contributed to the Plan or received by the Employee. Such an election
shall be effective as of the time specified in item 8(A) of the Adoption
Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan) and may not be made effective
retroactively.
(b) Change in Rate. The rate at which Elective Deferrals are
made shall remain in effect until modified in accordance with item 8(A) of
the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Elective Deferrals may be suspended entirely by an Employee at
any time by written notice to the Administrator. Any such suspension
shall be effective as soon as administratively practicable following the
Administrator's receipt of such notice.
(c) Vesting. A Participant shall at all times have a fully
vested and nonforfeitable interest in his Elective Deferrals.
(d) Excess Elective Deferrals. (i) No Participating Employee
shall be permitted to have Elective Deferrals made under this Plan or any
other qualified plan maintained by the Employer during any taxable year
pursuant to Code Sections 401(k), 408(k) or 403(b) in excess of the dollar
limitation contained in Code Section 402(g) in effect at the beginning of
such taxable year.
(ii) A Participating Employee may assign to the Plan any Excess
Elective Deferrals made during a taxable year of such Employee by
notifying the Administrator on or before the date specified below of the
Excess Elective Deferrals to be assigned to the Plan. Notwithstanding any
other provision of the Plan, Excess Elective Deferrals, plus any income
and minus any loss allocable thereto, may be distributed no later than
April 15 to any Participating Employee to whose Accounts Excess Elective
Deferrals were assigned for the preceding year and who claims Excess
Elective Deferrals for such taxable year. A Participating Employee's
claim for Excess Elective Deferrals shall be made in writing and shall be
submitted to the Administrator not later than the March 1 immediately
preceding the relevant April 15. Such claim shall specify the amount of
the Participating Employee's Excess Elective Deferrals for the preceding
taxable year and shall be accompanied by the Participating Employee's
written statement that if such amounts are not distributed, such Excess
Elective Deferrals, when added to amounts deferred under other plans or
arrangements described in Code Sections 401(k), 408(k) or 403(b), exceed
the limit imposed on the Participating Employee by Code Section 402(g) for
the year of the deferral.
(iii) Excess Elective Deferrals shall be adjusted for any
income or loss up to the date of distribution. The income or loss
allocable to Excess Elective Deferrals is the sum of:
(A) income or loss allocable to the
participating Employee's Elective Deferrals
Account for the taxable year for which the
Excess Elective Deferrals occurred
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is such Participating Employee's
Excess Elective Deferrals for such taxable
year and the denominator of which is such
Participating Employee's Elective Deferrals
Account balance as of the end of the taxable
year without regard to any income or loss
occurring during such taxable year; and
(B) income or loss allocable to the
Participating Employee's Elective Deferrals
Account for the period between the end of
such taxable year and the date of
distribution under (A) above; or, at the
option of the Employer, ten percent (10%) of
the amount determined under (A) above
multiplied by the number of whole calendar
months between the end of such taxable year
and the date of distribution, counting the
month of distribution if distribution occurs
after the fifteenth (15th) of such month.
The amount of Excess Elective Deferrals that may be distributed with
respect to a Participating Employee shall be reduced by any Excess
Contributions previously distributed or recharacterized with respect to
such Participating Employee for the Plan Year beginning with or within
such taxable year. In no event may the amount distributed exceed the
Participating Employee's total Elective Deferrals for such taxable year.
(e) Actual Deferral Percentage. (i) The Actual Deferral
Percentage for Participating Employees who are Highly Compensated
Employees for each Plan Year and the Actual Deferral Percentage for
Participating Employees who are not Highly Compensated Employees for the
same Plan Year must satisfy one of the following tests:
(A) The Actual Deferral Percentage for
Participating Employees who are Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year
shall not exceed the Actual Deferral
Percentage for Participating Employees who
are not Highly Compensated Employees for the
same Plan Year multiplied by 1.25; or
(B) The Actual Deferral Percentage for
Participating Employees who are Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year
shall not exceed the Actual Deferral
Percentage for Participating Employees who
are not Highly Compensated Employees for the
same Plan Year multiplied by 2.0, provided
that the Actual Deferral Percentage for
Participating Employees who are Highly
Compensated Employees does not exceed the
Actual Deferral Percentage for Participating
Employees who are not Highly Compensated
Employees by more than two (2) percentage
points.
(ii) The Actual Deferral Percentage for any Participating
Employee who is a Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year and who is
eligible to have Elective Deferrals (and Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions, or both) allocated to
his Accounts under two or more arrangements described in Code Section
401(k), that are maintained by the Employer, shall be determined as if
such Elective Deferrals (and, if applicable, such Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions, or both) were made
under a single arrangement. If a Highly Compensated Employee participates
in two or more cash or deferred arrangements that have different Plan
Years, contributions for such employee shall be aggregated for purposes of
this subsection (e). Contributions which are required to be aggregated
are any contributions made under all cash or deferred arrangements ending
with or within the same calendar year.
(iii) In the event that the Plan satisfies the requirements
of Code Sections 401(k), 401(a)(4) or 410(b) only if aggregated with one
or more other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the
requirements of such Code Sections only if aggregated with this Plan, then
this subsection shall be applied by determining the Actual Deferral
Percentage of Participating Employees as if all such plans were a single
plan. For Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1989, plans may be
aggregated in order to satisfy Code Section 401(k) only if they have the
same Plan Year.
(iv) For purposes of determining the Actual Deferral Percentage
of a Participating Employee who is a five (5) percent owner or one of the
ten (10) most highly-paid Highly Compensated Employees, the Elective
Deferrals (and Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching
Contributions, or both) and Compensation of such Participating Employee
shall include the Elective Deferrals (and, if applicable, Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions, or both)
and Compensation for the Plan Year of Family Members. Family Members,
with respect to such Highly Compensated Employees, shall be disregarded as
separate employees in determining the Actual Deferral Percentage both for
Participating Employees who are not Highly Compensated Employees and for
Participating Employees who are Highly Compensated Employees.
(v) For purposes of determining the Actual Deferral Percentage
test, Elective Deferrals, Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and
Qualified Matching Contributions must be made before the last day of the
twelve-month period immediately following the Plan Year to which such
contributions relate.
(vi) The Employer shall maintain records sufficient to
demonstrate satisfaction of the Actual Deferral Percentage test and the
amount of Qualified Non-Elective Contributions or Qualified Matching
Contributions, or both, used in such test.
(vii) The determination and treatment of the Actual Deferral
Percentage amounts of any Participating Employee shall satisfy such other
requirements as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
(f) Distribution of Excess Contributions. (i) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Plan, Excess Contributions, plus any income
and minus any loss allocable thereto, shall be distributed no later than
the last day of each Plan Year to Participating Employees to whose
Accounts such Excess Contributions were allocated for the preceding Plan
Year. If such excess amounts are distributed more than two and one-half
(2-1/2) months after the last day of the Plan Year in which such excess
amounts arose, a ten percent (10%) excise tax will be imposed on the
Employer with respect to such amounts. Such distributions shall be made
to Highly Compensated Employees on the basis of the respective portions of
the Excess Contributions attributable to each of such Employees. Excess
Contributions shall be allocated to Participating Employees who are
subject to the family member aggregation rules of Code Section 414(q)(6)
in the manner prescribed by the regulations. Excess Contributions
(including any amounts recharacterized) shall be treated as Annual
Additions for purposes of Article VI of the Plan.
(ii) Excess Contributions shall be adjusted for any income or
loss up to the date of distribution. The income or loss allocable to
Excess Contributions is the sum of:
(A) income or loss allocable to the
Participating Employee's Elective Deferrals
Account (and, if applicable, the Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions Account or the
Qualified Matching Contributions Account, or
both) for the Plan Year for which the Excess
Contributions occurred multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is such
Participating Employee's Excess
Contributions for such Plan Year and the
denominator of which is such Participating
Employee's Account balance(s) attributable
to Elective Deferrals (and Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions or Qualified
Matching Contributions, or both) as of the
end of the Plan Year without regard to any
income or loss occurring during such Plan
Year; and
(B) income or loss allocable to the
Participant's Elective Deferrals Account
(and, if applicable, the Qualified
Non-Elective Contribution Account or the
Qualified Matching Contribution Account, or
both) for the period between the end of such
Plan Year and the date of distribution
multiplied by the fraction determined under
(A) above; or, at the option of the
Employer, ten percent (10%) of the amount
determined under (A) above multiplied by the
number of whole calendar months between the
end of such Plan Year and the date of
distribution, counting the month of
distribution if distribution occurs after
the fifteenth (15th) of such month.
(iii) Excess Contributions shall be distributed from the
Participating Employee's Elective Deferrals Account and Qualified Matching
Contributions Account (if applicable) in proportion to the Participating
Employee's Elective Deferrals and Qualified Matching Contributions (to the
extent used in the Actual Deferral Percentage test) for the Plan Year.
Excess Contributions shall be distributed from the Participating
Employee's Qualified Non-Elective Contributions Account only to the extent
that such Excess Contributions exceed the balance in the Participating
Employee's Elective Deferrals Account and Matching Contributions Account.
(g) Recharacterization. (i) A Participating Employee may
treat his Excess Contributions as an amount distributed to the
Participating Employee and then contributed by the Participating Employee
to the Plan. Recharacterized amounts will remain nonforfeitable and
subject to the same distribution requirements as Elective Deferrals.
Amounts may not be recharacterized by a Highly Compensated Employee to the
extent that such amount in combination with other Participant Voluntary
Contributions would exceed any stated limit under the Plan on Participant
Voluntary Contributions. Recharacterizing Excess Contributions shall be
limited to Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees if
elected in the Adoption Agreement.
(ii) Recharacterization must occur no later than two and
one-half (2-1/2) months after the end of the Plan Year in which such Excess
Contributions arose and is deemed to occur no earlier than the date the
last Highly Compensated Employee is informed in writing of the amount
recharacterized and the consequences thereof. Recharacterized amounts
will be taxable to the Participating Employee for such Participating
Employee's taxable year in which the Participating Employee would have
received them in cash.
Section 5.3. Matching Contributions. (a) The Employer shall
make Employer Matching Contributions to the Plan to the extent elected in
item 8(B) of the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan).
(b) A Participant shall have a vested interest in his Matching
Contributions Account as determined under the vesting schedule elected in
item 8(B) of the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan). Forfeitures
derived from Matching Contributions which become available because of the
vesting provisions above, shall be applied to reduce the Employer Matching
Contributions that would otherwise be due for the Plan Year, or subsequent
Plan Years.
(c) Actual Contribution Percentage. (i) The Actual
Contribution Percentage for Participating Employees who are Highly
Compensated Employees for each Plan Year and the Actual Contribution
Percentage for Participating Employees who are not Highly Compensated
Employees for the same Plan Year must satisfy one of the following tests:
(A) The Actual Contribution Percentage for
Participating Employees who are Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year
shall not exceed the Actual Contribution
Percentage for Participating Employees who
are not Highly Compensated Employees for the
same Plan Year multiplied by 1.25; or
(B) The Actual Contribution Percentage for
Participating Employees who are Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year
shall not exceed the Actual Contribution
Percentage for Participating Employees who
are not Highly Compensated Employees for the
same Plan Year multiplied by two (2),
provided that the Actual Contribution
Percentage for Participating Employees who
are Highly Compensated Employees does not
exceed the Actual Contribution Percentage
for Participating Employees who are not
Highly Compensated Employees by more than
two (2) percentage points.
(ii) If one or more Highly Compensated Employees participate in
both a cash or deferred arrangement and a plan subject to the Actual
Contribution Percentage test maintained by the Employer and the sum of the
Actual Deferral Percentage and the Actual Contribution Percentage of those
Highly Compensated Employees subject to either or both tests exceeds the
Aggregate Limit, then the Actual Contribution Percentage of those Highly
Compensated Employees who also participate in a cash or deferred
arrangement will be reduced (beginning with such Highly Compensated
Employee whose Actual Contribution Percentage is the highest) so that the
limit is not exceeded. The amount by which each Highly Compensated
Employee's Contribution Percentage Amount is reduced shall be treated as
an Excess Aggregate Contribution. The Actual Deferral Percentage and the
Actual Contribution Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees are
determined after any corrections required to meet the Actual Deferral
Percentage and the Actual Contribution Percentage tests. Multiple use
does not occur if both the Actual Deferral Percentage and the Actual
Contribution Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees does not
exceed 1.25 multiplied by the Actual Deferral Percentage and the Actual
Contribution Percentage of the Participating Employees who are not Highly
Compensated Employees.
(iii) For purposes of this subsection, the Contribution
Percentage for any Participating Employee who is a Highly Compensated
Employee and who is eligible to have Contribution Percentage Amounts
allocated to his account under two or more plans described in Code Section
401(a), or arrangements described in Code Section 401(k) that are
maintained by the Employer, shall be determined as if the total of such
Contribution Percentage Amounts was made under each plan. If a Highly
Compensated Employee participates in two or more cash or deferred
arrangements that have different plan years, all cash or deferred
arrangements ending with or within the same calendar year shall be treated
as a single arrangement.
(iv) In the event that this Plan satisfies the requirements of
Code Sections 401(m), 401(a)(4) or 410(b) only if aggregated with one or
more other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the requirements
of such Code Sections only if aggregated with this Plan, then this
subsection shall be applied by determining the Contribution Percentage of
employees as if all such plans were a single plan. For plan years
beginning after December 31, 1989, plans may be aggregated in order to
satisfy Code Section 401(m) only if they have the same plan year.
(v) For purposes of determining the Contribution Percentage of
a Participating Employee who is a five percent owner or one of the ten
(10) most highly-paid Highly Compensated Employees, the Contribution
Percentage Amounts and Compensation of such Participating Employee shall
include the Contribution Percentage Amounts and Compensation for the Plan
Year of Family Members. Family Members, with respect to Highly
Compensated Employees, shall be disregarded as separate employees in
determining the Contribution Percentage both for Participating Employees
who are not Highly Compensated Employees and for Participating Employees
who are Highly Compensated Employees.
(vi) For purposes of determining the Contribution Percentage
test, Employee Contributions are considered to have been made in the Plan
Year in which contributed to the Plan. Matching Contributions and
Qualified Non-Elective Contributions shall be considered made for a Plan
Year if made no later than the end of the twelve-month period beginning on
the day after the close of the Plan Year.
(vii) The Employer shall maintain records sufficient to
demonstrate satisfaction of the Actual Contribution Percentage test and
the amount of Qualified Non-Elective Contributions or Qualified Matching
Contributions, or both, used in such test.
(viii) The determination and treatment of the Contribution
Percentage of any Participating Employee shall satisfy such other
requirements as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
(d) Distribution of Excess Aggregate Contributions. (i)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, Excess Aggregate
Contributions, plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto, shall
be forfeited, if forfeitable, or if not forfeitable, distributed no later
than the last day of each Plan Year to Participating Employees to whose
Accounts such Excess Aggregate Contributions were allocated for the
preceding Plan Year. Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be allocated to
Participating Employees who are subject to the family member aggregation
rules of Code Section 414(q)(6) in the manner prescribed by the
regulations. If such Excess Aggregate Contributions are distributed more
than two and one-half (2-1/2) months after the last day of the Plan Year in
which such excess amounts arose, a ten percent (10%) excise tax will be
imposed on the Employer with respect to those amounts. Excess Aggregate
Contributions shall be treated as Annual Additions for purposes of Article
VI of the Plan.
(ii) Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be adjusted for any
income or loss up to the date of distribution. The income or loss
allocable to Excess Aggregate Contributions is the sum of:
(A) income or loss allocable to the
Participating Employee's Participant
Voluntary Contributions Account, Matching
Contributions Account, Qualified Matching
Contribution Account (if any, and if all
amounts therein are not used in the Actual
Deferral Percentage test) and, if
applicable, Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions Account and Elective Deferrals
Account for the Plan Year for which the
Excess Aggregate Contributions occurred
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is such Participating Employee's
Excess Aggregate Contributions for such Plan
Year and the denominator of which is the
Participating Employee's Account balance(s)
attributable to Contribution Percentage
Amounts as of the end of the Plan Year
without regard to any income or loss
occurring during such Plan Year; and
(B) income or loss allocable to the
Participating Employee's Participant
Voluntary Contribution Account, Matching
Contributions Account, Qualified Matching
Contribution Account (if any, and if all
amounts therein are not used in the Actual
Deferral Percentage test) and, if
applicable, Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions Account and Elective Deferrals
Account for the period between the end of
such Plan Year and the date of distribution
multiplied by the fraction determined under
(A) above; or, at the election of the
Employer, ten percent (10%) of the amount
determined under (A) above multiplied by the
number of whole calendar months between the
end of such Plan Year and the date of
distribution, counting the month of
distribution if distribution occurs after
the fifteenth (15th) of such month.
(iii) Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be
applied to reduce Employer contributions for subsequent Plan Years.
(iv) Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be forfeited, if
forfeitable, or distributed on a pro rata basis from the Participating
Employee's Participant Voluntary Contributions Account, Matching
Contributions Account and Qualified Matching Contribution Account (and, if
applicable, the Participating Employee's Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions Account or Elective Deferrals Account, or both).
Section 5.4. Qualified Matching Contributions and Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions.
(a) Qualified Matching Contributions. The Employer may elect
to make Qualified Matching Contributions under the Plan in item 8(C) of
the Adoption Agreement. Qualified Matching Contributions may be made in
lieu of distributing Excess Contributions as provided in Section 5.2(f)
hereof. Qualified Matching Contributions may be either (i) additional
amounts contributed to the Plan by the Employer and allocated to the
Accounts of Participating Employees who are not Highly Compensated
Employees based on such Employees' Elective Deferrals or (ii) Matching
Contributions otherwise made to the Plan pursuant to Section 5.3(a) hereof
which the Employer designates as Qualified Matching Contributions. The
amount of Qualified Matching Contributions (if any) shall be determined by
the Employer for each year. All Qualifying Matching Contributions shall
be used to satisfy the Actual Deferral Percentage test pursuant to
regulations under the Code.
(b) The Employer may elect to make Qualified NonElective
Contributions under the Plan in item 8(C) of the Adoption Agreement.
Qualified Non-Elective Contributions may be made in lieu of distributing
Excess Contributions as provided in Section 5.2(f) or Excess Aggregate
Contributions as provided in Section 5.3(d) hereof. Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions may be either (i) additional amounts
contributed to the Plan by the Employer and allocated to the Accounts of
Participating Employees who are not Highly Compensated Employees based on
such Employees' Compensation or (ii) Profit Sharing Contributions
otherwise made to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.1(a) hereof which the
Employer designates as Qualified Non-Elective Contributions. The amount
of Qualified Non-Elective Contributions (if any) shall be determined by
the Employer for each year. All Qualified Non-Elective Contributions
shall be used to satisfy either the Actual Deferral Percentage test or the
Average Contribution Percentage test, or both, pursuant to regulations
under the Code.
(c) Separate accounts for Qualified Non-Elective Contributions
and Qualified Matching Contributions will be maintained for each
Participant consistent with Section 7.1 hereof. Each account will be
credited with the applicable contributions and earnings thereon.
(d) For purposes of the special distribution rules in Section
5.5, Qualified Matching Contributions and Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions shall be treated as Elective Deferrals.
(e) Qualified Matching Contributions and Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions shall be appropriately designated when contributed.
Section 5.5. Special Distribution Rules. Except as provided
below, Elective Deferrals, Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and
Qualified Matching Contributions, and income allocable to each, are not
distributable to a Participant or a Beneficiary, in accordance with such
Participant's or Beneficiary's election, earlier than upon separation from
service, death, or disability.
(a) Financial Hardship. (i) If elected by the Employer in item
8(D) of the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan), a Participant may
elect to withdraw all or any portion of his Elective Deferrals (excluding
net earnings credited thereto after December 31, 1988) on account of
financial hardship. For purposes of this Section 5.5, a financial
hardship shall mean an immediate and heavy financial need of the
Participant which cannot be satisfied from other resources reasonably
available to such Participant. Hardship withdrawals are subject to the
spousal consent requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417.
(ii) A withdrawal is made on account of an immediate and heavy
financial need of a Participant only if it is made on account of: (A)
unreimbursed medical expenses described in Code Section 213(d) of the
Participant or the Participant's spouse or dependents (as defined in Code
Section 152); (B) the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a
principal residence for the Participant; (C) payment of tuition for the
next term of post-secondary education for the Participant or the
Participant's spouse, children or dependents; or (D) the need to prevent
the Participant's eviction from, or foreclosure on the mortgage of, the
Participant's principal residence or such other events as may be approved
by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in rulings, notices or other
published documents.
(iii) A distribution will be considered as necessary to
satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need of the Participant only if:
(A) the Participant has obtained all distributions, other than hardship
distributions, and all nontaxable loans under all plans maintained by the
Employer; (B) all plans maintained by the Employer provide that the
Participant's Elective Deferrals and any other elective contributions or
employee contributions under this Plan and any other plan maintained by
the Employer (both qualified and nonqualified) will be automatically
suspended for twelve (12) months after the receipt of the hardship
distribution; (C) the distribution is not in excess of the amount of an
immediate and heavy financial need; and (D) all plans maintained by the
Employer provide that the Participant may not make Elective Deferrals for
the Participant's taxable year immediately following the taxable year of
the hardship distribution in excess of the applicable limit under Code
Section 402(g) for such taxable year less the amount of such Participant's
Elective Deferrals for the taxable year of the hardship distribution.
(iv) A request for a hardship distribution shall be made in
writing and in such form as may be prescribed by the Administrator.
Processing of applications and distributions of amounts under this
Section, on account of a bona fide financial hardship, shall be made as
soon as administratively feasible.
(b) Elective Deferrals at Age 59-1/2. Upon attaining age
fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2), a Participant may elect to withdraw all or
any portion of his Elective Deferrals Account and/or Employer Matching
Contributions Account, as of the last day of any month, even if he is
still employed.
Section 5.6. Definitions. For purposes of this Article, the
following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Actual Deferral Percentage" means, for a specified group
of Participating Employees for a Plan Year, the average of the ratios
(calculated separately for each Participating Employee in such group) of
(i) the amount of Employer contributions actually paid over to the Plan on
behalf of such Participating Employee for the Plan Year to (ii) the
Participating Employee's Compensation for such Plan Year (whether or not
the Employee was a Participating Employee for the entire Plan Year).
Employer contributions on behalf of any Participating Employee shall
include: (i) any Elective Deferrals made pursuant to the Participating
Employee's deferral election, including Excess Elective Deferrals of
Highly Compensated Employees, but excluding Elective Deferrals that are
taken into account in the Contribution Percentage test (provided the
Actual Deferral Percentage test is satisfied both with and without
exclusion of these Elective Deferrals); and (ii) at the election of the
Employer, Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching
Contributions. For purposes of computing Actual Deferral Percentages, an
Employee who would be a Participating Employee but for the failure to make
Elective Deferrals shall be treated as a Participating Employee on whose
behalf no Elective Deferrals are made.
(b) "Aggregate Limit" means the sum of (i) one hundred
twenty-five percent (125%) of the greater of the Actual Deferral
Percentage of the Participating Employees who are not Highly Compensated
Employees for the Plan Year or the Actual Contribution Percentage of
Participating Employees who are not Highly Compensated Employees under the
Plan subject to Code Section 401(m) for the Plan Year beginning with or
within the Plan Year of the cash or deferred arrangement and (ii) the
lesser of two hundred percent (200%) or two (2) plus the lesser of such
Actual Deferral Percentage or Actual Contribution Percentage. "Lesser" is
substituted for "greater" in (i) above and "greater" is substituted for
"lesser" after "two plus the" in (ii) above if it would result in a larger
Aggregate Limit.
(c) "Average Contribution Percentage" means the average of the
Contribution Percentages of the Employees in a group who are eligible to
make Participant Voluntary Contributions, or Elective Deferrals (if the
Employer takes such contributions into account in the calculation of the
Contribution Percentage), or to receive Matching Contributions (including
forfeitures) or Qualified Matching Contributions.
(d) "Contribution Percentage" means the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) of the Participating Employee's Contribution Percentage
Amounts to the Participating Employee's Compensation for the Plan Year
(whether or not the Employee was a Participating Employee for the entire
Plan Year).
(e) "Contribution Percentage Amounts" means the sum of the
Participant Voluntary Contributions, Matching Contributions, and Qualified
Matching Contributions (to the extent not taken into account for purposes
of the Actual Deferral Percentage test) made under the Plan on behalf of
the Participating Employee for the Plan Year. Such Contribution
Percentage Amounts shall include forfeitures of Excess Aggregate
Contributions or Matching Contributions allocated to the Participating
Employee's Accounts which shall be taken into account in the year in which
such forfeiture is allocated. The Employer may elect to include Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions in the Contribution Percentage Amounts. The
Employer also may elect to use all or part of the Elective Deferrals for
the Plan Year in the Contribution Percentage Amounts so long as the Actual
Deferral Percentage test is satisfied both including and excluding the
Elective Deferrals that are included in the Contribution Percentage
Amounts.
(f) "Excess Aggregate Contributions" means, with respect to any
Plan Year, the excess of:
(i) the aggregate Contribution Percentage Amounts taken into
account in computing the numerator of the Contribution Percentage actually
made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over
(ii) the maximum Contribution Percentage Amounts permitted by
the Actual Contribution Percentage test (determined by reducing
contributions made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees in order of
their Contribution Percentages beginning with the highest of such
percentages).
Such determination shall be made after first determining Excess Elective
Deferrals pursuant to Section 5.2(d) hereof and then determining Excess
Contributions pursuant to Section 5.2(f) hereof.
(g) "Excess Contributions" means, with respect to any Plan
Year, the excess of:
(i) the aggregate amount of Employer contributions actually
taken into account in computing the Actual Deferral Percentage of Highly
Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over
(ii) the maximum amount of such contributions permitted by the
Actual Deferral Percentage test (determined by reducing contributions made
on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees in order of the Actual Deferral
Percentages, beginning with the highest of such percentages).
(h) "Excess Elective Deferrals" means those Elective Deferrals
that are includible in a Participating Employee's gross income for a
taxable year under Code Section 402(g) because they exceed the limitation
specified in Section 5.2(d)(i) hereof. Excess Elective Deferrals shall be
treated as Annual Additions under the Plan.
(i) "Family Member" means the spouse, lineal ascendants and
descendants of the employee or former employee and the spouses of such
lineal ascendants and descendants, all within the meaning of Code Section
414(q)(6).
(j) "Highly Compensated Employee" means both highly compensated
active employees and highly compensated former employees.
(i) A highly compensated active employee includes any Employee
who performs service for the Employer during the determination year and
who, during the look-back year: (i) received compensation from the
Employer in excess of $75,000 (as adjusted pursuant to Code Section
415(d)); (ii) received compensation from the Employer in excess of $50,000
(as adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d)) and was a member of the
top-paid group for such year; or (iii) was an officer of the Employer and
received compensation during such year that is greater than 50 percent of
the dollar limitation in effect under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A). The term
Highly Compensated Employee also includes: (i) employees who are both
described in the preceding sentence if the term "determination year" is
substituted for the term "look-back year" and the employee is one of the
100 employees who received the most compensation from the Employer during
the determination year; and (ii) employees who are 5 percent owners at any
time during the look-back year or determination year. If no officer has
satisfied the compensation requirement of (iii) above during either a
determination year or look-back year, the highest paid officer for such
year shall be treated as a Highly Compensated Employee. For this purpose,
the determination year shall be the Plan Year. The look-back year shall
be the twelve-month period immediately preceding the determination year.
(ii) A highly compensated former employee includes any Employee
who separated from service (or was deemed to have separated) prior to the
determination year, performs no service for the Employer during the
determination year, and was a highly compensated active employee for
either the separation year or any determination year ending on or after
the employee's fifty-fifth (55th) birthday.
(iii) If an employee is, during a determination year or
look-back year, a Family Member of either a five percent owner who is an
active or former employee or a Highly Compensated Employee who is one of
the ten (10) most highly compensated employees ranked on the basis of
Compensation paid by the Employer during such year, then the Family Member
and the five percent owner or top-ten Highly Compensated Employee shall be
aggregated. In such case, the Family Member and five percent owner or
top-ten Highly Compensated Employee shall be treated as a single employee
receiving Compensation and Plan contributions or benefits equal to the sum
of such Compensation and contributions or benefits of the Family Member
and five percent owner or top-ten Highly Compensated Employee.
(iv) The determination of who is a Highly Compensated Employee,
including the determinations of the number and identity of employees in
the top-paid group, the top 100 employees, the number of employees treated
as officers and the Compensation that is considered, will be made in
accordance with Code Section 414(q).
(k) "Participating Employee" means an Employee who is eligible
to make Elective Deferrals or Participant Voluntary Contributions (if the
Employer takes such contributions into account in the calculation of the
Contribution Percentage), or to receive Matching Contributions (including
forfeitures) or Qualified Matching Contributions. If an Employee
contribution is required as a condition of participation in the Plan, any
Employee who would be a Participant in the Plan if such Employee made such
a contribution shall be treated as a Participating Employee on behalf of
whom no Employee contributions are made.
(l) "Qualified Matching Contributions" means Matching
Contributions which are one hundred percent (100%) vested and
nonforfeitable at all times and which are distributable only in accordance
with the distribution provisions applicable to Elective Deferrals.
(m) "Qualified Non-Elective Contributions" means contributions
(other than Matching Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions)
made by the Employer and allocated to Participating Employees' Accounts
that the Participating Employees may not elect to receive in cash until
distributed from the Plan, are one hundred percent (100%) vested and
nonforfeitable when made, and are distributable only in accordance with
the distribution provisions applicable to Elective Deferrals.
ARTICLE VI
SECTION 415 LIMITATIONS
Section 6.1. Employers Maintaining Only this Plan.
(a) If the Participant does not participate in, and has never
participated in another qualified plan, a welfare benefit fund (as defined
in Code Section 419(e)) or an individual medical account (as defined in
Code Section 415(1)(2)) maintained by the Employer, the amount of Annual
Additions which may be credited to a Participant's Account under this Plan
for a Limitation Year shall not exceed the lesser of the Maximum
Permissible Amount or any other limitation contained in this Plan. If the
Employer's contribution that would otherwise be contributed or allocated
to the Participant's Account would cause the Annual Additions for the
Limitation Year to exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount, the amount
contributed or allocated will be reduced so that the Annual Additions for
the Limitation Year will equal the Maximum Permissible Amount.
(b) Prior to the determination of the Participant's actual
compensation for a Limitation Year, the Maximum Permissible Amount may be
determined on the basis of the Participant's estimated annual compensation
for such Limitation Year. Such estimated annual compensation shall be
determined on a reasonable basis and shall be uniformly determined for all
Participants similarly situated. Any Employer contributions based on
estimated annual compensation shall be reduced by any Excess Amounts
carried over from prior years.
(c) As soon as it is administratively feasible after the end of
the Limitation Year, the Maximum Permissible Amount for such Limitation
Year shall be determined on the basis of the Participant's actual
Compensation for such Limitation Year.
(d) If, pursuant to Section 6.1(c) and notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 6.1(a) hereof which require a reduction of
contributions so as not to exceed the limitations of this Article VI,
there is an Excess Amount with respect to a Participant for a Limitation
Year, such Excess Amount shall be disposed of as follows:
(i) Any Participant Voluntary Contributions, to the extent that
the return would reduce the Excess Amount, shall be returned to the
Participant.
(ii) In the event that the Participant is covered by this Plan
at the end of the Limitation Year, remaining Excess Amounts after the
application of clause (i) shall be applied to reduce future Employer
contributions (including any allocation of forfeitures) for such
Participant under this Plan in the next Limitation Year (and each
succeeding year, as necessary).
(iii) In the event that the Participant is not covered by
this Plan at the end of the Limitation Year, remaining Excess Amounts
after the application of clause (i) shall not be distributed to the
Participant, but shall be held unallocated in a suspense account and shall
be applied to reduce future Employer contributions (including any
allocation of forfeitures) for all remaining Participants in the next
Limitation Year (and each succeeding year, as necessary).
(iv) If a suspense account is in existence at any time during
the Limitation Year pursuant to this Section, it will not participate in
the allocation of any investment gains and losses, and all amounts in the
suspense account must be allocated and reallocated to Participants'
Accounts before any Employer or Employee contributions may be made to the
Plan for such Limitation Year. Excess amounts may not be distributed to
Participants or former Participants.
Section 6.2. Employers Maintaining Other Master or Prototype
Defined Contribution Plans.
(a) If, in addition to this Plan, the Participant is covered
under another qualified defined contribution plan which qualifies as a
Master or Prototype Plan or a welfare benefit fund (as defined in Code
Section 419(e)) or an individual medical account (as defined in Code
Section 415(1)(2)) maintained by the Employer during any Limitation Year,
the amount of Annual Additions which may be allocated under this Plan on
the Participant's behalf for such Limitation Year, shall not exceed the
Maximum Permissible Amount reduced by the Annual Additions credited to a
Participant's account under such other plans, welfare benefit funds or
individual medical accounts for the same Limitation Year. If the Annual
Additions with respect to the Participant under other defined contribution
plans and welfare benefit funds maintained by the Employer are less than
the Maximum Permissible Amount and the Employer contribution that would
otherwise be contributed or allocated to the Participant's Account under
this Plan would cause the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year to
exceed this limitation, the amount contributed or allocated will be
reduced so that the Annual Additions under all such plans and funds for
the Limitation Year will equal the Maximum Permissible Amount. If the
Annual Additions with respect to the Participant under such other defined
contribution plans and welfare benefit funds in the aggregate are equal to
or greater than the Maximum Permissible Amount, no amount will be
contributed or allocated to the Participant's Account under this Plan for
the Limitation Year.
(b) Prior to the determination of the Participant's actual
Compensation for the Limitation Year, the amounts referred to in
subsection (a) above may be determined on the Participant's estimated
annual compensation for such Limitation Year. Such estimated annual
compensation shall be determined on a reasonable basis and shall be
uniformly determined for all Participants similarly situated. Any
Employer contribution based on estimated annual compensation shall be
reduced by any Excess Amounts carried over from prior years.
(c) As soon as it is administratively feasible after the end of
the Limitation Year, the amounts referred to in subsection (a) above shall
be determined on the basis of the Participant's actual Compensation for
such Limitation Year.
(d) If a Participant's Annual Additions under this Plan and all
such other plans result in an Excess Amount for a Limitation Year, such
Excess Amount shall be deemed to consist of the Annual Additions last
allocated, except that Annual Additions attributable to a welfare benefit
fund or individual medical account will be deemed to have been allocated
first regardless of the actual allocation date.
(e) If an Excess Amount was allocated to a Participant on an
allocation date of this Plan which coincides with an allocation date of
another plan, the Excess Amount attributed to this Plan will be the
product of:
(i) the total Excess Amount allocated as of such date
(including any amount which would have been allocated but for the
limitations of Code Section 415), times
(ii) the ratio of (A) the amount allocated to the Participant as
of such date under this Plan, divided by (B) the total amount allocated as
of such date under all qualified master or prototype defined contribution
plans (determined without regard to the limitations of Code Section 415).
(f) Any Excess Amounts attributed to this Plan shall be
disposed of as provided in Section 6.1(d).
Section 6.3. Employers Maintaining Other Defined Contribution
Plans. If the Participant is covered under another plan which is a
qualified defined contribution plan which is not a Master or Prototype
Plan maintained by the Employer, Annual Additions allocated under this
Plan on behalf of any Participant shall be limited in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.2, as though the other plan were a Master or
Prototype Plan, unless the Employer provides other limitations in the
Adoption Agreement.
Section 6.4. Employers Maintaining Defined Benefit Plans. If
the Participant is covered or was covered at any time under a qualified
defined benefit plan maintained by the Employer, the projected annual
benefit thereunder and the Annual Additions credited to any such
Participant's Account under this Plan and any other qualified defined
contribution plan in any Limitation Year will be limited so that the sum
of the Defined Contribution Fraction and the Defined Benefit Fraction with
respect to such Participant will not exceed 1.0 in any Limitation Year.
The Annual Additions which may be credited to the Participant's Account
under this Plan for any Limitation Year will be limited in accordance with
the Adoption Agreement.
Section 6.5. Definitions. For purposes of this Article VI,
the following terms shall be defined as follows:
(a) Annual Additions -- The sum of the following amounts
allocated to a Participant's Account for a Limitation Year: (i) all
Employer contributions; (ii) all Participant contributions (other than a
qualified rollover contribution as described in Code Section 402(a)(5));
(iii) all forfeitures; (iv) all amounts allocated, after March 31, 1984,
to an individual medical account (as defined in Code Section 415(1)(2))
which is part of a defined benefit or annuity plan maintained by the
Employer are treated as Annual Additions to a defined contribution plan;
and (v) amounts derived from contributions paid or accrued after December
31, 1985, in taxable years ending after such date, which are attributable
to post-retirement medical benefits allocated to the separate account of a
"key employee" (as defined in Code Section 419A(d)(3)) under a welfare
benefit fund (as defined in Code Section 419(e)) maintained by the
Employer, are treated as Annual Additions to a defined contribution plan.
For the purposes of this Article VI, amounts reapplied under Sections
6.1(d) and 6.2(f) of the Plan to reduce Employer contributions shall also
be included as Annual Additions.
(b) Compensation is defined as wages within the meaning of
Section 3401(a) of the Code and all other payments of compensation to the
Employee by the Employer (in the course of the Employer's trade or
business) for which the Employer is required to furnish the Employee a
written statement under Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and 6052 of the Code,
determined without regard to any rules under Section 3401(a) that limit
the remuneration included in wages based on the nature or locations of the
employment or the services performed.
For Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1988, the maximum
amount of Compensation taken into account under the Plan for a Participant
in any Plan Year shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000)
or such greater amount as permitted by the Secretary of the Treasury,
except that the dollar increase in effect on January 1 of any calendar
year is effective for years beginning in such calendar year and the first
adjustment to the $200,000 limitation is effective on January 1, 1990. If
the Plan determines Compensation on a period of time that contains fewer
than 12 calendar months, then the annual compensation limit is an amount
equal to the annual compensation limit for the calendar year in which the
compensation period begins multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing
the number of full months in the period by 12.
In addition to other applicable limitations set forth in the
plan, and notwithstanding any other provision of the plan to the contrary,
for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the annual
Compensation of each employee taken into account under the plan shall not
exceed the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit. The OBRA '93 annual
compensation limit is $150,000, as adjusted by the Commissioner for
increases in the cost of living in accordance with section 401(a)(17)(B)
of the Internal Revenue Code. The cost-of-living adjustment in effect for
a calendar year applies to any period, not exceeding 12 months, over which
compensation is determined (determination period) beginning in such
calendar year. If a determination period consists of fewer than 12
months, the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit will be multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the
determination period, and the denominator of which is 12.
For plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, any
reference in this plan to the limitation under section 401(a)(17) of the
Code shall mean the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit set forth in this
provision.
If Compensation for any prior determination period is taken into
account in determining an employee's benefits accruing in the current plan
year, the compensation for that prior determination period is subject to
OBRA '93 annual compensation limit in effect for that prior determination
period. For this purpose, for determination periods beginning before the
first day of the first plan year beginning on or after January 1, 1994,
the OBRA '93 annual compensation limit is $150,000.
For Limitation Years beginning after December 31, 1991, for
purposes of applying the limitations of this Article, Compensation for a
Limitation Year is the Compensation actually paid or includible in gross
income during such Limitation Year. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, Compensation for a participant in a defined contribution plan
who is permanently and totally disabled (as defined in Code Section
22(e)(3)) is the Compensation such participant would have received for the
Limitation Year if the participant had been paid at the rate of
Compensation paid immediately before becoming permanently and totally
disabled. Such imputed Compensation for a disabled participant may be
taken into account only if the participant is not a highly compensated
employee (as defined in Code Section 414(q)) and contributions made on
behalf of such participant are nonforfeitable when made.
(c) Defined Benefit Fraction -- A fraction, the numerator of
which is the sum of a Participant's Projected Annual Benefits under all
the qualified defined benefit plans whether or not terminated) maintained
by the Employer determined at the end of the Limitation Year, and the
denominator of which is the lesser of (i) one hundred and twenty-five
percent (125%) of the dollar limitation for such Limitation Year under
Code Sections 415(b) and (d) (or such higher amount determined by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue applicable to the calendar year with
which or within which the Limitation Year ends) or (ii) one hundred and
forty percent (140%) of the Participant's average Compensation (or Earned
Income) for the three highest consecutive calendar years of service during
which the Participant was in the Plan including any adjustments under Code
Section 415(b). Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant was a
Participant as of the first limitation year beginning after December 31,
1986 in one or more defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer which
were in existence on May 6, 1986, the denominator of this fraction will
not be less than the product of 1.25 times the sum of the annual benefits
under such plans which the Participant had accrued as of the close of the
last Limitation Year beginning after January 1, 1987, disregarding any
changes in the terms and conditions of the Plan after May 5, 1986. The
preceding sentence applies only if the defined benefit plans individually
and in the aggregate satisfied the requirements of Code Section 415 for
all Limitation Years beginning before January 1, 1987.
(d) Employer -- The Employer that adopts this Plan and in the
case of a group of employers which constitutes (i) a controlled group of
corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b) as modified by Code
Section 415(h)); (ii) trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated)
which are under common control (as defined in Section 414(c) as modified
by Code Section 415(h)); (iii) an affiliated service group (as defined in
Code Section 414(m)); or (iv) a group of entities required to be
aggregated (pursuant to Code Section 414(o)) all such employers shall be
considered a single employer for purposes of applying the limitations of
this Article VI.
(e) Excess Amount -- The excess of the Participant's Annual
Additions for the Limitation Year over the Maximum Permissible Amount.
(f) Limitation Year -- A calendar year or any other twelve (12)
consecutive month period adopted by the Employer in item 12 of the
Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan) or item 10 of the Adoption
Agreement (Pension Plan). All qualified plans maintained by the Employer
shall use the same Limitation Year. If the Limitation Year is amended to
a different twelve (12) consecutive month period, the new Limitation Year
shall begin on the date within the Limitation Year in which the amendment
is made.
(g) Master or Prototype Plan -- A plan the form of which is the
subject of a favorable opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service.
(h) Maximum Permissible Amount -- For a Limitation Year, the
Maximum Permissible Amount with respect to any Participant shall be the
lesser of (i) the Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation or (ii)
twenty-five percent (25%) of the Participant's Compensation for the
Limitation Year. The Compensation limitation described in (ii) shall not
apply to any contribution for medical benefits (within the meaning of Code
Sections 401(h) or 419A(f)(2)) which is otherwise treated as an Annual
Addition under Code Sections 415(1)(1) or 419A(d)(2). If a short
Limitation Year is created because of an amendment changing the Limitation
Year to a different twelve (12) consecutive month period, the Maximum
Permissible Amount shall not exceed the defined contribution dollar
limitation in Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of months in the short Limitation Year
and the denominator of which is twelve (12).
(i) Projected Annual Benefit -- A Participant's annual
retirement benefit (adjusted to the actuarial equivalent of a straight
life annuity if expressed in a form other than a straight life or
qualified joint and survivor annuity) under the Plan, assuming that the
Participant will continue employment until the later of current age or
Normal Retirement Age, and that the Participant's Compensation for the
Limitation Year and all other relevant factors used to determine benefits
under the Plan will remain constant for all future Limitation Years.
(j) Defined Contribution Fraction -- A fraction, the numerator
of which is the sum of the Annual Additions credited to the Participant's
account under this and all other qualified defined contribution plans
(whether or not terminated) maintained by the Employer for the current and
all prior Limitation Years (including the Annual Additions attributable to
the Participant's non-deductible employee contributions to all qualified
defined benefit plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by the
Employer for the current and all prior Limitation Years and the Annual
Additions attributable to all welfare benefit funds (as defined in Code
Section 419(e)) and individual medical accounts (as defined in Code
Section 415(1)(2) maintained by the Employer), and the denominator of
which is the sum of the maximum aggregate amounts for the current and all
prior Limitation Years of service with the Employer (regardless of whether
a defined contribution plan was maintained by the Employer). The maximum
aggregate amount in any Limitation Year is the lesser of (i) one hundred
and twenty-five percent (125%) of the dollar limitation determined under
Code Sections 415(b) and (d) in effect under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) or
(ii) thirty-five percent (35%) of the Participant's Compensation for such
Limitation Year.
If the Employee was a participant as of the end of the first day
of the first Limitation Year beginning after December 31, 1986, in one or
more defined contribution plans maintained by the Employer which were in
existence on May 5, 1986, the numerator of this fraction will be adjusted
if the sum of this fraction and the defined benefit fraction would
otherwise exceed 1.0 under the terms of this Plan. Under the adjustment,
an amount equal to the product of: (i) the excess of the sum of the
fractions over 1.0 times (ii) the denominator of this fraction, will be
permanently subtracted from the numerator of this fraction. The
adjustment is calculated using the fractions as they would be computed as
of the end of the last Limitation Year beginning before January 1, 1987,
and disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the Plan made
after May 5, 1986, but using the Code Section 415 limitation applicable to
the first Limitation Year beginning on or after January 1, 1987. The
annual addition for any Limitation Year beginning before January 1, 1987,
shall not be computed to treat all Employee contributions as Annual
Additions.
(k) Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation -- For a Limitation
Year, thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or, if greater, one-fourth of the
defined benefit dollar limitation set forth in Code Section 415(b)(1) as
in effect for such Limitation Year.
(l) Highest Average Compensation -- The average Compensation
for the three consecutive Years of Service with the Employer which
produces the highest average.
ARTICLE VII
PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS
Section 7.1. Separate Accounts. Separate Accounts will be
maintained for each Participant for each of the following types of
contributions, and the income, expenses, gains and losses attributable
thereto:
(a) Employer Profit Sharing Contributions pursuant to Section
4.1 hereof;
(b) Employer Pension Contributions pursuant to Section 4.2
hereof;
(c) Participant Voluntary Contributions pursuant to Section 4.3
hereof;
(d) Elective Deferrals pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof;
(e) Matching Contributions pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof;
(f) Rollover Contributions pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof.
The Custodian shall establish such other separate Accounts as may be
necessary under the Plan. These Accounts shall be for accounting purposes
only and the Custodian shall not be required to establish separate
Custodial Accounts for these contributions.
Section 7.2. Vesting. (a) A Participant shall at all times
have a fully vested and nonforfeitable interest in all his Accounts except
his Employer Profit Sharing Contributions Account and/or his Employer
Pension Contributions Account.
(b) A Participant shall have a vested interest in his Employer
Profit Sharing Contributions Account and/or his Employer Pension
Contributions Account as determined under the vesting schedule elected in
item 7 of the Adoption Agreement.
Section 7.3. Computation of Vesting Service. All of a
Participant's Years of Service with the Employer shall be counted to
determine the nonforfeitable percentage of his Employer Profit Sharing
Contributions Account and/or his Employer Pension Contributions Account
except those Years of Service excluded under item 7 of the Adoption
Agreement. A former Participant who had a nonforfeitable right to all or
a portion of his Account balance derived from Employer contributions at
the time of his termination shall receive credit for Years of Service
prior to his Break in Service upon completing a Year of Service after his
return to the employ of the Employer. A former Participant who did not
have a nonforfeitable right to any portion of his Account balance derived
from Employer contributions at the time of termination from service will
be considered a new employee for vesting purposes, if the number of
consecutive one year Breaks in Service equals or exceeds the greater of
(i) five (5) years or (ii) the aggregate number of Years of Service before
such Breaks in Service. If such a former Participant's Years of Service
before termination from service may not be disregarded pursuant to the
preceding sentence, such former Participant's prior Years of Service shall
not be cancelled hereunder.
Section 7.4. Allocation of Forfeitures.
(a) As of the end of the Plan Year, forfeitures derived from
Employer Profit Sharing Contributions Accounts which become available for
reallocation during such Plan Year because of the operation of the vesting
provisions of Section 7.2(b), shall be allocated to the Employer Profit
Sharing Contribution Accounts of the Participants who are eligible to
share in an Employer Profit Sharing Contributions for the Plan Year. Such
amounts shall be allocated according to the ratio that each such
Participant's Compensation or Earned Income for the Plan Year bears to the
total Compensation and Earned Income of all such Participants for the Plan
Year. Forfeitures under this subsection (a) will be allocated only for
the benefit of Participants of the Employer adopting this Plan.
(b) Forfeitures derived from Employer Pension Contributions
which become available for reallocation during a Plan Year shall be
applied to reduce the Employer Pension Contributions that would otherwise
be due for such Plan Year under Section 4.2. Forfeitures under this
subsection (b) will only be used to reduce the Employer Pension
Contributions of the Employer adopting this Plan.
(c) If a benefit is forfeited because a Participant or
Beneficiary cannot be found, such benefit will be reinstated if a claim is
made by the Participant or Beneficiary.
(d) No forfeiture will occur solely as a result of a
Participant's withdrawal of any Employee contributions.
ARTICLE VIII
PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
Section 8.1. Benefits Payable Under the Plan.
(a) Normal Retirement. A Participant's interest in all
Employer contributions allocated to his Accounts shall be fully vested and
nonforfeitable on and after his Normal Retirement Age. Such Participant
may retire at any time on or after that date and shall be entitled to
receive, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.2 and 8.3 hereof,
the total amount credited to his Accounts. Any Participant who is
employed beyond his Normal Retirement Age shall continue to share in
Employer contributions until his actual retirement.
(b) Death Benefits. Upon the death of a Participant while
employed by the Employer, the total amount credited to such Participant's
Accounts (plus such Participant's share of the Employer contributions for
the year of his death), shall be payable to such Participant's Beneficiary
in accordance with Sections 8.2 and 8.3 hereof. Upon the death of a
Participant following his termination of employment with the Employer, the
vested portion of his Accounts which has not been distributed shall be
payable to such Participant's Beneficiary in accordance with Sections 8.2
and 8.3 hereof.
(c) Other Termination of Employment. A Participant who
terminates employment with the Employer on account of Disability shall be
entitled to receive, in accordance with Sections 8.2 and 8.3 hereof, the
total amount credited to his Account. A Participant whose employment with
the Employer is terminated prior to his Normal Retirement Date for any
reason other than death or Disability shall be entitled to receive, in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 8.2 and 8.3 hereof, the
portions of his Accounts that have vested pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof.
(d) Forfeitures. Any amounts in a Participant's Accounts which
are not payable under subsection (c) above when his employment with the
Employer is terminated shall remain in such Accounts and shall continue to
share in profits or losses on investments under Section 9.3 hereof until
such former Participant incurs five (5) consecutive Breaks in Service,
whereupon they shall be forfeited and administered in accordance with
Section 7.4 hereof. In the event a former Participant is reemployed by
the Employer before incurring five (5) consecutive Breaks in Service his
Accounts shall continue to vest in accordance with the vesting schedule
specified in the applicable Adoption Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if a terminated Participant receives a distribution on account
of termination of his participation in the Plan of his entire vested
interest in the Pension Plan or the Profit Sharing Plan, such
Participant's nonvested interest in the relevant plan shall be treated as
a forfeiture and administered in accordance with Section 7.4 hereof. If
the Participant elects to have distributed less than the entire vested
portion of his Account balance derived from Employer contributions, the
part of the nonvested portion that will be treated as a forfeiture is the
total nonvested portion multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the amount of the distribution attributable to Employer contributions
and the denominator of which is the total value of the vested Employer
derived Account balance. For purposes of this Section, if the value of an
employee's vested account balance is zero, the Employee shall be deemed to
have received a distribution of such vested account balance. A
Participant's vested account balance shall not include accumulated
deductible employee contributions within the meaning of Code Section
72(o)(5)(B) for plan years beginning prior to January 1, 1989. If a
Participant receives or is deemed to receive a distribution pursuant to
this subsection (d) and such Participant subsequently resumes employment
covered under the Plan, the forfeited amounts shall be restored from
current forfeitures, or if those are insufficient by a special Employer
contribution, provided that the Participant repays to the Plan the full
amount of the distribution attributable to Employer contributions prior to
the earlier of (i) five (5) years after the Participant is reemployed, or
(ii) the time the Participant incurs five (5) consecutive Breaks in
Service. In the event a former Participant is reemployed after incurring
five (5) consecutive Breaks in Service, separate Accounts will be
maintained for Employer contributions allocated before and after the Break
in Service, and Years of Service earned after his return to employment
shall be disregarded in determining the Participant's vested percentage in
his prebreak Employer contributions.
Section 8.2. Manner of Distributions.
(a) Distributions From Pension Plan. Distributions from the
Pension Plan shall be made as follows:
(i) A Participant's vested interest in the Plan shall be paid
by purchasing an annuity contract from a licensed insurance company,
unless the Participant elects to receive his interest in one of the
alternate forms of benefit described in subsection (c) below. If a
Participant is not married at his annuity starting date, the annuity
contract shall provide a monthly benefit for his life. If a Participant
is married at his annuity starting date, the annuity shall be in the form
of a qualified joint and survivor annuity. A "qualified joint and survivor
annuity" is an immediate annuity for the life of the Participant with a
survivor annuity for the life of the spouse which is equal to fifty
percent (50%) of the amount of the annuity which is payable during the
joint lives of the Participant and the spouse and which is the amount of
benefit which can be purchased with the Participant's vested Account
balance. The Participant may elect to have such annuity distributed upon
attainment of the earliest retirement age under the Plan. Any annuity
contract purchased hereunder and distributed in accordance with this
Section 8.2 shall be nontransferable and shall comply with the terms of
this Plan. For purposes of this Section, the earliest retirement age
shall be the Participant's age on the earliest date on which the
Participant could elect to receive retirement benefits.
(ii) Unless an optional form of benefit is selected in
accordance with subsection (c) below, if a Participant has a spouse and
dies prior to his annuity starting date (the date annuity payments
commence), the Participant's vested Account balance in the Plan shall be
applied toward the purchase of a life only annuity contract from a
licensed insurance company providing a benefit for the life of the
surviving spouse. The surviving spouse may elect to have such annuity
distributed within a reasonable period after the Participant's death.
(iii) For any distribution subject to the annuity
requirements in subsection (i) above, a Participant or Beneficiary may
elect in writing, within the ninety (90) day period ending on the annuity
starting date (the date annuity or any other form of benefit payments
commence), to receive his vested interest in the Plan in one of the
alternate forms of benefit set forth in subsection (c) below in lieu of
the form of benefit otherwise payable hereunder. Any waiver of the joint
and survivor annuity by a married Participant shall not be effective
unless: (A) the Participant's spouse consents in writing to the election;
(B) the election designates a specific Beneficiary, including any class of
beneficiaries or any contingent beneficiaries, which may not be changed
without spousal consent (or the spouse expressly permits designations by
the Participant without any further spousal consent); (C) the spouse's
consent acknowledges the effect of the election; and (D) the spouse's
consent is witnessed by a Plan representative or notary public.
Additionally, a Participant's waiver of the joint and survivor annuity
shall not be effective unless the election designates a form of benefit
payment which may not be changed without spousal consent (or the spouse
expressly permits designations by the Participant without any further
spousal consent). If it is established to the satisfaction of a Plan
representative that there is no spouse or that the spouse cannot be
located, a waiver will be deemed a qualified election. Any consent by a
spouse obtained under this provision (or establishment that the consent of
a spouse may not be obtained) shall be effective only with respect to such
spouse. A consent that permits designations by the Participant without
any requirement of further consent by such spouse must acknowledge that
the spouse has the right to limit consent to a specific Beneficiary, and a
specific form of benefit where applicable, and that the spouse voluntarily
elects to relinquish either or both of such rights. A revocation of a
prior election may be made by a Participant without the consent of the
spouse at any time before the commencement of benefits. The number of
revocations shall not be limited. No consent obtained under this
provision shall be valid unless the Participant and the spouse have
received notice as provided in subsection (v) below.
(iv) A Participant may elect in writing to waive the surviving
spouse benefit otherwise payable under subsection (ii) above. The benefit
may be waived at any time during the period which begins on the first day
of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 35 and ends on the
date of the Participant's death. A Participant and the spouse may waive
the pre-retirement survivor death benefit prior to age 35, provided that
such early waiver becomes invalid in the Plan Year the Participant attains
age 35 and a new waiver must be made pursuant to this subsection (iv). If
the Participant separates from service prior to the first day of the Plan
Year in which he attains age 35, the surviving spouse benefit may be
waived, with respect to the Participant's account balance as of the date
of separation, at any time during the period which begins on the date of
such separation and ends on the date of the Participant's death.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any election by a Participant to waive the
surviving spouse benefit payable under subsection (ii) above shall not be
effective unless: (A) the Participant's spouse consents in writing to the
election; (B) the spouse's consent acknowledges the effect of the
election; and (C) the spouse's consent is witnessed by a Plan
representative or notary public. If it is established to the satisfaction
of a Plan representative that there is no spouse or that the spouse cannot
be located, a waiver will be deemed a qualified election. Any consent by
a spouse obtained under this provision (or establishment that the consent
of a spouse may not be obtained) shall be effective only with respect to
such spouse. A revocation of a prior election may be made by a
Participant without the consent of the spouse at any time before the
commencement of benefits. The number of revocations shall not be limited.
No consent obtained under this provision shall be valid unless the
Participant and the spouse have received notice as provided in subsection
(v) below.
(v) The Administrator shall provide the Participant and the
Spouse, as applicable, with a written explanation of: (A) the terms and
conditions of the annuity described in subsections (i) or (ii), as
applicable; (B) the Participant's or Spouse's, as applicable, right to
waive the payment of benefits in the form of an annuity; (C) the rights of
the Participant's spouse; and (D) the right to make, and the effect of,
the revocation of a previous election to waive the payment of benefits in
the form of an annuity described in subsections (i) or (ii) hereof. In
the case of the annuity described in subsection (i), such explanation
shall be provided no less than thirty (30) days and no more than ninety
(90) days prior to the annuity starting date. In the case of the annuity
described in subsection (ii), such explanation shall be provided within
the applicable period for such Participant. The applicable period for a
Participant is whichever of the following periods ends last: (A) the
period beginning with the first day of the Plan Year in which the
Participant attains age 32 and ending with the close of the Plan Year
preceding the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 35; (B) a
reasonable period ending after the individual becomes a Participant; (C) a
reasonable period ending after this Article first applies to the
Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice must be provided
within a reasonable period ending after separation from service in the
case of a Participant who separates from service before attaining age 35.
For purposes of applying the preceding paragraph, a reasonable period
ending after the enumerated events described in (B) and (C) is the end of
the two-year period beginning one year prior to the date the applicable
event occurs, and ending one year after that date. In the case of a
Participant who separates from service before the Plan Year in which age
35 is attained, notice shall be provided within the two-year period
beginning one year prior to separation and ending one year after
separation. If such a Participant thereafter returns to employment with
the Employer, the applicable period for such Participant shall be
redetermined. A written explanation comparable to the notices described
above shall be provided to a Participant who is waiving the surviving
spouse benefit prior to attaining age 35.
(vi) The Administrator shall be responsible for the purchase of
any annuity contracts required to be purchased in accordance with the
terms of this Plan.
(b) Distributions from Profit Sharing Plan. Distributions from
the Profit Sharing Plan shall be made in the form elected by the
Participant (or Beneficiary) as described in subsection (c) below.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Profit Sharing Plan is a direct or
indirect transferee of a defined benefit plan, a money purchase pension
plan (including a target benefit plan), or a stock bonus or profit sharing
plan or is an amendment of an original Plan which is (or was) subject to
the survivor annuity requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(11) or 417 then
distributions shall be made in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (a) above. This amendment is effective on the first day of the
first plan year beginning on or after December 12, 1994, or, if later, 90
days after December 12, 1994. Notwithstanding any provision of this plan
to the contrary, to the extent that any optional form of benefit under
this plan permits a distribution prior to the employee's retirement,
death, disability, or severance from employment, and prior to plan
termination, the optional form of benefit is not available with respect to
benefits attributable to assets (including the post-transfer earnings
thereon) and liabilities that are transferred, within the meaning of
section 414(l) of the Internal Revenue Code, to this plan from a money
purchase pension plan qualified under section 401(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code (other than any portion of those assets and liabilities
attributable to voluntary employee contributions).
(c) Optional Forms of Distribution. All distributions required
under this subsection shall be determined and made in accordance with the
Income Tax Regulations under Code Section 401(a)(9), including the minimum
distribution incidental benefit requirement of Section 1.401(a)(9)-2 of
such Regulations.
(i) Amounts payable to a Participant shall be distributed in
one of the following forms as elected by the Participant, with spousal
consent, as applicable:
(A) a lump sum; or
(B) installments over a period certain not to
exceed the life expectancy of the
Participant or the joint life expectancy of
the Participant and his Beneficiary.
Such election shall be made in writing and in such form as shall be
acceptable to the Administrator. If the Participant fails to elect any of
the methods of distribution described above within the time specified for
such election, the Administrator shall distribute the Participant's
Account in the form of a single sum cash payment by the April 1 following
the calendar year in which the Participant attains age seventy and
one-half (70-1/2).
(ii) If a Participant's benefit is to be distributed in
installment payments under (B) above, the amount distributed for each
calendar year, beginning with distributions for the first distribution
calendar year, must at least equal the quotient obtained by dividing the
Participant's benefit by the applicable life expectancy. The life
expectancy (or joint and last survivor expectancy) is calculated using the
attained age of the Participant (or Beneficiary) as of the Participant's
(or Beneficiary's) birthday in the applicable calendar year reduced by one
for each calendar year which has elapsed since the date life expectancy
was first calculated. If life expectancy is being recalculated, the
applicable life expectancy shall be the life expectancy as so
recalculated. The applicable calendar year shall be the first
distribution calendar year, and, if life expectancy is being recalculated,
such succeeding calendar year.
Unless otherwise elected by the Participant (or the
Participant's spouse) by the time distributions are required to begin,
life expectancies shall be recalculated annually. Such election shall be
irrevocable as to the Participant (or spouse) and shall apply to all
subsequent years. The life expectancy of a nonspouse Beneficiary may not
be recalculated. Life expectancy and joint life expectancy are computed
by use of the expected return multiples in Tables V and VI of Section
1.72-9 of the Income Tax Regulations.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for calendar
years beginning before January 1, 1989, if the Participant's spouse is not
the designated Beneficiary, the method of distribution selected must
assure that at least fifty percent (50%) of the present value of the
amount available for distribution is paid within the life expectancy of
the Participant. For calendar years beginning after December 31, 1988,
the amount to be distributed each year shall not be less than the quotient
obtained by dividing the Participant's benefit by the lesser of (A) the
applicable life expectancy or (B) if the Participant's spouse is not the
designated Beneficiary, the applicable divisor determined from the table
set forth in Q&A-4 of Section 1.401(a)(9)-2 of the Income Tax Regulations.
Distributions after the death of the Participant shall be distributed
using the applicable return multiple specified in Section 1.72-9 of the
Income Tax Regulations as the relevant divisor without regard to Section
1.401(a)(9)-2 of the Income Tax Regulations.
(iii) The minimum distribution required for the
Participant's first distribution calendar year must be made on or before
the Participant's required beginning date as described in Section 8.3(c)
hereof. The minimum distribution for other calendar years, including the
minimum distribution for the distribution calendar year in which such
required beginning date occurs, must be made on or before December 31 of
that distribution calendar year.
(e) In any case where the Participant or Beneficiary has
determined payment to be on an installment basis, such Participant or
Beneficiary may by written request directed to the Administrator, at any
time following commencement of such installment payments, accelerate all
or any portion of the unpaid balance.
(f) For purposes of this Section a "spouse" shall include the
spouse or surviving spouse of a Participant, provided that a former spouse
shall be treated as the spouse or surviving spouse and a current spouse
will not be treated as a spouse or surviving spouse to the extent provided
under a qualified domestic relations order as described in Code Section
414(p).
(g) The payment of benefits in either a lump sum or in
installments under this Section 8.2 may be made in cash or in Investment
Company Shares.
Section 8.3. Commencement of Payments. (a) Subject to the
provisions of this Section 8.3, payment of benefits, under whichever
method is selected, shall be made or commence as soon as administratively
practicable after the Valuation Date immediately following the
Participant's retirement, death or other termination of employment.
(b) If the Participant's vested Account balance in the Pension
Plan or the Profit Sharing Plan exceeds (or at the time of any prior
distribution exceeded) three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500), no
distribution of that interest shall be made prior to the time the
Participant's Account becomes immediately distributable without the
written consent of the Participant and, in the case of the Pension Plan,
the Participant's spouse (or where either the Participant or the spouse
has died, the survivor). The consent of the Participant and the
Participant's spouse shall be obtained in writing within the ninety (90)
day period ending on the annuity starting date. The annuity starting date
is the first day of the first period for which an amount is paid as an
annuity or any other form. The Administrator shall notify the Participant
and the Participant's spouse of the right to defer any distribution until
the Participant's Account balance is no longer immediately distributable.
Such notification shall include a general description of the material
features, and an explanation of the relative values of the optional forms
of benefit available under the Plan in a manner that would satisfy the
notice requirements of Code Section 417(a)(3), and shall be provided no
less than thirty (30) days and no more than ninety (90) days prior to the
annuity starting date; provided that if a distribution is one to which
Sections 401(a)(11) and 417 of the Internal Revenue Code do not apply,
such distribution may commence less than 30 days after the notice required
under Section 1.411(a)-11(c) of the Income Tax Regulations is given,
provided that:
(1) the Administrator clearly informs the Participant that
the Participant has a right to a period of at least 30 days
after receiving the notice to consider the decision of whether
or not to elect a distribution (and, if applicable, a particular
distribution option), and
(2) the Participant, after receiving the notice,
affirmatively elects a distribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Participant need consent
to the commencement of a distribution in the form of a qualified joint and
survivor annuity while the Account balance is immediately distributable.
(Furthermore, if payment in the form of a qualified joint and survivor
annuity is not required with respect to the Participant pursuant to
Section 8.2(b) of the Plan, only the Participant need consent to the
distribution of an Account balance that is immediately distributable.)
Neither the consent of the Participant nor the Participant's spouse shall
be required to the extent that a distribution is required to satisfy Code
Sections 401(a)(9) or 415. In addition, upon termination of this Plan if
the Plan does not offer an annuity option (purchased from a commercial
insurance company), the Participant's Account balance may, without the
Participant's consent, be distributed to the Participant or transferred to
another defined contribution plan (other than an employee stock ownership
plan as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7)) within the same controlled
group.
An Account balance is immediately distributable if any part of
the Account balance could be distributed to the Participant (or surviving
spouse) before the Participant attains (or would have attained if not
deceased) the later of his Normal Retirement Age or age sixty-two (62).
For purposes of determining the applicability of the foregoing
consent requirements to distributions made before the first day of the
first Plan Year beginning after December 31, 1988, a Participant's vested
Account balance shall not include amounts attributable to accumulated
deductible employee contributions within the meaning of Code Section
72(o)(5)(B).
(c) Unless the Participant (or the Participant's Beneficiary,
if the Participant is dead) elects to defer commencement under (b) above,
distribution of benefits shall begin no later than the sixtieth (60th) day
after the close of the Plan Year in which occurs the latest of (i) the
Participant's attainment of age 65 (or normal retirement age, if earlier);
(ii) the tenth (10th) anniversary of the year in which the Participant
commenced participation in the Plan; or (iii) the date the Participant
terminates service with the Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
failure of a Participant and the spouse to consent to a distribution while
a benefit is immediately distributable, within the meaning of Section 8.1
of the Plan, shall be deemed to be an election to defer commencement of
payment of any benefit sufficient to satisfy this Section.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, payment of
benefits to a Participant shall commence by the Participant's required
beginning date, even if the Participant is still employed. A
Participant's required beginning date is the April 1 of the calendar year
following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age seventy
and one-half (70-1/2); provided that the required beginning date of a
Participant who attains age 70-1/2 before January 1, 1988, shall be
determined in accordance with (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The required beginning date of a Participant who is not a
5-percent owner is the first day of April of the calendar year following
the calendar year in which the later of retirement or attainment of age
seventy and one-half (70-1/2) occurs.
(ii) The required beginning date of a Participant who is a
5-percent owner during any year beginning after December 31, 1979, is the
first day of April following the later of the calendar year in which the
Participant attains age seventy and one-half (70-1/2), or the earlier of the
calendar year with or within which ends the Plan Year in which the
Participant becomes a 5-percent owner, or the calendar year in which the
Participant retires.
The required beginning date of a Participant who is not a 5-percent owner
who attains age seventy and one-half (70-1/2) during 1988 and who has not
retired as of January 1, 1989, is April 1, 1990.
A Participant is treated as a 5-percent owner for purposes of
this subsection (d) if such Participant is a 5-percent owner as defined in
Code Section 416(i) (determined in accordance with Code Section 416, but
without regard to whether the Plan is top-heavy) at any time during the
Plan Year ending with or within the calendar year in which such owner
attains age sixty-six and one-half (66-1/2) or any subsequent Plan Year.
Once distributions have begun to a 5-percent owner under this
subsection (d), they must continue to be distributed, even if the
Participant ceases to be a 5-percent owner in a subsequent year.
Distributions may be delayed pursuant to an election made prior
to January 1, 1984, under Section 242 of the Tax Equity and Fiscal
Responsibility Act of 1982; provided that the method of distribution
selected must be in accordance with the requirements of Code Section
401(a)(9) as in effect prior to amendment by the Deficit Reduction Act of
1984. If such an election is revoked, any subsequent distribution must
satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9). If a designation is
revoked subsequent to the date distributions are required to begin, the
Plan must distribute by the end of the calendar year following the
calendar year in which the revocation occurs the total amount not yet
distributed which would have been required to have been distributed to
satisfy Code Section 401(a)(9), but for such Section 242(b)(2) election.
For calendar years beginning after December 31, 1988, such distributions
must meet the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirements in
Section 1.401(a)(9)-2 of the Income Tax Regulations. Any changes in the
designation will be considered to be a revocation of the designation.
However, the mere substitution or addition of another Beneficiary (one not
named in the designation) under the designation will not be considered to
be a revocation of the designation, so long as such substitution or
addition does not alter the period over which distributions are to be made
under the designation, directly or indirectly (for example, by altering
the relevant measuring life).
(e)(i) If a Participant dies after benefit payments have
begun, the Participant's remaining interest in the Plan shall be
distributed to his designated Beneficiary at least as rapidly as under the
method of distribution being used prior to the Participant's death.
(ii) If the Participant dies before benefit payments have
commenced, distribution of the Participant's entire interest in the Plan
shall be completed by the December 31 of the calendar year containing the
fifth (5th) anniversary of the Participant's death, except to the extent
that an election is made to receive distributions in accordance with the
following: (A) if any portion of the Participant's interest is payable to
a designated Beneficiary, distributions may be made over the life or over
a period certain not greater than the life expectancy of the designated
Beneficiary commencing on or before December 31 of the calendar year
immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died; (B)
if the designated Beneficiary is the Participant's surviving spouse, the
date distributions are required to begin in accordance with (A) above
shall not be earlier than the later of December 31 of the calendar year
immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died and
December 31 of the calendar year in which the Participant would have
attained age seventy and one-half (70-1/2).
If the Participant has not made an election pursuant to this
subsection (ii) by the time of his death, the designated Beneficiary must
elect the method of distribution no later than the earlier of December 31
of the calendar year in which distributions would be required to begin
under this subsection (e) or December 31 of the calendar year which
contains the fifth anniversary of the date of death of the Participant.
If the Participant has no designated Beneficiary, or if the designated
Beneficiary does not elect a method of distribution, distribution of the
Participant's entire interest in the Plan must be completed by December 31
of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's
death.
For purposes of this subsection (ii), if the surviving spouse
dies after the Participant, but before payments to such spouse begin, the
provisions of this subsection (ii), with the exception of paragraph (B)
above, shall be applied as if the surviving spouse were the Participant.
Any amount paid to a child of the Participant will be treated as if it had
been paid to the surviving spouse if the amount becomes payable to the
surviving spouse when the child reaches the age of majority.
For the purposes of this subsection (e), distribution of a
Participant's interest is considered to begin on the Participant's
required beginning date (or the date distribution is required to begin to
the surviving spouse). If a distribution in the form of an annuity
irrevocably commences to the Participant before the required beginning
date, the date the distribution is considered to begin is the date
distribution actually commences.
(iii) A Participant's interest in the Plan is his Account
balance as of the last valuation date in the calendar year immediately
preceding the distribution calendar year (the valuation calendar year)
increased by the amount of any contributions or forfeitures allocated to
the Account balance as of dates in the valuation calendar year after the
valuation date and decreased by distributions made in the valuation
calendar year after the valuation date. If any portion of the minimum
distribution for the first distribution calendar year is made in the
second distribution calendar year on or before the required beginning
date, the amount of the minimum distribution made in the second
distribution calendar year shall be treated as if it had been made in the
immediately preceding distribution calendar year.
The distribution calendar year is a calendar year for which a
minimum distribution is required. For distributions beginning before the
Participant's death, the first distribution calendar year is the calendar
year immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the
Participant's required beginning date. For distributions beginning after
the Participant's death, the first distribution calendar year is the
calendar year in which distributions are required to begin pursuant to
subsection (ii) above.
For purposes of this subsection (e), the designated Beneficiary
is the individual who is designated as the Beneficiary under the Plan in
accordance with Code Section 401(a)(9) and the proposed regulations
thereunder.
Section 8.4. Payment of Small Amounts. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, if the present value of the Participant's
vested interest in the Pension Plan does not exceed (nor at the time of
any prior distribution exceeded) three thousand five hundred dollars
($3,500) as of the date the Participant's employment with the Employer
terminates, the Administrator shall distribute the present value of such
interest to the Participant in a lump sum as soon as administratively
practicable after the end of the Plan Year in which termination occurs.
Likewise, if the total present value of the Participant's vested interest
in the Profit Sharing Plan and Cash or Deferred Arrangement does not
exceed (nor at any time of any prior distribution exceeded) three thousand
five hundred dollars ($3,500) as of the date the Participant's employment
with the Employer terminates, the Administrator shall distribute the
present value of this interest to the Participant in a lump sum as soon as
administratively practicable after the end of the Plan Year in which
termination occurs. A Participant whose entire vested interest in the
Pension Plan and/or the Profit Sharing Plan has been distributed or who
has no vested interest in the Pension Plan and/or the Profit Sharing Plan
shall be deemed cashed out from the Pension Plan and/or the Profit Sharing
Plan, as applicable.
Section 8.5. Persons Under Legal or Other Disability. In the
event a Participant or Beneficiary is declared incompetent and a guardian
or other person legally charged with the care of his person or of his
property is appointed, any benefits to which such Participant or
Beneficiary is entitled shall be paid to such guardian or other person
legally charged with the care of his person or of his property.
Section 8.6. Withdrawals from Profit Sharing Plan. (a) If
elected in item 10 of the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing Plan), a
Participant shall be permitted to withdraw the specified percentage of his
vested Employer Profit Sharing Account while he is still employed after
attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2) or prior to attainment of
such age on account of a financial hardship; provided, that such
Participant has been an active Participant in the Plan for at least five
(5) years. A Participant may not make another withdrawal on account of
financial hardship under this Section 8.6 until he has been an active
Participant for at least an additional five (5) years from the date of his
last hardship withdrawal. For purposes of this Section 8.6, a financial
hardship shall mean a financial need or emergency which requires the
distribution of a Participant's Plan account in order to meet such need or
emergency. The determination of the existence of a financial hardship and
the amount required to be distributed to meet the hardship shall be made
by the Administrator in accordance with such uniform and nondiscriminatory
rules as may be established by the Administrator. A request for a
withdrawal shall be made in writing in a form prescribed by the
Administrator and shall be made in accordance with procedures and
limitations established by the Administrator. Notwithstanding the above,
no withdrawal under this Section 8.6 shall be permitted if the Integration
Formula is selected in item 6 of the Adoption Agreement (Profit Sharing
Plan).
(b) If a distribution is made pursuant to this Section 8.6 at a
time when the Participant has a nonforfeitable right to less than one
hundred percent (100%) of his Account balance derived from Employer
contributions and the Participant may increase the nonforfeitable
percentage in the Account:
(i) A separate Account will be established for the
Participant's interest in the Plan as of the time of the distribution; and
(ii) At any relevant time the Participant's nonforfeitable
portion of the separate Account will be equal to an amount ("X")
determined by the formula:
X = P(AB + (R x D)) - (R x D)
For purposes of applying the formula above: P is the nonforfeitable
percentage at the relevant time, AB is the Account balance at the relevant
time, D is the amount of the distribution, and R is the ratio of the
Account balance at the relevant time to the Account balance after
distribution.
Section 8.7. Transfer of Benefits to Eligible Retirement Plan.
(a) This Section applies to distributions made on or after January 1,
1993. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary that
would otherwise limit a distributee's election under this Article VIII, a
distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the
Administrator, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution
paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee
in a direct rollover.
(b) An eligible rollover distribution is any distribution of
all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the distributee, except
that an eligible rollover distribution does not include (i) any
distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic
payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life
expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life
expectancies) of the distributee and the distributee's designated
beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more; (ii) any
distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Section
401(a)(9) of the Code; and (iii) the portion of any distribution that is
not includible in gross income (determined without regard to the exclusion
for net unrealized appreciation with respect to employer securities).
(c) An eligible retirement plan is an individual retirement
account described in Section 408(a) of the Code, an individual retirement
annuity described in Section 408(b) of the Code, an annuity plan described
in Section 403(a) of the Code, or a qualified trust described in Section
401(a) of the Code, that accepts the distributee's eligible rollover
distribution. However, in the case of an eligible rollover distribution
to the surviving spouse, an eligible retirement plan is an individual
retirement account or individual retirement annuity.
(d) A distributee includes an employee or former employee. In
addition, the employee's or former employee's surviving spouse and the
employee's or former employee's spouse or former spouse who is the
alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in
Section 414(p) of the Code, are distributees with regard to the interest
of the spouse or former spouse.
(e) A direct rollover is a payment by the plan to the eligible
retirement plan specified by the distributee.
ARTICLE IX
ESTABLISHMENT OF
CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT; INVESTMENTS
Section 9.1. Custodial Account. (a) Unless the Employer
elects otherwise in the Adoption Agreement, the Custodian shall open and
maintain separate Custodial Accounts for each individual that the Employer
shall from time to time certify to the Custodian as a Participant in the
Plan. Such Custodial Accounts shall reflect the various Participant
Accounts described at Section 7.1 hereof.
(b) If the Employer so elects in the Adoption Agreement the
Custodian shall open and maintain a single Custodial Account in the name
of the Employer. If only a single Custodial Account is established, the
Employer shall be responsible for maintaining the records for the
individual Participant accounts.
(c) In the event that separate balances are not maintained for
the portion of a Participant's Account balance derived from Employer
contributions and Participant Voluntary Contributions, the Account balance
derived from Participant Voluntary Contributions shall be the
Participant's total account balance multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the total amount of Participant Voluntary
Contributions (less any withdrawals) and the denominator of which is the
sum of the numerator and the total Employer contributions (including
Elective Deferrals) made on behalf of such Participant.
Section 9.2. Receipt of Contributions. The Custodian shall
accept such contributions of money on behalf of Participants as it may
receive from time to time from the Employer. The Custodian may, in its
sole discretion, also accept money or Investment Company Shares held under
a preceding plan of the Employer qualified under Code Section 401(a) or
which qualify as rollover contributions or transfers under Section 4.6 of
the Plan. All such contributions shall be accompanied by written
instructions, in a form acceptable to the Custodian, from the Employer
specifying the Participant Accounts to which they are to be credited.
Section 9.3. Investment of Account Assets. (a) Upon written
instructions given by the Employer on a uniform and nondiscriminatory
basis as between Participants, the Custodian shall invest and reinvest
contributions credited to a Participant Account(s) in Investment Company
Shares. All Participant Accounts shall share in the profits or losses of
the investments on a pro rata basis (i.e., in the ratio that the
Participant's Account balance bears to all Account balances, other than
Accounts which are self-directed under subsection (b) below), subject to
adjustment by the Administrator on a fair and equitable basis for
contributions, distributions and/or withdrawals during the year. The
amount of each contribution credited to a Participant Account to be
applied to the purchase of Investment Company Shares shall be invested by
the Custodian at the applicable offering price. These purchases shall be
credited to such Account with notation as to cost. The Custodian shall
have no discretionary investment responsibility and in no event be liable
to any person for following investment instructions given by the Employer
or the Participant in the manner provided herein.
(b) Each Participant, through his separate Participant
Account(s), shall be the beneficial owner of all investments held in such
Account(s). The Employer however shall direct the Custodian (in a
nondiscriminatory manner) regarding the selection of specific Investment
Company Shares to be purchased for the Accounts of the Participants. The
Employer may permit (in a nondiscriminatory manner) the individual
Participants to select and direct the purchase of specific Investment
Company Shares for their own Account(s). In such a situation, the
Employer shall transmit all such directions to the Custodian.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise elected in the Adoption
Agreement the individual Participant may direct the investment of his
Account(s) and select the specific Investment Company Shares for purchase
for his individual Account(s) by directly communicating with the
Custodian.
(c) All income, dividends and capital gain distributions
received on the Investment Company Shares held in each Participant Account
shall be reinvested in such shares which shall be credited to such
Account. If any distribution on Investment Company Shares may be received
at the election of the Participant in additional shares or in cash or
other property, the Custodian shall elect to receive it in additional
shares. All investments acquired by the Custodian shall be registered in
the name of the Custodian or its registered nominee.
Section 9.4. Exclusive Benefit. The Custodial Account or
Accounts established hereby shall not be used or diverted to purposes
other than the exclusive benefit of Participants or their Beneficiaries.
Section 9.5. Expenses. All expenses and charges in respect of
the Plan and the Custodial Account, including, without limitation, the
Custodian's fees and commissions and taxes of any kind upon or with
respect to the Plan, shall be paid by the Employer; provided, however,
that the Custodian shall be authorized to pay such charges and expenses
from the Plan if the Employer shall fail to make payment within thirty
(30) days after it has been billed therefor by the Custodian or such
charges have otherwise become due.
Section 9.6. Voting. The Custodian shall deliver, or cause to
be executed and delivered, to the Employer all notices, prospectuses,
financial statements, proxies and proxy soliciting materials received by
the Custodian relating to investments held in Participants' Accounts. The
Custodian shall vote all proxies only in accordance with instructions
received from the Employer.
Section 9.7. Reports of the Custodian and Administrator. (a)
The Custodian shall keep accurate and detailed records of all receipts,
investments, disbursements and other transactions required to be performed
hereunder. Not later than sixty (60) days after the close of each
calendar year (or after the Custodian's resignation or removal), the
Custodian shall file with the Employer a written report reflecting the
receipts, disbursements and other transactions effected by it during such
year (or period ending with such resignation or removal) and the assets of
this Plan at its close. Such report shall be open to inspection by any
Participant for a period of thirty (30) days immediately following the
date on which it is filed with the Employer. Upon the expiration of such
thirty (30) day period, the Custodian shall be forever released and
discharged from all liability and accountability to anyone with respect to
its acts, transactions, duties, obligations or responsibilities as shown
in or reflected by such report, except with respect to any such acts or
transactions as to which the Employer shall have filed written objections
with the Custodian within such thirty (30) day period.
(b) Annual reports provided to the Employer by the Custodian
shall be, in the Custodian's discretion, on a calendar year basis unless
otherwise required by law. The Employer shall compute the valuation of
all Plan assets at least annually at the fair market value as of the last
day of each calendar year.
(c) The Custodian shall keep such records, make such
identifications and file such returns and other information concerning the
Plan as may be required of the Custodian under the Code or forms adopted
thereunder.
(d) The Administrator shall be solely responsible for the
filing of any reports or information required under the Code or forms
adopted thereunder.
Section 9.8. Limitation of Custodian's Duties and Liability.
(a) The Custodian's duties are limited to those set forth in this Plan,
and the Custodian shall have no other responsibility in the administration
of the Plan or for compliance by the Employer with any provision thereof.
The Custodian shall not be responsible for the collection of contributions
provided for under the Plan; the purpose or propriety of any distribution;
or any action or nonaction taken by the Employer or pursuant to the
Employer's request. The Custodian shall have no responsibility to
determine if instructions received by it from the Employer, or the
Employer's designated agent, comply with the provisions of the Plan. The
Custodian shall not have any obligation either to give advice to any
Participant on the taxability of any contributions or payments made in
connection with the Plan or to determine the amount of excess contribution
and net income attributable thereto. The Custodian may employ suitable
agents and counsel and pay their reasonable expenses and compensation, and
such agents or counsel may or may not be agent or counsel for the
Employer, and may be the Investment Advisor or an Investment Company.
(b) The Employer shall at all times fully indemnify and hold
harmless the Custodian, its agents, counsel, successors and assigns, from
any liability arising from distributions made or actions taken, and from
any and all other liability whatsoever which may arise in connection with
this Plan, except liability arising from the negligence or willful
misconduct of the Custodian. The Custodian shall be under no duty to take
any action other than as herein specified with respect to this Plan unless
the Employer shall furnish the Custodian with instructions in a form
acceptable to the Custodian; or to defend or engage in any suit with
respect to this Plan unless the Custodian shall have first agreed in
writing to do so and shall have been fully indemnified to the satisfaction
of the Custodian. The Custodian (and its agents) may conclusively rely
upon and shall be protected in acting upon any written order from the
Employer or any other notice, request, consent, certificate or other
instrument or paper believed by it to be genuine and to have been properly
executed, and, so long as it acts in good faith, in taking or omitting to
take any other action. No amendment to the Plan shall place any greater
burden on the Custodian without its written consent. The Custodian shall
not be liable for interest on any cash balances maintained in the Plan.
(c) The Employer shall have the sole authority to enforce the
terms of the Plan on behalf of any and all persons having or claiming any
interest therein by virtue of the Plan.
(d) The Custodian, its agents, counsel, successors and assigns,
shall not be liable to the Employer, or to any Participants or Beneficiary
for any depreciation or loss of assets, or for the failure of this Plan to
produce any or larger net earnings. The Custodian further shall not be
liable for any act or failure to act of itself, its agents, employees, or
attorneys, so long as it exercises good faith, is not guilty of negligence
or willful misconduct, and has selected such agents, employees, and
attorneys with reasonable diligence. The Custodian shall have no
responsibility for the determination or verification of the offering or
redemption prices or net asset values of Investment Company Shares, and
shall be entitled to rely for such prices and net asset values upon
statements issued by or on behalf of the Investment Company issuing the
Investment Company Shares. The Custodian shall have no duty to inquire
into the investment practices of such Investment Company; such Investment
Company shall have the exclusive right to control the investment of its
funds in accordance with its stated policies, and the investments shall
not be restricted to securities of the character now or hereafter
authorized for trustees by law or rules of court. The Custodian shall not
be liable or responsible for any omissions, mistakes, acts or failures to
act of such Investment Company, or its successors, assigns or agents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Plan shall relieve the
Custodian of any responsibility or liability under ERISA.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
Section 10.1. Amendment. (a) The Employer reserves the right
at any time and from time to time to amend or terminate the Plan. No part
of the Plan shall by reason of any amendment or termination be used for or
diverted to purposes other than the exclusive benefit of Participants and
their Beneficiaries, and further that no amendment or termination may
retroactively change or deprive any Participant or Beneficiary of rights
already accrued under the Plan except insofar as such amendment is
necessary to preserve the qualification and tax exemption of the Plan
pursuant to Code Section 401. No amendment shall increase the duties of
the Custodian or otherwise adversely affect the Custodian unless the
Custodian expressly agrees thereto. However, if the Employer amends any
provision of this Plan (including a waiver of the minimum funding
requirements under Code Section 412(d)) other than by changing any
election made in the Adoption Agreement, adopting an amendment stated in
the Adoption Agreement which allows the Plan to satisfy Code Section 415,
to avoid duplication of minimum benefits under Code Section 416 or to add
certain model amendments published by the Internal Revenue Service which
specifically provide that their adoption will not cause the Plan to be
treated as an individually designed plan, such Employer shall no longer
participate under this prototype plan and the Employer's Plan shall be
deemed to be an individually designed plan. The Employer hereby
irrevocably delegates (retaining, however, the right and power to change
any election made in the Adoption Agreement) to the Investment Advisor the
right and power to amend the Plan at any time, and from time to time, and
the Employer by adopting the Plan shall be deemed to have consented
thereto. The Investment Advisor shall notify the Employer of any
amendment to the Plan. For purposes of any Investment Advisor amendments,
the mass submitter shall be recognized as the agent of the Investment
Advisor. If the Investment Advisor does not adopt the amendments made by
the mass submitter, it will no longer be identical to or a minor modifier
of the mass submitter plan.
(b) No amendment to the Plan shall be effective to the extent
that it has the effect of decreasing a Participant's accrued benefit
except to the extent permitted by Code Sections 412(c)(8) and 411(d)(6).
For purposes of this subsection, a Plan amendment which has the effect of
decreasing a Participant's Account balance or eliminating an optional form
of benefit, with respect to benefits attributable to service before the
amendment shall be treated as reducing an accrued benefit. Furthermore,
if the vesting schedule of a Plan is amended, in the case of an Employee
who is a Participant as of the later of the date such amendment is adopted
or the date it becomes effective, the nonforfeitable percentage
(determined as of such date) of such Employee's right to his
Employer-derived accrued benefit will not be less than his percentage
computed under the Plan without regard to such amendment.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) above, an Employer may amend
the Plan by adding overriding plan language to the Adoption Agreement
where such language is necessary to satisfy Code Sections 415 or 416
because of the required aggregation of multiple plans under such Code
Sections.
Section 10.2. Termination. Upon complete discontinuance of the
Employer's Profit Sharing Contributions (if the Employer has adopted a
Profit Sharing Plan by completing the appropriate Adoption Agreement) or
termination or partial termination of the Plan, each affected
Participant's Account shall become nonforfeitable. Upon termination or
partial termination of the Plan, the Employer shall instruct the Custodian
whether currently to distribute to each Participant the entire amount of
the Participant's Account, in such one or more of the methods described in
Article VIII, or whether to continue the Plan and to make distributions
therefrom as if the Plan had continued; provided that, in the event the
Plan is continued, the Plan must continue to satisfy the requirements of
Code Section 401(a). The Employer shall in all events exercise such
discretion in a nondiscriminatory manner. The Plan shall continue in
effect until the Custodian shall have completed the distribution of all of
the Plan asset and the accounts of the Custodian have been settled.
ARTICLE XI
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Section 11.1. Administrator. The Administrator shall have the
power to allocate fiduciary responsibilities and to designate other
persons to carry out such fiduciary responsibilities; provided such
allocation is in writing and filed with the Plan records. The
Administrator may employ one or more persons to render advice to the
Administrator with regard to its responsibilities under the Plan, and
consult with counsel, who may be counsel to the Employer.
Section 11.2. Powers of Administrator. The Administrator shall
administer the Plan in accordance with its terms and shall have all powers
necessary to carry out its terms. The Administrator shall have
discretionary authority to determine eligibility for benefits and to
interpret and construe the terms of the Plan, and any such determination,
interpretation or construction shall be final and binding on all parties
unless arbitrary and capricious. Any such discretionary authority shall be
carried out in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner.
Section 11.3. Records and Reports. The Administrator, or those
to whom it has delegated fiduciary duties, shall keep a record of all
proceedings and actions, and shall maintain all such books of account,
records and other data as shall be necessary for the proper administration
of the Plan. The Administrator, or those to whom it has delegated
fiduciary duties, shall have responsibility for compliance with the
provisions of ERISA relating to such office, including filing with the
Secretary of Labor and Internal Revenue Service of all reports required by
the Code and/or ERISA and furnishing Participants and Beneficiaries with
descriptions of the Plan and reports required by ERISA.
Section 11.4. Other Administrative Provisions.
(a) No bond or other security shall be required of the
Administrator, and/or any officer or Employee of the Employer to whom
fiduciary responsibilities are allocated, except as may be required by
ERISA.
(b) The Administrator or the Employer may shorten, extend or
waive the time (but not beyond sixty days) required by the Plan for filing
any notice or other form with the Administrator or the Employer, or taking
any other action under the Plan, except a response to an appeal under
Section 11.6, from a decision of the Administrator.
(c) The Administrator or the Employer may direct that such
reasonable expenses as may be incurred in the administration of the Plan
shall be paid out of the funds of the Plan, unless the Employer shall pay
them.
(d) The Administrator, the Custodian, and any other persons
performing fiduciary duties under the Plan shall act with the care, skill,
prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a
prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would
use in the conduct of an enterprise of like character and with like aims,
and no such person shall be liable, to the maximum extent permitted by
ERISA, for any act of commission or omission in accordance with the
foregoing standard.
Section 11.5. Claims Procedure. Any claim relating to benefits
under the Plan shall be filed with the Administrator on a form prescribed
by the Administrator. If a claim is denied in whole or in part, the
Administrator shall give the claimant written notice of such denial within
ninety (90) days after the filing of such claim, which notice shall
specifically set forth:
(a) The reasons for the denial;
(b) The pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial was
based;
(c) Any additional material or information necessary for the
claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or
information is needed; and
(d) An explanation of the Plan's procedure for review of the
denial of the claim.
In the event that the claim is not granted and notice of denial of a claim
is not furnished by the ninetieth (90th) day after such claim was filed,
the claim shall be deemed to have been denied on that day for the purpose
of permitting the claimant to request review of the claim.
Section 11.6. Claims Review Procedure.
(a) Any person whose claim filed pursuant to Section 11.5 has
been denied in whole or in part by the Administrator may request review of
the claim by the Employer, by filing a written request with the
Administrator. The claimant shall file such request (including a
statement of his position) with the Employer no later than sixty (60) days
after the mailing or delivery of the written notice of denial provided for
in Section 11.5, or, if such notice is not provided, within sixty (60)
days after such claim is deemed denied pursuant to Section 10.5. The
claimant shall be permitted to review pertinent documents. A decisions
shall be rendered by the Employer and communicated to the claimant not
later than sixty (60) days after receipt of claimant's written request for
review. However, if the Employer finds it necessary, due to special
circumstances (for example, the need to hold a hearing), to extend this
period and so notifies the claimant in writing, the decision shall be
rendered as soon as practicable, but in no event later than one hundred
and twenty (120) days after the claiman'ts request for review. The
employer's decision shall be in writing and shall specifically set forth:
(i) The reasons for the decision; and
(ii) The pertinent Plan provisions on
which the decision is based.
Any such decision of the Employer shall bind the claimant and the
Employer, and the Administrator shall take appropriate action to carry out
such decision.
(b) Any person whose claim has been denied in whole or in part
must exhaust the administrative review procedures provided in subsection
(a) above prior to initiating any claim for judicial review.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENT AND CONTINUATION OF ORIGINAL PLAN
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of the Plan to
the contrary, an employer that has previously established an Original Plan
may, in accordance with the provisions of the Original Plan, amend and
continue the Original Plan in the form of this Plan and become an Employer
hereunder, subject to the following:
(a) subject to the conditions and limitations of the Plan, each
person who is a Participant under the Original Plan immediately prior to
the effective date of the amendment and continuation thereof in the form
of this Plan will continue as a Participant in this Plan;
(b) no election may be made in the Adoption Agreement if such
election would reduce the benefits of a Participant under the Original
Plan to less than the benefits to which he would have been entitled if he
had resigned from the employ of the Employer on the date of the Amendment
and continuation of the Original Plan in the form of this Plan;
(c) the amounts, if any, of a Participant's or former
Participant's Accounts immediately prior to the effective date of the
amendment and continuation of the Original Plan in the form of this Plan
shall be reduced to cash, deposited with the Custodian and constitute the
opening balances in such Participant's Account under this Plan;
(d) amounts being paid to individuals in accordance with the
provisions of the Original Plan shall continue to be paid under this Plan,
but in the form that they were being paid under the Original Plan;
(e) any Beneficiary designation in effect under the Original
Plan immediately before its amendment and continuation in the form of this
Plan which effectively meets the requirements contained in Section 2.3
hereof shall be deemed to be a valid Beneficiary designation pursuant to
Section 2.3 of this Plan, unless and until the Participant or former
Participant revokes such Beneficiary designation or makes a new
Beneficiary designation under this Plan. If the Beneficiary designation
form does not meet the requirements of Section 2.3 hereunder, the
Participant's spouse shall be deemed to be his Beneficiary. If the
Participant is unmarried, or his spouse does not survive him, his estate
shall be deemed his Beneficiary.
(f) if the Original Plan's vesting schedule (or this Plan's
vesting schedule) or the Plan is amended or changed in any way that
directly or indirectly affects the computation of a Participant's
nonforfeitable interest in his Account derived from Employer
contributions, each such Participant with at least three (3) Years of
Service with the Employer may elect, within a reasonable period after the
adoption of the amendment or change, to have his nonforfeitable percentage
computed under the Plan without regard for the amendment or change. For
any Participant who does not have at least one (1) Hour of Service in any
Plan Year beginning after December 31, 1988, the preceding sentence shall
be applied by substituting "five (5) Years of Service" for "three (3)
Years of Service" where such language appears therein. Any such election
must be made during the period commencing on the date of the amendment or
change and ending on the latest of: (i) sixty (60) days after that date;
(ii) sixty (60) days after the effective date of the amendment or change;
or (iii) sixty (60) days after such Participant is issued written notice
of the amendment or change by the Plan Administrator or Employer.
ARTICLE XIII
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
Section 13.1. Effect of Top-Heavy Status. The Plan shall be a
"Top-Heavy Plan" for any Plan Year commencing after December 31, 1983, if
any of the following conditions exist:
(a) If the Top-Heavy Ratio for this Plan exceeds sixty percent
(60%) and this Plan is not part of any Required Aggregation Group or
Permissive Aggregation Group.
(b) If this Plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group but
not part of a Permissive Aggregation Group and the Top-Heavy Ratio for the
group of plans exceeds sixty percent (60%).
(c) If this Plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group and
part of a Permissive Aggregation Group and the Top-Heavy Ratio for the
Permissive Aggregation Group exceeds sixty percent (60%).
If the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan in any Plan Year beginning after December
31, 1983, the provisions of Sections 13.3 through 13.6 shall supersede any
conflicting provisions of the Plan or the Adoption Agreement.
Section 13.2. Additional Definitions. Solely for purposes of
this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a) "Key Employee" means any Employee or former Employee (and
the Beneficiaries of such Employee) who at any time during the
Determination Period was an officer of the Employer if such individual's
annual compensation exceeds 50 percent of the dollar limitation under Code
Section 415(b)(1) (A), an owner (or considered an owner under Code Section
318) of one of the ten largest interests in the Employer if such
individual's compensation exceeds 100 percent (100%) of the dollar
limitation under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A), a five percent (5%) owner of
the Employer, or one percent (1%) owner of the Employer who has an annual
compensation of more than $150,000. Annual compensation means
compensation as defined in Code Section 415(c)(3), of the Code, but
including amounts contributed by the Employer pursuant to a salary
reduction agreement which are excludible from the Employee's gross income
under Code Sections 125, 402(a)(8), 402(h) or 403(b). The determination
period is the plan year containing the Determination Date and the four (4)
preceding Plan Years.
The determination of who is a Key Employee will be made in accordance with
Code Section 416(i)(1) and the Regulations thereunder.
(b) "Determination Date" means the last day of the preceding
Plan Year. For the first Plan Year of the Plan Determination Date shall
mean the last day of that year.
(c) "Top-Heavy Ratio" means:
(i) If the Employer maintains one or more defined contribution
plans (including any simplified employee pension plan) and the Employer
has not maintained any defined benefit plan which during the five (5) year
period ending on the Determination Date(s) has or has had accrued
benefits, the Top-Heavy Ratio for this plan alone or for the Required or
Permissive Aggregation Group as appropriate is a fraction, the numerator
of which is the sum of the account balances of all Key Employees as of the
determination date(s) (including any part of any account balance
distributed in the five (5) year period ending on the Determination
Date(s)), and the denominator of which is the sum of all account balances
(including any part of any account balance distributed in the five (5)
year period ending on the Determination Date(s)), both computed in
accordance with Code Section 416 and the Regulations thereunder. Both the
numerator and denominator of the Top-Heavy Ratio are increased to reflect
any contribution not actually made as of the Determination Date, but which
is required to be taken into account on that date under Code Section 416
and the Regulations thereunder.
(ii) If the Employer maintains one or more defined contribution
plans (including any simplified employee pension plan) and the Employer
maintains or has maintained one or more defined benefit plans which during
the five (5) year period ending on the Determination Date(s) has or has
had any accrued benefits, the Top-Heavy Ratio for any Required or
Permissive Aggregation Group as appropriate is a fraction, the numerator
of which is the sum of account balances under the aggregated defined
contribution plan or plans for all Key Employees, determined in accordance
with (i) above, and the present value of accrued benefits under the
aggregated defined benefit plan or plans for all Key Employees as of the
Determination Date(s), and the denominator of which is the sum of the
account balances under the aggregated defined contribution plan or plans
for all participants, determined in accordance with (i) above, and the
present value of accrued benefits under the defined benefit plan or plans
for all participants as of the Determination Date(s), all determined in
accordance with Code Section 416 and the Regulations thereunder. The
accrued benefits under a defined benefit plan in both the numerator and
denominator of the Top-Heavy Ratio are increased for any distribution of
an accrued benefit made in the five (5) year period ending on the
Determination Date.
(iii) For purposes of (i) and (ii) above the value of
account balances and the present value of accrued Valuation Date that
falls within or ends with the twelve (12) month period ending on the
Determination Date, except as provided in Code Section 416 and the
Regulations thereunder for the first and second plan years of a defined
benefit plan. The account balances and accrued benefits of a participant
(A) who is not a Key Employee but who was a Key Employee in a prior year,
or (B) who has not been credited with at least one (1) hour of service
with any employer maintaining the plan at any time during the five (5)
year period ending on the Determination Date will be disregarded. The
calculation of the Top-Heavy Ratio, and the extent to which distributions,
rollovers, and transfers are taken into account will be made in accordance
with Code Section 416 and the Regulations thereunder. Deductible employee
contributions will not be taken into account for purposes of computing the
Top-Heavy Ratio. When aggregating plans the value of account balances and
accrued benefits will be calculated with reference to the determination
dates that fall within the same calendar year.
(iv) The accrued benefit of a participant other than a Key
Employee shall be determined under (i) the method, if any, that uniformly
applies for accrual purposes under all defined benefit plans maintained by
the employer, or (ii) if there is no such method, as if such benefit
accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted under the
fractional rule of Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).
(d) "Permissive Aggregation Group" means the Required
Aggregation Group of plans plus any other plan or plans of the Employer
which, when considered as a group with the Required Aggregation Group,
would continue to satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and
410.
(e) "Required Aggregation Group" means (i) each qualified plan
of the Employer in which at least one Key Employee participates or
participated at any time during the five (5) year period ending on the
Determination Date (regardless of whether the plan has terminated), and
(ii) any other qualified plan of the Employer which enables a plan
described in (i) to meet the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) or
410.
(f) "Valuation Date" means (i) in the case of a defined
contribution plan, the Determination Date, and (ii) in the case of a
defined benefit plan, the date as of which funding calculations are
generally made within the twelve (12) month period ending on the
Determination Date.
(g) "Employer" means the employer or employers whose employees
are covered by this Plan and any other employer which must be aggregated
with any such employer under Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o).
(h) "Present Value" means the value based on an interest rate
of five percent (5%) and mortality assumptions based on the 1971 GAM
Mortality Table or such other interest rate or mortality assumptions as
may be specified in the Adoption Agreement.
Section 13.3. Minimum Allocations. (a) For any year in which
the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan, each Participant who is not a Key Employee
and who is not separated from service at the end of the Plan Year shall
receive allocations of Employer contributions and forfeitures under this
Plan at least equal to three percent (3%) of Compensation (as defined in
Section 2.6) for such year or, if less, the largest percentage of the
first two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) of compensation allocated on
behalf of the Key Employee for the Plan Year where the Employer has no
defined benefit plan which designates this Plan to satisfy Code Section
401. This minimum allocation shall be determined without regard for any
Social Security contribution and shall be provided even though under other
provisions the Participant would not otherwise be entitled to receive an
allocation or would have received a lesser allocation because of (i) the
Participant's failure to complete One Thousand (1,000) Hours of Service
(or any equivalent provided in the Plan), or (ii) the Participant's
failure to make mandatory Employee contributions to the Plan, or (iii)
Compensation less than a stated amount.
(b) The provision in (a) above shall not apply to any
Participant to the extent the Participant is covered under any other plan
or plans of the employer and the employer has provided in the Adoption
Agreement that the minimum allocation or benefit requirement applicable to
top-heavy plans will be met in the other plan or plans.
(c) The minimum allocation required (to the extent required to
be nonforfeitable under Section 416(b)) may not be forfeited under Code
Sections 411(a)(3)(B) or 411(a)(3)(D).
(d) For purposes of subsection (a) above, neither Elective
Deferrals nor Employer Matching Contributions shall be taken into account
for the purposes of satisfying the minimum top-heavy benefits requirement.
Section 13.4. Benefit Limit Change. If the Employer maintains
both the Plan and a defined benefit plan which cover one or more of the
same Key Employees and the plans are Top-Heavy in a Plan Year, then
Section 6.5(c) and (j) hereof shall be amended to substitute "one hundred
percent (100%)" for the number "one hundred and twenty-five percent
(125%)" where the latter appears therein.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1. Rights of Employees and Participants. No Employee
or Participant shall have any right or claim to any benefit under the Plan
except in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, and then only to the
extent that there are funds available therefor in the hands of the
Custodian. The establishment of the Plan shall not be construed as
creating any contract of employment between the Employer and any Employee
or otherwise conferring upon any Employee or other person any legal right
to continuation of employment, nor as limiting or qualifying the right of
the Employer to discharge any Employee without regard to the effect that
such discharge might have upon his rights under the Plan.
Section 14.2. Merger With Other Plans. The Plan shall not be
merged or consolidated with, nor transfer its assets or liabilities to,
any other plan unless each Participant, Beneficiary and other person
entitled to benefits, would (if the Plan then terminated) receive a
benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer which is
equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to
receive if the Plan had terminated immediately prior to the merger,
consolidation or transfer.
Section 14.3. Non-Alienation of Benefits. The right to receive
a benefit under the Plan shall not be subject in any manner to
anticipation, alienation, or assignment, nor shall such right be liable
for or subject to debts, contracts, liabilities or torts, either
voluntarily or involuntarily. Any attempt by the Participant, Beneficiary
or other person to anticipate, alienate or assign his interest in or right
to a benefit or any claim against him seeking to subject such interest or
right to legal or equitable process shall be null and void for all
purposes hereunder to the extent permitted by ERISA and the Code.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of the Plan, the
Administrator shall recognize and give effect to a qualified domestic
relations order with respect to child support, alimony payments or marital
property rights if such order is determined by the Administrator to meet
the applicable requirements of Code Section 414(p). If any such order so
directs, distribution of benefits to the alternate payee may be made at
any time, even if the Participant is not then entitled to a distribution.
The Administrator shall establish reasonable procedures relating to notice
to the Participant and determinations respecting the qualified status of
any domestic relations order.
Section 14.4. Failure to Qualify. Notwithstanding anything in
this Plan to the contrary, all contributions under the Plan made prior to
the receipt by the Employer of a determination by the Internal Revenue
Service to the effect that the Plan is qualified under Code Section 401
shall be made on the express condition that such a determination will be
received, and in the event that the Internal Revenue Service determines
upon initial application for a determination that the Plan is not so
qualified or tax exempt, all contributions made by the Employer or
Participants prior to the date of determination must be returned within
one (1) year from the date of such determination, but only if the
application for qualification is made by the time prescribed by law for
filing the Employer's return for the taxable year in which the Plan is
adopted or such later date as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
Section 14.5. Mistake of Fact; Disallowance of Deduction.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, any contributions
made by the Employer which are conditioned on the deductibility of such
amount under Code Section 404, to the extent of the amount disallowed, or
which are made because of a mistake of fact must be returned to the
Employer within one year after such disallowance or such mistaken
contribution.
Section 14.6. Participation under Prototype Plan. If the Plan
as adopted by the Employer either fails to attain or maintain
qualification under the Code, such Plan will no longer participate in this
prototype plan and will be considered an individually designed plan.
Section 14.7. Gender. Where the context admits, words used in
the singular include the plural, words used in the plural include the
singular, and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter
genders.
Section 14.8. Headings. The headings of Sections are included
solely for convenience of reference, and if there is any conflict between
such headings and the text of the Plan, the text shall control.
Section 14.9. Governing Law. Except to the extent governed by
ERISA and any other applicable federal law, the Plan shall be construed,
administered and enforced according to the laws of the state in which the
Employer has its principal place of business.
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REYNOLDS/aa.pp 01/26/98 MCW/jem
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC. PROTOTYPE
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN
ADOPTION AGREEMENT [STANDARDIZED]
(PENSION PLAN)
The undersigned Employer, hereby adopts and establishes the
Reynolds Funds, Inc. Prototype Defined Contribution Retirement Plan. This
Plan is subject to the terms set forth below in this Adoption Agreement.
1. EMPLOYER INFORMATION
Name:
Address:
Telephone Number: (___)
Employer Identification Number:
Type of Entity: [_] Corporation
[_] Partnership
[_] Sole Proprietorship
[_] Other (please describe)
Employer's Taxable Year is [_] calendar year or [_] fiscal year
beginning ______________________
2. PLAN INFORMATION
Plan Administrator (if other than the Employer):
Name:
Address:
Telephone Number: (___)
Plan Year is the [_] calendar year, [_] Employer's fiscal year, or
[_] year beginning ___________________
3. EFFECTIVE DATE
Execution of this Adoption Agreement (check one):
[_] Establishes a new plan.
[_] Is an amendment to an Original Plan. This amendment is
effective _____________, 19__.
[_] Is an amendment to an Original Plan under which no further
contributions will be made or participation permitted (a
"frozen plan"). This amendment is effective __________,
19__. (You need not complete
items 4, 5 or 6 and check item 7(A)(1)).
The Effective Date of the Plan is ____________, 19__. (If this is an
amended plan enter the date the Original Plan first started.)
4. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(A) Please check one:
[_] An Employee need not complete any waiting period.
[_] In order to become a Participant, an employee must satisfy
the following Age and Service Requirements:
(1) An Employee must complete ____ (enter 1 or 2 years)
Year(s) of Employment. If more than 1 year is
selected, you must also check item 7(A)(1).
A Year of Employment shall mean the 12 consecutive
month period beginning on the date an Employee first
performs an Hour of Service or an anniversary thereof
during which the Employee has completed ________
(insert 1,000 or less) Hours of Service.
Hours of Service shall be determined on the basis of
the method elected below. Only one method may be
elected. The method elected shall be applied to all
Employees covered under the Plan.
[_] On the basis of actual hours for which an
Employee is paid
or entitled to payment.
[_] On the basis of days worked:
An Employee shall be credited with 10 Hours of
Service if the Employee would be credited with at
least 1 Hour of Service during the day.
[_] On the basis of weeks worked:
An Employee shall be credited with 45 Hours of
Service if the Employee would be credited with at
least 1 Hour of Service during the week.
[_] On the basis of months worked:
An Employee shall be credited with 190 Hours of
Service if the Employee would be credited with at
least 1 Hour of Service during the month.
(2) An Employee must attain age ____ (not greater than age
21).
(B) Union Employees shall be:
[_] Included as eligible employees.
[_] Excluded from participation in the Plan.
Note: Union Employees must be covered by a collective
bargaining agreement between the Employer and employee
representatives under which retirement benefits were
the subject of good faith bargaining. The term
"employee representatives" does not include any
organization more than one-half of whose members are
officers, executives or owners of the Employer.
5. COMPENSATION
(A) A Participant's "Compensation" shall include
(check one):
[_] All taxable earnings for the Plan Year.
[_] Only amounts earned after completion of the eligibility
requirements selected in 4 above.
(B) For any self-employed individual, Compensation means Earned
Income.
6. EMPLOYER PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS
(A) The Employer Pension Contribution for each Plan Year shall be
____% (not more than 25%) of the aggregate Compensation and
Earned Income of eligible Participants. This contribution will
be reduced by the amount of any forfeitures allocated to the
accounts of Participants for such Plan Year.
(B) Allocation Formulas
The Employer Pension Contributions shall be allocated pursuant
to the following formula (check one):
[_] Compensation Formula
Employer Pension Contributions shall be allocated based on
each eligible Participant's total Compensation for the Plan
Year.
Note: If the Integration Formula is elected under the Profit
Sharing Plan, the Compensation Formula must be elected under
this Plan.
[_] Integration Formula
Employer Pension Contributions (and forfeitures) shall be
allocated based on each eligible Participant's Compensation
in excess of the Integration Level and total Compensation
for the Plan Year, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 4.2(b) of the Plan.
[_] The Integration Level shall be the taxable wage base
for FICA
tax purposes.
[_] The Integration Level shall be $_________ (not to
exceed the
FICA taxable wage base).
Note: If the Plan is top-heavy all eligible Participants must
first be allocated 3% of their total Compensation and any
remaining contribution may be allocated pursuant to the
Integration Formula.
7. VESTING
(A) A Participant shall have a nonforfeitable and fully vested
interest in his Employer Pension Contribution Account under the
following vesting schedule (check one):
(1) [_] A Participant shall at all times have a nonforfeitable
and fully vested interest.
(2) [_] A Participant shall be fully vested after _____ (not
more than 3) Years of Service.
(3) [_] A Participant shall become vested in accordance with
the following schedule:
Vested
Years of Service Percentage
Less than 2 0%
2 20%
3 40%
4 60%
5 80%
6 or more 100%
(B) A "Year of Service" shall mean any Plan year in which an
Employee completes at least ____ (insert 1,000 or less) Hours of
Service. Years of Service shall include all Years of Service
with the Employer except as noted below (check one, both or
none):
(1) [_] All Years of Service prior to the effective date of
this Plan (or a
predecessor plan) shall be excluded.
(2) [_] All Years of Service before the Plan Year in which the
Participant attained age 18 shall be excluded.
8. PARTICIPANT AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
Participant Voluntary Contributions (check one):
[_] Participant Voluntary Contributions are permitted.
[_] Participant Voluntary Contributions are permitted only for
non-highly compensated employees.
[_] Participant Voluntary Contributions are [_] not permitted.
9. NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE
The Normal Retirement Age Shall be age ___ [insert an age not to
exceed 65].
10. LIMITATION ON ALLOCATIONS
"Limitation Year", if other than a calendar year, shall mean the 12
consecutive month period ending on the last day of
________________________.
Follow these instructions only if the Employer maintains (or has ever
maintained) another qualified plan (other than the Profit Sharing
Plan) which is either (i) a qualified defined contribution plan other
than a Master or Prototype Plan or (ii) a qualified defined benefit
plan in which any Participant in this Plan is (or was) a participant
or could become a participant, or if the Employer maintains a welfare
benefit fund or an individual medical account.
To comply with Internal Revenue Code requirements, please attach
appropriate provisions that limit the amount of Annual Additions
allocated to any Participant's Account.
If you do not attach the appropriate provisions, Sections 6.3. and
6.4 of the Plan will automatically apply.
11. TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
The interest rate and mortality assumptions for determining Top-Heavy
status shall be the assumptions designated under Section 13.2(h) of
the Plan, unless different assumptions are selected below.
The interest rate and mortality assumptions for determining present
values to compute the Top-Heavy ratio shall be:
Interest Rate: _____%
Mortality Table: _____________________________
12. ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS
(A) Unless elected below, the Custodian shall establish individual
Custodial Accounts for each Participant.
(1) The Custodian shall establish a single Custodial Account in
the name of the Employer and the Employer shall keep all
records for the individual Participants.
(B) Unless elected below, a Participant shall be permitted to direct
the investment of his Account balance.
(1) Participant self-direction of the investment of his Account
balance is not permitted.
13. CUSTODIAN
The undersigned as Employer hereby appoints First Wisconsin Trust
Company as Custodian.
14. FEES
The Custodian shall receive fees for its services in respect to each
Participant's Account in accordance with the attached fee schedule.
The fee schedule may be changed by the Custodian with advance notice
from time to time. If not separately included, any acceptance fee
listed in the attached schedule will be deducted from the initial
contribution received from the Employer. Any acceptance or other
Custodian fees included will be deducted equally from each
Owner-Employee's contribution or Account. Annual maintenance fees
for each Participant's Account and any fees directly related to
activity in that Participant's Account shall be deducted annually and
activity fees will be deducted at the time incurred. Sufficient
Investment Company Shares will be redeemed to cover this fee.
Extraordinary services resulting from unusual administrative
responsibilities not contemplated by this schedule will be subject to
such additional charges as will reasonably compensate the Custodian
for the services performed.
15. FUNDING WAIVER
In the event the Employer obtains a funding waiver under Code Section
412 from the Internal Revenue Service, the Employer shall amend the
Plan by adding language which will override the affected provisions
of the Plan and this Adoption Agreement (attach appropriate
overriding language to this Adoption Agreement to comply with the
Code).
Note: An Employer that amends the Plan because of a waiver of the
minimum funding requirements under Code Section 412 will no longer
participate in this prototype Plan and will be considered to have
adopted an individually designed plan.
16. REPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYER
The Employer represents that it has consulted its legal and tax
advisors with respect to the Plan. The Employer acknowledges that it
may not continue participation under the Plan if it fails to attain
or maintain tax qualification of the Plan or if it amends the Plan
other than by a change in the Adoption Agreement. The Employer
agrees that whenever a Participant contribution is made, the Employer
will determine that the Participant has received the appropriate
current Investment Company prospectus. The Employer represents that
the Participant has received such prospectus by depositing
contributions with the Custodian.
The Employer acknowledges that if it has ever maintained or later
adopts any plan (including after December 31, 1985, a welfare benefit
fund, as defined in Code Section 419(e), which provides
post-retirement medical benefits allocated to separate accounts for
key employees, as defined in Code Section 419A(d)(3) or an individual
medical account, as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2)) in addition to
this Plan (or the Profit Sharing Plan), it may not rely on an opinion
letter issued by the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service
as evidence that this Plan is qualified under Code Section 401. If
the Employer adopts or maintains multiple plans and wishes reliance
that the Plan is qualified, application for an individual
determination letter should be made to the appropriate District
Office of the Internal Revenue Service.
17. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This Plan is sponsored by:
Reynolds Capital Management, Inc.
Wood Island, 3rd Floor
80 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Larkspur, CA 94939
Further information regarding this Plan may be obtained by contacting
the Plan Sponsor at the address or telephone number listed above.
The Plan Sponsor will inform the undersigned Employer of any
amendments made to this Plan or of the discontinuance or abandonment
of this Plan.
Failure to properly fill out this Adoption Agreement may result in
disqualification of this Plan.
This Adoption Agreement can only be used with Plan document No. 01.
Signature of Employer:
Name of person signing above (please print):
Date:
CUSTODIAN ACCEPTANCE
The undersigned hereby accepts appointment as Custodian under
the Plan.
FIRSTAR TRUST COMPANY
By:
Date:
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REYNOLDS/AA.PS 01/26/98 MCW/GHD/jem
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.PROTOTYPE
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN
ADOPTION AGREEMENT [STANDARDIZED]
(PROFIT-SHARING PLAN)
The undersigned Employer, hereby adopts and establishes the
Reynolds Funds, Inc. Prototype Defined Contribution Retirement Plan. This
Plan is subject to the terms set forth below in this Adoption Agreement.
1. EMPLOYER INFORMATION
Name:
Address:
Telephone
Number: (___)
Employer Identification Number:
Type of Entity: [_] Corporation
[_] Partnership
[_] Sole Proprietorship
[_] Other (please describe)
________________________________
Employer's Taxable Year is [_] calendar year or [_] fiscal year
beginning _____________________
2. PLAN INFORMATION
Plan Administrator (if other than the Employer):
Name:
Address:
Telephone Number: (___)
Plan Year is the [_] calendar year, [_] Employer's fiscal year,
or [_] year beginning __________________
3. EFFECTIVE DATE
Execution of this Adoption Agreement (elect one):
[_] Establishes a new plan.
[_] Is an amendment to an Original Plan. This amendment is
effective ____________, 19__.
[_] Is an amendment to an Original Plan under which no further
contributions will be made or participation permitted (a "frozen
plan"). This amendment is effective ______________, 19__. (You
need not complete items 4, 5 or 6 and check item 7(A)(l).)
The Effective Date of the Plan is ____________, 19__. (If this is an
amended plan enter the date the Original Plan first started.)
4. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(A) Please check one:
[_] An Employee need not complete any waiting period.
[_] In order to become a Participant, an Employee must satisfy
the following Age and Service Requirements (please fill in
the blanks):
(1) An Employee must complete ____ (enter 1 or 2 years)
Year(s) of Employment. If more than 1 year is
selected, you must also check item 7(A)(1).
A Year of Employment shall mean the 12 consecutive
month period beginning on the date an Employee first
performs an Hour of Service or an anniversary thereof
during which the Employee has completed _________
(insert 1,000 or less) Hours of Service.
Hours of Service shall be determined on the basis of
the method elected below. Only one method may be
elected. The method elected shall be applied to all
Employees covered under the Plan.
[_] On the basis of actual hours for which an
Employee is paid
or entitled to payment.
[_] On the basis of days worked:
An Employee shall be credited with 10 Hours of
Service if the Employee would be credited with at
least 1 Hour of Service during the day.
[_] On the basis of weeks worked:
An Employee shall be credited with 45 Hours of
Service if the Employee would be credited with at
least 1 Hour of Service during the week.
[_] On the basis of months worked:
An Employee shall be credited with 190 Hours of
Service if the Employee would be credited with at
least 1 Hour of Service during the month.
(2) An Employee must attain age _____ (not greater than
age 21).
(B) Union Employees shall be:
[_] Included as eligible employees.
[_] Excluded from participation in the Plan.
Note: Union Employees must be covered by a collective
bargaining agreement between the Employer and employee
representatives under which retirement benefits were the
subject of good faith bargaining. The term "employee
representatives" does not include any organization more
than one-half of whose members are officers, executives or
owners of the Employer.
5. COMPENSATION
(A) A Participant's "Compensation" shall include
(check one):
[_] All taxable earnings for the Plan Year.
[_] Only amounts earned after completion of the eligibility
requirements selected in item 4 above.
(B) For any self-employed individual, Compensation means Earned
Income.
6. EMPLOYER PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS
(A) The Employer Profit Sharing Contributions for each Plan Year
shall be (check one):
[_] A discretionary amount determined by the Employer, but not
more than 15% of the aggregate Compensation and Earned
Income of Participants eligible to share in such
contribution for the Plan Year.
[_] An amount equal to ____% (not more than 15%) of the
aggregate Compensation and Earned Income of Participants
eligible to share in such contribution for the Plan Year.
(B) Employer Profit Sharing Contributions:
[_] Shall be made out of Net Profits.
[_] May be made without regard to Net Profits.
(C) Allocation Formulas
The Employer Profit Sharing Contributions (and) forfeitures)
shall be allocated to the accounts of eligible Participants
pursuant to the following formula (elect one):
(1) [_] Compensation Formula
Employer Profit Sharing Contributions (and
forfeitures) shall be allocated based on each eligible
Participant's total Compensation for the Plan Year.
NOTE: If the Integration Formula is selected under
the Pension Plan, the Compensation Formula must be
selected under this Plan.
(2) [_] Integration Formula
Employer Profit Sharing Contributions (and
forfeitures) shall be allocated based on each eligible
Participant's Compensation in excess of the
Integration Level and total Compensation for the Plan
Year, subject to the limitation set forth in Section
4.1(b) of the Plan.
[_] The Integration Level shall be the taxable wage base
for FICA tax purposes.
[_] The Integration Level shall be $_________ (not to
exceed the FICA taxable wage base).
NOTE: If the Plan is top-heavy all eligible Participants
must first be allocated 3% of their total Compensation and
any remaining contributions may be allocated pursuant to
the Integration Formula.
7. VESTING
(A) A Participant shall have a nonforfeitable and fully vested
interest in his Employer Profit Sharing Contribution Account
under the following vesting schedule (check one):
(1) [_] A Participant shall at all times have a nonforfeitable
and fully vested interest.
(2) [_] A Participant shall be fully vested after _____ (not
more than 3) Years of Service.
(3) [_] A Participant shall become vested in accordance with
the following schedule:
Vested
Years of Service Percentage
Less than 2 0%
2 20%
3 40%
4 60%
5 80%
6 or more 100%
(B) A "Year of Service" shall mean any Plan Year in which an
Employee completes at least ____ (insert 1,000 or less) Hours of
Service. Years of Service shall include all Years of Service
with the Employer except as noted below (check one, both or
none).
(1) [_] All Years of Service prior to the effective date of
this Plan (or a predecessor plan) shall be excluded.
(2) [_] All Years of Service before the Plan Year in which the
Participant attained age 18 shall be excluded.
8. CASH OR DEFERRED ARRANGEMENT (Section 401(k))
Please check one:
[_] This Plan will include a cash or deferred arrangement (complete
the remainder of this Section). The Effective Date of this Cash
or Deferred Arrangement (Section 401(k)) is ________________,
19__.
[_] This Plan will not include a cash or deferred arrangement (do
not complete the remainder of this Section).
(A) Elective Deferrals.
(1) An Employee shall be eligible to make Elective
Deferrals under Article V of the Plan upon satisfying
the following eligibility requirements:
[_] An Employee must complete _____ (not greater than
1 year) Years of Employment.
[_] An Employee must attain age ____ (not greater
than 21).
[_] Union Employees are excluded from making Elective
Deferrals.
[_] All Employees are eligible to make Elective
Deferrals.
(2) An Employee may elect to make Elective Deferrals to
the Plan equal to a percentage of regular salary or
wages for a pay period as specified in a salary
reduction agreement. The maximum percentage of
Elective Deferrals shall be _____%.
[_] Elective Deferrals may be based on cash bonuses
paid to the Employee. The maximum percentage of
such Elective Deferrals shall be _____%.
(3) An Employee may change the rate of his Elective
Deferrals:
[_] On the first day of each Plan Year.
[_] And on the following additional dates:
______________________
(4) [_] Recharacterization of excess contributions will
be available
only for non-highly compensated employees.
(B) Matching Contributions
(1) The percentage of Elective Deferral contributions
which are matched is:
[_] ___%.
[_] ___% of the first ___% or $________ of Elective
Deferrals.
[_] A percentage determined by the Employer, but will
not be more than 100%.
(2) Matching Contributions are made:
[_] Each pay period in which Elective Deferrals are
made.
[_] At the end of the Plan Year for Employees meeting
the requirements for annual contributions.
(3) Matching Contributions will vest under the following
schedule (elect one):
[_] Employee shall at all times have a nonforfeitable
and fully vested interest in any Matching
Contributions.
[_] An Employee shall be fully vested in any Matching
Contributions after ____ (not more than 3) Years
of Service.
[_] An Employee shall become vested in any Matching
Contributions in accordance with the following
schedule:
Nonforfeitable
Years of Service Percentage
Less than 2 0%
2 20%
3 40%
4 60%
5 80%
6 or more 100%
(C) Special Contributions
[_] The Employer may make Qualified Matching Contributions
subject to Section 5.4 of the Plan.
[_] The Employer may make Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions, subject to Section 5.4 of the Plan.
Note: These special contributions are used to satisfy
the nondiscrimination tests which apply to elective
deferral and matching contributions.
(D) Hardship Withdrawals
[_] Withdrawals on account of financial hardship are
allowed in accordance with Section 5.5(a) of the Plan.
[_] Withdrawals on account of financial hardship are not
allowed.
9. PARTICIPANT AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
Participant Voluntary Contributions (check one):
[_] Participant Voluntary Contributions are permitted.
[_] Participant Voluntary Contributions are permitted only for
non-highly
compensated employees.
[_] Participant Voluntary Contributions are not permitted.
10. WITHDRAWAL OF EMPLOYER PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS
[_] A Participant who has participated in the Plan for at least 5
years may withdraw up to _____% of his vested Employer Profit
Sharing Contribution Account after attaining age 59-1/2 or on
account of a financial hardship in accordance with Section 8.6
of the Plan.
Note: Withdrawals are not permitted if the Integration Formula
is selected in item 6(C)(2).
[_] Withdrawals are not permitted.
11. NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE
[_] The Normal Retirement Age shall be age ___ [insert an age not to
exceed 65].
12. LIMITATION ON ALLOCATIONS
"Limitation Year", if other than a calendar year, shall mean the 12
consecutive month period ending on the last day of
_______________________.
Follow these instructions only if the Employer maintains (or has ever
maintained) another qualified plan (other than the Pension Plan)
which is either (i) a qualified defined contribution plan other than
a Master or Prototype Plan or (ii) a qualified defined benefit plan
in which any Participant in this Plan is (or was) a participant or
could become a participant, or if the Employer maintains a welfare
benefit fund or an individual medical account.
To comply with Internal Revenue Code requirements, please attach
appropriate provisions that limit the amount of Annual Additions
allocated to any Participant's Account.
If you do not attach the appropriate provisions, Sections 6.3. and
6.4 of the Plan will automatically apply.
13. TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
The interest rate and mortality assumptions for determining Top-Heavy
status shall be the assumptions designated under Section 13.2(h) of
the Plan, unless different assumptions are selected below.
The interest rate and mortality assumptions for determining present
values to compute the Top-Heavy ratio shall be:
Interest Rate: _____%
Mortality Table: _____________________________
14. ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS
(A) Unless elected below, the Custodian shall establish individual
Custodial Accounts for each Participant.
[_] The Custodian shall establish a single Custodial Account in
the name of the Employer and the Employer shall keep all
records for the individual Participants.
(B) Unless elected below, a Participant shall be permitted to direct
the investment of his Account balance.
[_] Participant self-direction of the investment of his Account
balance is not permitted.
15. CUSTODIAN
The undersigned as Employer hereby appoints First Wisconsin Trust
Company as Custodian.
16. FEES
The Custodian shall receive fees for its services in respect to each
Participant's Account in accordance with the attached fee schedule.
The fee schedule may be changed by the Custodian with advance notice.
If not separately included, any acceptance fee listed in the attached
schedule will be deducted from the initial contribution received from
the Employer. Any acceptance or other Custodian fees included will
be deducted equally from each Owner-Employee's contribution or
Account. Annual maintenance fees for each Participant's Account and
any fees directly related to activity in that Participant's Account
shall be deducted annually and activity fees will be deducted at the
time incurred. Sufficient Investment Company Shares will be redeemed
to cover this fee.
Extraordinary services resulting from unusual administrative
responsibilities not contemplated by this schedule will be subject to
such additional charges as will reasonably compensate the Custodian
for the services performed.
17. REPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYER
The Employer represents that it has consulted its legal and tax
advisors with respect to the Plan. The Employer acknowledges that it
may not continue participation under the Plan if it fails to attain
or maintain tax qualification of the Plan or if it amends the Plan
other than by a change in the Adoption Agreement. The Employer
agrees that whenever a Participant Contribution is made, the Employer
will determine that the Participant has received the appropriate
current Investment Company prospectus. The Employer represents that
the Participant has received such prospectus by depositing
contributions with the Custodian.
The Employer acknowledges that if it has ever maintained or later
adopts any plan (including after December 31, 1985, a welfare benefit
fund, as defined in Code Section 419(e), which provides
post-retirement medical benefits allocated to separate accounts for
key employees, as defined in Code Section 419A(d)(3) or an individual
medical account, as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2)) in addition to
this Plan (or the Pension Plan), it may not rely on an opinion letter
issued by the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service as
evidence that this Plan is qualified under Code Section 401. If the
Employer adopts or maintains multiple plans and wishes reliance that
the Plan is qualified, application for an individual determination
letter should be made to the appropriate District Office of the
Internal Revenue Service.
18. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This Plan is sponsored by:
Reynolds Capital Management, Inc.
Wood Island, 3rd Floor
80 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
Larkspur, CA 94939
(415) 461-7860
Further information regarding this Plan may be obtained by contacting
the Plan Sponsor at the address or telephone number listed above.
The Plan Sponsor will inform the undersigned Employer of any
amendments made to this Plan or of the discontinuance or abandonment
of this Plan.
Failure to properly fill out this Adoption Agreement may result in
disqualification of this Plan.
This Adoption Agreement can only be used with Plan document No. 01.
Signature of Employer:
Name of person signing above (please print):
Date:
CUSTODIAN ACCEPTANCE
The undersigned hereby accepts appointment as Custodian under
the Plan.
FIRSTAR TRUST COMPANY
By:
Date:
REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
SECTION 403(B)(7) CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
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REYNOLDS FUNDS, INC.
SECTION 403(B)(7) CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
Introduction
The Reynolds Funds, Inc. Section 403(b)(7) Custodial Account
Agreement ("Custodial Account Agreement" or "Agreement") is intended for
use in connection with Section 403(b)(7) arrangements where the parties
desire that all or part of the contributions made to the arrangement be
invested in shares of one or more of the portfolios of the Reynolds Funds,
Inc. managed by Reynolds Capital Management, Inc. (the "Investment
Advisor"). The Custodial Account Agreement, and all funds held under the
Agreement, are intended to comply with, and be administered in accordance
with, the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ("Code") and, to
the extent applicable, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
("ERISA"), as such laws may be amended and in effect from time to time.
Article I. Eligibility and Participation.
Eligible Employees
Section 403(b)(7) of the Code provides special retirement plan
rules applicable to employees of an Employer that is:
(1) an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code
and that is exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the
Code; or
(2) an educational organization as defined in Section
170(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code if the education organization
is maintained by a State or a political subdivision of a
State or an agency or instrumentality of either.
Adoption of Custodial Account Agreement
An Employee who performs services for an organization described
in (1) or (2) above may adopt this Custodial Account Agreement. The
Employee adopts the Custodial Account Agreement by completing and signing
the Account Application and by delivering it (via first class mail or
recognized courier service) to the Custodian. The Custodial Account
Agreement will become effective upon written acceptance of the Account
Application by the Custodian (or by its delegate or agent). Although the
Employer is not required to sign the Account Application, the Employer
will be deemed to have established the Custodial Account for the benefit
of the Employee as of the date on which the Employer transmits a
contribution (including, without limitation, a Salary Reduction
contribution) to the Custodian for the benefit of the Employee's account.
Incorporation of Documents
The Account Application and (if contributions will be made on a
salary reduction basis) the Salary Reduction Agreement between the
Employer and the Employee, are incorporated by reference and made a part
of the Custodial Account Agreement.
Article II. Contributions.
In General
Subject to the special limitations described in this Article II,
the Employer may contribute to the Custodial Account (in cash) for any
taxable year, provided that the amount of the contribution does not
represent an "excess contribution" as defined in Section 4973(c) of the
Code.
Limitation on Salary Reduction Contributions.
The amount contributed to an Employee's Custodial Account in any
calendar year as a Salary Reduction Contribution shall not exceed the
greater of $10,000 or the limitation on elective deferrals in effect for
such year under Section 402(g) of the Code ($7,000, indexed for cost-of-
living increases). The limitation determined in accordance with the
foregoing sentence is then reduced by the amount of any Salary Reduction
Contributions made during the calendar year by or on behalf of the
Employee under a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Section
401(k) of the Code, a simplified employee pension under Section 408(k) of
the Code, an eligible deferred compensation plan under Section 457 of the
Code, or another tax deferred annuity or custodial account under Section
403(b) of the Code.
In the case of an individual who has completed at least fifteen
(15) years of service with an educational institution, hospital, home
health service agency, health and welfare service agency, church or
convention or association of churches, or a tax-exempt organization
controlled by a church or convention or association of churches as
described in Section 414(e)(3)(B)(ii) of the Code (collectively referred
to as a "Qualified Organization"), the limitation on Salary Reduction
Contributions for any year as determined above shall be increased by the
least of the following amounts:
(1) $3,000;
(2) the difference (but not less than zero) between $15,000 and
any amounts excluded from gross income in prior years as a
result of this special "catch up" rule; and
(3) the difference (but not less than zero) between (A) $5,000
multiplied by the number of years of service that the
individual has with the Qualified Organization, and (B) the
amount of Salary Reduction Contributions made by the
Qualified Organization on behalf of the individual for
prior taxable years under a qualified cash or deferred
arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code, a simplified
employee pension under Section 408(k) of the Code, or
another tax deferred annuity or custodial account under
Section 403(b) of the Code.
In the event that an Employee determines that the amount
contributed for any calendar year exceeds the limitation on Salary
Reduction Contributions, and if the Employee notifies the Custodian in
writing of such excess amount no later than March 1 of the following
calendar year, the Custodian will distribute such excess amount (plus any
income attributable thereto) to the Employee not later than April 15 of
the year following the year in which the excess Salary Reduction
Contributions were made. Neither the Investment Advisor nor the Custodian
shall have any responsibility for determining whether excess Salary
Reduction Contributions have been made or, if made, for distributing any
excess amount except in accordance with the specific written instructions
of the Employee.
Limitations on Total Contributions (Employer Non-Elective and Employee
Salary Reduction Contributions.
The maximum amount of contributions (including Salary Reduction
Contributions) that may be contributed to an Employee's Custodial Account
for any taxable year shall not exceed the lesser of the Employee's:
(1) Exclusion Allowance computed in accordance with Section
403(b)(2) of the Code, i.e., generally, twenty percent
(20%) of the Employee's "includable compensation"
multiplied by the Employee's years of service, less all
contributions made in prior years; or
(2) Section 415 Limit, i.e., generally, the lesser of twenty
five percent (25%) of the individual's "compensation" for
the limitation year (the calendar year unless the Employer
has designated a different year) or $30,000 (as adjusted
from time to time in accordance with Section 415(d) of the
Code).
Salary Reduction Contributions generally reduce the Employee's
"compensation" and "includable compensation" for purposes of the foregoing
limits.
An Employee who is employed by a Qualified Organization may
elect to calculate his total contribution limit in accordance with one of
the alternative limitations described in Section 415(c)(4) of the Code.
In general, Section 415(c)(4) of the Code permits the Employee to elect:
(1) to insert, in lieu of the Section 415 Limit, on amount
equal to the lesser of (A) $15,000 or (B) twenty five
percent (25%) of the Employee's "includable compensation"
plus $4,000;
(2) to disregard the Section 415 Limit, so that the Employee's
total contribution limit will equal the Employee's
Exclusion Allowance; or
(3) for the year in which the Employee terminates employment,
to replace the Section 415 Limit with an amount equal to
the lesser of (A) $30,000 (as adjusted from time to time in
accordance with Section 415(d) of the Code), or (B) the
amount of contributions which could have been, but were
not, made under Section 403(b) during the ten year period
ending on the date of the Employee's termination,
determined by taking into account only the Employee's
period of employment with the Employer.
The alternate limitation elections described in Paragraphs (1), (2) and
(3) above are mutually exclusive and irrevocable, so that an Employee who
elects one of the alternate limitations may not thereafter utilize another
of the alternate limits. Further, the alternate limitation described in
Paragraph (3) above may be used only once by an Employee, rather than once
with respect to each Employer.
In the case of contributions other than Salary Reduction
Contributions, an Employee's "compensation" or "includable compensation"
shall not exceed $160,000 or such other limit in effect for such year
under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.
Limitation on Custodian or Investment Advisor Duties and Responsibilities.
Neither the Investment Advisor nor the Custodian shall be
responsible for determining the amount that may be contributed on behalf
of the Employee, unless such obligation is explicitly undertaken by
separate written agreement. In addition, neither the Investment Advisor
nor the Custodian shall be responsible to recommend or compel Employer
contributions to the Custodial Account. The disposition of excess
contributions will be made in accordance with instructions from the
Employer to the extent such instructions are consistent with applicable
law.
Rollover or Transfer Contributions
The Employee or the Employer may transfer or cause to be
transferred to this Custodial Account, by rollover, direct rollover or
direct transfer, assets available from an existing annuity contract or
custodial account established under Section 403(b) of the Code for which
previous contributions were made on the Employee's behalf. In addition, a
rollover, direct rollover or transfer may be made from an individual
retirement account or annuity established pursuant to Section 408 of the
Code, if the assets in the individual retirement account or annuity are
attributable solely to a previous rollover contribution to the account or
annuity from one or more annuity contracts or custodial accounts
established pursuant to Section 403(b) of the Code. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Employer maintains a written Section 403(b) plan for
which this Custodial Account serves as a funding vehicle, any restrictions
imposed by the terms of such plan upon rollovers, direct rollovers, or
transfers shall, to the extent that they are inconsistent with the
provisions of this paragraph, take precedence over this paragraph.
Article III. Investment of Contributions
Employee Investment Election
All contributions made to the Custodial Account shall be used by
the Custodian to purchase shares of one or more of the portfolios of the
regulated investment company known as the Reynolds Funds, Inc. For
purposes of this Custodial Account, each such portfolio will be referred
to as an "Investment Company," and the shares of each Investment Company
will be referred to as "Investment Company Shares". The Employee (or the
Employee's beneficiary, executor or administrator) may direct the
Custodian to invest his Custodial Account in the shares of the Investment
Companies or other regulated investment companies as may be made available
by the Investment Advisor in the future. The Employee (or the Employee's
beneficiary, executor or administrator) may direct the Custodian to
transfer all or any part of his Custodial Account assets from one
Investment Company to another at any time. In directing the Custodian the
Employee (or the Employee's beneficiary, executor or administrator) shall
designate a percentage allocation to any or all of the then available
Investment Companies, subject to the rules of such Investment Company with
respect to minimum investment or allocation. Any changes in the
allocation of future contributions or current Custodial Account assets
will be effective only when the Custodian receives appropriate
instructions from the Employee (or the Employee's beneficiary, executor or
administrator). Such instructions may be given by the Employee either in
writing and in such form as may be acceptable to the Custodian, or (if
available) by use of the telephone system maintained for such purpose by
the Custodian or its agent. By giving such instructions to the Custodian,
the Employee will be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of the current
prospectus of any Investment Company in which the Employee instructs the
Custodian to invest. In the event no direction is made, or if the opinion
of the Custodian the directions received are not clear, the Custodian will
invest all contributions in such fund as the Investment Advisor may from
time to time designate, until further notice or clarifying written
instructions are received from the Employee. All dividends and capital
gains shall be reinvested in additional Investment Company Shares. All
Investment Company Shares acquired by the Custodian shall be registered in
the name of the Custodian or its nominee.
Custodian Reliance and Duty
The Custodian and its agents may conclusively rely upon and
shall be protected in acting upon any direction, instruction or order from
the Employee or any other written notice, request, or instrument believed
by it to be genuine and to have been properly executed and, so long as the
Custodian acts in good faith, in taking or omitting to take any other
action.
The Custodian shall have no duty to question the directions of
the Employee (or the Employee's beneficiary, executor or administrator),
regarding the investment of the assets in the Custodial Account or to
advise such persons regarding such investments, nor shall the Custodian,
the Investment Advisor, or any affiliates of either, be liable for any
loss that results from the exercise of control (whether by action or
inaction) over the Custodian Account by the Employee (or the Employee's
beneficiary, executor or administrator).
Article IV. Distribution of Custodial Account
Distribution Events
The Custodian shall have no responsibility for making
distribution from the Custodial Account prior to receipt of an executed
distribution election form, which shall be in such form and completed in
such manner as the Custodian may prescribe. Distribution from the
Employee's Custodial Account shall not be made prior to the date on which
one of the following events has occurred:
(1) The Employee has attained age 59 and 1/2;
(2) The Employee has separated from service with the Employer;
(3) The Employee has become disabled; or
(4) The Employee has died.
To the extent that the Employer's Section 403(b) program allows,
distribution of the portion of the Employee's Custodial Account
attributable to Salary Reduction Contributions (but not including any
earnings thereon) also may be made in the event of the Employee's
financial hardship. A substantial financial hardship shall exist if the
Employee incurs an immediate and heavy financial need that cannot be met
by other resources reasonably available to the Employee. The Employee's
financial hardship must be certified to by the Employer in accordance with
the standards for financial hardship promulgated from time to time by the
Internal Revenue Service for application to Section 403(b) arrangements.
In no event shall the Custodian or the Investment Advisor certify to the
Employee's hardship.
Distributions prior to age 59 and 1/2 may be subject to a ten
percent (10%) additional tax under Section 72(t) of the Code.
The Employer, in its Section 403(b) document, may provide for
distribution later than the time of the foregoing events, and to the
extent that the events specified in the Employer's plan are consistent
with the minimum distribution requirements of Section 403(b)(10) of the
Code, the terms of the Employer's plan shall govern. The Employer's plan
may not, however, specify payment prior to the occurrence of one or more
of the events described above.
For purposes of Paragraph (3) above, the Employee shall be
considered disabled if he is disabled within the meaning of Section
72(m)(7) of the Code, meaning that the Employee is unable to engage in any
substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable
physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or
be of long continued and indefinite duration.
Form of Distribution
The Employee may elect a form of distribution from among the
following alternatives:
(1) A single sum payment in cash;
(2) A specified dollar amount as directed by the Employee from
time to time;
(3) Monthly, quarterly, or annual installment payments over a
period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the
Employee; or
(4) Monthly, quarterly, or annual installment payments over a
period not extending beyond the joint and last survivor
life expectancy of the Employee and his beneficiary.
Such election shall be made in writing in such form as shall be
acceptable to the Custodian. After attaining age 702, certain
restrictions may apply to the Employee's ability to change the period over
which payments are made. In no event shall the Custodian or the Investment
Advisor have any responsibility for determining, or giving advice with
respect to, the form of benefit, life expectancies or minimum distribution
requirements.
If the Employee fails to elect any of the methods of
distribution described above within the time specified for such election,
the Custodian may distribute the Employee's Custodial Account in the form
of a single sum cash payment by the April 1 following the calendar year in
which the Employee attains age 702. Except as otherwise required by
Section 403(b)(10) of the Code, the amount of the monthly, quarterly or
annual installment payments shall be determined by dividing the entire
interest of the Employee in the Custodial Account at the close of the
prior year by the number of years remaining in the period specified by the
Employee's election.
Minimum Distribution Requirements
The Employee must receive distributions from the Custodial
Account in accordance with Regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury pursuant to Section 403(b)(10) of the Code which are hereby
incorporated by reference, or in the absence of such regulations, in
accordance with Section 401(a)(9) of the Code. In general, these
provisions require that certain minimum distributions must commence not
later than the April 1 of the calendar following the calendar year in
which the Employee has both retired and attained age 702 (the "required
beginning date"). For any Employee who attained age 702 prior to January
1, 1988, the Employee's "required beginning date" is the April 1 of the
calendar year following the calendar year of the Employee's retirement or
attainment of age 702, whichever occurs later. Certain accounts in
existence prior to January 1, 1987 may be subject to special treatment.
Life expectancies are computed by use of Tables V and VI of
Section 1.72-9 of the Income Tax Regulations, or any updated tables
published by the Internal Revenue Service for this purpose. Unless the
Employee (or his spouse) elects not to have life expectancy recalculated,
the Employee's life expectancy (and the life expectancy of the Employee's
spouse, if applicable) will be recalculated annually using their attained
ages as of their birthdays in the year for which the minimum annual
payment is being determined. The life expectancy of the designated
beneficiary (other than the spouse) will not be recalculated. Any such
election to recalculate or not to recalculate life expectancies shall be
irrevocable as to the Employee and spouse as of the required beginning
date, and may not thereafter be changed. The minimum annual payment may
be made in a series of installments (e.g., monthly, quarterly, etc.) as
long as the total payments for the year made by the date required are not
less than the minimum amounts required.
If the Employee dies before his entire interest in the Custodial
Account is distributed to him, the remaining undistributed balance of such
interest shall be distributed to the beneficiary or beneficiaries, if any,
designated by the Employee. If no valid designation of a beneficiary
shall have been made, distribution shall be made to the Employee's
surviving spouse, or the Employee's estate, in that order.
If the Employee dies on or after the required beginning date,
the beneficiary must continue to receive distributions at least as rapidly
as under the payment method in effect at the Employee's death.
If the Employee dies prior to the required beginning date, the
beneficiary may elect, in writing, to receive the distribution in one of
the following forms:
(a) A single sum payment in cash made by the
December 31 of the year containing the fifth
anniversary of the Employee's death; or
(b) Monthly, quarterly, or annual payments
commencing not later than the December 31
following the year of the Employee's death
over a period not to exceed the life
expectancy of the beneficiary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the beneficiary is the Employee's
spouse, distributions may be delayed until the December 31 of the year in
which the Employee would have attained age 702. A beneficiary must
receive distributions from the Custodial Account in accordance with the
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to
Section 403(b)(10) of the Code, including the incidental death benefit
requirements, which are hereby incorporated by reference, or in the
absence of such Regulations, in accordance with Section 401(a)(9) of the
Code and the regulations thereunder.
Beneficiary
The Employee may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries (which
may include a trust or the Employee's estate), and may, in addition, name
a contingent beneficiary. Such designation shall be made in writing in a
form acceptable to the Custodian. The Employee may, at any time, revoke
his or her designation of a beneficiary or change the beneficiary by
filing notice of such revocation or change with the Custodian, provided
that no such designation or change in designation executed by the Employee
prior to death may be filed with the Custodian more than thirty (30) days
following the Employee's death. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event the Employee is married at the time of his death, the beneficiary
shall be the Employee's surviving spouse unless such spouse has consented
in writing to the designation of an alternative beneficiary after notice
of the spouse's rights and such consent was witnessed by a notary public
or representative of the Employer. In the event no valid designation of
beneficiary is on file with the Employer or the Custodian at the date of
death or no designated beneficiary survives the Employee, the Employee's
spouse shall be deemed the beneficiary; in the further event the Employee
is unmarried or his spouse does not survive him, the Employee's estate
shall be deemed to be his beneficiary.
Direct Rollover Option
In the case of any distribution from this Custodial Account that
constitutes an "eligible rollover distribution" as defined in Section
402(c)(4) of the Code, the Custodian shall provide the Employee or
beneficiary with the option of (A) receiving the distribution directly,
(B) having the distribution transferred to an individual retirement
account or eligible 403(b) program that accepts such "direct rollovers",
or (C) to the extent required under regulations issued by the Secretary of
the Treasury, a combination of (A) and (B).
If the Employee or beneficiary timely elects the transfer option
and provides the Custodian with such information as the Custodian may
prescribe regarding the transferee plan or account, including the name of
the transferee plan or account and identity of the trustee or custodian,
the distribution amount shall be transferred to the successor trustee or
custodian in a "direct rollover" in accordance with Sections 403(b)(10)
and 401(a)(31) of the Code. The Custodian may elect to accomplish the
"direct rollover" by delivering to the Employee or beneficiary a check,
for the full amount of the distribution, but made payable to the trustee
or custodian of the transferee plan or account. The Employee or
beneficiary shall then be responsible for delivering the check to the
trustee or custodian or the transferee plan.
If the Employee or beneficiary elects payments made directly to
the Employee or beneficiary, distribution shall be accomplished by
delivering to the Employee or beneficiary a check, for the amount of the
distribution less applicable required withholding, made payable to the
Employee or beneficiary.
If the Employee or beneficiary fails to make a timely election,
or if the participant or beneficiary elects the transfer option but fails
to provide the Custodian with appropriate information to enable the
Custodian to implement the transfer, the Custodian shall, subject to
applicable consent requirements, cause the Employee's or beneficiary's
distribution to be paid directly to the Employee or beneficiary, less
applicable required withholding.
The Custodian need not offer the "direct rollover" option in the
case of any distribution that has been exempted from the "direct rollover"
requirements under rules and regulations issued (whether in proposed,
temporary or final form) by the Secretary of the Treasury. In addition,
the Custodian may promulgate additional rules and regulations, including
rules and regulations governing the time by which elections must be made,
that it determines to be necessary or desirable to the administer this
provision.
The Custodian shall not be responsible for the tax consequences
resulting from an Employee's election between receiving a distribution
directly or having the distribution transferred to an individual
retirement account or eligible 403(b) program in a "direct rollover."
Responsibilities of Custodian
The Custodian does not assume and shall not have any
responsibility to make any distribution except in accordance with written
instructions received by the Custodian. In addition, no distribution
shall be made unless and until the Custodian shall have been furnished
with all certificates, signature guarantees and other documents (including
proof of any legal representative's authority) that the Custodian may have
requested.
Tax Withholding
Any distribution made by the Custodian from the Custodial
Account shall be subject to withholding in accordance with applicable law.
Article V. Administration
In General
The Custodian shall perform solely the duties assigned to the
Custodian hereunder; provided that the Custodian may contract with
affiliates of the Custodian or other parties for the performance of
certain services. The Custodian shall not be deemed to be a fiduciary in
carrying out the following duties:
(a) Receiving contributions pursuant to the
provisions of the Custodial Account.
(b) Holding, investing and reinvesting the
contributions in Investment Company Shares.
(c) Registering any property held by the
Custodian in its own name, or in nominee or
bearer form that will pass delivery.
(d) Making distributions from the Custodial
Account in cash.
Voting
The Custodian shall mail to the Employee all proxies, proxy
soliciting materials, and periodic reports or other communications that
may come into the Custodian's possession by reason of its custody of
Investment Company Shares. The Employee shall vote the proxy,
notwithstanding the fact that the Custodian may be the registered owner of
the Investment Company Shares, and the Custodian shall have no further
liability or responsibility with respect to the voting of such shares.
Reports
The Custodian shall keep accurate and detailed account of its
receipts, investments and disbursements. As soon as practicable after
December 31st each year, and whenever required by Regulations adopted by
the Internal Revenue Service under the Act or the Code, the Custodian
shall file with the Employee a written report of the Custodian's
transactions relating to the Custodial Account during the period from the
last previous accounting, and shall file such other reports with the
Internal Revenue Service as may be required by its Regulations (but not
including any reports that may be required to be filed by the Employer).
Unless the Employee sends the Custodian written objection to a
report within sixty (60) days after its receipt, the Employee shall be
deemed to have approved such report, and, in such case the Custodian shall
be forever released and discharged with respect to all matters and things
included therein. The Custodian may seek a judicial settlement of its
accounts. In any such proceeding the only necessary party thereto in
addition to the Custodian shall be the Employee.
Written Notices
All written notices or communications to the Employee or the
Employer shall be effective when sent by first class mail to the last
known address of the Employee or the Employer on the Custodian's records.
All written notices or communications to the Custodian shall be mailed or
delivered to the Custodian at its designated mailing address, and no such
written notice of communications shall be effective until the Custodian's
actual receipt thereof. The Custodian shall be entitled to rely
conclusively upon, and shall be fully protected in any action taken by it
in good faith in reliance upon the authenticity of signatures contained in
all written notices or other communications which it receives and which
appear to have been sent by the Employee, the Employer, or any other
person.
Indemnification and Limitation on Liability
The Employee, Employer, and Custodian intend that the Custodian
shall have and exercise no discretion, authority or responsibility as to
any investment in connection with the Custodial Account, and the Custodian
shall not be responsible in any way for the tax treatment of any
contribution or distribution, or for any other action or nonaction taken
pursuant to the Employee's or Employer's direction or that of the
Employee's beneficiary, executor or administrator. The Employee who
directs the investment of his or her Custodial Account shall bear sole
responsibility for the suitability of any directed investment and for any
adverse consequences arising from such an investment.
The Custodian shall have no responsibilities other than those
provided for herein or in ERISA or Code and shall not be liable for a
mistake in judgment, for any action taken (or not taken) in good faith, or
for any loss that is not a result of its gross negligence, except as
provided in ERISA or the Code.
The Employee (and the Employee's beneficiary, executor or
administrator) shall indemnify and hold the Custodian harmless from and
against any liability that the Custodian, the Investment Advisor, their
agents, affiliates, successors, assigns, officers, directors and employees
may incur in connection with the Custodial Account, unless arising from
the Custodian's own gross negligence or willful misconduct or from a
violation of the provisions of ERISA or Regulations promulgated
thereunder.
The Custodian shall be under no duty to question any direction
of the Employee with respect to the investment of contributions, or to
make suggestions to the Employee with respect to the investment, retention
or disposition of any contributions or assets held in the Custodial
Account. The Custodian and Investment Advisor shall have no duty to give
effect to an investment direction from anyone other than the Employee (or
the Employee's beneficiary, executor or administrator). However, the
Custodian and Investment Advisor may, in their discretion, establish
procedures pursuant to which the Employee (or the Employee's beneficiary,
executor or administrator) may delegate to a third party any or all of the
Employee's power and duties hereunder, not including the authority to
execute the Account Application or a beneficiary designation form.
Expenses
The Custodian shall be paid out of the Custodial Account for
expenses of administration, including the fees of counsel employed by the
Custodian relating directly to administration of or claims against or on
behalf of the Custodial Account, taxes, and its fees for maintaining the
Custodial Account which are set forth in the Application or in accordance
with any schedule of fees subsequently adopted by the Custodian. The
Custodian may sell Investment Company Shares and use the proceeds of sale
to pay the foregoing expenses.
Resignation and Removal
The Investment Advisor may remove the Custodian at any time.
The Custodian may resign as Custodian of any Employee's Custodial Account
upon sixty (60) days' prior notice to the Investment Advisor.
Upon the removal or resignation of the Custodian, the Investment
Advisor may, but shall not be required to, appoint a successor custodian
under this Custodial Agreement, provided that the successor custodian
satisfies the requirements of Section 401(f)(2) of the Code. The
Custodian shall transfer the assets of the Custodial Account, together
with copies of relevant books and records, to the successor custodian,
provided that the Custodian is authorized to reserve such sum of money or
property as it may deem advisable for payment of any fees or other
liabilities constituting a charge on or against the assets of the
Custodial Account. The Custodian shall not be liable for the acts or
omissions of any successor to it. If no successor custodian is appointed
by the Investment Advisor, the Custodial Account shall be terminated in
accordance with Article VII.
Article VI. The Investment Advisor
The Employee and the Employer delegate to the Investment Advisor
the following powers with respect to the Custodial Account: to remove the
Custodian and select a successor Custodian; and to amend the Custodial
Account as provided in Article VII hereof.
The powers herein delegated to the Investment Advisor shall be
exercised by such officer thereof as the Investment Advisor may designate
from time to time.
Neither an Investment Company, the Investment Advisor, nor any
officer, director, board, committee, employee or member of any Investment
Company or of the Investment Advisor shall have any responsibility with
regard to the administration of this Custodial Account (or any Employer
plan that utilizes this Custodial Account as a funding vehicle) except as
provided in this Article VI, and none of them shall incur any liability of
any nature to the Employee or beneficiary or other person in connection
with any act done or omitted to be done in good faith in the exercise of
any power or authority herein delegated to the Investment Advisor.
The Employee and the Employer agree to indemnify and hold the
Investment Companies and the Investment Advisor harmless from and against
any and all liabilities and expenses, including attorneys' and
accountants' fees, incurred in connection with the exercise of, or
omission to exercise, any of the powers delegated to it under this
Article, except such liabilities and expense as may arise from the
Investment Advisor's and/or Investment Company's willful gross negligence
or misconduct.
If the Investment Advisor shall hereafter determine that it is
no longer desirable for it to continue to exercise any of the powers
hereby delegated to it, it may relieve itself of any further
responsibilities hereunder by notice in writing to the Employee at least
sixty (60) days prior to the date on which it proposes to discontinue the
exercise of the powers delegated to it.
Article VII. Amendment and Termination
The Employee, the Employer and the Custodian delegate to the
Investment Advisor the power to amend this Custodian Account (including
retroactive amendments).
The Employee or the Employer may amend the Account Application
by submitting to the Custodian a copy of such amended Account Application,
and evidence satisfactory to the Custodian that the Employer's Section
403(b)(7) program, as amended by such amended Application, will continue
to qualify under the provisions of Section 403(b)(7) of the Code.
No amendment shall be effective if it would cause or permit:
(a) any part of the Custodial Account to be diverted to any purpose that
is not for the exclusive benefit of the Employee and his beneficiaries;
(b) the Employee to be deprived of any portion of his interest in the
Custodial Account; or (c) the imposition of an additional duty on the
Custodian without its consent.
The Employer reserves the right to terminate further
contributions to this Custodial Account. The Employee may terminate or
change the rate of further Salary Reduction Contributions to the Custodial
Account by entering into a revised agreement with his or her Employer, so
long as the form and the timing of the revised agreement is in accordance
with the rules applicable to Section 403(b) arrangements. The Employee
also reserves the right to transfer the assets of his Custodial Account to
such other form of Section 403(b) retirement plan as he or she may
determine, upon written instructions to the Custodian in such form as the
Custodian may reasonably require. The appointment of the successor
custodian in accordance with Article VI shall not be a termination of the
Custodial Account, nor shall the amendment of the Custodial Account by the
Investment Advisor be a termination of the Account.
Following termination of the Custodial Account, the Custodian
shall distribute all assets of the Custodial Account to the Employee.
There shall be no liability on the part of the Custodian or the Investment
Advisor for any tax consequences to the Employee (or the Employee's
beneficiary, executor or administrator) resulting from such termination
distribution.
Article VIII. Discrimination Requirements
Non-Discrimination Requirements
Section 403(b) of the Code generally requires that tax sheltered
annuity and custodial account arrangements (other than arrangements
maintained by a church or convention or association of churches) satisfy
certain participation and non-discrimination requirements.
In general, Salary Reduction Contributions made pursuant to an
Employee's election are eligible for exclusion from income only if the
Employer has established a program that provides all employees the
opportunity to make Salary Reduction Contributions of at least $200 per
year. For this purpose, the Employer may exclude from consideration (1)
employees who fail to satisfy minimum age and service requirements (to the
extent such requirements are adopted by the Employer in accordance with
Section 403(b)(12) and 410(b) of the Code for use in its plan); (2)
employees who are participants in an eligible deferred compensation plan
under Section 457 of the Code, qualified cash or deferred arrangement
under Section 401(k) of the Code (to the extent the Employer may maintain
such a plan) or another Section 403(b) plan or arrangement; (3) employees
normally working less than 20 hours per week; (4) employees who are non-
resident aliens; (5) certain student employees performing services
described in Section 3121(w)(3)(A) of the Code; and (6) any other
employees that may be excluded in accordance with rules and regulations
promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Non-elective contributions made by the Eligible Employer must
satisfy the participation and nondiscrimination requirements of Section
403(b)(12)(A)(i) of the Code.
Responsibility for Compliance With Discrimination Standards
Neither the Custodian nor the Investment Advisor shall have any
responsibility for determining whether contributions that are or may be
made to this Custodial Account are being made pursuant to a plan that
satisfies applicable non-discrimination requirements under the Code or any
other law, or for advising the Employee, the Employer, or any other person
with respect to such requirements. Further, neither the Custodian nor the
Investment Advisor shall have any responsibility or liability for adverse
tax consequences or any other consequences that may result from
contributions being made to this Custodial Account where the underlying
Employer plan or program fails to satisfy applicable legal requirements.
Article IX. Miscellaneous Provisions
Qualified Domestic Relations Order
In the case of a Custodial Account that is part of an "employee
pension benefit plan" under ERISA, the Custodian shall make distributions
in accordance with the terms of a "qualified domestic relations order" as
defined in Section 206(d) of ERISA, provided that the Employer (or its
duly appointed plan administrator) shall be responsible for determining
the qualified status of the order and distribution shall be made by the
Custodian only upon receipt of written direction from the Employer (or its
duly appointed plan administrator) that the order is a "qualified domestic
relations order" for purposes of ERISA.
Assignment and Alteration
The interest of the Employee in the Custodial Account shall be
held for the exclusive benefit of the Employee or his or her beneficiary,
and shall not be assigned or transferred by the Employee, nor shall it be
subject to alienation, assignment, garnishment, attachment, execution or
levy of any kind, except as described above in connection with "qualified
domestic relations orders", except with regard to payment of the expenses
of the Custodian or its agent as authorized by the provisions of this
Custodial Agreement, and except as otherwise required by law.
Governing Law
This Custodial Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
state in which the Custodian is incorporated, except to the extent that
such laws are superseded by federal laws or regulations.
Effect on Other 403(b) Arrangements
This Custodial Account shall not prevent the Employee or the
Employer from making contributions toward another Section 403(b) annuity
contract or Section 403(b)(7) custodial account, provided that the
aggregate contributions to or under such annuity contracts or custodial
accounts and under this Custodial Account shall not exceed the maximum
permissible amounts as determined pursuant to Article III hereof. Neither
the Custodian nor the Investment Advisor shall have any responsibility for
monitoring compliance with the maximum contribution limitations.
Establishment of Custodial Account by Former Employee
To the extent authorized by the Internal Revenue Service as
being permissible under Section 403(b) of the Code, a former Employee who
is eligible for a distribution from his or her Employer's Section 403(b)
program may, without the consent of his or her former Employer, adopt this
Custodial Account for the purpose of receiving a rollover contribution
from the prior Employer's Section 403(b) Plan, or from the Custodial
Account through which such plan is funded. In any such event, however, no
additional Salary Reduction Contributions or Employer non-elective
contributions shall be made to this Custodial Account unless a subsequent
employer consents to the former Employee's adoption of the Custodial
Account.
Definitions
As used in this Custodial Account Agreement, the following terms
have the meaning set forth below, unless a different meaning is clearly
required by the context.
(1) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(2) "Custodial Account" means the custodial account established
hereunder for the benefit of the Employee.
(3) "Custodian" shall mean the designated custodian, or its
successors.
(4) "Employee" means the person named in the Account
Application.
(5) "Employer" means the employer organization named in the
Account Application.
(6) "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended.
(7) "Investment Advisor" shall mean Reynolds Capital
Management, Inc., or any successor or affiliate thereto.
(8) "Investment Company" means the portfolios of the Reynolds
Funds, Inc. or such other regulated investment companies
whose investment advisor is Reynolds Capital Management,
Inc., or its successors or affiliates, and whose shares are
authorized (under the terms of the prospectus of the
investment company, and subject to any limitations imposed
by the Employer's plan) for purchase under this Agreement.
(9) "Salary Reduction Contributions" means contributions made
pursuant to a written agreement between the Employee and
the Employer, and by which the Employee's salary for future
services is reduced and the amount of such reduction is
contributed by the Employer to the Custodial Account.
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