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   Exhibit (e)(6): Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement between the
   --------------  Registrant and Capital Investment Group, Inc., as Distributor
                              for The Brown Capital Management Funds


                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                             DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED  AGREEMENT,  entered into as of March 15, 1999, by and
between Nottingham Investment Trust II (the "Trust"), an unincorporated business
trust organized under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts  and Capital
Investment Group, Inc., a North Carolina corporation ("Distributor").

                                   WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS,  the Trust is engaged in business as an open-end management  investment
company  and is so  registered  under the  Investment  Company  Act of 1940,  as
amended (the "1940 Act"); and

WHEREAS,  the  Trust is  authorized  to issue an  unlimited  number of shares of
beneficial  interest  (the  "Shares"),   in  separate  series  representing  the
interests in separate funds of securities and other assets; and

WHEREAS,  the Shares of the Trust are  registered  under the  Securities  Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), pursuant to a registration  statement on Form
N-1A (the "Registration  Statement"),  including a prospectus (the "Prospectus")
and  a  statement  of  additional  information  (the  "Statement  of  Additional
Information"); and

WHEREAS, the Trust offers separate series of shares (the "Shares")  representing
interests in the Trust; and

WHEREAS,  the separate series of the Trust advised by Brown Capital  Management,
Inc.,  which are set forth in Schedule A, as amended from time to time,  (each a
"Fund" and  collectively  the "Funds")  consists,  of two classes of Shares (the
Institutional Class Shares and the Investor Class Shares); and

WHEREAS,  the Trust has  adopted a Plan of  Distribution  Pursuant to Rule 12b-1
under the 1940 Act (the "Distribution Plan") with respect to the Investor Shares
of the Funds; and

WHEREAS, Distributor has agreed to act as distributor of the Shares of each Fund
for the period of this Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed between the parties hereto as follows:

         1.  Appointment of Distributor.

         (a) The Trust hereby  appoints  Distributor its exclusive agent for the
distribution of the Shares of each Fund in jurisdictions wherein such Shares may
be legally offered for sale; provided,  however,  that the Trust in its absolute
discretion  may issue Shares of each Fund in connection  with (i) the payment or
reinvestment of dividends or distributions;  (ii) any merger or consolidation of
the  Trust or of each Fund with any  other  investment  company  or trust or any
personal holding company, or the acquisition of the assets of any such entity or
another fund of the Trust;  or (iii) any offer of exchange  permitted by Section
11 of the 1940 Act.

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         (b) Distributor  hereby accepts such appointment as exclusive agent for
the  distribution  of the Shares of each Fund and  agrees  that it will sell the
Shares as agent for the trust at prices  determined as hereinafter  provided and
on the terms  hereinafter  set forth,  all according to  applicable  federal and
state laws and  regulations and to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the
Trust.

         (c)  Distributor  may sell Shares of each Fund to or through  qualified
securities dealers or others. Distributor will require each dealer or other such
party to conform to the provisions  hereof,  the Registration  Statement and the
Prospectus  and Statement of Additional  Information,  and  applicable  law; and
neither Distributor nor any such dealers or others shall withhold the placing of
purchase orders for Shares so as to make a profit thereby.

         (d) Distributor  shall order Shares of each Fund from the Trust only to
the extent that it shall have received  purchase  orders  therefor.  Distributor
will not make, or authorize  any dealers or others to make:  (i) any short sales
of Shares; or (ii) any sales of Shares to any Trustee or officer of the Trust or
to any officer or director of Distributor  or of any  corporation or association
furnishing investment advisory, managerial or supervisory services to the Trust,
or to any  such  corporation  or  association,  unless  such  sales  are made in
accordance  with  the  then  current  Prospectus  and  Statement  of  Additional
Information.

         (e)  Distributor is not authorized by the Trust to give any information
or make any  representations  regarding  the  Shares of each Fund,  except  such
information or representations as are contained in the Registration Statement or
in the current  Prospectus or Statement of Additional  Information of the Funds,
or in advertisements and sales literature  prepared by or on behalf of the Trust
for Distributor's use.

         (f)  Notwithstanding  any provision  hereof,  the Trust may  terminate,
suspend or withdraw  the offering of Shares of each Fund  whenever,  in its sole
discretion, it deems such action to be desirable.

         2.  Offering  Price of Shares.  All Shares of each Fund sold under this
Agreement  shall be sold at the public offering price per Share in effect at the
time of the sale, as described in the then current  Prospectus of the Funds. The
excess,  if any,  of the public  offering  price over the net asset value of the
Shares  sold by  Distributor  as agent shall be  retained  by  Distributor  as a
commission for its services  hereunder.  Out of such commission  Distributor may
allow  commissions or concessions to dealers and may allow them to others in its
discretion in such amounts as  Distributor  shall  determine  from time to time.
Except as may be otherwise  determined by  Distributor  from time to time,  such
commissions or concessions shall be uniform to all dealers. At no time shall the
Trust  receive less than the full net asset value of the Shares,  determined  in
the manner set forth in the then current  Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information.  Distributor  shall also be entitled to such  commissions and other
fees and payments as may be authorized by the Trustees of the Trust from time to
time under the Distribution Plan.

         3.  Furnishing of  Information.  The Trust shall furnish to Distributor
copies  of any  information,  financial  statements  and  other  documents  that
Distributor may reasonably request for use in connection with the sale of Shares
of each Fund  under  this  Agreement.  The Trust  shall  also make  available  a
sufficient  number of copies of the Funds'  current  prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information for use by the Distributor.

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         4.  Expenses.

         (a) The Trust will pay or cause to be paid the following expenses:  (i)
preparation,  printing and  distribution  to  shareholders of the Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information; (ii) preparation, printing and distribution
of reports and other  communications to shareholders;  (iii) registration of the
Shares under the federal  securities laws; (iv)  qualification of the Shares for
sale in certain  states;  (v)  qualification  of the Trust as a dealer or broker
under state law as well as qualification of the Trust as an entity authorized to
do business in certain  states;  (vi)  maintaining  facilities for the issue and
transfer of Shares;  (vii)  supplying  information,  prices and other data to be
furnished by the Trust under this Agreement; and (viii) certain taxes applicable
to the sale or delivery of the Shares or certificates therefor.

         (b) Except to the extent such expenses are borne by the Trust  pursuant
to the Distribution Plan, Distributor will pay or cause to be paid the following
expenses:  (i)  payments  to sales  representatives  of the  Distributor  and to
securities  dealers  and  others in  respect of the sale of Shares of each Fund;
(ii) payment of compensation to and expenses of employees of the Distributor and
any of its  affiliates to the extent they engage in or support  distribution  of
each Fund's Shares or render shareholder support services not otherwise provided
by the Trust's transfer agent, administrator,  or custodian,  including, but not
limited  to,  answering  routine  inquiries  regarding  each  Fund,   processing
shareholder  transactions,  and providing such other shareholder services as the
Trust may reasonably request;  (iii) formulation and implementation of marketing
and  promotional  activities,   including,  but  not  limited  to,  direct  mail
promotions  and  television,  radio,  newspaper,  magazine  and other mass media
advertising; (iv) preparation, printing and distribution of sales literature and
of  Prospectuses  and  Statements of Additional  Information  and reports of the
Trust for  recipients  other than existing  shareholders  of each Fund;  and (v)
obtaining such  information,  analyses and reports with respect to marketing and
promotional activities as the Trust may, from time to time, reasonably request.

         (c) Distributor in connection with the Distribution  Plan shall prepare
and deliver  reports to the Trustees of the Trust on a regular  basis,  at least
quarterly,  showing the  expenditures  with respect to each Fund pursuant to the
Distribution Plan and the purposes therefor, as well as any supplemental reports
as the Trustees of the Trust, from time to time, may reasonably request.

         5.  Repurchase  of Shares.  Distributor as agent and for the account of
the Trust may repurchase Shares of each Fund offered for resale to it and redeem
such Shares at their net asset value.

         6. Indemnification by the Trust. In absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder
on the part of  Distributor,  the Trust agrees to indemnify  Distributor and its
officers  and  partners  against any and all claims,  demands,  liabilities  and
expenses  that  Distributor  may  incur  under the 1933  Act,  or common  law or
otherwise,  arising  out of or based  upon any  alleged  untrue  statement  of a
material  fact  contained in the  Registration  Statement or any  Prospectus  or
Statement of Additional  Information of the Funds, or in any  advertisements  or
sales literature prepared by or on behalf of the Trust for Distributor's use, or
any omission to state a material fact  therein,  the omission of which makes any
statement  contained therein  misleading,  unless such statement or omission was
made in reliance upon and in conformity with information  furnished to the Trust
in connection therewith by or on behalf of Distributor. Nothing herein contained
shall  require  the Trust to take any action  contrary to any  provision  of its
Agreement and Declaration of Trust or any applicable statute or regulation.

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         7. Indemnification by Distributor.  Distributor agrees to indemnify the
Trust  and its  officers  and  Trustees  against  any and all  claims,  demands,
liabilities and expenses which the Trust may incur under the 1933 Act, or common
law or otherwise,  arising out of or based upon (i) any alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration  Statement or any Prospectus or
Statement of Additional  Information of the Funds, or in any  advertisements  or
sales literature prepared by or on behalf of the Trust for Distributor's use, or
any omission to state a material fact  therein,  the omission of which makes any
statement contained therein  misleading,  if such statement or omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity  with  information  furnished to the trust in
connection therewith by or on behalf of Distributor;  or (ii) any act or deed of
Distributor  or its sales  representatives,  or  securities  dealers  and others
authorized   to  sell   Shares  of  each   Fund   hereunder,   or  their   sales
representatives,  that has not been authorized by the Trust in any Prospectus or
Statement of Additional Information of the Funds or by this Agreement.

         8.  Term and Termination.

         (a) With  respect to any new Fund of the Trust that is advised by Brown
Capital Management, Inc., this Agreement shall continue in effect for an initial
two year period from the date such new Fund is added to this  Agreement,  as set
forth in  Exhibit  A,  unless  sooner  terminated  as  provided  herein.  Unless
terminated as herein  provided,  this Agreement  shall continue in effect,  with
respect to each Fund (after its  initial  two year term),  for one year from the
date hereof and shall continue in full force and effect for  successive  periods
of one year  thereafter,  but only so long as each such  continuance is approved
(i) by  either  the  Trustees  of the  Trust  or by  vote of a  majority  of the
outstanding  voting  securities (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund and, in
either  event,  (ii) by vote of a majority of the  Trustees of the Trust who are
not parties to this Agreement or interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act)
of any such party and who have no direct or indirect  financial interest in this
Agreement  or in the  operation  of the  Distribution  Plan or in any  agreement
related  thereto  ("Independent  Trustees"),  cast at a meeting  called  for the
purpose of voting on such approval.

         (b) This Agreement may be terminated at any time without the payment of
any  penalty  by  vote  of  the  Trustees  of the  Trust  or a  majority  of the
Independent  Trustees  or by  vote  of a  majority  of  the  outstanding  voting
securities  (as defined in the 1940 Act) of any of the Funds or by  Distributor,
on sixty days' written notice to the other party.

         (c)  This Agreement shall  automatically  terminate in the event of its
assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).

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         9.  Limitation of Liability.  The  obligations  of the Trust  hereunder
shall not be binding upon any of the Trustees,  officers or  shareholders of the
Trust personally,  but shall bind only the assets and property of the Trust. The
term "The Nottingham  Investment Trust II" means and refers to the Trustees from
time to time serving under the Agreement and  Declaration of Trust of the Trust,
a  copy  of  which  in on  file  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  of
Massachusetts.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been authorized
by the Trustees, and this Agreement has been signed on behalf of the Trust by an
authorized  officer  of the  Trust,  acting  as such and not  individually,  and
neither such  authorization  by such Trustees nor such execution and delivery by
such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to
impose any liability on any of them  personally,  but shall bind only the assets
and property of the Trust as provided in the Agreement and Declaration of Trust.



IN WITNESS THEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
as of the date first written above.


                                              THE NOTTINGHAM INVESTMENT TRUST II

Attest:  /s/ C. Frank Watson, III             By:  /s/ Jack E. Brinson
        ____________________________              ______________________________




                                              CAPITAL INVESTMENT GROUP, INC.

Attest:  /s/ Julie Killberg                   By:  /s/ Richard R. Bryant
        _________________________                 ______________________________























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                                   SCHEDULE A

         The list below,  which shall be amended  from time to time,  sets forth
the  Funds of the  Nottingham  Trust  II  which  are  advised  by Brown  Capital
Management,  Inc., and the shares of which are distributed by Capital Investment
Group, Inc.

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Funds                                             Date Added to the Agreement
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The Brown Capital Management Equity Fund          DECEMBER 10, 1992

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The Brown Capital Management Balanced Fund        DECEMBER 10, 1992

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The Brown Capital Management Small Company Fund   DECEMBER 10, 1992

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The Brown Capital Management International
Equity Fund                                       MAY 3, 1999

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   Exhibit (e)(8): Amended  and  Restated  Distribution  Agreement  between  the
   --------------  Registrant and Capital Investment Group, Inc., as Distributor
                                     for WST Growth Fund


                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                             DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION  AGREEMENT,  entered into as of March 15,
1999,  by  and  between  Nottingham   Investment  Trust  II  (the  "Trust"),  an
unincorporated  business trust organized  under the laws of The  Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and Capital Investment Group,  Inc., a North Carolina  corporation
("Distributor").

                                   WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS,  the Trust is engaged in business as an open-end management  investment
company  and is so  registered  under the  Investment  Company  Act of 1940,  as
amended (the "1940 Act"); and

WHEREAS,  the  Trust is  authorized  to issue an  unlimited  number of shares of
beneficial interest (the "Shares"), in separate series representing interests in
separate funds of securities and other assets; and

WHEREAS, the Trust is authorized to issue interest in separate classes of Shares
for each of its series now or in the future existing; and

WHEREAS,  the Shares of the Trust are  registered  under the  Securities  Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), pursuant to a registration  statement on Form
N-1A (the "Registration  Statement"),  including a prospectus (the "Prospectus")
and  a  statement  of  additional  information  (the  "Statement  of  Additional
Information"); and

WHEREAS,  the separate  series of the Trust advised by Wilbanks,  Smith & Thomas
Asset  Management,  Inc.  which are set forth in Schedule A (each a  "Designated
Fund"),  as amended from time to time,  consists of three classes of Shares (the
Institutional  Class Shares,  the Investor Class Shares and the Class C Shares);
and

WHEREAS,  the Trust has adopted a Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under
the 1940 Act (the "Distribution Plan") with respect to the Investor Class Shares
and the Class C Shares of the series  designated  in  Schedule  A, and may enter
into related  agreements  providing for the  distribution of such Shares of each
Designated Fund; and

WHEREAS, Distributor has agreed to act as distributor of the Shares of the Funds
for the period of this Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed between the parties hereto as follows:

         1.  Appointment of Distributor.

         (a) The Trust hereby  appoints  Distributor its exclusive agent for the
distribution of the Shares of each Designated Fund in jurisdictions wherein such
Shares may be legally offered for sale; provided, however, that the Trust in its
absolute  discretion may issue Shares of each Designated Fund in connection with
(i) the payment or reinvestment of dividends or  distributions,  (ii) any merger
or  consolidation  of the  Trust  or of each  Designated  Fund  with  any  other
investment company or trust or any personal holding company,  or the acquisition
of the  assets of any such  entity or another  fund of the  Trust;  or (iii) any
offer of exchange permitted by Section 11 of the 1940 Act.

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         (b) Distributor  hereby accepts such appointment as exclusive agent for
the  distribution  of the Shares of each Designated Fund and agrees that it will
sell the  Shares  as agent for the Trust at  prices  determined  as  hereinafter
provided and on the terms  hereinafter  set forth,  all  according to applicable
federal and state laws and  regulations  and to the Agreement and Declaration of
Trust of the Trust.

         (c)  Distributor  may sell Shares of each Designated Fund to or through
qualified dealers or others.  Distributor will require each dealer to conform to
the  provisions  hereof,  the  Registration  Statement  and the  Prospectus  and
Statement of Additional Information, and applicable law; and neither Distributor
nor any such dealers shall withhold the placing of purchase orders for Shares so
as to make a profit thereby.

         (d)  Distributor  shall order Shares of each  Designated  Fund from the
Trust only to the extent that it shall have received  purchase orders  therefor.
Distributor  will not make, or authorize any dealers or others to make:  (i) any
short sales of Shares;  or (ii) any sales of Shares to any Trustee or officer of
the Trust or to any officer or director of Distributor or of any  corporation or
association  furnishing investment advisory,  managerial or supervisory services
to the Trust, or to any such  corporation or association,  unless such sales are
made in accordance with the then current  Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information.

         (e)  Distributor is not authorized by the Trust to give any information
or make any representations regarding the Shares of each Designated Fund, except
such  information  or  representations  as are  contained  in  the  Registration
Statement or in the current Prospectus or Statement of Additional Information of
each  Designated  Fund, or in sales  literature  prepared by or on behalf of the
Trust for Distributor's use.

         (f)  Notwithstanding  any provision  hereof,  the Trust may  terminate,
suspend or withdraw the offering of Shares of each Designated Fund whenever,  in
its sole discretion, it deems such action to be desirable.

         2. Offering Price of Shares. All Designated Fund Shares sold under this
Agreement  shall be sold at the public offering price per Share in effect at the
time of the sale, as described in the then current Prospectus for the Designated
Fund. The excess,  if any, of the public offering price over the net asset value
of the Shares sold by Distributor as agent shall be retained by Distributor as a
commission for its services  hereunder.  Out of such commission  Distributor may
allow  commissions or concessions to dealers and may allow them to others in its
discretion in such amounts as  Distributor  shall  determine  from time to time.
Except as may be otherwise  determined by  Distributor  from time to time,  such
commissions or concessions shall be uniform to all dealers. At no time shall the
Trust  receive less than the full net asset value of the Shares,  determined  in
the manner set forth in the then current  Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information.  Distributor  shall also be entitled to such  commissions and other
fees and payments as may be authorized by the Trustees of the Trust from time to
time under any Distribution Plan adopted by the Trust.

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         3.  Furnishing of  Information.  The Trust shall furnish to Distributor
copies  of any  information,  financial  statements  and  other  documents  that
Distributor may reasonably request for use in connection with the sale of shares
of each  Designated  Fund  under  this  Agreement.  The  Trust  shall  also make
available  a  sufficient  number  of copies of each  Designated  Fund's  current
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for use by the Distributor.

         4.  Expenses.

             (a) The Trust will pay or cause to be paid the following  expenses:
(i) preparation, printing and distribution to shareholders of the Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information; (ii) preparation, printing and distribution
of reports and other  communications to shareholders;  (iii) registration of the
Shares under the federal  securities laws; (iv)  qualification of the Shares for
sale in certain  states;  (v)  qualification  of the Trust as a dealer or broker
under state law as well as qualification of the Trust as an entity authorized to
do business in certain  states;  (vi)  maintaining  facilities for the issue and
transfer of Shares;  (vii)  supplying  information,  prices and other data to be
furnished by the Trust under this Agreement; and (viii) certain taxes applicable
to the sale or delivery of the Shares or certificates therefor.

             (b)  Except  to the  extent  such  expenses  are borne by the Trust
pursuant to any Distribution Plan adopted by the Trust with respect to any Class
of Shares issued by any  Designated  Fund,  Distributor  will pay or cause to be
paid the  following  expenses:  (i)  payments  to sales  representatives  of the
Distributor  and to  securities  dealers  and  others in  respect of the sale of
Shares of each Designated  Fund; (ii) payment of compensation to and expenses of
employees of the Distributor and any of its affiliates to the extent they engage
in  or  support   distribution  of  each  Designated  Fund's  Shares  or  render
shareholder  support  services not  otherwise  provided by the Trust's  transfer
agent, administrator,  or custodian, including, but not limited to, office space
and equipment,  telephone  facilities and expenses,  answering routine inquiries
regarding  each  Designated  Fund,  processing  shareholder  transactions,   and
providing such other shareholder  services as the Trust may reasonably  request;
(iii) formulation and  implementation  of marketing and promotional  activities,
including,  but not limited to, direct mail  promotions and  television,  radio,
newspaper, magazine and other mass media advertising; (iv) preparation, printing
and  distribution  of sales  literature  and of  Prospectuses  and Statements of
Additional  Information  and  reports  of the Trust for  recipients  other  than
existing   shareholders  of  each  Designated   Fund;  and  (v)  obtaining  such
information,  analyses and reports with  respect to  marketing  and  promotional
activities as the Trust may, from time to time, reasonably request.

             (c) Distributor in connection with any Distribution Plan adopted by
the Trust shall  prepare and deliver  reports to the  Trustees of the Trust on a
regular basis, at least quarterly, showing the expenditures with respect to each
Designated Fund pursuant to the Distribution Plan and the purposes therefor,  as
well as any  supplemental  reports as the  Trustees  of the Trust,  from time to
time, may reasonably request.


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         5.  Redemption of Shares.  Distributor as agent and for the account of
the Trust may redeem Shares at their net asset value plus any  applicable  sales
load or  redemption  fee as  specified  in the Trust's  current  Prospectus  and
Statement of Additional Information.

         6.  Indemnification  by  the  Trust.  The  distributor  shall  exercise
reasonable care in connection with its responsibilities under this Agreement. In
absence  of  misfeasance,   bad  faith,  negligence  or  reckless  disregard  of
obligations or duties hereunder on the part of Distributor,  the Trust agrees to
indemnify  Distributor  and its officers and partners and to hold them  harmless
against any and all claims,  demands,  liabilities and expenses that Distributor
may incur under the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act, common law or otherwise  arising out
of or based upon any alleged  untrue  statement of a material fact  contained in
the  Registration  Statement  or  any  Prospectus  or  Statement  of  Additional
Information  of  each  Designated  Fund,  or  in  any  advertisements  or  sales
literature  prepared by or on behalf of the Trust for Distributor's  use, or any
omission  to state a material  fact  therein,  the  omission  of which makes any
statement  contained therein  misleading,  unless such statement or omission was
made in reliance upon and in conformity with information  furnished to the Trust
in connection therewith by or on behalf of Distributor. Nothing herein contained
shall  require  the Trust to take any action  contrary to any  provision  of its
Agreement and Declaration of Trust or any applicable statute or regulation.

         7. Indemnification by Distributor.  Distributor agrees to indemnify the
Trust and its officers and  Trustees and to hold them  harmless  against any and
all claims,  demands,  liabilities  and expenses which the Trust may incur under
the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act, common law or otherwise arising out of or based upon
(i) any untrue  statement of a material  fact or alleged  untrue  statement of a
material  fact  contained in the  Registration  Statement or any  Prospectus  or
Statement  of  Additional  Information  of  each  Designated  Fund,  or  in  any
advertisements  or sales  literature  prepared  by or on behalf of the Trust for
Distributor's  use,  or any  omission  to state a  material  fact  therein,  the
omission of which makes any  statement  contained  therein  misleading,  if such
statement or omission to state a material  fact was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished to the Trust in connection therewith by or
on  behalf  of  Distributor;  (ii) any act or deed of  Distributor  or its sales
representatives,  or  securities  dealers and others  authorized  to sell Shares
hereunder  or  their  sales  representatives  that  has  not  been  specifically
authorized in advance by the Trust in any  Prospectus or Statement of Additional
Information  of each  Designated  Fund or by this  Agreement  or  other  written
instrument; or (iii) any misfeasance, bad faith or negligence by the Distributor
or reckless disregard by the Distributor of its obligations or duties hereunder.

         8.  Term and Termination.

         (a)  With  respect  to any new  Designated  Fund of the  Trust  that is
advised by Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management, Inc., this Agreement shall
continue in effect for an initial two year period from the date such  Designated
Fund is added to this  Agreement,  as set forth in  Schedule  A,  unless  sooner
terminated  as provided  herein.  Unless  terminated  as herein  provided,  this
Agreement shall continue in effect,  with respect to each Designated Fund (after
its initial two year term), for one year from the date hereof and shall continue
in full force and effect for successive periods of one year thereafter, but only
so long as each such  continuance  is approved (i) by either the Trustees of the
Trust or by vote of a majority of the outstanding  voting securities (as defined
in the 1940 Act) of the Designated Fund and, in either event,  (ii) by vote of a
majority of the  Trustees of the Trust who are not parties to this  Agreement or
interested  persons  (as defined in the 1940 Act) of any such party and who have
no direct or indirect  financial  interest in this Agreement or in the operation
of the  Distribution  Plan or in any  agreement  related  thereto  ("Independent
Trustees"), cast at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.

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         (b) This  Agreement may be terminated  with respect to any Fund, at any
time  without the payment of any penalty by vote of the Trustees of the Trust or
a  majority  of  the  Independent  Trustees  or by  vote  of a  majority  of the
outstanding  voting  securities  (as defined in the 1940 Act) of each Fund or by
Distributor, on sixty days' written notice to the other party.

         (c) This Agreement  shall  automatically  terminate in the event of its
assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).

         9. Limitation of Liability. It is expressly agreed that the obligations
of the Trust hereunder  shall not be binding upon any of the Trustees,  officers
or  shareholders  of the Trust  personally,  but shall  bind only the assets and
property  of the  Trust.  The term  "Nottingham  Investment  Trust II" means and
refers to the Trustees  from time to time serving  under the  Agreement  and the
Declaration  of Trust of the Trust  dated  October  25,  1990,  and  amended and
restated  on the  17th of April  1995  ("Amended  and  Restated  Declaration  of
Trust"). The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been authorized by the
Trustees,  and this  Agreement  has been  signed  on  behalf  of the Trust by an
authorized  officer  of the  Trust,  acting  as such and not  individually,  and
neither such  authorization  by such Trustees nor such execution and delivery by
such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to
impose any liability on any of them  personally,  but shall bind only the assets
and property of the Trust as provided in the  Agreement and Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust and by  Massachusetts  Business  Trust or other  applicable
law.




















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IN WITNESS THEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
as of the date first written above.



                                              NOTTINGHAM INVESTMENT TRUST II

Attest: /s/ C. Frank Watson, III
       _____________________________

                                              By:  /s/ Jack E. Brinson
                                                  ______________________________




                                              CAPITAL INVESTMENT GROUP, INC.

Attest:  /s/ Julie Killbert
        _____________________________

                                              By:  /s/ Richard R. Bryant
                                                  ______________________________





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                                   SCHEDULE A

         The list below,  which may be amended from time to time, sets forth the
Funds of the Nottingham Trust II that are advised by Wilbanks,  Smith and Thomas
Asset  Management,  Inc.,  and the  shares of which are  distributed  by Capital
Investment  Group,  Inc. as provided  in the Amended and  Restated  Distribution
Agreement:



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Funds                                     Date Added to the Agreement
-----                                     ---------------------------

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WST Growth Fund*                          September 29, 1997

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* Prior to January 3,  2000,  the WST Growth  Fund was known as the WST Growth &
  Income Fund.













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