Distribution Agreement Sample Contracts

WITNESSETH:
Distribution Agreement • April 30th, 2019 • Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co Separate Account A
BETWEEN THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND AMERICAN GENERAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
Distribution Agreement • April 27th, 2015 • Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co Separate Account A
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • January 28th, 2022 • Trust for Advised Portfolios • Wisconsin

THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of this 29th day of September, 2020, by and between TRUST FOR ADVISED PORTFOLIOS, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) on behalf of its series in Exhibit A, Quasar Distributors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”) and Regan Capital, the investment advisor to the series set out in Exhibit A (the “Adviser).

RYDEX ETF TRUST
Distribution Agreement • September 13th, 2010 • Rydex Etf Trust • Delaware
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • August 25th, 2023 • Morningstar Funds Trust • Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of October 1, 2021, by and between Morningstar Funds Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Client”) and Foreside Fund Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”).

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT DREYFUS MUNICIPAL FUNDS, INC.
Distribution Agreement • December 29th, 2010 • Dreyfus Municipal Funds Inc

This is to confirm that, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter contained, the above-named investment company (the "Fund") has agreed that you shall be, for the period of this agreement, the distributor of (a) shares of each series of the Fund set forth on Exhibit A hereto, as such Exhibit may be revised from time to time (each, a "Series") or (b) if no Series are set forth on such Exhibit, shares of the Fund. For purposes of this agreement the term "Shares" shall mean the authorized shares of the relevant Series, if any, and otherwise shall mean the Fund's authorized shares.

Certain identified information has been excluded from this exhibit because it is not material and would likely cause competitive harm if publicly disclosed. DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • October 30th, 2023 • Hussman Investment Trust

This Agreement made as of February 1, 2019 by and between Hussman Investment Trust (the "Trust"), an Ohio business trust, and Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company ("Distributor").

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • April 26th, 2005 • Enterprise Group of Funds Inc
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • April 18th, 2022 • Legg Mason Partners Variable Equity Trust • Maryland

This DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made this 31st day of July, 2020 by and between Legg Mason Partners Variable Equity Trust (“Investment Company”), a Maryland business trust, and Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (“Distributor”).

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • January 30th, 2024 • Alpha Alternative Assets Fund • New York

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of July 10, 2023, between Alpha Alternative Assets Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), and ALPS Distributors, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“ALPS”).

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • August 14th, 2020 • Listed Funds Trust • New York

THIS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement’) is made as of the last date written on the signature block by and between Listed Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, Quasar Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”), a Delaware limited liability company, and Alternative Access Funds, LLC (the “Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company and the investment advisor to the Trust.

FORM OF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT JOHN HANCOCK INVESTORS TRUST Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Distribution Agreement • February 23rd, 2024 • John Hancock Investors Trust

John Hancock Investors Trust is a Massachusetts business trust operating as a closed-end management investment company (hereinafter referred to as the “Fund”). The Fund has filed a registration statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-276047 and 811-04173) (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), to register additional common shares of the Fund, which may be issued and sold from time to time through various specified transactions, including at-the-market (“ATM”) offerings.

Certain information has been excluded from this exhibit because it (i) is not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed. DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • January 17th, 2024 • XD Fund Trust • Ohio

This Distribution Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated January 10, 2024, is made by and among XD Fund Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), XD Fund Advisor LLC (formerly XDUS Fund Advisor LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”), and Ultimus Fund Distributors, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the state of Ohio (“Distributor”).

BACKGROUND
Distribution Agreement • November 14th, 2006 • Quantrx Biomedical Corp • Surgical & medical instruments & apparatus • New York
RECITALS:
Distribution Agreement • August 3rd, 2006 • Hirsch International Corp • Wholesale-industrial machinery & equipment • New York
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • March 4th, 2024 • Denali Structured Return Strategy Fund • Delaware

THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of this 8th day of February 2024, by and between Denali Structured Return Strategy Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), and Foreside Fund Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”).

RECITALS:
Distribution Agreement • January 30th, 2008 • Lightning Gaming, Inc. • Blank checks • Nevada
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • February 28th, 2023 • QuantumScape Corp • Miscellaneous electrical machinery, equipment & supplies • New York

Kevin Hettrich, Chief Financial Officer of QuantumScape Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify, pursuant to those certain Distribution Agreements dated February 28, 2023 (the “Distribution Agreements”) between the Company and each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and UBS Securities, LLC that:

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • January 4th, 2010 • Nationwide Provident Va Separate Account 1 • Ohio

COMPANY OF AMERICA and NATIONWIDE LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF AMERICA (collectively referred to herein as "NW"), on their behalf and on behalf of the separate accounts that are more particularly described below, and 1717 CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY ("Distributor").

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • October 4th, 2023 • DoubleLine Yield Opportunities Fund • New York

This DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) made as of September 29, 2023 by and between DoubleLine Yield Opportunities Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Fund”), and Foreside Fund Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”).

WCM Quality Dividend Growth Fund Distribution Agreement
Distribution Agreement • July 27th, 2023 • Investment Managers Series Trust • Massachusetts

AGREEMENT made this ________ by and between the INVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and NATIXIS DISTRIBUTION, LLC, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Distributor”).

PRUDENTIAL RETAIL MUTUAL FUNDS Second Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement
Distribution Agreement • September 23rd, 2016 • Prudential Investment Portfolios 5 • New Jersey

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT is made as of September 22, 2016 between each of the investment companies which comprise the Prudential Investments Mutual Funds and the Target Mutual Funds, on behalf of their current and any future series (as applicable), set forth on attached Exhibit A (referred to collectively herein as the “Fund”) and Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Distributor), and amends and restates the prior Distribution Agreement between the Fund and the Distributor.

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • January 28th, 2019 • Centre Funds • Colorado

THIS AGREEMENT is made as of April 16, 2018, between Centre Funds, a Delaware statutory trust, (the “Trust”), and ALPS Distributors, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“ALPS”).

AMENDMENT TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • November 5th, 2007 • Members Mutual Funds
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • June 30th, 2011 • PNC Long-Short TEDI Fund LLC • New York

AGREEMENT made as of March 31, 2009 among PNC Absolute Return Master Fund LLC, PNC Absolute Return Fund LLC, PNC Absolute Return TEDI Fund LLC, PNC Alternative Strategies Master Fund LLC, PNC Alternative Strategies Fund LLC, PNC Alternative Strategies TEDI Fund LLC, PNC Long-Short Master Fund LLC, PNC Long-Short Fund, LLC, PNC Long-Short TEDI Fund LLC , each a Delaware limited liability company, having an office at Two Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 (each, a “Fund”), and PNC Fund Distributor, LLC, a Delaware corporation, having an office at 10 High Street, Suite 302, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (the Distributor”).

AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • June 29th, 2020 • Dreyfus Basic Money Market Fund, Inc.

This is to confirm that, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter contained, each investment company identified on Exhibit A hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time (each, the "Fund"), has agreed that you shall be, for the period of this agreement, the distributor of (a) shares of each series of the Fund set forth on Exhibit A hereto, as such Exhibit may be revised from time to time (each, a "Series") or (b) if no Series are set forth on such Exhibit, shares of the Fund. For purposes of this agreement the term "Shares" shall mean the authorized shares of the relevant Series, if any, and otherwise shall mean the Fund's authorized shares.

AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Distribution Agreement • September 27th, 2017 • Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Fund, Inc.

This is to confirm that, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter contained, each investment company identified on Exhibit A hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time (each, the "Fund"), has agreed that you shall be, for the period of this agreement, the distributor of (a) shares of each series of the Fund set forth on Exhibit A hereto, as such Exhibit may be revised from time to time (each, a "Series") or (b) if no Series are set forth on such Exhibit, shares of the Fund. For purposes of this agreement the term "Shares" shall mean the authorized shares of the relevant Series, if any, and otherwise shall mean the Fund's authorized shares.