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Rule 6c-10 -- Exemption for Certain Open-End Management Investment Companies to Impose Deferred Sales Loads

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

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