Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Finance
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-14
2011-06-14
Apple, Kirsten S (Department: 3694)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Finance
C705S03600T
Reexamination Certificate
active
07962387
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for administrating a fee structure for a fund class of shares is disclosed. The invention includes issuing shares in a newly created Q class within a mutual fund, providing a right of accumulation benefit having a discounted front end sales load for a larger of said total share investment, not charging a front end sales charge, converting a percentage of the purchased Q shares to A shares each year such that principal and dividends are withdrawn from the A class without a contingent deferred sales charge, charging a contingent deferred sales charge upon early redemption of the purchased shares which is based upon an amount of the redemption and declines each year, reinvesting dividends into the A shares at net asset value and compensating financial intermediaries similar to A shares.
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Bergene Kent Michael
Farmer Derek Lyle
Henderson Kristine Marie Hahn
Wahlberg Linda Marie Sobolewski
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
Apple Kirsten S
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
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