System and method for administering a fee structure for mutual fund shares

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7962387
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11847874

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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charge, converting a percentage of the purchased Q shares to A shares each year such that principal and dividends are withdrawn from the A class without a contingent deferred sales charge, charging a contingent deferred sales charge upon early redemption of the purchased shares which is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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AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC5226 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER MINNEAPOLIS MN 55474

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Bergene, Kent Michael Fridley, US 1 0
Farmer, Derek Lyle Arden Hills, US 1 0
Henderson, Kristine Marie Hahn Edina, US 1 0
Wahlberg, Linda Marie Sobolewski St. Paul, US 1 0

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