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EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER RETAINER AGREEMENT FOR FUND MONITORINGEMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER RETAINER AGREEMENT FOR FUND MONITORING THIS IS AN AGREEMENT between the EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER ("Client") and SAXENA WHITE P.A. ("Attorney"). 1. General Statement of Purpose and Subiect of Retainer: Client retains Attorney to monitor the Client's U.S. and foreign marketable securities in connection with claims, on a class action basis, for damages against such persons, entities, companies or associations who may be liable for damages suffered by the Client as a result of breaches of fiduciary duties, fraud, misrepresentation, or other violations of federal and/or state securities laws. This is not a retainer to initiate any specific liti ation. The purpose of this agreement is to facilitate the review of Client's investment portfolio in order to help determine whether the Client has suffered any material loss due to violations of federal and/or state securities laws. 2. Identification and Investigation of Possible Claims: In the course of Attorney's business, Attorney may become aware of, identify and investigate possible violations of the federal and/or state securities laws, instances of abuse by corporate management, breaches of fiduciary duties and/or other corporate conduct affecting a company's securities, such as instances: (a) in which securities of a publicly traded company have been purchased during a period when earnings were overstated or erroneously reported by the company, thereby causing an inflation in the price of the purchased securities. The truth is revealed when the company is no longer able to conceal inaccurate financial statements and then "restates earnings." Such restatements often have a devastating effect on the price of the company's securities and result in significant losses to purchasers; (b) where companies have misled investors concerning the ongoing and future operations of the company. Often this activity occurs during a period when insiders, e.g., senior executive officers, are selling their own shares of the company, i.e., insider trading; or (c) where corporate officers' and directors' breach fiduciary duties owed to the corporation and derivatively to the shareholders. Fiduciary duties include a duty of candor (truthfulness), a duty of fair dealing, and the duty not to waste corporate assets, among others. Upon becoming aware of or identifying such an instance, which Attorney believes should be pursued by litigation, Attorney shall review Client's investment portfolio of publicly traded securities to determine whether Client may have suffered a material loss due to such possible violations of the federal and/or state securities laws, and/or corporate management misfeasance or malfeasance and will provide legal advice regarding the existence and prosecution of possible securities claims. It is understood that Attorney does not undertake to investigate and advise Client with respect to each instance of a loss in value of the securities of a company in Client's investment portfolio. 3. Client's Assistance in Investiqation of Possible Claims: For purposes of assisting Attorney with fulfilling their duties under paragraph 2, supra, Client will direct the Client's custodian to provide the past three (3) years' statements of monthly transactions in publicly traded equities in electronic format, if available. Additionally, Attorney will be added to the distribution list of monthly statements of Client's transactions. The statement of monthly transactions shall be provided in electronic format in order to facilitate the transfer of data to the pension fund monitoring database. 4. Confidentiality of Records: Attorney agrees to maintain all records provided by Client in a secure and confidential manner with access to such records limited to attorneys, employees or third parties necessary to fulfill the Attorney's obligations herein. 5. Attorney's Dutv to Report to Client: Attorney agrees to provide Client regular reports of the status of Attorney's monitoring efforts, at intervals no frequently than quarterly, and to apprise Client's attorney of any material losses, which Attorney believes should be pursued by litigation, due to possible violations of federal and state securities laws or corporate mismanagement and to make recommendations to Client's attorney of the options available to recover such losses. 6. Costs and Expenses: Attorney shall be solely responsible for such costs as in their judgment are necessary to fulfill its duties under paragraph 2, supra. Any and all expenses are the sole responsibility of the Attorney and the Client shall have no obligation for such expenses. 7. Client's Pursuit of Litiqation: Client understands and Attorney acknowledges that this agreement does not authorize the initiation of any litigation on Client 's behalf. Any litigation initiated will be subject to a separate retainer agreement to be negotiated between Client and Attorney. If the terms by which Attorney will initiate litigation on Client's behalf are unacceptable to Client, Client may choose not to pursue litigation or may retain counsel other than Attorney to pursue any claim identified pursuant to this agreement. 8. Filing of Settled Claims: Client shall remain responsible for timely filing of proofs of claim in settled cases. Attorneys agree to assist in the preparation of proofs of claim by: (1) Providing information regarding settlements as documented in publicly available data bases; (2) advising clients on procedures for obtaining and processing claims; (3) answering any questions regarding claims processing through designated attorneys and staff members; and (4) working with claims processor, where possible, to facilitate accurate filing of claims. 2 9. Governina Law: This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of Client and Attorney with respect to the subject matter hereof, and shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Florida 10. Client Acknowledqment: Client acknowledges having read all of the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement and that he/she fully understands and agrees to same. 11. Contact Information: Attorney and Client each designate the following person (or such other person or address as such party may designate by written notice) as its primary contact under this Agreement: Attorneys: Saxena White P.A. Maya Saxena, Esq. 2424 N. Federal Highway, Suite 257 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Telephone: (561) 394-3399 Facsimile: (561) 394-3382 Email: msaxena(a�saxenawhite.com Client: EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER Frank V. Hibbard Chairperson Stuart A. Kaufman Klausner & Kaufman Client's Attorney: 10059 Northwest 1 St Court Plantation, FL 33324 Telephone: 954-916-1202 Facsimile: 954-9� 6-1232 Email: stu robertdklausner.com 12. Termination of this Aareement: Client may terminate this agreement at any time in writing. Upon termination of this agreement, Attorney shall destroy all copies of Client's monthly statements of equity holdings, and any electronic record of Client's holdings, and certify in writing that the records have been destroyed in compliance with this agreement. 13. Copv Received bv Client: Client acknowledges receipt of a copy of this agreement concurrently with Client's execution thereof. This agreement shall be valid if signed in counterparts. 3 FOR: AXENA HITE P.A. �-��� oJ�e�2(�i �ate: � I 15 �� , 2011 Maya xena, Esq. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA � By; � v Date: �Q��U. � �� , 201 � 7 Frank V. 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