Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 252 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Investors Fund Series), Investment Management Agreement (Investors Fund Series), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Target Equity Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 169 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Funds Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder California Tax Free Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Funds Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition The Adviser agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to the portfolio management Fund to the extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any sub-adviser or other service provider to the Fund: (a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense equipment and supplies appropriate for the use effective administration of the Fund such office space and facilities as contemplated in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you this Agreement; (or one or more of your affiliates designated by youb) shall render to the Trust administrative services providing trading desk facilities; (c) authorizing expenditures on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund; (d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders, notices of distributions and attending to routine shareholder communications; supervising(e) coordinating and supervising the daily pricing and valuation of the Fund’s investment portfolio; (f) providing fund accounting services, negotiating contractual arrangements withincluding preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations and other financial data; (g) monitoring and coordinating relationships with unaffiliated service providers; (h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities, to state and foreign laws and regulations and maintaining books and records for the extent appropriate, Fund; (i) preparing and filing of domestic and foreign tax reports and monitoring the performance ofFund’s compliance with all applicable tax laws and regulations; (j) establishing, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents maintaining and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by monitoring the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise ’s compliance program with respect to the Fund's operations federal securities, state and consulting with foreign laws and regulations applicable to the operation of investment companies; the Fund's independent accountants’s investment goals, legal counsel policies and restrictions; and the Fund's Code of Ethics and other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring policies applicable to the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills(k) preparing regulatory reports; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, (l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices to shareholdersregistration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and providing foreign or other regulatory authorities; (m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributionsapplicable; and otherwise assisting (n) providing executive, clerical and other personnel needed to carry out the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or the Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund Trust who are officers, directors, stockholders or any other person not a party to employees of the Adviser or its affiliates. Nothing in this Agreement which is obligated shall obligate the Adviser to provide pay for the services of third parties, including attorneys, auditors, printers, pricing services or others, engaged directly by the Trust to perform services on behalf of the Fund.
Appears in 73 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Mutual Series Funds), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Templeton Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 22 hereof, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 65 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Variable Series Ii), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Growth Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Variable Series Ii)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustCorporation's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 57 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Global/International Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder International Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Global/International Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to the portfolio management Fund to the extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any sub-adviser or other service provider to the Fund: (a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense equipment and supplies appropriate for the use effective administration of the Fund such office space and facilities as contemplated in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you this Agreement; (or one or more of your affiliates designated by youb) shall render to the Trust administrative services providing trading desk facilities; (c) authorizing expenditures on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund; (d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders, notices of distributions and attending to routine shareholder communications; supervising(e) coordinating and supervising the daily pricing and valuation of the Fund’s investment portfolio; (f) providing fund accounting services, negotiating contractual arrangements withincluding preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations and other financial data; (g) monitoring and coordinating relationships with unaffiliated service providers; (h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities, to state and foreign laws and regulations and maintaining books and records for the extent appropriate, Fund; (i) preparing and filing of domestic and foreign tax reports and monitoring the performance ofFund’s compliance with all applicable tax laws and regulations; (j) establishing, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents maintaining and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by monitoring the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise ’s compliance program with respect to the Fund's operations federal securities, state and consulting with foreign laws and regulations applicable to the operation of investment companies; the Fund's independent accountants’s investment goals, legal counsel policies and restrictions; and the Fund's Code of Ethics and other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring policies applicable to the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills(k) preparing regulatory reports; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, (l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices to shareholdersregistration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and providing foreign or other regulatory authorities; (m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributionsapplicable; and otherwise assisting (n) providing executive, clerical and other personnel needed to carry out the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or the Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund Trust who are officers, directors, stockholders or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to employees of the FundManager or its affiliates.
Appears in 51 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Templeton ETF Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Templeton ETF Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Templeton ETF Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23 hereof, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 49 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Portfolio Trust/), Investment Management Agreement (Investment Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Variable Series I)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to the portfolio management Fund to the extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any sub-adviser or other service provider to the Fund: (a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense equipment and supplies appropriate for the use effective administration of the Fund such office space and facilities as contemplated in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you this Agreement; (or one or more of your affiliates designated by youb) shall render to the Trust administrative services providing trading desk facilities; (c) authorizing expenditures on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund; (d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders, notices of distributions and attending to routine shareholder communications; supervising(e) coordinating and supervising the daily pricing and valuation of the Fund’s investment portfolio; (f) providing fund accounting services, negotiating contractual arrangements withincluding preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations and other financial data; (g) monitoring and coordinating relationships with unaffiliated service providers; (h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities, to state and foreign laws and regulations and maintaining books and records for the extent appropriate, Fund; (i) preparing and filing of domestic and foreign tax reports and monitoring the performance ofFund’s compliance with all applicable tax laws and regulations; (j) establishing, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents maintaining and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by monitoring the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise ’s compliance program with respect to the Fund's operations federal securities, state and consulting with foreign laws and regulations applicable to the operation of investment companies; the Fund's independent accountants’s investment goals, legal counsel policies and restrictions; and the Fund's Code of Ethics and other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring policies applicable to the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills(k) preparing regulatory reports; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, (l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices to shareholdersregistration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and providing foreign or other regulatory authorities; (m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributionsapplicable; and otherwise assisting (n) providing executive, clerical and other personnel needed to carry out the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or the Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund Trust who are officers, directors, stockholders or any other person not a party to employees of the Manager or its affiliates. Nothing in this Agreement which is obligated shall obligate the Manager to provide pay for the services of third parties, including attorneys, auditors, printers, pricing services or others, engaged directly by the Trust to perform services on behalf of the Fund.
Appears in 48 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Templeton Global Investment Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin ETF Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin ETF Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustCorporation's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 36 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Global International Series), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Value Series Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Global International Series)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Portfolio such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Portfolio may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Fund administrative services on behalf of the Fund Portfolio necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustFund's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund Portfolio shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund Portfolio operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the FundPortfolio's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the FundPortfolio's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the FundPortfolio's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund Portfolio under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund Portfolio all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the FundPortfolio's custodian or other agents of the FundPortfolio; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the FundPortfolio; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the FundPortfolio's operations and consulting with the FundPortfolio's independent accountants, legal counsel and the FundPortfolio's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the FundPortfolio's operating expense budgets; reviewing the FundPortfolio's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund Portfolio in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund Portfolio to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Fund as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the FundPortfolio's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustFund's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund Portfolio or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundPortfolio.
Appears in 32 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Variable Life Investment Fund/Ma/), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Variable Life Investment Fund/Ma/), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Variable Life Investment Fund/Ma/)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.other
Appears in 28 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper State Tax Free Income Series), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper State Tax Free Income Series), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Small Capitalization Equity Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Trust such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Trust may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund Trust shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund Trust operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the FundTrust's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the FundTrust's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the FundTrust's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund Trust under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund Trust all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the FundTrust's custodian or other agents of the FundTrust; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the FundTrust; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the FundTrust's operations and consulting with the FundTrust's independent accountants, legal counsel and the FundTrust's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the FundTrust's operating expense budgets; reviewing the FundTrust's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund Trust in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund Trust to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the FundTrust's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund Trust or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundTrust.
Appears in 22 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Cash Investment Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Cash Investment Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Cash Investment Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.Corporation's
Appears in 20 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Global/International Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Global Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Global Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Fund administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open a closed-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustFund's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Fund's Registration Statement, and semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 ActSAR; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Fund as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustFund's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 18 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Municipal Income Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Strategic Income Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Intermediate Government Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Funds such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Funds may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund Funds necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Funds' transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the each Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the each Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the each Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund Funds all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's Funds' custodian or other agents of the FundFunds; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the FundFunds; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's Funds' operations and consulting with the Fund's Funds' independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's Funds' other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the each Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the each Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund Funds in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the each Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's Funds' business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund Funds or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundFunds.
Appears in 16 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Cash Equivalent Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Investors Cash Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Zurich Money Funds)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open- end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 14 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder State Tax Free Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder State Tax Free Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder State Tax Free Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.;
Appears in 13 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Small Capitalization Equity Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Zurich Yieldwise Money Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper National Tax Free Income Series)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.'s
Appears in 13 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Target Equity Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Target Equity Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Target Equity Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23 hereof, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustCorporation's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 12 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder International Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (DWS Global/International Fund, Inc.), Investment Management Agreement (Global/International Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.counsel
Appears in 12 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Investors Fund Series), Investment Management Agreement (Investors Fund Series), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Blue Chip Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 10 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Securities Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Securities Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Portfolio Trust/)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to the portfolio management Fund to the extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any Subadviser or other service provider to the Fund: (a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense equipment and supplies appropriate for the use effective administration of the Fund such office space and facilities as contemplated in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you this Agreement; (or one or more of your affiliates designated by youb) shall render to the Trust administrative services providing trading desk facilities; (c) authorizing expenditures on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund; (d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders, notices of distributions and attending to routine shareholder communications; supervising(e) coordinating and supervising the daily pricing and valuation of the Fund’s investment portfolio; (f) providing fund accounting services, negotiating contractual arrangements withincluding preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations and other financial data; (g) monitoring and coordinating relationships with unaffiliated service providers; (h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities, to state and foreign laws and regulations and maintaining books and records for the extent appropriate, Fund; (i) preparing and filing of domestic and foreign tax reports and monitoring the performance ofFund’s compliance with all applicable tax laws and regulations; (j) establishing, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents maintaining and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by monitoring the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise ’s compliance program with respect to the Fund's operations federal securities, state and consulting with foreign laws and regulations applicable to the operation of investment companies; the Fund's independent accountants’s investment goals, legal counsel policies and restrictions; and the Fund's Code of Ethics and other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring policies applicable to the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills(k) preparing regulatory reports; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, (l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices to shareholdersregistration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and providing foreign or other regulatory authorities; (m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributionsapplicable; and otherwise assisting (n) providing executive, clerical and other personnel needed to carry out the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or the Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund Trust who are officers, directors, stockholders or any other person not a party to employees of the Manager or its affiliates. Nothing in this Agreement which is obligated shall obligate the Manager to provide pay for the services of third parties, including attorneys, auditors, printers, pricing services or others, engaged directly by the Trust to perform services on behalf of the Fund.
Appears in 10 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds)
Administrative Services. In addition Subject to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use terms of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction supervision and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees ("Trustees. Nothing "), Administrator shall provide the following services with respect to the Trust:
(a) Preparation and maintenance of the Trust's registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"); (b) Preparation and periodic updating of the prospectus and statement of additional information for the Fund ("Prospectus"); (c) Preparation, filing with appropriate regulatory authorities, and dissemination of various reports for the Fund, including but not limited to semiannual reports to shareholders under Section 30(d) of the 1940 Act, annual and semiannual reports on Form N-SAR, and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2; (d) Arrangement for all meetings of shareholders, including the collection of all information required for preparation of proxy statements, the preparation and filing with appropriate regulatory agencies of such proxy statements, the supervision of solicitation of shareholders and shareholder nominees in connection therewith, tabulation (or supervision of the tabulation) of votes, response to all inquiries regarding such meetings from shareholders, the public and the media, and preparation and retention of all minutes and all other records required to be kept in connection with such meetings; (e) Maintenance and retention of all Trust charter documents and the filing of all documents required to maintain the Trust's status as a Massachusetts business trust and as a registered open-end investment company; (f) Arrangement and preparation and dissemination of all materials for meetings of the Board of Trustees and committees thereof and preparation and retention of all minutes and other records thereof; (g) Preparation and filing of the Trust's Federal, state, and local income tax returns and calculation of any tax required to be paid in connection therewith; (h) Calculation of all Trust and Fund expenses and arrangement for the payment thereof; (i) Calculation of and arrangement for payment of all income, capital gain, and other distributions to shareholders of each Fund; (j) Determination, after consultation with the officers of the Trust, of the jurisdictions in which shares of beneficial interest of each Fund ("Shares") shall be registered or qualified for sale, or may be sold pursuant to an exemption from such registration or qualification, and preparation and maintenance of the registration or qualification of the Shares for sale under the securities laws of each such jurisdiction; (k) Provision of the services of persons who may be appointed as officers of the Trust by the Board of Trustees (it is agreed that some person or persons may be officers of both the Trust and the Administrator, and that the existence of any such dual interest shall not affect the validity of this Agreement shall be deemed except as otherwise provided by specific provision of applicable law); (l) Preparation and, subject to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent approval of the Trust's Chief Financial Officer, dissemination of the Trust's and each Fund's quarterly financial information to the Board of Trustees and preparation of such other reports relating to the business and affairs of the Trust and each Fund or any other person not a as the officers and Board of Trustees may from time to time reasonably request; (m) Administration of the Trust's Code of Ethics and periodic reporting to the Board of Trustees of Trustee and officer compliance therewith; (n) Provision of internal legal, accounting, compliance, audit, and risk management services and periodic reporting to the Board of Trustees with respect to such services; (o) Negotiation, administration, and oversight of third party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundTrust including, but not limited to, custody, tax, transfer agency, disaster recovery, audit, and legal services; (p) Negotiation and arrangement for insurance desired or required of the Trust and administering all claims thereunder; (q) Response to all inquiries by regulatory agencies, the press, and the general public concerning the business and affairs of the Trust, including the oversight of all periodic inspections of the operations of the Trust and its agents by regulatory authorities and responses to subpoenas and tax levies; (r) Handling and resolution of any complaints registered with the Trust by shareholders, regulatory authorities, and the general public; (s) Monitoring legal, tax, regulatory, and industry developments related to the business affairs of the Trust and communicating such developments to the officers and Board of Trustees as they may reasonably request or as the Administrator believes appropriate; (t) Administration of operating policies of the Trust and recommendation to the officers and the Board of Trustees of the Trust of modifications to such policies to facilitate the protection of shareholders or market competitiveness of the Trust and Fund and to the extent necessary to comply with new legal or regulatory requirements; (u) Responding to surveys conducted by third parties and reporting of Fund performance and other portfolio information; and (v) Filing of claims, class actions involving portfolio securities, and handling administrative matters in connection with the litigation or settlement of such claims.
Appears in 8 contracts
Sources: Administrative Agreement (Stein Roe Advisor Trust), Administrative Agreement (Stein Roe Income Trust), Administrative Agreement (Stein Roe Advisor Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Fund shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 8 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder California Tax Free Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Funds Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Investment Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 22 hereof, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Funds such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Funds may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund Funds necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund Funds all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the FundFunds; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund Funds or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundFunds.
Appears in 8 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Cash Equivalent Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Cash Account Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Yieldwise Funds)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to the portfolio management Fund to the extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any subadviser or other service provider to the Fund: (a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense equipment and supplies appropriate for the use effective administration of the Fund such office space and facilities as contemplated in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you this Agreement; (or one or more of your affiliates designated by youb) shall render to the Trust administrative services providing trading desk facilities; (c) authorizing expenditures on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund; (d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders, notices of distributions and attending to routine shareholder communications; supervising(e) coordinating and supervising the daily pricing and valuation of the Fund’s investment portfolio; (f) providing fund accounting services, negotiating contractual arrangements withincluding preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations and other financial data; (g) monitoring and coordinating relationships with unaffiliated service providers; (h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities, to state and foreign laws and regulations and maintaining books and records for the extent appropriate, Fund; (i) preparing and filing of domestic and foreign tax reports and monitoring the performance ofFund’s compliance with all applicable tax laws and regulations; (j) establishing, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents maintaining and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by monitoring the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise ’s compliance program with respect to the Fund's operations federal securities, state and consulting with foreign laws and regulations applicable to the operation of investment companies; the Fund's independent accountants’s investment goals, legal counsel policies and restrictions; and the Fund's Code of Ethics and other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring policies applicable to the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills(k) preparing regulatory reports; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, (l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices to shareholdersregistration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and providing foreign or other regulatory authorities; (m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributionsapplicable; and otherwise assisting (n) providing executive, clerical and other personnel needed to carry out the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or the Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund Trust who are officers, directors, stockholders or any other person not a party to employees of the Manager or its affiliates. Nothing in this Agreement which is obligated shall obligate the Manager to provide pay for the services of third parties, including attorneys, auditors, printers, pricing services or others, engaged directly by the Trust to perform services on behalf of the Fund.
Appears in 8 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Investors Securities Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Real Estate Securities Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 22 hereof, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's ’s Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "“SEC"”) and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's ’s transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's ’s federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's ’s federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's ’s custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's ’s operations and consulting with the Fund's ’s independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's ’s other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's ’s operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's ’s bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's ’s business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's ’s Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund. You are authorized to delegate to such agents as you may deem desirable to assist you in performing your duties under this Section 4, provided that (i) the Trust’s Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust or any party to this Agreement, has given its prior approval to any such delegation, (ii) you are responsible for compensating such agent, and (iii) you shall be fully responsible and liable to the Fund for the acts or omissions of any such agents as you are for your own acts and omissions under the Agreement.
Appears in 7 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (DWS Variable Series Ii), Investment Management Agreement (DWS Variable Series Ii), Investment Management Agreement (DWS Variable Series Ii)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustCorporation's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 6 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Japan Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Japan Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Japan Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Fund shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustCorporation's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 6 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Global Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Global Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Global Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition (a) The Manager will provide general administrative services as hereinafter set forth ("Administrative Services"), all subject to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use overall direction and control of the Fund such Board of Trustees of the Trust (the "Board").
(b) Such Administrative Services shall not include investment advisory, custodian, underwriting and distribution, transfer agency or pricing and bookkeeping services, but shall include; (i) provision of office space space, equipment and facilities necessary in connection with the United States as services to be performed hereunder and the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, maintenance of the headquarters of the Trust; (ii) maintenance of the corporate books and you (or one or more records of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf (other than those of its records maintained by the Sub-Advisers referred to in paragraph 2(B)(c) below, the transfer agent, the custodian and the pricing and bookkeeping agent); (iii) administration of all dealings and relationships with the Trustees for meetings of the Fund necessary Board, the scheduling of such meetings and the conduct thereof; (iv) preparation and filing of proxy materials and administration of arrangements for operating as an open end investment company meetings of shareholders or beneficial owners of the Funds; (v) preparation and not provided by persons not parties filing of all required reports and all updating and other amendments to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervisingRegistration Statement under the Investment Company Act, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECSecurities Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder; (vi) calculation of distributions required or advisable under the Investment Company Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); (vii) periodic computation and reporting to the Trustees of each Fund's compliance with diversification and other regulatory portfolio requirements of the Investment Company Act and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary the Code; (viii) development and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments implementation of general shareholder and beneficial owner correspondence and communications relating to the Registration StatementFunds, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in including the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state shareholder and local tax returnsbeneficial owner reports as are required or deemed advisable; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 (ix) general oversight of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of custodial, net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal value computation, portfolio accounting, financial statement preparation, legal, tax and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained accounting services performed for the Fund Trust or the Funds by others. It is understood that the Manager may, in its discretion and at its expense, delegate some or all books, records of its administrative duties and reports and any other information required responsibilities under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund this subsection 2A to its shareholdersaffiliate, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholdersLiberty Financial Companies, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agentInc. ("LFC"), the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fundmajority or greater owned subsidiaries of LFC.
Appears in 6 contracts
Sources: Management Agreement (Liberty Variable Investment Trust), Management Agreement (Liberty Variable Investment Trust), Management Agreement (Liberty Variable Investment Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 22 hereof, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund. You are authorized to delegate to such agents as you may deem desirable to assist you in performing your duties under this section 4, provided that (i) the Trust's Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust or any party to this Agreement, has given its prior approval to any such delegation, (ii) you are responsible for compensating any such agent, and (iii) you shall be fully responsible and liable to the Trust for the acts or omissions of any such agents as you are for your own acts and omissions under the Agreement.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Variable Series Ii), Investment Management Agreement (DWS Balanced Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Variable Series Ii)
Administrative Services. In addition The Adviser agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to each Fund to the portfolio management extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any sub-adviser or other service provider to a Fund: (a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense equipment and supplies appropriate for the use effective administration of the Fund such office space and facilities as contemplated in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you this Agreement; (or one or more of your affiliates designated by youb) shall render to the Trust administrative services providing trading desk facilities; (c) authorizing expenditures on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund; (d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders, notices of distributions and attending to routine shareholder communications; supervising(e) coordinating and supervising the daily pricing and valuation of the Fund’s investment portfolio; (f) providing fund accounting services, negotiating contractual arrangements withincluding preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations and other financial data; (g) monitoring and coordinating relationships with unaffiliated service providers; (h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities, to state and foreign laws and regulations and maintaining books and records for the extent appropriate, Fund; (i) preparing and filing of domestic and foreign tax reports and monitoring the performance ofFund’s compliance with all applicable tax laws and regulations; (j) establishing, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents maintaining and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by monitoring the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise ’s compliance program with respect to the Fund's operations federal securities, state and consulting with foreign laws and regulations applicable to the operation of investment companies; the Fund's independent accountants’s investment goals, legal counsel policies and restrictions; and the Fund's Code of Ethics and other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring policies applicable to the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills(k) preparing regulatory reports; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, (l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices to shareholdersregistration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and providing foreign or other regulatory authorities; (m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributionsapplicable; and otherwise assisting (n) providing executive, clerical and other personnel needed to carry out the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or a Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund Trust who are officers, directors, stockholders or any other person not a party to employees of the Adviser or its affiliates. Nothing in this Agreement which is obligated shall obligate the Adviser to provide pay for the services of third parties, including attorneys, auditors, printers, pricing services or others, engaged directly by the Trust to the perform services on behalf of a Fund.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Investment Management and Asset Allocation Agreement (Franklin Fund Allocator Series), Investment Management and Asset Allocation Agreement (Franklin Fund Allocator Series), Investment Management and Asset Allocation Agreement (Franklin Templeton Fund Allocator Series)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Trust such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Trust may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund Trust shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund Trust operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the FundTrust's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the FundTrust's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the FundTrust's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Trust shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares the Trust's shares of the Fund beneficial interest, par value $.01 per share, ("shares") under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund Trust all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the FundTrust's custodian or other agents of the FundTrust; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the FundTrust; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the FundTrust's operations and consulting with the FundTrust's independent accountants, legal counsel and the FundTrust's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the FundTrust's operating expense budgets; reviewing the FundTrust's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund Trust in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund Trust to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the FundTrust's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund Trust or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundTrust.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Portfolio Trust/), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Tax Free Money Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Investment Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund each Series such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund each Series may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund each Series necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund Series shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund Trust or Series operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's each Series' transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's each Series' federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's each Series' federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Series shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund each Series under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund each Series all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's each Series' custodian or other agents of the Fundeach Series; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fundeach Series; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's each Series' operations and consulting with the Fund's each Series' independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's each Series' other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's each Series' operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's each Series' bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund each Series in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund each Series to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's each Series' business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund Series or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fundeach Series.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Income Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Growth Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Tax Free Income Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to each Fund to the portfolio management extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any sub-adviser or other service provider to the Fund: (a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense equipment and supplies appropriate for the use effective administration of the Fund such office space and facilities as contemplated in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you this Agreement; (or one or more of your affiliates designated by youb) shall render to the Trust administrative services providing trading desk facilities; (c) authorizing expenditures on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund; (d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders, notices of distributions and attending to routine shareholder communications; supervising(e) coordinating and supervising the daily pricing and valuation of the Fund’s investment portfolio; (f) providing fund accounting services, negotiating contractual arrangements withincluding preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations and other financial data; (g) monitoring and coordinating relationships with unaffiliated service providers; (h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities, to state and foreign laws and regulations and maintaining books and records for the extent appropriate, Fund; (i) preparing and filing of domestic and foreign tax reports and monitoring the performance ofFund’s compliance with all applicable tax laws and regulations; (j) establishing, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents maintaining and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by monitoring the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise ’s compliance program with respect to the Fund's operations federal securities, state and consulting with foreign laws and regulations applicable to the operation of investment companies; the Fund's independent accountants’s investment goals, legal counsel policies and restrictions; and the Fund's Code of Ethics and other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring policies applicable to the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills(k) preparing regulatory reports; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, (l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices to shareholdersregistration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and providing foreign or other regulatory authorities; (m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributionsapplicable; and otherwise assisting (n) providing executive, clerical and other personnel needed to carry out the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or a Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund Trust who are officers, directors, stockholders or any other person not a party to employees of the Manager or its affiliates. Nothing in this Agreement which is obligated shall obligate the Manager to provide pay for the services of third parties, including attorneys, auditors, printers, pricing services or others, engaged directly by the Trust to the perform services on behalf of a Fund.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Strategic Series), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Fund Allocator Series), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Strategic Series)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Portfolios such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Portfolios may require for its their reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund Portfolios necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund Portfolio shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund Portfolio operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Portfolios' transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fundeach Portfolio's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fundeach Portfolio's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund each Portfolio under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund each Portfolio all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's Portfolios' custodian or other agents of the FundPortfolios; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fundeach Portfolio; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fundeach Portfolio's operations and consulting with the Fund's Portfolios' independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's Portfolios' other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fundeach Portfolio's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fundeach Portfolio's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund each Portfolio in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund each Portfolio to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fundeach Portfolio's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund a Portfolio or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundPortfolios.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Pathway Series /New/), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Pathway Series /New/), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Pathway Series /New/)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to the portfolio management Fund to the extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any sub-adviser or other service provider to the Fund: (a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense equipment and supplies appropriate for the use effective administration of the Fund such office space and facilities as contemplated in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you this Agreement; (or one or more of your affiliates designated by youb) shall render to the Trust administrative services providing trading desk facilities; (c) authorizing expenditures on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund; (d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders, notices of distributions and attending to routine shareholder communications; supervising(e) coordinating and supervising the daily pricing and valuation of the Fund’s investment portfolio; (f) providing fund accounting services, negotiating contractual arrangements withincluding preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations and other financial data; (g) monitoring and coordinating relationships with unaffiliated service providers; (h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities, to state and foreign laws and regulations and maintaining books and records for the extent appropriate, Fund; (i) preparing and filing of domestic and foreign tax reports and monitoring the performance ofFund’s compliance with all applicable tax laws and regulations; (j) establishing, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents maintaining and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by monitoring the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise ’s compliance program with respect to the Fund's operations federal securities, state and consulting with foreign laws and regulations applicable to the operation of investment companies; the Fund's independent accountants’s investment objective(s), legal counsel policies and restrictions; and the Fund's Code of Ethics and other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring policies applicable to the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills(k) preparing regulatory reports; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, (l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices to shareholdersregistration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and providing foreign or other regulatory authorities; (m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributionsapplicable; and otherwise assisting (n) providing executive, clerical and other personnel needed to carry out the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or the Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund Trust who are officers, directors, stockholders or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to employees of the FundManager or its affiliates.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Emerge ETF Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Emerge ETF Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Emerge ETF Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Farmers Investment Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Farmers Investment Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Farmers Investment Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to each Fund to the portfolio management extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any sub-adviser or other service provider to a Fund: (a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense equipment and supplies appropriate for the use effective administration of the Fund such office space and facilities as contemplated in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you this Agreement; (or one or more of your affiliates designated by youb) shall render to the Trust administrative services providing trading desk facilities; (c) authorizing expenditures on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund; (d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders, notices of distributions and attending to routine shareholder communications; supervising(e) coordinating and supervising the daily pricing and valuation of the Fund’s investment portfolio; (f) providing fund accounting services, negotiating contractual arrangements withincluding preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations and other financial data; (g) monitoring and coordinating relationships with unaffiliated service providers; (h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities, to state and foreign laws and regulations and maintaining books and records for the extent appropriate, Fund; (i) preparing and filing of domestic and foreign tax reports and monitoring the performance ofFund’s compliance with all applicable tax laws and regulations; (j) establishing, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents maintaining and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by monitoring the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise ’s compliance program with respect to the Fund's operations federal securities, state and consulting with foreign laws and regulations applicable to the operation of investment companies; the Fund's independent accountants’s investment goals, legal counsel policies and restrictions; and the Fund's Code of Ethics and other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring policies applicable to the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills(k) preparing regulatory reports; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, (l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices to shareholdersregistration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and providing foreign or other regulatory authorities; (m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributionsapplicable; and otherwise assisting (n) providing executive, clerical and other personnel needed to carry out the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or a Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund Trust who are officers, directors, stockholders or any other person not a party to employees of the Manager or its affiliates. Nothing in this Agreement which is obligated shall obligate the Manager to provide pay for the services of third parties, including attorneys, auditors, printers, pricing services or others, engaged directly by the Trust to the perform services on behalf of a Fund.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Fund Allocator Series), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Fund Allocator Series), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Fund Allocator Series)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Funds such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Funds may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund Funds necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Funds' transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the each Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the each Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the each Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund Funds all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's Funds' custodian or other agents of the FundFunds; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's Funds' operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the each Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the each Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund Funds in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the each Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's Funds' business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund Funds or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundFunds.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Cash Account Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Cash Account Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Cash Account Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition Subject to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use terms of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction supervision and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees ("Trustees. Nothing "), Administrator shall provide the following services with respect to the Trust:
(a) Preparation and maintenance of the Trust's registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"); (b) Preparation and periodic updating of the prospectus and statement of additional information for the Fund ("Prospectus"); (c) Preparation, filing with appropriate regulatory authorities, and dissemination of various reports for the Fund, including but not limited to semiannual reports to shareholders under Section 30(d) of the 1940 Act, annual and semiannual reports on Form N-SAR, and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2; (d) Arrangement for all meetings of shareholders, including the collection of all information required for preparation of proxy statements, the preparation and filing with appropriate regulatory agencies of such proxy statements, the supervision of solicitation of shareholders and shareholder nominees in this Agreement shall connection therewith, tabulation (or supervision of the tabulation) of votes, response to all inquiries regarding such meetings from shareholders, the public and the media, and preparation and retention of all minutes and all other records required to be deemed kept in connection with such meetings; (e) Maintenance and retention of all Trust charter documents and the filing of all documents required to shift to you or to diminish maintain the obligations Trust's status as a Massachusetts business trust and as a registered open-end investment company; (f) Arrangement and preparation and dissemination of all materials for meetings of the Board of Trustees and committees thereof and preparation and retention of all minutes and other records thereof; (g) Preparation and filing of the Trust's Federal, state, and local income tax returns and calculation of any agent tax required to be paid in connection therewith; (h) Calculation of all Trust and Fund expenses and arrangement for the Fund or any payment thereof; (i) Calculation of and arrangement for payment of all income, capital gain, and other person not a party distributions to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the shareholders of each Fund.;
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Administrative Agreement (Stein Roe Investment Trust), Administrative Agreement (Stein Roe Investment Trust), Administrative Agreement (Steinroe Investment Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition The Administrator shall provide directly or supervise and assist third parties in connection with the provision of a variety of services to conduct the non-portfolio management affairs and business of the Trust and each Fund thereof and all matters incidental thereto, such services being subject to change due to new regulatory rules, additional Board requests, or enhancements to the portfolio management Administrator’s policies and procedures. These services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement includinginclude, but are not limited to, preparing reports the following: (i) oversight of the Funds’ primary service providers; (ii) oversight of all financial and operational activities related to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board AMG Funds complex, as well as all administrative services performed on behalf of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising(iii) oversight of nightly calculation of net asset value and portfolio pricing, negotiating contractual arrangements withincluding fair value pricing; (iv) preparation or review of Fund expense budgets, to the extent appropriatemonitoring of daily accruals and calculating or reviewing adjustments as necessary; (v) review of supporting documentation for tax returns and reviewing and/or filing all extensions and tax returns; (vi) coordination with a Fund’s auditors, and monitoring the performance ofcustodian, fund accounting agents, custodians, depositoriesagent, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers agent and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operationsservice providers; preparing (vii) monitoring and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") identification of Passive Foreign Investment Companies and other regulatory complex securities; (viii) oversight of preparation and self-regulatory organizationsfiling or preparation and filing of all prospectuses, includingregistration statements and amendments thereto and shareholder communications required by the SEC and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statementincluding annual, semi-annual and quarterly shareholder reports on Form and Forms N-SAR SAR, N-CSR, N-Q, N-PX, 24f-2, 1099s and notices pursuant such other reports as may be required; (ix) updating prospectus financial information, delivering prospectuses and other regulatory materials to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies shareholders, and making available and providing financial, accounting and statistical information required by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting Trust in the preparation of registration statements, reports and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable other documents required by federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained , and such information as the Trust may reasonably request for use in the Fund all bookspreparation of registration statements, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other documents required by federal and state securities laws and such information are not maintained by as the Fund's custodian Trust may reasonably request for use in the preparation of such documents or of other agents materials necessary or helpful for the underwriting and distribution of the FundTrust’s shares; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of (x) calculating dividends and distributions available to be paid shareholders and communicating such information to the Funds’ transfer agent, fund accounting agent and outside tracking firms such as Morningstar and Broadridge; (xi) monitoring Fund compliance with SEC, IRS and state regulations including daily review of compliance reporting provided by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing Funds’ service providers; (xii) oversight and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct administration of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.Funds’ interfund
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Administration Agreement (AMG Funds II), Administration Agreement (AMG Funds I), Administration Agreement (Amg Funds Iii)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Funds such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Funds may require for its their reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund Funds necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company companies and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Funds' transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the each Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the each Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the each Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the each Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the each Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the each Fund's operations and consulting with the each Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the each Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the each Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the each Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the each Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the each Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the a Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Income Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Growth Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Growth Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 22 hereof, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustCorporation's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund. You are authorized to delegate to such agents as you may deem desirable to assist you in performing your duties under this section 4, provided that (i) the Corporation's Board of Directors, including a majority of the Directors who are not interested persons of the Corporation or any party to this Agreement, has given its prior approval to any such delegation, (ii) you are responsible for compensating any such agent, and (iii) you shall be fully responsible and liable to the Fund for the acts or omissions of any such agents as you are for your own acts and omissions under the Agreement.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Value Series Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Value Series Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Value Series Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition Subject to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for terms of this Agreement and the use supervision and control of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustFund's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising("Trustees"), negotiating contractual arrangements with, Administrator shall provide the following services with respect to the extent appropriate, Fund:
(a) Preparation and monitoring maintenance of the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings Fund's registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"); (b) Preparation and other periodic updating of the prospectus and statement of additional information for the Fund ("Prospectus"); (c) Preparation, filing with appropriate regulatory authorities, and self-regulatory organizationsdissemination of various reports for the Fund, including, including but not limited toto semiannual reports to shareholders under Section 30(d) of the 1940 Act, preliminary annual and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual semiannual reports on Form N-SAR SAR, and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under 24f-2; (d) Arrangement for all meetings of shareholders, including the 1940 Actcollection of all information required for preparation of proxy statements, the preparation and filing with appropriate regulatory agencies of such proxy statements, the supervision of solicitation of shareholders and shareholder nominees in connection therewith, tabulation (or supervision of the tabulation) of votes, response to all inquiries regarding such meetings from shareholders, the public and the media, and preparation and retention of all minutes and all other records required to be kept in connection with such meetings; overseeing (e) Maintenance and retention of all Fund charter documents and the tabulation filing of proxies by all documents required to maintain the Fund's transfer agentstatus as a Massachusetts business trust and as a registered open-end investment company; assisting in (f) Arrangement and preparation and dissemination of all materials for meetings of the Board of Trustees and committees thereof and preparation and retention of all minutes and other records thereof; (g) Preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state state, and local income tax returns; preparing returns and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing any tax required to be maintained paid in connection therewith; (h) Calculation of all Fund expenses and arrangement for the Fund payment thereof; (i) Calculation of and arrangement for payment of all booksincome, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Actcapital gain, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents distributions to shareholders of the Fund; assisting in establishing (j) Determination, after consultation with the accounting policies officers of the Fund, of the jurisdictions in which shares of beneficial interest of the Fund ("Shares") shall be registered or qualified for sale, or may be sold pursuant to an exemption from such registration or qualification, and preparation and maintenance of the registration or qualification of the Shares for sale under the securities laws of each such jurisdiction; assisting in (k) Provision of the resolution services of accounting issues persons who may be appointed as officers of the Fund by the Board of Trustees (it is agreed that some person or persons may arise with respect to be officers of both the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel Fund and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholdersAdministrator, and providing that the transfer and dividend paying agentexistence of any such dual interest shall not affect the validity of this Agreement except as otherwise provided by specific provision of applicable law); (l) Preparation and, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties subject to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct approval of the Fund's businessChief Financial Officer, subject dissemination of the Fund's quarterly financial information to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed Trustees and preparation of such other reports relating to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent business and affairs of the Fund or any other person not a as the officers and Board of Trustees may from time to time reasonably request; (m) Administration of the Fund's Code of Ethics and periodic reporting to the Board of Trustees of Trustee and officer compliance therewith; (n) Provision of internal legal, accounting, compliance, audit, and risk management services and periodic reporting to the Board of Trustees with respect to such services; (o) Negotiation, administration, and oversight of third party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund including, but not limited to, custody, tax, transfer agency, disaster recovery, audit, and legal services; (p) Negotiation and arrangement for insurance desired or required of the Fund and administering all claims thereunder; (q) Response to all inquiries by regulatory agencies, the press, and the general public concerning the business and affairs of the Fund, including the oversight of all periodic inspections of the operations of the Fund and its agents by regulatory authorities and responses to subpoenas and tax levies; (r) Handling and resolution of any complaints registered with the Fund by shareholders, regulatory authorities, and the general public; (s) Monitoring legal, tax, regulatory, and industry developments related to the business affairs of the Fund and communicating such developments to the officers and Board of Trustees as they may reasonably request or as the Administrator believes appropriate; (t) Administration of operating policies of the Fund and recommendation to the officers and the Board of Trustees of the Fund of modifications to such policies to facilitate the protection of shareholders or market competitiveness of the Fund and to the extent necessary to comply with new legal or regulatory requirements; (u) Responding to surveys conducted by third parties and reporting of Fund performance and other portfolio information; and (v) Filing of claims, class actions involving portfolio securities, and handling administrative matters in connection with the litigation or settlement of such claims.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Administrative Agreement (Stein Roe Floating Rate Income Fund), Administrative Agreement (Stein Roe Institutional Floating Rate Income Fund), Administrative Agreement (Stein Roe Floating Rate Income Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 22 hereof, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustCorporation's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Value Series Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder New Europe Fund Inc /New/), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Value Series Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.and
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Funds Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Target Equity Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Target Equity Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 22 hereof, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Funds such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Funds may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund Funds necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's ’s Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "“SEC"”) and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's ’s transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's ’s federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's ’s federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund Funds all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's ’s custodian or other agents of the FundFunds; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's ’s operations and consulting with the Fund's ’s independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's ’s other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's ’s operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's ’s bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's ’s business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's ’s Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund Funds or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundFunds.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Cash Account Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Cash Account Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Cash Account Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition (a) During the Term of this Agreement, the Manager shall, subject to the portfolio management terms hereof, provide to each Obligor the following administrative services specified above in section 2accordance with the Operation Standards (collectively, you shall furnish at your expense for the use “Administrative Services”):
(i) clerical, bookkeeping and accounting services, including maintenance of general records of the Fund Obligors, as necessary or appropriate in light of the nature of the Obligors’ business and the requirements of the Indenture and the other Transaction Documents;
(ii) maintain accurate books of account and records of the transactions of each Obligor, render statements or copies thereof from time to time as reasonably requested by such office space Obligor;
(iii) prepare and facilities file, or cause to be prepared and filed, all franchise, withholding, income and other tax returns of such Obligor required to be filed by it and arrange for any taxes owing by such Obligor to be paid to the appropriate authorities out of funds of such Obligor available for such purpose, all on a timely basis and in accordance with applicable law, rules or regulations;
(iv) administer such Obligor’s performance under the United States as Indenture and the Fund may require for its reasonable needsother Transaction Documents, including (A) preparing and you delivering (or one or more of your affiliates designated by youcausing to be prepared and delivered) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of such Obligor such Opinions of Counsel, Officers’ Certificates, reports, notices and other documents as are required under such Indenture and the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company other Transaction Documents and not provided by persons not parties (B) holding, maintaining and preserving such Indenture and the other Transaction Documents and books and records relating to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to such Indenture and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees other Transaction Documents and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriatetransactions contemplated or funded thereby, and monitoring making such books and records available for inspection in accordance with the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents terms of such Indenture and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and the other persons in any capacity deemed to Transaction Documents;
(v) take all actions on behalf of such Obligor as may be necessary or desirable appropriate in order for such Obligor to Fund operations; preparing remain duly organized and qualified to carry out its business under applicable law, rules or regulations, including making all necessary or appropriate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returnsauthorities under corporate and other applicable statutes; preparing and
(vi) manage all litigation instituted by or against such Obligor, including retaining on behalf of and filing for the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant account of such Obligor legal counsel to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor perform such services as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing negotiating any settlements to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary entered into in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring provided that, with respect to any such litigation that refers to any property interest of the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Fund's bills; processing Noteholders, in litigation papers accompanying a summons as a result of the payment of bills that have been approved conveyance by an authorized personAsset Entity to the Indenture Trustee, the Manager shall act on behalf of the Indenture Trustee to manage such litigation and shall promptly advise the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer, what action, if any, the Manager is taking, or intends to take, in connection therewith; assisting provided, further, the Fund Manager shall answer and appear on the Indenture Trustee’s behalf, but in determining no event shall the amount Manager accept a default judgment to the extent the related proceeding asserts any personal or institutional claims against the Indenture Trustee without the consent of dividends the Indenture Trustee; provided, further, that, during a Special Servicing Period, the Servicer shall be entitled to assume the rights and distributions available obligations of the Manager pursuant to this clause (vi).
(b) The Obligors acknowledge that, for tax purposes, the Manager will allocate the value of its services among the Obligors on a basis determined by the Manager in its reasonable discretion and the Obligors agree to be paid bound by the Fund such allocation and to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent file any required tax returns on a basis consistent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fundallocation.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Management Agreement, Management Agreement (Landmark Infrastructure Partners LP), Management Agreement (Landmark Infrastructure Partners LP)
Administrative Services. In addition Subject to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use terms of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction supervision and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees ("Trustees. Nothing "), Administrator shall provide the following services with respect to the Trust:
(a) Preparation and maintenance of the Trust's registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC");
(b) Preparation and periodic updating of the prospectus and statement of additional information for the Fund ("Prospectus");
(c) Preparation, filing with appropriate regulatory authorities, and dissemination of various reports for the Fund, including but not limited to semiannual reports to shareholders under Section 30(d) of the 1940 Act, annual and semiannual reports on Form N-SAR, and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2;
(d) Arrangement for all meetings of shareholders, including the collection of all information required for preparation of proxy statements, the preparation and filing with appropriate regulatory agencies of such proxy statements, the supervision of solicitation of shareholders and shareholder nominees in connection therewith, tabulation (or supervision of the tabulation) of votes, response to all inquiries regarding such meetings from shareholders, the public and the media, and preparation and retention of all minutes and all other records required to be kept in connection with such meetings;
(e) Maintenance and retention of all Trust charter documents and the filing of all documents required to maintain the Trust's status as a Massachusetts business trust and as a registered open-end investment company;
(f) Arrangement and preparation and dissemination of all materials for meetings of the Board of Trustees and committees thereof and preparation and retention of all minutes and other records thereof;
(g) Preparation and filing of the Trust's Federal, state, and local income tax returns and calculation of any tax required to be paid in connection therewith;
(h) Calculation of all Trust and Fund expenses and arrangement for the payment thereof;
(i) Calculation of and arrangement for payment of all income, capital gain, and other distributions to shareholders of each Fund;
(j) Determination, after consultation with the officers of the Trust, of the jurisdictions in which shares of beneficial interest of each Fund ("Shares") shall be registered or qualified for sale, or may be sold pursuant to an exemption from such registration or qualification, and preparation and maintenance of the registration or qualification of the Shares for sale under the securities laws of each such jurisdiction;
(k) Provision of the services of persons who may be appointed as officers of the Trust by the Board of Trustees (it is agreed that some person or persons may be officers of both the Trust and the Administrator, and that the existence of any such dual interest shall not affect the validity of this Agreement shall be deemed except as otherwise provided by specific provision of applicable law);
(l) Preparation and, subject to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent approval of the Trust's Chief Financial Officer, dissemination of the Trust's and each Fund's quarterly financial information to the Board of Trustees and preparation of such other reports relating to the business and affairs of the Trust and each Fund or any other person not a as the officers and Board of Trustees may from time to time reasonably request;
(m) Administration of the Trust's Code of Ethics and periodic reporting to the Board of Trustees of Trustee and officer compliance therewith;
(n) Provision of internal legal, accounting, compliance, audit, and risk management services and periodic reporting to the Board of Trustees with respect to such services;
(o) Negotiation, administration, and oversight of third party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundTrust including, but not limited to, custody, tax, transfer agency, disaster recovery, audit, and legal services;
(p) Negotiation and arrangement for insurance desired or required of the Trust and administering all claims thereunder;
(q) Response to all inquiries by regulatory agencies, the press, and the general public concerning the business and affairs of the Trust, including the oversight of all periodic inspections of the operations of the Trust and its agents by regulatory authorities and responses to subpoenas and tax levies;
(r) Handling and resolution of any complaints registered with the Trust by shareholders, regulatory authorities, and the general public;
(s) Monitoring legal, tax, regulatory, and industry developments related to the business affairs of the Trust and communicating such developments to the officers and Board of Trustees as they may reasonably request or as the Administrator believes appropriate;
(t) Administration of operating policies of the Trust and recommendation to the officers and the Board of Trustees of the Trust of modifications to such policies to facilitate the protection of shareholders or market competitiveness of the Trust and Fund and to the extent necessary to comply with new legal or regulatory requirements;
(u) Responding to surveys conducted by third parties and reporting of Fund performance and other portfolio information; and
(v) Filing of claims, class actions involving portfolio securities, and handling administrative matters in connection with the litigation or settlement of such claims.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Administrative Agreement (Columbia Funds Trust Ix), Administrative Agreement (Liberty Stein Roe Funds Income Trust), Administrative Agreement (Liberty Stein Roe Funds Municipal Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its their reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company companies and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Cash Investment Funds), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Cash Investment Funds), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Cash Investment Funds)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Fund s transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.counsel
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Investors Fund Series), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Global Income Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Target Equity Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open- end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.the
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder International Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder International Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder International Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager shall provide the following administrative services in connection with the operation of the Trust and the Fund:
(1) coordinate, supervise and make all payments to the portfolio management services specified above in section Fund's transfer agent and various subtransfer agents and omnibus account servicers and record-keepers;
(2, you shall ) receive and tabulate shareholder votes;
(3) furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space statistical and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you research data;
(4) coordinate (or one or more of your affiliates designated by youassist in) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company preparation and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") of registration statements, notices, shareholder reports, and other regulatory material required to be filed under applicable laws;
(5) prepare and selffile with the states registration statements, notices, reports, and other material required to be filed under applicable laws;
(6) prepare and file Form 24F-2s and N-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments SARs;
(7) review bills submitted to the Registration StatementFund and, semi-upon determining that a b▇▇▇ is appropriate, allocate amounts to the Fund and instruct the Fund's custodian to pay such bills;
(8) coordinate (or assist in) the preparation of reports and other information materials regarding the Fund, including prospectuses, proxies and other shareholder communications;
(9) prepare expense table and performance information for annual reports updates;
(10) provide legal and regulatory advice to the Fund in connection with its other administrative functions, including assignment of matters to outside legal counsel on Form N-SAR behalf of the Trust and notices pursuant supervising the work of such counsel;
(11) provide office facilities and clerical support for the Fund;
(12) develop and implement procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Fund's investment objectives, policies and restrictions;
(13) serve as liaison between the Fund and its independent auditors;
(14) prepare and file tax returns;
(15) review payments of Fund expenses;
(16) prepare expense budgeting and accruals;
(17) provide communication, coordination, and supervision services with regard to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting , custodian, fund accountant, any co-administrators, and other service organizations that render recordkeeping or shareholder communication services;
(18) provide information to the Fund's distributor concerning fund performance and administration;
(19) provide reports to the Fund's board of directors regarding its activities;
(20) assist in the preparation and filing assembly of meeting materials, including comparable fee information, as required, for the Fund's federal, state and local tax returnsboard of directors; preparing and filing and
(21) provide any other administrative services reasonably necessary for the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares operation of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing other than those services that are to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained provided by the FundTrust's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying disbursing agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's businessfund accountant, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated require Funds Management to provide any services to the Fundthat may not be provided by it under applicable banking laws and regulations.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Wells Fargo Funds Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Wells Fargo Funds Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Wells Fargo Funds Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustCorporation's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Mutual Funds Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder International Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder International Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Fund shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the FundTrust; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the FundTrust's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust and the Fund as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Tax Free Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Equity Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Investment Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.3
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Investors Fund Series), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Aggressive Growth Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Growth Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Fund administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open a closed-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustFund's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Fund's Registration Statement, and semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 ActSAR; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Fund as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustFund's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Global International Series), Investment Management Agreement (Growth Fund of Spain Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Funds such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Funds may require for its their reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund Funds necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company companies and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Funds' transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the each Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the each Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset valuesecurities; monitoring the registration of Shares of the each Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the each Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the each Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the each Fund's operations and consulting with the each Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the each Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the each Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the each Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the each Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the each Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the a Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Income Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Growth Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Fund shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Securities Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Securities Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 22 hereof, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's ’s Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "“SEC"”) and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR CEN and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's ’s transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's ’s federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's ’s federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's ’s custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's ’s operations and consulting with the Fund's ’s independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's ’s other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's ’s operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's ’s bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's ’s business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's ’s Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund. You are authorized to delegate to such agents as you may deem desirable to assist you in performing your duties under this section 4, provided that (i) the Trust’s Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust or any party to this Agreement, has given its prior approval to any such delegation, (ii) you are responsible for compensating any such agent, and (iii) you shall be fully responsible and liable to the Fund for the acts or omissions of any such agents as you are for your own acts and omissions under this Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Deutsche DWS Investment Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Deutsche DWS Investment Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 22 hereof, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Fund administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open a Closed-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustFund's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 ActSAR; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Fund as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustFund's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (DWS Multi-Market Income Trust), Investment Management Agreement (DWS Strategic Income Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, : preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's ’s Board of Trustees and overseeing reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "“SEC"”) and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's ’s federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's ’s custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's ’s business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's ’s Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated employed to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Dodge & Cox Funds), Investment Management Agreement (Dodge & Cox Funds)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Funds such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Funds may require for its their reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund Funds necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company companies and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Funds' transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the each Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the each Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the each Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the each Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the each Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the each Fund's operations and consulting with the each Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the each Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the each Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the each Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the each Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the each Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the a Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundFunds.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Tax Free Income Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Tax Free Income Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its their reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company companies and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the a Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Growth Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Growth Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Funds such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Funds may require for its their reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund Funds necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company companies and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Funds' transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the each Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the each Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset valuesecurities; monitoring the registration of Shares of the each Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the each Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's Funds' custodian or other agents of the FundFunds; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the each Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the each Fund's ' operations and consulting with the Fund's Funds' independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the each Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the each Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the each Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the each Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the each Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the a Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Managed Investment Portfolios), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Managed Investment Portfolios)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to the portfolio management Fund to the extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any sub-adviser or other service provider to the Fund: (a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense telephone, equipment and supplies appropriate for the use effective administration of the Fund such office space as contemplated in this Agreement; (b) providing trading desk facilities; (c) authorizing expenditures and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require approving bills for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services payment on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund; (d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements withnotices of dividends, capital gains distributions and tax credits and attending to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers routine correspondence and other persons in any capacity deemed communications with individual Fund shareholders when asked to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies do so by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian ’s shareholder servicing agent or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing (e) coordinating and supervising the accounting policies daily pricing and valuation of the Fund’s investment portfolio , including collecting quotations from pricing services engaged by the Fund; assisting in (f) providing fund accounting services, including preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations, periodic earnings reports and other financial data, as appropriate; (g) monitoring and coordinating relationships with organizations serving the resolution Fund, including custodians, transfer agents, public accounting firms, law firms, printers and other third party service providers; (h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities, state and foreign laws and regulations and maintaining books and records for the Fund other than those maintained by the custodian and transfer agent; (i) preparing and filing of accounting issues that may arise domestic and foreign tax reports and monitoring the Fund’s compliance with all subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and other applicable tax laws and regulations; (j) establishing, maintaining and monitoring the Fund’s compliance program with respect to the Fund's operations federal securities, state and consulting with foreign laws and regulations applicable to the operation of investment companies; the Fund's independent accountants’s investment goals, legal counsel policies and restrictions; and the Fund's Code of Ethics or other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring policies adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees or by the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing ’s investment manager and sub-advisor and other policies applicable to the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person(k) preparing regulatory reports, including without limitations, NSARs, proxy statements, and U.S. and foreign ownership reports; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, (l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices to shareholdersregistration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and providing foreign or other regulatory authorities; (m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agentSarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributionsapplicable; and otherwise assisting (n) providing executive, clerical and other personnel needed to carry out the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or the Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund Trust who are officers, directors, stockholders or any other person not a party to employees of the Manager or its affiliates. Nothing in this Agreement which is obligated shall obligate the Manager to provide pay for the services of third parties, including attorneys, auditors, printers, pricing services or others, engaged directly by the Trust to perform services on behalf of the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to the portfolio management Fund to the extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any sub-adviser or other service provider to the Fund: (a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense telephone, equipment and supplies appropriate for the use effective administration of the Fund such office space as contemplated in this Agreement; (b) providing trading desk facilities; (c) authorizing expenditures and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require approving bills for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services payment on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund; (d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements withnotices of dividends, capital gains distributions and tax credits and attending to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers routine correspondence and other persons in any capacity deemed communications with individual Fund shareholders when asked to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies do so by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian ’s shareholder servicing agent or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing (e) coordinating and supervising the accounting policies daily pricing and valuation of the Fund’s investment portfolio , including collecting quotations from pricing services engaged by the Fund; assisting in (f) providing fund accounting services, including preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations, periodic earnings reports and other financial data, as appropriate; (g) monitoring and coordinating relationships with organizations serving the resolution Fund, including custodians, transfer agents, public accounting firms, law firms, printers and other third party service providers; (h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities, state and foreign laws and regulations and maintaining books and records for the Fund other than those maintained by the custodian and transfer agent; (i) preparing and filing of accounting issues that may arise domestic and foreign tax reports and monitoring the Fund’s compliance with all subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and other applicable tax laws and regulations; (j) establishing, maintaining and monitoring the Fund’s compliance program with respect to the Fund's operations federal securities, state and consulting with foreign laws and regulations applicable to the operation of investment companies; the Fund's independent accountants’s investment goals, legal counsel policies and restrictions; and the Fund's Code of Ethics or other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring policies adopted by the Investment Company’s Board of Trustees or by the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing ’s investment manager and sub-advisor and other policies applicable to the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person(k) preparing regulatory reports, including without limitations, NSARs, proxy statements, and U.S. and foreign ownership reports; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, (l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices to shareholdersregistration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and providing foreign or other regulatory authorities; (m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributionsapplicable; and otherwise assisting (n) providing executive, clerical and other personnel needed to carry out the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or the Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund Trust who are officers, directors, stockholders or any other person not a party to employees of the Manager or its affiliates. Nothing in this Agreement which is obligated shall obligate the Manager to provide pay for the services of third parties, including attorneys, auditors, printers, pricing services or others, engaged directly by the Trust to perform services on behalf of the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds), Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Alternative Strategies Funds)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's Fund s federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's Fund s independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustCorporation's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Value Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Value Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition to (a) Sub-Administrator, at its expense, shall supply the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and officers of the Trust with all statistical information and reports as the Board of Trustees or officers may reasonably request and shall furnish the Fund with office facilities, including space, furniture and equipment and all personnel reasonably necessary for the administration of the Fund, as set forth in this Agreement. Sub-Administrator shall authorize and permit any of its directors, officers and employees, who may be elected as trustees or officers of the Fund, to serve in the capacities in which they are elected.
(b) Sub-Administrator shall oversee the maintenance of all books and records with respect to the Fund’s transactions in securities, commodity Interests and other investments. For purposes of this Agreement, commodity Interests include commodity futures (including futures on broad-based securities indexes or interest rate futures), forward contracts, foreign exchange transactions, options on commodity futures, swaps, swaptions and certain other instruments regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”). Sub-Administrator agrees that it will keep all of the Fund’s books of accounts in accordance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations, as well as SEC orders, no-action letters and interpretive positions relied on by the Fund, except for those accounts, books and financial records (a) required to be maintained by the Fund’s custodian or transfer agent, (b) specifically maintained by the Manager, Subadviser, other subadvisers and/or trading advisors and/or (c) maintained by all other service providers necessary for the Fund to conduct its business as a registered open-end management investment company. In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940 Act, Sub-Administrator hereby agrees that any records that it maintains for the Fund are the property of the Fund, and further agrees to surrender promptly to the Fund or its agents any of such records upon the Fund’s request. Sub-Administrator further agrees to arrange for the preservation of the records required to be maintained by Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act. Sub-Administrator further agrees to maintain books and records of the Fund in accordance with the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(c) Subject to the direction and oversight of the Manager and the Board, the Sub-Administrator, at its expense, shall supervise and monitor certain non-investment advisory aspects of the operations of the Fund, including provision and coordination of transfer agency, custodial services, securities lending agent services, certain accounting services (including overseeing the calculation of the net asset value and verified intraday indicative value (“VIIV”) of the Fund’s shares), corporate secretarial services, fund legal services, fund compliance services and fund auditing services.
(d) Sub-Administrator will supervise with respect to the Fund the preparation, filing, and dissemination of required tax returns, applications, disclosures, reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other relevant regulatory and self-regulatory organizationsauthorities, includingincluding the SEC, but not limited toCFTC, preliminary National Futures Association and definitive proxy listing exchanges. The Sub-Administrator will supervise the preparation of Board materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statementregistration statements, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records proxy statements and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices communications to shareholders, and providing .
(e) Sub-Administrator shall perform the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request additional fund services described in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.Appendix A.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Sub Administration Agreement (ActiveShares ETF Trust), Sub Administration Agreement (ActiveShares ETF Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Portfolios such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Portfolios may require for its their reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund Portfolios necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund Portfolio shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund Portfolio operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Portfolios' transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's Portfolios' federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's Portfolios' federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Portfolio shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund Portfolios under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund Portfolios all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's Portfolios' custodian or other agents of the FundPortfolios; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the FundPortfolios; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's Portfolios' operations and consulting with the Fund's Portfolios' independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's Portfolios' other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's Portfolios' operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's Portfolios' bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund Portfolios in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund Portfolios to its their shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's Portfolios' business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund Portfolios or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundPortfolios.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Prime Fund), Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Prime Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you You shall furnish at your expense not be responsible for the use of the Fund such furnishing office space and facilities in the United States as to the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render not be responsible for rendering to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; , supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, except to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not required to be maintained by the Fund's custodian investment adviser of a registered investment company under the 1940 Act or other agents the Investment Advisers Act of the Fund1940, as amended; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request Corporation in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Advisory Agreement (Japan Fund Inc), Investment Advisory Agreement (Japan Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition Without limiting the generality of Section 2.1, the Trust authorizes and empowers the Administrator, as its agent, to perform, and the Administrator agrees to perform, the following services:
(a) subject to the portfolio management timely receipt of all necessary information, providing, or causing to be provided, all clerical, and bookkeeping services necessary and appropriate for the administration of the Trust, including, without limitation, the following services as well as those other services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use following subsections:
(i) maintenance of all books and records of the Fund such office space Trust relating to the fees, costs and facilities expenses of the Trust which books and records shall be maintained separately from those of the Administrator;
(ii) maintenance of records of cash payments and disbursements (excluding principal and interest on any Funding Agreement) of the Trust in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needsaccordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and you preparation for audit of such periodic financial statements as may be necessary or appropriate;
(iii) upon request, preparing for, and causing, execution by the Trust, through a Responsible Officer, of the Program Documents, any amendments to and waivers under the Program Documents and any other documents or one instruments deliverable by the Trust thereunder or more in connection therewith;
(iv) holding, maintaining, and preserving executed copies of your affiliates designated the Program Documents and other documents or instruments executed by youthe Trust thereunder or in connection therewith, which shall be maintained separately from those of the Administrator;
(v) shall render upon receipt of notice, taking such action as may be reasonably necessary to enforce the performance by the other parties to agreements to which the Trust is a party, and enforce the obligations of those parties to the Trust administrative under such agreements;
(vi) upon request, preparing for execution by a Responsible Officer such notices, consents, instructions and other communications that the Trust may from time to time be required or permitted to give under the Program Documents or any other document executed by the Trust;
(vii) obtaining services of outside counsel, accountants and other Service Providers on behalf of the Fund necessary Trust;
(viii) preparing for operating execution by a Responsible Officer any instruction for payment of any amounts due and owing by the Trust under the Program Documents to which the Trust is a party or any other document to which the Trust is a party; provided that the foregoing shall not obligate the Administrator to advance any of its own monies for such purpose, it being understood that such amounts shall be payable only to the extent assets held in the Trust are available therefor and at such times and in such amounts as an open end investment company shall be permitted by the Program Documents;
(ix) preparing for execution by a Responsible Officer any instruction for payment of any amounts due and owing by the Trust to the Indenture Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Registrar, the Exchange Agent, the Calculation Agent, other Service Providers and any other Person on request for all expenses, disbursements and advances to the extent not provided paid pursuant to the Support Agreement; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not obligate the Administrator to advance any of its own monies for such purpose, it being understood that such amounts shall be payable only to the extent assets held in the Trust are available therefor and at such times and in such amounts as shall be permitted by persons not parties the Program Documents; and
(x) taking such other actions as may be incidental or reasonably necessary: (A) to the accomplishment of the actions of the Administrator authorized in this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports subsection (a); or (B) upon receipt of notice from a Responsible Officer directing specifically the Administrator to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements withdo so, to the extent appropriateaccomplishment of the duties and responsibilities, and monitoring compliance with the performance ofobligations, accounting agentsof the Trust, custodiansunder the Program Documents and under any other document to which the Trust is or may be a party to the extent not otherwise performed by the Indenture Trustee, depositoriesa Paying Agent, transfer agents the Registrar, the Exchange Rate Agent, the Calculation Agent or the Delaware Trustee; provided that no such duties or responsibilities shall materially enlarge the duties and pricing agentsresponsibilities of the Administrator which are set forth specifically in the Administrative Services Agreement;
(b) upon the issuance of the Notes, accountantsdirecting the Indenture Trustee to pay the expenses of the Trust relating to the Notes to the extent not paid under the Support Agreement;
(c) performing the administrative services to ensure compliance with all of the obligations, attorneysrepresentations, printerscovenants and agreements of the Trust set forth in the Program Documents;
(d) subject to the timely receipt of all necessary information or notices from the Delaware Trustee, underwritersand based on the advice of counsel, brokers on behalf of the Trust, (i) the preparation and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SECCommission") and, if necessary, executing, in each case solely on behalf of the Trust and not in the Administrator's individual capacity such documents, forms, certifications and filings as may be required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or other regulatory and self-regulatory organizationssecurities laws, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments in each case relating to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under Program and/or the 1940 ActNotes; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in (ii) the preparation and filing of any documents or forms required to be filed by any rules or regulations of any securities exchange, including without limitation, the Fund's federalNew York Stock Exchange, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing or market quotation dealer system or the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in connection with the listing of the CodeNotes thereon; providing assistance with investor (iii) preparing, filing and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares executing solely on behalf of the Fund Trust and not in the Administrator's individual capacity, such filings, applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents as may be necessary or desirable to register, or establish the exemption from registration of, the Notes under applicable federal the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of any relevant jurisdictions; and state (iv) executing and delivering, solely on behalf of the Trust and not in the Administrator's individual capacity, letters or documents to, or instruments for filing with, a depositary relating to the Notes;
(e) if the Pricing Supplement relating to the Notes provides for a Survivor's Option, taking such actions as may be incidental or reasonably necessary to administer the Survivor's Option; and
(f) undertaking such other administrative services as may be reasonably requested by the Trust or the Delaware Trustee, including: (i) causing the preparation by the Trust of any prospectus, prospectus supplement, pricing supplement, registration statement, amendments, including any exhibits and schedules thereto, any reports or other filings or documents, or supplement thereto; or (ii) securing and maintaining the listing of the Notes on any securities laws; maintaining exchange or causing to be maintained for complying with the Fund all bookssecurities or "Blue Sky" laws of any relevant jurisdictions, records and reports and in connection with the performance by the Trust of its obligations under the Program Documents or any other information required under document to which the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian Trust is a party or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary documents executed thereunder or in connection therewith; establishing . Any of the above services (other than those described in Sections 2.2(c), 2.2(d) and monitoring 2.2(e)) may, if the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing Administrator or the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to Trust deems it necessary or desirable, be paid subcontracted by the Fund Administrator; provided that notice is given to its shareholdersthe Trust of such subcontract and, preparing notwithstanding such subcontract, the Administrator shall remain responsible for performance of the services set forth above unless such services are subcontracted to accountants or legal counsel selected with due care by the Administrator and arranging reasonably satisfactory to the Trust and in which case the Administrator shall not remain responsible for the printing performance of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, such services and the accounting agent with such information as is required Administrator shall not, in any event, be responsible for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request costs, fees or expenses in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fundconnection therewith.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Administrative Services Agreement (Allstate Life Global Funding), Administrative Services Agreement (Allstate Life Global Funding)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Funds such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Funds may require for its their reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund Funds necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company companies and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Funds' transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the each Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the each Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the each Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the each Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's Funds' custodian or other agents of the FundFunds; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the each Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the each Fund's ' operations and consulting with the Fund's Funds' independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the each Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the each Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the each Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the each Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the each Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the a Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Managed Investment Portfolios), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Managed Investment Portfolios)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Funds such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Funds may require for its their reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund Funds necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company companies and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Funds' transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the each Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the each Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset valuesecurities; monitoring the registration of Shares of the each Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the each Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the each Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the each Fund's operations and consulting with the each Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the each Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the each Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the each Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the each Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the each Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the a Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundFunds.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Tax Free Income Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Tax Free Income Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager shall, at its expense, provide the following administrative services in connection with the operations of the Trust and the Funds:
i) coordinate, supervise and make all payments to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2Funds’ transfer agent;
ii) receive and tabulate shareholder votes;
iii) furnish statistical and research data;
iv) coordinate (or assist in) the preparation and filing with the Commission of registration statements, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needsnotices, shareholder reports, and you other material required to be filed under applicable laws;
v) prepare and file with the states registration statements, notices, reports, and other material required to be filed under applicable laws;
vi) prepare and file Form 24F-2s and N-CENs;
vii) review bills submitted to the Funds and, upon determining that a bill is appropriate, allocate amounts to the appropriate Fund and instruct the Manager to pay such bills;
viii) coordinate (or one or more assist in) the preparation of your affiliates designated by youreports and other information materials regarding the Funds, including prospectuses, proxies, and other shareholder communications;
ix) shall render update and maintain the Funds’ website;
x) prepare expense table and performance information for annual updates;
xi) provide legal and regulatory advice to the Trust Funds in connection with its other administrative services functions, including assignment of matters to outside legal counsel on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company Trust and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to supervision of the work of such counsel;
xii) provide office facilities and meeting materials clerical support for the Trust's Board Funds;
xiii) develop and implement procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Funds’ investment objectives, policies and restrictions;
xiv) serve as liaison between the Funds and their independent auditors;
xv) prepare and file tax returns;
xvi) review payments of Trustees Fund expenses;
xvii) prepare expense budgeting and reports accruals;
xviii) provide communication, coordination, and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, supervision services with regard to the extent appropriateFunds’ transfer agent, custodian, fund accountant, any co-administrators, and monitoring the performance ofother service organizations that render recordkeeping or shareholder communication services;
xix) provide communication and coordination services with regard to exchanges, accounting agentslead market makers, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"authorized participants;
xx) and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant subject to Rule 24f-2 6c-11 under the 1940 Act; overseeing Act and any compliance policies and procedures of the tabulation of proxies Trust related thereto, determine the securities to be accepted in a Fund’s creation basket, the securities that will be applicable that day to redemption requests received by the Fund's , and the securities to be included in any custom basket;
xxi) provide information to the Funds’ distributor concerning fund performance and administration;
xxii) provide reports to the Funds’ Board regarding its activities;
xxiii) assist in the preparation, assembly and electronic delivery of meeting materials, including comparable fee information, as required, for the Funds’ Board; and
xxiv) provide any other administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Funds other than those services that are to be provided by the Trust’s transfer agent; assisting , custodian, and fund accountant. In performing all administrative services under this Section 2(b), the Manager shall: (a) act in conformity with the preparation Trust’s Amended and filing Restated Declaration of the Fund's federalTrust (and By-Laws, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all booksif any), records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, and any other applicable laws as may be amended from time to time, and all relevant rules thereunder, and with the Trust’s registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and the 1940 Act, as may be amended from time to time; (b) consult and coordinate with legal counsel to the extent that such booksTrust as necessary and appropriate; and (c) advise and report to the Trust and its legal counsel, records as necessary and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise appropriate, with respect to any compliance or other matters that come to its attention. In connection with its duties under this Section 2(b), the Fund's operations and consulting Manager may, at its own expense, enter into sub-administration agreements with other service providers, provided that each such service provider agrees with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel Manager to comply with this Agreement and all relevant provisions of the Fund's 1940 Act and any other agents applicable laws as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available may be amended from time to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholderstime, and providing all relevant rules thereunder. The Manager will provide the transfer and dividend paying agentTrust with a copy of each sub-administration agreement it executes relating to the Trust. The Manager will be liable for acts or omissions of any such sub-administrators under the standards of care described herein under Section 11. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement Manager shall not be deemed to shift to you or to diminish have assumed any duties with respect to, and shall not be responsible for, the obligations distribution of any agent shares of the Fund Funds, nor shall the Manager be deemed to have assumed or have any other person not a party responsibility with respect to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to functions specifically assumed by any transfer agent, custodian or fund accountant of the FundFunds.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Allspring Exchange-Traded Funds Trust), Investment Management Agreement (Allspring Exchange-Traded Funds Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund each Series such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund each Series may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund each Series necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund Series shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund Trust or Series operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's each Series' transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's each Series' federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's each Series' federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration registration, qualification, or other requirements regarding the offering of Shares of the Fund each Series under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund each Series all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's each Series' custodian or other agents of the Fundeach Series; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fundeach Series; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's each Series' operations and consulting with the Fund's each Series' independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's each Series' other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's each Series' operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's each Series' bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund each Series in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund each Series to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's each Series' business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund Series or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fundeach Series.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Managed Investment Portfolios), Investment Management Agreement (Aarp Managed Investment Portfolios)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Fund administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustFund's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Fund shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares the Fund's shares of capital stock, $.33 1/3 par value per share (the Fund "Shares") under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an a person authorized personby the Fund; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Fund as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's its business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustFund's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Japan Fund Inc), Investment Management Agreement (Japan Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition (a) The Manager will provide general administrative services as hereinafter set forth ("Administrative Services"), all subject to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use overall direction and control of the Fund such Board of Trustees of the Trust (the "Board").
(b) Such Administrative Services shall not include investment advisory, custodian, underwriting and distribution, transfer agency or pricing and bookkeeping services, but shall include; (i) provision of office space space, equipment and facilities necessary in connection with the United States as services to be performed hereunder and the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, maintenance of the headquarters of the Trust; (ii) maintenance of the corporate books and you (or one or more records of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf (other than those of its records maintained by the Sub-Advisers referred to in paragraph 2(B)(c) below, the transfer agent, the custodian and the pricing and bookkeeping agent); (iii) administration of all dealings and relationships with the Trustees for meetings of the Fund necessary Board, the scheduling of such meetings and the conduct thereof; (iv) preparation and filing of proxy materials and administration of arrangements for operating as an open end investment company meetings of shareholders or beneficial owners of the Funds; (v) preparation and not provided by persons not parties filing of all required reports and all updating and other amendments to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervisingRegistration Statement under the Investment Company Act, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECSecurities Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder; (vi) calculation of distributions required or advisable under the Investment Company Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); (vii) periodic computation and reporting to the Trustees of each Fund's compliance with diversification and other regulatory portfolio requirements of the Investment Company Act and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary the Code; (viii) development and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments implementation of general shareholder and beneficial owner correspondence and communications relating to the Registration StatementFunds, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in including the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state shareholder and local tax returnsbeneficial owner reports as are required or deemed advisable; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 (ix) general oversight of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of custodial, net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal value computation, portfolio accounting, financial statement preparation, legal, tax and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained accounting services performed for the Fund Trust or the Funds by others. It is understood that the Manager may, in its discretion and at its expense, delegate some or all books, records of its administrative duties and reports and responsibilities under this subsection 2A to any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fundaffiliates.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Management Agreement (Liberty Variable Investment Trust), Management Agreement (Liberty Variable Investment Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, : preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and overseeing reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated employed to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund/Ca), Investment Management Agreement (Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund/Ca)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Fund administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open a closed-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustFund's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Fund s Registration Statement, and semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 ActSAR; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's Fund s operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Fund as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustFund's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Strategic Income Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Fund s transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's Fund s federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's Fund s federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's Fund s custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.other
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Horizon Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel 4 and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Asian Growth Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager shall provide the following administrative services in connection with the operation of the Trust and the Fund:
(1) coordinate, supervise and make all payments to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space Fund’s transfer agent and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, various sub-transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers omnibus account servicers and dealers, insurers record-keepers;
(2) receive and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary tabulate shareholder votes;
(3) furnish statistical and research data;
(4) coordinate (or desirable to Fund operations; preparing assist in) the preparation and making filings filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "“SEC"”) of registration statements, notices, shareholder reports, and other regulatory material required to be filed under applicable laws;
(5) prepare and selffile with the states registration statements, notices, reports, and other material required to be filed under applicable laws;
(6) prepare and file Form 24F-2s and N-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments SARs;
(7) review bills submitted to the Registration StatementFund and, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR upon determining that a ▇▇▇▇ is appropriate, allocate amounts to the Fund and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by instruct the Fund's ’s custodian to pay such bills;
(8) coordinate (or assist in) the preparation of reports and other information materials regarding the Fund, including prospectuses, proxies and other shareholder communications;
(9) prepare expense table and performance information for annual updates;
(10) provide legal and regulatory advice to the Fund in connection with its other administrative functions, including assignment of matters to outside legal counsel on behalf of the Trust and supervising the work of such counsel;
(11) provide office facilities and clerical support for the Fund;
(12) develop and implement procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions;
(13) serve as liaison between the Fund and its independent auditors;
(14) prepare and file tax returns;
(15) review payments of Fund expenses;
(16) prepare expense budgeting and accruals;
(17) provide communication, coordination, and supervision services with regard to the Fund’s transfer agent; assisting , custodian, fund accountant, any co-administrators, and other service organizations that render recordkeeping or shareholder communication services;
(18) provide information to the Fund’s distributor concerning fund performance and administration;
(19) provide reports to the Fund’s board of directors regarding its activities;
(20) assist in the preparation and filing assembly of meeting materials, including comparable fee information, as required, for the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns’s board of directors; preparing and filing and
(21) provide any other administrative services reasonably necessary for the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares operation of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing other than those services that are to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained provided by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the Trust’s transfer and dividend paying disbursing agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's businessfund accountant, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish require the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated Manager to provide any services to the Fundthat may not be provided by it under applicable banking laws and regulations.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Interim Investment Management Agreement (Wells Fargo Funds Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Fund administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustFund's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Fund as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.reasonably
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder New Europe Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.and
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Administrative Services. In addition The Manager agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to the portfolio management Fund to the extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any subadviser or other service provider to the Fund:
(a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense telephone, office equipment and supplies for the use Fund necessary or appropriate for the effective administration of the Fund such office space as contemplated in this Agreement;
(b) providing trading desk facilities for the Fund, unless these facilities are provided by any Subadviser;
(c) authorizing expenditures and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require approving bills for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services payment on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund;
(d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders, notices of dividends, capital gains distributions and tax credits; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, and attending to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers routine correspondence and other persons in any capacity deemed communications with individual Fund shareholders when asked to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies do so by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian ’s shareholder servicing agent or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing ;
(e) coordinating and supervising the accounting policies daily pricing and valuation of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to ’s investment portfolio, including collecting quotations from pricing services engaged by the Fund's operations and consulting , in accordance with the policies and procedures adopted from time to time by the Trust on behalf of the Fund's independent accountants;
(f) providing fund accounting services, legal counsel including preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations and other financial data;
(g) monitoring and coordinating, where appropriate, relationships with organizations serving the Fund, including custodians, public accounting firms, law firms, printers, pricing services and other unaffiliated service providers;
(h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities laws, including the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder, supervising compliance with recordkeeping requirements imposed by state or foreign laws or regulations, and maintaining books and records for the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing ;
(i) preparing and filing of domestic and foreign tax reports, including the Fund’s income tax returns, and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing ’s compliance with subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and all other applicable tax laws and regulations;
(j) establishing, maintaining and monitoring the Fund's bills’s compliance program with respect to: the 1940 Act and other federal securities laws, and rules and regulations thereunder; processing state and foreign laws and regulations applicable to the payment operation of bills that have been approved by an authorized personinvestment companies; assisting the Fund in determining Fund’s investment goals, policies and restrictions; and the amount Code of dividends Ethics and distributions available to be paid other policies adopted by the Fund Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board”), by the Manager or by any Subadviser and applicable to its shareholdersthe Fund; # 1362979 v. 4
(k) preparing regulatory reports, including without limitation, N-SARs, N-CSRs, N-PXs, N-Qs, proxy statements, information statements, and U.S. and foreign ownership reports;
(l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices such registration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and foreign or other regulatory authorities as may be required to shareholders(i) register or otherwise qualify the shares of the Fund for sale and maintain any such registration or qualification; (ii) amend or otherwise update the Fund’s disclosure as required by applicable Federal securities laws and rules and regulations of any applicable regulatory agency or stock exchange; (iii) qualify the Fund to do business; and (iv) maintain the Fund’s corporate existence, and providing as otherwise required by applicable law;
(m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct relevant provisions of the Fund's businessSarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as applicable to registered investment companies; and
(n) providing executive, subject clerical, secretarial and other personnel needed to carry out the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or the Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund or any other person not a party to Trust. Nothing in this Agreement which is obligated shall obligate the Manager to provide pay for the services of third parties, including attorneys, auditors, printers, pricing services or others, engaged directly by the Trust to perform services on behalf of the Fund.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund Portfolio such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund Portfolio may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund Portfolio necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund Portfolio shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund Portfolio operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the FundPortfolio's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the FundPortfolio's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the FundPortfolio's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund Portfolio under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund Portfolio all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the FundPortfolio's custodian or other agents of the FundPortfolio; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the FundPortfolio; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the FundPortfolio's operations and consulting with the FundPortfolio's independent accountants, legal counsel and the FundPortfolio's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the FundPortfolio's operating expense budgets; reviewing the FundPortfolio's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund Portfolio in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund Portfolio to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the FundPortfolio's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustCorporation's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund Portfolio or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the FundPortfolio.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Institutional Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the 2 payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustCorporation's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Value Series Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's Fund s federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Adjustable Rate U S Government Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel 121 and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Investors Fund Series)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, . transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Fund shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Funds Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's Fund s custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.accounting
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper Value Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Fund shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the FundTrust; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the FundTrust's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Value Equity Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2Section 3, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust Corporation administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the TrustCorporation's Board of Trustees Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Fund shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; : and otherwise assisting the Trust Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the TrustCorporation's Board of TrusteesDirectors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Global Fund Inc)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Fund shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information Information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder Municipal Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Trust s Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.counsel
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Kemper High Yield Series)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 23, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open open-end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and securities, the calculation of net asset valuevalue and the calculation and payment of distributions to Fund shareholders; monitoring the registration of Shares shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the FundTrust; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the FundTrust's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, agent and the accounting agent custodian with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; : and otherwise assisting the Trust and the Fund as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Scudder State Tax Free Trust)
Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management services specified above in section 2, you shall furnish at your expense for the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's Fund s transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.other
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Zurich Yieldwise Money Fund)
Administrative Services. In addition The Manager agrees, during the term of this Agreement, to provide or procure, as applicable, at its own expense (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), the following services to the portfolio management Fund to the extent that any such services specified above in section 2are not otherwise provided by any subadviser or other service provider to the Fund:
(a) providing office space, you shall furnish at your expense telephone, office equipment and supplies for the use Fund necessary or appropriate for the effective administration of the Fund such office space as contemplated in this Agreement;
(b) providing trading desk facilities for the Fund, unless these facilities are provided by any Subadviser;
(c) authorizing expenditures and facilities in the United States as the Fund may require approving bills for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Trust administrative services payment on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open end investment company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, preparing Fund;
(d) supervising preparation of periodic reports to and meeting materials for the Trust's Board of Trustees and reports and notices to Fund shareholders, notices of dividends, capital gains distributions and tax credits; supervising, negotiating contractual arrangements with, and attending to the extent appropriate, and monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories, transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers, underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers routine correspondence and other persons in any capacity deemed communications with individual Fund shareholders when asked to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to, preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies do so by the Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian ’s shareholder servicing agent or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing ;
(e) coordinating and supervising the accounting policies daily pricing and valuation of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with respect to ’s investment portfolio, including collecting quotations from pricing services engaged by the Fund's operations and consulting , in accordance with the policies and procedures adopted from time to time by the Trust on behalf of the Fund's independent accountants;
(f) providing fund accounting services, legal counsel including preparing and supervising publication of daily net asset value quotations and other financial data;
(g) monitoring and coordinating, where appropriate, relationships with organizations serving the Fund, including custodians, public accounting firms, law firms, printers, pricing services and other unaffiliated service providers;
(h) supervising the Fund’s compliance with recordkeeping requirements under the federal securities laws, including the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder, supervising compliance with recordkeeping requirements imposed by state or foreign laws or regulations, and maintaining books and records for the Fund's other agents as necessary in connection therewith; establishing ;
(i) preparing and filing of domestic and foreign tax reports, including the Fund’s income tax returns, and monitoring the Fund's operating expense budgets; reviewing ’s compliance with subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and all other applicable tax laws and regulations;
(j) establishing, maintaining and monitoring the Fund's bills’s compliance program with respect to: the 1940 Act and other federal securities laws, and rules and regulations thereunder; processing state and foreign laws and regulations applicable to the payment operation of bills that have been approved by an authorized personinvestment companies; assisting the Fund in determining Fund’s investment goals, policies and restrictions; and the amount Code of dividends Ethics and distributions available to be paid other policies adopted by the Fund Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board”), by the Manager or by any Subadviser and applicable to its shareholdersthe Fund; # 1362979 v. 3
(k) preparing regulatory reports, including without limitation, N-SARs, N-CSRs, N-PXs, N-Qs, proxy statements, information statements, and U.S. and foreign ownership reports;
(l) preparing and arranging for the printing filing of dividend notices such registration statements and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal, state and foreign or other regulatory authorities as may be required to shareholders(i) register or otherwise qualify the shares of the Fund for sale and maintain any such registration or qualification; (ii) amend or otherwise update the Fund’s disclosure as required by applicable Federal securities laws and rules and regulations of any applicable regulatory agency or stock exchange; (iii) qualify the Fund to do business; and (iv) maintain the Fund’s corporate existence, and providing as otherwise required by applicable law;
(m) maintaining a review and certification program and internal controls and procedures in accordance with the transfer and dividend paying agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise assisting the Trust as it may reasonably request in the conduct relevant provisions of the Fund's businessSarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as applicable to registered investment companies; and
(n) providing executive, subject clerical, secretarial and other personnel needed to carry out the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trusteesabove responsibilities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed obligate the Trust or the Fund to shift pay any compensation to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent officers of the Fund or any other person not a party to Trust. Nothing in this Agreement which is obligated shall obligate the Manager to provide pay for the services of third parties, including attorneys, auditors, printers, pricing services or others, engaged directly by the Trust to perform services on behalf of the Fund.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Investment Management Agreement (Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust)