Duties of the Subadviser (a) The Adviser hereby engages the services of the Subadviser in furtherance of its Investment Advisory and Management Agreement with the Corporation. Pursuant to this Subadvisory Agreement and subject to the oversight and review of the Adviser, the Subadviser will manage the investment and reinvestment of a portion of the assets of each Portfolio listed on Schedule A attached hereto. The Subadviser will determine in its discretion, and subject to the oversight and review of the Adviser, the securities to be purchased or sold, will provide the Adviser with records concerning its activities which the Adviser or the Corporation is required to maintain, and will render regular reports to the Adviser and to officers and Directors of the Corporation concerning its discharge of the foregoing responsibilities. The Subadviser shall discharge the foregoing responsibilities subject to the control of the officers and the Directors of the Corporation and in compliance with such policies as the Directors of the Corporation may from time to time establish and communicate to Subadviser, and in compliance with (a) the objectives, policies, and limitations for the Portfolio set forth in the Corporation's current prospectus and statement of additional information as provided to Subadviser, and (b) applicable laws and regulations. The Subadviser shall have no power, authority, responsibility, or obligation hereunder to take any action with regard to any claim or potential claim in any bankruptcy proceedings, class action securities litigation, or other litigation or proceeding affecting securities held at any time in the Portfolio, including, without limitation, to file proofs of claim or other documents related to such proceedings (the "Litigation"), or to investigate, initiate, supervise, or monitor the Litigation involving Portfolio assets, and the Adviser acknowledges and agrees that no such power, authority, responsibility or obligation is delegated hereunder. Nevertheless, the Subadviser agrees that it shall provide the Adviser with any and all documentation or information relating to the Litigation as may reasonably be requested by the Adviser. The Subadviser represents and warrants to the Adviser that it will manage the portion of the assets of each Portfolio set forth in Schedule A in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws governing its operations and investments. Without limiting the foregoing and subject to Section 11(c) hereof, the Subadviser represents and warrants (1) that the Subadviser's management of the portion of the assets of a Portfolio will be designed to achieve qualification by each Portfolio to be treated as a "regulated investment company" under subchapter M, chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and (2) compliance with (a) the provisions of the Act and rules adopted thereunder that relate to the investment of Portfolio assets, including depositing those assets in custody with institutions designated by the Corporation; and (b) federal and state securities and commodities laws applicable to Subadviser's portfolio management responsibilities; provided that for purposes of Section 17(a), (d) and (e) of the Act, the Subadviser shall effect compliance only in relation to its own affiliates and to affiliated persons identified to it by the Adviser. The Subadviser further represents and warrants that to the extent any statements or omissions made in any Registration Statement for shares of the Corporation, or any amendment or supplement thereto, are made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished by the Subadviser expressly for use therein, such Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto will, when they become effective, conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the "1933 Act") and the Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Subadviser accepts such employment and agrees, at its own expense, to render the services set forth herein and to provide the office space, furnishings, equipment and personnel required by it to perform such services on the terms and for the compensation provided in this Agreement.
ACTIVITIES OF THE SUB-ADVISER The services of the Sub-Adviser to the Funds are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the Sub-Adviser and any person controlled by or under common control with the Sub-Adviser (for purposes of this Article IV referred to as "affiliates") being free to render services to others. It is understood that directors, officers, employees and shareholders of the Funds are or may become interested in the Sub-Adviser and its affiliates, as directors, officers, employees and shareholders or otherwise and that directors, officers, employees and shareholders of the Sub-Adviser, INVESCO and their affiliates are or may become interested in the Funds as directors, officers and employees.
