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FUND ACCOUNTING SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made on the ___ day of ________, 1999 between Xxxxxx Europe
Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), a registered open-end management investment company
with its principal place of business in 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000 and Xxxxxxx Fund Accounting Corporation, with its principal place
of business in Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called "FUND ACCOUNTING").
WHEREAS, the Fund has need to determine its net asset value which service FUND
ACCOUNTING is willing and able to provide;
NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual promises herein made, the Fund and
FUND ACCOUNTING agree as follows:
Section 1. Duties of FUND ACCOUNTING - General
FUND ACCOUNTING is authorized to act under the terms of this Agreement
to calculate the net asset value of the Fund as provided in the
prospectus of the Fund and in connection therewith shall:
a. Maintain and preserve all accounts, books, financial records
and other documents as are required of the Fund under Section
31 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 Act") and Rules 31a-1, 31a-2 and 31a-3 thereunder,
applicable federal and state laws and any other law or
administrative rules or procedures which may be applicable to
the Fund, other than those accounts, books and financial
records required to be maintained by the Fund's investment
adviser, custodian or transfer agent and/or books and records
maintained by all other service providers necessary for the
Fund to conduct its business as a registered open-end
management investment company. All such books and records
shall be the property of the Fund and shall at all times
during regular business hours be open for inspection by, and
shall be surrendered promptly upon request of, duly authorized
officers of the Fund. All such books and records shall at all
times during regular business hours be open for inspection,
upon request of duly authorized officers of the Fund, by
employees or agents of the Fund and employees and agents of
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
b. Record the current day's trading activity and such other
proper bookkeeping entries as are necessary for determining
that day's net asset value and net income.
c. Render statements or copies of records as from time to time
are reasonably requested by the Fund.
d. Facilitate audits of accounts by the Fund's independent public
accountants or by any other auditors employed or engaged by
the Fund or by any regulatory body with jurisdiction over the
Fund.
e. Compute the Fund's public offering price and/or its daily
dividend rates and money market yields, if applicable, in
accordance with Section 3 of the Agreement and notify the Fund
and such other persons as the Fund may reasonably request of
the
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net asset value per share, the public offering price
and/or its daily dividend rates and money market yields.
Section 2. Valuation of Securities
Securities shall be valued in accordance with (a) the Fund's
Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented from time to time
(hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement"); (b) the
resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Fund at the time in force
and applicable, as they may from time to time be delivered to FUND
ACCOUNTING, and (c) Proper Instructions from such officers of the Fund
or other persons as are from time to time authorized by the Board of
Directors of the Fund to give instructions with respect to computation
and determination of the net asset value. FUND ACCOUNTING may use one
or more external pricing services, including broker-dealers, provided
that an appropriate officer of the Fund shall have approved such use in
advance.
Section 3. Computation of Net Asset Value, Public Offering Price, Daily Dividend
Rates and Yields
FUND ACCOUNTING shall compute the Fund's net asset value, including net
income, in a manner consistent with the specific provisions of the
Registration Statement. Such computation shall be made as of the time
or times specified in the Registration Statement.
FUND ACCOUNTING shall compute the daily dividend rates and money market
yields, if applicable, in accordance with the methodology set forth in
the Registration Statement.
Section 4. FUND ACCOUNTING's Reliance on Instructions and Advice
In maintaining the Fund's books of account and making the necessary
computations FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled to receive, and may rely
upon, information furnished it by means of Proper Instructions,
including but not limited to:
a. The manner and amount of accrual of expenses to be recorded on
the books of the Fund;
b. The source of quotations to be used for such securities as may
not be available through FUND ACCOUNTING's normal pricing
services;
c. The value to be assigned to any asset for which no price
quotations are readily available;
d. If applicable, the manner of computation of the public
offering price and such other computations as may be
necessary;
e. Transactions in portfolio securities;
f. Transactions in capital shares.
FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled to receive, and shall be entitled to
rely upon, as conclusive proof of any fact or matter required to be
ascertained by it hereunder, a certificate, letter or other instrument
signed by an authorized officer of the Fund or any other person
authorized by the Fund's Board of Directors.
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FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled to receive and act upon advice of
Counsel for the Fund at the reasonable expense of the Fund and shall be
without liability for any action taken or thing done in good faith in
reliance upon such advice.
FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled to receive, and may rely upon,
information received from the Transfer Agent.
Section 5. Proper Instructions
"Proper Instructions" as used herein means any certificate, letter or
other instrument or telephone call reasonably believed by FUND
ACCOUNTING to be genuine and to have been properly made or signed by
any authorized officer of the Fund or person certified to FUND
ACCOUNTING as being authorized by the Board of Directors. The Fund
shall cause oral instructions to be confirmed in writing. Proper
Instructions may include communications effected directly between
electro-mechanical or electronic devices as from time to time agreed to
by an authorized officer of the Fund and FUND ACCOUNTING.
The Fund agrees to furnish to the appropriate person(s) within FUND
ACCOUNTING a copy of the Registration Statement as in effect from time
to time. FUND ACCOUNTING may conclusively rely on the Fund's most
recently delivered Registration Statement for all purposes under this
Agreement and shall not be liable to the Fund in acting in reliance
thereon.
Section 6. Standard of Care
FUND ACCOUNTING shall exercise reasonable care and diligence in the
performance of its duties hereunder. The Fund agrees that FUND
ACCOUNTING shall not be liable under this Agreement for any error of
judgment or mistake of law made in good faith and consistent with the
foregoing standard of care, provided that nothing in this Agreement
shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect FUND ACCOUNTING
against any liability to the Fund, or its shareholders to which FUND
ACCOUNTING would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance,
bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties, or by reason
of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder.
Section 7. Compensation and FUND ACCOUNTING Expenses
FUND ACCOUNTING shall be paid as compensation for its services pursuant
to this Agreement such compensation as may from time to time be agreed
upon in writing by the two parties. FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled,
if agreed to by the Fund to recover its reasonable telephone, courier
or delivery service, and all other reasonable out-of-pocket, expenses
as incurred, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees
and reasonable fees for pricing services.
FUND ACCOUNTING shall be contractually bound hereunder by the terms of
any publicly announced fee cap or waiver of its fee or by the terms of
any written document provided to the Board of Directors of the Fund
announcing a fee cap or waiver of its fee,
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or any limitation of the Fund's expenses, as if such fee cap, fee
waiver or expense limitation were fully set forth herein.
Section 8. Amendment and Termination
This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until terminated
as hereinafter provided, may be amended at any time by mutual agreement
of the parties hereto and may be terminated by an instrument in writing
delivered or mailed to the other party. Such termination shall take
effect not sooner than sixty (60) days after the date of delivery or
mailing of such notice of termination. Any termination date is to be no
earlier than four months from the effective date hereof. Upon
termination, FUND ACCOUNTING will turn over to the Fund or its designee
and cease to retain in FUND ACCOUNTING files, records of the
calculations of net asset value and all other records pertaining to its
services hereunder; provided, however, FUND ACCOUNTING in its
discretion may make and retain copies of any and all such records and
documents which it determines appropriate or for its protection.
Section 9. Services Not Exclusive
FUND ACCOUNTING's services pursuant to this Agreement are not to be
deemed to be exclusive, and it is understood that FUND ACCOUNTING may
perform fund accounting services for others. In acting under this
Agreement, FUND ACCOUNTING shall be an independent contractor and not
an agent of the Fund.
Section 10. Notices
Any notice shall be sufficiently given when delivered or mailed to the
other party at the address of such party set forth below or to such
other person or at such other address as such party may from time to
time specify in writing to the other party.
If to FUND ACCOUNTING: Xxxxxxx Fund Accounting Corporation
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Vice President
If to the Fund - Portfolio: Xxxxxx Europe Fund, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: President, Secretary or Treasurer
Section 11. Miscellaneous
This Agreement may not be assigned by FUND ACCOUNTING without the
consent of the Fund as authorized or approved by resolution of its
Board of Directors.
In connection with the operation of this Agreement, the Fund and FUND
ACCOUNTING may agree from time to time on such provisions interpretive
of or in addition to the
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provisions of this Agreement as in their joint opinions may be
consistent with this Agreement. Any such interpretive or additional
provisions shall be in writing, signed by both parties and annexed
hereto, but no such provisions shall be deemed to be an amendment of
this Agreement.
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the
laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
concerning the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any and all prior
understandings.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and its seal to be
hereunder affixed as of the date first written above.
XXXXXX EUROPE FUND, INC.
By:
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President
XXXXXXX FUND ACCOUNTING CORPORATION
By:
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Vice President
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