INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
G.T. GLOBAL VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
AND
G.T. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
Agreement made as of February 10, 1993, between G.T. Global Variable
Investment Trust, a Massachusetts business trust ("Trust"), and G.T. Capital
Management, Inc. ("G.T."), a California corporation.
WHEREAS the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended ("1940 Act"), as an open-end management investment company, and
intends to offer for sale shares of beneficial interest of G.T. Global: Variable
Latin America Fund, G.T. Global: Variable Growth & Income Fund, G.T. Global:
Variable Strategic Income Fund, G.T. Global: Variable Government Income Fund and
G.T. Global: Variable U.S. Government Securities Fund, each being a series of
the Trust; and
WHEREAS the Trust hereafter may establish additional series of beneficial
interest to which this Agreement shall apply (any such additional series,
together with G.T. Global: Variable Latin America Fund, G.T. Global: Variable
Growth & Income Fund, G.T. Global: Variable Strategic Income Fund, G.T. Global:
Variable Government Income Fund and G.T. Global: Variable U.S. Government
Securities Fund, each being a series of the Trust, are collectively referred to
herein as the "Funds," and singly may be referred to as a "Fund"); and
WHEREAS the Trust desires to retain G.T. as investment manager and
administrator to furnish certain administrative and investment advisory and
portfolio management services to the Trust and the Funds, and G.T. is willing to
furnish such services;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
herein contained, it is agreed between the parties hereto as follows:
1. APPOINTMENT. The Trust hereby appoints G.T. as investment manager and
administrator of the Trust and each Fund for the period and on the terms set
forth in this Agreement. G.T. accepts such appointment and agrees to render the
services herein set forth, for the compensation herein provided.
2. DUTIES AS INVESTMENT MANAGER.
(a) Subject to the supervision of the Trust's Board of Trustees
("Board"), G.T. will provide a continuous investment program for each Fund,
including investment research and management with respect to all securities and
investments and cash equivalents of the Fund. G.T. will determine from time to
time what securities and other investments will be purchased, retained or sold
by each Fund and the brokers and dealers through whom trades will be executed.
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(b) G.T. agrees that in placing orders with brokers and dealers it
will attempt to obtain the best net results in terms of price and execution.
Consistent with this obligation, G.T. may, in its discretion, sell and purchase
portfolio securities to and from brokers and dealers who sell shares of the
Funds or who provide the Funds or G.T.'s other clients with research, analysis,
advice and similar services. G.T. may pay to brokers and dealers, in return for
research and analysis, a higher commission or spread than may be charged by
other brokers and dealers, subject to G.T.'s determining in good faith that such
commission or spread is reasonable in terms either of the particular transaction
or of the overall responsibility of G.T. to the Funds and its other clients, and
that the total commissions or spreads paid by each Fund will be reasonable in
relation to the benefits to the Funds over the long term. In no instance will
portfolio securities be purchased from or sold to G.T. or any affiliated person
thereof except in accordance with the federal securities laws and the rules and
regulations thereunder. Whenever G.T. simultaneously places orders to purchase
or sell the same security on behalf of a Fund and one or more other accounts
advised by G.T., such orders will be allocated as to price and amount among all
such accounts in a manner believed to be equitable to each account. The Trust
recognizes that in some cases this procedure may adversely affect the results
obtained for each Fund.
(c) G.T. will oversee the maintenance of all books and records with
respect to the securities transactions of the Funds and will furnish the Board
with such periodic and special reports as the Board reasonably may request. In
compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940 Act, G.T. hereby
agrees that all records which it maintains for the Trust are the property of the
Trust, agrees to preserve for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the
1940 Act any records which it maintains for the Trust and which are required to
be maintained by Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act, and further agrees to surrender
promptly to the Trust any records which it maintains for the Trust upon request
by the Trust.
(d) G.T. will oversee the computation of the net asset value and the
net income of each Fund as described in the currently effective registration
statement of the Trust under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
1940 Act and any supplements thereto ("Registration Statement") or as more
frequently requested by the Board.
3. DUTIES AS ADMINISTRATOR. G.T. will administer the affairs of each
Fund subject to the supervision of the Board and the following understandings:
(a) G.T. will supervise all aspects of the operations of each Fund,
including the oversight of transfer agency, custodial, pricing and accounting
services, except as hereinafter set forth; provided, however, that nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to relieve or deprive the Board of its
responsibility for control of the conduct of the affairs of the Funds.
(b) At G.T.'s expense, G.T. will provide the Trust and the Funds with
such corporate, administrative and clerical personnel (including officers of the
Trust) and services as are reasonably deemed necessary or advisable by the
Board.
(c) G.T. will arrange, but not pay, for the periodic preparation,
updating, filing and dissemination (as applicable) of each Fund's prospectus,
statement of additional information,
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proxy material, tax returns and required reports with or to the Fund's
shareholders, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other appropriate
federal or state regulatory authorities.
(d) G.T. will provide the Trust and the Funds with, or obtain for
them, adequate office space and all necessary office equipment and services,
including telephone service, heat, utilities, stationery supplies and similar
items.
4. FURTHER DUTIES. In all matters relating to the performance of this
Agreement, G.T. will act in conformity with the Declaration of Trust, By-Laws
and Registration Statement of the Trust and with the instructions and directions
of the Board, and will comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act, the rules
thereunder, and all other applicable federal and state laws and regulations.
5. DELEGATION OF G.T.'S DUTIES AS INVESTMENT MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATOR.
With respect to one or more of the Funds, G.T. may enter into one or more
contracts with a sub-adviser or a sub-administrator ("Sub-Advisory Contract" or
"Sub-Administration Contract") in which G.T. delegates to such sub-adviser or
sub-administrator the performance of any or all of the services specified in
Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Agreement, provided that (i) each Sub-Advisory
Contract or Sub-Administration Contract imposes on the sub-adviser or sub-
administrator bound thereby, all the duties and conditions to which G.T. is
subject with respect to the delegated services under Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this
Agreement; (ii) each Sub-Advisory Contract and Sub-Administration Contract meets
all requirements of the 1940 Act and rules thereunder; and (iii) G.T. shall not
enter into a Sub-Advisory Contract or Sub-Administration Contract unless it is
approved by the Board prior to implementation.
6. SERVICES NOT EXCLUSIVE. The services furnished by G.T. hereunder are
not to be deemed exclusive and G.T. shall be free to furnish similar services to
others so long as its services under this Agreement are not impaired thereby.
Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict the right of any director,
officer or employee of G.T., who may also be a Trustee, officer or employee of
the Trust, to engage in any other business or to devote his or her time and
attention in part to the management or other aspects of any other business,
whether of a similar nature or a dissimilar nature.
7. EXPENSES.
(a) During the term of this Agreement, each Fund will bear all
expenses incurred in its operations and the offering of its shares which are not
specifically borne by G.T.
(b) Expenses borne by each Fund will include but not be limited to
the following: (i) the cost (including brokerage commissions, if any) of
securities purchased or sold by the Fund and any losses incurred in connection
therewith; (ii) fees payable to and expenses incurred on behalf of the Fund by
G.T. under this Agreement; (iii) expenses of organizing the Trust and the Fund;
(iv) filing fees and expenses relating to the registration and qualification of
the Fund's shares and the Trust under federal and/or state securities laws, if
any, and to the extent not paid by any other party, maintaining such
registrations and qualifications; (v) fees and salaries payable to the Trust's
Trustees who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such
party
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("Independent Trustees"); (vi) all expenses incurred in connection with the
Independent Trustees' services, including travel expenses; (vii) taxes
(including any income or franchise taxes) and governmental fees; (viii) costs of
any liability, uncollectible items of deposit and other insurance and fidelity
bonds; (ix) any costs, expenses or losses arising out of a liability or claim
for damages or other relief asserted against the Trust or the Fund for violation
of any law; (x) legal, accounting and auditing expenses, including legal fees of
special counsel for the Independent Trustees; (xi) charges of custodians,
transfer agents, pricing agents and other agents; (xii) costs of preparing share
certificates; (xiii) with respect to existing shareholders, expenses of setting
in type, printing and mailing prospectuses and supplements thereto, statements
of additional information and supplements thereto, reports and proxy materials
for existing shareholders; (xiv) any extraordinary expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel, costs of actions, suits or proceedings to which the
Trust is a party and the expenses the Trust may incur as a result of its legal
obligation to provide indemnification to its officers, Trustees, employees and
agents) incurred by the Trust or the Fund; (xv) fees, voluntary assessments and
other expenses incurred in connection with membership in investment company
organizations; (xvi) costs of mailing and tabulating proxies and costs of
meetings of shareholders, the Board and any committees thereof; (xvii) the cost
of investment company literature and other publications provided by the Trust to
its Trustees and officers; and (xviii) costs of mailing, stationery and
communications equipment.
(c) All general expenses of the Trust and joint expenses of the Funds
shall be allocated among the Funds on a basis deemed fair and equitable by G.T.,
subject to the Board's supervision.
(d) G.T. will assume the cost of any compensation for services
provided to the Trust received by the officers of the Trust and by the Trustees
of the Trust who are not Independent Trustees.
(e) The payment or assumption by G.T. of any expense of the Trust or
any Fund that G.T. is not required by this Agreement to pay or assume shall not
obligate G.T. to pay or assume the same or any similar expense of the Trust or
any Fund on any subsequent occasion.
8. COMPENSATION.
(a) For the services provided under this Agreement, G.T. Global:
Variable Strategic Income Fund, G.T. Global: Variable Global Government Income
Fund and G.T. Global: Variable U.S. Government Income Fund, will each pay G.T. a
fee, computed daily and paid monthly, at the annualized rate of 0.75% of the
respective Fund's average daily net assets.
(b) For the services provided under this Agreement, G.T. Global:
Variable Latin America Fund and G.T. Global: Variable Growth & Income Fund will
each pay G.T. a fee, computed daily and paid monthly, at the annualized rate of
1.00% of the respective Fund's average daily net assets.
(c) For the services provided under this Agreement, each Fund as
hereafter may be established and become subject to this Agreement, will pay to
G.T. a fee in an amount to be agreed upon in a written fee agreement ("Fee
Agreement") executed by the Trust on behalf of such
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Fund and by G.T. All such Fee Agreements shall provide that they are subject to
all terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(d) The fee shall be computed daily and paid monthly to G.T. on or
before the last business day of the next succeeding calendar month.
(e) If this Agreement becomes effective or terminates before the end
of any month, the fee for the period from the effective date to the end of the
month or from the beginning of such month to the date of termination, as the
case may be, shall be prorated according to the proportion which such period
bears to the full month in which such effectiveness or termination occurs.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF G.T. AND INDEMNIFICATION. G.T. shall not
be liable, and the Trust and each Fund shall indemnify G.T. and its directors,
officers and employees, for any costs or liabilities arising from any error of
judgment or mistake of law or any loss suffered by the Fund or the Trust in
connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates except a loss
resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of
G.T. in the performance by G.T. of its duties or from reckless disregard by G.T.
of its obligations and duties under this Agreement. Any person, even though
also an officer, partner, employee, or agent of G.T., who may be or become an
officer, Trustee, employee or agent of the Trust, shall be deemed, when
rendering services to a Fund or the Trust or acting with respect to any business
of a Fund or the Trust, to be rendering such service to or acting solely for the
Fund or the Trust, and not as an officer, partner, employee, or agent or one
under the control or direction of G.T., even though paid by it.
10. LIMITATION OF TRUSTEE AND SHAREHOLDER LIABILITY. It is expressly
agreed that the obligations of the Trust hereunder shall not be binding upon any
of the Trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents or employees of the
Trust personally, but shall only bind the assets and property of the Funds, as
provided in the Trust's Declaration of Trust. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement have been authorized by the Trustees of the Trust, and this
Agreement has been executed and delivered by an authorized officer of the Trust
acting as such; neither such authorization by such Trustees nor such execution
and delivery by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any of them
individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall
bind only the assets and property of the Funds, as provided in the Trust's
Declaration of Trust.
11. DURATION AND TERMINATION.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective upon the date written
above, provided that this Agreement shall not take effect with respect to any
Fund unless it has first been approved (i) by a vote of a majority of the
Independent Trustees, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of
voting on such approval, and (ii) by vote of a majority of that Fund's
outstanding voting securities.
(b) Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, this Agreement shall
continue in effect for two years from the above written date or until June 30,
1994, whichever is earlier.
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Thereafter, if not terminated, with respect to each Fund, this Agreement shall
continue automatically for successive annual periods ending on June 30, provided
that such continuance is specifically approved at least annually (i) by a vote
of a majority of the Independent Trustees, cast in person at a meeting called
for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (ii) by the Board or by vote of
a majority of the outstanding voting securities of that Fund.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Fund this
Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by
vote of the Board or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund on sixty days' written notice to G.T. or by G.T. at any
time, without the payment of any penalty, on sixty days' written notice to the
Trust. Termination of this Agreement with respect to one Fund shall not effect
the continued effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to any other Fund.
This Agreement will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment.
12. AMENDMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT. No provision of this Agreement may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver,
discharge or termination is sought, and no amendment of this Agreement shall be
effective until approved by vote of a majority of the respective Funds'
outstanding voting securities.
13. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of California and the 1940 Act. To the extent that the
applicable laws of the State of California conflict with the applicable
provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control.
14. MISCELLANEOUS. The captions in this Agreement are included for
convenience of reference only and in no way define or delimit any of the
provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect. If any
provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision,
statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be
affected thereby. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors. As used in this
Agreement, the terms "majority of the outstanding voting securities,"
"interested person," "assignment," "broker," "dealer," "investment adviser,"
"national securities exchange," "net assets," "prospectus," "sale," "sell" and
"security" shall have the same meaning as such terms have in the 1940 Act,
subject to such exemption as may be granted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission by any rule, regulation or order. Where the effect of a requirement
of the 1940 Act reflected in any provision of this Agreement is made less
restrictive by a rule, regulation or order of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, whether of special or general application, such provision shall be
deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be
executed by their officers designated as of the day and year first above
written.
Attest: G.T. GLOBAL VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx By: /s/ F. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Attest: G.T. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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