ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of the _____ day of _____________ 1997, in Denver,
Colorado, by and between INVESCO Strategic Portfolios, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the "Fund"), and INVESCO Funds Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as "INVESCO").
WHEREAS, the Fund is engaged in business as an open-end management
investment company, is registered as such under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the "Act"), and is authorized to issue shares representing
interests in the following separate portfolios of investments: (1) the Energy
Portfolio, (2) the Gold Portfolio, (3) the Health Sciences Portfolio, (4) the
Leisure Portfolio, (5) the Technology Portfolio, (6) the Financial Services
Portfolio, (7) the Utilities Portfolio, and (8) the Environmental Services
Portfolio (the "Portfolios"); and
WHEREAS, INVESCO is registered as an investment adviser under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and engages in the business of acting as
investment adviser and providing certain other administrative, sub-accounting,
and recordkeeping services to certain investment companies, including the Fund;
and
WHEREAS, the Fund desires to retain INVESCO to render certain
administrative, sub-accounting, and recordkeeping services (the "Services") in
the manner and on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, INVESCO desires to be retained to perform such services on said
terms and conditions;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
hereinafter contained, the Fund and INVESCO agree as follows:
1. The Fund hereby retains INVESCO to provide, or, upon receipt of written
approval of the Fund arrange for other companies, including affiliates of
INVESCO, to provide to the Portfolios: A) such sub-accounting and recordkeeping
services and functions as are reasonably necessary for the operation of the
Portfolios. Such services shall include, but shall not be limited to,
preparation and maintenance of the following required books, records and other
documents: (1) journals containing daily itemized records of all purchases and
sales, and receipts and deliveries of securities and all receipts and
disbursements of cash and all other debits and credits, in the form required by
Rule 31a-1(b)(1) under the Act; (2) general and auxiliary ledgers reflecting all
asset, liability, reserve, capital, income and expense accounts, in the form
required by Rules 31a-1(b)(2)(i) - (iii) under the Act; (3) a securities record
or ledger reflecting separately for each portfolio security as of trade date all
"long" and "short" positions carried by the Portfolios for the account of the
Portfolios, if any, and showing the location of all securities long and the
off-setting position to all securities short, in the form required by
Rule 31a-1(b)(3) under the Act; (4) a record of all portfolio purchases or
sales, in the form required by Rule 31a-1(b)(6) under the Act; (5) a record of
all puts, calls, spreads, straddles and all other options, if any, in which the
Portfolios have any direct or indirect interest or which the Portfolios have
granted or guaranteed, in the form required by Rule 31a-1(b)(7) under the Act;
(6) a record of the proof of money balances in all ledger accounts maintained
pursuant to this Agreement, in the form required by Rule 31a- 1(b)(8) under the
Act; and (7) price make-up sheets and such records as are necessary to reflect
the determination of the Portfolios' net asset value. The foregoing books and
records shall be maintained and preserved by INVESCO in accordance with and for
the time periods specified by applicable rules and regulations, including Rule
31a-2 under the Act. All such books and records shall be the property of the
Fund and, upon request therefor, INVESCO shall surrender to the Fund such of the
books and records so requested; and B) such sub-accounting, recordkeeping, and
administrative services and functions, which shall be furnished by a
wholly-owned subsidiaryof INVESCO, as are reasonably necessary for the operation
of Portfolio shareholder accounts maintained by certain retirement plans and
employee benefit plans for the benefit of participants in such plans. Such
services and functions shall include, but shall not be limited to: (1)
establishing new retirement plan participant accounts; (2) receipt and posting
of weekly, bi- weekly and monthly retirement plan contributions; (3) allocation
of contributions to each participant's individual Portfolio account; (4)
maintenance of separate account balances for each source of retirement plan
money (i.e., Company, Employee, Voluntary, Rollover) invested in the Portfolios;
(5) purchase, sale, exchange or transfer of monies in the retirement plan as
directed by the relevant party; (6) distribution of monies for participant
loans, hardships, terminations, death or disability payments; (7) distribution
of periodic payments for retired participants; (8) posting of distributions of
interest, dividends and long-term capital gains to participants by the
Portfolios; (9) production of monthly, quarterly and/or annual statements of all
Portfolio activity for the relevant parties; (10) processing of participant
maintenance information for investment election changes, address changes,
beneficiary changes and Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; (11) responding to
telephone and written inquiries concerning Portfolio investments, retirement
plan provisions and compliance issues; (12) performing discrimination testing
and counseling employers on cure options on failed tests; (13) preparation of
1099R and W2P participant IRS tax forms; (14) preparation of, or assisting in
the preparation of, 5500 Series tax forms, Summary Plan Descriptions and
Determination Letters; and (15) reviewing legislative and IRS changes to keep
the retirement plan in compliance with applicable law.
2. INVESCO shall, at its own expense, maintain such staff and employ or
retain such personnel and consult with such other persons as it shall from time
to time determine to be necessary or useful to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, such staff and personnel shall be deemed to include officers of
INVESCO and persons employed or otherwise retained by INVESCO to provide or
assist in providing of the Services to the Portfolios.
3. INVESCO shall, at its own expense, provide such office space,
facilities and equipment (including, but not limited to, computer equipment,
communication lines and supplies) and such clerical help and other services as
shall be necessary to provide the Services to the Portfolios. In addition,
INVESCO may arrange on behalf of the Fund to obtain pricing information
regarding the Portfolios' investment securities from such company or companies
as are approved by a majority of the Fund's board of directors; and, if
necessary, the Fund shall be financially responsible to such company or
companies for the reasonable cost of providing such pricing information.
4. The Fund will, from time to time, furnish or otherwise make available
to INVESCO such information relating to the business and affairs of the
Portfolios as INVESCO may reasonably require in order to discharge its duties
and obligations hereunder.
5. For the services rendered, facilities furnished, and expenses assumed
by the Investment Adviser under this Agreement, the Fund shall pay to INVESCO a
$10,000 per year per Portfolio base fee, plus an additional fee, computed on a
daily basis and paid on a monthly basis. For purposes of each daily calculation
of this additional fee, the most recently determined net asset value of each
Portfolio, as determined by a valuation made in accordance with the Fund's
procedure for calculating each Portfolio's net asset value as described in the
Portfolios' Prospectus and/or Statement of Additional Information, shall be
used. The additional fee to INVESCO under this Agreement shall be computed at
the annual rate of 0.015% of each Portfolio's daily net assets as so determined.
During any period when the determination of a Portfolio's net asset value is
suspended by the directors of the Fund, the net asset value of a share of that
Portfolio as of the last business day prior to such suspension shall, for the
purpose of this Paragraph 5, be deemed to be the net asset value at the close of
each succeeding business day until it is again determined.
6. INVESCO will permit representatives of the Fund including the Fund's
independent auditors to have reasonable access to the personnel and records of
INVESCO in order to enable such representatives to monitor the quality of
services being provided and the level of fees due INVESCO pursuant to this
Agreement. In addition, INVESCO shall promptly deliver to the board of directors
of the Fund such information as may reasonably be requested from time to time to
permit the board of directors to make an informed determination regarding
continuation of this Agreement and the payments contemplated to be made
hereunder.
7. This Agreement shall remain in effect until no later than
___________________ and from year to year thereafter provided such continuance
is approved at least annually by the vote of a majority of the directors of the
Fund who are not parties to this Agreement or "interested persons" (as defined
in the Act) of any such party, which vote must be cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such approval; and further provided,
however, that (a) the Fund may, at any time and without the payment of any
penalty, terminate this Agreement upon thirty days written notice to the
Investment Adviser; (b) the Agreement shall immediately terminate in the event
of its assignment (within the meaning of the Act and the Rules thereunder)
unless the Board of Directors of the Fund approves such amendment; and (c) the
Investment Adviser may terminate this Agreement without payment of penalty on
sixty days written notice to the Fund. Any notice under this Agreement shall be
given in writing, addressed and delivered, or mailed post-paid, to the other
party at the principal office of such party.
8. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Colorado and the applicable provisions of the Act. To the extent the
applicable law of the State of Colorado or any of the provisions herein conflict
with the applicable provisions of the Act, the latter shall control.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this
Agreement on the day and year first above written.
INVESCO STRATEGIC PORTFOLIOS, INC.
By: __________________________________
Xxx X. Xxxxxx
President
INVESCO FUNDS GROUP, INC.
By: __________________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Senior Vice President
