PORTFOLIOS LISTED IN EXHIBIT I
CO-ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
CO-ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of August 1, 1996 by and between
each of the Portfolios listed on Exhibit I, each a New York trust (a
"Portfolio"), and Funds Distributor, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the
"Co-Administrator").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, each Portfolio is engaged in business as an open-end
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940
(collectively with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the "1940
Act");
WHEREAS, each Portfolio wishes to engage the Co-Administrator to
provide certain administrative and management services, and the Co-Administrator
is willing to provide such administrative and management services to the
Portfolio, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
of the parties hereto as herein set forth, the parties covenant and agree as
follows:
1. DUTIES OF CO-ADMINISTRATOR FOR EACH PORTFOLIO. Subject to the
general direction and control of the Board of Trustees of the Portfolio, the
Co-Administrator shall perform the following administrative and management
services: (a) providing or obtaining office space, equipment and clerical
personnel necessary for maintaining the organization of the Portfolio and for
performing the administrative and management functions herein set forth; (b)
arranging for Directors, officers and employees of the Co-Administrator or its
agents, reasonably acceptable to the Trustees, to serve as Trustees, officers or
agents of the Portfolio and perform the duties incident to their office if duly
elected or appointed to such positions and subject to their individual consent
and to any limitations imposed by law; (c) filing documents with regulatory
authorities or mailing documents to investors in or Trustees of the Portfolio to
the extent requested by the Portfolio; (d) maintaining books and records of the
Portfolio related to the foregoing. In the performance of its duties under this
Agreement, the Co-Administrator will comply with the provisions of the
Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the Portfolio and the Portfolio's stated
investment objective, policies and restrictions, and will use its best efforts
to safeguard and promote the welfare of the Portfolio, and to comply with other
policies which the Board of Trustees may from time to time determine.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Co- Administrator shall not be deemed to have
assumed any duties not specified in this Agreement, including, without
limitation, any responsibility for the management of the Portfolio's assets or
the rendering of investment advice and supervision with respect thereto, nor
shall the Co- Administrator be deemed to have assumed or have any responsibility
with respect to functions specifically assumed by any transfer agent, custodian
or other administrative service provider of the Portfolio. The Co-Administrator
undertakes to comply with all applicable requirements
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of the U.S. federal securities laws and any other laws, rules and regulations of
governmental authorities having jurisdiction with respect to the duties to be
performed by it hereunder. Where the Portfolio's address is outside the United
States as indicated on Exhibit 1, the Co- Administrator further undertakes to
perform its duties, or cause its duties to be performed, outside of the United
States, as requested by the Trustees.
2. BOOKS AND RECORDS. In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3
under the 1940 Act, the Co-Administrator hereby agrees that all records which it
maintains for a Portfolio are the property of the Portfolio and further agrees
to surrender promptly to the Portfolio any such records upon the Portfolio's
request.
3. ALLOCATION OF CHARGES AND EXPENSES. The Co-Administrator shall pay
the entire salaries and wages of all of the Portfolio's Trustees, officers and
agents who devote part or all of their time to the affairs of the
Co-Administrator or its affiliates, and the wages and salaries of such persons
shall not be deemed to be expenses incurred by the Portfolio for purposes of
this Section 3. Except as provided in the foregoing sentence, the
Co-Administrator shall not pay other expenses relating to the Portfolio
including, without limitation, compensation of Trustees not affiliated with the
Co-Administrator; governmental fees; interest charges; taxes; membership dues in
the Investment Company Institute allocable to the Portfolio; fees and expenses
of the Portfolio's independent auditors, of legal counsel and of any transfer
agent or registrar of the Portfolio; expenses of preparing, printing and mailing
reports, notices, proxy statements and reports to investors and government
officers and commissions; expenses of preparing and mailing agendas and
supporting documents for meetings of Trustees and committees of Trustees;
expenses connected with the execution, recording and settlement of security
transactions; insurance premiums; fees and expenses of the Portfolio's custodian
for all services to the Portfolio, including safekeeping of funds and securities
and maintaining required books and accounts; expenses of calculating the net
asset value of the Portfolio; expenses of meetings of investors in the
Portfolio; and expenses relating to the issuance, registration and qualification
of interests in the Portfolio.
4. COMPENSATION OF CO-ADMINISTRATOR. For the services to be rendered
and the facilities to be provided by the Co-Administrator hereunder, the
Co-Administrator will receive a fee from each Portfolio as agreed by the
Co-Administrator and the Portfolio from time to time as set forth on Schedule A
attached hereto. This fee will be payable as agreed by the Portfolio and the
Co-Administrator, but not more frequently than monthly.
5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF THE CO-ADMINISTRATOR. The
Co-Administrator shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law
or for any act or omission in the administration or management of any Portfolio
or the performance of its duties hereunder, except for wilful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties, or by reason of the
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder. As used in this
Section 5, the term "Co-Administrator" shall include Funds Distributor, Inc.
and/or any of its affiliates and the Directors, officers and employees of Funds
Distributor, Inc. and/or of its affiliates.
6. ACTIVITIES OF THE CO-ADMINISTRATOR. The services of the Co-Administrator
to the Portfolios are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the Co-Administrator
being free to render administrative and/or other services to other parties. It
is understood that Trustees, officers, and
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investors of a Portfolio are or may become interested in the Co-Administrator
and/or any of its affiliates as Directors, officers, employees, or otherwise,
and that Directors, officers and employees of the Co-Administrator and/or any of
its affiliates are or may become similarly interested in the Portfolio and that
the Co-Administrator and/or any of its affiliates may be or become interested in
the Portfolio as an investor or otherwise.
7. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated at any time with respect
to a Portfolio, without the payment of any penalty, by the Board of Trustees of
the Portfolio or by the Co-Administrator, in each case on not more than 60 days'
nor less than 30 days' written notice to the other party.
8. SUBCONTRACTING BY THE CO-ADMINISTRATOR. The Co-Administrator may
subcontract for the performance of its obligations hereunder with any one or
more persons; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Co-Administrator may subcontract
hereunder only with the prior consent of the Trustees of the Portfolio; and
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that, unless the Portfolio otherwise expressly agrees in
writing, the Co-Administrator shall be as fully responsible to the Portfolio for
the acts and omissions of any subcontractor as it would be for its own acts or
omissions.
9. FURTHER ACTIONS. Each party agrees to perform such further acts and
execute such further documents as are necessary to effectuate the purposes
hereof.
10. AMENDMENTS. This Agreement may be amended only by mutual written
consent.
11. CONFIDENTIALITY. The Co-Administrator agrees on behalf of itself
and its employees to treat confidentially and as proprietary information of each
Portfolio all records and other information not otherwise publicly available
relative to the Portfolio and its prior, present or potential investors and not
to use such records and information for any purpose other than performance of
its responsibilities and duties hereunder, except after prior notification to
and approval in writing by the Portfolio, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld and may not be withheld where the Co-Administrator may be
exposed to civil or criminal contempt proceedings for failure to comply, when
requested to divulge such information by duly constituted authorities, or when
so requested by the Portfolio.
12. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and
understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. 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. Should any part of this Agreement 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 and shall inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, to the extent
permitted by law.
13. NOTICE. Any notice or other communication required to be given
pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed duly given if delivered or mailed by
registered mail, postage prepaid, (1) to the Co-Administrator at 00 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: President with a
copy to General Counsel; or (2) to the Portfolio at the Portfolio's address
listed on Exhibit I, Attention: Treasurer, or at such other address as either
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party may from time to time specify to the other party pursuant to this section,
with a copy to Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Funds Management.
14. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered in their names and on their behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written. The
undersigned officer of each Portfolio has executed this Agreement not
individually, but as an officer of the Portfolio under the Portfolio's
Declaration of Trust, dated as set forth on Exhibit I, and the obligations of
this Agreement are not binding upon any of the Trustees or investors of the
Portfolio individually, but bind only the trust estate.
EACH PORTFOLIO LISTED ON EXHIBIT I
By /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Vice President
and Secretary
Attest: /s/ X. XxXxxx
Xxxxxx X. XxXxxx
FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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ADDENDUM
ADDENDUM, dated February 13, 1997, to the Co-Administration Agreement
made as of the 1st day of August, 1996 (the "Agreement") between each of trusts
set forth on Exhibit I hereto and Funds, Distributor, Inc.
Effective February 13, 1997, The Global Strategic Income Portfolio (the
"Trust") shall be added to Exhibit I to the Agreement so that such Exhibit I
shall include the Trust.
THE GLOBAL STRATEGIC INCOME PORTFOLIO
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, President
FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, President and
Chief Executive Officer
SCHEDULE A
The Co-Administrator's annual fee charged to and payable by each
Covered Entity as defined below is its share of an annual complex-wide charge.
The annual complex-wide charge is:
(a) $425,000 for all Covered Entities, PROVIDED that such charge shall be
increased by $5,000 for each Covered Entity in excess of 100, plus
(b) out-of-pocket charges for any services subcontracted pursuant to
co-administration agreements with Covered Entities.
The portion of this charge payable by each Covered Entity is (i) in the case of
any charges described in paragraph (b) directly attributable to a particular
Covered Entity, the amount attributable to such Covered Entity, plus (ii) in the
case of all other amounts, the amount determined by the proportionate share that
such Covered Entity's net assets bear to the total net assets of the Covered
Entities.
A Covered Entity is any series of The JPM Xxxxxxxx Funds, The JPM Institutional
Funds, the Portfolios in which they invest, JPM Series Trust and each other
current or future mutual fund (or series thereof) for which both (1) a tax
return is filed with the Internal Revenue Service under United States tax law
and (2) Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York provides investment advice
and/or administrative services and the Co-Administrator provides administration
services.
Approved: April 10, 1997
Effective May 30, 1997
Restated Exhibit I effective May 30, 1997
EXHIBIT I
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DATE OF
DECLARATION
PORTFOLIO OF TRUST ADDRESS EFFECTIVE DATE
The Federal Money Market Portfolio..........................11/4/92 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000 8/1/96
The Prime Money Market Portfolio............................1/29/93 P.O. Box 2508 GT 8/1/96
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI
The Tax Exempt Money Market Portfolio.......................1/29/93 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000 8/1/96
The Short Term Bond Portfolio...............................1/29/93 P.O. Box 2508 GT 8/1/96
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI
The U.S. Fixed Income Portfolio.............................1/29/93 X.X. Xxx 0000 GT 8/1/96
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI
The Tax Exempt Bond Portfolio...............................1/29/93 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000 8/1/96
The U.S. Equity Portfolio...................................1/29/93 P.O. Box 2508 GT 8/1/96
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI
The U.S. Small Company Portfolio............................1/29/93 X.X. Xxx 0000 GT 8/1/96
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI
The International Equity Portfolio..........................1/29/93 X.X. Xxx 0000 GT 8/1/96
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI
The Diversified Portfolio...................................1/29/93 X.X. Xxx 0000 GT 8/1/96
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI
The Non-U.S. Fixed Income Portfolio.........................6/16/93 X.X. Xxx 0000 GT 8/1/96
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI
The Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio.......................6/16/93 X.X. Xxx 0000 GT 8/1/96
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI
The New York Total Return Bond Portfolio....................6/16/93 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000 8/1/96
The Series Portfolio*.......................................6/24/94 P.O. Box 2508 GT 8/1/96
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI
Series Portfolio II*........................................1/9/97 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000 2/13/97
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*In the case of these Portfolios, references to the "Portfolio" refer to its
individual series as the context requires.
