SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 7th day of September, 1998, by and between XXXXXXX XXXXXX
INVESTMENTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Adviser") and XXXXXXX
INVESTMENTS (U.K.) LIMITED, an English corporation (the "Sub-Adviser").
WHEREAS, INVESTORS FUND SERIES, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Fund") is a
management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940;
WHEREAS, the Fund is authorized to issue Shares in separate series with each
representing the interests in a separate portfolio of securities and other
assets;
WHEREAS, the Fund has retained the Adviser to render to it investment advisory
and management services with regard to the series of the Fund known as Xxxxxx
International Porfolio (the "International series") pursuant to an Investment
Management Agreement (the "Management Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Adviser desires at this time to retain the Sub-Adviser to render
investment advisory and management services with respect to that portion of the
portfolio of the Fund's International series allocated to the Sub-Adviser by the
Adviser for management, including services related to foreign securities,
foreign currency transactions and related investments, and the Sub-Adviser is
willing to render such services;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter contained,
it is hereby agreed by and between the parties hereto as follows:
1. The Adviser hereby employs the Sub-Adviser to manage the investment and
reinvestment of the assets of the International series of the Fund allocated by
the Adviser in its sole discretion to the Sub-Adviser for management, including
services related to foreign securities, foreign currency transactions and
related investments, in accordance with the applicable investment objectives,
policies and limitations and subject to the supervision of the Adviser and the
Board of Trustees of the Fund for the period and upon the terms herein set
forth, and to place orders for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities for
the Fund's account with brokers or dealers selected by the Sub-Adviser; and, in
connection therewith, the Sub-Adviser is authorized as the agent of the Fund to
give instructions to the Custodian of the Fund as to the deliveries of
securities and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. In connection with
the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, the
Sub-Adviser is directed to seek for the Fund best execution of orders. Subject
to such policies as the Board of Trustees of the Fund determines and subject to
satisfying the requirements of Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Sub-Adviser shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have
breached any duty, created by this Agreement or otherwise, solely by reason of
its having caused the Fund to pay a broker or dealer an amount of commission for
effecting a securities transaction in excess of the amount of commission another
broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the
Sub-Adviser determined in good faith that such amount of commission was
reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services
provided by such broker or dealer viewed in terms of either that particular
transaction or the Sub-Adviser's overall responsibilities with respect to the
clients of the Sub-Adviser as to which the Sub-Adviser exercises investment
discretion. The Adviser recognizes that all research services and research that
the Sub-Adviser receives are available for all clients of the Sub-Adviser, and
that the Fund and other clients of the Sub-Adviser may benefit thereby. The
investment of funds shall be subject to all applicable restrictions of the
Agreement and Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the Fund as may from time to
time be in force.
The Sub-Adviser accepts such employment and agrees during such period to render
such investment management services, to furnish related office facilities and
equipment and clerical, bookkeeping and administrative services for the Fund, to
permit any of its officers or employees to serve without compensation as
trustees or officers of the Fund if elected to such positions and to assume the
obligations herein set forth for the compensation herein provided. The
Sub-Adviser shall for all purposes herein provided be deemed to be an
independent contractor and, unless otherwise expressly provided or
authorized, shall have no authority to act for or represent the Fund or the
Adviser in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Fund or the Adviser.
It is understood and agreed that the Sub-Adviser, by separate agreements with
the Fund, may also serve the Fund in other capacities.
The Sub-Adviser will keep the Fund and the Adviser informed of developments
materially affecting the Fund and shall, on the Sub-Adviser's own initiative and
as reasonably requested by the Adviser or the Fund, furnish to the Fund and the
Adviser from time to time whatever information the Adviser reasonably believes
appropriate for this purpose. The Sub-Adviser agrees that, in the performance of
the duties required of it by this Agreement, it will comply with the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all rules and
regulations thereunder, and all applicable laws and regulations and with any
applicable procedures adopted by the Fund's Board of Trustees and identified in
writing to the Sub-Adviser.
The Sub-Adviser shall provide the Adviser with such investment portfolio
accounting and shall maintain and provide such detailed records and reports as
the Adviser may from time to time reasonably request, including without
limitation, daily processing of investment transactions and cash positions,
periodic valuations of investment portfolio positions as required by the
Adviser, monthly reports of the investment portfolio and all investment
transactions and the preparation of such reports and compilation of such data as
may be required by the Adviser to comply with the obligations imposed upon it
under Management Agreement.
The Sub-Adviser shall provide adequate security with respect to all materials,
records, documents and data relating to any of its responsibilities pursuant to
this Agreement including any means for the effecting of securities transactions.
The Sub-Adviser agrees that it will make available to the Adviser and the Fund
promptly upon their request copies of all of its investment records and ledgers
with respect to the Fund to assist the Adviser and the Fund in monitoring
compliance with the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, as well as other applicable laws. The Sub-Adviser will furnish the
Fund's Board of Trustees such periodic and special reports with respect to the
Fund's portfolio as the Adviser or the Board of Trustees may reasonably request.
In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, the Sub-Adviser hereby agrees that any records that it maintains
for the Fund are the property of the Fund and further agrees to surrender
promptly to the Fund copies of any such records upon the Fund's request. The
Sub-Adviser further agrees to preserve for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 any records with respect to the
Sub-Adviser's duties hereunder required to be maintained by Rule 31a-1 under
such Act to the extent that the Sub-Adviser prepares and maintains such records
pursuant to this Agreement and to preserve the records required by Rule 204-2
under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 for the period specified in that Rule.
The Sub-Adviser agrees that it will immediately notify the Adviser and the Fund
in the event that the Sub-Adviser: (i) becomes subject to a statutory
disqualification that prevents the Sub-Adviser from serving as an investment
adviser pursuant to this Agreement; or (ii) is or expects to become the subject
of an administrative proceeding or enforcement action by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, the Investment Management Regulatory
Organization ("IMRO") or other regulatory authority.
The Sub-Adviser represents that it is an investment adviser registered under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and other applicable laws and it is regulated by
IMRO and will treat the Fund as a Non-Private Customer as defined by IMRO. The
Sub-Adviser agrees to maintain the completeness and accuracy of its registration
on Form ADV in accordance with all legal requirements relating to that Form. The
Sub-Adviser acknowledges that it is an "investment adviser" to the Fund within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940.
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The Sub-Adviser shall be responsible for maintaining an appropriate compliance
program to ensure that the services provided by it under this Agreement are
performed in a manner consistent with applicable laws and the terms of this
Agreement. Furthermore, the Sub-Adviser shall maintain and enforce a Code of
Ethics that is in form and substance satisfactory to the Adviser. Sub-Adviser
agrees to provide such reports and certifications regarding its compliance
program as the Adviser or the Fund shall reasonably request from time to time.
2. In the event that there are, from time to time, one or more additional series
of the Fund with respect to which the Adviser desires to retain the Sub-Adviser
to render investment advisory and management services hereunder, the Adviser
shall notify the Sub-Adviser in writing. If the Sub-Adviser is willing to render
such services, it shall notify the Adviser in writing whereupon such additional
series shall become subject to this Agreement.
3. For the services and facilities described in Section 1, the Adviser will pay
to the Sub-Adviser, at the end of each calendar month, a sub-advisory fee
computed at an annual rate of .35% of that portion of the average daily net
assets of the International series of the Fund that is allocated by the Adviser
to the Sub-Adviser for management.
For the month and year in which this Agreement becomes effective or terminates,
there shall be an appropriate proration on the basis of the number of days that
the Agreement is in effect during the month and year, respectively.
4. The services of the Sub-Adviser under this Agreement are not to be deemed
exclusive, and the Sub-Adviser shall be free to render similar services or other
services to others so long as its services hereunder are not impaired thereby.
5. The Sub-Adviser shall arrange, if desired by the Fund, for officers or
employees of the Sub-Adviser to serve, without compensation from the Fund, as
trustees, officers or agents of the Fund if duly elected or appointed to such
positions and subject to their individual consent and to any limitations imposed
by law.
6. The net asset value for each series of the Fund subject to this Agreement
shall be calculated as the Board of Trustees of the Fund may determine from time
to time in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
On each day when net asset value is not calculated, the net asset value of a
series shall be deemed to be the net asset value of such series as of the close
of business on the last day on which such calculation was made for the purpose
of the foregoing computations.
7. Subject to applicable statutes and regulations, it is understood that certain
trustees, officers or agents of the Fund are or may be interested in the
Sub-Adviser as officers, directors, agents, shareholders or otherwise, and that
the officers, directors, shareholders and agents of the Sub-Adviser may be
interested in the Fund otherwise than as a trustee, officer or agent.
8. The Sub-Adviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or of law or
for any loss suffered by the Fund or the Adviser in connection with the matters
to which this Agreement relates, except loss resulting from willful misfeasance,
bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Sub-Adviser in the performance
of its obligations and duties or by reason of its reckless disregard of its
obligations and duties under this Agreement.
9. This Agreement shall become effective with respect to the International
series of the Fund on the date hereof and shall remain in full force until April
1, 1999, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. This Agreement shall
continue in force from year to year thereafter with respect to each such series,
but only as long as such continuance is specifically approved for each series at
least annually in the manner required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
the rules and regulations thereunder; provided, however, that if the
continuation of this Agreement is not approved for a series, the Sub-Adviser may
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continue to serve in such capacity for such series in the manner and to the
extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its assignment or
in the event of the termination of the Management Agreement and may be
terminated at any time with respect to any series subject to this Agreement
without the payment of any penalty by the Adviser or by the Sub-Adviser on sixty
(60) days' written notice to the other party. The Fund may effect termination
with respect to any such series without payment of any penalty by action of the
Board of Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities
of such series on sixty (60) days' written notice to the Adviser and the
Sub-Adviser.
This Agreement may be terminated with respect to any series at any time without
the payment of any penalty by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of such series or by the Adviser
in the event that it shall have been established by a court of competent
jurisdiction that the Sub-Adviser or any officer or director of the Sub-Adviser
has taken any action which results in a breach of the covenants of the
Sub-Adviser set forth herein.
The terms "assignment" and "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities" shall have the meanings set forth in the Investment Company Act of
1940 and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the right of the Sub-Adviser to
receive payments on any unpaid balance of the compensation described in Section
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10. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court
decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder shall not be thereby
affected.
11. Any notice under this Agreement shall be in writing, addressed and delivered
or mailed, postage prepaid, to the other party at such address as such other
party may designate for the receipt of such notice.
12. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with applicable federal law
and the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
13. This Agreement is the entire contract between the parties relating to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements between the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser have caused this Agreement
to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXXXX XXXXXX INVESTMENTS, INC.
/s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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By:
Title:
XXXXXXX INVESTMENTS (U.K.) LIMITED
/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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By:
Title: Managing Director
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