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EXHIBIT (b)(5)(b)(xi)
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NASL SERIES TRUST
SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this_______day of_____________, 199__, between NASL
Financial Services, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation ("NASL Financial" or the
"Adviser"), and Xxxx Xxxxx Management, Inc., a ________ Corporation (the
"Subadviser"). In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the
parties agree as follows:
1. APPOINTMENT OF SUBADVISER
The Subadviser undertakes to act as investment subadviser to, and, subject
to the supervision of the Trustees of NASL Series Trust (the "Trust") and the
terms of this Agreement, to manage the investment and reinvestment of the
assets of the Portfolios specified in Appendix A to this Agreement as it shall
be amended by the Adviser and the Subadviser from time to time (the
"Portfolios"). The Subadviser will be an independent contractor and will have
no authority to act for or represent the Trust or Adviser in any way except as
expressly authorized in this Agreement or another writing by the Trust and
Adviser.
2. SERVICES TO BE RENDERED BY THE SUBADVISER TO THE TRUST
a. Subject always to the direction and control of the Trustees of the Trust,
the Subadviser will manage the investments and determine the composition
of the assets of the Portfolios in accordance with the Portfolios'
registration statement, as amended. In fulfilling its obligations to
manage the investments and reinvestments of the assets of the Portfolios,
the Subadviser will:
i. obtain and evaluate pertinent economic, statistical, financial and
other information affecting the economy generally and individual
companies or industries the securities of which are included in the
Portfolios or are under consideration for inclusion in the
Portfolios;
ii. formulate and implement a continuous investment program for each
Portfolio consistent with the investment objectives and related
investment policies for each such Portfolio as described in the
Trust's registration statement, as amended;
iii. take whatever steps are necessary to implement these investment
programs by the purchase and sale of securities including the
placing of orders for such purchases and sales;
iv. regularly report to the Trustees of the Trust with respect to the
implementation of these investment programs; and
v. provide determinations, in accordance with procedures and methods
established by the Trustees of the Trust, of the fair value of
securities held by the Portfolios for which market quotations are
not readily available for purposes of enabling the Trust's Custodian
to calculate net asset value.
b. The Subadviser, at its expense, will furnish (i) all necessary investment
and management facilities, including salaries of personnel required for it
to execute its duties faithfully, and (ii) administrative facilities,
including bookkeeping, clerical personnel and equipment necessary for the
efficient conduct of the investment affairs of the Portfolios (excluding
determination of net asset value and shareholder accounting services).
c. The Subadviser will select brokers and dealers including Xxxx Xxxxx &
Company, Incorporated, an affiliate of the Subadviser, to effect all
transactions subject to the following conditions: The Subadviser will
place all orders with brokers, dealers, or issuers, and will negotiate
brokerage commissions if applicable. The Subadviser is directed at all
times to seek to execute brokerage transactions for the Portfolios in
accordance with such policies or practices as may be established by the
Trustees and described in the Trust's registration statement as amended.
The Subadviser may pay a broker-dealer which provides research and
brokerage services a higher spread or commission for a particular
transaction than otherwise might have been charged by another broker-
dealer, if the
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Subadviser determines that the higher spread or commission is reasonable
in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services that such
broker-dealer provides, viewed in terms of either the particular
transaction or the Subadviser's overall responsibilities with respect to
accounts managed by the Subadviser. The Subadviser may use for the
benefit of the Subadviser's other clients, or make available to companies
affiliated with the Subadviser or to its directors for the benefit of its
clients, any such brokerage and research services that the Subadviser
obtains from brokers or dealers.
d. The Subadviser will maintain all accounts, books and records with respect
to the Portfolios as are required of an investment adviser of a registered
investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"Investment Company Act") and Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the
"Investment Advisers Act") and the rules thereunder.
3. COMPENSATION OF SUBADVISER
The Adviser will pay the Subadviser with respect to each Portfolio the
compensation specified in Appendix A to this Agreement.
4. LIABILITY OF SUBADVISER
Neither the Subadviser nor any of its partners or employees shall be
liable to the Adviser or Trust for any loss suffered by the Adviser or Trust
resulting from any error of judgment made in the good faith exercise of the
Subadviser's investment discretion in connection with selecting Portfolio
investments except for losses resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or
gross negligence of, or from reckless disregard of, the duties of the
Subadviser or any of its partners or employees; and neither the Subadviser nor
any of its partners or employees shall be liable to the Adviser or Trust for
any loss suffered by the Adviser or Trust resulting from any other matters to
which this Agreement relates (i.e., those other matters specified in Sections 2
and 8 of this Agreement), except for losses resulting from willful misfeasance,
bad faith, or negligence in the performance of, or from disregard of, the
duties of the Subadviser or any of its partners or employees.
5. SUPPLEMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS
The Subadviser may enter into arrangements with other persons affiliated
with the Subadviser to better enable it to fulfill its obligations under this
Agreement for the provision of certain personnel and facilities to the
Subadviser.
6. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
It is understood that trustees, officers, agents and shareholders of the
Trust are or may be interested in the Subadviser as trustees, officers,
partners or otherwise; that directors, officers, agents and partners of the
Subadviser are or may be interested in the Trust as trustees, officers,
shareholders or otherwise; that the Subadviser may be interested in the Trust;
and that the existence of any such dual interest shall not affect the validity
hereof or of any transactions hereunder except as otherwise provided in the
Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust and the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Subadviser, respectively, or by specific provision of
applicable law.
7. REGULATION
The Subadviser shall submit to all regulatory and administrative bodies
having jurisdiction over the services provided pursuant to this Agreement any
information, reports or other material which any such body by reason of this
Agreement may request or require pursuant to applicable laws and regulations.
8. DURATION AND TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
This Agreement shall become effective with respect to each Portfolio on
the later of its execution, the effective date of the registration statement of
the Portfolio and the date of the meeting of the shareholders of the Portfolio,
at which meeting this Agreement is approved by the vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities (as defined in the
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Investment Company Act) of the Portfolio. The Agreement will continue
in effect for a period more than two years from the date of its execution only
so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually either by
the Trustees of the Trust or by a majority of the outstanding voting securities
of each of the Portfolios, provided that in either event such continuance shall
also be approved by the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are
not interested persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of any party
to this Agreement cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting
on such approval. The required shareholder approval of the Agreement or of any
continuance of the Agreement shall be effective with respect to any Portfolio if
a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the series (as defined in
Rule 18f-2(h) under the Investment Company Act) of shares of that Portfolio
votes to approve the Agreement or its continuance, notwithstanding that the
Agreement or its continuance may not have been approved by a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of (a) any other Portfolio affected by the
Agreement or (b) all the portfolios of the Trust.
If the shareholders of any Portfolio fail to approve the Agreement or any
continuance of the Agreement, the Subadviser will continue to act as investment
subadviser with respect to such Portfolio pending the required approval of the
Agreement or its continuance or of any contract with the Subadviser or a
different adviser or subadviser or other definitive action; provided, that the
compensation received by the Subadviser in respect of such Portfolio during
such period is in compliance with Rule 15a-4 under the Investment Company Act.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any
penalty, by the Trustees of the Trust, by the vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Trust, or with respect to any Portfolio by
the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such Portfolio,
on sixty days' written notice to the Adviser and the Subadviser, or by the
Adviser or Subadviser on sixty days' written notice to the Trust and the other
party. This agreement will automatically terminate, without the payment of any
penalty, in the event of its assignment (as defined in the Investment Company
Act) or in the event the Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and the Trust
terminates for any reason.
9. PROVISION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY SUBADVISER
The Subadviser will promptly notify the Adviser in writing of the
occurrence of any of the following events:
a. the Subadviser fails to be registered as an investment adviser under the
Investment Advisers Act or under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the
Subadviser is required to be registered as an investment adviser in order
to perform its obligations under this Agreement;
b. the Subadviser is served or otherwise receives notice of any action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by
any court, public board or body, involving the affairs of the Trust; and
c. the managing general partner or controlling partner of the Subadviser or
the portfolio manager of any Portfolio changes.
10. SERVICES TO OTHERS
The Adviser understands, and has advised the Trust's Board of Trustees,
that the Subadviser now acts, or may in the future act, as an investment adviser
to fiduciary and other managed accounts, and as investment adviser or subadviser
to other investment companies. The Adviser has no objection to the Subadviser
acting in such capacities, provdied that whenever the Portfolios and one or more
other investment advisory clients of the Subadviser have available funds for
investment, investments suitable and appropriate for each will be allocated in a
manner believed by the Subadviser to be equitable to each. The Adviser
recognizes, and has advised the Trust's Board of Trustees, that in some cases
this procedure may adversely affect the size of the position that the
participating Portfolio(s) may obtain in a particular security. In addition,
the Adviser understands, and has advised the Trust's Board of Trustees, that the
persons employed by the Subadviser to assist in the Subadviser's duties under
this Agreement will not devote their full time to such service and nothing
contained in this Agreement will be deemed to limit or restrict the right of the
Subadviser or any of its affiliates to engage in and devote time and attention
to other businesses or to render services of whatever kind or nature.
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11. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT
This Agreement may be amended by the parties only if such amendment is
specifically approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of each of the Portfolios affected by the amendment and by the vote
of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons of
any party to this Agreement cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose
of voting on such approval. The required shareholder approval shall be
effective with respect to any Portfolio if a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of that Portfolio vote to approve the amendment, notwithstanding
that the amendment may not have been approved by a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of (a) any other Portfolio affected by the amendment or (b)
all the portfolios of the Trust.
12. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement of the
parties.
13. HEADINGS
The headings in the sections of this Agreement are inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part hereof.
14. NOTICES
All notices required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be
delivered or mailed to the last known business address of the Trust or
applicable party in person or by registered mail or a private mail or delivery
service providing the sender with notice of receipt. Notice shall be deemed
given on the date delivered or mailed in accordance with this paragraph.
15. SEVERABILITY
Should any portion of this Agreement for any reason be held to be void in
law or in equity, the Agreement shall be construed, insofar as is possible, as
if such portion had never been contained herein.
16. GOVERNING LAW
The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or any of the
applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act. To the extent that the
laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or any of the provisions in this
Agreement, conflict with applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act,
the latter shall control.
17. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated September 28, 1988, a copy of
which, together with all amendments thereto (the "Declaration"), is on file in
the office of the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provides that
the name "NASL Series Trust" refers to the Trustees under the Declaration
collectively as Trustees, but not as individuals or personally; and no Trustee,
shareholder, officer, employee or agent of the Trust shall be held to any
personal liability, nor shall resort be had to their private property, for the
satisfaction of any obligation or claim, in connection with the affairs of the
Trust or any portfolio thereof, but only the assets belonging to the Trust, or
to the particular portfolio with which the obligee or claimant dealt, shall be
liable.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed under seal by their duly authorized officers as of the date first
mentioned above.
[SEAL] NASL Financial Services, Inc.
by:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
President
[SEAL] Xxxx Xxxxx Management, Inc.
by:
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APPENDIX A
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The Subadviser shall serve as investment subadviser for the following
portfolio of the Trust. The Adviser will pay the Subadviser, as full
compensation for all services provided under this Agreement, the fee computed
separately for each such Portfolio at an annual rate as follows (the
"Subadviser Percentage Fee"):
Small/Mid Cap Trust: .___% of the first $50,000,000, .___% between
$50,000,000 and $200,000,000, .__% between $200,000,000 and $500,000,000
and .___% on the excess over $500,000,000 of the current value of the net
assets of the Portfolio;
The Subadviser Percentage Fee for each Portfolio shall be accrued for each
calendar day and the sum of the daily fee accruals shall be paid monthly to the
Subadviser. The daily fee accruals will be computed by multiplying the
fraction of one over the number of calendar days in the year by the applicable
annual rate described in the preceding paragraph, and multiplying this product
by the net assets of the Portfolio as determined in accordance with the Trust's
prospectus and statement of additional information as of the close of business
on the previous business day on which the Trust was open for business.
If this Agreement becomes effective or terminates before the end of any
month, the fee (if any) for the period from the effective date to the end of
such 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.
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