Exhibit 23(h)5
SPDR Trust, Series 1 Purchasing Fund Agreement
SPDR TRUST, SERIES 1 PURCHASING FUND AGREEMENT
This Purchasing Fund Agreement ("Agreement") is made as of the date set
forth below between STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY (the "Trustee"), in its
capacity as trustee and on behalf of the SPDR Trust, Series 1 ("the Trust"), and
PHOENIX INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC. (the "Advisor"), for itself and in its capacity
as investment adviser to each of the series named in Schedule A and a part of
The Phoenix Edge Series Fund, a registered investment company to (each such
series a part of the registered investment company a "Purchasing Fund",
collectively the "Purchasing Funds").
WHEREAS, Section 12(d)(1)(A) ("Section 12(d)(1)(A)") of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), limits investment by an
investment company, as defined in the 1940 Act and affiliates of such company in
any other investment company that is registered under the 1940 Act; and
WHEREAS, the Trust is an investment company registered as such under
the 1940 Act; and
WHEREAS, each Purchasing Fund is a registered investment company or
otherwise meets the definition of "investment company" under the 1940 Act; and
WHEREAS, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") has
granted an order (Rel. No. IC-26419, April 19, 2004) exempting the Trust and
certain registered investment companies investing in the Trust from the limits
of Section 12(d)(1)(A) (such order and the application therefor together, the
"Order"); and
WHEREAS, in reliance on the Order, each Purchasing Fund may acquire
units in the Trust ("Units") in excess of the limits imposed by Section
12(d)(1)(A); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the conditions set forth in the Order, each
Purchasing Fund must enter into a written agreement with the Trust prior to
acquiring Units in excess of the limits imposed by Section 12(d)(1)(A);
NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustee, the Advisor and each Purchasing Fund agree
as follows:
1. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned such terms in the Order.
2. The members of the Purchasing Funds Advisory Group (individually or
in the aggregate) will not hold or beneficially own 25 percent or more of the
outstanding Units or otherwise control the Trust within the meaning of Section
2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act. The members of any Purchasing Fund's Subadvisory Group
(individually or in the aggregate) will not hold or beneficially own 25 percent
or more of the outstanding Units or otherwise control the Trust within the
meaning of Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act. If, as a result of a decrease in the
Trust's outstanding Units, the Purchasing Funds' Advisory Group or any
Purchasing Fund's Subadvisory Group becomes in the aggregate a holder or
beneficial owner of 25 percent or more of the outstanding Units, the Purchasing
Fund agrees that the Purchasing Funds' Advisory Group
or the relevant Purchasing Fund's Subadvisory Group, as applicable, will vote
its Units in the same proportion as the written approvals and disapprovals of
all other Unitholders. For purposes of this Agreement, the "Purchasing Funds'
Advisory Group" consists of the Purchasing Funds and the Advisor and any person
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Advisor, and any
investment company and any issuer that would be an investment company but for
Sections 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act that is advised by the Advisor, or
any person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Advisor.
For purposes of this Agreement, a "Purchasing Fund's Subadvisory Group" consists
of any subadvisor to a Purchasing Fund, any person controlling, controlled by,
or under common control with such subadvisor, and any investment company or
issuer that would be an investment company but for Sections 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7)
of the 1940 Act (or portion of such investment company or issuer) advised by
such subadvisor or any person controlling, controlled by or under common control
with such subadvisor.
3. Each Purchasing Fund agrees that the Advisor will waive fees
otherwise payable to it by the Purchasing Fund in an amount at least equal to
any compensation received by such advisor, or trustee or sponsor, or an
affiliated person of the advisor, or trustee or sponsor, from the Trust in
connection with the acquisition by the Purchasing Fund of Units. Each Purchasing
Fund further agrees that any subadvisor(s) of such Purchasing Fund will waive
fees otherwise payable to such subadvisor(s), directly or indirectly, by the
Purchasing Fund in an amount at least equal to any compensation received by the
subadvisor(s), or an affiliated person of the such subadvisor(s), in connection
with any investment(s) by the Purchasing Fund in the Trust made at the direction
of such subadvisor(s). In the event that a subadvisor waives fees, under the
preceding sentence, the Purchasing Fund agrees that it will require the relevant
subadvisor(s) to pass the benefit of the waiver through to the Purchasing Fund.
4. No Purchasing Fund will cause, nor will permit any Purchasing Fund
Affiliate to cause, any existing or potential acquisition of Units by such
Purchasing Fund to influence the terms of any services or transactions between
the Purchasing Fund or Purchasing Fund Affiliate and the Trust or an affiliate
of the Trust. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Purchasing Fund
Affiliate" includes the Advisor and any promoter and principal underwriter of a
Purchasing Fund, and any person controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with any of those entities within the meaning of Section 2(a)(9) of the
1940 Act.
5. Before any Purchasing Fund relies on the Order, the board of
directors or trustees of the Purchasing Fund, including a majority of
disinterested directors or trustees, will adopt procedures reasonably designed
to assure that the Advisor (or subadviser, if appropriate) is conducting the
Purchasing Fund's investment program without taking into account any
consideration received by the Purchasing Fund or any Purchasing Fund Affiliate
from the Trust or any affiliate of the Trust in connection with any services or
transactions.
6. No Purchasing Fund or Purchasing Fund Affiliate will cause the Trust
to purchase a security from any Affiliated Underwriting. Nothing in this
Agreement, however, shall limit the authority of the Trustee to accept and
satisfy in-kind creation orders and redemption requests from a Purchasing Fund
or an Underwriting Affiliate that is also an Authorized Participant in the
ordinary course of business. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Affiliated Underwriting" means an offering of securities during the existence
of an underwriting or selling syndicate of which a principal underwriter is an
Underwriting Affiliate. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Underwriting
Affiliate" means a principal underwriter in any underwriting or selling
syndicate that is an officer, director, member of an advisory board, investment
adviser,
subadviser, employee or sponsor of the Purchasing Fund, or a person of which any
such officer, director, member of an advisory board, investment adviser,
subadviser, employee or sponsor is an affiliated person.
7. No Purchasing Fund will acquire Units in excess of the limits of
Section l2(d)(1)(A) unless and until such Purchasing Fund and the Trust have
executed this Agreement and complied with the terms and conditions hereof.
8. Each Purchasing Fund represents and warrants to the Trust that the
Purchasing Fund's board of directors or trustees and the Advisor have received a
copy of and have read and understand the terms and conditions of the Order, and
agree to fulfill their responsibilities under the Order. Each Purchasing Fund
further represents and warrants to the Trust that the foregoing persons
understand that the Order pertains only to investments in the Trust and not to
investments in any other investment company. Each Purchasing Fund understands
that this Agreement is entered into in furtherance of, and pursuant to, the
Order, and agrees that this Agreement shall be interpreted consistently
therewith.
9. The Advisor represents and warrants to the Trust that it has been
granted actual authority by each of the Purchasing Funds to enter into this
Agreement on its behalf. The Advisor agrees that, if requested by the Trust, it
shall furnish to the Trust evidence of such authority satisfactory to the
Trustee in its reasonable discretion.
10. The Advisor represents and warrants to the Trust that it has read
the Order and agrees to the terms and conditions thereof. The Advisor further
agrees that it will use best efforts to cause each Purchasing Fund to abide by
the terms and conditions of the Order and this Agreement.
11. The Advisor represents and warrants to the Trust that it is
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
12. Each Purchasing Fund agrees that it has sole responsibility under
the Order and this Agreement to monitor the limits of Section 12(d)(1)(A) as
they pertain to its acquisition of Units.
13. Each Purchasing Fund represents and warrants to the Trust that the
Advisor is its investment adviser and is registered as an investment adviser
under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Each Purchasing Fund
further represents and warrants that the Advisor has been granted actual
authority to enter into this Agreement on its behalf.
14. Each Purchasing Fund represents and warrants to the Trust that, if
it purchases Creation Units directly from the Trust, it will do so only in
compliance with the Purchasing Fund's investment restrictions and only if so
doing is consistent with the investment policies set forth in the Purchasing
Fund's registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933.
15. Each Purchasing Fund and the Trust agree that each shall preserve a
copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the Order, for a period of not
less than six years from the end of the fiscal year in which the most recent
investment by the Purchasing Fund in the Trust in reliance on the Order
occurred. For the first two years of such six-year period, the foregoing
documents shall be maintained by the Purchasing Fund and the Trust in an easily
accessible place.
16. Each Purchasing Fund represents and warrants to the Trust that it
understands and complies with the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. Conduct Rule 2830 and that any sales charge and/or service fees (other than
customary brokerage fees) charged with respect to shares in the Purchasing Fund
will not exceed the limits applicable to a fund of funds as set forth in that
rule.
17. Each Purchasing Fund that may acquire Units in excess of either (i)
the 5% limit of Section 12(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the 1940 Act or (ii) the 10% limit of
Section 12(d)(1)(A)(iii) of the 1940 Act represents and warrants to the Trust,
and agrees, that its prospectus will disclose in "plain English" the fact that
it does or may invest in exchange-traded funds such as the Trust, the unique
characteristics of a fund that invests in exchange-traded funds (such as the
Trust), and the expenses of so doing.
18. Any of the provisions of this Agreement notwithstanding, each
Purchasing Fund represents and warrants to the Trust that it operates, and will
continue to operate, in compliance with the 1940 Act, and the Commission's rules
and regulations thereunder. Each Purchasing Fund and the Advisor agree that the
Trust is entitled to rely on the representations contained in this Agreement and
that the Trust has no independent duty to monitor the Purchasing Fund's or the
Advisor's compliance with this Agreement, the Order, the 1940 Act, or the
Commission's rules and regulations thereunder.
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO PURCHASING FUND AGREEMENT.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of
the 6th day of February, 2006.
BY: THE PHOENIX EDGE SERIES FUND ON BEHALF OF PHOENIX-S&P DYNAMIC
ASSET ALLOCATION SERIES: MODERATE, PHOENIX-S&P DYNAMIC ASSET
ALLOCATION SERIES: MODERATE GROWTH, PHOENIX-S&P DYNAMIC ASSET
ALLOCATION SERIES: GROWTH, AND PHOENIX-S&P DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION
SERIES: AGGRESSIVE GROWTH
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx X'Xxxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx X'Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
SPDR TRUST, SERIES 1
BY: STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE
By: /s/Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
BY: PHOENIX INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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XXXX X. XXXXX
VICE PRESIDENT AND CLERK
BY: STANDARD & POOR'S INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES LLC
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
PRESIDENT
SCHEDULE A
The Phoenix Edge Series Fund on behalf of:
Phoenix-S&P Dynamic Asset Allocation Series: Moderate
Phoenix-S&P Dynamic Asset Allocation Series: Moderate Growth
Phoenix-S&P Dynamic Asset Allocation Series: Growth
Phoenix-S&P Dynamic Asset Allocation Series: Aggressive Growth
