INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of this 1st day of May, 2007, between the Vanguard
Specialized Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), and Wellington
Management Company, LLP, a Massachusetts limited liability partnership (the
"Advisor").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Trust is an open-end, diversified management investment
company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust offers a series of shares known as Vanguard Health Care
Fund (the "Fund"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust retained the Advisor to render investment advisory
services to the Fund under an Investment Advisory Agreement, dated as of May 27,
2005, and amended May 1, 2006 (collectively, the "Prior Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust desires to amend and restate such Investment Advisory
Agreement in certain respects, and the Advisor is willing to render investment
advisory services to the Fund in accordance with such amendments.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and undertakings set
forth in this "Agreement," the Trust and the Advisor hereby agree as follows:
1. APPOINTMENT OF ADVISOR. The Trust hereby employs the Advisor as
investment advisor, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, for the
portion of the assets of the Fund that the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board
of Trustees") determines in its sole discretion to assign to the Advisor from
time to time (referred to in this Agreement as the "Wellington Management
Portfolio"), as communicated to the Advisor on behalf of the Board of Trustees
by The Vanguard Group, Inc. ("Vanguard"). The Board of Trustees may, from time
to time, make additions to, and withdrawals from, the assets of the Fund
assigned to the Advisor. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to
render the services herein set forth, for the compensation herein provided.
2. DUTIES OF ADVISOR. The Trust employs the Advisor to manage the
investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Wellington Management
Portfolio; to continuously review, supervise, and administer an investment
program for the Wellington Management Portfolio; to determine in its discretion
the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of such assets to be held
uninvested; to provide the Fund with all records concerning the activities of
the Advisor that the Fund is required to maintain; and to render regular reports
to the Trust's officers and the Board of Trustees concerning the discharge of
the foregoing responsibilities. The Advisor will discharge the foregoing
responsibilities subject to the supervision and oversight of the Trust's
officers and the Board of Trustees, and in compliance with the objective,
policies, and limitations set forth in the Fund's prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information, any additional operating policies or procedures that the
Fund communicates to the Advisor in writing, and applicable laws and
regulations. The Advisor agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office
space, furnishings and equipment, and personnel required by it to perform the
services on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.
3. SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS. The Advisor is authorized to select the brokers
or dealers that will execute purchases and sales of securities for the
Wellington Management Portfolio, and is directed to use its best efforts to
obtain best execution for such transactions. In selecting brokers or dealers to
execute trades for the Wellington Management Portfolio, the Advisor will comply
with all applicable statutes, rules, interpretations by the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission or its staff, other applicable law, and the written policies
established by the Board of Trustees and communicated to the Advisor in writing.
4. COMPENSATION OF ADVISOR. For services to be provided by the Advisor
pursuant to this Agreement, the Fund will pay to the Advisor, and the Advisor
agrees to accept as full compensation therefor, an investment advisory fee at
the rates specified in Schedule A to this Agreement, payable quarterly in
arrears.
5. REPORTS. The Fund and the Advisor agree to furnish to each other current
prospectuses, proxy statements, reports to shareholders, certified copies of
their financial statements, and such other information with regard to their
affairs as each may reasonably request including but not limited to, information
about changes in partners of the Advisor.
6. COMPLIANCE. The Advisor agrees to comply with all Applicable Law and all
policies, procedures, or reporting requirements that the Board of Trustees
reasonably adopts and communicates to the Advisor in writing, including, without
limitation, any such policies, procedures, or reporting requirements relating to
soft dollar or other brokerage arrangements. "Applicable Law" means (i) the
"federal securities laws" as defined in Rule 38a-1(e)(1) under the 1940 Act, as
amended from time to time, and (ii) any and all other laws, rules, and
regulations, whether foreign or domestic, in each case applicable at any time
and from time to time to the investment management operations of the Advisor in
relation to the Wellington Management Portfolio.
7. STATUS OF ADVISOR. The services of the Advisor to the Fund are not to be
deemed exclusive, and the Advisor will be free to render similar services to
others so long as its services to the Fund are not impaired thereby. The Advisor
will be deemed to be an independent contractor and will, unless otherwise
expressly provided or authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the
Fund in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Fund or the Trust.
8. LIABILITY OF ADVISOR. No provision of this Agreement will be deemed to
protect the Advisor against any liability to the Fund or its shareholders to
which it might otherwise be subject by reason of any willful misfeasance, bad
faith, or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or the reckless
disregard of its obligations under this Agreement.
9. LIMITATIONS ON CONSULTATIONS. The Advisor is prohibited from consulting
with other advisors of the Fund, except Vanguard, concerning transactions for
the Fund in securities or other assets.
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10. DURATION; TERMINATION; NOTICES; AMENDMENT. This Agreement will become
effective on the date hereof and shall continue in effect for successive
twelve-month periods, only so long as each such continuance specifically is
approved at least annually by the Board of Trustees, including a majority of
those Trustees who are not parties to such Agreement or interested persons of
any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on
such approval. In addition, the question of continuance of the Agreement may be
presented to the shareholders of the Fund; in such event, such continuance will
be effected only if approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, (i) this Agreement may at any time
be terminated without payment of any penalty either by vote of the Board of
Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the
Fund, on thirty days' written notice to the Advisor, (ii) this Agreement will
automatically terminate in the event of its assignment, and (iii) this Agreement
may be terminated by the Advisor on ninety days' written notice to the Fund. Any
notice under this Agreement will be given in writing, addressed and delivered,
or mailed postpaid, to the other party as follows:
If to the Fund, at:
Vanguard Health Care Fund
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
If to the Advisor, at:
Wellington Management Company, LLP
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent, but the consent of the
Trust must be approved (i) by a majority of those members of the Board of
Trustees who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such
party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
amendment, and (ii) to the extent required by the 1940 Act, by a vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
As used in this Section 10, the terms "assignment," "interested persons,"
and "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" will have the
respective meanings set forth in Section 2(a)(4), Section 2(a)(19), and Section
2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act.
11. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement will be held or made
invalid by a court decision, statute, rule, or otherwise, the remainder of this
Agreement will not be affected thereby.
12. CONFIDENTIALITY. The Advisor shall keep confidential any and all
information obtained in connection with the services rendered hereunder and
relating directly or indirectly to the Fund, the Trust, or Vanguard and shall
not disclose any such information to any person other than the Trust, the Board
of Trustees, Vanguard, and any director, officer, or employee of the Trust or
Vanguard, except (i) with the prior written consent of the Trust, (ii) as
required by law, regulation, court order or the rules or regulations of any
self-regulatory organization, governmental body, or official having jurisdiction
over the Advisor, or (iii) for information that is publicly available other than
due to disclosure by the Advisor or its affiliates or becomes known to the
Advisor from a source other than the Trust, the Board of Trustees, or Vanguard.
13. PROXY POLICY. The Advisor acknowledges that Vanguard, at the direction
of the Fund, will vote the shares of all securities that are held by the Fund.
14. GOVERNING LAW. All questions concerning the validity, meaning, and
effect of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the laws
(without giving effect to the conflict-of-law principles thereof) of the State
of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed in that state.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Investment Advisory
Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth herein.
Wellington Management Vanguard Specialized Funds
Company, LLP
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