Exhibit 99.B.5.e
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
FOR
EQUITY INVESTMENT FUND
AGREEMENT made this ____day of _____, 1994 by and between McM Funds,
a Delaware Business Trust (the "Trust") on behalf of the Equity Investment Fund
(the "Fund") and McMorgan & Company, a California corporation and registered
investment adviser (the "Adviser").
WHEREAS, the Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end, diversified management
investment company.
WHEREAS, the Fund wishes to retain the Adviser to render investment
advisory services to the Fund, and the Adviser is willing to furnish such
services to the Fund;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants
herein contained, it is agreed between the Fund and the Adviser as follows:
1. Appointment. The Fund hereby appoints the Adviser to act as
investment adviser to the Fund for the periods on the terms set forth in this
Agreement. The Adviser accepts such appointment and agrees to furnish the
services herein set forth, for the compensation herein provided.
2. Duties of Adviser. The Trust hereby appoints the Adviser to act as
investment adviser to the Equity Investment Fund, a separate series of shares of
the Trust, for the period and on such terms set forth in this Agreement. The
Trust employs the Adviser to manage the investment and reinvestment of the
assets of the Fund, to continuously review, supervise and administer the
investment program of the Fund, to determine in its discretion the assets to be
held uninvested, to provide the Trust with records concerning the Adviser's
activities which the Trust is required to maintain, and to render regular
reports to the Trust's officers and Board of Trustees concerning the Adviser's
discharge of the foregoing responsibilities. The Adviser shall discharge the
foregoing responsibilities subject to the control of the officers and the Board
of Trustees of the Trust, and in compliance with the objectives, policies and
limitations set forth in the Fund's prospectus and statement of additional
information and applicable law. The Adviser accepts such employment and agrees
to render the services and to provide, at its own expense, the office space,
furnishings, equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services
on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.
3. Portfolio Transactions. The Adviser shall select and monitor the
selection of the brokers or dealers that will execute the purchases and sales of
securities for the Fund and is directed to use its best efforts to ensure that
the best available price and most favorable execution of securities transactions
for the Fund are obtained. Subject to policies established by the Board of
Trustees of the Fund and communicated to the Adviser, it is understood that the
Adviser will not be deemed to have acted unlawfully, or to have breached a
fiduciary duty to the Trust or in respect of the Fund, or be in breach of any
obligation owing to the Trust or in respect of the Fund under this Agreement, or
otherwise, solely by reason of its having caused the Fund to pay a member of a
securities exchange, a broker or a dealer a commission for effecting a
securities transaction for the Fund in excess of the amount of commission
another member of an exchange, broker or dealer would have charged if the
Adviser determines in reasonable good faith that the commission paid was
reasonable in relation to the brokerage or research services provided by such
member, broker or dealer, viewed in terms of that particular transaction or the
Adviser's overall responsibilities with respect to the accounts, including the
Fund, as to which it exercises investment discretion. The Adviser will promptly
communicate to the officers and directors of the Trust such information relating
to Fund transactions as they may reasonably request.
4. Compensation of the Adviser. For the services to be rendered by the
Adviser as provided in Section 2 and 3 of this Agreement, the Fund shall pay to
the Adviser within five business days after the end of each calendar month, a
monthly fee of one twelfth of 0.50% of the Fund's average daily net assets for
the month. In the event the Adviser is engaged for a period of less than one
month, it shall receive the same monthly fee paid on a pro rata basis.
The Adviser may reduce any portion of the compensation or reimbursement
of expenses due to it pursuant to this Agreement and may agree to make payments
to limit the expenses which are not the responsibility of the Adviser under this
Agreement. Any such reduction or payment shall be applicable only to such
specific reduction or payment and shall not constitute an agreement to reduce
any future compensation or reimbursement due to the Adviser hereunder or to
continue future payments. Any fee withheld pursuant to this paragraph from the
Adviser shall be reimbursed by the Fund to the Adviser in the first, second or
third (or all) fiscal year next succeeding the fiscal year of the withholding to
the extent permitted by the applicable state law if the aggregate expenses for
the applicable succeeding fiscal year do not exceed the applicable state
limitation or any more restrictive limitation to which the Adviser has agreed.
In the event of termination of this Agreement, the fee provided in this
Section 4 shall be paid on a pro rata basis, based on the number of days when
this Agreement was in effect.
5. Reports. The Fund and the Adviser agree to furnish to each other
such information regarding their operations with regard to their affairs as each
may reasonably request.
6. Status of Adviser. The services of the Adviser to the Fund are not
to be deemed exclusive, and the Adviser shall be free to render similar services
to others so long as its services to the Fund are not impaired thereby. The
Trust's employment of the Adviser is not an exclusive arrangement, and the Trust
may from time to time employ other individuals or entities to furnish it with
the services provided for herein.
7. Liability of Adviser. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard by the Adviser of its obligations
and duties hereunder, the Adviser shall not be subject to any liability
whatsoever to the Fund, or to any shareholder of the Fund, for any error of
judgment, mistake of law or any other act or omission in the course of, or
connected with, rendering services hereunder including, without limitation, for
any losses that may be sustained in connection with the purchase, holding,
redemption or sale of any security on behalf of the Fund.
The Fund shall indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser, its general
partner and the shareholders, directors, officers and employees of each of them
(any such person, an "Indemnified Party") against any loss, liability, claim,
damage or expense (including the reasonable cost of investigating and defending
any alleged loss, liability, claim, damage or expenses and reasonable counsel
fees incurred in connection therewith) arising out of the Indemnified Party's
performance or non-performance of any duties under this Agreement provided,
however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect any Indemnified Party
against any liability to which such Indemnified Party would otherwise be subject
by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of
duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties
under this Agreement.
No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to protect any
Trustee or officer of the Trust, or director or officer of the Adviser from
liability in violation of Sections 17(h) and (i) of the 1940 Act.
8. Duration and Termination. This Agreement shall become effective on
May , 1994, provided that first it is approved by the Board of Trustees of the
Fund, including a majority of those trustees who are not parties to this
Agreement or interested persons of any party hereto, in the manner provided in
section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and by the holders of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund; and shall continue in
effect until May , 1996. Thereafter, this Agreement may continue in effect only
if such continuance is approved at least annually by, (i) the Fund's Board of
Trustees or, (ii) by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities
of the Fund; and in either event by a vote of a majority of those trustees of
the Trust who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any
such party in the manner provided in section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act
of 1940. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated: (a) at
any time without penalty by the Fund upon the vote of a majority of the Trustees
or by vote of the majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities, upon
sixty (60) days' written notice to the Adviser or (b) by the Adviser at any time
without penalty, upon sixty (60) days' written notice to the Fund. This
Agreement will also terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as
defined in the 1940 Act). Any notice under this Agreement shall be given in
writing, addressed and delivered or mailed postpaid, to the other party at the
principal office of such party.
As used in this Section 8, the terms "assignment", "interested person",
and "a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" shall have the
respective meanings set forth in Section 2(a)(4), Section 2(a)(19) and Section
2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder.
9. Severability. If any provisions of this Agreement shall be held or
made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of
this Agreement shall not be affected thereby, provided that the basic agreement
is not thereby impaired and the Agreement continues to conform with applicable
law.
10. Amendments. No provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived,
discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by
the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or
termination is sought, and no amendment of this Agreement shall be effective
until approved by an affirmative vote of (i) a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund, and (ii) a majority of the Trustees, including a
majority of Trustees 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, if such approval is required by applicable law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed as of this day of , 1994.
ATTEST EQUITY INVESTMENT FUND
By:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, President
ATTEST McMORGAN & COMPANY
By:
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