Omnibus Transparency Services Upon request of the Fund, the Transfer Agent shall carry out certain information requests, analyses and reporting services in support of the Fund’s obligations under Rule 22c-2(a)(2). The parties will agree to such services and terms as stated in the attached schedule (“Schedule 1.1(y)” entitled “Omnibus Transparency Services”) that may be changed from time to time subject to mutual written agreement between the parties.
Passive Foreign Investment Company The Company shall conduct its business, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to conduct their respective businesses, in such a manner as will ensure that the Company will not be deemed to constitute a passive foreign investment company within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.
Investment Management Services (a) The Manager shall manage the Fund’s assets subject to and in accordance with the investment objectives and policies of the Fund and any directions which the Trust’s Board of Trustees may issue from time to time. In pursuance of the foregoing, the Manager shall make all determinations with respect to the investment of the Fund’s assets and the purchase and sale of its investment securities, and shall take such steps as may be necessary to implement the same. Such determinations and services shall include determining the manner in which any voting rights, rights to consent to corporate action and any other rights pertaining to the Fund’s investment securities shall be exercised. The Manager shall render or cause to be rendered regular reports to the Trust, at regular meetings of its Board of Trustees and at such other times as may be reasonably requested by the Trust’s Board of Trustees, of (i) the decisions made with respect to the investment of the Fund’s assets and the purchase and sale of its investment securities, (ii) the reasons for such decisions and (iii) the extent to which those decisions have been implemented.
Asset Management Services (i) Real Estate and Related Services:
Investment Sub-Advisory Services Sub-Adviser shall serve as investment sub-adviser and shall supervise and direct the investments of each series of Penn Series listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (each, a “Fund”), as such Exhibit may be amended by mutual agreement of the parties hereto, and to exercise all rights incidental to ownership in accordance with the investment objectives, program and restrictions applicable to the Fund as provided in Penn Series’ Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), as amended from time to time, and such other limitations as may be imposed by law or as Penn Series or Adviser may impose with notice in writing to Sub-Adviser. To enable Sub-Adviser to fully exercise its discretion, Adviser hereby appoints Sub-Adviser as agent and attorney-in-fact for the Fund with full power and authority to buy, sell and otherwise deal in securities and contracts for the Fund. No investment will be made by Sub-Adviser for the Fund if the investment would violate the investment objectives, investment restrictions or limitations of the Fund set out in the Prospectus and the SAI delivered to the Sub-Adviser and as may be amended and delivered to Sub-Adviser in the future. Sub-Adviser shall not take custody of any assets of Penn Series, but shall issue settlement instructions to the custodian designated by Penn Series (the “Custodian”). Sub-Adviser shall, in its discretion, obtain and evaluate such information relating to the economy, industries, businesses, securities markets and securities as it may deem necessary or useful in the discharge of its obligations hereunder and shall formulate and implement a continuing program for the management of the assets and resources of the Fund in a manner consistent with the investment objectives of the Fund. In furtherance of this duty, Sub-Adviser, as agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to Adviser and Penn Series, is authorized, in its discretion and without prior consultation with Adviser or Penn Series, to:
Agency Cross Transactions From time to time, the Sub-Advisor or brokers or dealers affiliated with it may find themselves in a position to buy for certain of their brokerage clients (each an “Account”) securities which the Sub-Advisor’s investment advisory clients wish to sell, and to sell for certain of their brokerage clients securities which advisory clients wish to buy. Where one of the parties is an advisory client, the Advisor or the affiliated broker or dealer cannot participate in this type of transaction (known as a cross transaction) on behalf of an advisory client and retain commissions from both parties to the transaction without the advisory client’s consent. This is because in a situation where the Sub-Advisor is making the investment decision (as opposed to a brokerage client who makes his own investment decisions), and the Sub-Advisor or an affiliate is receiving commissions from one or both sides of the transaction, there is a potential conflicting division of loyalties and responsibilities on the Sub-Advisor’s part regarding the advisory client. The SEC has adopted a rule under the Advisers Act which permits the Sub-Advisor or its affiliates to participate on behalf of an Account in agency cross transactions if the advisory client has given written consent in advance. By execution of this Agreement, the Trust authorizes the Sub-Advisor or its affiliates to participate in agency cross transactions involving an Account. The Trust may revoke its consent at any time by written notice to the Sub-Advisor.
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Directors, Trustees and Shareholders and Massachusetts Business Trust It is understood and is expressly stipulated that neither the holders of shares in the Fund nor any Directors or Trustees of the Fund shall be personally liable hereunder. With respect to any Fund which is a party to this Agreement and which is organized as a Massachusetts business trust (“Trust”), the term “Fund” means and refers to the trust established by its applicable trust agreement (Declaration of Trust) as the same may be amended from time to time. It is expressly agreed that the obligations of any such Trust hereunder shall not be binding upon any of the trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents or employees of the Trust, personally, but bind only the trust property of the Trust, as provided in the Declaration of Trust of the Trust. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been authorized by the trustees and signed by an authorized officer of the Trust, acting as such, and neither such authorization by such Trustees nor such execution and delivery by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any of them, but shall bind only the trust property of the Trust as provided in its Declaration of Trust.
Delegation of Investment Management Services Subject to the prior approval of a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons”, and, to the extent required by applicable law, by the shareholders of a Fund, the Adviser may, through a sub-advisory agreement or other arrangement, delegate to a sub-advisor any of the duties enumerated in this Agreement, including the management of all or a portion of the assets being managed. Subject to the prior approval of a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons”, and, to the extent required by applicable law, by the shareholders of a Fund, the Adviser may adjust such duties, the portion of assets being managed, and the fees to be paid by the Adviser; provided, that in each case the Adviser will continue to oversee the services provided by such company or employees and any such delegation will not relieve the Adviser of any of its obligations under this Agreement.
Investment Services The Sub-Adviser will formulate and implement a continuous investment program for the Fund conforming to the investment objective, investment policies and restrictions of the Fund as set forth in the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of the Company as in effect from time to time (together, the "Registration Statement"), the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company, and any investment guidelines or other instructions received by the Sub-Adviser in writing from the Investment Manager from time to time. Any amendments to the foregoing documents will not be deemed effective with respect to the Sub-Adviser until the Sub-Adviser's receipt thereof. The appropriate officers and employees of the Sub-Adviser will be available to consult with the Investment Manager, the Company and the Directors at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice concerning the business of the Company, including valuations of securities which are not registered for public sale, not traded on any securities market or otherwise may be deemed illiquid for purposes of the ICA; provided it is understood that the Sub-Adviser is not responsible for daily pricing of the Fund's assets. Subject to the supervision and control of the Investment Manager, which in turn is subject to the supervision and control of the Directors, the Sub-Adviser in its discretion will determine which issuers and securities will be purchased, held, sold or exchanged by the Fund or otherwise represented in the Fund's investment portfolio from time to time and, subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Agreement, will place orders with and give instructions to brokers, dealers and others for all such transactions and cause such transactions to be executed. Custody of the Fund will be maintained by a custodian bank (the "Custodian") and the Investment Manager will authorize the Custodian to honor orders and instructions by employees of the Sub-Adviser designated by the Sub-Adviser to settle transactions in respect of the Fund. No assets may be withdrawn from the Fund other than for settlement of transactions on behalf of the Fund except upon the written authorization of appropriate officers of the Company who shall have been certified as such by proper authorities of the Company prior to the withdrawal. The Sub-Adviser will not be responsible for the provision of administrative, bookkeeping or accounting services to the Fund except as specifically provided herein, as required by the ICA or the Advisers Act or as may be necessary for the Sub-Adviser to supply to the Investment Manager, the Fund or the Fund's shareholders the information required to be provided by the Sub-Adviser hereunder. Any records maintained hereunder shall be the property of the Fund and surrendered promptly upon request. In furnishing the services under this Agreement, the Sub-Adviser will comply with and use its best efforts to enable the Fund to conform to the requirements of: (i) the ICA and the regulations promulgated thereunder; (ii) Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder; (iii) other applicable provisions of state or federal law; (iv) the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company; (v) policies and determinations of the Company and the Investment Manager provided to the Sub-Adviser in writing; (vi) the fundamental and non-fundamental investment policies and restrictions applicable to the Fund, as set out in the Registration Statement of the Company in effect, or as such investment policies and restrictions from time to time may be amended by the Fund's shareholders or the Directors and communicated to the Sub-Adviser in writing; (vii) the Registration Statement; and (viii) investment guidelines or other instructions received in writing from the Investment Manager. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Sub-Adviser shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance with limitations or restrictions for which information from the Investment Manager or its authorized agents is required to enable the Sub-Adviser to monitor compliance with such limitations or restrictions unless such information is provided to the Sub-adviser in writing. The Sub-Adviser shall supervise and monitor the activities of its representatives, personnel and agents in connection with the investment program of the Fund. Nothing in this Agreement shall be implied to prevent the Investment Manager from engaging other sub-advisers to provide investment advice and other services to the Fund or to series or portfolios of the Company for which the Sub-Adviser does not provide such services, or to prevent the Investment Manager from providing such services itself in relation to the Fund or such other series or portfolios. The Sub-Adviser shall be responsible for the preparation and filing of Schedule 13-G and Form 13-F on behalf of the Fund. The Sub-Adviser shall not be responsible for the preparation or filing of any other reports required of the Fund by any governmental or regulatory agency, except as expressly agreed in writing.