Exhibit 99.(b) AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 1st day of May, 2004 by and between the registered investment companies, including any portfolio/series thereof, as...Investment Management Agreement • April 30th, 2004 • Morgan Stanley Natural Resource Development Sec • New York
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENTTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • April 29th, 1999 • Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Natural Resource Developement Sec • New York
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bookkeeping services as the Fund shall reasonably require in the conduct of its business. The Investment Manager shall also bear the cost of telephone service, heat, light, power and other utilities provided to the Fund. 5. The Fund assumes and shall...Investment Management Agreement Agreement • April 29th, 1999 • Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Natural Resource Developement Sec
Contract Type FiledApril 29th, 1999 CompanyINVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 31st day of May, 1997, and amended as of April 30, 1998, by and between Dean Witter Natural Resource Development Securities Inc., a Maryland corporation (hereinafter called the "Fund"), and Dean Witter InterCapital Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the "Investment Manager"): WHEREAS, The Fund is engaged in business as an open-end management investment company and is registered as such under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"); and WHEREAS, The Investment Manager is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and engages in the business of acting as investment adviser; and WHEREAS, The Fund desires to retain the Investment Manager to render management and investment advisory services in the manner and on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and WHEREAS, The Investment Manager desires to be retained to perform services on said terms and conditions:
SERVICES AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 17th day of April, 1995, and amended as of June 22, 1998, by and between Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as "MSDW Advisors"), and Morgan Stanley Dean...Services Agreement Agreement • April 29th, 1999 • Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Natural Resource Developement Sec • New York
Contract Type FiledApril 29th, 1999 Company JurisdictionServices may have an interest in the Fund. It is also understood that MSDW Services and any affiliated persons thereof or any persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with MSDW Services have and may have advisory, management, administration service or other contracts with other organizations and persons, and may have other interests and businesses, and further may purchase, sell or trade any securities or commodities for their own accounts or for the account of others for whom they may be acting. 9. This Agreement shall continue until April 30, 1999, and thereafter shall continue automatically for successive periods of one year unless terminated by either party by written notice delivered to the other party within 30 days of the expiration of the then-existing period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated at any time, by either party on 30 days' written notice delivered to the other party. In the event that the Investment Management Agreement
proxy solicitation materials are our sole responsibility and not the responsibility of the Funds, and you agree that the Funds shall have no liability or responsibility to you in these respects unless expressly assumed in connection therewith. 7. You...Omnibus Selected Dealer Agreement • April 29th, 1999 • Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Natural Resource Developement Sec
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DEAN WITTER FUNDS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of this 31st day of May, 1997 between each of the open-end investment companies to which Dean Witter InterCapital Inc. acts as investment manager, that are listed on Schedule A, as may be...Dean Witter Funds Distribution Agreement Agreement • July 18th, 1997 • Witter Dean Natural Resource Development Securities Inc • New York
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DEAN WITTER FUNDS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of this 28th day of July, 1997 between each of the open-end investment companies to which Dean Witter InterCapital Inc. acts as investment manager, that are listed on Schedule A, as may be...Dean Witter Funds Distribution Agreement Agreement • July 18th, 1997 • Witter Dean Natural Resource Development Securities Inc • New York
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MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER FUNDS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of this 28th day of July, 1997, and amended as of June 22, 1998, between each of the open-end investment companies to which Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc. acts as...Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Funds Distribution Agreement Agreement • April 29th, 1999 • Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Natural Resource Developement Sec • New York
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH DEAN WITTER TRUST FSBTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • February 25th, 1998 • Witter Dean Natural Resource Development Securities Inc • New York
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SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Advisory Agreement • June 26th, 2009 • Morgan Stanley Natural Resource Development Sec • New York
Contract Type FiledJune 26th, 2009 Company JurisdictionAGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) made as of the 21st day of November 2008, by and between MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Investment Adviser”), and MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of England (hereinafter referred to as the “Local Manager”).
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AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Advisory Agreement • October 20th, 2009 • Morgan Stanley Series Funds • New York
Contract Type FiledOctober 20th, 2009 Company JurisdictionINVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT made as of the 1st day of November, 2004 and supplemented as of April 24, 2008, by and between the registered investment companies, including any portfolio/series thereof, as set forth on Schedule A (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) as may be amended from time to time, and Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Investment Adviser”):
ITEM 77M: Mergers Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Natural Resource Development Securities Inc. On December 21, 1999, at a Special Meeting of Shareholders of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Precious Metals and Minerals Trust ("Precious Metals"), Shareholders of...Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Natural Resource Developement Sec • April 27th, 2000
Company FiledApril 27th, 2000On December 21, 1999, at a Special Meeting of Shareholders of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Precious Metals and Minerals Trust ("Precious Metals"), Shareholders of Precious Metals approved an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the "Reorganization Agreement") between Precious Metals and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Natural Resource Development Securities Inc. ("Natural Resource"), pursuant to which substantially all of the assets of Precious Metals would be combined with those of Natural Resource and shareholders of Precious Metals would become shareholders of Natural Resource receiving shares of Natural Resource with a value equal to the value of their holdings in Precious Metals (the "Reorganization"). The Reorganization Agreement was unanimously approved by the Board of Trustees on July 29, 1999.