AMENDMENT
to the
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
between
VANGUARD EQUITY INCOME FUND,
and
XXXX X XXXXX & CO., INC.
This Amendment ("Amendment") supplements, forms part of, and is subject
in all respects to, that certain Amended and Restated Investment Advisory
Agreement ("Advisory Agreement"), dated March 18, 2003, between Vanguard Equity
Income Fund ("Fund"), a series of Vanguard Fenway Funds, a Delaware business
trust ("Trust"), and Xxxx X. Xxxxx & Co., Inc. ("Xxxxx"), an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, a closed-end investment company
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. This Amendment is effective
as of September 21, 2005.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Xxxxx renders investment advisory services to certain assets
of the Fund which the Board of Trustees of the Trust determines to assign to
Xxxxx (referred to in the Advisory Agreement as the "Xxxxx Portfolio");
WHEREAS, effective September 21, 2005, the Board of Trustees
reallocated the portion of the Fund's assets that were managed by Xxxxx to the
Fund's other investment advisers ("Asset Reallocation"), which had the immediate
effect of reducing the amount of the Xxxxx Portfolio to zero as of September 21,
2005 and for each day thereafter;
WHEREAS, the Advisory Agreement was terminated effective November 22,
2005, pursuant to Section 9 of the Advisory Agreement and the notice of
termination set forth in that certain letter delivered to Xxxxx by The Vanguard
Group, Inc. on behalf of the Fund on September 22, 2005;
WHEREAS, the Advisory Agreement does not contemplate that the Basic Fee
and the Performance Adjustment calculations would based on a fiscal quarter in
which the Xxxxx Portfolio would be reduced to zero for a portion of such fiscal
quarter as a result of the Asset Reallocation;
WHEREAS, the failure of the Advisory Agreement to contemplate the Asset
Reallocation as described above will result in an artificially low payment to
Xxxxx for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2005; and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure that the Basic Fee and the Performance
Adjustment for the Xxxxx Portfolio for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 is
calculated on a fair and equitable basis in accordance with the intentions of
the Fund and Xxxxx, the parties have agree to a pro-rated fee arrangement as
described below for the quarter ended September 30, 2005.
NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound hereto, the Fund and
Xxxxx hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meaning given to them in the Advisory Agreement.
2. Basic Fee for the Period from July 1, 2005 through September 20, 2005. For
purposes of calculating the Basic Fee payable to Xxxxx for the period from July
1, 2005 through September 20, 2005, the parties agree that the Fund will pay to
Xxxxx a Basic Fee calculated by applying a quarterly rate, based on the annual
percentage rates specified in Section 4 of the Advisory Agreement, to the
average net assets of the Xxxxx Portfolio on the following days: July 31, 2005,
August 31, 2005 and September 20, 2005 (which is the day before the Asset
Reallocation). The result shall then be multiplied by 0.891 (a factor
representing 82 of the 92 days in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2005).
3. Basic Fee for the Period from September 21, 2005 through September 30, 2005.
For purposes of calculating the Basic Fee payable to Xxxxx for the period from
September 21, 2005 through September 30, 2005, the parties agree that the Fund
will pay to Xxxxx a Basic Fee calculated by applying a quarterly rate, based on
the annual percentage rates specified in Section 4 of the Advisory Agreement, to
an amount equal to zero, which represents the average net assets of the Xxxxx
Portfolio on September 30, 2005 (which is the last day of the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 2005). The result shall then be multiplied by 0.109 (a
factor representing 10 of 92 days in the fiscal quarter ended September 30,
2005).
4. Combined Basic Fee. The Basic Fee amounts calculated under paragraphs 2 and 3
above shall be added together to form a single Basic Fee payable to Xxxxx for
the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2005 (the "Combined Basic Fee").
5. Performance Adjustment. The Performance Adjustment (if any) for the fiscal
quarter ended September 30, 2005 shall be calculated based on the Combined Basic
Fee (rather than based on the Basic Fee) pursuant to Sections 4 and 4.1 of the
Advisory Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
6. Governing Law. All questions concerning the validity, meaning, and effect of
the Advisory Agreement or this Amendment 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.
7. Continuance of Terms and Conditions. Except as specifically amended hereby,
all of the terms and conditions of the Advisory Agreement are unaffected and
shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the
parties in accordance with their terms.
8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be signed in two or more counterparts. Each
counterpart will constitute
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment by their
duly authorized officers as of the effective date hereof.
VANGUARD EQUITY INCOME FUND, XXXX X XXXXX & CO., INC.
A SERIES OF VANGUARD FENWAY FUNDS
By: Xxxxx Xxxx /s/ By: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, CPA /s/
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx Name: Xxxxx A, Xxxxx
Title: Secretary Title: Sr. Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
