INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Exhibit (d)(1)
Investment Advisory Agreement made as of November 3, 2014 between POWERSHARES ACTIVELY MANAGED EXCHANGE-TRADED COMMODITY FUND TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (“Trust”), and INVESCO POWERSHARES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (“PowerShares Capital Management”), a Delaware limited liability company registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”).
WHEREAS, the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company; and
WHEREAS, the Trust is authorized to issue shares in separate series, with each such series representing interests in a separate portfolio of securities and other assets; and
WHEREAS, the Trust intends to initially offer shares of the series as listed on Schedule A hereto, and may issue shares in any other series as to which this Agreement may hereafter be made applicable and as may be added to Schedule A hereto (each such series being herein referred to as a “Fund”, and collectively as the “Funds”); and
WHEREAS, the Trust desires to retain PowerShares Capital Management as investment adviser, to furnish certain investment advisory and portfolio management services to the Trust with respect to the Funds, and PowerShares Capital Management is willing to furnish such services.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed between the parties hereto as follows:
1. Appointment. The Trust hereby appoints PowerShares Capital Management as investment adviser of the Trust and each Fund for the period and on the terms set forth in this Agreement. PowerShares Capital Management accepts such appointment and agrees to render the services herein set forth, for the compensation herein provided.
2. Duties as Investment Adviser.
(a) Subject to the supervision and direction of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board”), PowerShares Capital Management will provide a continuous investment program for each Fund, including investment research and management with respect to all securities and investments and cash equivalents in the Fund. PowerShares Capital Management will determine, from time to time, in consultation with any sub-advisers, as applicable, what securities and other investments will be purchased, retained or sold by each Fund. PowerShares Capital Management shall initially determine and make such modifications to the identity and number of shares of the securities to be accepted in exchange for creation units of each Fund and the securities that will be applicable that day to redemption requests received by such Fund as may be determined by PowerShares Capital Management in its management of the Fund’s portfolio.
(b) PowerShares Capital Management agrees that, in placing orders with brokers, it will attempt to obtain the best net result in terms of price and execution; provided that, on behalf of any Fund, PowerShares Capital Management may, in its discretion, use brokers who provide PowerShares Capital Management with research, analysis, advice and similar services, and PowerShares Capital Management
may cause a Fund to pay to those brokers in return for brokerage and research services a higher commission than may be charged by other brokers, subject to PowerShares Capital Management’s determining in good faith that such commission is reasonable in relation to the research and execution services received. In no instance will portfolio securities be purchased from or sold to PowerShares Capital Management, or any affiliated person thereof, except in accordance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any applicable exemptive orders. PowerShares Capital Management may aggregate sales and purchase orders with respect to the assets of a Fund with similar orders being made simultaneously for other Funds or accounts advised by PowerShares Capital Management or its affiliates. Whenever PowerShares Capital Management simultaneously places orders to purchase or sell the same security on behalf of a Fund and one or more other Funds or accounts advised by PowerShares Capital Management, such orders will be allocated as to price and amount among all such accounts in a manner believed to be equitable, over time, to each account. The Trust recognizes that in some cases this procedure may adversely affect the results obtained for a Fund.
(c) PowerShares Capital Management will oversee the maintenance of all books and records with respect to the securities transactions of each Fund, and will furnish the Board with such periodic and special reports as the Board reasonably may request. In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940 Act, PowerShares Capital Management hereby agrees that all records which it maintains for the Funds are the property of the Trust, agrees to preserve for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act any records which it maintains for the Trust and which are required to be maintained by Rule 31a-l under the 1940 Act, and further agrees to surrender promptly to the Trust any records which it maintains for the Funds upon request by the Trust.
(d) PowerShares Capital Management will oversee the computation of the net asset value and the net income of each Fund as described in the currently effective registration statement of the Trust under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the 1940 Act, and any amendments or supplements thereto (“Registration Statement”) or as more frequently requested by the Board.
(e) The Trust hereby authorizes any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with PowerShares Capital Management which is a member of a national securities exchange (“Affiliated Member”) to effect any transaction on such exchange for the account of any Fund, which transaction is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and the Trust hereby consents to the retention of compensation by such Affiliated Member in connection with such transaction.
3. Use of Name. The Trust may use the name “PowerShares” or any variant thereof in connection with the name of the Trust or any of the Funds, only for so long as this Agreement or any extension, renewal or amendment hereof remains in effect. At such time as this Agreement shall no longer be in effect, the Trust shall cease to use such a name or any other similar name.
In no event shall the Trust use the name “PowerShares” or any variant thereof if PowerShares Capital Management’s functions are transferred or assigned to a company over which PowerShares Capital Management does not have control or with which it is not affiliated. In the event that this Agreement shall no longer be in effect or PowerShares Capital Management’s functions are transferred or assigned to a company over which PowerShares Capital Management does not have control or with which it is not affiliated, the Trust shall use its best efforts to legally change its name by filing the required documentation with appropriate state and federal agencies.
4. Further Duties. In all matters relating to the performance of this Agreement, PowerShares Capital Management will act in conformity with the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, By-Laws, and Registration Statement of the Trust and with the instructions and directions of the Board and will comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act, the rules thereunder, and all other applicable federal and state laws and regulations applicable to the Trust and the Funds.
5. Services Not Exclusive. The services furnished by PowerShares Capital Management hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and PowerShares Capital Management shall be free to furnish similar services to others so long as its services under this Agreement are not impaired thereby or unless otherwise agreed to by the parties hereunder in writing. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict the right of any director, officer or employee of PowerShares Capital Management, who may also be a Trustee (“Board member”), officer or employee of the Trust, to engage in any other business or to devote his or her time and attention in part to the management or other aspects of any other business, whether of a similar nature or a dissimilar nature.
6. Expenses. During the term of this Agreement, PowerShares Capital Management shall pay all of the expenses of each Fund of the Trust, except for the fee payment under this Agreement, payments under each Fund’s 12b-1 plan, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (as that term is used in Form N-1A), and other extraordinary expenses, including all costs incurred in connection with all proxies (except for such proxies related to: (i) changes to this Agreement, (ii) the election of any Board member who is an “interested person” of the Funds of the Trust (as that term is defined under Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act), or (iii) any other matters that directly benefit PowerShares Capital Management).
7. Compensation. For the services to be provided by PowerShares Capital Management hereunder with respect to each Fund listed on Schedule A attached hereto, as it may be amended from time to time, the Trust shall pay to PowerShares Capital Management a fee in an amount set forth in Schedule A to this Agreement, so long as PowerShares Capital Management has not waived all or a portion of such compensation.
8. Engagement of Sub-Advisers. Subject to the prior approval of a majority of the members of the Trust’s Board, including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Board Members”), PowerShares Capital Management may, through a sub-advisory agreement or other arrangement, delegate to any other company under PowerShares Capital Management’s control, or under common control with PowerShares Capital Management, or to specified employees of any such companies, or to more than one such company, to the extent permitted by applicable law, certain of PowerShares Capital Management’s duties enumerated in section 2 hereof; provided, that PowerShares Capital Management shall continue to supervise and oversee the services provided by such company or employees and any such delegation shall not relieve PowerShares Capital Management of any of its obligations hereunder.
Subject to the prior approval of a majority of the members of the Trust’s Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, PowerShares Capital Management may, through a sub-advisory agreement, delegate to any other company that is not an “affiliated person” (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) of PowerShares Capital Management or of the Trust (other than by reason of serving as an investment adviser to the Trust) (each a “sub-adviser”), to the extent permitted by applicable law, certain of the duties enumerated in section 2 hereof; provided, that PowerShares Capital Management shall continue to supervise and oversee the services provided by such sub-adviser and any such delegation shall not relieve PowerShares Capital Management of any of its obligations hereunder.
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the duties of any sub-adviser or delegate, the portion of portfolio assets of the Trust that the sub-adviser or delegate shall manage and the fees to be paid to the sub-adviser or delegate by PowerShares Capital Management under and pursuant to any sub-advisory agreement or other arrangement entered into in accordance with this Agreement may be adjusted from time to time by PowerShares Capital Management, subject to the prior approval of a majority of the Independent Board Members.
9. Duration and Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective, with respect to each Fund, on the dates set forth in the attached Schedule A; provided that, with respect to any Fund, this Agreement shall not take effect unless it has first been approved (i) by a vote of a majority of the Independent Board Members cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (ii) by vote of a majority of that Fund’s outstanding voting securities.
(b) Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, this Agreement shall continue in effect with respect to each Fund until the termination date set forth in the attached Schedule A, and shall continue in effect from year to year thereafter provided that such continuance is specifically approved at least annually: (i) by a vote of a majority of the Independent Board Members of the Trust, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (ii) by the Board or, with respect to any given Fund, by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such Fund.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Fund, this Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by vote of the Board or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such Fund, on sixty days’ written notice to PowerShares Capital Management or by PowerShares Capital Management at any time, without the payment of any penalty, on sixty days’ written notice to the Trust. Termination of this Agreement with respect to any given Fund shall in no way affect the continued validity of this Agreement or the performance thereunder with respect to any other Fund. This Agreement will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment.
10. Amendment of this Agreement. 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 as to any given Fund shall be effective until approved by vote of a majority of such Fund’s outstanding voting securities.
11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof, and in accordance with the 1940 Act, provided, however, that to the extent that the applicable laws of the State of Illinois conflict with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control.
12. Miscellaneous. The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and in no way define or delimit any of the provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect. If any provision 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. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors. As used in this Agreement, the terms “majority of the outstanding voting securities,” “affiliated person,” “interested person,” “assignment,” “broker,” “investment adviser,” “national securities exchange,” “net assets,” “prospectus,” “sale,” “sell” and “security” shall have the same meaning as such terms have in the 1940 Act, subject to such exemption as may be granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission by any rule, regulation or order. Where the effect of a requirement of the 1940 Act reflected in any provision of this Agreement is relaxed by a rule, regulation or order of the Securities and Exchange Commission, whether of special or general application, such provision shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed by their officers designated as of the day and year first above written.
| POWERSHARES ACTIVELY MANAGED EXCHANGE-TRADED COMMODITY FUND TRUST | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
| Title: Secretary | ||
| Attest: | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx Xxxx | ||
| INVESCO POWERSHARES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
| Title: Head of Legal | ||
| Attest: | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |
| Name: Xxxx Xxxx | ||
SCHEDULE A
(as of November 3, 2014)
As consideration for PowerShares Capital Management’s services to each of the Funds listed below, PowerShares Capital Management shall receive from each Fund a unitary fee, accrued daily at the rate of 1/365th of the applicable fee rate and payable monthly on the first business day of each month, of the following annual percentages of the Fund’s average daily net assets during the month.
| Portfolio |
Annual Percentage of Average Daily Net Assets (%) * |
Initial Board Approval Date |
Shareholder Approval Date |
Initial Effective Date |
Termination Date | |||||
| PowerShares DB Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy Portfolio |
0.59 | 11/03/14 | [ ] | [ ] | 04/30/16 | |||||
| PowerShares Bloomberg Commodity Strategy Portfolio |
0.59 | 11/03/14 | [ ] | [ ] | 04/30/16 |
| * | To the extent that a Fund invests its assets in a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of that Fund organized in the Cayman Islands (a “Subsidiary”), PowerShares Capital Management shall not collect the portion of the advisory fee that PowerShares Capital Management would otherwise be entitled to collect from the Fund, in an amount equal to 100% of the advisory fee that PowerShares Capital Management, as adviser to that Fund’s respective Subsidiary, receives from the Subsidiary. |
