SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
This SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT is dated as of January 1, 1999, by and
between SUNAMERICA ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP., a Delaware corporation (the
"Adviser"), and AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Subadviser").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Adviser and SunAmerica Style Select Series, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), have entered into an Investment
Advisory and Management Agreement dated as of January 1, 1999, (the "Advisory
Agreement"), pursuant to which the Adviser has agreed to provide investment
management, advisory and administrative services to the Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation is registered under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), as an open-end management investment company
and may issue shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share, in separately
designated series representing separate funds with their own investment
objectives, policies and purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Subadviser is engaged in the business of rendering
investment advisory services and is registered as an investment adviser under
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Adviser desires to retain the Subadviser to furnish
investment advisory services to the investment series of the Corporation listed
on Schedule A attached hereto (the "Portfolio"), and the Subadviser is willing
to furnish such services;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed between the parties hereto as
follows:
1. Duties of the Subadviser. (a) The Adviser hereby engages the
services of the Subadviser in furtherance of its Investment Advisory and
Management Agreement with the Corporation. Pursuant to this Subadvisory
Agreement and subject to the oversight and review of the Adviser, the Subadviser
will manage the investment and reinvestment of a portion of the assets of each
Portfolio listed on Schedule A attached hereto. The Subadviser will determine in
its discretion and subject to the oversight and review of the Adviser, the
securities to be purchased or sold, will provide the Adviser with records
concerning its activities which the Adviser of the Corporation is required to
maintain, and will render regular reports to the Adviser and to officers and
Directors of the Corporation concerning its discharge of the foregoing
responsibilities. The Subadviser shall discharge the foregoing responsibilities
subject to the control of the officers and the Directors of the Corporation and
in compliance with such policies as the Directors of the Corporation may from
time to time establish, and in compliance with (a)
the objectives, policies, and limitations for the Portfolio set forth in the
Corporation's current prospectus and statement of additional information, and
(b) applicable laws and regulations.
Consistent with 9(c), the Subadviser represents and warrants
to the Adviser that the portion of the assets which it manages of the Portfolio
set forth in Schedule A will at all times be operated and managed in compliance
with all applicable federal and state laws governing its operations and
investments as if it were a separate operating portfolio. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Subadviser represents and warrants (1) qualification, election
and maintenance of such election by each Portfolio to be treated as a "regulated
investment company" under Subchapter M, chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and (2) compliance with (a) the provisions of
the Act and rules adopted thereunder; (b) applicable federal and state
securities, commodities and banking laws; and (c) the distribution requirements
necessary to avoid payment of any excise tax pursuant to Section 4982 of the
Code. The Subadviser further represents and warrants that to the extent that any
statements or omissions made in any Registration Statement for shares of the
corporation, or any amendment or supplement thereto, are made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished by the Subadviser expressly for use
therein, such Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto
will, when they become effective, conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (the "1933 Act") and the Act and will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
The Subadviser accepts such employment and agrees, at its own
expense, to render the services set forth herein and to provide the office
space, furnishings, equipment and personnel required by it to perform such
services on the terms and for the compensation provided in this Agreement.
(b) The Subadviser agrees to maintain a level of errors and
omissions or professional liability insurance coverage that is from time to time
satisfactory to the Adviser.
2. Portfolio Transactions. The Subadviser is responsible for decisions
to buy or sell securities and other investments for a portion of the assets of
each Portfolio, broker-dealers and futures commission merchants' selection, and
negotiation of brokerage commission and futures commission merchants' rates. As
a general matter, in executing Portfolio transactions, the Subadviser may employ
or deal with such broker-dealers or futures commission merchants as may, in the
Subadviser's best judgement, provide prompt and reliable execution of the
transactions at favorable prices and reasonable commission rates. In selecting
such broker-dealers or futures commission merchants, the Subadviser shall
consider all relevant factors including price (including the applicable
brokerage commission, dealer spread or futures commission merchant rate), the
size of the order, the nature of the market for the security or other
investment, the timing of the transaction, the reputation, experience and
financial stability of the broker-dealer or futures commission merchant
involved, the quality of the service, the difficulty
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of execution, the execution capabilities and operational facilities of the firm
involved, and, in the case of securities, the firm's risk in positioning a block
of securities. Subject to such policies as the Directors may determine and,
consistent with Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "1934 Act"), the Subadviser shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or
to have breached any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by
reason of the Subadviser's having caused a Portfolio to pay a member of an
exchange, broker or dealer an amount of commission for effecting a securities
transaction in excess of the amount of commission another member of an exchange,
broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the
Subadviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission was
reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services
provided by such member of an exchange, broker or dealer viewed in terms of
either that particular transaction or the Subadviser's overall responsibilities
with respect to such Portfolio and to other clients as to which the Subadviser
exercises investment discretion. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the 1934
Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and subject to any other applicable laws and
regulations including Section 17(e) of the Act and Rule 17e-1 thereunder, the
Subadviser may engage its affilates, the Adviser and its affiliates or any other
subadviser to the corporation and its respective affilates, as broker-dealers or
futures commission merchants to effect Portfolio transactions in securities and
other investments for a Portfolio. The Subadviser will promptly communicate to
the Adviser and to the officers and the Directors of the Corporation such
information relating to Portfolio transactions as they may reasonably request.
To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Subadviser may aggregate
purchase or sell orders for the Portfolio with contemporaneous purchase or sell
orders of other clients of the Subadviser or its affilated persons. In such
event, allocation of the securities so purchased or sold, as well as the
expenses incurred in the transaction, will be made by the Subadviser in the
manner the Subadviser determines to be equitable and consistent with its and its
affilates' fiduciary obligations to the Portfolio and to such other clients. The
Adviser hereby acknowledges that such aggregation of orders may not result in
more favorable pricing or lower brokerage commissions in all instances.
3. Compensation of the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall not be entitled
to receive any payment from the Corporation and shall look solely and
exclusively to the Adviser for payment of all fees for the services rendered,
facilities furnished and expenses paid by it hereunder. As full compensation for
the Subadviser under this Agreement, the Adviser agrees to pay to the Subadviser
a fee at the annual rates set forth in Schedule A hereto with respect to the
portion of the assets managed by the Subadviser for each Portfolio listed
thereon. Such fee shall be accrued daily and paid monthly as soon as practicable
after the end of each month (i.e., the applicable annual fee rate divided by 365
applied to each prior days' net assets in order to calculate the daily accrual).
If the Subadviser shall provide its services under this Agreement for less than
the whole of any month, the foregoing compensation shall be prorated.
4. Other Services. At the request of the Corporation or the Adviser,
the Subadviser in its discretion may make available to the Corporation, office
facilities, equipment, personnel and other services. Such office facilities,
equipment, personnel and services shall be provided
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for or rendered by the Subadviser and billed to the Corporation or the Adviser
at the Subadviser's cost.
5. Reports. The Corporation, the Adviser and the Subadviser agree to
furnish to each other, if applicable, current prospectuses, statements of
additional information, proxy statements, reports of shareholders, certified
copies of their financial statement, and such other information with regard to
their affairs and that of the Corporation as each may reasonably request.
6. Status of the Subadviser. The services of the Subadviser to the
Adviser and the corporation are not be deemed exclusive, and the Subadviser
shall be free to render similar services to others so long as its services to
the Corporation are not impaired thereby. The Subadviser shall be deemed to be
an independent contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or
authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Corporation in any way
or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Corporation.
7. Certain Records. The Subadviser hereby undertakes and agrees to
maintain, in the form and for the period required by Rule 31a-2 under the Act,
all records relating to the investments of the Portfolio that are required to be
maintained by the Corporation pursuant to the requirements of Rule 31a-1 of that
Act. Any records required to be maintained and preserved pursuant to the
provisions of Rule 31a-1 and Rule 31a-2 promulgated under the Act which are
prepared or maintained by the Subadviser on behalf of the Corporation are the
property of the Corporation and will be surrendered promptly to the Corporation
or the Adviser on request.
The Subadviser agrees that all accounts, books and other
records maintained and preserved by it as required hereby shall be subject at
any time, and from time to time, to such reasonable periodic, special and other
examinations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Corporation's
auditors, the Corporation or any representative of the Corporation, the Adviser,
or any governmental agency or other instrumentality having regulatory authority
over the Corporation.
8. Reference to the Subadviser. Neither the Corporation nor the Adviser
or any affiliate or agent thereof shall make reference to or use the name of the
Subadviser or any of its affiliates in any advertising or promotional materials
without the prior approval of the Subadviser, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
9. Liability of the Subadviser. (a) In the absence of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or
duties ("disabling conduct") hereunder on the part of the Subadviser (and its
officers, directors, agents, employees, controlling persons, shareholders and
any other person or entity affiliated with the Subadviser) the Subadviser shall
not be subject to liability to the Corporation or to any shareholder of the
Corporation for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with,
rendering services hereunder, including without limitation, any error of
judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by any of them in
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connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, except to the
extent specified in Section 36(b) of the Act concerning loss resulting from a
breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the receipt of compensation for
services. Except for such disabling conduct, the Adviser shall indemnify the
Subadviser (and its officers, directors, partners, agents, employees,
controlling persons, shareholders and any other person or entity affiliated with
the Subadviser) (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from any liability
arising from the Subadviser's conduct under this Agreement.
(b) The Subadviser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Adviser and its affiliates and each of its directors and officers and each
person, if any, who controls the Adviser within the meaning of Section 15 of the
1933 Act against any an all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation
(including legal and other expenses), to which the Adviser or its affiliates or
such directors, officers or controlling person may become subject under the 1933
Act, under other statutes, at common law or otherwise, which may be based upon
(i) any wrongful act or breach of this Agreement by the Subadviser, or (ii) any
failure by the Subadviser to comply with the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 1 of this Agreement; provided, however, that in no case is the
Subadviser's indemnity in favor of any person deemed to protect such other
persons against any liability to which such person would otherwise be subject by
reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the
performance of his, her or its duties or by reason of his, her or its reckless
disregard of obligation and duties under this Agreement.
(c) The Subadviser shall not be liable to the Adviser for (i)
any acts of the Adviser or any other subadviser to the Portfolio with respect to
the portion of the assets of a Portfolio not managed by Subadviser and (ii) acts
of the Subadviser which result from acts of the Adviser, including, but not
limited to, a failure of the Adviser to provide accurate and current information
with respect to any records maintained by Adviser or any other subadviser to a
Portfolio, which records are not also maintained by or otherwise available to
the Subadviser upon reasonable request. The adviser agrees that Subadviser shall
manage the portion of the assets of a Portfolio allocated to it as if it was a
separate operating Portfolio and shall comply with subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 1 of this Subadvisory Agreement (including, but not limited to, the
investment objectives, policies and restrictions applicable to a Portfolio and
qualifications of a Portfolio as a regulated investment company under the Code)
with respect to the portion of assets of a Portfolio allocated to Subadviser.
The Adviser shall indemnify the Indemnified Parties from any liability arising
from the conduct of the Adviser and any other subadviser with respect to the
portion of a Portfolio's assets not allocated to Subadviser.
10. Permissible Interests. Directors and agents of the Corporation are
or may be interested in the Subadviser (or any successor thereof) as directors,
partners, officers, or shareholders, or otherwise; directors, partners,
officers, agents, and shareholders of the Subadviser are or may be interested in
the Corporation as Directors, or otherwise; and the Subadviser (or any
successor) is or may be interested in the Corporation in some manner.
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11. Term of the Agreement. This Agreement shall continue in full force
and effect with respect to each Portfolio until two years from the date hereof,
and from year to year thereafter so long as such continuance is specifically
approved at least annually (i) by the vote of a majority of those Directors of
the Corporation who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of
any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on
such approval, and (ii) by the Directors of the Corporation or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio voting separately
from any other series of the Corporation.
With respect to each Portfolio, this Agreement may be
terminated at any time, without payment of a penalty by the Portfolio or the
Corporation, by vote of a majority of the Directors, or by vote of a majority of
the outstanding voting securities (as defined in the Act) of the Portfolio,
voting separately from any other series of the Corporation, or by the Adviser,
on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice to the Subadviser.
With respect to each Portfolio, this Agreement may be terminated by the
Subadviser at any time, without the payment of any penalty, on 90 days' written
notice to the Adviser and the corporation; provided, however, that this
Agreement may not be terminated by the Subadviser unless another subadvisory
agreement has been approved by the Corporation in accordance with the Act, or
after six months' written notice, whichever is earlier. The termination of this
Agreement with respect to any Portfolio or the addition of any Portfolio to
Schedule A hereto (in the manner required by the Act) shall not affect the
continue effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to each other Portfolio
subject hereto. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its
assignment (as defined by the Act).
This Agreement will also terminate in the event that the Advisory
Agreement by and between the Corporation and the Adviser is terminated.
12. Severability. 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.
13. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent in
writing, but the consent of the Corporation must be obtained in conformity with
the requirements of the Act.
14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York and the applicable provisions of the Act. To
the extent the applicable laws of the State of New York, or any of the
provisions herein, conflict with the applicable provisions of the Act, the
latter shall control.
15. Separate Series. Pursuant to the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation and the General Laws of the State of Maryland, each Portfolio is a
separate series of the Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations and
expenses of a particular Portfolio shall be enforceable
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only against the assets of that Portfolio and not against the assets of any
other Portfolio or of the Corporation as a whole.
16. Notices. All notices shall be in writing and deemed properly given
when delivered or mailed by United States certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
Subadviser: American Century Investment Management, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Adviser: SunAmerica Asset Management Corp.
The SunAmerica Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their respective duly
authorized officers to execute this Agreement as of the date first above
written.
SUNAMERICA ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: President
AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
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