DELAWARE GROUP PREMIUM FUND, INC.
GLOBAL BOND SERIES
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, made by and between DELAWARE GROUP PREMIUM FUND,
INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund") for the GLOBAL BOND SERIES (the
"Series") and DELAWARE INTERNATIONAL ADVISERS LTD., a U.K. company (the
"Investment Manager").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Fund has been organized and operates as an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
engages in the business of investing and reinvesting its assets in securities;
and
WHEREAS, the Investment Manager is a registered Investment
Adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and engages in the business of
providing investment management services; and
WHEREAS, Fund desires to retain the Investment Adviser to
provide investment management services to the Series and the Investment Manager
desires to provide such services.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
herein contained, and each of the parties hereto intending to be legally bound,
it is agreed as follows:
1. The Fund hereby employs the Investment Manager to manage
the investment and reinvestment of the Series' assets and to administer its
affairs, subject to the direction of the Board and officers of the Fund for the
period and on the terms hereinafter set forth. The Investment Manager hereby
accepts such employment and agrees during such period to render the services and
assume the obligations herein set forth for the compensation herein provided.
The Investment Manager shall for all purposes herein, be deemed to be an
independent contractor, and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided and
authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Fund in any way, or in
any way be deemed an agent of the Fund. The Investment Manager shall regularly
make decisions as to what securities to purchase and sell on behalf of the
Series, shall effect the purchase and sale of investments in furtherance of the
Series' objectives and policies and shall furnish the Board of Directors of the
Fund with such information and reports regarding the Series' investments as the
Investment Manager deems appropriate or as the Directors of the Fund may
reasonably request.
2. The Fund shall conduct its own business and affairs and
shall bear the expenses and salaries necessary and incidental thereto including,
but not in limitation of the foregoing, the costs incurred in: the maintenance
of its corporate existence; the maintenance of its own books, records and
procedures; dealing with its own shareholders; the payment of dividends;
transfer of stock, including issuance, redemption and repurchase of shares;
preparation of share certificates; reports and notices to shareholders; calling
and holding of shareholders' meetings; miscellaneous office expenses; brokerage
commissions; custodian fees; legal and accounting fees; taxes; and federal and
state registration fees.
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3. (a) Subject to the primary objective of obtaining the best
available prices and execution, the Investment Manager will place orders for the
purchase and sale of portfolio securities with such broker/dealers who provide
statistical, factual and financial information and services to the Fund, to the
Investment Manager or to any other fund for which the Investment Manager
provides investment advisory services and/or with broker/dealers who sell shares
of the Fund or who sell shares of any other fund for which the Investment
Manager provides investment advisory services. Broker/dealers who sell shares of
the funds of which Delaware International Advisers Ltd. is Investment Manager,
shall only receive orders for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities to
the extent that the placing of such orders is in compliance with the Rules of
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a)
above and subject to such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Board
of Directors and officers of the Fund, the Investment Manager may ask the Fund
and the Fund may agree 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, in such instances where it and the
Investment Manager have determined 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, broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that
particular transaction or the Investment Manager's overall responsibilities with
respect to the Fund and to other funds and other advisory accounts for which the
Investment Manager exercises investment discretion.
4. As compensation for the services to be rendered to the Fund
by the Investment Manager under the provisions of this Agreement, the Fund shall
pay to the Investment Manager monthly from the Series' assets a fee (at an
annual rate) equal to .75% of the average daily net assets of the Series during
the month.
If this Agreement is terminated prior to the end of any
calendar month, the management fee shall be prorated for the portion of any
month in which this Agreement is in effect according to the proportion which the
number of calendar days, during which the Agreement is in effect, bears to the
number of calendar days in the month, and shall be payable within 10 days after
the date of termination.
5. The services to be rendered by the Investment Manager to
the Fund under the provisions of this Agreement are not to be deemed to be
exclusive, and the Investment Manager shall be free to render similar or
different services to others so long as its ability to render the services
provided for in this Agreement shall not be impaired thereby.
6. The Investment Manager, its directors, officers, employees,
agents and shareholders may engage in other businesses, may render investment
advisory services to other investment companies, or to any other corporation,
association, firm or individual, and may render underwriting services to the
Fund or to any other investment company, corporation, association, firm or
individual.
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7. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence, or a reckless disregard of the performance of duties of the
Investment Manager to the Fund, the Investment Manager shall not be subject to
liabilities to the Fund or to any shareholder of the Fund for any action or
omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder or
for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any
security, or otherwise.
8. This Agreement shall be executed and become effective as of
the date written below. It shall continue in effect for a period of two years
and may be renewed thereafter only so long as such renewal and continuance is
specifically approved at least annually by the Board of Directors or by vote of
a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Series and only if the
terms and the renewal hereof have been approved by the vote of a majority of the
Directors of the Fund, who are not parties hereto or interested persons of any
such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
approval. No amendment to this Agreement shall be effective unless the terms
thereof have been approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Series and by the vote of a majority of Directors of the Fund
who are not parties to the Agreement or interested persons of any such party,
cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated by the Fund at
any time, without the payment of a penalty, on sixty days' written notice to the
Investment Manager of the Fund's intention to do so, pursuant to action by the
Board of Directors of the Fund or pursuant to vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Series. The Investment Manager may
terminate this Agreement at any time, without the payment of a penalty on sixty
days' written notice to the Fund of its intention to do so. Upon termination of
this Agreement, the obligations of all the parties hereunder shall cease and
terminate as of the date of such termination, except for any obligation to
respond for a breach of this Agreement committed prior to such termination, and
except for the obligation of the Fund to pay to the Investment Manager the fee
provided in Paragraph 4 hereof, prorated to the date of termination. This
Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its assignment.
9. This Agreement shall extend to and bind the heirs,
executors, administrators and successors of the parties hereto.
10. For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms "vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities"; "interested persons"; and
"assignment" shall have the meanings defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement by having it signed by their duly authorized officers as of the 1st
day of May, 1996.
DELAWARE GROUP PREMIUM FUND, INC.
for the GLOBAL BOND SERIES
Attest:___________________________ By: ________________________________
DELAWARE INTERNATIONAL ADVISERS LTD.
Attest:___________________________ By: _________________________________
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