PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT is made as of the 31st day of March,
1999, by and between PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED PORTFOLIOS, a Massachusetts business
trust (hereinafter called the "Trust"), on behalf of the following series of the
Trust, the Xxxxxx-Xxxxx Large Cap Growth-20 Fund and the Xxxxxx-Xxxxx Aggressive
Growth Fund (a "Fund" or the "Funds") and Xxxxxx-Xxxxx Capital Management, Inc.
a California corporation (hereinafter called the "Advisor").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Trust is an open-end management investment company,
registered as such under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Investment Company Act"); and
WHEREAS, each Fund is a series of the Trust having separate assets and
liabilities; and
WHEREAS, the Advisor is registered as an investment adviser under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and is engaged in the business of
supplying investment advice as an independent contractor; and
WHEREAS, the Trust desires to retain the Advisor to render advice and
services to the Funds pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Agreement,
and the Advisor desires to furnish said advice and services;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and the mutual
promises hereinafter set forth, the parties to this Agreement, intending to be
legally bound hereby, mutually agree as follows:
1. Appointment of Advisor. The Trust hereby employs the Advisor and the
Advisor hereby accepts such employment, to render investment advice and related
services with respect to the assets of the Funds for the period and on the terms
set forth in this Agreement, subject to the supervision and direction of the
Trust's Board of Trustees.
2. Duties of Advisor.
(a) General Duties. The Advisor shall act as investment adviser to the
Funds and shall supervise investments of the Funds on behalf of the Funds in
accordance with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the
Funds as set forth in the Funds' and Trust's governing documents,
including, without limitation, the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust
and By-Laws; the Funds' prospectus, statement of additional information and
undertakings; and such other limitations, policies and procedures as the
Trustees may impose from time to time in writing to the Advisor. In providing
such services, the Advisor shall at all times adhere to the provisions and
restrictions contained in the federal securities laws, applicable state
securities laws, the Internal Revenue Code, the Uniform Commercial Code and
other applicable law.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Advisor shall:
(i) furnish the Funds with advice and recommendations with respect to the
investment of the Funds' assets and the purchase and sale of portfolio
securities for the Funds, including the taking of such steps as may be necessary
to implement such advice and recommendations (I.E., placing the orders); (ii)
manage and oversee the investments of the Funds, subject to the ultimate
supervision and direction of the Trust's Board of Trustees; (iii) vote proxies
for the Funds, file ownership reports under Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 for the Fund, and take other actions on behalf of the
Funds; (iv) maintain the books and records required to be maintained by the
Funds except to the extent arrangements have been made for such books and
records to be maintained by the administrator or another agent of the Funds; (v)
furnish reports, statements and other data on securities, economic conditions
and other matters related to the investment of the Funds' assets which the
Funds' administrator or distributor or the officers of the Trust may reasonably
request; and (vi) render to the Trust's Board of Trustees such periodic and
special reports with respect to the Funds' investment activities as the Board
may reasonably request, including at least one in-person appearance annually
before the Board of Trustees.
(b) Brokerage. The Advisor shall be responsible for decisions to
buy and sell securities for the Funds, for broker-dealer selection, and for
negotiation of brokerage commission rates, provided that the Advisor shall not
direct orders to an affiliated person of the Advisor without general prior
authorization to use such affiliated broker or dealer for the Trust's Board of
Trustees. The Advisor's primary consideration in effecting a securities
transaction will be execution at the most favorable price. In selecting a
broker-dealer to execute each particular transaction, the Advisor may take the
following into consideration: the best net price available; the reliability,
integrity and financial condition of the broker-dealer; the size of and
difficulty in executing the order; and the value of the expected contribution of
the broker-dealer to the investment performance of the Funds on a continuing
basis. The price to a Fund in any transaction may be less favorable than that
available from another broker-dealer if the difference is reasonably justified
by other aspects of the portfolio execution services offered.
Subject to such policies as the Board of Trustees of the Trust may
determine, the Advisor shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have
breached any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by reason of its
having caused a Fund to pay a broker or dealer that provides (directly or
indirectly) brokerage or research services to the Advisor an amount of
commission for effecting a portfolio transaction in excess of the amount of
commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that
transaction, if the Advisor 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 broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that
particular transaction or the Advisor's overall responsibilities with respect to
the Trust. The Advisor is further authorized to allocate the orders placed by it
on behalf of a Fund to such brokers or dealers who also provide research or
statistical material, or other services, to the Trust, the Advisor, or any
affiliate of either. Such allocation shall be in such amounts and proportions as
the Advisor shall determine, and the Advisor shall report on such allocations
regularly to the Trust, indicating the broker-dealers to whom such allocations
have been made and the basis therefor. The Advisor is also authorized to
consider sales of shares as a factor in the selection of brokers or dealers to
execute portfolio transactions, subject to the requirements of best execution,
I.E., that such brokers or dealers are able to execute the order promptly and at
the best obtainable securities price.
On occasions when the Advisor deems the purchase or sale of a security
to be in the best interest of a Fund as well as of other clients, the Advisor,
to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, may aggregate the
securities to be so purchased or sold in order to obtain the most favorable
price or lower brokerage commissions and the most efficient execution. 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 Advisor in the manner
it considers to be the most equitable and consistent with its fiduciary
obligations to the Funds and to such other clients.
3. Representations of the Advisor.
(a) The Advisor shall use its best judgment and efforts in
rendering the advice and services to the Funds as contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) The Advisor shall maintain all licenses and registrations
necessary to perform its duties hereunder in good order.
(c) The Advisor shall conduct its operations at all times in
conformance with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act
of 1940, and any other applicable state and/or self-regulatory organization
regulations.
(d) The Advisor shall maintain errors and omissions insurance in
an amount at least equal to that disclosed to the Board of Trustees in
connection with their approval of this Agreement.
4. Independent Contractor. The Advisor shall, for all purposes herein,
be deemed to be an independent contractor, and shall, unless otherwise expressly
provided and authorized to do so, have no authority to act for or represent the
Trust or the Funds in any way, or in any way be deemed an agent for the Trust or
for the Funds. It is expressly understood and agreed that the services to be
rendered by the Advisor to the Funds under the provisions of this Agreement are
not to be deemed exclusive, and the Advisor 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.
5. Advisor's Personnel. The Advisor shall, at its own expense, maintain
such staff and employ or retain such personnel and consult with such other
persons as it shall from time to time determine to be necessary to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the staff and personnel of the Advisor shall be
deemed to include persons employed or retained by the Advisor to furnish
statistical information, research, and other factual information, advice
regarding economic factors and trends, information with respect to technical and
scientific developments, and such other information, advice and assistance as
the Advisor or the Trust's Board of Trustees may desire and reasonably request.
6. Expenses.
(a) With respect to the operation of the Funds, the Advisor shall be
responsible for (i) providing the personnel, office space and equipment
reasonably necessary for its services hereunder, (ii) the expenses of printing
and distributing extra copies of the Funds' prospectus, statement of additional
information, and sales and advertising materials (but not the legal, auditing or
accounting fees attendant thereto) to prospective investors (but not to existing
shareholders), and (iii) the costs of any special Board of Trustees meetings or
shareholder meetings convened for the primary benefit of the Advisor. If the
Advisor has agreed to limit the operating expenses of the Funds, the Advisor
shall also be responsible on a monthly basis for any operating expenses that
exceed the agreed upon expense limit.
(b) Each Fund is responsible for and has assumed the obligation for
payment of all of its expenses, other than as stated in Subparagraph 6(a) above,
including but not limited to: fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
issuance, registration and transfer of its shares; brokerage and commission
expenses; all expenses of transfer, receipt, safekeeping,
servicing and accounting for the cash, securities and other property of the
Trust for the benefit of the Funds including all fees and expenses of its
custodian, shareholder services agent and accounting services agent; interest
charges on any borrowings; costs and expenses of pricing and calculating its
daily net asset value and of maintaining its books of account required under the
Investment Company Act; taxes, if any; a pro rata portion of expenditures in
connection with meetings of the Funds' shareholders and the Trust's Board of
Trustees that are properly payable by the Funds; salaries and expenses of
officers and fees and expenses of members of the Trust's Board of Trustees or
members of any advisory board or committee who are not members of, affiliated
with or interested persons of the Advisor; insurance premiums on property or
personnel of each Fund which inure to its benefit, including liability and
fidelity bond insurance; the cost of preparing and printing reports, proxy
statements, prospectuses and statements of additional information of the Funds
or other communications for distribution to existing shareholders; legal,
auditing and accounting fees; trade association dues; fees and expenses
(including legal fees) of registering and maintaining registration of its shares
for sale under federal and applicable state and foreign securities laws; all
expenses of maintaining and servicing shareholder accounts, including all
charges for transfer, shareholder recordkeeping, dividend disbursing,
redemption, and other agents for the benefit of the Funds, if any; and all other
charges and costs of its operation plus any extraordinary and non-recurring
expenses, except as herein otherwise prescribed.
(c) The Advisor may voluntarily absorb certain Fund expenses or waive
the Advisor's own advisory fee.
(d) To the extent the Advisor incurs any costs by assuming expenses
which are an obligation of the Funds as set forth herein, the Funds shall
promptly reimburse the Advisor for such costs and expenses, except to the extent
the Advisor has otherwise agreed to bear such expenses. To the extent the
services for which a Fund is obligated to pay are performed by the Advisor, the
Advisor shall be entitled to recover from such Fund to the extent of the
Advisor's actual costs for providing such services. In determining the Advisor's
actual costs, the Advisor may take into account an allocated portion of the
salaries and overhead of personnel performing such services.
7. Investment Advisory and Management Fee.
(a) Each Fund shall pay to the Advisor, and the Advisor agrees to
accept, as full compensation for all investment management and advisory services
furnished or provided to such Fund pursuant to this Agreement, an annual
management fee equal to the amount specified in Appendix A to this Agreement,
computed on the value of the net assets of the Fund as of the close of business
each day.
(b) The management fee shall be accrued daily by the Funds and paid to
the Advisor on the first business day of the succeeding month.
(c) The initial fee under this Agreement shall be payable on the first
business day of the first month following the effective date of this Agreement
and shall be prorated as set forth below. If this Agreement is terminated prior
to the end of any month, the fee to the Advisor shall be prorated for the
portion of any month in which this Agreement is in effect which is not a
complete month according to the proportion which the number of calendar days in
the month during which the Agreement is in effect bears to the number of
calendar days in the month, and shall be payable within ten (10) days after the
date of termination.
(d) The fee payable to the Advisor under this Agreement will be reduced
to the extent of any receivable owed by the Advisor to the Funds and as required
under any expense limitation applicable to the Funds.
(e) The Advisor voluntarily may reduce any portion of the compensation
or reimbursement of expenses due to it pursuant to this Agreement and may agree
to make payments to limit the expenses which are the responsibility of the Funds
under this Agreement. Any such reduction or payment shall be applicable only to
such specific reduction or payment and shall not constitute an agreement to
reduce any future compensation or reimbursement due to the Advisor hereunder or
to continue future payments. Any such reduction will be agreed to prior to
accrual of the related expense or fee and will be estimated daily and reconciled
and paid on a monthly basis.
(f) Any such reductions made by the Advisor in its fees or payment of
expenses which are the Fund's obligation are subject to reimbursement by the
Fund to the Advisor, if so requested by the Advisor, in subsequent fiscal years
if the aggregate amount actually paid by the Fund toward the operating expenses
for such fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the
applicable limitation on Fund expenses. The Advisor is permitted to be
reimbursed only for fee reductions and expense payments made in the previous
three fiscal years, but is permitted to look back five years and four years,
respectively, during the initial six years and seventh year of the Fund's
operations. Any such reimbursement is also contingent upon Board of Trustees
review and approval at time the reimbursement is made. Such reimbursement may
not be paid prior to the Fund's payment of current ordinary operating expenses.
(g) The Advisor may agree not to require payment of any portion of the
compensation or reimbursement of expenses otherwise due to it pursuant to this
Agreement. Any such agreement shall be applicable only with respect to the
specific items covered thereby and shall not constitute an agreement not
to require payment of any future compensation or reimbursement due to the
Advisor hereunder.
8. No Shorting; No Borrowing. The Advisor agrees that neither it nor
any of its officers or employees shall take any short position in the shares of
the Funds. This prohibition shall not prevent the purchase of such shares by any
of the officers or employees of the Advisor or any trust, pension,
profit-sharing or other benefit plan for such persons or affiliates thereof, at
a price not less than the net asset value thereof at the time of purchase, as
allowed pursuant to rules promulgated under the Investment Company Act. The
Advisor agrees that neither it nor any of its officers or employees shall borrow
from the Funds or pledge or use the Funds' assets in connection with any
borrowing not directly for the Fund's benefit. For this purpose, failure to pay
any amount due and payable to the Funds for a period of more than thirty (30)
days shall constitute a borrowing.
9. Conflicts with Trust's Governing Documents and Applicable Laws.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require the Trust or the Funds to
take any action contrary to the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust,
By-Laws, or any applicable statute or regulation, or to relieve or deprive the
Board of Trustees of the Trust of its responsibility for and control of the
conduct of the affairs of the Trust and Funds. In this connection, the Advisor
acknowledges that the Trustees retain ultimate plenary authority over the Funds
and may take any and all actions necessary and reasonable to protect the
interests of shareholders.
10. Reports and Access. The Advisor agrees to supply such information
to the Funds' administrator and to permit such compliance inspections by the
Funds' administrator as shall be reasonably necessary to permit the
administrator to satisfy its obligations and respond to the reasonable requests
of the Trustees.
11. Advisor's Liabilities and Indemnification.
(a) The Advisor shall have responsibility for the accuracy and
completeness (and liability for the lack thereof) of the statements in the
Funds' offering materials (including the prospectus, the statement of additional
information, advertising and sales materials), except for information supplied
by the administrator or the Trust or another third party for inclusion therein.
(b) In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence,
or reckless disregard of the obligations or duties hereunder on the part of the
Advisor, the Advisor shall not be subject to liability to the Trust or the Funds
or to any shareholder of the Funds for any act 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 by
the Funds.
(c) Each party to this Agreement shall indemnify and hold harmless the
other party and the shareholders, directors, officers and employees of the other
party (any such person, an "Indemnified Party") against any loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense (including the reasonable cost of investigating and
defending any alleged loss, liability, claim, damage or expenses and reasonable
counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) arising out of the Indemnified
Party's performance or non-performance of any duties under this Agreement
provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect any
Indemnified Party against any liability to which such Indemnified Party would
otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence
in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties under this Agreement.
(e) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to protect any
Trustee or officer of the Trust, or officer of the Advisor, from liability in
violation of Sections 17(h) and (i) of the Investment Company Act.
12. Non-Exclusivity; Trading for Advisor's Own Account. The Trust's
employment of the Advisor is not an exclusive arrangement. The Trust may from
time to time employ other individuals or entities to furnish it with the
services provided for herein. Likewise, the Advisor may act as investment
adviser for any other person, and shall not in any way be limited or restricted
from buying, selling or trading any securities for its or their own accounts or
the accounts of others for whom it or they may be acting, provided, however,
that the Advisor expressly represents that it will undertake no activities which
could materially adversely affect the performance of its obligations to the
Funds under this Agreement; and provided further that the Advisor will adhere to
a code of ethics governing employee trading and trading for proprietary accounts
that conforms to the requirements of the Investment Company Act and the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and has been approved by the Trust's Board of
Trustees.
13. Term.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective at the time each Fund
commences operations pursuant to an effective amendment to the Trust's
Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and shall remain in
effect for a period of two (2) years, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter
provided. This Agreement shall continue in effect thereafter for additional
periods not exceeding one (l) year so long as such continuation is approved for
the Fund at least annually by (i) the Board of Trustees of the Trust or by the
vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of each Fund and (ii)
the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not parties to this
Agreement nor interested persons thereof, cast in person at a meeting called for
the purpose of voting on such approval. The terms "majority of the outstanding
voting securities" and "interested persons" shall have the meanings as set forth
in the Investment Company Act.
(b) The Funds may use the name "Xxxxxx-Xxxxx" or any name derived from
or using that name only for so long as this Agreement or any extension, renewal
or amendment hereof remains in effect. Within sixty (60) days from such time as
this Agreement shall no longer be in effect, the Funds shall cease to use such a
name or any other name connected with the Advisor.
14. Termination; No Assignment.
(a) This Agreement may be terminated by the Trust on behalf of a Fund
at any time without payment of any penalty, by the Board of Trustees of the
Trust or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund,
upon sixty (60) days' written notice to the Advisor, and by the Advisor upon
sixty (60) days' written notice to the Fund. In the event of a termination, the
Advisor shall cooperate in the orderly transfer of Fund affairs and, at the
request of the Board of Trustees, transfer any and all books and records of the
Fund maintained by the Advisor on behalf of the Fund.
(b) This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of any
transfer or assignment thereof, as defined in the Investment Company Act.
15. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or
made invalid by a court decision, statute or rule, or shall be otherwise
rendered invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
16. Notice of Declaration of Trust. The Advisor agrees that the Trust's
obligations under this Agreement shall be limited to the Funds and to their
assets, and that the Advisor shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation
from the shareholders of the Funds nor from any trustee, officer, employee or
agent of the Trust or the Funds.
17. Captions. The captions in this Agreement are included for
convenience of reference only and in no way define or limit any of the
provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect.
18. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of Massachusetts without giving effect
to the conflict of laws principles thereof; provided that nothing herein shall
be construed to preempt, or to be inconsistent with, any federal law, regulation
or rule, including the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisors Act of
1940 and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all on the day and year first
above written.
PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED XXXXXX-XXXXX
PORTFOLIOS on behalf of CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
the Xxxxxx Xxxxx Large
Cap 20 Fund and the Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Aggressive Growth Fund
By: By:
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APPENDIX A
Investment Advisory Fee Rates
Xxxxxx-Xxxxx Large Cap Growth-20 Fund
Xxxxxx-Xxxxx Aggressive Growth Fund
Class R: 1.00% of average daily net assets annually
Class I: 1.00% of average daily net assets annually
