EX-99.B(d)(2)(x)
INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AMONG XXXXX FARGO FUNDS TRUST, XXXXX FARGO FUNDS
MANAGEMENT, LLC AND XXXXXX ADVISORS LLC
This AGREEMENT is made as of this 30th day of August, 2002, between
Xxxxx Fargo Funds Trust (the "Trust"), a business trust organized under the laws
of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business at 000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Xxxxx Fargo Funds
Management, LLC (the "Adviser"), a limited liability company organized under the
laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business at 000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, and Xxxxxx Advisors LLC
(the "Sub-Adviser"), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware, with its principal place of business at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000.
WHEREAS, the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, (the "1940 Act") as an open-end, series management investment
company; and
WHEREAS, the Trust and the Adviser desire that the Sub-Adviser perform
investment advisory services for each of the series of the Trust listed in
Appendix A hereto as it may be amended from time to time (each a "Fund" and
collectively the "Funds"), and the Sub-Adviser is willing to perform those
services on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, the Trust, the Adviser and Sub-Adviser agree as follows:
Section 1. The Trust; Delivery of Documents. The Trust is engaged in the
business of investing and reinvesting its assets in securities of the type and
in accordance with the limitations specified in its Declaration of Trust, as
amended or supplemented from time to time, By-Laws (if any) and Registration
Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
under the 1940 Act and the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"),
including any representations made in the prospectus and statement of additional
information relating to the Funds contained therein and as may be supplemented
from time to time, all in such manner and to such extent as may from time to
time be authorized by the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board"). The Board is
authorized to issue any unissued shares in any number of additional classes or
series. The Trust has delivered copies of the documents listed in this Section
to the Sub-Adviser and will from time to time furnish the Sub-Adviser with any
amendments thereof.
Section 2. Appointment of Sub-Adviser. Subject to the direction and
control of the Board, the Adviser manages the investment and reinvestment of the
assets of the
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Funds and provides for certain management and services as specified in the
Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser with respect to
the Funds. A copy of such Investment Advisory Agreement has been delivered by
the Adviser to the Sub-Adviser.
Subject to the direction and control of the Board and the Adviser, the
Sub-Adviser shall manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the
Funds, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall provide the
management and other services specified below, all in such manner and to such
extent as may be directed from time to time by the Adviser.
The investment authority granted to the Sub-Adviser shall include the
authority to exercise whatever powers the Trust may possess with respect to any
of its assets held by the Fund, including, but not limited to, the right to
vote, the power to exercise rights, options, warrants, conversion privileges,
redemption privileges, and to tender securities pursuant to a tender offer, and
participate in class actions and other legal proceedings on behalf of the Funds.
The Sub-Adviser shall be solely responsible for voting all proxies.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust or the Adviser shall instruct
the Custodian to process all class actions and other legal proceedings relating
to the holdings (historical and/or current) of the Funds. The Sub-Adviser will
reasonably cooperate with Custodian on such matters.
Section 3. Duties of the Sub-Adviser.
(a) The Sub-Adviser shall make decisions with respect to all
purchases and sales of securities and other investment assets for the Funds. To
carry out such decisions, the Sub-Adviser is hereby authorized, as agent and
attorney-in-fact for the Trust, for the account of, at the risk of and in the
name of the Trust, to place orders and issue instructions with respect to those
transactions of the Funds. In all purchases, sales and other transactions in
securities and other assets for the Funds, the Sub-Adviser is authorized to
exercise full discretion and act for the Trust and instruct the Custodian in the
same manner and with the same force and effect as the Trust might or could do
with respect to such purchases, sales or other transactions, as well as with
respect to all other things necessary or incidental to the furtherance or
conduct of such purchases, sales or other transactions. The Sub-Adviser shall
not be liable for any act or omission of the Custodian.
(b) The Sub-Adviser will report to the Board at each regular meeting
thereof all material changes in the Funds since the prior report, and will also
keep the Board informed of important developments affecting the Trust, the Funds
and the Sub-Adviser, and on its own initiative will furnish the Board and the
Adviser from time to time with such information as the Sub-Adviser may believe
appropriate, whether concerning the individual companies whose securities are
held by a Fund, the industries in which they engage, or the economic, social or
political conditions prevailing in each country in which the Fund maintains
investments. The Sub-Adviser will also furnish the Board and the Adviser with
such
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statistical and analytical information with respect to securities held by the
Funds as the Sub-Adviser may believe appropriate or as the Board reasonably may
request.
(c) The Sub-Adviser may from time to time employ or associate with
such persons as the Sub-Adviser believes to be appropriate or necessary to
assist in the execution of the Sub-Adviser's duties hereunder, the cost of
performance of such duties to be borne and paid by the Sub-Adviser. No
obligation may be imposed on the Trust in any such respect.
(d) The Sub-Adviser shall maintain records relating to portfolio
transactions and the placing and allocation of brokerage orders as are required
to be maintained by the Trust under the 1940 Act. The Sub-Adviser shall prepare
and maintain, or cause to be prepared and maintained, in such form, for such
periods and in such locations as may be required by applicable law, all
documents and records relating to the services provided by the Sub-Adviser
pursuant to this Agreement required to be prepared and maintained by the Trust
pursuant to the rules and regulations of any national, state, or local
government entity with jurisdiction over the Trust, including the Commission and
the Internal Revenue Service. The books and records pertaining to the Trust
which are in possession of the Sub-Adviser shall be the property of the Trust.
The Trust, or the Trust's authorized representatives (including the Adviser),
shall have access to such books and records at all times during the
Sub-Adviser's normal business hours. Upon the reasonable request of the Trust,
copies of any such books and records shall be provided promptly by the
Sub-Adviser to the Trust or the Trust's authorized representatives.
Section 4. Control by Board. As is the case with respect to the Adviser
under the Investment Advisory Agreement, any investment activities undertaken by
the Sub-Adviser pursuant to this Agreement, as well as any other activities
undertaken by the Sub-Adviser on behalf of the Funds, shall at all times be
subject to the direction and control the Trust's Board.
Section 5. Compliance with Applicable Requirements. In carrying out its
obligations under this Agreement, the Sub-Adviser shall at all times comply
with:
(a) investment policies and restrictions established by the Board
that have been communicated in writing to the Sub-Adviser;
(b) all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, and any rules and
regulations adopted thereunder;
(c) the provisions of the registration statement of the Trust, as it
may be amended from time to time, under the Securities Act and the 1940 Act;
(d) the provisions of the Declaration of Trust of the Trust, as it
may be amended or supplemented from time to time;
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(e) the provisions of any By-laws of the Trust, if adopted and as it
may be amended from time to time, or resolutions of the Board as may be adopted
from time to time;
(f) the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
applicable to the Trust or the Funds; and
(g) any other applicable provisions of state or federal law.
The Trust or the Adviser shall furnish the Sub-Adviser with copies of
the documents specified in clauses (c), (d) and (e) above, as well as written
notification of any changes to such documents promptly upon their adoption.
In addition, any code of ethics adopted by the Sub-Adviser must comply
with Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and
any broadly accepted industry practices, if requested by the Trust or the
Adviser.
Section 6. Broker-Dealer Relationships. The Sub-Adviser is responsible
for the purchase and sale of securities for the Funds, broker-dealer selection,
and negotiation of brokerage commission rates. The Sub-Adviser's primary
consideration in effecting a security transaction will be to obtain the best
price and execution. In selecting a broker-dealer to execute each particular
transaction for a Fund, the Sub-Adviser will 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 Fund on a continuing basis. Accordingly, the price to the
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 Trust's
Board of Trustees may from time to time determine, the Sub-Adviser shall not be
deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have breached any duty created by this
Agreement or otherwise solely by reason of having caused a Fund to pay a broker
or dealer that provides brokerage and research services to the Sub-Adviser an
amount of commission for effecting a portfolio investment transaction in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for
effecting that transaction, if the Sub-Adviser 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 overall responsibilities of
the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund and to other clients of the
Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser is further authorized to allocate the orders placed
by it on behalf of the Funds to brokers and dealers who also provide research or
statistical material, or other services to the Funds or to the Sub-Adviser. Such
allocation shall be in such amounts and proportions as the Sub-Adviser shall
determine and the Sub-Adviser will report on said allocations regularly to the
Board of Trustees of the Trust indicating the brokers to whom such allocations
have been made and the basis therefor.
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Provided the investment objectives of the Fund are adhered to, the
Sub-Adviser may aggregate sales and purchase orders of securities held in the
Fund with similar orders being made simultaneously for other portfolios managed
by Sub-Adviser, if, in Sub-Adviser's reasonable judgement, such aggregation
shall result in an overall economic benefit to the Fund, taking into
consideration the advantageous selling or purchase price and brokerage
commission. In accounting for such aggregated order, price and commission shall
be averaged on a per bond or share basis daily. The Trust and Adviser
acknowledge that Sub-Adviser's determination of such economic benefit to the
Fund is based on an evaluation that the Fund is benefited by relatively better
purchase or sales price, lower commission expenses and beneficial timing of
transactions, or a combination of these and other factors. The allocation of
securities so purchased or sold shall be made by the Sub-Adviser in the manner
that the Sub-Adviser considers to be most equitable and consistent with its
fiduciary obligations to the Fund and other clients. The Sub-Adviser represents
and acknowledges that it is solely responsible for complying with any and all
pronouncements of the Commission or its staff with respect to the requirements
for aggregating trades as may be set out in any interpretive release and/or
no-action letters issued by the Commission staff ("SEC Requirements"). The
Sub-Adviser further agrees to hold the Trust and the Adviser harmless from any
and all loss, damage or liability resulting from the Sub-Adviser's failure to
comply with any SEC Requirements.
The Trust and the Adviser acknowledge that the Sub-Adviser may be
restricted from purchasing or selling any security if the Sub-Adviser is in
possession of material nonpublic information concerning such security or the
issuer thereof or if the issuer appears on a restricted list maintained by the
Sub-Adviser in accordance with its policies and procedures for prevention of
xxxxxxx xxxxxxx.
Section 7. Expenses of the Fund. All of the ordinary business expenses
incurred in the operations of the Funds and the offering of their shares shall
be borne by the Funds unless specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement.
These expenses borne by the Funds include, but are not limited to, brokerage
commissions, taxes, legal, auditing or governmental fees, the cost of preparing
share certificates, custodian, transfer agent and shareholder service agent
costs, expense of issue, sale, redemption and repurchase of shares, expenses of
registering and qualifying shares for sale, expenses relating to trustees and
shareholder meetings, the cost of preparing and distributing reports and notices
to shareholders, the fees and other expenses incurred by the Funds in connection
with membership in investment company organizations and the cost of printing
copies of prospectuses and statements of additional information distributed to
the Funds' shareholders.
Section 8. Compensation. As compensation for the sub-advisory services
provided under this Agreement, the Adviser shall pay the Sub-Adviser fees,
payable monthly, at the annual rates indicated on Schedule A hereto, as such
Schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time. It is understood that
the Adviser shall be responsible for the Sub-Adviser's fee for its services
hereunder, and the Sub-Adviser agrees that it shall have no claim against the
Trust or the Funds with respect to compensation under this Agreement.
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Section 9. Standard of Care. The Trust and Adviser shall expect of the
Sub-Adviser, and the Sub-Adviser will give the Trust and the Adviser the benefit
of, the Sub-Adviser's best judgment and efforts in rendering its services to the
Trust, and as an inducement to the Sub-Adviser's undertaking these services at
the compensation level specified, the Sub-Adviser shall not be liable hereunder
for any mistake in judgment. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part
of the Sub-Adviser or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents, the
Sub-Adviser shall not be subject to liability to the Adviser, the Trust or to
any shareholders in the Trust 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.
Section 10. Non-Exclusivity. The services of the Sub-Adviser to the
Adviser and the Trust are not to be deemed to be exclusive, and the Sub-Adviser
shall be free to render investment advisory and administrative or other services
to others (including other investment companies) and to engage in other
activities. It is understood and agreed that officers or directors of the
Sub-Adviser are not prohibited from engaging in any other business activity or
from rendering services to any other person, or from serving as partners,
officers, directors or trustees of any other firm or trust, including other
investment advisory companies.
Section 11. Records. The Sub-Adviser shall, with respect to orders the
Sub-Adviser places for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities of the
Funds, maintain or arrange for the maintenance of the documents and records
required pursuant to Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act as well as trade tickets and
confirmations of portfolio trades and such other records as the Adviser or the
Funds' Administrator reasonably requests to be maintained. All such records
shall be maintained in a form acceptable to the Funds and in compliance with the
provisions of Rule 31a-1 or any successor rule. All such records will be the
property of the Funds, and will be available for inspection and use by the Funds
and their authorized representatives (including the Adviser). The Sub-Adviser
shall promptly, upon the Trust's request, surrender to the Funds those records
which are the property of the Trust or any Fund. The Sub-Adviser will promptly
notify the Funds' Administrator if it experiences any difficulty in maintaining
the records in an accurate and complete manner.
Section 12. Term and Approval. This Agreement shall become effective
with respect to a Fund after it is approved in accordance with the express
requirements of the 1940 Act, and executed by the Trust, Adviser and Sub-Adviser
and shall thereafter continue from year to year, provided that the continuation
of the Agreement is approved in accordance with the requirements of the 1940
Act, which currently requires that the continuation be approved at least
annually:
(a) (i) by the Trust's Board of Trustees or (ii) by the vote of "a
majority of the outstanding voting securities" of the Fund (as defined in
Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act), and
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(b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Trust's Trustees
who are not parties to this Agreement or "interested persons" (as defined in the
0000 Xxx) of a party to this Agreement (other than as Trustees of the Trust), by
votes cast in person at a meeting specifically called for such purpose.
Section 13. Termination. As required under the 1940 Act, this Agreement
may be terminated with respect to a Fund at any time, without the payment of any
penalty, by vote of the Trust's Board of Trustees or by vote of a majority of a
Fund's outstanding voting securities, or by the Adviser or Sub-Adviser, on sixty
(60) days' written notice to the other party. The notice provided for herein may
be waived by the party entitled to receipt thereof. This Agreement shall
automatically terminate in the event of its assignment, the term "assignment"
for purposes of this paragraph having the meaning defined in Section 2(a)(4) of
the 1940 Act, as it may be interpreted by the Commission or its staff in
interpretive releases, or applied by the Commission staff in no-action letters,
issued under the 1940 Act.
Section 14. Indemnification by the Sub-Adviser. The Trust shall not be
responsible for, and the Sub-Adviser shall indemnify and hold the Trust or any
Fund of the Trust harmless from and against, any and all losses, damages, costs,
charges, counsel fees, payments, expenses and liability arising out of or
attributable to the willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligent acts or reckless
disregard of obligations or duties of the Sub-Adviser or any of its officers,
directors, employees or agents.
Section 15. Indemnification by the Trust. In the absence of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of duties hereunder on
the part of the Sub-Adviser or any of its officers, directors, employees or
agents, the Trust hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Sub-Adviser
against all claims, actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity whether
brought by a private party or a governmental department, commission, board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality of any kind, arising from the advertising,
solicitation, sale, purchase or pledge of securities, whether of the Funds or
other securities, undertaken by the Funds, their officers, directors, employees
or affiliates, or resulting from any violations of the securities laws, rules,
regulations, statutes and codes, whether federal or of any state, by the Funds,
their officers, directors, employees or affiliates. Federal and state securities
laws impose liabilities under certain circumstances on persons who act in good
faith, and nothing herein shall constitute a waiver or limitation of any rights
which a Fund may have and which may not be waived under any applicable federal
and state securities laws.
Section 16. Notices. Any notices under this Agreement shall be in
writing, addressed and delivered or mailed postage paid to the other party at
such address as such other party may designate for the receipt of such notice.
Until further notice to the other party, it is agreed that the address of the
Trust shall be 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, and that of the Adviser shall be 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx,
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and that of the Sub-Adviser shall be 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx.
Section 17. Questions of Interpretation. Any question of interpretation
of any term or provision of this Agreement having a counterpart in or otherwise
derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act shall be resolved by reference
to such terms or provision of the 1940 Act and to interpretations thereof, if
any, by the United States Courts or in the absence of any controlling decision
of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders of the Commission, or
interpretations of the Commission or its staff, or Commission staff no-action
letters, issued pursuant to the 1940 Act. In addition, where the effect of a
requirement of the 1940 Act or the Advisers Act reflected in any provision of
this Agreement is revised by rule, regulation or order of the Commission, such
provision shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or
order. The duties and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware
to the extent that state law is not preempted by the provisions of any law of
the United States heretofore or hereafter enacted.
Section 18. Amendment. 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. If shareholder approval of an amendment is required
under the 1940 Act, no such amendment shall become effective until approved by a
vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of the affected Funds. Otherwise,
a written amendment of this Agreement is effective upon the approval of the
Board of Trustees, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser.
Section 19. Xxxxx Fargo Name. The Sub-Adviser and the Trust each agree
that the name "Xxxxx Fargo," which comprises a component of the Trust's name, is
a property right of the parent of the Adviser. The Trust agrees and consents
that: (i) it will use the words "Xxxxx Fargo" as a component of its corporate
name, the name of any series or class, or all of the above, and for no other
purpose; (ii) it will not grant to any third party the right to use the name
"Xxxxx Fargo" for any purpose; (iii) the Adviser or any corporate affiliate of
the Adviser may use or grant to others the right to use the words "Xxxxx Fargo,"
or any combination or abbreviation thereof, as all or a portion of a corporate
or business name or for any commercial purpose, other than a grant of such right
to another registered investment company not advised by the Adviser or one of
its affiliates; and (iv) in the event that the Adviser or an affiliate thereof
is no longer acting as investment adviser to any Fund or class of a Fund, the
Trust shall, upon request by the Adviser, promptly take such action as may be
necessary to change its corporate name to one not containing the words "Xxxxx
Fargo" and following such change, shall not use the words "Xxxxx Fargo," or any
combination thereof, as a part of its corporate name or for any other commercial
purpose, and shall use its best efforts to cause its trustees, officers and
shareholders to take any and all actions that the Adviser may request to effect
the foregoing and to reconvey to the Adviser any and all rights to such words.
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Section 20. Authority to Execute Agreement. Each of the individuals
whose signature appears below represents and warrants that he or she has full
authority to execute this Agreement on behalf of the party on whose behalf he or
she has affixed his or her signature to this Agreement. The Trust and the
Adviser will deliver to the Sub-Adviser such evidence of its authority with
respect to this Agreement as Sub-Adviser may reasonably require. The Sub-Adviser
will deliver to the Trust and the Adviser such evidence of its authority with
respect to this Agreement as the Trust or the Adviser may reasonably require.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed in duplicate by their respective officers on the day and year first
written above.
XXXXX FARGO FUNDS TRUST
on behalf of the Funds
By: /s/ C. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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C. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Secretary
XXXXX FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxx
Vice President
XXXXXX ADVISORS LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
President
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Senior Vice President
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APPENDIX A
FUNDS TRUST FUNDS
High Yield Bond Fund
Approved by Board of Trustees: May 7, 2002.
Most Recent Annual Approval Date: August 5, 2003.
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SCHEDULE A
XXXXX FARGO FUNDS TRUST
INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
FEE AGREEMENT
This fee agreement is made as of the 30th day of August, 2002, by and
between Xxxxx Fargo Funds Management, LLC (the "Adviser") and Xxxxxx Advisors
LLC (the "Sub-Adviser"); and
WHEREAS, the parties and Xxxxx Fargo Funds Trust (the "Trust") have
entered into an Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement ("Sub-Advisory Agreement")
whereby the Sub-Adviser provides investment management advice to each series of
the Trust as listed in Appendix A to the Sub-Advisory Agreement (each a "Fund"
and collectively the "Funds").
WHEREAS, the Sub-Advisory Agreement provides that the fees to be paid to
the Sub-Adviser are to be as agreed upon in writing by the parties.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree that the fees to be paid to the
Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement shall be calculated as follows on a
monthly basis by applying the following annual rates per Fund:
for the High Yield Bond Fund:
a. 0.50% on the first $50 million;
b. 0.40% on the next $50 million; and
c. 0.30% on all sums in excess of $100 million.
provided, that no fee shall be payable hereunder with respect to a Fund during
any period in which the Fund invests all (or substantially all) of its
investment assets in a registered, open-end, management investment company, or
separate series thereof, in accordance with and reliance upon Section
12(d)(1)(E) under the 1940 Act.
The net assets under management against which the foregoing fees are to
be applied are the net assets as of the last day of the month. If this fee
agreement becomes effective subsequent to the first day of a month or shall
terminate before the last day of a month, compensation for that part of the
month this agreement is in effect shall be subject to a pro rata adjustment
based on the number of days elapsed in the current month as a percentage of the
total number of days in such month. During any period when the determination of
net asset value is suspended, the net asset value for the last day prior to such
suspension shall for this purpose be deemed to be the net asset value at the
close of the month.
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The foregoing fee schedule shall remain in effect until changed in
writing by the parties.
XXXXX FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxx
Vice President
XXXXXX ADVISORS LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
President
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Senior Vice President
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