Exhibit 99.B5
DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
THE LIMITED-TERM MATURITY PORTFOLIO
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, made by and between DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC., Maryland
corporation (the "Fund"), for THE LIMITED-TERM MATURITY PORTFOLIO (the
"Portfolio"), and DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation (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, the indirect parent company of the Investment Manager completed
on the date of this Agreement a merger transaction which resulted in a change of
control of the Investment Manager and an automatic termination of the previous
Investment Management Agreement for the Portfolio dated as of the 12th day of
November, 1991; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Fund and shareholders of the
Portfolio have determined to enter into a new Investment
Management Agreement with the Investment Manager to be effective as of the date
hereof.
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 Portfolio's 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 Portfolio
and shall give written instructions to the Trading Department maintained by the
Fund for implementation of such decisions and shall furnish the Board of
Directors of the Fund with such information and reports regarding the
Portfolio's investments as the Investment Manager deems appropriate or as the
Directors of the Fund may reasonably request.
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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. Directors, officers and employees of the Investment Manager
may be directors, officers and employees of the funds of which Delaware
Management Company, Inc. is Investment Manager. Directors, officers and
employees of the Investment Manager who are directors, officers and/or employees
of the funds shall not receive any compensation from the funds for acting in
such dual capacity.
In the conduct of the respective businesses of the parties hereto and in
the performance of this Agreement, the Fund and Investment Manager may share
facilities common to each, with appropriate proration of expenses between them.
3. (a) The Fund shall place and execute its own orders for the purchase
and sale of portfolio securities with broker/dealers. Subject to the primary
objective of obtaining the best available
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prices and execution, the Fund will place orders for the purchase and sale of
portfolio securities with such broker/dealers selected from among those
designated from time to time by the Investment Manager, 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 Management Company, Inc. 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
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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 Portfolio's assets, a fee (at an annual
rate) equal to .30% of the daily average net assets of the Portfolio during the
month, less the Portfolio's proportionate part of all fees paid to members of
the Board of Directors of the Fund during the same period based on the number of
publicly offered portfolios of the Fund.
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
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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.
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 if approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Portfolio. 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 Portfolio and only if
the terms and the renewal hereof have
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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 Portfolio 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 Portfolio. 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.
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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 3rd day of April,
1995.
Attest: DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
for THE LIMITED-TERM MATURITY
PORTFOLIO
/s/Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Attest: DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.
/s/Xxxx X. Xxxxxx By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
THE INTERNATIONAL FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, made by and between DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC., a Maryland
corporation (the "Fund") for THE INTERNATIONAL FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO (the
"Portfolio") 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, the indirect parent company of the Investment Manager completed on
the date of this Agreement a merger transaction which resulted in a change of
control of the Investment Manager and an automatic termination of the previous
Investment Management Agreement for the Portfolio dated as of the 28th day of
February, 1994; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Fund and shareholders of the
Portfolio have determined to enter into a new Investment
Management Agreement with the Investment Manager to be effective as of the date
hereof.
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 Portfolio's 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 Portfolio,
shall effect the purchase and sale of investments in furtherance of the
Portfolio's objectives and policies, and shall furnish the Board of Directors of
the Fund with such information and reports regarding the Portfolio's investments
as the Investment Manager deems appropriate or as the Directors of the Fund may
reasonably request.
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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.
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
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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 Portfolio's assets a fee (at an annual
rate) equal to .50% of the average daily net assets of the Portfolio during the
month.
If this Agreement is terminated prior to the end of any calendar month, the
management fee shall be prorated for the
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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.
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.
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8. This Agreement shall be executed and become effective as of the date
written below if approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Portfolio. 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 Portfolio 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 Portfolio 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 Portfolio. 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
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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 3rd day of April,
1995.
Attest: DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
for THE INTERNATIONAL FIXED INCOME
PORTFOLIO
/s/Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro By: /s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Attest: DELAWARE INTERNATIONAL ADVISERS LTD.
/s/Xxxx Xxxxxxxx By: /s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
THE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, made by and between DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC., a Maryland
corporation (the "Fund") for THE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO (the
"Portfolio") 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, the indirect parent company of the Investment Manager completed on
the date of this Agreement a merger transaction which resulted in a change of
control of the Investment Manager and an automatic termination of the previous
Investment Management Agreement for the Portfolio dated as of the 21st day of
November, 1991; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Fund and shareholders of the
Portfolio have determined to enter into a new Investment Management Agreement
with the Investment Manager to be effective as of the date hereof.
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 Portfolio's 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 a 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 Portfolio,
shall effect the purchase and sale of investments in furtherance of the
Portfolio's objectives and policies and shall furnish the Board of Directors of
the Fund with such information and reports regarding the Portfolio's 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 ad 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
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shareholders' meetings; miscellaneous office expenses; brokerage commissions;
custodian fees; legal and accounting fees; taxes; and federal and state
registration fees.
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
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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 Portfolio's assets, a fee (at an annual
rate) equal to .75% of the daily average net assets of the Portfolio during the
month, less the Portfolio's proportionate part of all fees paid to members of
the Board of Directors of the Fund during the same period based on the number of
publicly offered Portfolios of the Fund.
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 if approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Portfolio. 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 Portfolio 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 Portfolio 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
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the Portfolio. 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 3rd day of April,
1995.
Attest: DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC. for THE
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO
/s/Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Attest: DELAWARE INTERNATIONAL ADVISERS LTD.
/s/Xxxx Xxxxxxxx By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
THE GLOBAL FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, made by and between DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC., a Maryland
corporation (the "Fund"), for THE GLOBAL FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO (the
"Portfolio"), 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, the indirect parent company of the Investment Manager completed on
the date of this Agreement a merger transaction which resulted in a change of
control of the Investment Manager and an automatic termination of the previous
Investment Management Agreement for the Portfolio dated as of the 2nd day of
November, 1992; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Fund and shareholders of the
Portfolio have determined to enter into a new Investment Management Agreement
with the Investment Manager to be effective as of the date hereof.
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 Portfolio's 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 Portfolio,
shall effect the purchase and sale of investments in furtherance of the
Portfolio's objectives and policies and shall furnish the Board of Directors of
the Fund with such information and reports regarding the Portfolio's 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;
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legal and accounting fees; taxes; and federal and state registration fees.
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
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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 Portfolio's assets a fee (at an annual
rate) equal to .50% of the average daily net assets of the Portfolio during the
month, less the Portfolio's proportionate part of all fees paid to members of
the Board of Directors of the Fund during the same period based on the number of
publicly offered portfolios of the Fund.
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.
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
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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 if approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Portfolio. 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 Portfolio 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 Portfolio 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 Portfolio. 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
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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 be signed by their duly authorized officers as of the 3rd day of
April, 1995.
Attest: DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC. for
THE GLOBAL FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO
/s/Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Attest: DELAWARE INTERNATIONAL ADVISERS LTD.
/s/Xxxx Xxxxxxxx By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
----------------------------- --------------------------------
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
THE FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, made by and between DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC., a Maryland
corporation (the "Fund"), for THE FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO (the "Portfolio"), and
DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation (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, the indirect parent company of the Investment Manager completed on
the date of this Agreement a merger transaction which resulted in a change of
control of the Investment Manager and an automatic termination of the previous
Investment Management Agreement for the Portfolio dated as of the 12th day of
November, 1991; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Fund and shareholders of the
Portfolio have determined to enter into a new Investment Management Agreement
with the Investment Manager to be effective as of the date hereof.
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 Portfolio's 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 Portfolio
and shall give written instructions to the Trading Department maintained by the
Fund for implementation of such decisions and shall furnish the Board of
Directors of the Fund with such information and reports regarding the
Portfolio's 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
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shareholders' meetings; miscellaneous office expenses; brokerage commissions;
custodian fees; legal and accounting fees; taxes; and federal and state
registration fees. Directors, officers and employees of the Investment Manager
may be directors, officers and employees of the funds of which Delaware
Management Company, Inc. is Investment Manager. Directors, officers and
employees of the Investment Manager who are directors, officers and/or employees
of the funds shall not receive any compensation from the funds for acting in
such dual capacity.
In the conduct of the respective businesses of the parties hereto and in
the performance of this Agreement, the Fund and Investment Manager may share
facilities common to each, with appropriate proration of expenses between them.
3. (a) The Fund shall place and execute its own orders for the purchase
and sale of portfolio securities with broker/dealers. Subject to the primary
objective of obtaining the best available prices and execution, the Fund will
place orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities with such
broker/dealers selected from among those designated from time to time by the
Investment Manager, 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 Management
Company, Inc. is Investment Manager, shall only receive orders for the purchase
or sale of portfolio securities to the extent that the
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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 Portfolio's assets, a fee (at an annual
rate) equal to .40% of the daily average net assets of the Portfolio during the
month, less the Portfolio's proportionate part of all fees paid to members of
the Board of Directors of the Fund during the same period based on the number of
publicly offered portfolios of the Fund.
If this Agreement is terminated prior to the end of any calendar mouth, 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
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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.
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 if approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Portfolio. 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
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Portfolio 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 Portfolio 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
Portfolio. 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.
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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 3rd day of April,
1995.
Attest: DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
for THE FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO
/s/Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
-------------------------- --------------------------
Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Attest: DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.
/s/Xxxx X. Xxxxxx By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
--------------------- -------------------------------
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
THE DEFENSIVE EQUITY PORTFOLIO
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, made by and between DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC., a Maryland
corporation (the "Fund"), for THE DEFENSIVE EQUITY PORTFOLIO (the "Portfolio"),
and DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation (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, the indirect parent company of the Investment Manager completed
on the date of this Agreement a merger transaction which resulted in a change of
control of the Investment Manager and an automatic termination of the previous
Investment Management Agreement for the Portfolio dated as of the 12th day of
November, 1991; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Fund and shareholders of the
Portfolio have
determined to enter into a new Investment Management Agreement with the
Investment Manager to be effective as of the date hereof.
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 Portfolio's 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 Portfolio
and shall give written instructions to the Trading Department maintained by the
Fund for implementation of such decisions and shall furnish the Board of
Directors of the Fund with such information and reports regarding the
Portfolio's 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. Directors, officers and employees of the Investment Manager
may be directors, officers and employees of the funds of which Delaware
Management Company, Inc. is Investment Manager. Directors, officers and
employees of the Investment Manager who are directors, officers and/or employees
of the funds shall not receive any compensation from the funds for acting in
such dual capacity.
In the conduct of the respective businesses of the parties hereto and in
the performance of this Agreement, the Fund and Investment Manager may share
facilities common to each, with appropriate proration of expenses between them.
3. (a) The Fund shall place and execute its own orders for the purchase
and sale of portfolio securities with broker/dealers. Subject to the primary
objective of obtaining the best available prices and execution, the Fund will
place orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities with such
broker/dealers selected from among those designated from time to time by the
Investment Manager, 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 Management
Company, Inc. 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
3
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 Portfolio's assets, a fee (at an annual
rate) equal to .55% of the daily average net assets of the Portfolio during the
month, less the Portfolio's proportionate part of all fees paid to members of
the Board of Directors of the Fund during the same period based on the number of
publicly offered portfolios of the Fund.
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
4
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.
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 if approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Portfolio. 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
5
by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio 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 Portfolio 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 Portfolio. 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.
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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 3rd day of April,
1995.
Attest: DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
for THE DEFENSE EQUITY PORTFOLIO
/s/Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
-------------------------- ------------------------
Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Attest: DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.
/s/Xxxx X. Xxxxxx By:/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
THE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH PORTFOLIO
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, made by and between DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC., a Maryland
corporation (the "Fund"), for THE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH PORTFOLIO (the "Portfolio"),
and DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation (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, the parent company of the Investment Manager completed on the
date of this Agreement a merger transaction which resulted in a change of
control of the Investment Manager and an automatic termination of the previous
Investment Management Agreement for the Portfolio dated as of the 21st day of
November, 1991; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Fund and shareholders of the
Portfolio have
determined to enter into a new Investment Management Agreement with the
Investment Manager to be effective as of the date hereof.
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 Portfolio's 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 Portfolio
and shall give written instructions to the Trading Department maintained by the
Fund for implementation of such decisions and shall furnish the Board of
Directors of the Fund with such information and reports regarding the
Portfolio's 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. Directors, officers and employees of the Investment Manager
may be directors, officers and employees of the funds of which Delaware
Management Company, Inc. is Investment Manager. Directors, officers and
employees of the Investment Manager who are directors, officers and/or employees
of the funds shall not receive any compensation from the funds for acting in
such dual capacity.
In the conduct of the respective businesses of the parties hereto and in
the performance of this Agreement, the Fund and Investment Manager may share
facilities common to each, with appropriate proration of expenses between them.
3. (a) The Fund shall place and execute its own orders for the purchase
and sale of portfolio securities with broker/dealers. Subject to the primary
objective of obtaining the best available prices and execution, the Fund will
place orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities with such
broker/dealers selected from among those designated from time to time by the
Investment Manager, 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 Management
Company, Inc. 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
3
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 Portfolio's assets, a fee (at an annual
rate) equal to .80% of the daily average net assets of the Portfolio during the
month, less the Portfolio's proportionate part of all fees paid to members of
the Board of Directors of the Fund during the same period based on the number of
publicly offered portfolios of the Fund.
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
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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.
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 if approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Portfolio. 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
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Directors or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the
Portfolio 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 Portfolio 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
Portfolio. 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.
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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 3rd day of April,
1995.
DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
for THE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH PORTFOLIO
Attest: /s/Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx X. Maestro Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.
Attest: /s/Xxxx X. Xxxxxx By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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