INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
SEI INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST
AGREEMENT made this 26th day of June, 2002, between SEI Investments
Management Corporation, (the "Adviser") and Alliance Capital Management L.P.
(the "Sub-Adviser").
WHEREAS, SEI Insurance Products Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the
"Trust") is registered as an open-end management investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Adviser has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement
dated March 29, 1999 (the "Advisory Agreement") with the Trust, pursuant to
which the Adviser acts as investment adviser to the SEI VP Emerging Markets
Equity Fund (the "Fund"), which is a series of the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the Adviser, with the approval of the Trust, desires to retain the
Sub-Adviser to provide investment advisory services to the Adviser in connection
with the management of the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser is willing to render such
investment advisory services.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. DUTIES OF THE SUB-ADVISER. Subject to supervision by the Adviser and the
Trust's Board of Trustees, the Sub-Adviser shall manage all of the
securities and other assets of the Fund entrusted to it hereunder (the
"Assets"), including the purchase, retention and disposition of the Assets,
in accordance with the Fund's investment objectives, policies and
restrictions as stated in the Fund's prospectus and statement of additional
information, as currently in effect and as amended or supplemented from
time to time (referred to collectively as the "Prospectus"), and subject to
the following:
(a) The Sub-Adviser shall provide supervision of the Fund's investments and, in
consultation with and subject to the direction of the Adviser, determine
from time to time what Assets will be purchased, retained or sold by the
Fund, and what portion of the Assets will be invested or held uninvested in
cash.
(b) In the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, the
Sub-Adviser shall act in conformity with the Trust's Declaration of Trust
(as defined herein) and the Prospectus and with the instructions and
directions of the Adviser and of the Board of Trustees of the Trust and
will conform to and comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act, the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"), and all other applicable
federal and state laws and regulations, as each is amended from time to
time. The Adviser agrees promptly to deliver any amendment or supplement to
the Prospectus to the Sub-Adviser on an on-going basis, and until the
Adviser delivers any such amendment or supplement to its
Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Adviser shall be fully protected in relying on the
Prospectus as previously furnished.
(c) The Sub-Adviser shall determine the Assets to be purchased or sold by the
Fund and will place orders with or through such persons, brokers or dealers
to carry out the policy with respect to brokerage set forth in the Fund's
Registration Statement and Prospectus or as the Board of Trustees or the
Adviser may direct from time to time, in conformity with federal securities
laws. In executing Fund transactions and selecting brokers or dealers, the
Sub-Adviser will use its best efforts to seek on behalf of the Fund the
best overall terms available. In assessing the best overall terms available
for any transaction, the Sub-Adviser shall consider all factors that it
deems relevant, including the breadth of the market in the security, the
price of the security, the financial condition and execution capability of
the broker or dealer, and the reasonableness of the commission, if any,
both for the specific transaction and on a continuing basis. In evaluating
the best overall terms available, and in selecting the broker-dealer to
execute a particular transaction, the Sub-Adviser may also consider the
brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section
28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) provided to the Fund and/or
other accounts over which the Sub-Adviser or an affiliate of the
Sub-Adviser may exercise investment discretion. The Sub-Adviser is
authorized, subject to the prior approval of the Trust's Board of Trustees,
to pay to a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research
services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund
which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer
would have charged for effecting that transaction if, but only if, the
Sub-Adviser determines in good faith that such commission was reasonable in
relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by
such broker or dealer -- viewed in terms of that particular transaction or
terms of the overall responsibilities of the Sub-Adviser to the Fund. In
addition, the Sub-Adviser is authorized to allocate purchase and sale
orders for Fund securities to brokers or dealers (including brokers and
dealers that are affiliated with the Adviser, Sub-Adviser or the Trust's
principal underwriter) and to take into account the sale of shares of the
Trust if the Sub-Adviser believes that the quality of the transaction and
the commission are comparable to what they would be with other qualified
firms. In no instance, however, will the Fund's Assets be purchased from or
sold to the Adviser, Sub-Adviser, the Trust's principal underwriter, or any
affiliated person of either the Trust, Adviser, the Sub-Adviser or the
principal underwriter, acting as principal in the transaction, except to
the extent permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and
the 1940 Act.
(d) The Sub-Adviser shall maintain all books and records with respect to
transactions involving the Assets required by subparagraphs (b)(5), (6),
(7), (9), (10) and (11) and paragraph (f) of Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act
and shall render to the Adviser or the Board of Trustees such periodic and
special reports as the Adviser or Board of Trustees may reasonably request.
The Sub-Adviser shall keep the books and records required to be maintained
by the Sub-Adviser by this Agreement and shall timely furnish to the
Adviser all information relating to the Sub-Adviser's services under this
Agreement needed by the Adviser to keep the other books and records of the
Fund required by Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act. The Sub-Adviser shall also
furnish to the Adviser any other information that is required to be filed
by the Adviser or the Trust with the SEC or sent to shareholders under the
1940 Act (including the rules adopted thereunder) or any exemptive or other
relief that the Adviser or the Trust obtains from the SEC. The Sub-Adviser
agrees that all records that it maintains on behalf of the Fund are
property of the Fund and the Sub-Adviser will surrender promptly to the
Fund any of such records upon the Fund's request; provided, however, that
the Sub-Adviser may retain a copy of such records. In addition, for the
duration of this Agreement, the Sub-Adviser shall preserve for the periods
prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act any such records as are
required to be maintained by it pursuant to this Agreement, and shall
transfer said records to any successor sub-adviser upon the termination of
this Agreement (or, if there is no successor sub-adviser, to the Adviser).
(e) The Sub-Adviser shall provide the Fund's custodian on each business day
with information relating to all transactions concerning the Fund's Assets
and shall provide such information and such periodic or special reports as
the Adviser or Board of Trustees may reasonably request.
(f) The Adviser understands that the Sub-Adviser now acts, will continue to act
and may act in the future as investment manager or adviser to fiduciary and
other managed accounts, and as investment manager or adviser to other
investment companies, including any offshore entities, or accounts, and the
Fund has no objection to the Sub-Adviser's so acting, provided that
whenever the Fund and one or more other investment companies or accounts
managed or advised by the Sub-Adviser have available funds for investment,
investments suitable and appropriate for each will be allocated in
accordance with a formula believed to be equitable to each company and
account. The Adviser recognizes that in some cases this procedure may
adversely affect the size of the position obtainable for the Fund. In
addition, the Adviser understands that the persons employed by the
Sub-Adviser to assist in the performance of the Sub-Adviser's duties under
this Agreement will not devote their full time to such service and nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or restrict the right
of the Sub-Adviser or any affiliate of the Sub-Adviser to engage in and
devote time and attention to other businesses or to render services of
whatever kind in nature.
(g) The Sub-Adviser shall promptly notify the Adviser of any financial
condition that is likely to impair the Sub-Adviser's ability to fulfill its
commitment under this Agreement.
(h) The Sub-Adviser shall review all proxy solicitation materials and be
responsible for voting and handling all proxies in relation to the
securities held as Assets in
the Fund. The Adviser shall instruct the custodian and other parties
providing services to the Fund to promptly forward misdirected proxies to
the Sub-Adviser
Services to be furnished by the Sub-Adviser under this Agreement may be
furnished through the medium of any of the Sub-Adviser's partners,
officers, employees or, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
affiliates, and with respect to proxies, a third party proxy voting
service.
2. DUTIES OF THE ADVISER. The Adviser shall continue to have responsibility
for all services to be provided to the Fund pursuant to the Advisory
Agreement and shall oversee and review the Sub-Adviser's performance of its
duties under this Agreement; provided, however, nothing herein shall be
construed to relieve the Sub-Adviser of responsibility for compliance with
the Fund's investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as provided in
Section 1 hereunder.
3. DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS. The Adviser has furnished the Sub-Adviser with
copies properly certified or authenticated of each of the following
documents:
(a) The Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as filed with the Secretary
of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (such Agreement and
Declaration of Trust, as in effect on the date of this Agreement and as
amended from time to time, herein called the "Declaration of Trust");
(b) By-Laws of the Trust (such By-Laws, as in effect on the date of this
Agreement and as amended from time to time, are herein called the
"By-Laws");
(c) Prospectus(es) of the Fund.
(d) The Trust's most recent Registration Statement as filed with the SEC.
4. COMPENSATION TO THE SUB-ADVISER. For the services to be provided by the
Sub-Adviser pursuant to this Agreement, the Adviser will pay the
Sub-Adviser, and the Sub-Adviser agrees to accept as full compensation
therefor, a sub-advisory fee at the rate specified in Schedule A which is
attached hereto and made part of this Agreement. The fee will be calculated
based on the average daily value of the Assets under management and will be
paid to the Sub-Adviser monthly. Except as may otherwise be prohibited by
law or regulation (including any then current SEC staff interpretation),
the Sub-Adviser may, in its discretion and from time to time, waive a
portion of its fee.
5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF THE SUB-ADVISER. The Sub-Adviser shall not be
liable for any error of judgment or for any loss suffered by the Adviser in
connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement,
except a loss resulting from: (i) willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence on the Sub-Adviser's part in the performance of its duties, or
(ii) reckless disregard of its
obligations and duties under this Agreement, or (iii) a violation of law or
any duty imposed by federal or state law.
6. REPORTS. During the term of this Agreement, the Adviser agrees to furnish
the Sub-Adviser at its principal office all prospectuses, proxy statements,
reports to stockholders, sales literature or other materials prepared for
distribution to stockholders of the Funds, the Trust or the public that
refer to the Sub-Adviser or its clients in any way prior to use thereof and
not to use material if the Sub-Adviser reasonably objects in writing within
five business days (or such other period as may be mutually agreed) after
receipt thereof. The Sub-Adviser's right to object to such materials is
limited to the portions of such materials that expressly relate to the
Sub-Adviser, its services and its clients. The Adviser agrees to use its
reasonable best efforts to ensure that materials prepared by its employees
or agents or its affiliates that refer to the Sub-Adviser or its clients in
any way are consistent with those materials previously approved by the
Sub-Adviser as referenced in the first sentence of this paragraph. Sales
literature may be furnished to the Sub-Adviser by first class or overnight
mail, facsimile transmission equipment or hand delivery.
7. CHANGE IN THE SUB-ADVISER'S MEMBERSHIP. The Sub-Adviser agrees that it
shall notify the Adviser of any change in the membership of the general
partners of the Sub-Adviser within a reasonable time after such change.
8. INDEMNIFICATION. The Sub-Adviser shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Adviser from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities or damages
(including reasonable attorney's fees and other related expenses) howsoever
arising from or in connection with this Agreement or the performance by the
Sub-Adviser of its duties hereunder; provided, however, that the
Sub-Adviser shall not be required to indemnify or otherwise hold the
Adviser harmless under this Section 8 where the claim against, or the loss,
liability or damage experienced by the Adviser, is caused by or is
otherwise directly related to the Adviser's own willful misfeasance, bad
faith or negligence, or to the reckless disregard of its duties under this
Agreement.
9. DURATION AND TERMINATION. This Agreement shall become effective upon its
approval by the Trust's Board of Trustees and its execution by the parties
hereto. Pursuant to the exemptive relief obtained in the SEC Order dated
April 29, 1996, Investment Company Act Release No. 21921, approval of the
Agreement by a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund is
not required, and the Sub-Adviser acknowledges that it and any other
sub-adviser so selected and approved shall be without the protection, if
any, accorded by shareholder approval of an investment adviser's receipt of
compensation under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act.
This Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of more than two years
from the date hereof only so long as continuance is specifically approved
at least
annually in conformance with the 1940 Act; provided, however, that this
Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Fund: (a) by the Fund at
any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the vote of a majority of
Trustees of the Trust or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund, (b) by the Adviser at any time, without the
payment of any penalty, on not more than 60 days' nor less than 30 days'
written notice to the Sub-Adviser, or (c) by the Sub-Adviser at any time,
without the payment of any penalty, on 90 days' written notice to the
Adviser. This Agreement shall terminate automatically and immediately in
the event of its assignment, or in the event of a termination of the
Advisory Agreement with the Trust. As used in this Section 9, the terms
"assignment" and "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities"
shall have the respective meanings set forth in the 1940 Act and the rules
and regulations thereunder, subject to such exceptions as may be granted by
the SEC under the 1940 Act.
10. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to conflict of law
principles; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed as
being inconsistent with the 1940 Act.
11. SEVERABILITY. Should any part of this Agreement be held invalid by a court
decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement shall
not be affected thereby. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors.
12. NOTICE: Any notice, advice or report to be given pursuant to this Agreement
shall be deemed sufficient if delivered or mailed by registered, certified
or overnight mail, postage prepaid addressed by the party giving notice to
the other party at the last address furnished by the other party:
To the Adviser at: SEI Investments Management Corporation
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Legal Department
To the Sub-Adviser at: Alliance Capital Management L.P.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Legal and
With a copy to:
Alliance Capital Limited
Devonshire House, 1 Mayfair Place
London, WIJ 8AJ
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
13. NAMES. The Trust may use the names "Alliance Capital Management L.P.,"
"Alliance Capital Management," "Alliance Capital," or "Alliance" only for
so long as this Agreement or any extension, renewal or amendment hereof
remains in effect. At such times as this Agreement shall no longer be in
effect, the Trust shall cease to use such names or any other name
indicating that it is advised by or otherwise connected with the
Sub-Adviser.
14. NON-HIRE/NON-SOLICITATION. The parties hereby agrees that so long as the
Sub-Adviser provides services to the Adviser or the Trust and for a period
of one year following the date on which the Sub-Adviser ceases to provide
services to the Adviser and the Trust, neither party shall for any reason,
directly or indirectly, on its own behalf or on behalf of others, hire any
person employed by the other party, whether or not such person is a
full-time employee or whether or not any person's employment is pursuant to
a written agreement or is at-will, without the express written consent of
the other party. The parties further agree that, to the extent that a party
breaches the covenant described in this paragraph, the other party shall be
entitled to pursue all appropriate remedies in law or equity.
15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and
understanding between the parties hereto, and supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings relating to this Agreement's subject matter.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together,
constitute only one instrument.
16. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) A copy of the Declaration of Trust is on file with the Secretary of State
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice is hereby given that the
obligations of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees,
officers or shareholders of the Fund or the Trust.
(b) Where the effect of a requirement of the 1940 Act reflected in any
provision of this Agreement is altered by a rule, regulation or order of
the SEC, whether of
special or general application, such provision shall be deemed to
incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their officers designated below as of the day and year first written
above.
SEI INVESTMENTS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P.
BY: ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
CORPORATION, ITS GENERAL PARTNER
By: /s/Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx By: /s/Xxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President Title: Assistant Secretary
SCHEDULE A
TO THE
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
SEI INVESTMENTS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
AND
ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P.
Pursuant to Paragraph 4, the Adviser shall pay the Sub-Adviser compensation at
an annual rate as follows:
SEI INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST
SEI VP Emerging Markets Equity Fund X.XX%
Agreed and Accepted:
SEI INVESTMENTS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P.
BY: ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
CORPORATION, ITS GENERAL PARTNER
By: /s/Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx By: /s/Xxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President Title: Assistant Secretary
