INVESTMENT A1)VISORY AGREEMENT
INVESTMENT A1)VISORY AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of this April 1,2010, between Vanguard Horizon Funds, a,Delawarestatutory trust (the "Trust"), and Acadian Asset Management LLC (the "Advisor").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Trust is an open-end, diversified management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust offers a series of shares known as Vanguard Global Equity Fund (the "Fund"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust retained the .Advisorto render investment advisory services to the Fund under an Investment Advisory Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2008 (the "Prior Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust desires to amend and restate such Investment Advisory Agreement in certain respects, and the Advisor is willing to render investment advisory services to the Fund in accordance with such amendments.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the tnutual promises and undertakings set forth in this "Agreement," the Trust and the Advisor hereby agree as follows:
1. Appointment of Advisor. 'lhe Trust hereby employs the Advisor as investment advisor, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, for the portion of the assets of the Fund that the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board cbf Trustees") determines in its sole discretion to assign to the Advisor from time to time (referred 1.0 in this Agreement as the "Acadian Portfolio"). As of the date of this Agreement, the Acadian Portfolio will consist of the portion of the assets of the Fund that the Board of Trustees has delemined to assign to the Advisor, as communicated to the Advisor on behalf of the Board of Trustees by The Vanguard Group, Inc. ("Vanguard"). The Board of Trustees may, from time to time, make additions to, and withdrawals from, the assets of the Fund assigned to the Advisor. The Acivisor accepts such employment and agrees to render the services herein set forth, for the compensation herein provided.
2. Duties of Advisor. The Trust employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Acadisul Portfolio; to continuously review, supervise, and administer an investment program for the Acadian I'ortfolio; to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of such assets to be held uninvested; to provide the Fund with all records concerning the activities cbf the Advisor that the Fund is required to maintain; and to render regular reports to the Trust's officers and Board of Trustees concerning the discharge of the foregoing responsibilities. The Advisor will discharge the foregoing responsibilities subject to the supervision and oversight of the Trust's officers and the Board of Trustees, and in compliance with the objectives, policies and limitations set forth in the Fund's prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, any additional operating policies or procedures that the Fund communicates lo the Advisor in writing, and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor agrees to provide: at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and
equipment, and personnel required by it :o perform the services on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.
3. Securities Transactions. l'he Advisor is authorized to select the brokers or dealers that will execute purchases and sales of securities for the Acadian Portfolio, and is directed to use its best efforts to obtain the best available price and most favorable execution for such transactions. To the extent expressly permitted by the written policies and procedures established by the Board of Trustees, and subject to Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, any interpretations thereof by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") or its staff, and other applicable law, the Advisor is permitted, but is not required, to pay a broker or dealer an amount of commission for effecting a securities transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Advisor determines in good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the Advisor's overall responsibilities to the accounts as to which it exercises investment discretion. The execution of such transactions in conformity with the authority expressly referenced in the immediately preceding sentence shall not be deemed to represent an unlawful act or breach of any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise. The Advisor agrees to use its best efforts to comply with any directed brokerage or other brokerage arrangements that the Fund communicates to the Advisor in writing. The Fund acknowledges that directed brokerage may result in the Fund paying higher commissions than would be the case if the Advisor were able to select brokers freely. Directed brokerage in many cases limits the Advisor's ability to negotiate commissions for the Fund and its ability to aggregate orders and may result in an inability to obtain volume discounts or best execution for the Fund in some transactions. The Advisor may manage other portfolios and expects that the Fund and other portfolios it manages will, from time to time, purchase or sell the same securities. The Advisor may aggregate orders for the purchase or sale of securities on behalf of the Fund with orders on behalf of other portfolios the Advisor manages, to the extent consistent with the Advisor's duty to seek best execution and to ensure the fair and equitable allocations of aggregated securities. Securities purchased or proceeds of securities sold through aggregated orders will be allocated to the account of each portfolio managed by the advisor that bought or sold such securities at the average execution price. If less than the total of the aggregated orders is executed, the securities or proceeds will generally be allocated pro rata among the participating portfolios in proportion to their planned participation in the aggregated orders. If the securities or proceeds are not allocated pro rata among the participating portfolios, the Advisor will allocate such securities or proceeds in a manner that is fair and equitable to all participating portfolios, and will record the basis of such non-pro rata allocation in writing or in electronic form and maintain such records :n a manner consistent with applicable recordkeeping requirements under the Investment Compdny Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The Advisor will promptly cornrnurllcate to the Trust's officers and the Board of Trustees any information relating to the portfolio transactions the Advisor has directed on behalf of the Acadian Portfolio as such officers or the Board may reasonably request.
4. Compensation of Advisor. For services to be provided by the Advisor pursuant to this Agreement, the Fund will pay to the Advisor, and the Advisor agrees to accept as full compensation therefor, an investment advisory fee at the rate specified in Schedule A to this Agreement. The fee will be calculated based on annual percentage rates applied to the average daily net assets of the Acadian Portfolio and will be paid to the Advisor quarterly.
5. Reports. The Fund and the Advisor agree to furnish to each other current prospectuses, proxy statements, reports to shareholders, certified copies of their financial statements, and such other information with regard to their affairs as each may reasonably request, including, but not limited to, infonnation about changes in partners of the Advisor. The Fund acknowledges receipt of Part I1of the ,ddvisor's Form ADV.
| 6 | . | Compliance. |
| 6.1 | . | Compliance with Applicable Law and Board Requirements. The Advisor |
| agrees to comply with all Applicable Law and all policies, procedures or reporting | ||
| requirements that the Board of Trustees of the Trust reasonably adopts and | ||
| communicates to the Advisor in writing, including, without limitation, any such | ||
| policies, procedures or reporting requirements relating to soft dollar or directed | ||
| brokerage arrangements. | ||
| 6.2 | . | Disclosure of Compliance Matters. If the Advisor receives any written or other |
| communication concerning or constituting a material Compliance Matter, then the | ||
| Advisor shall provide the ]'rust a written summary of the material facts and | ||
| circumstances concerning such material Compliance Matter within five (5) | ||
| calendar days of the earlier ofthe date on which such material Compliance Matter | ||
| was received by the Advisor, or the date on which the general counsel's office of | ||
| the Advisor obtained actual knowledge of such material Compliance Matter. The | ||
| Advisor shall provide the Trust with a written summary of any material changes | ||
| in the facts or circumstances concerning any material Compliance Matter within | ||
| (5)calendar days of the occurrence of such changes. The written summary may | ||
| exclude information that is specifically prohibited from disclosure to third parties | ||
| by a written confidentialitj agreement to which the Advisor is party or by a | ||
| fiduciary duty of confidentiality applicable to the Advisor; provided, however, | ||
| that the written summary shall be written in a manner that continues to include a | ||
| summary of the material facts and circumstances concerning the Compliance | ||
| Matter. | ||
| 6.3 | . | Certain Definitions. ''Applwable Law" means (i) the "federal securities laws" as |
| defined in Rule 38a-l(e)(l) under the 1940 Act, as amended from time to time, | ||
| and (ii) any and all other laws, rules, and regulations, whether foreign or | ||
| domestic, in each case applicable at any time and from time to time to the | ||
| investment management operations of the Advisor. "Compliance Matter" means | ||
| any written or other communication sent to the Advisor by any foreign, federal or | ||
| state agency or regulatory authority or any self-regulatory authority in connection | ||
| with any of the following: (i) the Advisor's compliance with, or failure to comply | ||
| with, Applicable Law as they relate to the Advisor's investment management | ||
| operations; (ii) the business or affairs of the Advisor or any current or former | ||
| client of the Advisor as they relate to the Advisor's investment management | ||
| operations; or (iii) compliance by any person other than the Advisor with, or such | ||
| person's failure to comply with, Applicable Law as they relate to the Advisor's | ||
| investment management operations. | ||
7. Status of Advisor. The services of the Advisor to the Fund are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Advisor will be free to render similar services to others so long as its services to the Fund are not impaired thereby. The Advisor will be deemed to be an independent contractor and will, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Fund in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Fund or the Trust.
8. Liability of Advisor. No provision of'this Agreement will be deemed to protect the Advisor against any liability to the Fund or its shareholders to which it might otherwise be subject by reason of any willhl misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or the reckless disregard of its obligations ~it respect to the Advisor's management of the Acadian Portfolio under this Agreement.
9. Limitations on Consultations. The Advisor is prohibited from consulting with other advisors of the Fund, except Vanguard, concerning transactions for the Fund in securities or other assets.
10. Duration; Termination; Notices; Amendment. 'This Agreement will become effective on the date hereof and will continue in effect for successive twelve-month periods, only so long as each such continuance specifically is approved at least annually by the Board of Trustees, including a majority of those Trustees who are not parties to such Agreement or interested persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. In addition, the question of continuance of the Agreement may be presented to the shareholders of the Fund; in such event, such continuance will be affected only if approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, (i) this Agreement may at any time be terminated without payment of any penalty either by vote of the Board of Trustees of the Trust or by vote of a majority of the outstanding .voting securities of the Fund, on thirty days' written notice to the Advisor, (ii) this Agreement will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment, and (iii) this Agreement may be terminated by the Advisor on ninety days' written notice to the Fund. Any notice under this Agreement will be given in writing, addressed and delivered, or mailed postpaid, to the other party as follows:
If to the Fund, at:
Vanguard Horizon Funds - Vanguard Glohal Equity Fund
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. XxXxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
If to the Advisor, at:
Acadian Asset Management LLC
Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx X.Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent, but the consent of the Trust must be approved (i) by a majority of those members of the Board of Trustees who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such amendment, and (ii) to the extent required by the 1940 Act, by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund of the Trust.
As used in this Section 9, the terms "assignment," "interested persons," and ('vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securi1:ies" will have the respective meanings set forth in Section 2(a)(4), Section 2(a)(19) and Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act.
11. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement will be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement will not be affected thereby.
12. Confidentiality. The Advisor shall keep confidential any and all information obtained in connection with the services re:nderedhereunder and relating directly or indirectly to the Fund, the Trust, or Vanguard and shall not disclose any such information to any person other than the Trust, the Board of Directors of the Trust, Vanguard, and any director, officer, or employee of the Trust or Vanguard, except (i) with the prior written consent of the Trust, (ii) as required by law, regulation, court order or the rules or regulations of any self-regulatory organization, governmental body or official having jurisdiction over the Advisor, or (iii) for information that is publicly available other ~handue to disclosure by the Advisor or its affiliates or becomes known to the Advisor from a source other than the 'Trust, the Board of Directors of the Trust, or Vanguard.
13. Proxy Policy. The Advisor acknowledges that Vanguard, at the direction of the Fund, will vote the shares of all securities that are held by the Fund.
14. Governing Law. All questions concerning the validity, meaning, and effect of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the laws (without giving effect to the conflict-of-law principles thereof) of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed in that state.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Investment Advisory Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth herein.
