AMENDED AND RESTATED UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Transamerica Capital, Inc.
Exhibit 23(e)(1)
Amended and Restated Underwriting Agreement
Amended and Restated Underwriting Agreement
AMENDED AND RESTATED UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Transamerica Capital, Inc.
Transamerica Capital, Inc.
This amended and restated Underwriting Agreement (the “Agreement”), effective the 9th day of
November, 2007 by and between Transamerica Investors, Inc., a Maryland Corporation (referred to
herein as the “Corporation”), and Transamerica Capital, Inc. (referred to herein as the
“Distributor”).
1. (a) The Corporation hereby appoints the Distributor as its exclusive principal underwriter
and distributor in connection with the offering and sale of Shares of each Fund to the public
directly and through registered and qualified securities dealers, banks and other intermediaries
(collectively, “Intermediaries”), and the Distributor hereby accepts such appointment, on the terms
and for the period set forth in this Agreement. The Distributor, as agent for the Corporation,
shall, in accordance with applicable federal and state law and the organizational documents of the
Corporation and the registration statement most recently filed by the Corporation with the SEC and
effective under the 1940 Act and 1933 Act, as such Registration Statement may be amended or
supplemented from time to time (“Registration Statement”): (i) promote the Funds; (ii) solicit
orders for the purchase of the Shares subject to such terms and conditions as the Corporation may
specify; and (iii) accept orders for the purchase of the Shares on behalf of the Corporation
(collectively, “Distribution Services”). The Distributor shall comply with all applicable federal
and state laws and offer the Shares of the Funds on an agency or “best efforts” basis under which
the Corporation shall issue only such Shares as are actually sold.
(b) The Distributor may pay for ongoing shareholder liaison services, including responding to
shareholder inquiries, providing shareholders with information on their investments, and any other
services now or hereafter deemed to be appropriate subjects for the payments of “service fees”
under Conduct Rule 2830 of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”)
(collectively, “Shareholder Services”), as appropriate.
2. The Distributor may also enter into dealer or similar agreements with qualified
Intermediaries it may select for the performance of Distribution Services and Shareholder Services.
The Distributor may also enter into agreements with Intermediaries and other qualified entities to
perform recordkeeping, shareholder servicing and sub-accounting services. In making such
arrangements, the Distributor shall act only as principal and not as agent for the Corporation. No
such Intermediary is authorized to act as agent for the Corporation in connection with the offering
or sale of Shares to the public or otherwise, except for the limited purpose of determining the
time as of which orders for the purchases, sales and exchanges of Shares are deemed to have been
received.
3. The public offering price of the Shares of each Fund shall be the net asset value per share
(as determined by the Corporation) of the outstanding Shares of the Fund (or class thereof) next
determined after receipt of an order by the Fund or its designated agent plus any applicable sales
charge, as described in the Registration Statement of the Corporation.
4. As compensation for providing Distribution Services under this Agreement, the Distributor
shall retain the sales charge, if any, on purchases of Shares or retain deferred sales charges upon
redemption of Shares, as set forth in the Registration Statement. The Distributor is authorized to
collect the gross proceeds derived from the sale of the Shares, remit the net asset value thereof
to the Corporation upon receipt of the proceeds and retain the sales charge, if any. The
Distributor may pay any or all of the distribution fees and service fees that it has received under
this Agreement to such Intermediaries as it may from time to time determine, consistent with the
Registration Statement and applicable law. The Distributor shall receive from each Fund fees at
the rates and under the terms and conditions of the Plan adopted by the Corporation with respect to
each Fund, as such Plan is in effect from time to time, and subject to any further limitations on
such fees as the Board may impose. The Distributor may reallow any or all of the sales charges
that it has received under this Agreement to such Intermediaries as it may from time to time
determine, consistent with the Registration Statement and applicable law. The Distributor may
securitize or borrow against amounts to be received by the Distributor under the Plan, in which
case payments of the fees under the Plan by a Fund may be made directly to the lender,
security-holder or an agent thereof pursuant to written instructions of the Distributor; provided,
however, that no such arrangement shall be deemed to give rise to any obligation on the part of the
Corporation or its Board to continue such payments if the Board determines that such payments are
not in the best interests of the Fund or its shareholders, or to create any obligation of the Fund
or Corporation to the lender.
5. As used in this Agreement, the terms “Prospectus” and “Statement of Additional Information”
shall mean, respectively, the form of prospectus and statement of additional information with
respect to the Funds filed by the Corporation as part of the Registration Statement, or as they may
be amended or supplemented from time to time.
6. The Distributor shall print and distribute to prospective investors current Prospectuses,
and shall print and distribute, upon request, to prospective investors current Statements of
Additional Information, and may print and distribute such other sales literature, reports, forms
and advertisements in connection with the sale and offers of sale of the Shares as it deems
appropriate. In connection with such sales and offers of sale, the Distributor and any
Intermediary shall give only such information and make only such statements or representations as
are contained in the Funds’ Registration Statement, or in information furnished in writing to the
Distributor by the Corporation and intended for such use or approved in writing by authorized
representatives of the Corporation or the Corporation’s investment adviser, and the Corporation
shall not be responsible in any way for any other information, statements or representations given
or made by the Distributor or any Intermediary. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement,
the Corporation shall bear none of the expenses of the Distributor in connection with its offer and
sale of the Shares.
7. Subject to the right of the Corporation to cease to offer Shares as set forth in paragraph
11 hereof, the Corporation agrees at its own expense to register, qualify or determine the
exemption for registration or qualification of the Shares then offered with the SEC, state and
other regulatory bodies, and to prepare and file from time to time each Fund’s Registration
Statement, amendments thereto, reports and other documents as may be necessary to maintain the
registration or qualification. The Distributor shall provide the Corporation promptly with all
information required for such registration or qualification. Each Fund shall bear all expenses
related to preparing and typesetting such Prospectuses, Statements of Additional Information, and
other materials required by law and such other expenses, including printing and mailing expenses,
related to the Fund’s communications with persons who are shareholders of that Fund.
8. (a) The Distributor shall act as distributor of Shares in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, all rules
and regulations made or adopted pursuant to (i) the 1940 Act, (ii) the 0000 Xxx, (xxx) the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“1934 Act”), (iv) any securities association registered under the
1934 Act, including without limitation the NASD Conduct Rules or
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rules of any other applicable self-regulatory organization. The Distributor shall offer the
Shares, and accept purchases, redemptions and exchanges for Shares, in compliance with each Fund’s
Registration Statement and applicable law.
(b) The Distributor shall be responsible for reviewing and making such filings with the NASD,
as required, of advertisements and sales literature relating to each Fund. The Distributor shall
be responsible for reviewing the Registration Statement of each Fund, as applicable, for compliance
with the requirement of the NASD Conduct Rules that a Fund’s prospectus contain disclosure of the
details of any arrangement by which special cash compensation arrangements are made available to an
NASD member distributing the Fund’s securities, which arrangements are not made available on the
same terms to all NASD members who distribute the Fund’s securities.
(c) The Distributor shall adopt and follow procedures for the confirmation of sales to
investors and Intermediaries, the timeliness of orders, the collection of amounts payable by
investors and Intermediaries on such sales, the correction of errors related to distribution of
Shares, the cancellation of unsettled transactions, and assisting with the solicitation of proxies,
and any other matters governed by Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act (as may apply to a principal
underwriter for a registered investment company), each as may be necessary to comply with the
requirements of the NASD, any other self-regulatory organization, and the federal and state
securities laws. The Distributor shall provide reports or other information to the Corporation at
the Corporation’s reasonable request, including, without limitation, reports related to the
operation and implementation of the Funds’ policies related to customer privacy, safeguarding of
customer information, sales and marketing practices or other policies and procedures of the
Corporation.
9. The Distributor agrees that it has adopted and implemented an anti-money-laundering program
in compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, the regulations thereunder and NASD Conduct Rules,
including, without limitation, customer identification program procedures and monitoring for
suspicious activity. The Distributor additionally agrees that it has adopted and implemented
procedures to comply with applicable law and regulation related to cash transaction reporting
requirements, as well as monitoring and reporting under FinCEN, OFAC and other government watch
lists. The Distributor shall provide reports or other information to the Corporation at the
Corporation’s reasonable request, related to the operation and implementation of any of the
Corporation’s anti-money-laundering policies for which the Distributor is responsible.
10. (a) The Corporation agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Distributor, its officers,
directors and employees and any person who controls the Distributor within the meaning of Section
15 of the 1933 Act, free and harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities and
expenses (including the reasonable cost of investigating or defending such claims, demands or
liabilities and any counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) which the Distributor, its
officers, directors and employees or any such controlling person may incur, under the 1933 Act or
under common law or otherwise, arising out of or based upon any alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or arising out of or based upon any alleged
omission to state a material fact required to be stated or necessary to make the Registration
Statement not misleading, provided that in no event shall anything contained in this Agreement be
construed so as to protect the Distributor or such other parties against any liability to the
Corporation or its shareholders to which the Distributor or such other parties would otherwise be
subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of
their duties, or by reason of reckless disregard of their obligations and duties under this
Agreement, and further provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not
indemnify the Distributor or such other parties if such indemnification obligations arose, directly
or indirectly, as a result of conduct as set forth in paragraph 10(b). The Distributor agrees that
it shall look only to the assets of the applicable Fund, and not to any other series of the
Corporation, for satisfaction of any obligation created by this paragraph or otherwise arising
under this Agreement.
(b) The Distributor agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Corporation, its several officers
and Directors, and any person who controls the Corporation within the meaning of Section 15 of the
1933 Act, free and harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities and expenses
(including the cost of investigating or defending such claims, demands or liabilities and any
counsel fees incurred in connection
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therewith) which the Corporation, its officers or Directors, or
any such controlling person may incur, under the 1933 Act or
under common law or otherwise, on account of any act of the Distributor or its directors, officers,
employees or agents, constituting willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the
performance of its duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties
under this Agreement or arising out of or based upon any alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in information furnished in writing by the Distributor to the Corporation for use in
the Registration Statement or arising out of or based upon any alleged omission to state a material
fact in connection with such information required to be stated in the Registration Statement or
necessary to make such information not misleading. As used in this paragraph, the term “employee”
shall not include a corporate entity under contract to provide services to any Fund, or any
employee of such a corporate entity, unless such person is otherwise an employee of the
Corporation.
(c) Each party agrees to promptly notify the other of the commencement of any litigation or
proceedings involving any indemnified party. The indemnification provisions of this paragraph 10
shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
11. The Corporation reserves the right at any time to withdraw any or all offerings of the
Shares of a Fund, and at its discretion to recommence offering any time thereafter, by written
notice to the Distributor at its principal office.
12. The Distributor may at its sole discretion, directly or through Intermediaries, repurchase
Shares offered for sale by the shareholders or Intermediaries. Repurchase of Shares by the
Distributor shall be at the net asset value (less any applicable sales, redemption or other
charges, as described in each Fund’s Registration Statement) next determined after a repurchase
order has been received. The Distributor will receive no commission or other remuneration for
repurchasing Shares, other than deferred sales charges as described in the Registration Statement.
At the end of each business day, the Distributor shall notify, by means of electronic transmission
(as may be agreed-upon by the parties to this Agreement) or in writing, the Corporation and the
Corporation’s transfer agent, of the orders for repurchase of Shares received by the Distributor
since the last such report, the amount to be paid for such Shares, and the identity of the
shareholders or Intermediaries offering Shares for repurchase. Upon such notice, the Corporation
shall pay the Distributor such amounts as are required by the Distributor to pay for the repurchase
of such Shares in cash or in the form of a credit against moneys due the Corporation from the
Distributor as proceeds from the sale of Shares. The Corporation reserves the right to suspend
such repurchase right upon written notice to the Distributor. The Distributor further agrees to
act as agent for the Corporation to receive and transmit promptly to the Corporation’s transfer
agent shareholder and Intermediary requests for redemption of Shares.
13. The Distributor is an independent contractor and shall be agent for the Corporation only
in respect to the sale, redemption and exchange of the Shares, including for the limited purpose of
determining the time as of which Share transactions are deemed to have been received.
14. The services of the Distributor to the Corporation under this Agreement are not to be
deemed exclusive, and the Distributor shall be free to render similar services or other services to
others so long as its services hereunder are not impaired thereby.
15. The Distributor shall prepare reports for the Board on a quarterly basis, or more
frequently as reasonably requested by the Board, showing such information concerning expenditures
related to this Agreement or related to the operation and implementation of a Fund’s Plan.
16. As used in this Agreement, the terms “assignment,” “interested person” and “majority of
the outstanding voting securities” shall have the meanings given to them by Section 2(a) of the
1940 Act, subject to such exemptions as may be granted by the SEC or its staff, as appropriate, by
any rule, regulation, order, or no-action or interpretative letter.
17. This Agreement will become effective with respect to each Fund on the date first written
above or such other date specified on the schedule hereto and shall continue in effect, unless
sooner terminated as provided
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herein, for so long as such continuance is specifically approved at
least annually (i) by the Board or (ii) by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund, provided that in either event the continuance is also
approved by a majority of the Corporation’s Independent Board Members, by vote cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
18. This Agreement is terminable with respect to some or all of the Funds without penalty by
the Board, by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, or by the
Distributor, on not less than 60 days’ written notice to the other party, and such notice period
may be waived upon the mutual written consent of the Distributor and the Corporation. This
Agreement will also automatically and immediately terminate in the event of its assignment.
19. Shares of any Fund may have been divided into separate classes, as described in the
applicable Fund’s Registration Statement, and may have sales charges or discounts or waivers
available for certain categories of investor.
20. The Funds and the Distributor agree that the information exchanged hereunder and
information about the respective customers and potential customers of each is confidential and as
such shall not be disclosed, sold or used in any way except to carry out the terms of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such confidential information may be disclosed on a “need
to know” basis as set forth in applicable privacy rules and regulations. The obligations regarding
confidentiality hereunder shall not apply to any information which is (i) otherwise publicly
available, (ii) already possessed by the entity to whom the information was disclosed prior to
disclosure hereunder, (iii) independently developed by the entity, or (iv) disclosed pursuant to
law, rule, regulation or court or administrative order. The Distributor shall have the right to
use any list of shareholders of each Fund or any other list of investors which it obtains in
connection with its provision of services under this Agreement, provided that such use is
consistent with applicable law and the privacy policies of the Distributor and the Fund. The
Distributor further agrees to take commercially reasonable steps, in accordance with applicable
law, to safeguard customer information. The provisions of this paragraph 20 will survive
termination of this Agreement.
21. From time to time, each Fund may implement policies, procedures or charges in an effort to
avoid the potential adverse effects on the Funds of short-term trading by market timers. The
Distributor agrees to cooperate in good faith with the Corporation in the implementation of (i) any
such policies, procedures and/or charges, and (ii) the imposition and payment over to the Fund of
redemption fees specified in the Registration Statement. The Distributor agrees, where
appropriate, to make reasonable efforts to obtain the agreement of Intermediaries to comply with
the Funds’ frequent trading and other policies set forth in the Funds’ Registration Statement or to
take alternative actions reasonably designed to achieve compliance with these policies.
22. No provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated, except by
an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver,
discharge or termination is sought. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts.
23. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of Florida and the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act.
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24. Notices shall be provided to each party, as noted below:
To the Distributor:
Transamerica Capital, Inc.
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SCHEDULE A
Transamerica Premier Balanced Fund
Transamerica Premier Cash Reserve Fund
Transamerica Premier Diversified Equity Fund
Transamerica Premier Equity Fund
Transamerica Premier Focus Fund
Transamerica Premier Growth Opportunities Fund
Transamerica Premier High Yield Bond Fund
Transamerica Premier Institutional Bond Fund
Transamerica Premier Institutional Diversified Equity Fund
Transamerica Premier Institutional Equity Fund
Transamerica Premier Institutional Small Cap Value Fund
Transamerica Premier Cash Reserve Fund
Transamerica Premier Diversified Equity Fund
Transamerica Premier Equity Fund
Transamerica Premier Focus Fund
Transamerica Premier Growth Opportunities Fund
Transamerica Premier High Yield Bond Fund
Transamerica Premier Institutional Bond Fund
Transamerica Premier Institutional Diversified Equity Fund
Transamerica Premier Institutional Equity Fund
Transamerica Premier Institutional Small Cap Value Fund
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| ATTEST | TRANSAMERICA INVESTORS, INC. | |||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||||||||||
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||||||||||
| Title: | Manager | Title: | Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | |||||||||||
| ATTEST | TRANSAMERICA CAPITAL, INC. | |||||||||||||
| By: | By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||||||||
| Name: | Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Title: | Assistant Vice President | ||||||||||||
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