AMENDMENT TO SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT TO SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT made as of this 29th day of April, 2005 to the Subadvisory Agreement dated January
29, 1999 as amended (the “Agreement”), between Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Management Services, LLC
(formerly, Manufacturer’s Securities Services, LLC), a Delaware limited partnership (the
“Adviser”), and Wellington Management Company, LLP, a Massachusetts limited liability partnership
(the “Subadviser”). In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree
as follows:
1. CHANGE IN APPENDIX A
Appendix A to the Agreement is hereby amended to add the subadvisory fee for the following
portfolios as set forth in the revised Appendix A attached to this Amendment.
Small Cap Value Trust
Small Cap Growth Trust
Small Cap Growth Trust
2. CONFIDENTIALITY OF TRUST PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Subadviser agrees to treat the Manufacturers Investment Trust (the “Trust”)
portfolio holdings as confidential information in accordance with the Subadviser’s
“Portfolio Holdings Disclosure Policy and Procedures,” (the “Subadviser Policy” as may be
amended from time to time, and to prohibit its employees from trading on any such
confidential information. The Subadviser acknowledges the provisions of the Trust’s
“Policy Regarding Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings” (the “Trust Policy”) regarding
non-disclosure of confidential information. Consistent with the Subadviser Policy, the
Subadviser will not release the Trust’s confidential portfolio holdings information to any
third party except at the direction of the Adviser. The Adviser hereby represents and
warrants that it shall not instruct the Subadviser to release such information to any third
party unless the Adviser has entered into a confidentiality agreement with such third party
of the type contemplated under the Trust Policy.
3. CONSULTATION WITH SUBADVISERS TO OTHER TRUST PORTFOLIOS
As required by Rule 17a-10 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Subadviser is prohibited
from consulting with the entities listed below concerning transactions for a Portfolio in
securities or other assets:
1. | other subadvisers to a Portfolio | ||
2. | other subadvisers to a Trust portfolio | ||
3. | other subadvisers to a portfolio under common control with the Portfolio |
4. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Amendment shall become effective with respect to each portfolio on the later to occur of:
(i) approval of the Amendment by the Board of Trustees of Xxxx Xxxxxxx Trust and (ii) execution of
the Amendment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed under seal by
their duly authorized officers as of the date first mentioned above.
Xxxx Xxxxxxx Investment Management Services, LLC
By: Xxxx Xxxxxxx Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.), its managing member
By:
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/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Executive Vice President, | ||||
Secretary and General Counsel | ||||
Wellington Management Company, LLP | ||||
By:
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/s/Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Senior Vice President |
APPENDIX A
The Subadviser shall serve as investment subadviser for the following portfolios of the Trust.
The Adviser will pay the Subadviser, as full compensation for all services provided under this
Agreement, the fee computed separately for each such Portfolio at an annual rate as follows (the
“Subadviser Percentage Fee”):
First | Excess Over | |||||||
Portfolio | $100 million | $100 million | ||||||
Small Cap Value Trust |
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Small Cap Growth Trust |
Between | Between | |||||||||||||||||||
$50 million | $200 million | Between | ||||||||||||||||||
First | and | and $500 | $500 million | Excess Over | ||||||||||||||||
Portfolio | $50 million | $200 million | million | and $1 billion | $1 billion | |||||||||||||||
Natural Resources Trust |
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Growth & Income Trust |
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Investment Quality Bond Trust |
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Mid Cap Stock Trust |
The Subadviser Percentage Fee for each Portfolio shall be accrued for each calendar day and
the sum of the daily fee accruals shall be paid monthly to the Subadviser. The daily fee accruals
will be computed by multiplying the fraction of one over the number of calendar days in the year by
the applicable annual rate described in the preceding paragraph, and multiplying this product by
the net assets of the Portfolio as determined in accordance with the Trust’s prospectus and
statement of additional information as of the close of business on the previous business day on
which the Trust was open for business.
If this Agreement becomes effective or terminates before the end of any month, the fee (if
any) for the period from the effective date to the end of such month or from the beginning of such
month to the date of termination, as the case may be, shall be prorated according to the proportion
which such period bears to the full month in which such effectiveness or termination occurs.