MASTER INTERGROUP SUB-ADVISORY CONTRACT
Exhibit (d)(2)
This contract is made as of June 1, 2010 by and among Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser”)
and each of Invesco Trimark Ltd., Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset
Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Ltd., Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong
Kong Limited, and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. (each a “Sub-Adviser” and, collectively,
the “Sub-Advisers”).
WHEREAS:
A) The Adviser has entered into an investment advisory agreement with Invesco Xxx Xxxxxx
Exchange Fund (the “Fund”), an open-end management investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”);
B) The Adviser is authorized to delegate certain, any or all of its rights, duties and
obligations under investment advisory agreements to sub-advisers, including sub-advisers that are
affiliated with the Adviser;
C) Each Sub-Adviser represents that it is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers
Act”) as an investment adviser, or will be so registered prior to providing any services to the
Fund under this Contract, and engages in the business of acting as an investment adviser; and
D) The Sub-Advisers and their affiliates have personnel in various locations throughout the
world and have been formed in part for the purpose of researching and compiling information and
recommendations on the economies of various countries and securities of issuers located in such
countries or on various types of investments and investment techniques, and providing investment
advisory services in connection therewith.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants herein contained, it
is agreed between the parties hereto as follows:
1. Appointment. The Adviser hereby appoints each Sub-Adviser as a sub-adviser of the Fund
for the period and on the terms set forth herein. Each Sub-Adviser accepts such appointment and
agrees to render the services herein set forth, for the compensation herein provided.
2. Duties as Sub-Adviser. Subject to paragraph 7 below, the Adviser may, in its discretion,
appoint each Sub-Advisor to perform one or more of the following services with respect to all or
a portion of the investments of the Fund. The services and the portion of the investments of the
Fund to be advised or managed by each Sub-Adviser shall be as agreed upon from time to time by
the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers. Each Sub-Adviser shall pay the salaries and fees of all
personnel of such Sub-Adviser performing services for the Fund related to research, statistical
and investment activities.
(a) Investment Advice. If and to the extent requested by the Adviser, each
Sub-Adviser shall provide investment advice to the Fund and the Adviser with respect to all or a
portion of the investments of the Fund or with respect to various investment techniques, and in
connection with such advice shall furnish the Fund and the Adviser with such factual information,
research reports and investment recommendations as the Adviser may reasonably require.
(b) Order Execution. If and to the extent requested by the Adviser, each Sub-Adviser
shall place orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities or other investments for the
Fund. In so doing, each Sub-Adviser agrees that it shall comply with paragraph 3 below.
(c) Discretionary Investment Management. If and to the extent requested by the
Adviser, each Sub-Adviser shall, subject to the supervision of the Fund’s Board of Managing
General Partners (the “Board”) and the Adviser, manage all or a portion of the investments of the
Fund in accordance with the investment objectives, policies and limitations provided in the
Fund’s Registration Statement and such other limitations as the Fund or the Adviser may impose
with respect to the Fund by notice to the applicable Sub-Adviser(s) and otherwise in
accordance with paragraph 5 below. With respect to the portion of the investments of the
Fund under its management, each Sub-Adviser is authorized to: (i) make investment decisions on
behalf of the Fund with regard to any stock, bond, other security or investment instrument,
including but not limited to foreign currencies, futures, options and other derivatives, and with
regard to borrowing money; (ii) place orders for the purchase and sale of securities or other
investment instruments with such brokers and dealers as the Sub-Adviser may select; and (iii)
upon the request of the Adviser, provide additional investment management services to the Fund,
including but not limited to managing the Fund’s cash and cash equivalents and lending securities
on behalf of the Fund. In selecting brokers or dealers to execute trades for the Fund, each
Sub-Adviser will comply with its written policies and procedures regarding brokerage and trading,
which policies and procedures shall have been approved by the Board. All discretionary investment
management and any other activities of each Sub-Adviser shall at all times be subject to the
control and direction of the Adviser and the Board.
3. Broker-Dealer Relationships. Each Sub-Adviser agrees that, in placing orders with brokers
and dealers, it will attempt to obtain the best net result in terms of price and execution.
Consistent with this obligation, each Sub-Adviser may, in its discretion, purchase and sell
portfolio securities from and to brokers and dealers who sell shares of the Fund or provide the
Fund, the Adviser’s other clients, or a Sub-Adviser’s other clients with research, analysis,
advice and similar services. Each Sub-Adviser may pay to brokers and dealers, in return for such
research and analysis, a higher commission or spread than may be charged by other brokers and
dealers, subject to such Sub-Adviser determining in good faith that such commission or spread is
reasonable in terms either of the particular transaction or of the overall responsibility of the
Adviser and such Sub-Adviser to the Fund and their other clients and that the total commissions
or spreads paid by the Fund will be reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Fund over the
long term. In no instance will portfolio securities be purchased from or sold to a Sub-Adviser,
or any affiliated person thereof, except in accordance with the applicable securities laws and
the rules and regulations thereunder and any exemptive orders currently in effect. Whenever a
Sub-Adviser simultaneously places orders to purchase or sell the same security on behalf of the
Fund and one or more other accounts advised by such Sub-Adviser, such orders will be allocated as
to price and amount among all such accounts in a manner believed to be equitable to each account.
4. Books and Records. Each Sub-Adviser will maintain all required books and records with
respect to the securities transactions of the Fund, and will furnish the Board and the Adviser
with such periodic and special reports as the Board or the Adviser reasonably may request. Each
Sub-Adviser hereby agrees that all records which it maintains for the Adviser are the property of
the Adviser, and agrees to preserve for the periods prescribed by applicable law any records
which it maintains for the Adviser and which are required to be maintained, and further agrees to
surrender promptly to the Adviser any records which it maintains for the Adviser upon request by
the Adviser.
5. Further Duties.
(a) In all matters relating to the performance of this Contract, each Sub-Adviser will act
in conformity with the Certificate and Agreement of Limited Partnership, By-Laws and Registration
Statement of the Fund and with the instructions and directions of the Adviser and the Board and
will comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act, the rules, regulations, exemptive orders and
no-action positions thereunder, and all other applicable laws and regulations.
(b) Each Sub-Adviser shall maintain compliance procedures for the Fund that it and the
Adviser reasonably believe are adequate to ensure compliance with the federal securities laws (as
defined in Rule 38a-1 of the 0000 Xxx) and the investment objective(s) and policies as stated in
the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information. Each Sub-Adviser at its expense
will provide the Adviser or the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer with such compliance reports
relating to its duties under this Contract as may be requested from time to time. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, each Sub-Adviser will promptly report to the Adviser any material violations of
the federal securities laws (as defined in Rule 38a-1 of the 0000 Xxx) that it is or should be
aware of or of any material violation of the Sub-Adviser’s compliance policies and procedures
that pertain to the Fund.
(c) Each Sub-Adviser at its expense will make available to the Board and the Adviser at
reasonable times its portfolio managers and other appropriate personnel, either in person or, at
the mutual convenience of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, by telephone, in order to review the
investment policies, performance and other investment
related information regarding the Fund and to consult with the Board and the Adviser
regarding the Fund’s investment affairs, including economic, statistical and investment matters
related to the Sub-Adviser’s duties hereunder, and will provide periodic reports to the Adviser
relating to the investment strategies it employs. Each Sub-Adviser and its personnel shall also
cooperate fully with counsel and auditors for, and the Chief Compliance Officer of, the Adviser
and the Fund.
(d) Each Sub-Adviser will assist in the fair valuation of portfolio securities held by the
Fund. The Sub-Adviser will use its reasonable efforts to provide, based upon its own expertise,
and to arrange with parties independent of the Sub-Adviser such as broker-dealers for the
provision of, valuation information or prices for securities for which prices are deemed by the
Adviser or the Fund’s administrator not to be readily available in the ordinary course of
business from an automated pricing service. In addition, each Sub-Adviser will assist the Fund
and its agents in determining whether prices obtained for valuation purposes accurately reflect
market price information relating to the assets of the Fund at such times as the Adviser shall
reasonably request, including but not limited to, the hours after the close of a securities
market and prior to the daily determination of the Fund’s net asset value per share.
(e) Each Sub-Adviser represents and warrants that it has adopted a code of ethics meeting
the requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act and the requirements of Rule 204A-1 under the
Advisers Act and has provided the Adviser and the Board a copy of such code of ethics, together
with evidence of its adoption, and will promptly provide copies of any changes thereto, together
with evidence of their adoption. Upon request of the Adviser, but in any event no less frequently
than annually, each Sub-Adviser will supply the Adviser a written report that (A) describes any
issues arising under the code of ethics or procedures since the Sub-Adviser’s last report,
including but not limited to material violations of the code of ethics or procedures and
sanctions imposed in response to the material violations; and (B) certifies that the procedures
contained in the Sub-Adviser’s code of ethics are reasonably designed to prevent “access persons”
from violating the code of ethics.
(f) Upon request of the Adviser, each Sub-Adviser will review draft reports to shareholders
and other documents provided or available to it and provide comments on a timely basis. In
addition, each Sub-Adviser and each officer and portfolio manager thereof designated by the
Adviser will provide on a timely basis such certifications or sub-certifications as the Adviser
may reasonably request in order to support and facilitate certifications required to be provided
by the Fund’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer and will adopt such
disclosure controls and procedures in support of the disclosure controls and procedures adopted
by the Fund as the Adviser, on behalf of the Fund, deems are reasonably necessary.
(g) Unless otherwise directed by the Adviser or the Board, each Sub-Adviser will vote all
proxies received in accordance with the Adviser’s proxy voting policy or, if the Sub-Adviser has
a proxy voting policy approved by the Board, the Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policy. Each
Sub-Adviser shall maintain and shall forward to the Fund or its designated agent such proxy
voting information as is necessary for the Fund to timely file proxy voting results in accordance
with Rule 30b1-4 of the 1940 Act.
(h) Each Sub-Adviser shall provide the Fund’s custodian on each business day with
information relating to all transactions concerning the assets of the Fund and shall provide the
Adviser with such information upon request of the Adviser.
6. Services Not Exclusive. The services furnished by each Sub-Adviser hereunder are not to
be deemed exclusive and such Sub-Adviser shall be free to furnish similar services to others so
long as its services under this Contract are not impaired thereby. Nothing in this Contract shall
limit or restrict the right of any director, officer or employee of a Sub-Adviser, who may also
be a Trustee, officer or employee of the Fund, to engage in any other business or to devote his
or her time and attention in part to the management or other aspects of any other business,
whether of a similar nature or a dissimilar nature.
7. Use of Subsidiaries and Affiliates. Each Sub-Adviser may perform any or all of the
services contemplated hereunder, including but not limited to providing investment advice to the
Fund pursuant to paragraph 2(a) above and placing orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio
securities or other investments for the Fund pursuant to paragraph 2(b) above, directly or
through such of its subsidiaries or other affiliates, including each of the other Sub-Advisers,
as such Sub-Adviser shall determine; provided, however, that performance of such services
through such subsidiaries or other affiliates shall have been approved, when required by the
1940 Act, by (i) a vote of a majority of the independent Trustees who are not parties to this
Contract or “interested persons” (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) of a party to this Contract, other
than as Board members (“Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the
purpose of voting on such approval, and/or (ii) a vote of a majority of that Fund’s outstanding
voting securities.
8. Compensation.
(a) The only fees payable to the Sub-Advisers under this Contract are for providing
discretionary investment management services pursuant to paragraph 2(c) above. For such services,
the Adviser will pay each Sub-Adviser a fee, computed daily and paid monthly, equal to (i) 40% of
the monthly compensation that the Adviser receives from the Fund pursuant to its advisory
agreement with the Fund, multiplied by (ii) the fraction equal to the net assets of the Fund as
to which the Sub-Adviser shall have provided discretionary investment management services
pursuant to paragraph 2(c) above for that month divided by the net assets of the Fund for that
month. This fee shall be payable on or before the last business day of the next succeeding
calendar month. This fee shall be reduced to reflect contractual or voluntary fee waivers or
expense limitations by the Adviser, if any, in effect from time to time as set forth in paragraph
9 below. In no event shall the aggregate monthly fees paid to the Sub-Advisers under this
Contract exceed 40% of the monthly compensation that the Adviser receives from the Fund pursuant
to its advisory agreement with the Fund, as reduced to reflect contractual or voluntary fee
waivers or expense limitations by the Adviser, if any.
(b) If this Contract becomes effective or terminates before the end of any month, the fees
for the period from the effective date to the end of the 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.
(c) If a Sub-Adviser provides the services under paragraph 2(c) above to the Fund for a
period that is less than a full month, the fees for such period shall be prorated according to
the proportion which such period bears to the applicable full month.
9. Fee Waivers and Expense Limitations. If, for any fiscal year of the Fund, the amount of
the advisory fee which such Fund would otherwise be obligated to pay to the Adviser is reduced
because of contractual or voluntary fee waivers or expense limitations by the Adviser, the fee
payable to each Sub-Adviser pursuant to paragraph 8 above shall be reduced proportionately; and
to the extent that the Adviser reimburses the Fund as a result of such expense limitations, such
Sub-Adviser shall reimburse the Adviser that proportion of such reimbursement payments which the
fee payable to each Sub-Adviser pursuant to paragraph 8 above bears to the advisory fee under
this Contract.
10. Limitation of Liability of Sub-Adviser and Indemnification. No Sub-Adviser shall be
liable for any costs or liabilities arising from any error of judgment or mistake of law or any
loss suffered by the Fund in connection with the matters to which this Contract relates except a
loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of such
Sub-Adviser in the performance by such Sub-Adviser of its duties or from reckless disregard by
such Sub-Adviser of its obligations and duties under this Contract. Any person, even though also
an officer, partner, employee, or agent of a Sub-Adviser, who may be or become a Managing General
Partner, officer, employee or agent of the Fund, shall be deemed, when rendering services to the
Fund or acting with respect to any business of the Fund, to be rendering such service to or
acting solely for the the Fund and not as an officer, partner, employee, or agent or one under
the control or direction of such Sub-Adviser even though paid by it.
11. Duration and Termination.
(a) This Contract shall become effective with respect to each Sub-Adviser upon the later of
the date hereabove written and the date that such Sub-Adviser is registered with the SEC as an
investment adviser under the Advisers Act, if a Sub-Adviser is not so registered as of the date
hereabove written; provided, however, that this Contract shall not take effect with respect to
the Fund unless it has first been approved (i) by a vote of a majority of the Independent
Managing General Partners, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of
voting on such approval, and (ii) by vote of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting
securities, when required by the 0000 Xxx.
(b) Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, this Contract shall continue in force and
effect until two years after its effective date determined in 11(a). Thereafter, if not
terminated, with respect to each Fund, this Contract shall continue automatically for successive
periods not to exceed twelve months each, provided that such continuance is specifically approved
at least annually (i) by a vote of a majority of the Independent Managing General Partners, cast
in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (ii) by the Board
or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of that Fund.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Fund or any Sub-Adviser(s), this
Contract may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, (i) by vote of the
Board or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund on sixty days’
written notice to such Sub-Adviser(s); or (ii) by the Adviser on sixty days’ written notice to
such Sub-Adviser(s); or (iii) by a Sub-Adviser on sixty days’ written notice to the Fund. Should
this Contract be terminated with respect to a Sub-Adviser, the Adviser shall assume the duties
and responsibilities of such Sub-Adviser unless and until the Adviser appoints another
Sub-Adviser to perform such duties and responsibilities. Termination of this Contract with
respect to one Sub-Adviser(s) shall not affect the continued effectiveness of this Contract with
respect to any remaining Sub-Adviser(s). This Contract will automatically terminate in the event
of its assignment.
12. Amendment. No provision of this Contract may be changed, waived, discharged or
terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which
enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought, and, when required by the
1940 Act, no amendment of this Contract shall be effective until approved by vote of a majority
of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities.
13. Notices. Any notices under this Contract shall be in writing, addressed and delivered,
telecopied or mailed postage paid, to the other party entitled to receipt thereof at such address
as such party may designate for the receipt of such notice. Until further notice to the other
party, it is agreed that the address of the Fund and the Adviser shall be 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000. Until further notice to the other party, it is agreed that
the address of each Sub-Adviser shall be set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.
14. Governing Law. This Contract shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Texas and the 1940 Act. To the extent that the applicable laws of the State of Texas conflict
with the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the latter shall control.
15. Multiple Sub-Advisory Agreements. This Contract has been signed by multiple parties;
namely the Adviser, on one hand, and each Sub-Adviser, on the other. The parties have signed one
document for administrative convenience to avoid a multiplicity of documents. It is understood
and agreed that this document shall constitute a separate sub-advisory agreement between the
Adviser and each Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund, as if the Adviser and such Sub-Adviser had
executed a separate sub-advisory agreement naming such Sub-Adviser as a sub-adviser to the Fund.
With respect to any one Sub-Adviser, (i) references in this Contract to “a Sub-Adviser” or to
“each Sub-Adviser” shall be deemed to refer only to such Sub-Adviser, and (ii) the term “this
Contract” shall be construed according to the foregoing provisions.
16. Miscellaneous. The captions in this Contract are included for convenience of reference
only and in no way define or delimit any of the provisions hereof or otherwise affect their
construction or effect. If any provision of this Contract shall be held or made invalid by a
court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Contract shall not be affected
thereby. This Contract shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors. Any question of interpretation of any term or provision of this
Contract having a counterpart in or otherwise derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act or
the Advisers Act shall be resolved by reference to such term or provision of the 1940 Act or the
Advisers Act and to interpretations thereof, if any, by the United States Courts or in the
absence of any controlling decision of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders of the SEC
issued pursuant to said Acts. In addition, where the effect of a requirement of the 1940 Act or
the Advisers Act reflected in any provision of the Contract is revised by rule, regulation or
order of the SEC, such provision shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule,
regulation or order.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Contract to be executed by their
officers designated as of the day and year first above written.
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| INVESCO HONG KONG LIMITED | INVESCO SENIOR SECURED MANAGEMENT, INC. | |||||||
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EXHIBIT A
Addresses of Sub-Advisers
Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH
Xx xxx Xxxxx 0, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Xx xxx Xxxxx 0, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Invesco Asset Management Limited
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
XX0X 0XX
ENGLAND
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
XX0X 0XX
ENGLAND
Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited
25th Floor, Shiroyama Trust Tower
0-0, Xxxxxxxxx 0-xxxxx, Xxxxxx-Xx
Xxxxx, Xxxxx 105-6025
25th Floor, Shiroyama Trust Tower
0-0, Xxxxxxxxx 0-xxxxx, Xxxxxx-Xx
Xxxxx, Xxxxx 105-6025
Invesco Australia Limited
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxx
Invesco Hong Kong Limited
32nd Floor
Three Pacific Place
1 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong
32nd Floor
Three Pacific Place
1 Queen’s Road East
Hong Kong
Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
XXX
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
XXX
Invesco Trimark Ltd.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX, X0X 0X0
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX, X0X 0X0
