SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Exhibit (d)(xliii)
This SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT is dated as of August 3rd, 2007, by and between AIG SUNAMERICA
ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Adviser”), and XXXXXX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT,
LLC, a limited liability company organized pursuant to the laws of the State of Delaware (the
“Subadviser”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Adviser and SunAmerica Series Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the
“Trust”), have entered into an Investment Advisory and Management Agreement dated as of January 1,
1999, (the “Advisory Agreement”), pursuant to which the Adviser has agreed to provide investment
management, advisory and administrative services to the Trust; and
WHEREAS, the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Act”), as an open-end management investment company and may issue shares of beneficial interest,
no par value per share, in separately designated portfolios representing separate funds with their
own investment objectives, policies and purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Subadviser is engaged in the business of rendering investment advisory services
and is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended;
and
WHEREAS, the Adviser desires to retain the Subadviser to furnish investment advisory services
to the investment portfolio or portfolios of the Trust listed on Schedule A attached hereto (the
“Portfolio(s)”), and the Subadviser is willing to furnish such services;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed between the parties hereto as follows:
1. Duties of the Subadviser. The Adviser hereby engages the services of the Subadviser
in furtherance of its Investment Advisory and Management Agreement with the Trust. Pursuant to this
Subadvisory Agreement and subject to the oversight and review of the Adviser, the Subadviser will
manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of each Portfolio listed on Schedule A
attached hereto. The Subadviser will determine in its discretion and subject to the oversight and
review of the Adviser, the securities to be purchased or sold, will provide the Adviser with
records concerning its activities which the Adviser or the Trust is required to maintain, and will
render regular reports to the Adviser and to officers and Trustees of the Trust concerning its
discharge of the foregoing responsibilities. The Subadviser shall discharge the foregoing
responsibilities subject to the control of the officers and the Trustees of the Trust and in
compliance with such policies as the Trustees of the Trust may from time to time establish as
delivered in writing to the Subadviser, and in compliance with (a) the objectives, policies, and
limitations for the Portfolio(s) set forth in the Trust’s current prospectus and statement of
additional information as delivered to the Subadviser, and (b) applicable laws and regulations.
The Subadviser agrees that it will operate and manage the Portfolio set forth in Schedule A
(1) in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws governing the
Subadviser’s management of the Portfolio and investments; and (2) so as not to jeopardize
either the treatment of the SunAmerica Series Trust variable annuity contracts issued by Variable
Separate Account and FS Variable Separate Account (File Nos. 33-47473 and 33-85014, respectively;
hereinafter “Contracts”), or such other variable annuity contracts established in the future, as
annuity contracts for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
Without limiting the foregoing, the Subadviser agrees to manage the Portfolio in compliance with
(a) the provisions of the Act and rules adopted thereunder; (b) the diversification requirements
specified in the Internal Revenue Service’s regulations under Section 817(h) of the Code; (c)
applicable state insurance laws; and (d) applicable federal and state securities, commodities and
banking laws; provided that Adviser shall provide Subadviser with written direction as to the
requirements of applicable state insurance laws and applicable federal and state banking laws. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, disclosure in the Trust’s prospectus and/or statement of
additional information of applicable state insurance laws and regulations and applicable federal
and state banking laws and regulations shall constitute “written direction” thereof. The Adviser
acknowledges and agrees that the Subadviser’s compliance with its obligations under this Agreement
will be based, in part, on information supplied by the Adviser, or an agent thereof, as to each
Portfolio, including but not limited to, portfolio security lot level realized and unrealized
gain/loss allocation. The Adviser agrees that all such information will be supplied on a timely
basis. The Subadviser further represents and warrants that to the extent that any statements or
omissions made in any Registration Statement for the Contracts or shares of the Trust, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, are made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished by the Subadviser expressly for use therein, such Registration Statement and any
amendments or supplements thereto will, when they become effective, conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (the “1933 Act”) and the Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading.
The Subadviser accepts such employment and agrees, at its own expense, to render the services
set forth herein and to provide the office space, furnishings, equipment and personnel required by
it to perform such services on the terms and for the compensation provided in this Agreement. The
Subadviser shall not have any responsibility for the administrative affairs of the Portfolio,
including any responsibility for the calculation of the net asset value of the Portfolio’s shares
or shareholder accounting services; provided, however, that the Subadviser shall, as requested from
time to time by the Adviser, assist the Adviser in obtaining pricing information relating to the
Portfolio’s investment securities.
2. Portfolio Transactions. The Subadviser is responsible for decisions to buy or sell
securities and other investments of the assets of each Portfolio, broker-dealers and futures
commission merchants’ selection, and negotiation of brokerage commission and futures commission
merchants’ rates. As a general matter, in executing portfolio transactions, the Subadviser may
employ or deal with such broker-dealers or futures commission merchants as may, in the Subadviser’s
best judgment, provide prompt and reliable execution of the
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transactions at favorable prices and
reasonable commission rates. In selecting such broker-dealers or futures commission merchants, the
Subadviser shall consider all relevant factors including price (including the applicable brokerage
commission, dealer spread or futures commission merchant rate), the size of the order, the nature
of the market for the security or other investment, the timing of the transaction, the reputation,
experience and financial stability
of the broker-dealer or futures commission merchant involved, the quality of the service, the
difficulty of execution, the execution capabilities and operational facilities of the firm
involved, and, in the case of securities, the firm’s risk in positioning a block of securities.
Subject to such policies as the Trustees may determine and consistent with Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), the Subadviser shall not be deemed to
have acted unlawfully or to have breached any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by
reason of the Subadviser’s having caused a Portfolio to pay a member of an exchange, broker or
dealer an amount of commission for effecting a securities transaction in excess of the amount of
commission another member of an exchange, broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that
transaction, if the Subadviser 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 member
of an exchange, broker or dealer viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the
Subadviser’s overall responsibilities with respect to such Portfolio and to other clients as to
which the Subadviser exercises investment discretion. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the 1934
Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and subject to any other applicable laws and regulations
including Section 17(e) of the Act and Rule 17e-1 thereunder, the Subadviser may engage its
affiliates, the Adviser and its affiliates or any other subadviser to the Trust and its respective
affiliates, as broker-dealers or futures commission merchants to effect portfolio transactions in
securities and other investments for a Portfolio. The Subadviser will promptly communicate to the
Adviser and to the officers and the Trustees of the Trust such information relating to portfolio
transactions as they may reasonably request. To the extent consistent with applicable law, the
Subadviser may aggregate purchase or sell orders for the Portfolio with contemporaneous purchase or
sell orders of other clients of the Subadviser or its affiliated persons. In such event, allocation
of the securities so purchased or sold, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, will
be made by the Subadviser in the manner the Subadviser determines to be equitable and consistent
with its and its affiliates’ fiduciary obligations to the Portfolio and to such other clients. The
Adviser hereby acknowledges that such aggregation of orders may not result in more favorable
pricing or lower brokerage commissions in all instances.
3. Compensation of the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall not be entitled to receive any
payment from the Trust and shall look solely and exclusively to the Adviser for payment of all fees
for the services rendered, facilities furnished and expenses paid by it hereunder. As full
compensation for the Subadviser under this Agreement, the Adviser agrees to pay the Subadviser a
fee at the annual rates set forth in Schedule A hereto with respect to each Portfolio listed
thereon. Such fee shall be accrued daily and paid monthly as soon as practicable after the end of
each month (i.e., the applicable annual fee rate divided by 365 applied to each prior day’s’ net
assets in order to calculate the daily accrual). For purposes of calculating the Subadviser’s fee,
the average daily net asset value of a Portfolio shall be determined by taking an average of all
determinations of such net asset value during the month. If the Subadviser shall provide its
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services under this Agreement for less than the whole of any month, the foregoing compensation
shall be prorated.
4. Other Services. At the request of the Trust or the Adviser, the Subadviser in its
discretion may make available to the Trust, office facilities, equipment, personnel and other
services. Such office facilities, equipment, personnel and services shall be provided for or
rendered by the Subadviser and billed to the Trust or the Adviser at the Subadviser’s cost.
5. Reports. The Trust, the Adviser and the Subadviser agree to furnish to each other,
if applicable, current prospectuses, statements of additional information, proxy statements,
reports of shareholders, certified copies of their financial statements, and such other information
with regard to their affairs and that of the Trust as each may reasonably request.
6. Status of the Subadviser. The services of the Subadviser to the Adviser and the
Trust are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Subadviser shall be free to render similar services
to others so long as its services to the Trust are not impaired thereby. The Subadviser shall be
deemed to be an independent contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or
authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Trust in any way or otherwise be deemed
an agent of the Trust.
7. Certain Records. While the Subadviser is not being engaged to serve as the Trust’s
official record keeper, the Subadviser nevertheless hereby undertakes and agrees to maintain, in
the form and for the period required by Section 204 of the Advisers Act and Rule 204-2 thereunder,
all records relating to the investments of the Portfolio(s) that are required to be maintained by
the Subadviser pursuant to the requirements of Rule 204-2 under the Advisers Act. The Subadviser
will also, in connection with the purchase and sale of securities for each Portfolio, arrange for
the transmission to the custodian for the Trust on a daily basis, such confirmation, trade tickets,
and other documents and information, that identify securities to be purchased or sold on behalf of
the Portfolio, as may be reasonably necessary to enable the custodian to perform its administrative
and recordkeeping responsibilities with respect to the Portfolio. The Subadviser agrees that all
accounts, books and other records maintained and preserved by it as required hereby shall be
subject at any time, and from time to time, to such reasonable periodic, special and other
examinations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Trust’s auditors, the Trust or any
representative of the Trust, the Adviser, or any governmental agency or other instrumentality
having regulatory authority over the Trust.
8. Reference to the Subadviser. The Adviser covenants as follows:
(a) The Adviser will (and will cause its affiliates (including the Trust) (each an
“Affiliate”) to) use the name “Xxxxxx Investment Management”, “Xxxxxx Investments”, “Xxxxxx” or any
derivation thereof only for so long as this Agreement remains in effect. At such times as this
Agreement is no longer in effect, the Adviser will, and will cause each Affiliate to, cease using
any such name or any other name indicating that any Portfolio is advised by or otherwise connected
to the Subadviser.
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(b) It will not, and will cause its Affiliates to not, refer to the Subadviser or any
Affiliate in any sales literature or promotional material except with the prior approval of the
Subadviser. In the case of materials, such as the portfolio’s prospectus, required by law to be
prepared, such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) It will permit the Portfolios to be used as a funding vehicle only for insurance contracts
issued by SunAmerica Inc. or any of its affiliates.
(d) It will not (and will cause it Affiliates to not) engage in marketing programs (written or
otherwise) directed toward Xxxxxx Capital Manager Annuity Contract (“PCM”) which directly solicit
transfers from PCM to the Adviser’s products or those of its
Affiliates. For purposes of the foregoing, general marketing efforts by SunAmerica Inc. and
its affiliates shall not constitute a direct solicitation of PCM contract holders. The Adviser will
not (and will cause its Affiliates to not) create or use marketing materials which provide direct
comparisons between PCM and the Adviser’s products or those of any of its Affiliates. The Adviser,
in connection with any exchange program, will not (and will cause its Affiliates to not) reimburse
voluntarily, or enter into any contract or policy after the date hereof providing for the
reimbursement of, any deferred sales charges to encourage the transfer of assets from PCM to the
Adviser’s products or those of any Affiliate. For purposes hereof, the term “Affiliate” shall not
be construed to include agents of SunAmerica Inc. or affiliates thereof, who are not employees of
such entities.
9. Liability of the Subadviser. (a) In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties (“disabling conduct”) hereunder on
the part of the Subadviser (and its officers, directors, agents, employees, controlling persons,
shareholders and any other person or entity affiliated with the Subadviser) the Subadviser shall
not be subject to liability to the Trust, any shareholder of the Trust or the Adviser for any act
or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder, including without
limitation, any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by any of them in
connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates. Except for such disabling conduct, the
Adviser shall indemnify the Subadviser (and its officers, directors, partners, agents, employees,
controlling persons, shareholders and any other person or entity affiliated with the Subadviser)
(collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from any liability arising from the Subadviser’s conduct
under this Agreement.
(b) The Subadviser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser and its affiliates and
each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Adviser within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
litigation (including reasonable legal and other expenses), to which the Adviser or its affiliates
or such directors, officers or controlling persons may become subject under the 1933 Act, under
other statutes, at common law or otherwise, which may be based upon (i) any wrongful act or
material breach of this Agreement by the Subadviser resulting from Subadviser’s disabling conduct,
or (ii) any untrue statement of a material fact in the Trust’s registration statement or omission
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein
not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance on
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information furnished by the
Subadviser to use in such registration statement, provided, however, that in no case is the
Subadviser’s indemnity in favor of any person deemed to protect such other persons against any
liability to which such person would otherwise be subject by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, or gross negligence in the performance of his, her or its duties or by reason of his, her or
its reckless disregard of obligation and duties under this Agreement.
10. Permissible Interests. Trustees and agents of the Trust are or may be interested
in the Subadviser (or any successor thereof) as directors, partners, officers, or shareholders, or
otherwise; directors, partners, officers, agents, and shareholders of the Subadviser are or may be
interested in the Trust as trustees, or otherwise; and the Subadviser (or any successor) is or may
be interested in the Trust in some manner.
11. Term of the Agreement. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect with
respect to each Portfolio until two years from the date hereof, and from year to year thereafter so
long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually (i) by the vote of a majority
of those Trustees of the Trust 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 approval, and (ii)
by the Trustees of the Trust or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the
Portfolio voting separately from any other series of the Trust. “”
With respect to each Portfolio, this Agreement may be terminated at any time, without payment
of a penalty by the Portfolio or the Trust, by vote of a majority of the Trustees, or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities (as defined in the Act) of the Portfolio, voting
separately from any other series of the Trust, or by the Adviser, on not less than 30 nor more than
60 days’ written notice to the Subadviser. With respect to each Portfolio, this Agreement may be
terminated by the Subadviser at any time, without the payment of any penalty, on 60 days’ written
notice to the Adviser and the Trust. The termination of this Agreement with respect to any
Portfolio or the addition of any Portfolio to Schedule A hereto (in the manner required by the Act)
shall not affect the continued effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to each other Portfolio
subject hereto. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its assignment (as
defined by the Act).
This Agreement will also terminate in the event that the Advisory Agreement by and between the
Trust and the Adviser is terminated.
12. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by
a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected
thereby.
13. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent in writing, but the
consent of the Trust must be obtained in conformity with the requirements of the Act.
14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York and the applicable provisions of the Act. To the extent the applicable
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laws
of the State of New York, or any of the provisions herein, conflict with the applicable provisions
of the Act, the latter shall control.
15. Personal Liability. The Declaration of the Trust establishing the Trust (the
“Declaration”), is on file in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
and, in accordance with that Declaration, no Trustee, shareholder, officer, employee or agent of
the Trust shall be held to any personal liability, nor shall resort be had to their private
property for satisfaction of any obligation or claim or otherwise in connection with the affairs of
the Trust, but the “Trust Property” only shall be liable.
16. Separate Series. Pursuant to the provisions of the Declaration, each Portfolio is
a separate series of the Trust, and all debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses of a
particular Portfolio shall be enforceable only against the assets of that Portfolio and not against
the assets of any other Portfolio or of the Trust as a whole.
17. Confidentiality. The Subadviser will not disclose or use any records or
information obtained pursuant to this Agreement in any manner whatsoever except as expressly
authorized in this Agreement or as reasonably required to execute transactions on behalf of the
Portfolios, and will keep confidential any non-public information obtained directly as a result of
this service relationship, and the Subadviser shall disclose such non-public information only if
the Adviser or the Board of Trustees has authorized such disclosure by prior written consent, or if
such information is or hereafter otherwise is known by the Subadviser or has been disclosed,
directly or indirectly, by the Adviser or the Trust to others becomes ascertainable from public or
published information or trade sources, or if such disclosure is expressly required or requested by
applicable federal or state regulatory authorities or self regulatory organizations, or to the
extent such disclosure is reasonably required by auditors or attorneys of the Subadviser in
connection with the performance of their professional services or necessary for employees of the
Subadviser to carry out its duties on behalf of the Portfolio(s) as contemplated by this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subadviser may disclose the total return earned by the
Portfolios and may include such total return in the calculation of composite performance
information.
18. Notices. All notices shall be in writing and deemed properly given when delivered
or mailed by United States certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
addressed as follows:
| Subadviser: | Xxxxxx Investment Management, LLC | |||
| Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
| Xxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
| Attention: General Counsel |
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| Adviser: | AIG SunAmerica Asset Management Corp. | |||
| Harborside Financial Center | ||||
| 0000 Xxxxx 0 | ||||
| Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
| Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
| Senior Vice President and | ||||
| General Counsel | ||||
| with a copy to: | AIG Retirement Services, Inc. | |||
| 0 XxxXxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
| Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||||
| Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 | ||||
| Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
| Deputy General Counsel |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their respective duly authorized officers to
execute this Agreement as of the date first above written.
| AIG SUNAMERICA ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||
| XXXXXX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||||||
| By: | /s/ XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX | |||||
| Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
| Title: | Managing Director | |||||
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SCHEDULE A
| For | ||
| (as percentage of | ||
| average daily net assets of | ||
| Portfolio(s) | the Portfolio) | |
International Growth and Income
|
.65% on the first $150 million | |
| .55% on the next $150 million | ||
| .45% over $300 million | ||
Emerging Markets
|
.85% on the first $100 million | |
| .80% on the next $100 million | ||
| .75% over $200 million |
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