AMENDED AND RESTATED
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of this 1st day of May, 2006, between VANGUARD
SPECIALIZED FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), and WELLINGTON
MANAGEMENT COMPANY, llp, a Massachusetts partnership (the "Advisor").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Trust is an open-end, diversified management investment
company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust offers a series of shares known as Vanguard Dividend
Growth Fund (the "Fund"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust retained the Advisor to render investment advisory
services to the Fund under an Investment Advisory Agreement, dated as of May 27,
2003, and continuing for successive twelve month periods; 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 mutual promises and undertakings set
forth in this Agreement, the Trust and the Advisor hereby agree as follows:
1. APPOINTMENT OF ADVISOR. The 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
of Trustees") determines in its sole discretion to assign to the Advisor from
time to time (referred to in this Agreement as the "Wellington Portfolio"). As
of the date of this Agreement, the Wellington Portfolio will consist of the
portion of the assets of the Fund that the Board of Trustees has determined 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 Advisor 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 Wellington Portfolio; to
continuously review, supervise, and administer an investment program for the
Wellington Portfolio; 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 of 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 to 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 to perform the services on the terms and for the compensation provided
herein. In fulfilling its duties hereunder, the Advisor may utilize the services
of the investment professionals and facilities of affiliates of the Advisor
provided that the Advisor's responsibilities and liabilities hereunder shall not
be affected thereby.
3. SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS. The Advisor is authorized to select the brokers
or dealers that will execute purchases and sales of securities for the
Wellington Portfolio, and is directed to use its best efforts to obtain best
execution for such transactions. In selecting brokers or dealers to execute
trades for the Wellington Portfolio, the Advisor will comply with all applicable
statutes, rules, interpretations by the Securities and Exchange Commission or
its staff, other applicable law, and the written policies and procedures
established by the Fund's Board of Trustees and communicated to the Advisor in
writing.
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 therefore, 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
Wellington Portfolio ("Base Fee") and will be paid to the Advisor quarterly.
Further, the investment advisory fee will be increased or decreased by applying
a performance adjustment ("Performance Adjustment"), as specified in Schedule A.
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,
information about changes in partners of the Advisor. The Fund acknowledges
receipt of Part II of the Advisor's Form ADV.
6. COMPLIANCE. 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 other brokerage arrangements. "Applicable Law" means
(i) the "federal securities laws" as defined in Rule 38a-1(e)(1) 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.
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
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subject by reason of any willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in
the performance of its duties or the reckless disregard of its obligations with
respect to the Advisor's management of the Wellington 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 a period of two
years thereafter, and shall continue in effect for successive twelve-month
periods thereafter, only so long as this Agreement is approved at least annually
by votes of the Trust's Board of 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 effected 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 Dividend Growth Fund
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Portfolio Review Group
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
If to the Advisor, at:
Wellington Management Company, LLP
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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
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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 10, the terms "assignment," "interested persons,"
and "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" 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 rendered hereunder 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 Trustees 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 than due to disclosure by the Advisor or its affiliates or
becomes known to the Advisor from a source other than the Trust, the Board of
Trustees of the Trust, or Vanguard.
13. PROXY POLICY. The Advisor acknowledges that Vanguard will vote the
shares of all securities that are held by the Fund unless other mutually
acceptable arrangements are made with the Advisor with respect to the Wellington
Portfolio.
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.
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLP VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx 6/14/06 Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx 6/5/06
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