SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT THE DREYFUS CORPORATION
SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THE DREYFUS CORPORATION
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
February 2, 1995
Amended as of Xxxxx 00, 0000
Xxxxxx Equity Associates, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
As you are aware, Dreyfus LifeTime Portfolios, Inc. (the "Fund") desires to employ its capital by investing and reinvesting the same in investments of the type and in accordance with the limitations specified in its charter documents and in its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information as from time to time in effect, copies of which have been or will be submitted to you, and in such manner and to such extent as from time to time may be approved by the Fund's Board. The Fund intends to employ The Dreyfus Corporation (the "Adviser") to act as its investment adviser pursuant to a written agreement (the "Management Agreement"), a copy of which has been furnished to you. The Adviser desires to employ you to act as the sub-investment adviser to each of the Fund's series named on Schedule 1 hereto, as such Schedule may be revised from time to time (each, a "Series").
In this connection, it is understood that from time to time you will employ or associate with yourself such person or persons as you may believe to be particularly fitted to assist you in the performance of this Agreement. Such person or persons may be officers or employees who are employed by both you and the Fund. The compensation of such person or persons shall be paid by you and no obligation may be incurred on the Fund's behalf in any such respect.
Subject to the supervision and approval of the Adviser, you will determine the asset allocation among the asset classes for each Series and provide investment management of each Series' equity portfolio in accordance with such Series' investment objectives and policies as stated in the Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information as from time to time in effect. In connection therewith, you will supervise each Series' investments and conduct a continuous program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate with respect to the Series' equity portfolio, sale and reinvestment of such Series' assets. You will furnish to the Adviser or the Fund such statistical information, with respect to the investments which a Series may hold or contemplate purchasing, as the Adviser or the Fund may reasonably request. The Fund and the Adviser wish to be informed of important developments materially affecting any Series' portfolio and shall expect you, on your own initiative, to furnish to the Fund or the Adviser from time to time such information as you may believe appropriate for this purpose.
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You shall exercise your best judgment in rendering the services to be provided hereunder, and the Adviser agrees as an inducement to your undertaking the same that you shall not be liable hereunder for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund or the Adviser, provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect you against any liability to the Adviser, the Fund or the Series or the Series' security holders to which you would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of your duties hereunder, or by reason of your reckless disregard of your obligations and duties hereunder. The Fund is expressly made a third party beneficiary of this Agreement with rights as respect to the Series to the same extent as if it had been a party hereto.
In consideration of services rendered pursuant to this Agreement, the Adviser will pay you, on the first business day of each month, out of the management fee it receives with respect to the Series and only to the extent thereof, a fee at the rate set forth opposite each Series' name on Schedule 1 hereto. Net asset value shall be computed on such days and at such time or times as described in the Fund's then-current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information. The fee for the period from the date following the commencement of the public sale of a Series' shares (after any sales are made to the Adviser) to the end of the month during which such sale shall have been commenced shall be pro-rated according to the proportion which such period bears to the full monthly period, and upon any termination of this Agreement before the end of any month, the fee for such part of a month shall be pro-rated according to the proportion which such period bears to the full monthly period and shall be payable within 10 business days of date of termination of this Agreement.
For the purpose of determining fees payable to you, the value of each Series' net assets shall be computed in the manner specified in the Fund's charter documents for the computation of the value of each Series' net assets.
You will bear all expenses in connection with the performance of your services under this Agreement. All other expenses to be incurred in the operation of the Fund (other than those borne by the Adviser) will be borne by the Fund, except to the extent specifically assumed by you. The expenses to be borne by the Fund include, without limitation, the following: organizational costs, taxes, interest, loan commitment fees, interest and distributions paid on securities sold short, brokerage fees and commissions, if any, fees of Board members who are not officers, directors, employees or holders of 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of you or the Adviser or any affiliate of you or the Adviser, Securities and Exchange Commission fees and state Blue Sky qualification fees, advisory fees, charges of custodians, transfer and dividend disbursing agents' fees, certain insurance premiums, industry association fees, outside auditing and legal expenses, costs of independent pricing services, costs of maintaining the Fund's existence, costs attributable to investor services (including, without limitation, telephone and personnel expenses), costs of preparing and printing prospectuses and statements of additional information for regulatory purposes and for distribution to existing stockholders, costs of stockholders' reports and meetings, and any extraordinary expenses.
As to each Series, if in any fiscal year the aggregate expenses of the Series (including fees pursuant to the Fund's Management Agreement, but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage and, with the prior written consent of the necessary state securities commissions, extraordinary expenses) exceed the expense limitation of any state having jurisdiction over the Series, the Adviser may deduct from the fees to be paid hereunder, or you will bear such excess expense on a pro-rata basis with the Adviser, in the proportion that the sub-advisory fee payable to you pursuant to this Agreement bears to the fee payable to the Adviser pursuant to the Management Agreement, to the extent required by state law. Your obligation pursuant hereto will be limited to the amount of your fees hereunder. Such deduction or payment, if any, will be estimated daily, and reconciled and effected or paid, as the case may be, on a monthly basis.
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The Adviser understands that you now act, and that from time to time hereafter you may act, as investment adviser to one or more other investment companies and fiduciary or other managed accounts, and the Adviser has no objection to your so acting, provided that when purchase or sale of securities of the same issuer is suitable for the investment objectives of two or more companies or accounts managed by you which have available funds for investment, the available securities will be allocated in a manner believed by you to be equitable to each company or account. It is recognized that in some cases this procedure may adversely affect the price paid or received by one or more Series or the size of the position obtainable for or disposed of by one or more Series. It is also understood that you and the Adviser shall be prohibited from consulting with each other concerning transactions described in Rule 12d3-1(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and that your responsibility regarding investment advice hereunder is limited to the Series.
In addition, it is understood that the persons employed by you to assist in the performance of your duties hereunder will not devote their full time to such services and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit or restrict your right or the right of any of your affiliates to engage in and devote time and attention to other businesses or to render services of whatever kind or nature.
You shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund or the Adviser in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, except for a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on your part in the performance of your duties or from reckless disregard by you of your obligations and duties under this Agreement. Any person, even though also your officer, director, partner, employee or agent, who may be or become an officer, Board member, employee or agent of the Fund, shall be deemed, when rendering services to the Fund or acting on any business of the Fund, to be rendering such services to or acting solely for the Fund and not as your officer, director, partner, employee, or agent or one under your control or direction even though paid by you.
As to each Series, this Agreement shall continue until the date set forth opposite such Series' name on Schedule 1 hereto (the "Reapproval Date") and thereafter shall continue automatically for successive annual periods ending on the day of each year set forth opposite the Series' name on Schedule 1 hereto (the "Reapproval Day"), provided such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the Fund's Board or (ii) vote of a majority (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of such Series' outstanding voting securities, provided that in either event its continuance also is approved by a majority of the Fund's Board members who are not "interested persons" (as defined in said Act) of any party to this Agreement, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. As to each Series, this Agreement is terminable without penalty (i) by the Adviser upon 60 days' notice to you, (ii) by the Fund's Board or by vote of the holders of a majority of such Series' shares upon 60 days' notice to you, or (iii) by you upon not less than 90 days' notice to the Fund and the Adviser. This Agreement also will terminate automatically, as to the relevant Series, in the event of its assignment (as defined in said Act). In addition, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Management Agreement terminates for any reason, this Agreement shall terminate effective upon the date the Management Agreement terminates.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, will you kindly so indicate by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy hereof.
Very truly yours,
THE DREYFUS CORPORATION
By:/s/ J. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
J.Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Accepted:
MELLON EQUITY ASSOCIATES, INC.
By:/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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SCHEDULE 1
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Name of Series |
Annual Fee as a Percentage of Average Daily |
Reapproval Date |
Reapproval Day |
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Growth and Income Portfolio |
* |
August 31,2007 |
August 31st |
As revised: January 9, 2009
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*.28% of the Portfolio's average daily net assets up to $600 million in Fund assets; .18% of the Portfolio's average daily net assets when the Fund's assets are between $600 million and $1.2 billion; .13% of the Portfolio's average daily net assets when the Fund's assets are between $1.2 billion and $1.8 billion; and .08% of the Portfolio's average daily net assets when the Fund's assets are over $1.8 billion.
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