SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
This SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT is dated as of September 6, 2002, by and between
SUNAMERICA ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Adviser"), and
SALOMON BROTHERS ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Subadviser").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Adviser and SunAmerica Style Select Series, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the "Corporation"), 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 Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation 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 common stock, par value $.0001 per share, in separately
designated series 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 Investment Advisory and Management Agreement provides that the
advisor may delegate all or a portion of its portfolio management
responsibilities under the Advisory Agreement to one or more subadvisors; and
WHEREAS, the Adviser desires to retain the Subadviser to furnish investment
advisory services to the investment series of the Corporation listed on Schedule
A attached hereto (the "Portfolio"), and the Subadviser is willing to furnish
such services;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set
forth in this Advisory Agreement, 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 Corporation. Pursuant to this Subadvisory Agreement and
subject to the oversight and review of the Adviser, the Subadviser will manage
the investment and reinvestment of a portion 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 Corporation is required to
maintain, and will render regular reports to the Adviser and to officers and
Directors of the Corporation concerning its discharge of the foregoing
responsibilities. The Subadviser shall discharge the foregoing responsibilities
subject to the control of the officers and the Directors of the Corporation and
in compliance with such policies as the Directors of the Corporation may from
time to time establish and communicate to Subadviser, and in compliance with (a)
the objectives, policies, and limitations for the Portfolio set forth in the
Corporation's current prospectus and statement of additional information as
provided to Subadviser, and (b) applicable laws and regulations.
The Subadviser represents and warrants to the Adviser that the portion
of each Portfolio set forth in Schedule A managed by it will at all times be
operated and managed in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws
governing its operations and investments. Without limiting the foregoing and
subject to Section 9(c) hereof, the Subadviser represents and warrants (1) that
the Subadviser's management of the assets of a Portfolio will be designed to
achieve qualification by each Portfolio to be treated as a "regulated investment
company" under subchapter M, chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"), and (2) compliance with (a) the provisions of the Act and
rules adopted thereunder that relate to the investment of Portfolio assets,
including depositing those assets in custody with institutions designated by the
Corporation; and (b) applicable federal and state securities and commodities
laws (other than state securities laws relating to the amount of Portfolio
shares that may be sold in a particular state); provided that for purposes of
Section 17(a), (d) and (e), the Subadviser shall effect compliance only in
relation to its own affiliates and to affiliated persons identified to it by the
Adviser. The Subadviser further represents and warrants that only with respect
to any statements or omissions made in any Registration Statement for shares of
the Corporation, or any amendment or supplement thereto, 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, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") thereunder 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 agrees: (i) to maintain a level of errors and omissions
or professional liability insurance coverage that, at all times during the
course of this Agreement, is appropriate given the nature of its business, and
(ii) from time to time and upon reasonable request, to supply evidence of such
coverage to the Adviser.
2. PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS (a) The Subadviser is responsible for
decisions, and is hereby authorized, to buy or sell securities and other
investments for 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 judgement, provide prompt and
reliable execution of
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the 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 Directors 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 Corporation 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 Directors of the Corporation 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.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 2(a) above, for such purposes as
obtaining investment research products and services, covering fees and expenses,
and rewarding sales or distribution, the Adviser may direct the Subadviser to
effect a specific percentage of a Portfolio's transactions in securities and
other investments to certain broker-dealers and futures commission merchants. In
designating the use of a particular broker-dealer or futures commission
merchant, the Adviser and Subadviser acknowledge: 1) all brokerage transactions
are subject to best execution. As such, Subadviser will use it's best efforts to
direct non-risk commission transactions to a particular broker-dealer in futures
commission merchant designated by the Adviser provided that the Subadviser
obtains best execution; 2) such direction may result in the Subadviser paying a
higher commission, depending upon the Subadviser's arrangements with the
particular broker-dealer or futures commission merchant, etc; 3) if the
Subadviser directs payments of an excessive amount of commissions, the
executions may not be accomplished as
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rapidly. In addition, the Subadviser may forfeit the possible advantage derived
from the aggregation of multiple orders as a single "bunched" transaction where
Subadviser would, in some instances, be in a better position to negotiate
commissions; and 4) Subadviser does not make commitments to allocate fixed or
definite amounts of commissions to brokers. As such the Subadviser may be unable
to fulfill the Adviser's request for direction due to the reasons stated above.
The Subadvisers will not be held accountable for actions taken in response to
the Adviser's specific request for direction in the absence of disabling conduct
described in paragraph nine herein.
3. COMPENSATION OF THE SUBADVISER The Subadviser shall not be entitled to
receive any payment from the Corporation 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 to the Subadviser a
fee at the annual rates set forth in Schedule A hereto with respect to the
portion of the assets managed by the Subadviser for 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 days' net assets in order to calculate the daily accrual).
If the Subadviser shall provide its 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 Corporation or the Adviser, the
Subadviser in its discretion may make available to the Corporation 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 Corporation or the Adviser at the Subadviser's
cost.
5. REPORTS The Corporation, 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 Corporation as each may reasonably request.
6. STATUS OF THE SUBADVISER The services of the Subadviser to the Adviser
and the Corporation 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
Corporation 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 Corporation in any way
or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Corporation.
7. CERTAIN RECORDS The Subadviser hereby undertakes and agrees to
maintain, in the form and for the period required by Rule 31a-2 under the Act,
all records relating to the investments of the Portfolio that are required to be
maintained by the Corporation pursuant to the requirements of Rule 31a-1 of that
Act. Any records required to be maintained and preserved pursuant to the
provisions of Rule 31a-1 and Rule 31a-2 promulgated under the Act which are
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prepared or maintained by the Subadviser on behalf of the Corporation are the
property of the Corporation and will be surrendered promptly to the Corporation
or the Adviser on request.
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 Corporation's
auditors, the Corporation or any representative of the Corporation, the Adviser,
or any governmental agency or other instrumentality having regulatory authority
over the Corporation.
8. REFERENCE TO THE SUBADVISER Neither the Corporation nor the Adviser or
any affiliate or agent thereof shall make reference to or use the name of the
Subadviser or any of its affiliates in any advertising or promotional materials
("materials") without the prior approval of the Subadviser, which approval will
be both in writing and not unreasonably withheld. The Subadviser will receive
notice of all materials by e-mail. The e-mail notice will proscribe a reasonable
time period, commencing on the receipt of the materials, in which the Subadviser
may provide its written comments or objections, if any.
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 Adviser, its officers, directors, agents, employees,
controlling persons or shareholders or to the Corporation or to any shareholder
of the Corporation 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 to the extent specified
in Section 36(b) of the Act concerning loss resulting from a breach of fiduciary
duty with respect to the receipt of compensation for services.
(b) The Subadviser shall not be liable to the Adviser, its officers,
directors, agents, employees, controlling persons or shareholders or to the
Corporation or its shareholders for (i) any acts of the Adviser or any other
subadviser to the Portfolio with respect to the portion of the assets of a
Portfolio not managed by Subadviser and (ii) acts of the Subadviser which result
from or are based upon acts of the Adviser, including, but not limited to, a
failure of the Adviser to provide accurate and current information with respect
to any records maintained by Adviser or any other subadviser to a Portfolio,
which records are not also maintained by the Subadviser or, to the extent such
records relate to the portion of the assets managed by the Subadviser, otherwise
available to the Subadviser upon reasonable request. The Adviser and Subadviser
each agree that the Subadviser shall manage the portion of the assets of a
Portfolio allocated to it as if it was a separate operating portfolio and shall
comply with subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1of this Subadvisory Agreement
(including, but not limited to, the investment objectives, policies and
restrictions applicable to a Portfolio and qualifications of a Portfolio as a
regulated investment company under the Code) only with respect to the portion of
assets of a Portfolio allocated to Subadviser. The Adviser shall indemnify the
Indemnified Parties from any
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and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including reasonable
legal and other expenses) arising from the conduct of the Adviser, the
Corporation and any other subadviser with respect to the portion of a
Portfolio's assets not allocated to the Subadviser and with respect to any other
portfolio of the Corporation.
10. PERMISSIBLE INTERESTS Directors and agents of the Corporation 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 Corporation as Directors, or otherwise; and the Subadviser (or any
successor) is or may be interested in the Corporation 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 Directors of
the Corporation 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 Directors of the Corporation or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio voting separately
from any other series of the Corporation.
With respect to each Portfolio, this Agreement may be terminated at
any time, without payment of a penalty by the Portfolio or the Corporation, by
vote of a majority of the Directors, 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 Corporation, 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 90 days' written notice to the Adviser
and the Corporation. 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 Corporation and the Adviser is terminated.
12. SEVERABILITY This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between
the parties hereto. 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 Corporation must be obtained in conformity with the
requirements of the Act.
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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 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. SEPARATE SERIES Pursuant to the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation and the General Laws of the State of Maryland, each Portfolio is a
separate series of the Corporation, 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
Corporation as a whole.
16. 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: Salomon Brothers Asset Management, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
General Counsel
Adviser: SunAmerica Asset Management Corp.
The SunAmerica Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Senior Vice President and
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.
SUNAMERICA ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP.
By: ____________________________________
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: President
SALOMON BROTHERS ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
By: ____________________________________
Name: A. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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