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EXHIBIT d(1)(h)
SUBSTITUTION AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, made this ________ day of _____________, 200__, by and among
MainStay Management LLC ("MainStay Management"), New York Life Investment
Management LLC ("NYLIM") and Xxxx X. Xxxxx & Co., Inc. ("Xxxx X. Xxxxx & Co.").
WHEREAS, Xxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. serves as Sub-Adviser to the MainStay Research
Value Fund, a series of The MainStay Funds ("the "Fund") pursuant to a
Sub-Advisory Agreement between Xxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. and MainStay Management dated
May 31, 1998 (as amended October 1, 1999) (the "Sub-Advisory Agreement");
WHEREAS, NYLIM was validly organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware to succeed to the investment advisory business of MainStay Management
and certain other affiliates;
WHEREAS, with respect to the Fund to which Xxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. serves as
Sub-Adviser, MainStay Management wishes to substitute NYLIM in place of MainStay
Management, as a party to the Sub-Advisory Agreement, and NYLIM wishes to accept
the substitution;
WHEREAS, MainStay Management and NYLIM have represented to the Fund that
(i) advisory and other personnel currently servicing the Fund will not change as
a result of the substitution; (ii) NYLIM will have the resources to meet its
obligations to Xxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. and the MainStay Research Value Fund,
respectively; (iii) the investment process used by NYLIM with respect to the
Fund is identical to that used by MainStay Management; and (iv) the substitution
will not result in a change in actual control or management within the meaning
of Rule 2a-6 of the Act; and
WHEREAS, under these circumstances, Xxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. agrees to the
substitution of NYLIM as a party to the Sub-Advisory Agreement in place of
MainStay Management.
NOW THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows:
1. Substitution of Party. Effective as of the date first written above,
NYLIM hereby assumes all of the interest, rights and responsibilities of
MainStay Management under the Sub-Advisory Agreement.
2. Performance of Duties. NYLIM hereby assumes and agrees to perform all of
MainStay Management's duties and obligations under the Sub-Advisory Agreement
and to be subject to all of the terms and conditions of such agreement as if
they applied to NYLIM. Nothing in this Substitution Agreement shall make NYLIM
responsible for any claim or demand arising under the Sub-Advisory Agreement
from services rendered prior to the effective date of
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this Substitution Agreement unless otherwise agreed by NYLIM; and nothing in
this Substitution Agreement shall make MainStay Management responsible for any
claim or demand arising under the Sub-Advisory Agreement from services rendered
after the effective date of this Substitution Agreement unless otherwise agreed
by MainStay Management.
3. Representations. NYLIM represents and warrants that it is registered as
an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers
Act"). MainStay Management and NYLIM each represents and warrants that they are
both under the same control and management, and that substitution of NYLIM as a
party to the Sub-Advisory Agreement in place of MainStay Management shall not
result in an "assignment" of the Sub-Advisory Agreement as that term is defined
in the Act or the Advisers Act.
4. Consents. Xxxx X. Xxxxx & Co. hereby consents to assumption by NYLIM of
the interest, rights and responsibilities of MainStay Management under the
Sub-Advisory Agreement and agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of the
said Sub-Advisory Agreement, to look solely to NYLIM for the performance of
duties and obligation under such agreement after the effective date described
above.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Substitution
Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers hereunto duly
attested as of the date and year first written above.
Xxxx X. Xxxxx & Co., Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
MainStay Management LLC
By:
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Name:
Title:
New York Life Investment Management LLC
By:
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Name:
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