MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of March 27, 1995, between COLONIAL TRUST IV,
a Massachusetts business trust (Trust), with respect to COLONIAL
SHORT-TERM TAX-EXEMPT FUND (Fund), and COLONIAL MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATES, INC., a Massachusetts corporation (Adviser).
In consideration of the promises and covenants herein, the
parties agree as follows:
1. The Adviser will manage the investment of the assets of the
Fund in accordance with its prospectus and statement of
additional information and will perform the other services
herein set forth, subject to the supervision of the Board of
Trustees of the Trust. The Adviser may delegate its
investment responsibilities to a sub-adviser.
2. In carrying out its investment management obligations, the
Adviser shall:
(a) evaluate such economic, statistical and financial
information and undertake such investment research as it
shall believe advisable; (b) purchase and sell securities and
other investments for the Fund in accordance with the
procedures described in its prospectus and statement of
additional information; and (c) report results to the Board
of Trustees of the Trust.
3. The Adviser shall furnish at its expense the following:
(a) office space, supplies, facilities and equipment; (b)
executive and other personnel for managing the affairs of the
Fund (including preparing financial information of the Fund
and reports and tax returns required to be filed with public
authorities, but exclusive of those related to custodial,
transfer, dividend and plan agency services, determination of
net asset value and maintenance of records required by
Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the rules thereunder (1940 Act)); and (c)
compensation of Trustees who are directors, officers,
partners or employees of the Adviser or its affiliated
persons (other than a registered investment company).
4. The Adviser shall be free to render similar services to
others so long as its services hereunder are not impaired
thereby.
5. The Fund shall pay the Adviser monthly a fee at the annual
rate of 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.
6. If the operating expenses of the Fund for any fiscal year
exceed the most restrictive applicable expense limitation for
any state in which shares are sold, the Adviser's fee shall
be reduced by the excess but not to less than zero.
Operating expenses shall not include brokerage, interest,
taxes, deferred organization expenses, Rule 12b-1
distribution fees, service fees and extraordinary expenses,
if any. The Adviser may waive its compensation (and bear
expenses of the Fund) to the extent that expenses of the Fund
exceed any expense limitation the Adviser declares to be
effective.
7. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date of its
execution, and
(a) unless otherwise terminated, shall continue until two
years from its date of execution and from year to year
thereafter so long as approved annually in accordance with
the 1940 Act; (b) may be terminated without penalty on
sixty days' written notice to the Adviser either by vote of
the Board of Trustees of the Trust or by vote of a majority
of the outstanding shares of the Fund; (c) shall
automatically terminate in the event of its assignment; and
(d) may be terminated without penalty by the Adviser on
sixty days' written notice to the Trust.
8. This Agreement may be amended in accordance with the 1940
Act.
9. For the purpose of the Agreement, the terms "vote of a
majority of the outstanding shares", "affiliated person" and
"assignment" shall have their respective meanings defined in
the 1940 Act and exemptions and interpretations issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1940 Act.
10 In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross
. negligence on the part of the Adviser, or reckless disregard
of its obligations and duties hereunder, the Adviser shall
not be subject to any liability to the Trust or the Fund, to
any shareholder of the Trust or the Fund or to any other
person, firm or organization, for any act or omission in the
course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder.
COLONIAL TRUST IV on behalf of
COLONIAL SHORT-TERM TAX-EXEMPT FUND
By: XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Controller
COLONIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
By: XXXXXX X. XXXXX
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
A copy of the document establishing the Trust is filed with the
Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This Agreement
is executed by officers not as individuals and is not binding
upon any of the Trustees, officers or shareholders of the Trust
individually but only upon the assets of the Fund.
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