EX-99.D7
Exhibit 23(d)(7)
DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
THE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST PORTFOLIO II
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, made by and between DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC. (the
"Fund"), a Maryland corporation, for THE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST PORTFOLIO
II (the "Portfolio"), and DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC. (the "Investment
Manager"), a Delaware corporation.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Fund has been organized and operates as an investment
company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and engages in the
business of investing and reinvesting its assets in securities; and
WHEREAS, the Investment Manager is a registered Investment Adviser
under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and engages in the business of
providing investment management services; and
WHEREAS, the Investment Manager serves as the investment manager for
other portfolios of the Fund, and the Fund desires to retain the Investment
Manager to serve as the investment manager for this Portfolio effective as of
the date of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained, and each of the parties hereto intending to be legally bound, it is
agreed as follows:
1. The Fund hereby employs the Investment Manager to manage the
investment and reinvestment of the Portfolio's assets and to administer its
affairs, subject to the direction of the Board and officers of the Fund for the
period and on the terms hereinafter set forth. The Investment Manager
hereby accepts such employment and agrees during such period to render the
services and assume the obligations herein set forth for the compensation herein
provided. The Investment Manager shall, for all purposes herein, be deemed to be
an independent contractor, and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided and
authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Fund in any way, or in
any way be deemed an agent of the Fund. The Investment Manager shall regularly
make decisions as to what securities to purchase and sell on behalf of the
Portfolio, shall effect the purchase and sale of investments in furtherance of
the Portfolio's objectives and policies, and shall furnish the Board of
Directors of the Fund with such information and reports regarding the
Portfolio's investments as the Investment Manager deems appropriate or as the
Directors of the Fund may reasonably request.
2. The Fund shall conduct its own business and affairs and shall bear
the expenses and salaries necessary and incidental thereto including, but not in
limitation of the foregoing, the costs incurred in: the maintenance of its
corporate existence; the maintenance of its own books, records and procedures;
dealing with its own shareholders; the payment of dividends; transfer of stock,
including issuance, redemption and repurchase of shares; preparation of share
certificates; reports and notices to shareholders; calling and holding of
shareholders' meetings; miscellaneous office expenses; brokerage commissions;
custodian fees; legal and accounting fees; taxes; and federal and state
registration fees. The Portfolio shall bear all of its own organizational costs.
Directors, officers and employees of the Investment Manager may be
directors, officers and employees of the funds of which Delaware Management
Company, Inc. is Investment Manager. Directors, officers and employees of the
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Investment Manager who are directors, officers and/or employees of the funds
shall not receive any compensation from the funds for acting in such dual
capacity.
In the conduct of the respective businesses of the parties hereto
and in the performance of this Agreement, the Fund and Investment Manager may
share facilities common to each, with appropriate proration of expenses between
them.
3. (a) The Fund shall place and execute its own orders for the purchase
and sale of domestic portfolio securities with broker/dealers. Subject to the
primary objective of obtaining the best available prices and execution, the Fund
will place orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities with such
broker/dealers selected from among those designated from time to time by the
Investment Manager, who provide statistical, factual and financial information
and services to the Fund, to the Investment Manager, or to any other fund for
which the Investment Manager provides investment advisory services and/or with
broker/dealers who sell shares of the Fund or who sell shares of any other fund
for which the Investment Manager provides investment advisory services.
Broker/dealers who sell shares of the funds of which Delaware Management
Company, Inc. or Delaware International Advisers Ltd. is investment manager,
shall only receive orders for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities to
the extent that the placing of such orders is in compliance with the Rules of
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) above and
subject to such policies and procedures as may be adopted by the Board of
Directors and officers of the Fund, the Investment Manager may ask the Fund,
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and the Fund may agree, 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, in such instances where it, and the
Investment Manager, have determined 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, broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that
particular transaction or the Investment Manager's overall responsibilities with
respect to the Fund and to other funds or other advisory accounts for which the
Investment Manager exercises investment discretion.
4. As compensation for the services to be rendered to the Fund by the
Investment Manager under the provisions of this Agreement, the Fund shall pay to
the Investment Manager monthly from the Portfolio's assets a fee (at an annual
rate) equal to 0.75% of the average daily net assets of the Portfolio during the
month.
If this Agreement is terminated prior to the end of any calendar
month, the management fee shall be prorated for the portion of any month in
which this Agreement is in effect according to the proportion which the number
of calendar days during which the Agreement is in effect bears to the number of
calendar days in the month, and shall be payable within 10 days after the date
of termination.
5. The Investment Manager may, at its expense, select and contract with
one or more registered investment advisers (the "Sub-Adviser") for the Fund to
perform some or all of the services for the Portfolio for which it is
responsible under this Agreement. Notwithstanding Paragraph 3 hereof, such
Sub-Adviser may be responsible for executing orders for the purchase and sale
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of portfolio securities. The Investment Manager will compensate any Sub-Adviser
for its services to the Fund. The Investment Manager may terminate the services
of any Sub-Adviser at any time in its sole discretion, and shall at such time
assume the responsibilities of such Sub-Adviser unless and until a successor
Sub-Adviser is selected.
6. The services to be rendered by the Investment Manager to the Fund
under the provisions of this Agreement are not to be deemed to be exclusive, and
the Investment Manager shall be free to render similar or different services to
others so long as its ability to render the services provided for in this
Agreement shall not be impaired thereby.
7. The Investment Manager, its directors, officers, employees, agents
and shareholders may engage in other businesses, may render investment advisory
services to other investment companies, or to any other corporation,
association, firm or individual, and may render underwriting services to the
Fund or to any other investment company, corporation, association, firm or
individual.
8. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence,
or a reckless disregard of the performance of duties of the Investment Manager
to the Fund, the Investment Manager shall not be subject to liabilities to the
Fund or to any shareholder of the Fund for any action or omission in the course
of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that may
be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security, or otherwise.
9. This Agreement shall be executed and become effective as of the date
written below. It shall continue in effect for a period of two years from such
date and may be renewed thereafter only so long as such renewal and
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continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the Board of Directors
of the Fund or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the
Portfolio and only if the terms and the renewal hereof have been approved by the
vote of a majority of the Directors of the Fund who are not parties hereto or
interested persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the
purpose of voting on such approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this
Agreement may be terminated by the Fund at any time, without the payment of a
penalty, on sixty days' written notice to the Investment Manager of the Fund's
intention to do so, pursuant to action by the Board of Directors of the Fund or
pursuant to vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the
Portfolio. The Investment Manager may terminate this Agreement at any time,
without the payment of penalty, on sixty days' written notice to the Fund of its
intention to do so. Upon termination of this Agreement, the obligations of all
the parties hereunder shall cease and terminate as of the date of such
termination, except for any obligation to respond for a breach of this Agreement
committed prior to such termination, and except for the obligation of the Fund
to pay to the Investment Manager the fee provided in paragraph 4 hereof,
prorated to the date of termination. This Agreement shall automatically
terminate in the event of its assignment.
10. This Agreement shall extend to and bind the heirs, executors,
administrators and successors of the parties hereto.
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11. For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms "vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities;" "interested persons;" and "assignment"
shall have the meanings defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
by having it signed by their duly authorized officers as of the 14th day of
October, 1997.
DELAWARE POOLED TRUST, INC.
for The REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST PORTFOLIO II
By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chairman/President/
Chief Executive Officer
Attest:/s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
Assistant Secretary
DELAWARE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.
By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President/
Chief Operating Officer/
Chief Financial Officer
Attest:/s/Xxxxx X. X'Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. X'Xxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
Assistant Secretary
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