Exhibit (g)
MuniYield Florida Fund, Inc.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 14th day of February, 1992, by and between MUNIYIELD
FLORIDA FUND, a Massachusetts business trust (hereinafter referred to as the
"Fund"), and FUND ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Investment Adviser").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Fund is engaged in business as a closed-end management
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Investment Company Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Investment Adviser is engaged principally in rendering
management and investment advisory services and is registered as an investment
adviser under the Investment Adviser's Act of 1940; and
WHEREAS, the Fund desires to retain the Investment Adviser to provide
management and investment advisory services to the Fund in the manner and on
the terms hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, the Investment Adviser is willing to provide management and
investment advisory services to the Fund on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants
hereinafter contained, the Fund and the Investment Adviser hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
Duties of the Investment Adviser
The Fund hereby employs the Investment Adviser to act as a manager and
investment adviser of the Fund and to furnish, or arrange for affiliates to
furnish, the management and investment advisory services described below,
subject to the policies of, review by and overall control of the Board of
Trustees of the Fund, for the period and on the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement. The Investment Adviser hereby accepts such employment and
agrees during such period, at its own expense, to render, or arrange for the
rendering of, such services and to assume the obligations herein set forth for
the compensation provided for herein. The Investment Adviser and its
affiliates shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be independent
contractors and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized, have
no authority to act for or represent the Fund in any way or otherwise be
deemed agents of the Fund.
(a) Investment Advisory Services. The Investment Adviser shall perform
(or arrange for the performance by affiliates of) the management and
administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund including
administering shareholder accounts and handling shareholder relations. The
Investment Adviser shall provide the Fund with office space, facilities,
equipment and necessary personnel and such other services as the Investment
Adviser, subject to review by the Board of Trustees, shall from time to time
determine to be necessary or useful to perform its obligations under this
Agreement. The Investment Adviser shall also, on behalf of the Fund, conduct
relations with custodians, depositories, transfer agents, pricing agents,
dividend disbursing agents, other shareholder servicing agents, accountants,
attorneys, underwriters, brokers and dealers, corporate fiduciaries, insurers,
banks and such other persons in any such other capacity deemed to be necessary
or desirable. The Investment Adviser shall generally monitor the Fund's
compliance with investment policies and restrictions as set forth in filings
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made by the Fund under the Federal securities laws. The Investment Adviser
shall make reports to the Board of Trustees of its performance of obligations
hereunder and furnish advice and recommendations with respect to such other
aspects of the business and affairs of the Fund as it shall determine to be
desirable.
(b) Investment Advisory Services. The Investment Adviser shall provide
(or arrange for affiliates to provide) the Fund with such investment research,
advice and supervision as the latter may from time to time consider necessary
for the proper supervision of the assets of the Fund, shall furnish
continuously an investment program for the Fund and shall determine from time
to time which securities shall be purchased, sold or exchanged and what
portion of the assets of the Fund shall be held in the various securities in
which the Fund invests, options, futures, options on futures or cash, subject
always to the restrictions of the Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the
Fund, as amended from time to time, the provisions of the Investment Company
Act and the statements relating to the Fund's investment objectives,
investment policies and investment restrictions as the same are set forth in
filings made by the Fund under the Federal securities laws. The Investment
Adviser shall make decisions for the Fund as to foreign currency matters and
make determinations as to foreign exchange contracts, foreign currency
options, foreign currency futures and related options on foreign currency
futures. The Investment Adviser shall make decisions for the Fund as to the
manner in which voting rights, rights to consent to corporate action and any
other rights pertaining to the Fund's portfolio securities shall be exercised.
Should the Trustees at any time, however, make any definite determination as
to investment policy and notify the Investment Adviser thereof in writing, the
Investment Adviser shall be bound by such determination for the period, if
any, specified in such notice or until similarly notified that such
determination has been revoked. The Investment
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Adviser shall take, on behalf of the Fund, all actions which it deems
necessary to implement the investment policies determined as provided above,
and in particular to place all orders for the purchase or sale of portfolio
securities for the Fund's account with brokers or dealers selected by it, and
to that end, the Investment Adviser is authorized as the agent of the Fund to
give instructions to the Custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities
and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. In connection with the
selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders with
respect to assets of the Fund, the Investment Adviser is directed at all times
to seek to obtain execution and prices within the policy guidelines determined
by the Board of Trustees and set forth in filings made by the Fund under the
Federal securities laws. Subject to this requirement and the provisions of the
Investment Company Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
other applicable provisions of law, the Investment Adviser may select brokers
or dealers with which it or the Fund is affiliated.
ARTICLE II
Allocation of Charges and Expenses
(a) The Investment Adviser. The Investment Adviser assumes and shall pay
for maintaining the staff and personnel necessary to perform its obligations
under this Agreement, and shall at its own expense, provide the office space,
facilities, equipment and necessary personnel which it is obligated to provide
under Article I hereof, and shall pay all compensation of officers of the Fund
and all Trustees of the Fund who are affiliated persons of the Investment
Adviser.
(b) The Fund. The Fund assumes and shall pay or cause to be paid all
other expenses of the Fund including, without limitation: taxes, expenses for
legal and auditing services, costs of printing proxies, stock certificates,
shareholder reports, prospectuses, charges of the custodian,
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any sub-custodian and transfer agent, expenses of portfolio transactions,
Securities and Exchange commission fees, expenses of registering the shares
under Federal, state and foreign laws, fees and actual out-of-pocket expenses
of Trustees who are not affiliated persons of the Investment Adviser,
accounting and pricing costs (including the daily calculation of the net asset
value), insurance, interest, brokerage costs, litigation and other
extraordinary or non-recurring expenses, and other expenses, properly payable
by the Fund. It is also understood that the Fund will reimburse the Investment
Adviser for its costs in providing accounting services to the Fund.
ARTICLE III
Compensation of the Investment Adviser
(a) Investment Advisory Fee. For the services rendered, the facilities
furnished and expenses assumed by the Investment Adviser, the Fund shall pay
to the investment Adviser at the end of each calendar month a fee based upon
the average weekly value of the net assets of the Fund at the annual rate of
0.50 of 1.0% (0.50%) of the average weekly net assets of the Fund (i.e., the
average weekly value of the total assets of the Fund, minus the sum of accrued
liabilities of the Fund and accumulated dividends on outstanding preferred
shares), commencing on the day following effectiveness hereof. For purposes of
this calculation, average weekly net assets is determined at the end of each
month on the basis of the average net assets of the Fund for each week during
the month. The assets for each weekly period are determined by averaging the
net assets at the last business day of a week with the net assets at the last
business day of the prior week. It is understood that the liquidation
preference of any outstanding preferred shares (other than accumulated
dividends) is not considered a liability in determining the Fund's average
weekly net assets. If this Agreement becomes effective subsequent to the first
day of a month or shall terminate before the last day of a month, compensation
for that part of the month this
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Agreement is in effect shall be prorated in a manner consistent with the
calculation of the fee as set forth above. Subject to the provisions of
subsection (b) hereof, payment of the Investment Adviser's compensation for
the preceding month shall be made as promptly as possible after completion of
the computations contemplated by subsection (b) hereof. During any period when
the determination of net asset value is suspended by the Board of Trustees,
the average net asset value of a share for the last week prior to such
suspension shall for this purpose be deemed to be the net asset value at the
close of each succeeding week until it is again determined.
(b) Expense Limitations. In the event the operating expenses of the Fund,
including amounts payable to the Investment Adviser pursuant to subsection (a)
hereof, for any fiscal year ending on a date on which this Agreement is in
effect exceed the expense limitations applicable to the Fund imposed by
applicable state securities laws or regulations thereunder, as such
limitations may be raised or lowered from time to time, the Investment Adviser
shall reduce its management and investment advisory fee by the extent of such
excess and, if required pursuant to any such laws or regulations, will
reimburse the Fund in the amount of such excess; provided, however, to the
extent permitted by law, there shall be excluded from such expenses the amount
of any interest, taxes, brokerage fees and commissions and extraordinary
expenses (including but not limited to legal claims and liabilities and
litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto) paid or payable by
the Fund. Whenever the expenses of the Fund exceed a pro rata portion of the
applicable annual expense limitations, the estimated amount of reimbursement
under such limitations shall be applicable as an offset against the monthly
payment of the fee due to the Investment Adviser. Should two or more such
expenses limitations be applicable as at the end of the last business day of
the month, that expense limitation which results in the largest reduction in
the Investment Adviser's fee shall be applicable.
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ARTICLE IV
Limitation of Liability of the Investment Adviser
The Investment Adviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or
mistake of law or for any loss arising out of any investment or for any act or
omission in the management of the Fund, except for willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties, or by reason of
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder. As used in this
Article IV, the term "Investment Adviser" shall include any affiliates of the
Investment Adviser performing services for the Fund contemplated hereby and
directors, officers and employees of the Investment Adviser and such
affiliates.
ARTICLE V
Activities of the Investment Adviser
The services of the Investment Adviser to the Fund are not to be deemed
to be exclusive: the Investment Adviser and any person controlled by or under
common control with the Investment Adviser (for purposes of this Article V
referred to as "affiliates") are free to render services to others. It is
understood that Trustees, officers, employees and shareholders of the Fund are
or may become interested in the Investment Adviser and its affiliates, as
directors, officers, employees, partners and shareholders or otherwise, and
that directors, officers, employees, partners and shareholders of the
Investment Adviser and its affiliates are or may become similarly interested
in the Fund, and that the Investment Adviser and directors, officers,
employees, partners and shareholders of its affiliates may become interested
in the Fund as shareholder or otherwise.
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ARTICLE VI
Duration and Termination of this Agreement
This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first above written
and shall remain in force until January 31, 1994 and thereafter, but only so
long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the
Board of Trustees of the Fund, or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund, and (ii) a majority of those Trustees 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.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any
penalty, by the Board of Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund, or by the Investment Adviser, on sixty days'
written notice to the other party. This Agreement shall automatically
terminate in the event of its assignment.
ARTICLE VII
Amendments of this Agreement
This Agreement may be amended by the parties only if such amendment
is specifically approved by (i) the vote of a majority of outstanding voting
securities of the Fund, and (ii) a majority of those Trustees 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.
ARTICLE VIII
Definitions of Certain Terms
The terms "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities",
"assignment", "affiliated person" and "interested person", when used in this
Agreement, shall have the respective meanings specified in the Investment
Company Act and the Rules and Regulations
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thereunder, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act.
ARTICLE IX
Governing Law
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with laws of the
State of New York and the applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act.
To the extent that the applicable laws of the State of New York, or any of the
provisions herein, conflict with the applicable provisions of the Investment
Company Act, the latter shall control.
ARTICLE X
Personal Liability
The Declaration of Trust establishing MuniYield Florida Fund, dated
January 21, 1992, a copy of which, together with all amendments thereto (the
"Declaration"), is on file in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, provides that the name "MuniYield Florida Fund" refers to
the Trustees under the Declaration collectively as Trustees, but not as
individuals or personally; and no Trustee, shareholder, officer, employee or
agent of the Fund shall be held to any personal liability, nor shall resort be
had to their private property for the satisfaction of any obligation or claim
or otherwise in connection with the affairs of the Fund, but the "Trust
Property" only shall be liable.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this
Agreement as of the date first above written.
MUNIYIELD FLORIDA FUND
By: /s/ Authorized Signatory
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(Authorized Signatory)
FUND ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
By: /s/ Authorized Signatory
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(Authorized Signatory)
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