XXXXX XXXXX NEW JERSEY MUNICIPAL BOND
FUND
AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 6th day of
August, 2012, between Xxxxx Xxxxx New
Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, a Massachusetts
business trust (the "Fund"), and Xxxxx Xxxxx
Management, a Massachusetts business trust
(the "Administrator").
1. Duties of the Administrator. The
Fund hereby employs the Administrator to act
as administrator for and to administer the
affairs of the Fund, subject to the supervision
of the Trustees of the Fund for the period and
on the terms set forth in this Agreement.
The Administrator hereby accepts such
employment, and agrees to administer the
Fund's business affairs and, in connection
therewith, to furnish for the use of the Fund
office space and all necessary office facilities,
equipment and personnel for administering
the affairs of the Fund. The Administrator
shall also pay the salaries and compensation
of all officers and Trustees of the Fund who
are members of the Administrator's
organization and who render executive and
administrative services to the Fund, and the
salaries and compensation of all other
personnel of the Administrator performing
management and administrative services for
the Fund. The Administrator shall for all
purposes herein be deemed to be an
independent contractor and shall, except as
otherwise expressly provided or authorized,
have no authority to act for or represent the
Fund in any way or otherwise be deemed an
agent of the Fund.
In connection with its responsibilities as
Administrator of the Fund, the Administrator
will:
* assist in preparing all annual, semi-annual and
other reports required to be sent to Fund
shareholders and/or with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and arrange
for the printing and dissemination of such
reports to shareholders;
* prepare and assemble all reports required to
be filed by the Fund with the SEC on Forms N-
SAR, or on such other form as the SEC may
substitute for Form N-SAR, and file such
reports with the SEC;
* review the provision of services by the
Fund's independent accountants, including,
but not limited to, the preparation by such
firm of audited financial statements of the
Fund and the Fund's federal, state and local
tax returns; and make such reports and
recommendations to the Trustees of the Fund
concerning the performance of the
independent accountants as the Trustees
deem appropriate;
* arrange for the filing with the appropriate
authorities all required federal, state and local
tax returns;
* arrange for the dissemination to shareholders
of the Fund's proxy materials, and oversee
the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's
transfer agent or other duly authorized proxy
tabulator;
* review and supervise the provision of
custodian services to the Fund; and make such
reports and recommendations to the Trustees
concerning the provision of such services as
the Trustees deem appropriate;
* oversee the valuation of all such portfolio
investments and other assets of the Fund as
may be designated by the Trustees (subject
to any guidelines, directions and instructions
of the Trustees), and review and supervise the
calculation of the net asset value of the
Fund's shares by the custodian;
* negotiate the terms and conditions under
which transfer agency and dividend
disbursing services will be provided to the
Fund, and the fees to be paid by the Fund in
connection therewith; review and supervise
the provision of transfer agency and dividend
disbursing services to the Fund; and make
such reports and recommendations to the
Trustees concerning the performance of the
Fund's transfer and dividend disbursing
agent as the Trustees deem appropriate;
* establish the accounting policies of the Fund;
reconcile accounting issues which may arise
with respect to the Fund's operations; and
consult with the Fund's independent
accountants, legal counsel, custodian,
accounting and bookkeeping agents and
transfer and dividend disbursing agent as
necessary in connection therewith;
* determine the amount of all distributions (if
any) to be paid by the Fund to its
shareholders; prepare and arrange for the
publishing of notices to shareholders
regarding such distributions (if required) and
provide the Fund's transfer and dividend
disbursing agent and custodian with such
information as is required for such parties to
effect the payment of distributions and to
implement the Fund's dividend
reinvestment plan;
* review the Fund's bills and authorize
payments of such bills by the Fund's
custodian;
* oversee services provided to the Fund by
external counsel;
* make recommendations to the Trustees as to
whether the Fund should make repurchase or
tender offers for its own shares; arrange for
the preparation and filing of all documents
required to be filed by the Fund with the SEC;
arrange for the preparation and dissemination
of all appropriate repurchase or tender offer
documents and papers on behalf of the Fund;
and supervise and conduct the Fund's
periodic repurchase or tender offers for its
own shares;
* monitor any variance between the market
value and net asset value per share, and
periodically report to the Trustees available
actions that may conform such values;
* monitor the activities of any shareholder
servicing agent retained by the Administrator
and periodically report to the Trustees about
such activities;
* arrange for the preparation and filing of all
other reports, forms, registration statements
and documents required to be filed by the
Fund with the SEC, the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority and any securities
exchange where Fund shares are listed; and
* provide other internal legal, auditing,
accounting and administrative services as
ordinarily required in conducting the Fund's
business affairs.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Administrator shall not be deemed to have
assumed any duties with respect to, and shall
not be responsible for, the management of
the Fund's assets or the rendering of
investment advice and supervision with
respect thereto or the distribution of shares
of the Fund, nor shall the Administrator be
deemed to have assumed or have any
responsibility with respect to functions
specifically assumed by any transfer agent,
custodian or shareholder servicing agent of
the Fund.
Sub-Administrators. The Administrator
may employ one or more sub-administrators
from time to time to perform such of the acts
and services of the Administrator and upon
such terms and conditions as may be agreed
upon between the Administrator and such
sub-administrators and approved by the
Trustees of the Fund, all as permitted by the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
2. Compensation of the
Administrator. The Board of Trustees of the
Fund have currently determined that, based
on the current level of compensation payable
to Xxxxx Xxxxx Management by the Fund
under the Fund's present Investment
Advisory Agreement with Xxxxx Xxxxx
Management, the Administrator shall receive
no compensation from the Fund in respect of
the services to be rendered and the facilities
to be provided by the Administrator under
this Agreement. If the Trustees subsequently
determine that the Fund should compensate
the Administrator for such services and
facilities, such compensation shall be set forth
in a new agreement or in an amendment to
this Agreement to be entered into by the
parties hereto.
3. Allocation of Charges and
Expenses. It is understood that the Fund will
pay all its expenses other than those expressly
stated to be payable by the Administrator
hereunder, which expenses payable by the
Fund shall include, without implied limitation:
* expenses of maintaining the Fund and
continuing its existence;
* commissions, fees and other expenses
connected with the acquisition and
disposition of securities and other
investments;
* auditing, accounting and legal expenses;
* taxes and interest;
* governmental fees;
* expenses of repurchase and redemption (if
any) of shares, including all expenses incurred
in conducting repurchase and tender offers
for the purpose of repurchasing Fund shares;
* expenses of registering and qualifying the
Fund and its shares under federal and state
securities laws and of preparing registration
statements and amendments for such
purposes, and fees and expenses of
registering and maintaining registrations of
the Fund under state securities laws;
* registration of the Fund under the Investment
Company Act of 1940;
* expenses of reports and notices to
shareholders and of meetings of shareholders
and proxy solicitations therefor;
* expenses of reports to regulatory bodies;
* insurance expenses;
* association membership dues;
* fees, expenses and disbursements of
custodians and subcustodians for all services
to the Fund (including without limitation
safekeeping of funds, securities and other
investments, keeping of books and accounts
and determination of net asset values);
* fees, expenses and disbursements of transfer
agents, dividend disbursing agents,
shareholder servicing agents and registrars
for all services to the Fund;
* expenses of listing shares with a stock
exchange;
* any direct charges to shareholders approved
by the Trustees of the Fund;
* compensation and expenses of Trustees of
the Fund who are not members of the
Administrator's organization;
* all payments to be made and expenses to be
assumed by the Fund in connection with the
distribution of Fund shares;
* any pricing and valuation services employed
by the Fund to value its investments including
primary and comparative valuation services;
* any investment advisory, sub-advisory or
similar management fee payable by the Fund;
* all expenses incurred in connection with the
Fund's use of a line of credit, or issuing and
maintaining preferred shares; and
* such non-recurring items as may arise,
including expenses incurred in connection
with litigation, proceedings and claims and
the obligation of the Fund to indemnify its
Trustees and officers with respect thereto.
4. Other Interests. It is understood
that Trustees, officers and shareholders of the
Fund are or may be or become interested in
the Administrator as trustees, officers,
employees, shareholders or otherwise and
that trustees, officers, employees and
shareholders of the Administrator are or may
be or become similarly interested in the Fund,
and that the Administrator may be or become
interested in the Fund as a shareholder or
otherwise. It is also understood that trustees,
officers, employees and shareholders of the
Administrator may be or become interested
(as directors, trustees, officers, employees,
shareholders or otherwise) in other
companies or entities (including, without
limitation, other investment companies) that
the Administrator may organize, sponsor or
acquire, or with which it may merge or
consolidate, and which may include the words
"Xxxxx Xxxxx" or any combination thereof
as part of their name, and that the
Administrator or its subsidiaries or affiliates
may enter into advisory or management or
administration agreements or other contracts
or relationship with such other companies or
entities.
5. Limitation of Liability of the
Administrator. The services of the
Administrator to the Fund are not to be
deemed to be exclusive, the Administrator
being free to render services to others and
engage in other business activities. In the
absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
gross negligence or reckless disregard of
obligations or duties hereunder on the part of
the Administrator, the Administrator shall not
be subject to liability to the Fund or to any
shareholder of the Fund for any act or
omission in the course of, or connected with,
rendering services hereunder or for any losses
which may be sustained in the acquisition,
holding or disposition of any security or other
investment.
6. Duration and Termination of this
Agreement. This Agreement shall become
effective upon the date of its execution, and,
unless terminated as herein provided, shall
remain in full force and effect through and
including the second anniversary of the
execution of this Agreement and shall
continue in full force and effect indefinitely
thereafter, but only so long as such
continuance after such date is specifically
approved at least annually (i) by the Board of
Trustees of the Fund and (ii) by the vote of a
majority of those Trustees of the Fund who
are not interested persons of the
Administrator or the Fund.
Either party hereto may, at any time on
sixty (60) days' prior written notice to the
other, terminate this Agreement without the
payment of any penalty, by action of the
Trustees of the Fund or the trustee of the
Administrator, as the case may be, and the
Fund may, at any time upon such written
notice to the Administrator, terminate the
Agreement by vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
This Agreement shall terminate automatically
in the event of its assignment.
7. Amendments of the Agreement.
This Agreement may be amended by a writing
signed by both parties hereto, provided that
no amendment to this Agreement shall be
effective until approved (i) by the vote of a
majority of those Trustees of the Fund who
are not interested persons of the
Administrator or the Fund, and (ii) by vote of
the Board of Trustees of the Fund.
8. Limitation of Liability. Each party
expressly acknowledges the provision in the
other party's Agreement and Declaration of
Trust limiting the personal liability of trustees,
officers and shareholders, and each party
hereby agrees that it shall only have recourse
to the assets of the other party for payment
of claims or obligations arising out of this
Agreement and shall not seek satisfaction
from the Trustees, officers or shareholders of
the other party.
9. Use of the Name "Xxxxx
Xxxxx." The Administrator hereby consents
to the use by the Fund of the name "Xxxxx
Xxxxx" as part of the Fund's name;
provided, however, that such consent shall be
conditioned upon the employment of the
Administrator or one of its affiliates as the
administrator of the Fund. The name "Xxxxx
Xxxxx" or any variation thereof may be used
from time to time in other connections and
for other purposes by the Administrator and
its affiliates and other investment companies
that have obtained consent to the use of the
name "Xxxxx Xxxxx." The Administrator
shall have the right to require the Fund to
cease using the name "Xxxxx Xxxxx" as part
of the Fund's name if the Fund ceases, for
any reason, to employ the Administrator or
one of its affiliates as the Fund's
administrator. Future names adopted by the
Fund for itself, insofar as such names include
identifying words requiring the consent of the
Administrator, shall be the property of the
Administrator and shall be subject to the
same terms and conditions.
10. Certain Definitions. The terms
"assignment" and "interested persons"
when used herein shall have the respective
meanings specified in the Investment
Company Act of 1940 as now in effect or as
hereafter amended subject, however, to such
exemptions as may be granted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission by any
rule, regulation or order. The term "vote of
a majority of the outstanding voting
securities" shall mean the vote of the lesser
of (a) 67 per centum or more of the shares of
the Fund present or represented by proxy at
the meeting if the holders of more than 50
per centum of the outstanding shares of the
Fund are present or represented by proxy at
the meeting, or (b) more than 50 per centum
of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed on the day and year first above
written.
XXXXX XXXXX NEW JERSEY MUNICIPAL
XXXXX XXXXX MANAGEMENT
BOND FUND
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Gemma
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Gemma
Treasurer
Vice President
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