Exhibit 5(b)
FORM OF SUB-MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
ASSET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIOS
SUB-MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of February __, 1996, by and between
Citibank, N.A., a national banking association (the "Adviser"), and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, a limited liability partnership (the "Subadviser").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Adviser has been retained by Asset Allocation Portfolios, a
New York trust (the "Trust"), to act as investment adviser to the Trust with
respect to the series of the Trust designated as Asset Allocation Portfolio 200,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 300, Asset Allocation Portfolio 400 and Asset
Allocation Portfolio 500 (each individually a "Portfolio" and collectively the
"Portfolios"), and
WHEREAS, the Trust engages in business as an open-end management
investment company and is registered as such under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (collectively with the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, the "1940 Act"), and
WHEREAS, the Adviser wishes to engage the Subadviser to provide certain
investment advisory services for the Portfolios, and the Subadviser is willing
to provide such investment advisory services for the Portfolios on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of
the parties hereto as herein set forth, the parties covenant and agree as
follows:
1. Appointment of the Subadviser. In accordance with and subject to the
Management Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser (the "Management
Agreement"), the Adviser hereby appoints the Subadviser to act as subadviser
with respect to each of the Portfolios for the period and on the terms set forth
in this Agreement. The Subadviser accepts such appointment and agrees to provide
an investment program with respect to the Portfolios for the compensation
provided by this Agreement.
2. Duties of the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall provide the Adviser with
such investment advice and supervision as the Adviser may from time to time
consider necessary for the proper supervision of such portion of each
Portfolio's investment assets as the Adviser may designate from time to time.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the Adviser shall retain all
rights and ultimate responsibilities to supervise and, in its discretion,
conduct investment advisory activities relating to the Trust. The Subadviser
shall furnish continuously an investment program and shall determine from time
to time what securities shall be purchased, sold or exchanged and what portion
of the assets of a Portfolio allocated by the Adviser to the Subadviser shall be
held uninvested, subject always to the restrictions of the Trust's Declaration
of Trust, dated December 14, 1995, and By-laws, as each may be amended from time
to time (respectively, the "Declaration" and the "By-Laws"), the provisions of
the 1940 Act, the then-current Registration Statement of the Trust with respect
to that Portfolio, and subject, further, to the Subadviser notifying the Adviser
in advance of the Subadviser's intention to purchase any securities except
insofar as the requirement for such notification may be waived or limited by the
Adviser, it being understood that the Subadviser shall be responsible for
compliance with any restrictions imposed in writing by the Adviser from time to
time in order to facilitate compliance with the above-mentioned restrictions and
such other restrictions as the Adviser may determine. Further, the Adviser or
the Trustees of the Trust may at any time, upon written notice to the
Subadviser, suspend or restrict the right of the Subadviser to determine what
securities shall be purchased or sold on behalf of a Portfolio and what portion,
if any, of the assets of a Portfolio allocated by the Adviser to the Subadviser
shall be held uninvested. The Subadviser shall also, as requested, make
recommendations to the Adviser as to the manner in which proxies, voting rights,
rights to consent to corporate action and any other rights pertaining to a
Portfolio's portfolio securities shall be exercised. Should the Board of
Trustees of the Trust or the Adviser at any time, however, make any definite
determination as to investment policy applicable to a Portfolio and notify the
Subadviser thereof in writing, the Subadviser 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 Subadviser shall take, on behalf of each Portfolio, 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
securities for each Portfolio's account with the brokers or dealers selected by
it, and to that end the Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to
give instructions to the custodian and any subcustodian of a Portfolio as to
deliveries of securities and payments of cash for the account of that Portfolio.
The Subadviser will advise the Adviser on the same day it gives any such
instructions. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and
the placing of such orders, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide
brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) to a Portfolio and/or the other accounts
over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The
Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage
and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for a
Portfolio which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or
dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser
determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in
relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that
particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the Subadviser and
its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment
discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically review the commissions
paid by each Portfolio to determine if the commissions paid over representative
periods of time were reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio. In
making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of a
Portfolio, the Subadviser may deal with itself or with the Trustees of the Trust
or the Trust's underwriter or distributor, to the extent such actions are
permitted by the 1940 Act. The Board of Trustees of the Trust, in its
discretion, may instruct the Subadviser to effect all or a portion of its
securities transactions with one or more brokers and/or dealers selected by the
Board of Trustees, if it determines that the use of such brokers and/or dealers
is in the best interest of the Trust.
3. Allocation of Charges and Expenses. The Subadviser shall furnish at its
own expense all necessary services, facilities and personnel in connection with
its responsibilities under Section 2 above. Except as provided in the foregoing
sentence, it is understood that the Trust will pay from the assets of each
Portfolio all of its own expenses allocable to that Portfolio including, without
limitation, organization costs of the Portfolio; compensation of Trustees who
are not "interested persons" of the Trust; governmental fees; interest charges;
loan commitment fees; taxes; membership dues in industry associations allocable
to the Trust; fees and expenses of independent auditors, legal counsel and any
transfer agent, distributor, registrar or dividend disbursing agent of the
Trust; expenses of issuing and redeeming beneficial interests and servicing
investor accounts; expenses of preparing, typesetting, printing and mailing
investor reports, notices, proxy statements and reports to governmental officers
and commissions and to investors in the Portfolio; expenses connected with the
execution, recording and settlement of security transactions; insurance
premiums; fees and expenses of the custodian for all services to the Portfolio,
including safekeeping of Portfolios and securities and maintaining required
books and accounts; expenses of calculating the net asset value of the Portfolio
(including but not limited to the fees of independent pricing services);
expenses of meetings of the Portfolio's investors; expenses relating to the
issuance of beneficial interests in the Portfolio; and such non-recurring or
extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those relating to actions, suits
or proceedings to which the Trust on behalf of the Portfolio may be a party and
the legal obligation which the Trust may have to indemnify its Trustees and
officers with respect thereto.
4. Compensation of the Subadviser. For the services to be rendered by the
Subadviser hereunder, the Adviser shall pay to the Subadviser out of the
management fee it receives from the Trust, and only to the extent thereof, an
investment subadvisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate
equal to the percentages specified below of the aggregate assets of all
Portfolios allocated to the Subadviser:
0.625% on the first $25 million;
0.375% on the next $75 million;
0.250% on the next $400 million; and
0.20% on assets in excess of $500 million.
If the Subadviser serves as investment subadviser for less than the whole of any
period specified in this Section 4, the compensation to the Subadviser shall be
prorated. Neither the Trust nor the Portfolios shall be liable to the Subadviser
for the compensation of the Subadviser.
If in any fiscal year the aggregate expenses of a Portfolio and any fund
investing its assets therein (including fees pursuant to the Management
Agreement, but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage and, with the prior written
consent of the necessary state securities commissions, extraordinary expenses)
exceed the expense limitation of any state having jurisdiction over that
Portfolio and any fund investing its assets therein, the Adviser may deduct from
the fees to be paid hereunder, or the Subadviser will bear such excess expense
on a pro-rata basis with the Adviser, in the proportion that the subadvisory fee
payable pursuant to this Agreement bears to the fee payable to the Adviser
pursuant to the Management Agreement, to the extent required by state law. The
Subadviser's obligation pursuant hereto will be limited to the amount of its
fees hereunder. Such deduction or payment, if any, will be estimated daily, and
reconciled and effected or paid, as the case may be, on a monthly basis.
5. Covenants of the Subadviser. The Subadviser agrees that it will not deal
with itself, or with the Trustees of the Trust or the Trust's principal
underwriter or distributor, as principals in making purchases or sales of
securities or other property for the account of a Portfolio, except as permitted
by the 1940 Act, will not take a long or short position in beneficial interests
of a Portfolio except as permitted by the Declaration, and will comply with all
other provisions of the Declaration and By-Laws and the then-current
Registration Statement applicable to each Portfolio relative to the Subadviser
and its partners, directors and officers.
6. Limitation of Liability of the Subadviser. The Subadviser 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 execution of securities
transactions for a Portfolio, 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 Section 6, the term
"Subadviser" shall include directors, officers, partners and employees of the
Subadviser as well as the Subadviser itself. The Trust, on behalf of the
Portfolios, is expressly made a third party beneficiary of this Agreement, and
may enforce any obligations of the Subadviser under this Agreement and recover
directly from the Subadviser for any liability the Subadviser may have
hereunder.
7. Activities of the Subadviser. The services of the Subadviser to the
Portfolios are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the Subadviser being free to
render investment advisory and/or other services to others, including accounts
or investment management companies with similar or identical investment
objectives to the Portfolios. It is understood that Trustees, officers, and
investors of the Trust or the Adviser are or may be or may become interested in
the Subadviser, as directors, officers, partners, employees, or otherwise and
that directors, officers, partners and employees of the Subadviser are or may
become similarly interested in the Trust or the Adviser and that the Subadviser
may be or may become interested in the Trust as an investor or otherwise.
8. Duration, Termination and Amendments of this Agreement. This Agreement
shall become effective as of the day and year first above written, and shall
govern the relations between the parties hereto thereafter and shall remain in
force until February __, 1998, on which date it will terminate unless its
continuance after February __, 1998 is "specifically approved at least annually"
(a) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not
"interested persons" of the Trust or of the Adviser or of the Subadviser at a
meeting specifically called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (b)
by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or by "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities" of each Portfolio.
This Agreement may be terminated as to any Portfolio at any time without
the payment of any penalty by (i) the Trustees, (ii) the "vote of a majority of
the outstanding voting securities" of that Portfolio, or (iii) the Adviser, in
each case on not more than 60 days' nor less than 30 days' written notice to the
other party. This Agreement may be terminated as to any Portfolio at any time
without the payment of any penalty by the Subadviser on not less than 90 days'
written notice to the Adviser. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in
the event of its "assignment." Termination of this Agreement as to any Portfolio
shall not terminate this Agreement as it applies to the remaining Portfolios.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and
may be amended as to any Portfolio only if such amendment is approved by the
Subadviser and the "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" of
that Portfolio (except for any such amendment as may be effected in the absence
of such approval without violating the 1940 Act). Amendment of any term of this
Agreement with respect to any single Portfolio shall not, without more, amend
such term with respect to any other Portfolio.
The terms "specifically approved at least annually," "vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities," "assignment," "affiliated person," and
"interested persons," when used in this Agreement, shall have the respective
meanings specified in, and shall be construed in a manner consistent with, the
1940 Act, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act.
9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions
thereof interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts provided, however, that nothing herein will be construed in a
manner inconsistent with the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or
any rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered in their names and on their behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
CITIBANK, N.A. XXXXXX XXXXXXXX & XXXXXXXX LLP
By: By:
Title: Title:
The foregoing is acknowledged:
The undersigned officer of the Trust has executed this Agreement not
individually but in his capacity as an officer of the Trust under the
Declaration. The Trust does not hereby undertake, on behalf of the Portfolios or
otherwise, any obligation to the Subadviser.
ASSET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIOS
on behalf of Asset Allocation Portfolio 200,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 300,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 400 and
Asset Allocation Portfolio 500
By:
Title:
FORM OF SUB-MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
ASSET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIOS
SUB-MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of February __, 1996, by and between
Citibank, N.A., a national banking association (the "Adviser"), and Pacific
Investment Management Company, a __________ limited partnership (the
"Subadviser").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Adviser has been retained by Asset Allocation Portfolios, a
New York trust (the "Trust"), to act as investment adviser to the Trust with
respect to the series of the Trust designated as Asset Allocation Portfolio 200,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 300, Asset Allocation Portfolio 400 and Asset
Allocation Portfolio 500 (each individually a "Portfolio" and collectively the
"Portfolios"), and
WHEREAS, the Trust engages in business as an open-end management
investment company and is registered as such under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (collectively with the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, the "1940 Act"), and
WHEREAS, the Adviser wishes to engage the Subadviser to provide certain
investment advisory services for the Portfolios, and the Subadviser is willing
to provide such investment advisory services for the Portfolios on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of
the parties hereto as herein set forth, the parties covenant and agree as
follows:
1. Appointment of the Subadviser. In accordance with and subject to the
Management Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser (the "Management
Agreement"), the Adviser hereby appoints the Subadviser to act as subadviser
with respect to each of the Portfolios for the period and on the terms set forth
in this Agreement. The Subadviser accepts such appointment and agrees to provide
an investment program with respect to the Portfolios for the compensation
provided by this Agreement.
2. Duties of the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall provide the Adviser with
such investment advice and supervision as the Adviser may from time to time
consider necessary for the proper supervision of such portion of each
Portfolio's investment assets as the Adviser may designate from time to time.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the Adviser shall retain all
rights and ultimate responsibilities to supervise and, in its discretion,
conduct investment advisory activities relating to the Trust. The Subadviser
shall furnish continuously an investment program and shall determine from time
to time what securities shall be purchased, sold or exchanged and what portion
of the assets of a Portfolio allocated by the Adviser to the Subadviser shall be
held uninvested, subject always to the restrictions of the Trust's Declaration
of Trust, dated December 14, 1995, and By-laws, as each may be amended from time
to time (respectively, the "Declaration" and the "By-Laws"), the provisions of
the 1940 Act, the then-current Registration Statement of the Trust with respect
to that Portfolio, and subject, further, to the Subadviser notifying the Adviser
in advance of the Subadviser's intention to purchase any securities except
insofar as the requirement for such notification may be waived or limited by the
Adviser, it being understood that the Subadviser shall be responsible for
compliance with any restrictions imposed in writing by the Adviser from time to
time in order to facilitate compliance with the above-mentioned restrictions and
such other restrictions as the Adviser may determine. Further, the Adviser or
the Trustees of the Trust may at any time, upon written notice to the
Subadviser, suspend or restrict the right of the Subadviser to determine what
securities shall be purchased or sold on behalf of a Portfolio and what portion,
if any, of the assets of a Portfolio allocated by the Adviser to the Subadviser
shall be held uninvested. The Subadviser shall also, as requested, make
recommendations to the Adviser as to the manner in which proxies, voting rights,
rights to consent to corporate action and any other rights pertaining to a
Portfolio's portfolio securities shall be exercised. Should the Board of
Trustees of the Trust or the Adviser at any time, however, make any definite
determination as to investment policy applicable to a Portfolio and notify the
Subadviser thereof in writing, the Subadviser 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 Subadviser shall take, on behalf of each Portfolio, 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
securities for each Portfolio's account with the brokers or dealers selected by
it, and to that end the Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust
to give instructions to the custodian and any subcustodian of a Portfolio as to
deliveries of securities and payments of cash for the account of that Portfolio.
The Subadviser will advise the Adviser on the same day it gives any such
instructions. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and
the placing of such orders, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide
brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) to a Portfolio and/or the other accounts
over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The
Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage
and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for a
Portfolio which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or
dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser
determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in
relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that
particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the Subadviser and
its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment
discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically review the commissions
paid by each Portfolio to determine if the commissions paid over representative
periods of time were reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio. In
making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of a
Portfolio, the Subadviser may deal with itself or with the Trustees of the Trust
or the Trust's underwriter or distributor, to the extent such actions are
permitted by the 1940 Act. The Board of Trustees of the Trust, in its
discretion, may instruct the Subadviser to effect all or a portion of its
securities transactions with one or more brokers and/or dealers selected by the
Board of Trustees, if it determines that the use of such brokers and/or dealers
is in the best interest of the Trust.
3. Allocation of Charges and Expenses. The Subadviser shall furnish at its
own expense all necessary services, facilities and personnel in connection with
its responsibilities under Section 2 above. Except as provided in the foregoing
sentence, it is understood that the Trust will pay from the assets of each
Portfolio all of its own expenses allocable to that Portfolio including, without
limitation, organization costs of the Portfolio; compensation of Trustees who
are not "interested persons" of the Trust; governmental fees; interest charges;
loan commitment fees; taxes; membership dues in industry associations allocable
to the Trust; fees and expenses of independent auditors, legal counsel and any
transfer agent, distributor, registrar or dividend disbursing agent of the
Trust; expenses of issuing and redeeming beneficial interests and servicing
investor accounts; expenses of preparing, typesetting, printing and mailing
investor reports, notices, proxy statements and reports to governmental officers
and commissions and to investors in the Portfolio; expenses connected with the
execution, recording and settlement of security transactions; insurance
premiums; fees and expenses of the custodian for all services to the Portfolio,
including safekeeping of Portfolios and securities and maintaining required
books and accounts; expenses of calculating the net asset value of the Portfolio
(including but not limited to the fees of independent pricing services);
expenses of meetings of the Portfolio's investors; expenses relating to the
issuance of beneficial interests in the Portfolio; and such non-recurring or
extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those relating to actions, suits
or proceedings to which the Trust on behalf of the Portfolio may be a party and
the legal obligation which the Trust may have to indemnify its Trustees and
officers with respect thereto.
4. Compensation of the Subadviser. For the services to be rendered by the
Subadviser hereunder, the Adviser shall pay to the Subadviser out of the
management fee it receives from the Trust, and only to the extent thereof, an
investment subadvisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate
equal to the percentages specified below of the aggregate assets of all
Portfolios allocated to the Subadviser:
0.35% on the first $25 million;
0.25% on the next $25 million; and
0.20% on remaining assets.
If the Subadviser serves as investment subadviser for less than the whole of any
period specified in this Section 4, the compensation to the Subadviser shall be
prorated. Neither the Trust nor the Portfolios shall be liable to the Subadviser
for the compensation of the Subadviser.
If in any fiscal year the aggregate expenses of a Portfolio and any fund
investing its assets therein (including fees pursuant to the Management
Agreement, but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage and, with the prior written
consent of the necessary state securities commissions, extraordinary expenses)
exceed the expense limitation of any state having jurisdiction over that
Portfolio and any fund investing its assets therein, the Adviser may deduct from
the fees to be paid hereunder, or the Subadviser will bear such excess expense
on a pro-rata basis with the Adviser, in the proportion that the subadvisory fee
payable pursuant to this Agreement bears to the fee payable to the Adviser
pursuant to the Management Agreement, to the extent required by state law. The
Subadviser's obligation pursuant hereto will be limited to the amount of its
fees hereunder. Such deduction or payment, if any, will be estimated
daily, and reconciled and effected or paid, as the case may be, on a
monthly basis.
5. Covenants of the Subadviser. The Subadviser agrees that it will not
deal with itself, or with the Trustees of the Trust or the Trust's principal
underwriter or distributor, as principals in making purchases or sales of
securities or other property for the account of a Portfolio, except as permitted
by the 1940 Act, will not take a long or short position in beneficial interests
of a Portfolio except as permitted by the Declaration, and will comply with all
other provisions of the Declaration and By-Laws and the then-current
Registration Statement applicable to each Portfolio relative to the Subadviser
and its partners, directors and officers.
6. Limitation of Liability of the Subadviser. The Subadviser 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 execution of securities
transactions for a Portfolio, 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 Section 6, the term
"Subadviser" shall include directors, officers, partners and employees of the
Subadviser as well as the Subadviser itself. The Trust, on behalf of the
Portfolios, is expressly made a third party beneficiary of this Agreement, and
may enforce any obligations of the Subadviser under this Agreement and recover
directly from the Subadviser for any liability the Subadviser may have
hereunder.
7. Activities of the Subadviser. The services of the Subadviser to the
Portfolios are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the Subadviser being free to
render investment advisory and/or other services to others, including accounts
or investment management companies with similar or identical investment
objectives to the Portfolios. It is understood that Trustees, officers, and
investors of the Trust or the Adviser are or may be or may become interested in
the Subadviser, as directors, officers, partners, employees, or otherwise and
that directors, officers, partners and employees of the Subadviser are or may
become similarly interested in the Trust or the Adviser and that the Subadviser
may be or may become interested in the Trust as an investor or otherwise.
8. Duration, Termination and Amendments of this Agreement. This Agreement
shall become effective as of the day and year first above written, and shall
govern the relations between the parties hereto thereafter and shall remain in
force until February __, 1998, on which date it will terminate unless its
continuance after February __, 1998 is "specifically approved at least annually"
(a) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not
"interested persons" of the Trust or of the Adviser or of the Subadviser at a
meeting specifically called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (b)
by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or by "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities" of each Portfolio.
This Agreement may be terminated as to any Portfolio at any time without
the payment of any penalty by (i) the Trustees, (ii) the "vote of a majority of
the outstanding voting securities" of that Portfolio, or (iii) the Adviser, in
each case on not more than 60 days' nor less than 30 days' written notice to the
other party. This Agreement may be terminated as to any Portfolio at any time
without the payment of any penalty by the Subadviser on not less than 90 days'
written notice to the Adviser. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in
the event of its "assignment." Termination of this Agreement as to any Portfolio
shall not terminate this Agreement as it applies to the remaining Portfolios.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and
may be amended as to any Portfolio only if such amendment is approved by the
Subadviser and the "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" of
that Portfolio (except for any such amendment as may be effected in the absence
of such approval without violating the 1940 Act). Amendment of any term of this
Agreement with respect to any single Portfolio shall not, without more, amend
such term with respect to any other Portfolio.
The terms "specifically approved at least annually," "vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities," "assignment," "affiliated person," and
"interested persons," when used in this Agreement, shall have the respective
meanings specified in, and shall be construed in a manner consistent with, the
1940 Act, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act.
9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions
thereof interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts provided, however, that nothing herein will be construed in a
manner inconsistent with the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or
any rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered in their names and on their behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
CITIBANK, N.A. PACIFIC INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT COMPANY
By: By:
Title: Title:
The foregoing is acknowledged:
The undersigned officer of the Trust has executed this Agreement not
individually but in his capacity as an officer of the Trust under the
Declaration. The Trust does not hereby undertake, on behalf of the Portfolios or
otherwise, any obligation to the Subadviser.
ASSET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIOS
on behalf of Asset Allocation Portfolio 200,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 300,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 400 and
Asset Allocation Portfolio 500
By:
Title:
FORM OF SUB-MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
ASSET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIOS
SUB-MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of February __, 1996, by and between
Citibank, N.A., a national banking association (the "Adviser"), and X. Xxxx
Price Associates, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Subadviser").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Adviser has been retained by Asset Allocation Portfolios, a
New York trust (the "Trust"), to act as investment adviser to the Trust with
respect to the series of the Trust designated as Asset Allocation Portfolio 200,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 300, Asset Allocation Portfolio 400 and Asset
Allocation Portfolio 500 (each individually a "Portfolio" and collectively the
"Portfolios"), and
WHEREAS, the Trust engages in business as an open-end management
investment company and is registered as such under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (collectively with the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, the "1940 Act"), and
WHEREAS, the Adviser wishes to engage the Subadviser to provide certain
investment advisory services for the Portfolios, and the Subadviser is willing
to provide such investment advisory services for the Portfolios on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of
the parties hereto as herein set forth, the parties covenant and agree as
follows:
1. Appointment of the Subadviser. In accordance with and subject to the
Management Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser (the "Management
Agreement"), the Adviser hereby appoints the Subadviser to act as subadviser
with respect to each of the Portfolios for the period and on the terms set forth
in this Agreement. The Subadviser accepts such appointment and agrees to provide
an investment program with respect to the Portfolios for the compensation
provided by this Agreement.
2. Duties of the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall provide the Adviser with
such investment advice and supervision as the Adviser may from time to time
consider necessary for the proper supervision of such portion of each
Portfolio's investment assets as the Adviser may designate from time to time.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the Adviser shall retain all
rights and ultimate responsibilities to supervise and, in its discretion,
conduct investment advisory activities relating to the Trust. The Subadviser
shall furnish continuously an investment program and shall determine from time
to time what securities shall be purchased, sold or exchanged and what portion
of the assets of a Portfolio allocated by the Adviser to the Subadviser shall be
held uninvested, subject always to the restrictions of the Trust's Declaration
of Trust, dated December 14, 1995, and By-laws, as each may be amended from time
to time (respectively, the "Declaration" and the "By-Laws"), the provisions of
the 1940 Act, the then-current Registration Statement of the Trust with respect
to that Portfolio, and subject, further, to the Subadviser notifying the Adviser
in advance of the Subadviser's intention to purchase any securities except
insofar as the requirement for such notification may be waived or limited by the
Adviser, it being understood that the Subadviser shall be responsible for
compliance with any restrictions imposed in writing by the Adviser from time to
time in order to facilitate compliance with the above-mentioned restrictions and
such other restrictions as the Adviser may determine. Further, the Adviser or
the Trustees of the Trust may at any time, upon written notice to the
Subadviser, suspend or restrict the right of the Subadviser to determine what
securities shall be purchased or sold on behalf of a Portfolio and what portion,
if any, of the assets of a Portfolio allocated by the Adviser to the Subadviser
shall be held uninvested. The Subadviser shall also, as requested, make
recommendations to the Adviser as to the manner in which proxies, voting rights,
rights to consent to corporate action and any other rights pertaining to a
Portfolio's portfolio securities shall be exercised. Should the Board of
Trustees of the Trust or the Adviser at any time, however, make any definite
determination as to investment policy applicable to a Portfolio and notify the
Subadviser thereof in writing, the Subadviser 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 Subadviser shall take, on behalf of each Portfolio, 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
securities for each Portfolio's account with the brokers or dealers selected by
it, and to that end the Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust
to give instructions to the custodian and any subcustodian of a Portfolio as to
deliveries of securities and payments of cash for the account of that Portfolio.
The Subadviser will advise the Adviser on the same day it gives any such
instructions. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and
the placing of such orders, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide
brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) to a Portfolio and/or the other accounts
over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The
Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage
and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for a
Portfolio which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or
dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser
determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in
relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that
particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the Subadviser and
its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment
discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically review the commissions
paid by each Portfolio to determine if the commissions paid over representative
periods of time were reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio. In
making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of a
Portfolio, the Subadviser may deal with itself or with the Trustees of the Trust
or the Trust's underwriter or distributor, to the extent such actions are
permitted by the 1940 Act. The Board of Trustees of the Trust, in its
discretion, may instruct the Subadviser to effect all or a portion of its
securities transactions with one or more brokers and/or dealers selected by the
Board of Trustees, if it determines that the use of such brokers and/or dealers
is in the best interest of the Trust.
3. Allocation of Charges and Expenses. The Subadviser shall furnish at its
own expense all necessary services, facilities and personnel in connection with
its responsibilities under Section 2 above. Except as provided in the foregoing
sentence, it is understood that the Trust will pay from the assets of each
Portfolio all of its own expenses allocable to that Portfolio including, without
limitation, organization costs of the Portfolio; compensation of Trustees who
are not "interested persons" of the Trust; governmental fees; interest charges;
loan commitment fees; taxes; membership dues in industry associations allocable
to the Trust; fees and expenses of independent auditors, legal counsel and any
transfer agent, distributor, registrar or dividend disbursing agent of the
Trust; expenses of issuing and redeeming beneficial interests and servicing
investor accounts; expenses of preparing, typesetting, printing and mailing
investor reports, notices, proxy statements and reports to governmental officers
and commissions and to investors in the Portfolio; expenses connected with the
execution, recording and settlement of security transactions; insurance
premiums; fees and expenses of the custodian for all services to the Portfolio,
including safekeeping of Portfolios and securities and maintaining required
books and accounts; expenses of calculating the net asset value of the Portfolio
(including but not limited to the fees of independent pricing services);
expenses of meetings of the Portfolio's investors; expenses relating to the
issuance of beneficial interests in the Portfolio; and such non-recurring or
extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those relating to actions, suits
or proceedings to which the Trust on behalf of the Portfolio may be a party and
the legal obligation which the Trust may have to indemnify its Trustees and
officers with respect thereto.
4. Compensation of the Subadviser. For the services to be rendered by the
Subadviser hereunder, the Adviser shall pay to the Subadviser out of the
management fee it receives from the Trust, and only to the extent thereof, an
investment subadvisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate
equal to the percentages specified below of the aggregate assets of all
Portfolios allocated to the Subadviser:
0.75% on the first $20 million; and
0.60% on assets in excess of $20 million.
In no event will fees paid to the Subadviser be less than $75,000 per annum. If
the Subadviser serves as investment subadviser for less than the whole of any
period specified in this Section 4, the compensation to the Subadviser shall be
prorated. Neither the Trust nor the Portfolios shall be liable to the Subadviser
for the compensation of the Subadviser.
If in any fiscal year the aggregate expenses of a Portfolio and any fund
investing its assets therein (including fees pursuant to the Management
Agreement, but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage and, with the prior written
consent of the necessary state securities commissions, extraordinary expenses)
exceed the expense limitation of any state having jurisdiction over that
Portfolio and any fund investing its assets therein, the Adviser may deduct from
the fees to be paid hereunder, or the Subadviser will bear such excess expense
on a pro-rata basis with the Adviser, in the proportion that the subadvisory fee
payable pursuant to this Agreement bears to the fee payable to the Adviser
pursuant to the Management Agreement, to the extent required by state law. The
Subadviser's obligation pursuant hereto will be limited to the amount of its
fees hereunder. Such deduction or payment, if any, will be estimated
daily, and reconciled and effected or paid, as the case may be, on a
monthly basis.
5. Covenants of the Subadviser. The Subadviser agrees that it will not
deal with itself, or with the Trustees of the Trust or the Trust's principal
underwriter or distributor, as principals in making purchases or sales of
securities or other property for the account of a Portfolio, except as permitted
by the 1940 Act, will not take a long or short position in beneficial interests
of a Portfolio except as permitted by the Declaration, and will comply with all
other provisions of the Declaration and By-Laws and the then-current
Registration Statement applicable to each Portfolio relative to the Subadviser
and its directors and officers.
6. Limitation of Liability of the Subadviser. The Subadviser 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 execution of securities
transactions for a Portfolio, 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 Section 6, the term
"Subadviser" shall include directors, officers and employees of the Subadviser
as well as the Subadviser itself. The Trust, on behalf of the Portfolios, is
expressly made a third party beneficiary of this Agreement, and may enforce any
obligations of the Subadviser under this Agreement and recover directly from the
Subadviser for any liability the Subadviser may have hereunder.
7. Activities of the Subadviser. The services of the Subadviser to the
Portfolios are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the Subadviser being free to
render investment advisory and/or other services to others, including accounts
or investment management companies with similar or identical investment
objectives to the Portfolios. It is understood that Trustees, officers, and
investors of the Trust or the Adviser are or may be or may become interested in
the Subadviser, as directors, officers, employees, or otherwise and that
directors, officers, and employees of the Subadviser are or may become similarly
interested in the Trust or the Adviser and that the Subadviser may be or may
become interested in the Trust as an investor or otherwise.
8. Duration, Termination and Amendments of this Agreement. This Agreement
shall become effective as of the day and year first above written, and shall
govern the relations between the parties hereto thereafter and shall remain in
force until February __, 1998, on which date it will terminate unless its
continuance after February __, 1998 is "specifically approved at least annually"
(a) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not
"interested persons" of the Trust or of the Adviser or of the Subadviser at a
meeting specifically called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (b)
by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or by "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities" of each Portfolio.
This Agreement may be terminated as to any Portfolio at any time without
the payment of any penalty by (i) the Trustees, (ii) the "vote of a majority of
the outstanding voting securities" of that Portfolio, or (iii) the Adviser, in
each case on not more than 60 days' nor less than 30 days' written notice to the
other party. This Agreement may be terminated as to any Portfolio at any time
without the payment of any penalty by the Subadviser on not less than 90 days'
written notice to the Adviser. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in
the event of its "assignment." Termination of this Agreement as to any Portfolio
shall not terminate this Agreement as it applies to the remaining Portfolios.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and
may be amended as to any Portfolio only if such amendment is approved by the
Subadviser and the "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" of
that Portfolio (except for any such amendment as may be effected in the absence
of such approval without violating the 1940 Act). Amendment of any term of this
Agreement with respect to any single Portfolio shall not, without more, amend
such term with respect to any other Portfolio.
The terms "specifically approved at least annually," "vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities," "assignment," "affiliated person," and
"interested persons," when used in this Agreement, shall have the respective
meanings specified in, and shall be construed in a manner consistent with, the
1940 Act, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act.
9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions
thereof interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts provided, however, that nothing herein will be construed in a
manner inconsistent with the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or
any rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered in their names and on their behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
CITIBANK, X.X. X. XXXX PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.
By: By:
Title: Title:
The foregoing is acknowledged:
The undersigned officer of the Trust has executed this Agreement not
individually but in his capacity as an officer of the Trust under the
Declaration. The Trust does not hereby undertake, on behalf of the Portfolios or
otherwise, any obligation to the Subadviser.
ASSET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIOS
on behalf of Asset Allocation Portfolio 200,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 300,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 400 and
Asset Allocation Portfolio 500
By:
Title:
FORM OF SUB-MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
ASSET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIOS
SUB-MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of February __, 1996, by and between
Citibank, N.A., a national banking association (the "Adviser"), and Hotchkis &
Wiley, a __________ general partnership (the "Subadviser").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Adviser has been retained by Asset Allocation Portfolios, a
New York trust (the "Trust"), to act as investment adviser to the Trust with
respect to the series of the Trust designated as Asset Allocation Portfolio 200,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 300, Asset Allocation Portfolio 400 and Asset
Allocation Portfolio 500 (each individually a "Portfolio" and collectively the
"Portfolios"), and
WHEREAS, the Trust engages in business as an open-end management
investment company and is registered as such under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (collectively with the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, the "1940 Act"), and
WHEREAS, the Adviser wishes to engage the Subadviser to provide certain
investment advisory services for the Portfolios, and the Subadviser is willing
to provide such investment advisory services for the Portfolios on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of
the parties hereto as herein set forth, the parties covenant and agree as
follows:
1. Appointment of the Subadviser. In accordance with and subject to the
Management Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser (the "Management
Agreement"), the Adviser hereby appoints the Subadviser to act as subadviser
with respect to each of the Portfolios for the period and on the terms set forth
in this Agreement. The Subadviser accepts such appointment and agrees to provide
an investment program with respect to the Portfolios for the compensation
provided by this Agreement.
2. Duties of the Subadviser. The Subadviser shall provide the Adviser with
such investment advice and supervision as the Adviser may from time to time
consider necessary for the proper supervision of such portion of each
Portfolio's investment assets as the Adviser may designate from time to time.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the Adviser shall retain all
rights and ultimate responsibilities to supervise and, in its discretion,
conduct investment advisory activities relating to the Trust. The Subadviser
shall furnish continuously an investment program and shall determine from time
to time what securities shall be purchased, sold or exchanged and what portion
of the assets of a Portfolio allocated by the Adviser to the Subadviser shall be
held uninvested, subject always to the restrictions of the Trust's Declaration
of Trust, dated December 14, 1995, and By-laws, as each may be amended from time
to time (respectively, the "Declaration" and the "By-Laws"), the provisions of
the 1940 Act, the then-current Registration Statement of the Trust with respect
to that Portfolio, and subject, further, to the Subadviser notifying the Adviser
in advance of the Subadviser's intention to purchase any securities except
insofar as the requirement for such notification may be waived or limited by the
Adviser, it being understood that the Subadviser shall be responsible for
compliance with any restrictions imposed in writing by the Adviser from time to
time in order to facilitate compliance with the above-mentioned restrictions and
such other restrictions as the Adviser may determine. Further, the Adviser or
the Trustees of the Trust may at any time, upon written notice to the
Subadviser, suspend or restrict the right of the Subadviser to determine what
securities shall be purchased or sold on behalf of a Portfolio and what portion,
if any, of the assets of a Portfolio allocated by the Adviser to the Subadviser
shall be held uninvested. The Subadviser shall also, as requested, make
recommendations to the Adviser as to the manner in which proxies, voting rights,
rights to consent to corporate action and any other rights pertaining to a
Portfolio's portfolio securities shall be exercised. Should the Board of
Trustees of the Trust or the Adviser at any time, however, make any definite
determination as to investment policy applicable to a Portfolio and notify the
Subadviser thereof in writing, the Subadviser 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 Subadviser shall take, on behalf of each Portfolio, 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
securities for each Portfolio's account with the brokers or dealers selected by
it, and to that end the Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust
to give instructions to the custodian and any subcustodian of a Portfolio as to
deliveries of securities and payments of cash for the account of that Portfolio.
The Subadviser will advise the Adviser on the same day it gives any such
instructions. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and
the placing of such orders, brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide
brokerage and research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) to a Portfolio and/or the other accounts
over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The
Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage
and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for a
Portfolio which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or
dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser
determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in
relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either that
particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the Subadviser and
its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment
discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically review the commissions
paid by each Portfolio to determine if the commissions paid over representative
periods of time were reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio. In
making purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of a
Portfolio, the Subadviser may deal with itself or with the Trustees of the Trust
or the Trust's underwriter or distributor, to the extent such actions are
permitted by the 1940 Act. The Board of Trustees of the Trust, in its
discretion, may instruct the Subadviser to effect all or a portion of its
securities transactions with one or more brokers and/or dealers selected by the
Board of Trustees, if it determines that the use of such brokers and/or dealers
is in the best interest of the Trust.
3. Allocation of Charges and Expenses. The Subadviser shall furnish at its
own expense all necessary services, facilities and personnel in connection with
its responsibilities under Section 2 above. Except as provided in the foregoing
sentence, it is understood that the Trust will pay from the assets of each
Portfolio all of its own expenses allocable to that Portfolio including, without
limitation, organization costs of the Portfolio; compensation of Trustees who
are not "interested persons" of the Trust; governmental fees; interest charges;
loan commitment fees; taxes; membership dues in industry associations allocable
to the Trust; fees and expenses of independent auditors, legal counsel and any
transfer agent, distributor, registrar or dividend disbursing agent of the
Trust; expenses of issuing and redeeming beneficial interests and servicing
investor accounts; expenses of preparing, typesetting, printing and mailing
investor reports, notices, proxy statements and reports to governmental officers
and commissions and to investors in the Portfolio; expenses connected with the
execution, recording and settlement of security transactions; insurance
premiums; fees and expenses of the custodian for all services to the Portfolio,
including safekeeping of Portfolios and securities and maintaining required
books and accounts; expenses of calculating the net asset value of the Portfolio
(including but not limited to the fees of independent pricing services);
expenses of meetings of the Portfolio's investors; expenses relating to the
issuance of beneficial interests in the Portfolio; and such non-recurring or
extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those relating to actions, suits
or proceedings to which the Trust on behalf of the Portfolio may be a party and
the legal obligation which the Trust may have to indemnify its Trustees and
officers with respect thereto.
4. Compensation of the Subadviser. For the services to be rendered by the
Subadviser hereunder, the Adviser shall pay to the Subadviser out of the
management fee it receives from the Trust, and only to the extent thereof, an
investment subadvisory fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate
equal to the percentages specified below of the aggregate assets of all
Portfolios allocated to the Subadviser:
0.60% on the first $10 million;
0.55% on the next $40 million;
0.45% on the next $100 million;
0.35% on the next $150 million; and
0.30% on remaining assets.
If the Subadviser serves as investment subadviser for less than the whole of any
period specified in this Section 4, the compensation to the Subadviser shall be
prorated. Neither the Trust nor the Portfolios shall be liable to the Subadviser
for the compensation of the Subadviser.
If in any fiscal year the aggregate expenses of a Portfolio and any fund
investing its assets therein (including fees pursuant to the Management
Agreement, but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage and, with the prior written
consent of the necessary state securities commissions, extraordinary expenses)
exceed the expense limitation of any state having jurisdiction over that
Portfolio and any fund investing its assets therein, the Adviser may deduct from
the fees to be paid hereunder, or the Subadviser will bear such excess expense
on a pro-rata basis with the Adviser, in the proportion that the subadvisory fee
payable pursuant to this Agreement bears to the fee payable to the Adviser
pursuant to the Management Agreement, to the extent required by state law. The
Subadviser's obligation pursuant hereto will be limited to the amount of its
fees hereunder. Such deduction or payment, if any, will be estimated daily, and
reconciled and effected or paid, as the case may be, on a monthly basis.
5. Covenants of the Subadviser. The Subadviser agrees that it will not
deal with itself, or with the Trustees of the Trust or the Trust's principal
underwriter or distributor, as principals in making purchases or sales of
securities or other property for the account of a Portfolio, except as permitted
by the 1940 Act, will not take a long or short position in beneficial interests
of a Portfolio except as permitted by the Declaration, and will comply with all
other provisions of the Declaration and By-Laws and the then-current
Registration Statement applicable to each Portfolio relative to the Subadviser
and its directors and officers.
6. Limitation of Liability of the Subadviser. The Subadviser 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 execution of securities
transactions for a Portfolio, 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 Section 6, the term
"Subadviser" shall include directors, officers and employees of the Subadviser
as well as the Subadviser itself. The Trust, on behalf of the Portfolios, is
expressly made a third party beneficiary of this Agreement, and may enforce any
obligations of the Subadviser under this Agreement and recover directly from the
Subadviser for any liability the Subadviser may have hereunder.
7. Activities of the Subadviser. The services of the Subadviser to the
Portfolios are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the Subadviser being free to
render investment advisory and/or other services to others, including accounts
or investment management companies with similar or identical investment
objectives to the Portfolios. It is understood that Trustees, officers, and
investors of the Trust or the Adviser are or may be or may become interested in
the Subadviser, as directors, officers, employees, or otherwise and that
directors, officers, and employees of the Subadviser are or may become similarly
interested in the Trust or the Adviser and that the Subadviser may be or may
become interested in the Trust as an investor or otherwise.
8. Duration, Termination and Amendments of this Agreement. This Agreement
shall become effective as of the day and year first above written, and shall
govern the relations between the parties hereto thereafter and shall remain in
force until February __, 1998, on which date it will terminate unless its
continuance after February __, 1998 is "specifically approved at least annually"
(a) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not
"interested persons" of the Trust or of the Adviser or of the Subadviser at a
meeting specifically called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (b)
by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or by "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities" of each Portfolio.
This Agreement may be terminated as to any Portfolio at any time without
the payment of any penalty by (i) the Trustees, (ii) the "vote of a majority of
the outstanding voting securities" of that Portfolio, or (iii) the Adviser, in
each case on not more than 60 days' nor less than 30 days' written notice to the
other party. This Agreement may be terminated as to any Portfolio at any time
without the payment of any penalty by the Subadviser on not less than 90 days'
written notice to the Adviser. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in
the event of its "assignment." Termination of this Agreement as to any Portfolio
shall not terminate this Agreement as it applies to the remaining Portfolios.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and
may be amended as to any Portfolio only if such amendment is approved by the
Subadviser and the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" of
that Portfolio (except for any such amendment as may be effected in the absence
of such approval without violating the 1940 Act). Amendment of any term of this
Agreement with respect to any single Portfolio shall not, without more, amend
such term with respect to any other Portfolio.
The terms "specifically approved at least annually," "vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities," "assignment," "affiliated person," and
"interested persons," when used in this Agreement, shall have the respective
meanings specified in, and shall be construed in a manner consistent with, the
1940 Act, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act.
9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions
thereof interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts provided, however, that nothing herein will be construed in a
manner inconsistent with the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or
any rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered in their names and on their behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
CITIBANK, N.A. HOTCHKIS & WILEY
By: By:
Title: Title:
The foregoing is acknowledged:
The undersigned officer of the Trust has executed this Agreement not
individually but in his capacity as an officer of the Trust under the
Declaration. The Trust does not hereby undertake, on behalf of the Portfolios or
otherwise, any obligation to the Subadviser.
ASSET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIOS
on behalf of Asset Allocation Portfolio 200,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 300,
Asset Allocation Portfolio 400 and
Asset Allocation Portfolio 500
By:
Title:
