EXHIBIT 5(g)
XXXXXXX XXXXX TRUST
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
February 1, 1993
Xxxxxxx Sachs Asset Management
a separate operating division of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
00 Xxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
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GS GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND
Dear Sirs:
Xxxxxxx Sachs Trust (the "Trust") has been organized as a Massachusetts business
trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to engage in the
business of an investment company.
The shares of beneficial interest of the Trust ("Shares") are divided into
multiple series ("Series"), including the GS Government Income Fund (the
"Fund"), as established pursuant to a written instrument executed by the
Trustees of the Trust. Each Series will represent the interests in a separate
portfolio of securities and other assets. Series may be terminated, and
additional Series established, from time to time by action of the Board of
Trustees. The Trust on behalf of the Fund has selected you to act as the
investment adviser of the Fund and to provide certain services, as more fully
set forth below, and you are willing to act as such investment adviser and to
perform such services under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
Accordingly, the Trust agrees with you as follows:
1. Name of Trust. The Trust may use any name including or derived
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from the name "Xxxxxxx Xxxxx" in connection with the Fund only for so long as
this Agreement or any extension, renewal or amendment hereof remains in effect,
including any similar agreement with any organization which shall have succeeded
to your business as investment adviser. Upon the termination of this Agreement,
the Trust (to the extent that it lawfully can) will cause the Fund to cease to
use such a name or any other name indicating that it is advised by or otherwise
connected with you or any organization which shall have so succeeded to your
business.
2. Sub-Advisers. You may engage one or more investment advisers which
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are either registered as such or specifically exempt from registration under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to act as sub-advisers to provide
with respect to the Fund certain services set forth in Paragraphs 3 and 6
hereof, all as shall be set forth in a written contract to which the Trust, on
behalf of the Fund, and you shall be parties, which contract shall be subject to
approval by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not interested
persons of you, the sub-adviser, or of the Trust, cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such approval and by the vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund and otherwise consistent with
the terms of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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3. Advisory Services.
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(a) You will regularly provide the Fund with investment research, advice and
supervision and will furnish continuously an investment program for the
Fund consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Fund.
You will determine from time to time what securities shall be purchased for
the Fund, what securities shall be held or sold by the Fund, and what
portion of the Fund's assets shall be held uninvested as cash, subject
always to the provisions of the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust
and By-Laws and of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 Act"), and to the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of
the Fund, as each of the same shall be from time to time in effect, and
subject, further, to such policies and instructions as the Board of
Trustees may from time to time establish.
(b) You will maintain all books and records with respect to the Fund's
securities transactions required by sub-paragraphs (b)(5), (6), (9) and
(10) and paragraph (f) of Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act (other than those
records being maintained by the Fund's custodian or transfer agent) and
preserve such records for the periods prescribed therefor by Rule 3la-2 of
the 1940 Act. You will also provide to the Trust's Board of Trustees such
periodic and special reports as the Board may reasonably request. You 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 Trust in any way or otherwise be
deemed an agent of the Trust.
(c) You will notify the Trust of any change in your membership within a
reasonable time after such change.
(d) Your services hereunder are not deemed exclusive and you shall be free to
render similar services to others.
4. Allocation of Charges and Expenses. You will pay all costs
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incurred by you in connection with the performance of your duties under
paragraph 3. You will pay the compensation and expenses of all personnel of
yours and will make available, without expense to the Trust, the services of
such of your partners, officers and employees as may duly be elected officers or
Trustees of the Trust, subject to their individual consent to serve and to any
limitations imposed by law. You will not be required to pay any expenses of the
Trust other than those specifically allocated to you in this paragraph 4. In
particular, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you will not
be required to pay: (i) fees and expenses of any administrator of the Trust;
(ii) organization expenses of the Trust; (iii) fees and expenses incurred by the
Trust in connection with membership in investment company organizations; (iv)
brokers' commissions; (v) payment for portfolio pricing services to a pricing
agent, if any; (vi) legal, auditing or accounting expenses (including an
allocable portion of the cost of your employees rendering legal and accounting
services to the Trust); (vii) taxes or governmental fees; (viii) the fees and
expenses of the transfer agent of the Trust; (ix) the cost of preparing stock
certificates or any other expenses, including clerical expenses of issue,
redemption or repurchase of Shares of the Trust; (x) the expenses of and fees
for registering or qualifying Shares for sale and of maintaining the
registration of the Trust and registering the Trust as a broker or a dealer;
(xi) the fees and expenses of Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with
you; (xii) the cost of preparing and distributing reports and notices to
shareholders, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory
authorities; (xiii) the fees or disbursements of custodians of the Trust's
assets, including expenses incurred in the performance of any obligations
enumerated by the Agreement and Declaration of Trust or By-Laws of the Trust
insofar as they govern agreements with any such custodian; or (xiv) litigation
and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in
the ordinary course of the Trust's business. You shall not be required to pay
expenses of activities which are primarily intended to result in sales of Shares
of the Fund.
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5. Compensation of the Adviser.
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(a) For all services to be rendered and payments made as provided in paragraphs
3 and 4 hereof, the Trust on behalf of the Fund will pay you on the last
day of each month a fee at an annual rate equal to 0.50 % per annum of the
average daily net assets of the Fund. The "average daily net assets" of the
Fund shall be determined on the basis set forth in the Fund's prospectus or
otherwise consistent with the 1940 Act and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(b) If, in any fiscal year, the sum of the Fund's expenses (including the fee
payable pursuant to this paragraph 5, but excluding taxes, interest,
brokerage commissions relating to the purchase or sale of portfolio
securities, distribution expenses and extraordinary expenses such as for
litigation) exceeds the expense limitations, if any, applicable to the Fund
imposed by state securities administrators, as such limitations may be
modified from time to time, you shall reimburse the Fund in the amount of
50/65ths of such excess to the extent required by such expense limitations,
provided that the amount of such reimbursement shall not exceed the amount
of your fee during such fiscal year.
(c) In addition to the foregoing, you may from time to time agree not to impose
all or a portion of your fee otherwise payable hereunder (in advance of the
time such fee or portion thereof would otherwise accrue) and/or undertake
to pay or reimburse the Fund for all or a portion of its expenses not
otherwise required to be borne or reimbursed by you. Any such fee reduction
or undertaking may be discontinued or modified by you at any time.
6. Avoidance of Inconsistent Position. In connection with purchases
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or sales of portfolio securities for the account of the Fund, neither you nor
any of your partners, officers or employees will act as a principal, except as
otherwise permitted by the 1940 Act. You or your agent shall arrange for the
placing of all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities for the
Fund's account with brokers or dealers (including Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.) selected
by you. In the selection of such brokers or dealers (including Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Co.) and the placing of such orders, you are directed at all times to seek for
the Fund the most favorable execution and net price available. It is also
understood that it is desirable for the Fund that you have access to
supplemental investment and market research and security and economic analyses
provided by brokers who may execute brokerage transactions at a higher cost to
the Fund than may result when allocating brokerage to other brokers on the basis
of seeking the most favorable price and efficient execution. Therefore, you are
authorized to place orders for the purchase and sale of securities for the Fund
with such brokers, subject to review by the Trust's Board of Trustees from time
to time with respect to the extent and continuation of this practice. It is
understood that the services provided by such brokers may be useful to you in
connection with your services to other clients. If any occasion should arise in
which you give any advice to your clients concerning the Shares of the Fund, you
will act solely as investment counsel for such clients and not in any way on
behalf of the Fund. You may, on occasions when you deem the purchase or sale of
a security to be in the best interests of the Fund as well as your other
customers (including any other Series or any other investment company or
advisory account for which you act as an investment adviser), aggregate, to the
extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, the securities to be sold
or purchased in order to obtain the best net price and the most favorable
execution. In such event, allocation of the securities so purchased or sold, as
well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, will be made by you in the
manner you consider to be the most equitable and consistent with your fiduciary
obligations to the Fund and to such other customers.
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7. Limitation of Liability of Adviser. You shall be liable for any
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error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund in
connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, except a loss
resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on your part
in the performance of your duties or from reckless disregard by you of your
obligations and duties under this Agreement. Any person, even though also
employed by you, who may be or become an employee of and paid by the Trust or
the Fund shall be deemed, when acting within the scope of his employment by the
Trust, to be acting in such employment solely for the Trust and not as your
employee or agent.
8. Duration and Termination of this Agreement. This Agreement shall
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remain in force until June 30, 1994 and shall continue for periods of one year
thereafter, but only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at
least annually (a) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not
interested persons (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) of the Trust and have no
financial interest in this Agreement, cast in person at a meeting called for the
purpose of voting on such approval and (b) by a vote of a majority of the Board
of Trustees or of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
The aforesaid requirement that continuance of this Agreement be "specifically
approved at least annually" shall be construed in a manner consistent with the
1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. This Agreement may, on 60
days' written notice to the other party, be terminated at any time without the
payment of any penalty, by the Board of Trustees of the Trust, by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, or by you. This
Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its assignment. In
interpreting the provisions of this Agreement, the definitions contained in
Section 2(a) of the 1940 Act (particularly the definitions of "interested
person," "assignment" and "majority of the outstanding voting securities"), as
from time to time amended, shall be applied, subject, however, to such
exemptions as may be granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission by any
rule, regulation or order.
9. Amendment of this Agreement. No provisions of this Agreement may
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be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument
in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver,
discharge or termination is sought. No amendment of this Agreement shall be
effective until approved by vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund and by a majority of the Board of Trustees,
including a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons (as defined
in the 0000 Xxx) of the Trust and have no financial interest in this Agreement,
cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such amendment.
10. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
11. Miscellaneous. The captions in this Agreement are included for
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convenience of reference only and in no way define or delimit any of the
provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect. This
Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
The name Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Trust is the designation of the Trustees for the time
being under an Restated and Amended Declaration of Trust dated December 5, 1991,
as amended from time to time, and all persons dealing with the Trust or the Fund
must look solely to the property of the Trust or the Fund for the enforcement of
any claims against the Trust as neither the Trustees, officers, agents or
shareholders assume any personal liability for obligations entered into on
behalf of the Trust. The Fund shall not be liable for any claims against any
other series of the Trust.
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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of acceptance
on the accompanying counterpart of this letter and return such counterpart to
the Trust, whereupon this letter shall become a binding contract.
Yours very truly,
XXXXXXX SACHS TRUST
(ON BEHALF OF GS GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND)
Attest: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx By: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Secretary of the Trust Vice President of the Trust
The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted as of the date thereof.
XXXXXXX XXXXX ASSET MANAGEMENT
A SEPARATE OPERATING DIVISION OF XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
Attest: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx By: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Counsel to the Funds Group Partner
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