THE XXXXXX EQUIFUND EQUITY TRUST
AMENDED AND RESTATED ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 1st day of February, 1998, by and between The Xxxxxx
EquiFund Equity Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust"), on behalf
of the series of the Trust listed on Schedule A attached hereto, which may be
updated from time to time, and Xxxxx Xxxxx Management, a Massachusetts business
trust (the "Administrator"):
1. DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. The Trust hereby employs the Administrator
to administer the affairs of the Trust, subject to the supervision of the
Trustees of the Trust for the period and on the terms set forth in this
Agreement. The Administrator shall perform these duties with respect to any and
all series of shares ("Funds") which may be established by the Trustees pursuant
to the Declaration of Trust of the Trust and listed on Schedule A. Funds may be
terminated and additional Funds established from time to time by action of the
Trustees of the Trust.
The Administrator hereby accepts such employment, and agrees to administer
the Trust's business affairs and, in connection therewith, to furnish for the
use of the Trust office space and all necessary office facilities, equipment and
personnel for administering the affairs of the Trust, and to pay the salaries
and fees of all officers and Trustees of the Trust who are members of the
Administrator's organization and all personnel of the Administrator performing
management and administrative services for the Trust. 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 Trust in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the
Trust.
2. COMPENSATION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. For the services, payments and
facilities to be furnished hereunder by the Administrator, the Trust shall pay
to the Administrator on the last day of each month a fee equal (annually) to a
percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund of the Trust throughout
the month, computed in accordance with the Declaration of Trust of the Trust and
any applicable votes of the Trustees of the Trust, as shown in Schedule B to
this Agreement.
In case of initiation or termination of the Agreement during any month with
respect to any Fund, the fee for that month shall be reduced proportionately on
the basis of the number of calendar days during which it is in effect and the
fee shall be computed upon the average net assets for the business days it is so
in effect for that month.
The Administrator may, from time to time, waive all or a part of the above
compensation.
3. ALLOCATION OF CHARGES AND EXPENSES. It is understood that the Trust will
pay all its expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by the
Administrator hereunder, which expenses payable by the Trust shall include,
without implied limitation, (i) expenses of maintaining the Trust and continuing
its existence, (ii) registration of the Trust under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, (iii) commissions, fees and other expenses connected with the purchase
or sale of securities, (iv) auditing, accounting and legal expenses, (v) taxes
and interest, (vi) governmental fees, (vii) expenses of issue, sale, repurchase
and redemption of shares, (viii) expenses of registering and qualifying the
Trust and its shares under federal and state securities laws and of preparing
and printing prospectuses for such purposes and for distributing the same to
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shareholders and investors, and fees and expenses of registering and maintaining
registrations of the Trust and of the Trust's principal underwriter, if any, as
a broker-dealer or agent under state securities laws, (ix) expenses of reports
and notices to shareholders and of meetings of shareholders and proxy
solicitations therefor, (x) expenses of reports to governmental officers and
commissions, (xi) insurance expenses, (xii) association membership dues, (xiii)
fees, expenses and disbursements of custodians and subcustodians for all
services to the Trust (including without limitation safekeeping of funds and
securities, keeping of books and accounts and determination of net asset value),
(xiv) fees, expenses and disbursements of transfer agents, dividend disbursing
agents, shareholder servicing agents and registrars for all services to the
Trust, (xv) expenses for servicing shareholder accounts, (xvi) any direct
charges to shareholders approved by the Trustees of the Trust, (xvii)
compensation of and any expenses of Trustees of the Trust, (xviii) all payments
to be made and expenses to be assumed by the Trust pursuant to any one or more
distribution plans adopted by the Trust pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, (xix) the investment advisory fee payable to the
Trust's investment adviser, and (xx) such non-recurring items as may arise,
including expenses incurred in connection with litigation, proceedings and
claims and the obligation of the Trust to indemnify its Trustees and officers
with respect thereto.
4. OTHER INTERESTS. It is understood that Trustees, officers and
shareholders of the Trust 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 Trust, and that the Administrator
may be or become interested in the Trust 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, stockholders or otherwise) in other companies or entities (including,
without limitation, other investment companies) which the Administrator may
organize, sponsor or acquire, or with which it may merge or consolidate, and
that the Administrator or its subsidiaries or affiliates may enter into
advisory, 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 Trust 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
Trust or to any shareholder of the Trust 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 purchase, holding or sale of any security or other
instrument, including options and futures contracts.
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 as to each Fund to and including
February 28, 1999 and shall continue in full force and effect as to each Fund
indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as such continuance after February 28,
1999 is specifically approved at least annually by the Trustees of the Trust.
Either party hereto may, at any time on sixty (60) days' prior written
notice to the other, terminate this Agreement as to any Fund, without the
payment of any penalty, by action of the Trustees of the Trust or the trustees
of the Administrator, as the case may be, and the Trust may, at any time upon
such written notice to the Administrator, terminate this Agreement as to any
Fund by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of that Fund.
This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.
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7. AMENDMENTS OF THE AGREEMENT. This Agreement may be amended as to any
Fund by a writing signed by both parties hereto, provided that no amendment to
this Agreement shall be effective until approved by the vote of a majority of
the Trustees of the Trust.
8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. The Administrator expressly acknowledges the
provision in the Declaration of Trust of the Trust limiting the personal
liability of shareholders of the Trust, and the Administrator hereby agrees that
it shall have recourse to the Trust for payment of claims or obligations as
between the Trust and the Administrator arising out of this Agreement and shall
not seek satisfaction from the shareholders or any shareholder of the Trust. No
Fund shall be liable for the obligations of any other Fund hereunder.
9. 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 of that Fund" shall mean the vote of the lesser of
(a) 67 per centum or more of the shares of the particular Fund present or
represented by proxy at the meeting of the holders of more than 50 per centum of
the outstanding shares of the particular Fund are present or represented by
proxy at the meeting, or (b) more than 50 per centum of the outstanding shares
of the particular Fund.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed on the day and year first written above.
THE XXXXXX EQUIFUND EQUITY TRUST XXXXX XXXXX MANAGEMENT
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
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President Vice President,
and not individually
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THE XXXXXX EQUIFUND INCOME TRUST
SCHEDULE A
February 1, 1998
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Australasia
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Austria
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Belgium/Luxembourg
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Britain
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Canada
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Country Strategy
Xxxxxx EquiFund-France
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Germany
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Hong Kong/China
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Ireland
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Italian
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Japan
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Mexico
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Netherlands
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Nordic
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Spanish
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Switzerland
Xxxxxx EquiFund-United States
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Global
Xxxxxx EquiFund-International
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THE XXXXXX EQUIFUND EQUITY TRUST
SCHEDULE B
February 1, 1998
FEE STRUCTURE
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Under Over
$100 Million $100 Million
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Xxxxxx EquiFund-Australasia 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Austria 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Belgium/Luxembourg 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Britain 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Canada 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Country Strategy 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-France 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Germany 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Hong Kong/China 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Ireland 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Italian 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Japan 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Mexico 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Netherlands 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Nordic 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Spanish 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Switzerland 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-United States 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-Global 0.10% 0.06%
Xxxxxx EquiFund-International 0.10% 0.06%
