SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
This SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT is dated as of April 1, 2000, by and
between SUNAMERICA ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP., a Delaware corporation (the
"Adviser"), and DRESDNER RCM GLOBAL INVESTORS LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the "Subadviser").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Adviser and SunAmerica Style Select Series, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), have entered into an Investment
Advisory and Management Agreement dated as of January 1, 1999, (the "Advisory
Agreement") pursuant to which the Adviser has agreed to provide investment
management, advisory and administrative services to the Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation is registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), as an open-end management investment
company and may issue shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share, in
separately designated series representing separate funds with their own
investment objectives, policies and purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Subadviser is engaged in the business of rendering
investment advisory services and is registered as an investment adviser under
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Adviser desires to retain the Subadviser to furnish
investment advisory services to the investment series of the Corporation listed
on Schedule A attached hereto (the "Portfolio"), and the Subadviser is willing
to furnish such services;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed between the parties hereto as
follows:
1. DUTIES OF THE SUBADVISER. The Adviser hereby engages the
services of the Subadviser in furtherance of its Investment Advisory and
Management Agreement with the Corporation. Pursuant to this Subadvisory
Agreement and subject to the oversight and review of the Adviser, the
Subadviser will manage the investment and reinvestment of a portion of the
assets of each Portfolio listed on Schedule A attached hereto. The Subadviser
will determine in its discretion and subject to the oversight and review of the
Adviser, the securities to be purchased or sold, will provide the Adviser with
records concerning its activities which the Adviser or the Corporation is
required to maintain, and will render regular reports to the Adviser and to
officers and Directors of the Corporation concerning its discharge of the
foregoing responsibilities. The Subadviser shall discharge the foregoing
responsibilities subject to the control of the officers and the Directors of
the Corporation and in compliance with such policies as the Directors of the
Corporation may from time to time establish and communicate to the Subadviser,
and in compliance with (a) the objectives,
policies, and limitations for the Portfolio set forth in the Corporation's
current prospectus and statement of additional information as provided to the
Subadviser, and (b) applicable laws and regulations.
The Subadviser represents and warrants to the Adviser that the
portion of each Portfolio set forth in Schedule A managed by it will at all
times be operated and managed in compliance with all applicable federal and
state laws governing its operations and investments. Without limiting the
foregoing and subject to Section 9(c) hereof, the Subadviser represents and
warrants (1) that the management of the assets of a Portfolio managed by it
will be designed to achieve qualification by each Portfolio to be treated as a
"regulated investment company" under subchapter M, chapter 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and (2) compliance with (a) the
provisions of the Act and rules adopted thereunder that relate to the
investment of Portfolio assets, including depositing those assets in custody
with institutions designated by the Corporation; and (b) applicable federal and
state securities and commodities laws (other than state securities laws
relating to the amount of Portfolio shares that may be sold in a particular
state); provided that for purposes of Section 17(a), (d) and (e), Subadviser
shall effect compliance only in relation to affiliated persons identified to it
by the Adviser and its own affiliates. The Subadviser further represents and
warrants that only with respect to any statements or omissions made in any
Registration Statement for shares of the Corporation, or any amendment or
supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished by the Subadviser expressly for use therein, such Registration
Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto will, when they become
effective, conform in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (the "1933 Act") and the Act and will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
The Subadviser accepts such employment and agrees, at its own
expense, to render the services set forth herein and to provide the office
space, furnishings, equipment and personnel required by it to perform such
services on the terms and for the compensation provided in this Agreement.
2. PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS. The Subadviser is responsible for
decisions to buy or sell securities and other investments for each Portfolio,
broker-dealers and futures commission merchants' selection, and negotiation of
brokerage commission and futures commission merchants' rates. As a general
matter, in executing Portfolio transactions, the Subadviser may employ or deal
with such broker-dealers or futures commission merchants as may, in the
Subadviser's best judgement, provide prompt and reliable execution of the
transactions at favorable prices and reasonable commission rates. In selecting
such broker-dealers or futures commission merchants, the Subadviser shall
consider all relevant factors including price (including the applicable
brokerage commission, dealer spread or futures commission merchant rate), the
size of the order, the nature of the market for the security or other
investment, the timing of the transaction, the reputation, experience and
financial stability of the broker-dealer or futures commission merchant
involved, the quality of the service, the difficulty of execution, the
execution capabilities and operational facilities of the firm involved, and, in
the case of securities, the firm's risk in positioning a block of securities.
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Subject to such policies as the Directors may determine and consistent with
Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act"), the Subadviser shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have
breached any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by reason of
the Subadviser's having caused a Portfolio to pay a member of an exchange,
broker or dealer an amount of commission for effecting a securities transaction
in excess of the amount of commission another member of an exchange, broker or
dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the Subadviser
determines in good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in
relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
member of an exchange, broker or dealer viewed in terms of either that
particular transaction or the Subadviser's overall responsibilities with
respect to such Portfolio and to other clients as to which the Subadviser
exercises investment discretion. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the 1934
Act and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and subject to any other applicable laws and
regulations including Section 17(e) of the Act and Rule 17e-1 thereunder, the
Subadviser may engage its affiliates, the Adviser and its affiliates or any
other subadviser to the Corporation and its respective affiliates, as
broker-dealers or futures commission merchants to effect Portfolio transactions
in securities and other investments for a Portfolio. The Subadviser will
promptly communicate to the Adviser and to the officers and the Directors of
the Corporation such information relating to Portfolio transactions as they may
reasonably request. To the extent consistent with applicable law, the
Subadviser may aggregate purchase or sell orders for the Portfolio with
contemporaneous purchase or sell orders of other clients of the Subadviser or
its affiliated persons. In such event, allocation of the securities so
purchased or sold, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, will be
made by the Subadviser in the manner the Subadviser determines to be equitable
and consistent with its and its affiliates' fiduciary obligations to the
Portfolio and to such other clients. The Adviser hereby acknowledges that such
aggregation of orders may not result in more favorable pricing or lower
brokerage commissions in all instances.
3. COMPENSATION OF THE SUBADVISER. The Subadviser shall not be
entitled to receive any payment from the Corporation and shall look solely and
exclusively to the Adviser for payment of all fees for the services rendered,
facilities furnished and expenses paid by it hereunder. As full compensation
for the Subadviser under this Agreement, the Adviser agrees to pay to the
Subadviser a fee at the annual rates set forth in Schedule A hereto with
respect to the portion of the assets managed by the Subadviser for each
Portfolio listed thereon. Such fee shall be accrued daily and paid monthly as
soon as practicable after the end of each month (i.e., the applicable annual
fee rate divided by 365 applied to each prior days' net assets in order to
calculate the daily accrual). If the Subadviser shall provide its services
under this Agreement for less than the whole of any month, the foregoing
compensation shall be prorated.
4. OTHER SERVICES. At the request of the Corporation or the
Adviser, the Subadviser in its discretion may make available to the
Corporation, office facilities, equipment, personnel and other services. Such
office facilities, equipment, personnel and services shall be provided for or
rendered by the Subadviser and billed to the Corporation or the Adviser at the
Subadviser's cost.
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5. REPORTS. The Corporation, the Adviser and the Subadviser agree
to furnish to each other, if applicable, current prospectuses, statements of
additional information, proxy statements, reports of shareholders, certified
copies of their financial statements, and such other information with regard to
their affairs and that of the Corporation as each may reasonably request.
6. STATUS OF THE SUBADVISER. The services of the Subadviser to the
Adviser and the Corporation are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Subadviser
shall be free to render similar services to others so long as its services to
the Corporation are not impaired thereby. The Subadviser shall be deemed to be
an independent contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or
authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Corporation in any
way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Corporation.
7. CERTAIN RECORDS. The Subadviser hereby undertakes and agrees to
maintain, in the form and for the period required by Rule 31a-2 under the Act,
all records relating to the investments of the Portfolio that are required to
be maintained by the Corporation pursuant to the requirements of Rule 31a-1 of
that Act. Any records required to be maintained and preserved pursuant to the
provisions of Rule 31a-1 and Rule 31a-2 promulgated under the Act which are
prepared or maintained by the Subadviser on behalf of the Corporation are the
property of the Corporation and will be surrendered promptly to the Corporation
or the Adviser on request.
The Subadviser agrees that all accounts, books and other records
maintained and preserved by it as required hereby shall be subject at any time,
and from time to time, to such reasonable periodic, special and other
examinations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Corporation's
auditors, the Corporation or any representative of the Corporation, the
Adviser, or any governmental agency or other instrumentality having regulatory
authority over the Corporation.
8. REFERENCE TO THE SUBADVISER. (a) The Corporation or the Adviser
or any affiliate or agent thereof shall have the right to make reference to or
use the name of the Subadviser in any advertising or promotional materials
unless the Subadviser by written notice withholds such right, however the right
shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) All such references to or use of the name of the Subadviser
shall state that the Subadviser is a manager of the Portfolios listed in
Schedule A. The Adviser agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Subadviser from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities and
expenses (including the reasonable cost of investigating and defending such
claims, demands or liabilities and any reasonable counsel fees incurred in
connection thereof) arising out of or on the basis of any untrue statement, or
alleged untrue statement, of a material fact stated in any prospectus,
statement of additional information, or other advertising or promotional
material, or arising out of or based upon omission, or alleged omission, to
state a material fact required to be stated in any prospectus, statement of
additional information, or other advertising or promotional material, except
that the Adviser's agreement to indemnify Subadviser will not be deemed to
cover any such claim, demand, liability or expense to the extent that it solely
arises out of or is solely based upon any such
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untrue statement, alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission or
alleged omission made in any prospectus, statement of additional information,
or advertising or promotional material in reliance upon information furnished
by Subadviser.
9. LIABILITY OF THE SUBADVISER. (a) In the absence of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations
or duties ("disabling conduct") hereunder on the part of the Subadviser (and
its officers, directors, agents, employees, controlling persons, shareholders
and any other person or entity affiliated with the Subadviser) the Subadviser
shall not be subject to liability to the Adviser, its officers, directors,
agents, employees, controlling persons or shareholders or to the Corporation or
to any shareholder of the Corporation for any act or omission in the course of,
or connected with, rendering services hereunder, including without limitation,
any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by any of them
in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, except to the
extent specified in Section 36(b) of the Act concerning loss resulting from a
breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the receipt of compensation for
services. Except for such disabling conduct, the Adviser shall indemnify the
Subadviser (and its officers, directors, partners, agents, employees,
controlling persons, shareholders and any other person or entity affiliated
with the Subadviser) (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including reasonable legal
and other expenses) arising from the Subadviser's providing services under this
Agreement.
(b) The Subadviser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Adviser and its affiliates and each of its directors and officers and each
person, if any, who controls the Adviser within the meaning of Section 15 of
the 1933 Act against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
litigation (including reasonable legal and other expenses), to which the
Adviser or its affiliates or such directors, officers or controlling person may
become subject under the 1933 Act, under other statutes, at common law or
otherwise, which may be based upon breach of this Agreement by the Subadviser;
provided, however, that in no case is the Subadviser's indemnity in favor of
any person deemed to protect such other persons against any liability to which
such person would otherwise be subject by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, or gross negligence in the performance of his, her or its duties or by
reason of his, her or its reckless disregard of obligation and duties under
this Agreement.
(c) The Subadviser shall not be liable to the Adviser its
officers, directors, agents, employees, controlling persons or shareholders or
to the Corporation or its shareholders for (i) any acts of the Adviser or any
other subadviser to the Portfolio with respect to the portion of the assets of
a Portfolio not managed by Subadviser and (ii) acts of the Subadviser which
result from or are based upon acts of the Adviser, including, but not limited
to, a failure of the Adviser to provide accurate and current information with
respect to any records maintained by Adviser or any other subadviser to a
Portfolio, which records are not also maintained by the Subadviser or, to the
extent such records relate to the portion of the assets managed by the
Subadviser, otherwise available to the Subadviser upon reasonable request. The
Adviser agrees that Subadviser shall manage the portion of the assets of a
Portfolio allocated to it as if it was a separate operating portfolio and shall
comply with subsections (a) and (b) of Section I of this Subadvisory Agreement
(including, but not limited to, the investment objectives, policies and
restrictions applicable to a Portfolio and qualifications of
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a Portfolio as a regulated investment company under the Code) only with respect
to the portion of assets of a Portfolio allocated to Subadviser. The Adviser
shall indemnify the Indemnified Parties from any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or litigation (including reasonable legal and other
expenses) arising from the conduct of the Adviser, the Corporation and any
other subadviser with respect to the portion of a Portfolio's assets not
allocated to Subadviser and with respect to any other portfolio of the
Corporation.
10. REPRESENTATION OF ADVISER. The Adviser represents and warrants
that it has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to engage
Subadviser to perform the duties required under this Agreement, and that its
engagement of Subadviser hereunder does not violate any applicable laws or
regulations, including the Investment Company Act of 1940.
11. PERMISSIBLE INTERESTS. Directors and agents of the Corporation
are or may be interested in the Subadviser (or any successor thereof) as
directors, partners, officers, or shareholders, or otherwise; directors,
partners, officers, agents, and shareholders of the Subadviser are or may be
interested in the Corporation as Directors, or otherwise; and the Subadviser
(or any successor) is or may be interested in the Corporation in some manner.
12. TERM OF THE AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall continue in full
force and effect with respect to each Portfolio until two years from the date
hereof, and from year to year thereafter so long as such continuance is
specifically approved at least annually (i) by the vote of a majority of those
Directors of the Corporation who are not parties to this Agreement or
interested persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for
the purpose of voting on such approval, and (ii) by the Directors of the
Corporation or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of
the Portfolio voting separately from any other series of the Corporation.
With respect to each Portfolio, this Agreement may be terminated
at any time, without payment of a penalty by the Portfolio or the Corporation,
by vote of a majority of the Directors, or by vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities (as defined in the Act) of the Portfolio, voting
separately from any other series of the Corporation, or by the Adviser, on not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice to the Subadviser. With
respect to each Portfolio, this Agreement may be terminated by the Subadviser
at any time, without the payment of any penalty, on 90 days' written notice to
the Adviser and the Corporation. The termination of this Agreement with respect
to any Portfolio or the addition of any Portfolio to Schedule A hereto (in the
manner required by the Act) shall not affect the continued effectiveness of
this Agreement with respect to each other Portfolio subject hereto. This
Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its assignment (as
defined by the Act).
This Agreement will also terminate in the event that the
Advisory Agreement by and between the Corporation and the Adviser is
terminated.
13. SEVERABILITY. This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement
between the parties hereto. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or
made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of
this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
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14. SURVIVAL. Section 9 and the right to receive amounts due under
Section 3 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
15. AMENDMENTS. This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent in
writing, but the consent of the Corporation must be obtained in conformity with
the requirements of the Act.
16. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York and the applicable provisions of the
Act. To the extent the applicable laws of the State of New York, or any of the
provisions herein, conflict with the applicable provisions of the Act, the
latter shall control.
17. SEPARATE SERIES. Pursuant to the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation and the General Laws of the State of Maryland, each Portfolio is
a separate series of the Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations
and expenses of a particular Portfolio shall be enforceable only against the
assets of that Portfolio and not against the assets of any other Portfolio or
of the Corporation as a whole.
18. NOTICES. All notices shall be in writing and deemed properly
given when delivered or mailed by United States certified or registered mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
Subadviser: Dresdner RCM Global Investors LLC
Four Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Adviser: SunAmerica Asset Management Corp.
The SunAmerica Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their respective duly
authorized officers to execute this Agreement as of the date first above
written.
SUNAMERICA ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: President
DRESDNER RCM GLOBAL INVESTORS LLC
By:
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Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE A
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