Exhibit - 10 i
INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT
AGREEMENT, made by and between XXXXXXX 25 FUND, INC., a Pennsylvania Corpora-
tion, (hereinafter called "Fund") and VALLEY FORGE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, a
Pennsylvania Corporation (hereinafter called "Investment Advisor")
WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, Fund engages in the business of investing and reinvesting
its assets and property in various stocks and securities and Investment Advisor
engages in the business of providing investment advisory services.
1. The Fund hereby employs the Investment Advisor, for the period set forth
in Paragraph 6 hereof, and on the terms set forth herein, to render invest-
ment advisory services to the Fund, subject to the supervision and direction
of the Board of Directors of the Fund. The Investment Advisor hereby ac-
cepts such employment and agrees, during such period, to render the services
and assume the obligations herein set forth, for the compensation provided.
The Investment Advisor shall, for all purposes herein, be deemed to be an
independent contractor, and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided and
authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Fund in any way,
or in any way be deemed an agent of the Fund.
2. As a compensation for the services to be rendered to the Fund by the Invest-
ment Advisor under the provisions of this Agreement, the Fund shall pay to
the Investment Advisor monthly a fee equal to one-twelfth of one percent per
month, (the equivalent of 1% per annum) of the daily average net assets of
the Fund during the month. The first payment of fee hereunder shall be
prorated on a daily basis from the date this Agreement takes effect.
3. It is expressly understood and agreed that the services to be rendered by
the Investment Advisor to the Fund under the provisions of this Agreement
are not to be deemed to be exclusive, and the Investment Advisor shall be
free to render similar or different services to others so long as its abil-
ity to render the services provided for in this Agreement shall not be im-
paired thereby.
4. It is understood and agreed that directors, officers, employees, agents and
shareholders of the Fund may be interested in the Investment Advisor as dir-
ectors, officers, employees, agents and shareholders, and that directors,
officers, employees, agents and shareholders of the Investment Advisor may
be interested in the Fund, as directors, officers, employees, agents and
shareholders or otherwise, and that the investment Advisor, itself, may be
interested in the Fund as a shareholder or otherwise, specifically, it is
understood and agreed that directors, officers, employees, agents and share-
holders of the Investment Advisor may continue as directors, officers, emp-
loyees, agents and shareholders of the Fund; that the Investment Advisor,
its directors, officers, employees, agents and shareholders may engage in
other business, may render investment advisory services to other investment
companies, or to any other corporation, association, firm or individual, may
render underwriting services to the Fund, or to any other investment compa-
ny, corporation, association, form or individual. The Fund shall bear ex-
penses and salaries necessary and incidental to the conduct of its business,
including but not in limitation of the foregoing, the costs incurred in the
maintenance of its own books, records, and procedures; dealing with its own
shareholders; the payment of dividends; transfers of stock (including issu-
ance & redemption of shares); reports and notices to shareholders; expenses
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of annual stockholders; meetings; miscellaneous office expenses; brokerage
commissions; taxes; and custodian, legal, accounting and registration fees.
Employees, officers and agents of the Investment Advisor who are, or may in
the future be, directors and/or senior officers of the Fund shall receive no
remuneration from the Fund or acting in such capacities for the Fund. In
the conduct of the respective businesses of the parties hereto and in the
performance of this agreement, the Fund & Investment Advisor may share com-
mon facilities and personnel common to each, with appropriate proration of
expenses.
5. Investment Advisor shall give the Fund the benefit of its best judgment and
efforts in rendering these services, and Fund agrees as an inducement to the
undertaking of these services that Investment Advisor shall not be liable
hereunder for any mistake of judgment or any event whatsoever, provided that
nothing herein shall be deemed to protect, or purport to protect, Investment
Advisor against any liability to Fund or to its security holders to which
Investment Advisor would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeas-
ance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder,
or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder.
6. This agreement shall continue in effect until December 31, 1995, and, there-
after, only so long as such continuance is approved at least annually by
votes of the Fund's Board of Directors, cast in person at a meeting called
for the purpose of voting on such approval, including the votes of a majori-
ty of the Directors who are not parties to such agreement or interested per-
sons of any such party. This agreement may be terminated at any time upon
60 days prior written notice, without the payment of any penalty, by the
Fund's Board of Directors or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund. The contract will automatically terminate in the
event of its assignment by the Investment Advisor (within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940), which shall be deemed to include a transfer
of control of the Investment Advisor. Upon the termination of this agree-
ment, the obligations of all the parties hereunder shall cease and terminate
as of the date of such termination, except for any obligation to respond for
a breach of this Agreement committed prior to such termination and except
for the obligation of the Fund to pay to the Investment Advisor the fee pro-
vided in Paragraph 2 hereof, prorated to the date of termination.
7. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Fund without prior written con-
sent thereto of the Investment Advisor. This Agreement shall terminate au-
tomatically in the event of its assignment by the Investment Advisor unless
an exemption from such automatic termination is granted by order or rule of
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their corporate seals to
be affixed and duly attested and their presence to be signed by their duly
authorized officers this 8th day of December, 1995.
XXXXXXX 25 FUND, INC. By _____________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, President
Attest: ________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
VALLEY FORGE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION By _____________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, President
Attest: ________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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