Exhibit 8 (b)
MENTOR VARIABLE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
February 1, 1998, as amended
February 10, 1999
Mentor Investment Group, LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Re: Administration Agreement
Dear Gentlemen:
Mentor Variable Investment Portfolios, a Massachusetts business trust
(the "Trust"), is engaged in the business of an investment company. The Trust
desires that you act as administrator of one or more series specified by the
Trustees from time to time on Exhibit A hereto (each, a "Specified Series") of
the Trust, and you are willing to act as such administrator and to perform such
services under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. Accordingly, the
Trust agrees with you as follows:
1. Delivery of Trust Documents. The Trust has furnished you with
copies properly certified or authenticated of each of the following:
(a) Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust.
(b) By-laws of the Trust as in effect on the date hereof.
(c) Resolutions of the Trustees of the Trust selecting you as
administrator and approving the form of this Agreement.
The Trust will furnish you from time to time with copies, properly
certified or authenticated, of all amendments of or supplements to the
foregoing, if any.
2. Administrative Services. You will continuously provide business
management services to each of the Specified Series and will generally, subject
to the general oversight of the Trustees and except as provided in the next
following paragraph, manage all of the business and affairs of each of the
Specified Series, subject always to the provisions of the
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Trust's Declaration of Trust and By-laws and of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and subject, further, to such policies and
instructions as the Trustees may from time to time establish. You shall, except
as provided in the next following paragraph, advise and assist the officers of
the Trust in taking such steps as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the
decisions of the Trustees and the appropriate committees of the Trustees
regarding the conduct of the business of each of the Specified Series.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, you will not at any
time provide, or be required to provide, to the Trust or to any person with
respect to the Trust investment research, advice, or supervision, or in any way
advise the Trust or any person acting on behalf of the Trust as to the value of
securities or other investments or as to the advisability of investing in,
purchasing, or selling securities or other investments.
3. Allocation of Charges and Expenses. You will pay the compensation
and expenses of all officers and executive employees of the Trust (other than
such persons who serve as such and who are employees of or serve at the request
of any investment adviser to the Trust) and will make available, without expense
to the Trust, the services of such of your directors, officers, and employees as
may duly be elected Trustees or officers of the Trust, subject to their
individual consent to serve and to any limitations imposed by law. You will
provide all clerical services relating to the business of each of the Specified
Series. You will not be required to pay any expenses of the Trust other than
those specifically allocated to you in this paragraph 3. In particular, but
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you will not be required to
pay: clerical salaries not relating to the services described in paragraph 2
above; fees and expenses incurred by the Trust in connection with membership in
investment company organizations; brokers' commissions; payment for portfolio
pricing services to a pricing agent, if any; legal, auditing, or accounting
expenses; taxes or governmental fees; the fees and expenses of the transfer
agent of the Trust; the cost of preparing share certificates or any other
expenses, including clerical expenses, incurred in connection with the issue,
sale, underwriting, redemption, or repurchase of shares of the Trust; the
expenses of and fees for registering or qualifying securities for sale; the fees
and expenses of Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with you; the cost
of preparing and distributing reports and notices to shareholders; public and
investor relations expenses; or 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.
4. Compensation. As compensation for the services performed and the
facilities furnished and expenses assumed by you, including the services of any
consultants retained by you, each Specified Series shall pay you, as promptly as
possible after the last day of each month, a fee, calculated daily, at the
annual rate of .10 of 1% of the Specified Series average daily net assets.
The first payment of the fee shall be made as promptly as possible at
the end of the month next succeeding the effective date of this Agreement in
respect of such Specified
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Series, and shall constitute a full payment of the fee due you for all services
prior to that date. If this Agreement is terminated as of any date not the last
day of a month, such fee shall be paid as promptly as possible after such date
of termination, shall be based on the average daily net assets of the Specified
Series in that period from the beginning of such month to such date of
termination, and shall be that proportion of such average daily net assets as
the number of business days in such period bears to the number of business days
in such month. The average daily net assets of a Specified Series shall in all
cases be based only on business days and be computed as of the time of the
regular close of business of the New York Stock Exchange, or such other time as
may be determined by the Trustees. Each such payment shall be accompanied by a
report of the Trust prepared either by the Trust or by a reputable firm of
independent accountants which shall show the amount properly payable to you
under this Agreement and the detailed computation thereof.
5. Limitation of Liability. You shall not be liable for any error of
judgement or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust 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 shall
be deemed, when acting within the scope of his or her employment by the Trust,
to be acting in such employment solely for the Trust and not as your employee or
agent.
6. Duration and Termination of this Agreement. This Agreement shall
remain in force for two years from the date first above written and continue
from year to year thereafter, but only so long as such continuance is
specifically approved at least annually with respect to each Specified Series by
the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of you or
of the Trust, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on
such approval and by a vote of the Trustees. This Agreement may, on 30 days
notice, be terminated at any time without the payment of any penalty by you,
and, immediately upon notice, by the Trustees or, as to a Specified Series, by
vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of that Specified
Series. 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, as modified by rule 18f-2 under the
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.
7. Amendment of this Agreement. No provisions of this Agreement may 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, and no amendment of this Agreement shall be
effective as to a Specified Series until approved by the Trustees, including a
majority of the Trustees who are
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not interested persons of you or of the Trust, cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
8. Miscellaneous. The captions in this Agreement are included for
convenience or reference only and in no way define or delimit any of the
provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction of 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.
9. Limitation of Liability of the Trustees and Shareholders. A copy of
the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Trust is on file with the
Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice is hereby given that
this instrument is executed on behalf of the Trustees of the Trust as Trustees
and not individually and that the obligations of this instrument are not binding
upon any of the Trustees, officers, or shareholders individually but are binding
only upon the assets and property of the appropriate Series.
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,
MENTOR VARIABLE
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: President
The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted as of the date thereof.
MENTOR INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: President
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