MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of June 18, 1999, between LIBERTY FUNDS TRUST I, a
Massachusetts business trust (Trust), with respect to COLONIAL STRATEGIC INCOME
FUND (Fund), and COLONIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC., a Massachusetts
corporation (Advisor).
In consideration of the promises and covenants herein, the parties agree as
follows:
1. The Advisor will manage the investment of the assets of the Fund in
accordance with its prospectus and statement of additional information
and will perform the other services herein set forth, subject to the
supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The Advisor may
delegate its investment responsibilities to a sub-advisor.
2. In carrying out its investment management obligations, the Advisor
shall:
(a) evaluate such economic, statistical and financial information and
undertake such investment research as it shall believe advisable; (b)
purchase and sell securities and other investments for the Fund in
accordance with the procedures described in its prospectus and
statement of additional information; and (c) report results to the
Board of Trustees of the Trust.
3. The Advisor shall furnish at its expense the following:
(a) office space, supplies, facilities and equipment; (b) executive and
other personnel for managing the affairs of the Fund (including
preparing financial information of the Fund and reports and tax returns
required to be filed with public authorities, but exclusive of those
related to custodial, transfer, dividend and plan agency services,
determination of net asset value and maintenance of records required by
Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and
the rules thereunder (1940 Act)); and (c) compensation of Trustees who
are directors, officers, partners or employees of the Advisor or its
affiliated persons (other than a registered investment company).
4. The Advisor shall be free to render similar services to others so long
as its services hereunder are not impaired thereby.
5. The Fund shall pay the Advisor monthly a fee at the annual rate of
0.65% of the first $1 billion of the average daily net assets of the
Fund, 0.60% on the next $1 billion and 0.55% in excess of $2 billion.
6. If the operating expenses of the Fund for any fiscal year exceed the
most restrictive applicable expense limitation for any state in which
shares are sold, the Advisor's fee shall be reduced by the excess but
not to less than zero. Operating expenses shall not include brokerage,
interest, taxes, deferred organization expenses, Rule 12b-1
distribution fees, service fees and extraordinary expenses, if any. The
Advisor may waive its compensation (and bear expenses of the Fund) to
the extent that expenses of the Fund exceed any expense limitation the
Advisor declares to be effective.
7. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date of its execution,
and
(a) unless otherwise terminated, shall continue until two years from its
date of execution and from year to year thereafter so long as approved
annually in accordance with the 1940 Act; (b) may be terminated without
penalty on sixty days' written notice to the Advisor either by vote of
the Board of Trustees of the Trust or by vote of a majority of the
outstanding shares of the Fund; (c) shall automatically terminate in the
event of its assignment; and (d) may be terminated without penalty by
the Advisor on sixty days' written notice to the Trust.
8. This Agreement may be amended in accordance with the 1940 Act.
9. For the purpose of the Agreement, the terms "vote of a majority of the
outstanding shares", "affiliated person" and "assignment" shall have
their respective meanings defined in the 1940 Act and exemptions and
interpretations issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the 1940 Act.
10. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on
the part of the Advisor, or reckless disregard of its obligations and
duties hereunder, the Advisor shall not be subject to any liability to
the Trust or the Fund, to any shareholder of the Trust or the Fund or
to any other person, firm or organization, for any act or omission in
the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder.
LIBERTY FUNDS TRUST I on behalf of
COLONIAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
By: /s/J.XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX
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J. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, Controller
COLONIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
By: /s/XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, President
A copy of the document establishing the Trust is filed with the Secretary of The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This Agreement is executed by officers not as
individuals and is not binding upon any of the Trustees, officers or
shareholders of the Trust individually but only upon the assets of the Fund.
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