ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
This Administration Agreement is made this 10th day of November, 2000,
and as amended as of December 13, 2000, by and between MARKETOCRACY FUNDS, a
Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), and MARKETOCRACY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (the "Administrator").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Trust is engaged in business as a non-diversified open-end
management investment company and is registered as such under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Administrator is engaged in the business of rendering
administrative and supervisory services to investment companies; and
WHEREAS, the Trust desires to retain the Administrator to render
supervisory and corporate administrative services to The ChangeWave Fund and The
Technology Plus Fund (collectively, the "Funds") in the manner and on the terms
hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the terms and
provisions hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Employment of the Administrator. The Trust hereby employs the
Administrator to administer the affairs of the Funds subject to the direction of
the Board of Trustees and the officers of the Trust, for the period and on the
terms hereinafter set forth. The Administrator hereby accepts such employment
and agrees during such period to render the services and to assume the
obligations herein set forth for the compensation herein provided. The
Administrator shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent
contractor and, except as expressly provided or authorized (whether herein or
otherwise), shall have no authority to act for or represent the Funds in any way
or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Funds.
2. Obligations of the Administrator. The Administrator, at its expense,
shall supply the Board of Trustees and officers of the Trust with all
statistical information and reports reasonably required by it and reasonably
available to the Administrator and furnish the Funds with office facilities,
including space, furniture and equipment and all personnel reasonably necessary
for the operation of the Funds. The Administrator shall oversee the maintenance
of all books and records with respect to the Funds' securities transactions and
the Funds' books of account in accordance with all applicable federal and state
laws and regulations. In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under
the Act, the Administrator hereby agrees that any records which it maintains for
the Funds are the property of the Funds and further agrees to surrender promptly
to a Fund any of such records upon such Fund's request. The Administrator
further agrees to arrange for the preservation of the records required to be
maintained by Rule 31a-1 under the Act for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2
under the Act.
3. Expenses of the Funds. The Administrator assumes and shall pay for
maintaining its staff and personnel, and shall at its own expense provide the
equipment, office space and facilities necessary to perform its obligations
under this Agreement. In addition, the Administrator assumes and shall pay all
other expenses of the Funds, including, without limitation: insurance, taxes,
expenses for legal and auditing services, costs of printing proxies, stock
certificates and prospectuses (except to the extent paid by the investment
adviser pursuant to the Investment Advisory and Management Agreement by and
between the parties hereto dated as of November 10, 2000, the insurance required
by Section 17(g) of the Act, charges of a custodian for safekeeping of the
Funds' securities, Securities and Exchange Commission fees, expense of
registering the shares of the Funds under Federal and state securities laws,
fees and expenses of trustees who are not interested persons of the Funds,
accounting and pricing costs (including the daily calculation of net asset
value), interest, brokerage costs, litigation and other extraordinary or
non-recurring expenses, and other expenses properly payable to the Funds,
excluding, however, expenses of holding or carrying a Fund's securities,
including without limitation expenses of dividends on stock borrowed to cover a
short sale or interest, fees or other charges incurred in connection with a
Fund's leverage and related borrowings.
4. Compensation. As compensation for the services rendered, the
facilities furnished and the expenses assumed by the Administrator, the Funds
shall each pay to the Administrator at the end of each calendar month a fee at
the annual rate of .45% of such Fund's average daily net assets up to $200
million, .40% of such assets from $200 million to $500 million, .35% of such
assets from $500 million to $1 billion and .30% of such assets in excess of $1
billion, as determined and computed in accordance with the description of the
method of determination of net asset value contained in the Funds' Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information.
5. Activities of the Administrator. The services of the Administrator
to the Funds hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and the Administrator
shall be free to render similar services to others. Subject to, and in
accordance with the Declaration of Trust and By-Laws, and any amendments
thereto, of the Funds and Section 10(a) of the Act, it is understood that
trustees, officers, agents and beneficial holders of the Funds are or may be
"interested persons" (as defined in the Act) of the Administrator or its
affiliates, and that directors, officers, agents or shareholders of the
Administrator or its affiliates are or may be "interested persons" of the Funds
as beneficial holders or otherwise.
6. Liabilities of the Administrator. 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 liable to the Funds or to any beneficial holder of the Funds for any act or
omission in the course of, or in connection with, rendering services hereunder
or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any
security, including without limitation for purposes determining such losses,
brokerage expenses and expenses of holding or carrying a Fund's securities,
including without limitation expenses of dividends on stock borrowed to cover a
short sale or interest, fees or other charges incurred in connection with a
Fund's leverage and related borrowings.
7. Renewal. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date
hereof and shall continue in effect until November 9, 2002, and is renewable
thereafter for successive one year periods if such continuance is approved at
least annually by (i) the Funds' Board of Trustees, or by a vote of the holders
of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Funds, and (ii) a
majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Agreement or "interested
persons" (as defined in the Act) of any such party cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
8. Termination. This Agreement (i) may be terminated at any time
without the payment of any penalty either by vote of the Board of Trustees of
the Funds, or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the
Funds, on 60 days written notice to the Administrator and (ii) may be terminated
at any time by the Administrator on 60 days written notice to the Funds.
9. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by the parties only if
such amendment is specifically approved by (i) the Board of Trustees of the
Funds, or by a vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Funds, and (ii) a majority of those trustees of the Funds 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.
10. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications required or
permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed
sufficient when mailed by United States certified mail, return receipt
requested, or delivered in person against receipt to the party to whom it is to
be given, at the address of such party set forth below:
If to the Administrator:
Marketocracy Capital Management LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X0
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
If to the Funds:
Marketocracy Funds
ChangeWave Fund/Technology Plus Fund
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X0
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
or to such other address as the party shall have furnished in writing in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.
11. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect and this Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if
such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision were omitted.
12. Headings. Any paragraph headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only, and shall be given no effect in the construction
and interpretation of this Agreement or any provisions thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed on the date first written above,
MARKETOCRACY FUNDS
By:
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Xxxxxx Xxxx, Chairman
MARKETOCRACY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC.
By:
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Xxxxxxxx Xxx, President
