ITEM 77Q(e)(iv) - COPIES OF ANY NEW OR
AMENDED REGISTRANT INVESTMENT ADVISORY
CONTRACTS
SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
This Subadvisory Agreement
("Agreement") is entered into as of
October 24, 2005, by and
among the MTB Group of Funds, a Delaware
statutory trust (the "Trust"),
MTB Investment Advisors,
Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Adviser"),
and Xxxxxxxxxx Global Investors, Inc.
(the "Subadviser").
Recitals:
The Trust is an open-end investment
management company registered under
the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"),
and has thirty-five portfolios, including the MTB
International Equity Fund (the "Fund");
The Trust and the Adviser have entered
into advisory agreements, each dated as of August 22,
2003 (the "Advisory Agreement") as amended,
pursuant to which the Adviser provides portfolio
management services to the Fund and the
other portfolios of the Trust;
The Advisory Agreement contemplates
that the Adviser may fulfill its
portfolio management
responsibilities under the Advisory
Agreement by engaging one or
more subadvisers; and
The Adviser and the Board of
Trustees of the Trust ("Trustees" or
"Board") desire to retain the
Subadviser to act as sub-investment
manager of the Fund and to provide
certain other services, and the
Subadviser desires to perform such
services under the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.
Agreement:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual covenants and
agreements set forth in this
Agreement, the Trust, the Adviser
and the Subadviser agree as follows:
1. Delivery of Documents. The Trust
and/or the Adviser has furnished
the Subadviser with copies,
properly certified or otherwise
authenticated, of each of the following:
(a) The Trust's Agreement and
Declaration of Trust ("Declaration
of Trust"), as in effect on
the date hereof;
(b) By-Laws of the Trust as in
effect on the date hereof;
(c) Resolutions of the Trustees
selecting the Subadviser as the
sub-investment manager to the
Fund and approving the
form of this Agreement;
(d) Resolutions of the Trustees
selecting the Adviser as investment
adviser to the Fund and
approving the form of the Investment
Advisory Agreement and resolutions
adopted by
the initial shareholder of the Fund
approving the form of the Investment Advisory
Agreement;
(e) The Advisory Agreement;
(f) The Trust's current registration
statement on Form N-1A as filed
with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including
the Fund's current prospectus and statement
of additional information
(collectively called the "Prospectus");
(g) All current written guidelines,
policies and procedures of the Trust,
which are applicable
to the Fund, the Adviser or the
Subadviser and have been approved
by the Board of
Trustees of the Trust;
(h) The code of ethics of the Trust
which has been approved by the
Trustees of the Trust in
accordance with Rule 17j-1 under
the 1940 Act;
(i) The Adviser's most recent Form
ADV as filed with the SEC and/or
provided to the
Adviser's clients (which Form ADV includes,
among other things, a description of the
Adviser's policies regarding allocation
of securities among clients with common
investment objectives, soft dollars and
brokerage selection);
(j) Those provisions of the Adviser's
Compliance Manual that apply to the Fund;
(k) A copy of the Adviser's Proxy
Voting Policies and Procedures; and
(l) The Trust's Anti-Money Laundering
Policies and Procedures.
The Adviser will promptly furnish
the Subadviser from time to time
with copies, properly
certified or otherwise authenticated,
of all amendments of or supplements
to any of the foregoing
documents. The Adviser will also furnish
the Subadviser with copies of all
the documents listed on
Schedule 1 to this Agreement, and shall
promptly notify the Subadviser of any
material change in any of
the Fund's investment objectives, investment
strategies, investment policies,
investment restrictions,
guidelines or procedures set forth in any
of the documents listed in Schedule 1.
In addition, the Chief
Compliance Officer for the Trust and the
Adviser shall provide the Subadviser
with a certification that
they have adopted and approved a compliance
program for the Trust adopted in
accordance with Rule
38a-1 under the 1940 Act and the compliance
program for the Adviser adopted in
accordance with Rule
206(4)-7 under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, as amended
("Advisers Act"), respectively.
The Chief Compliance Officer for
the Subadviser shall provide the Trust
and the Adviser with
copies of the Subadviser's Compliance
Policies and Procedures, a summary
of its compliance program,
and a certification that the Subadviser
has adopted and approved a compliance
program for the
Subadviser in accordance with Rule 206(4)-7
under the Advisers Act and such
other information as may
be reasonably requested in order to
permit the Board of Trustees of the Trust
to make such determinations
with respect to the Subadviser's compliance
program as may be required under
Rule 38a-1 under the 1940
Act. The Subadviser has furnished the
Adviser with a copy of the Subadviser's
Form ADV most recently
filed with the SEC, (which Form ADV includes
a description of the Subadviser's
policies regarding
allocation of securities among clients
with common investment objectives,
soft dollars and brokerage
selection) and the code of ethics
established by the Subadviser pursuant
to Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act
("Subadviser's Code of Ethics"). The
Subadviser will promptly furnish the
Adviser with copies of any
amendments to each of those documents,
including any revisions required by
Rule 204A-1 under the
Advisers Act. The Subadviser will also
provide the Adviser with the
Subadviser's list of affiliated
persons at least annually, and will promptly
notify Adviser in writing of
any changes to that list.
The Subadviser will also provide
the Adviser and the Fund accountant
with a list and specimen
signatures of the parties who are authorized
to act on behalf of the Subadviser
and will promptly notify
Adviser in writing of any
changes to that list.
2. Investment Services. Subject to
the oversight of the Adviser and the
Trustees, the Subadviser
will manage the portion of the Fund's
assets allocated to the Subadviser
from time to time by the Adviser
in its sole discretion ("Assets") on a
discretionary basis, including the
purchase, retention and disposition
of securities, as the Fund's agent and
attorney-in-fact with full power and
authority in connection with
such assets and in a manner that is (a)
consistent with the investment objectives,
investment strategies,
investment policies and restrictions of the
Fund as set forth in the Fund's Prospectus,
(b) in conformity
with the 1940 Act, (c) compliant with the
requirements applicable to regulated
investment companies
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, and (d) compliant with all
other applicable federal
securities laws and regulations, instructions
and directions received by the
Subadviser in writing from the
Adviser or the Board of Trustees, and all
applicable provisions in the
documents provided to the
Subadviser, pursuant to Section 1 above,
as each of the documents may,
from time to time, be amended or
supplemented.
The Subadviser will discharge its
duties under this Agreement with
the care, skill, prudence, and
diligence under the circumstances then
prevailing that a prudent person
acting in the capacity of an
investment adviser to a registered
investment Trust and familiar with
such matters would use.
The Subadviser will, at its
own expense, and subject to the
oversight of the Adviser and the Board
of Trustees:
(a) Manage on a discretionary basis
the Assets and determine from
time to time which
securities will be purchased, retained
or sold by the Fund.
(b) Place orders with or through
brokers, dealers or issuers in order
to effect or execute
portfolio transactions for the Fund,
subject at all times to the
Subadviser's duty to (i) use
its best efforts to obtain for the
Fund the most favorable terms and
best execution of such
portfolio transactions, (ii) comply
with any policy with respect to
effecting or executing
portfolio transactions for the Fund,
as set forth in the Fund's
Prospectus, and (iii) comply
with any written policies and procedures
of the Trust, as approved by the Board of
Trustees from time to time.
In using its best efforts to obtain for
the Fund the most favorable terms
and best execution
of portfolio securities, the Subadviser,
bearing in mind the Fund's best
interests at all
times, shall consider all factors it
deems relevant, including but not
limited to: the price
and size of the transaction, the nature
of the market for the security,
the amount of the
commission, the timing of the transaction,
market prices and trends, the reputation,
experience and financial stability of
the broker or dealer involved
in the transaction, and
the quality of service rendered by
the broker or dealer
in other transactions.
Subject to such policies and procedures
as the Board of Trustees may approve, the
Subadviser may, to the extent
authorized by Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, cause the Fund
to pay a broker or dealer that
provided brokerage
and research services to the Adviser
or the Subadviser an amount of commission for
effecting a portfolio transaction
in excess of the amount of
commission another broker or
dealer would have charged for
effecting that transaction if the
Subadviser determines, in
good faith, that such amount of commission
is reasonable in relationship to the value of
such brokerage or research services
provided viewed in terms of that particular
transaction or the Subadviser's overall
responsibilities to the Fund or its
other advisory
clients. To the extent authorized by
Section 28(e) and the Trust's Board of
Trustees, 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 such action.
Subadviser shall not be liable to the
Adviser nor the Trust nor the Fund for any act,
conduct or omission of any broker
selected by Subadviser to provide
transaction or other
services to the Fund, and/or any Fund
Series, provided such broker was selected with
reasonable care and in accordance with
the provisions of this clause (b).
(c) Submit information relating to the
valuation of the Assets as
the Adviser or the Board
may reasonably request. The Trust,
the Fund and the Adviser agree and acknowledge
that Subadviser is not a pricing
agent for the Fund or the Trust
and shall not be liable for
any valuation determined or adopted
by the Trust or the Fund, the Fund's custodian
and/or portfolio accounting agent in
accordance with any information
provided by the
Subadviser, subject to the
provisions of Section 10(a).
(d) Maintain all accounts, books
and records pertaining to
the Assets ("Fund Assets' Books
and Records") as are required of an
investment adviser of a
registered investment
company pursuant to Section 31
of the 1940 Act and the rules
and regulations adopted
thereunder and by applicable
provisions of the Advisers Act,
including, without
limitation, a daily ledger of such
assets and liabilities relating
to the Fund, and brokerage
and other records of all portfolio
transactions for the Fund. The
Fund Assets' Books and
Records shall be available for inspection
or duplication by the Adviser and the Trust on
any day that the Fund is open for business,
upon reasonable request, and shall be
available for telecopying to the Adviser
or the Trust on any such business day.
(e) Unless otherwise directed by Adviser
in writing, take action, in accordance with
Adviser's Proxy Voting Policy, with respect
to matters submitted to a vote of holders of
voting securities comprising the Assets,
and provide Adviser with information on
securities voted by Subadviser promptly after
the vote occurs. Adviser shall be solely
responsible for making all required filings
of Form N-PX with the appropriate regulatory
bodies.
(f) From time to time, as the Adviser or
the Trustees may reasonably request,
furnish the
Adviser and to each of the Board members
reports of Fund's securities transactions with
respect to the Assets and reports on
securities comprising the Assets,
all in such detail as
the Adviser or the Trustees may reasonably request.
(g) Inform the Adviser and the
Trustees of material or significant
changes in (i) investment
strategy or policies that will be employed
in managing the Assets or (ii) key investment
officers of the Subadviser substantially
involved in managing the Assets or (iii)
Subadviser's president, chief executive
officer, chief financial officer, chief operating
officer or chief compliance officer, or
the persons performing the functions of any such
office for Subadviser.
(h) Make its officers and employees available
to meet with the Trustees and the Adviser at
such times and with such frequency as the Trustees
or the Adviser reasonably request, on
due notice to the Subadviser, but at least annually,
to review the Fund's investment of the
Assets in light of current and prospective market conditions.
(i) Furnish to the Board members
such information as may be requested
by them in writing
and as reasonably necessary in order for
the Trustees to evaluate this Agreement or any
proposed amendments to this Agreement
for the purpose of casting a vote pursuant to
Section 12 or 13 hereof.
(j) Furnish to the Adviser such information
as may be requested by the Adviser and
reasonably necessary in order for the Adviser
to evaluate this Agreement and the
Subadviser's performance hereunder.
(k) The Subadviser will advise the
Adviser, and, if instructed by the
Adviser, will advise the
Fund's custodian on a prompt basis and
Fund accountant each day by electronic
communication of each confirmed purchase
and sale of a security for the Fund. Such
communication with respect to each
security purchased for or sold by
the Fund shall
provide the following information:
the name of the issuer;
the full description of the
security including its class; the amount
or number of shares of the security
purchased or
sold; the market price; commission paid;
government charges; the gross or net price of
the security; the trade date; the
settlement date; the identity of the
effecting broker or
dealer and, if different, the
identity of the clearing broker.
(l) Cooperate generally with the Fund and
the Adviser to provide information requested by
them in the possession of the Subadviser,
or reasonably available to it, necessary for the
preparation of the registration statement
for the Fund and all periodic
reports to be filed
by the Fund or the Adviser with the SEC,
including but not limited to,
Form N-1A, semi-
annual reports for the Fund on Form N-SAR
and Form N-CSR, proxy voting results on
Form N-PX, portfolio holdings on Form N-Q,
shareholder communications regarding the
Fund, proxy materials furnished to holders
of shares of the Fund, and filings with state
"blue sky" authorities and with United States
agencies responsible for tax matters
regarding the Fund.
(m) Allow the Chief Compliance Officer
of the Trust and the Adviser
and/or his/her delegate,
representatives of the Adviser, internal
or external auditors of the
Trust and Adviser, and
regulators to visit and audit Subadviser's
operations relating to Subadviser's services
under this Agreement as may be reasonably
requested, at reasonable times and upon
reasonable notice, but at least once annually.
(n) Deliver instructions or directions to
the Adviser via such written
or oral reports as the
Fund's custodian and fund accountant
may require. Subadviser shall
instruct all brokers,
dealers or other persons executing orders
with respect to the Assets to forward to the
Adviser copies of all brokerage or dealer
confirmations promptly after execution of all
transactions.
(o) Comply with all requirements of
Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act, including the
requirement to submit its Code of Ethics
and any material changes thereto to the Trustees
for approval, and such other
requirements of Rule 204A-1 under
the Advisers Act. The
Subadviser will submit any material change
in its Code of Ethics to the Trustees promptly
after the adoption of such change.
The Subadviser will report at
least quarterly any
material violations of its Code of Ethics
or related procedures and any
related sanctions to
the Trustees, and will provide a written
report to the Trustees at least annually in
accordance with the requirements of
Rule 17j-1 and any similar
requirements as may be
adopted by the SEC under the Advisers Act.
The Subadviser will also require that its
"Access Persons" (as such term is defined
in Rule 17j-1 and Rule 204A-1) provide the
Subadviser with quarterly personal
investment transaction reports and
initial and annual
holdings reports, and otherwise require
such of those persons as is appropriate to be
subject to the Subadviser's Code of Ethics.
(p) Provide to the Adviser and the
Trust a copy and summary of its
compliance program in
accordance with Rule 206(4)-7 under the
Advisers Act, and any material
changes thereto,
at least annually.
3. Expenses Paid by the Subadviser.
The Subadviser will pay the cost of
maintaining the staff and
personnel necessary for it to perform
its obligations under this Agreement,
the expenses of office rent,
telephone, telecommunications and other
facilities it is obligated to provide
in order to perform the
services specified in Section 2, and
any other costs and expenses incurred
by it in connection with the
performance of its duties hereunder.
4. Expenses of the Fund Not Paid by
the Subadviser. The Subadviser
will not be required to pay
any expenses of the Fund, including
those expenses typically and
customarily borne by a fund or adviser
and not otherwise specified herein, or
any other expenses that this Agreement
does not expressly state
shall be payable by the Subadviser.
In particular, and without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the
Subadviser will not be required to
pay under this Agreement:
(a) the compensation and expenses of
Trustees and of independent advisers,
independent
contractors, consultants, managers and
other agents employed by the Trust or the Fund
other than through the Subadviser;
(b) organization and offering expenses
of the Fund (including out of pocket expenses);
(c) legal, accounting and auditing fees
and expenses of the Trust or the Fund;
(d) the fees and disbursements of
custodians and depositories of the
Trust or the Fund's
assets, or any fees and expenses of
the Fund's administrator, transfer
agents, disbursing
agents, plan agents and registrars;
(e) the Fund's interest expenses;
(f) taxes and governmental fees
assessed against the Trust or
the Fund's assets and payable
by the Trust or the Fund;
(g) dues and expenses of each of
the Fund or the Adviser for its
respective membership in
investment trade organizations;
(h) cost of insurance relating to
fidelity bond coverage or directors
and officers/ errors and
omissions coverage for the Fund
or the Adviser;
(i) the cost of preparing, printing
and mailing Prospectuses, dividends,
distributions, reports,
notices and proxy materials to
shareholders of the Trust or the Fund,
except that the
Subadviser shall bear the costs of
providing the information referred
to in Section 2(l) to
the Adviser;
(j) brokers' commissions and
underwriting fees;
(k) the payments for maintaining the
Fund's books and records (other
than those books and
records the Subadviser maintains in
connection with the performance or
its duties under
this Agreement) and any expense associated
with calculating the daily net asset value of
the shares of the Fund; and
(l) expenses of any shareholder meetings.
5. Registration as an Adviser.
The Subadviser hereby represents
and warrants that it is registered
with the SEC as an investment adviser,
and covenants that it intends to
remain so registered for the
duration of this Agreement. Subadviser
shall notify the Adviser immediately
in the event that Subadviser
ceases to be registered with the SEC
as an investment adviser under
the Advisers Act.
6. Compensation of the Subadviser.
For all services to be rendered,
facilities furnished and
expenses paid or assumed by the Subadviser
as herein provided for the Funds,
the Adviser will pay the
Subadviser an annual fee equal to 0.60% of
the average daily net asset value of
the Assets. Such fee shall
accrue daily and be paid monthly.
The "average daily net assets" of the
Assets shall be determined on the
basis set forth in the Fund's Prospectus or,
if not described therein, on such
basis as is consistent with
Rule 2a-4 and Rule 22c-1 under the
1940 Act and the regulations
promulgated thereunder. The
Subadviser will receive a pro rata portion
of such monthly fee for any
periods in which the Subadviser
advises the Fund less than a full month.
The Subadviser understands and agrees
that neither the Trust nor
the Fund has any liability for the payment
of Subadviser's fee hereunder and
that the payment of fees
owed to the Subadviser shall be the sole
responsibility of the Adviser.
7. Other Activities of the Subadviser
and Its Affiliates. It is understood
that the services under
this Agreement are not exclusive and that
nothing in this Agreement shall prevent
the Subadviser or any
of its affiliates or associates from
engaging in any other business or from
acting as investment adviser or
manager for any other person or entity
or providing similar services to any
other person or entity, whether
or not having investment policies or a
portfolio similar to the Fund. It is
specifically understood that
officers, trustees/directors and employees
of the Subadviser and those of its
affiliates may engage in
providing portfolio management services
and advice to other investment
advisory clients of the
Subadviser or of its affiliates.
8. Avoidance of Inconsistent Position.
In connection with purchases or sales
of portfolio securities
for the account of the Fund with
respect to the Assets, neither the
Subadviser nor any of its trustees/directors,
officers or employees will act as principal
or agent or receive any commission, except
in compliance with
applicable law and the relevant policies and
procedures of the Fund. The Subadviser
shall not knowingly
recommend that the Fund, with respect to
the Assets, purchase, sell or retain
securities of any issuer in which
the Subadviser has a financial interest
without obtaining prior approval of the
Adviser prior to the execution
of any such transaction.
Nothing herein contained shall
limit or restrict the Subadviser or any
of its officers, affiliates or
employees from buying, selling or trading
in any securities for its or their own
account or accounts. The
Trust and Fund acknowledge that the Subadviser
and its officers, affiliates and employees,
and its other
clients may at any time have, acquire,
increase, decrease or dispose of positions
in investments which are
at the same time being acquired or disposed
of by the Fund with respect to the Assets.
The Subadviser
shall have no obligation to acquire with
respect to the Assets, a position in any
investment that the
Subadviser, its officers, affiliates or
employees may acquire for its or their
own accounts or for the
account of another client if, in the sole
discretion of the Subadviser, it is not
feasible or desirable to
acquire a position in such investment for
the Fund. Nothing herein contained shall
prevent the Subadviser
from purchasing or recommending the purchase
of a particular security for one or
more funds or clients
while other funds or clients may be
selling the same security. The
Subadviser expressly acknowledges
and agrees, however, that in any of the
above described transactions, and in all
cases, the Subadviser is
obligated to fulfill its fiduciary duty as
Subadviser to the Fund, with respect to
the Assets, and it shall
require such of its Access Persons as is
appropriate to comply with the
requirements of the Subadviser's
Code of Ethics.
When a security proposed to be
purchased or sold for the Assets is also
to be purchased or sold
for other accounts managed by the Subadviser
at the same time, the Subadviser
shall make such purchase
or sale on a pro-rata, rotating or other
fair and equitable basis so as to avoid
any one account being
preferred over any other account. The
Subadviser shall disclose to the
Adviser and to the Trustees the
method used to allocate purchases and
sales among the Subadviser's investment
advisory clients. It is
further understood that the Subadviser may,
but shall not be obligated to,
aggregate the orders for
securities to be purchased or sold.
9. No Partnership or Joint Venture.
The Trust, the Fund, the Adviser and
the Subadviser are not
partners of or joint venturers with each
other and nothing herein shall be
construed so as to make them
such partners or joint venturers or impose
any liability as such on any of them.
10. Limitation of Liability and
Indemnification.
(a) In the absence of (i) willful
misfeasance, bad faith, or gross
negligence on the part of the
Subadviser or reckless disregard of its
duties, (ii) the failure to
disclose to the Adviser a
material fact regarding the Subadviser
or its investment advisory
services as they relate to
the Fund; (iii) the failure to correct
any untrue statement of a material
fact regarding the
Subadviser made by the Subadviser to the
Adviser, or (iv) the reckless
disregard by the
Subadviser of its obligations and duties
under this Agreement, the
Subadviser shall not be
subject to any liability to the Adviser,
the Trust or the Fund, any shareholder
of the Fund,
or to any person, firm or organization,
for any act or omission in the course of or in
connection with rendering its services
under this Agreement. Specifically, the
Subadviser shall not be liable to the
Adviser, the Trust or the
Fund for any error of
judgment or mistake of law, subject to the
limitations of Section 17(j) of the 1940 Act.
Nothing herein, however, shall derogate
from the Subadviser's obligations under federal
and state securities laws. Subadviser
will maintain a reasonable amount of
fidelity bond
insurance coverage and shall provide
evidence of such coverage upon
request of Adviser.
(b) In the absence of (i) willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross
negligence on the part of the
Adviser or reckless disregard of its duties,
(ii) the failure of the Adviser
to disclose in the
Prospectus or any filing made with the
SEC with respect to the Trust, the
Fund or the
Adviser any material fact; (iii) the failure
by the Adviser to correct any untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Prospectus
or any other filing made with the SEC
regarding the Trust, the Fund or the Adviser;
or (iv) the reckless disregard by the Adviser
of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement, Adviser shall not be subject to any
liability to Subadviser for any act or omission
in the course of or in connection with the
Adviser's carrying out its duties and obligations
under this Agreement. Specifically, the
Adviser shall not be liable to the Subadviser
for any error of judgment or mistake of law.
Nothing herein, however, shall derogate from
the Adviser's obligations under federal and
state securities laws.
(c) Subadviser and Adviser shall
each defend, indemnify and hold
harmless the other party
and the other party's affiliates, officers,
trustees/directors, members, employees and
agents, from and against any claim, loss,
liability, judgment, awards, settlements for
which prior approval of the indemnifying party
is obtained, damages, deficiency, penalty,
cost or expense (including without limitation
reasonable attorneys' fees and
disbursements for external counsel) resulting
from (i) the reckless disregard of the
indemnifying party's obligations and duties
hereunder; (ii) willful misfeasance, bad faith
or gross negligence on the part of the
indemnifying party, its officers,
trustees/directors,
members, employees and agents with
respect to this Agreement or the
Fund or (iii) the
failure of the indemnifying party to
disclose any material fact or
the failure of the
indemnifying party to correct any
untrue statement of a material
fact whether such claim,
loss, liability, damages, deficiency,
penalty, cost or expense was
incurred or suffered
directly or indirectly.
(d) Adviser is liable to, and shall
indemnify, the Fund and the
Trust for any acts and
omissions of the Subadviser to the
same extent the Adviser, under
the terms of the
Advisory Agreement, is liable to,
and must indemnify the Fund
and the Trust for the
Adviser's acts and omissions.
(e) The indemnification provisions
in Section 10 of the Agreement
shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.
11. Assignment and Amendment.
This Agreement may not be assigned
by the Subadviser, and
shall automatically terminate,
without the payment of any penalty,
in the event: (a) of its assignment,
including any change in control of the
Adviser or the Subadviser which is
deemed to be an assignment
under the 1940 Act, or (b) that the
Advisory Agreement is assigned or
terminates for any reason. Trades
that were placed prior to such termination
will not be canceled; however,
no new trades will be placed
after such termination is effective.
Termination of this Agreement shall
not relieve the Adviser or the
Subadviser of any liability
incurred hereunder.
The terms of this Agreement
shall not be changed unless such
change is agreed to in writing by
the parties hereto and is approved by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the
Trustees of the Trust voting
in person, including a majority of the
Trustees who are not interested persons
of the Trust, the Adviser or
the Subadviser, at a meeting called for
the purpose of voting on such change,
and (to the extent required
by the 0000 Xxx) unless also approved at
a meeting by the affirmative vote
of the majority of outstanding
voting securities of the Fund.
12. Duration and Termination. This
Agreement shall become effective as
of the date first above
written and shall remain in full force
and effect for a period of two years
from such date, and thereafter
for successive periods of one year
(provided such continuance is approved
at least annually in conformity
with the requirements of Section 15 of
the 0000 Xxx) unless the Agreement is
terminated automatically as
set forth in Section 11 hereof or until
terminated as follows:
(a) The Trust or the Adviser may at any
time terminate this Agreement, without payment of
any penalty, by not more than 60 days'
prior written notice delivered or mailed by
registered mail, postage prepaid, or by
nationally recognized overnight
delivery service,
receipt requested, to the Subadviser.
Action of the Trust under this
subsection may be
taken either by (i) vote of its Trustees,
or (ii) the affirmative vote of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund; or
(b) The Subadviser may at any time
terminate this Agreement by not
less than one hundred
twenty (120) days' prior written
notice by facsimile or delivered via
registered mail,
postage prepaid or a nationally
recognized overnight delivery service,
receipt requested,
to the Adviser.
Termination of this Agreement
pursuant to this Section shall be
without payment of any penalty.
Fees payable to Subadviser for
services rendered under this Agreement
will be prorated to the
date of termination of the Agreement.
In the event of termination of
this Agreement for any reason, the
Subadviser shall, immediately
upon receiving notice of termination or
a receipt acknowledging delivery of a
notice of termination to
Adviser, or such later date as may be
specified in such notice, cease all
activity on behalf of the Fund and
with respect to the Assets, except as
expressly directed by the Adviser, and
except for the settlement of
securities transactions already entered
into for the account of the Fund with
respect to the Assets. In
addition, the Subadviser shall deliver
copies of the Fund Assets' Books and
Records to the Adviser upon
request by such means and in accordance
with such schedule as the Adviser shall
reasonably direct and
shall otherwise cooperate, as reasonably
directed by the Adviser, in the
transition of Fund investment
management to any successor to the Subadviser,
including the Adviser; provided however that the
Subadviser shall be permitted to retain
at its own expense a separate copy of
such records for its own
protection and may not disclose such
information to other parties unless
required to comply with any law,
rule, regulation or order of a court
or government authority.
13. Approval of Agreement.
The parties hereto acknowledge and
agree that the obligations of the
Trust, the Adviser, and the Subadviser
under this Agreement shall be subject
to the following condition
precedent: this Agreement shall have
been approved by the vote of a majority
of the Trustees, who are not
interested persons of the Trust, the
Adviser or the Subadviser, at a
meeting called for the purpose of
voting on such approval.
14. Miscellaneous.
(a) The captions in this Agreement are
included for convenience of reference
only and in no
way define or limit any of the provisions
hereof or otherwise affect their
construction or
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. The obligations
of the Trust and the Fund are not personally
binding upon, nor shall resort be had to be
private property of, any of the Trustees,
shareholders, officers, employees or agents
of the Trust or the Fund, but only the Fund's
property shall be bound. The Trust or the
Fund shall not be liable for the obligations of
any other series of the Trust.
(b) Any information supplied by the Trust
or the Adviser to the Subadviser in connection
with the performance of the Subadviser's duties
hereunder, or learned by the Subadviser
as a result of its position as Subadviser
to the Fund, which information is not otherwise in
the public domain, is to be regarded as
confidential information for use by the Subadviser
only in connection with the performance
of its duties hereunder.
Any such information in
the hands of the Subadviser may be
disclosed as necessary to comply
with any law, rule,
regulation or order of a court or
government authority.
(c) Any information supplied by the
Subadviser to the Trust or the Adviser in connection
with the performance of the Subadviser's
duties under this Agreement or learned by the
Trust or the Adviser as a result of the
services provided by the
Subadviser under this
Agreement, which information is not
otherwise in the public domain,
is to be regarded as
confidential information for use by the
Adviser, the Fund and/or its agents only in
connection with the Fund and its
investments. Any such information
in the hands of
either party may be disclosed as necessary
to comply with any law, rule, regulation or
order of a court or government authority.
(d) The Subadviser agrees to submit
any proposed sales literature
(including advertisements,
whether in paper, electronic
or Internet medium) for the Trust, the Fund,
the Subadviser
or for any of its affiliates which mentions
the Trust, the Fund or Adviser (other than the
use of the Fund's name in a list of clients
of the Subadviser, for which Subadviser is
specifically authorized so to use), to the
Adviser and to the Fund's
distributor for review
and filing with the appropriate regulatory
authority prior to public release of any such
sales literature; provided, however, that
nothing herein shall be construed so as to create
any obligation or duty on the part of the
Subadviser to produce sales literature for the
Trust or the Fund.
(e) The Trust and the Adviser
agree to submit any proposed sales
literature that mentions the
Subadviser (other than identifying
the Subadviser as subadviser to
the Fund) to the
Subadviser for review prior to use
and the Subadviser agrees to
promptly review such
materials by a reasonable and appropriate
deadline. The Trust agrees to cause the
Adviser and the Trust's distributor to
promptly review all such sales literature for
compliance with relevant requirements,
to promptly advise the Subadviser of any
deficiencies contained in such sales
literature, and to promptly file
complying sales
literature with the relevant regulatory
authorities. Neither the Adviser,
nor the Trust nor
the Fund nor any affiliate of the
foregoing will use the registered
trademarks, service
marks, logos, names or any other
proprietary designations of Subadviser,
its subsidiaries
and/or affiliates (collectively, "
Subadviser Marks") in any advertising
or promotional
materials without Subadviser's prior
written approval, which will not be
unreasonably
withheld. Adviser and Subadviser will
work together to develop mutually agreeable
standards and procedures for the
review of materials bearing Subadviser Marks to
facilitate the efficient creation
and use of such advertising or
promotional materials.
(f) All notices, consents, waivers
and other communications under this
Agreement must be
in writing and, other than notices
governed by Section 12 above, will
be deemed to have
been duly given when (i) delivered
by hand (with written confirmation
of receipt), (ii)
sent by telecopier, provided that
receipt is confirmed by return
telecopy and a copy is sent
by overnight mail via a nationally
recognized overnight delivery
service (receipt
requested); (iii) when received by
the addressee, if sent via a
nationally recognized
overnight delivery service (receipt
requested) or U.S. mail (postage prepaid),
in each case
to the appropriate address and telecopier
number set forth below (or to such other address
and telecopier number as a party may
designate by notice to the other parties):
Subadviser:
Xxxxxxxxxx Global Investors, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: President
Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000
with a copy addressed to General Counsel
Adviser:
MTB Investment Advisors, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: President
Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000
Trust:
MTB Group of Funds
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Secretary
Telephone Number: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000
(g) For purposes of this Agreement:
(i) "affirmative vote of a majority
of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund" means
the affirmative vote, at an
annual meeting or a
special meeting of the shareholders
of the Fund, duly called and held,
(A) of 67% or more
of the shares of the Fund present
(in person or by proxy) and
entitled to vote at such
meeting, if the holders of more than
50% of the outstanding shares of the
Fund entitled to
vote at such meeting are present (in
person or by proxy), or (B) of more
than 50% of the
outstanding shares of the Fund
entitled to vote at such meeting,
whichever is less; and (ii)
"interested person" and "assignment"
shall have the respective meanings
as set forth in
the 1940 Act, subject, however, to such
exemptions as may be granted by the SEC under
the 1940 Act.
(h) This Agreement shall be construed
in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York
and the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act.
(i) The provisions of this Agreement
are independent of and separable
from each other and
no provision shall be affected or
rendered invalid or unenforceable
by virtue of the fact
that for any reason any other or
others of them may be deemed invalid
or unenforceable
in whole or in part.
(j) Subadviser agrees to maintain the
security and confidentiality of nonpublic personal
information ("NPI") of Fund customers
and consumers, as those terms are defined in
Xxxxxxxxxx X-X, 00 XXX Part 248.
Subadviser agrees to use and
redisclose such NPI for
the limited purposes of processing and
servicing transactions; for specific law
enforcement and miscellaneous purposes;
and to service providers or in connection with
joint marketing arrangements directed by
the Fund, in each instance in furtherance of
fulfilling Subadviser's obligations
under this Agreement and consistent with the
exceptions provided in 17 CFR Sections
248.14, 248.15 and 248.13, respectively.
(k) Any question of interpretation of
any term or section of this Agreement having a
counterpart in or otherwise derived
from a term or provision of the
1940 Act or Advisers
Act shall be resolved by reference to
such term or provision of the 1940 Act
or Advisers
Act and interpretation thereof, if any,
by the United States courts or,
in the absence of any
controlling decision of any such court,
by rules, regulations or orders
of the SEC validly
issued pursuant to the 1940 Act or
Advisers Act. In addition,
where the effect of a
requirement of the 1940 Act or
Advisers Act reflected in any
provision of this Agreement
is relaxed by rule, regulation or
order of the SEC, whether of
special or general
application, such provision shall
be deemed to incorporate the
effect of such rule,
regulation or order.
(l) In the event the Subadviser
may deem it advantageous to the
Fund to place portfolio
securities trades for the Fund through
(a) a broker-dealer affiliate of
the subadviser to
another portfolio of the Trust; or (b)
a broker-dealer affiliate of the
subadviser to a
discrete portion of the Fund, the
Subadviser may engage in such
trades under Rule 17a-
10 under the 1940 Act without complying
with certain provisions of Rule 17e-1 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, provided
that Subadviser does not consult with any
entity which subadvises any other
portfolio of the Trust, or any portion
of any such
portfolio ("Another Subadvised Fund"),
concerning transactions for the Fund or
Another
Subadvised Fund.
(m) Each of the Adviser and Subadviser
represents and warrants to the
other that it has a
business continuity plan designed to
restore services as promptly as
practical as a result
of work stoppage, power or other
mechanical failure, natural disaster,
governmental
action, communication disruption or
other impossibility of performance.
15. Limitations of Liability of
Trustees and Shareholders of the Trust.
The execution and
delivery of this Agreement have been
authorized by the Trustees of the Trust
and signed by an authorized
officer of the Trust, acting as such,
and neither such authorization by
such Trustees nor such execution
and delivery by such officer shall
be deemed to have been made by any
of them individually or to impose
any liability on any of them personally,
and the obligations of this Agreement
are not binding upon any of
the Trustees or shareholders of the Trust,
but bind only the appropriate property
of the Fund, or Class, as
provided in the Declaration of Trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this instrument to
be signed on their behalf by
their duly authorized officers as
of the date first above written.
MTB GROUP OF FUNDS
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
MTB INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President
XXXXXXXXXX GLOBAL INVESTORS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: President
SCHEDULE 1
Custody Agreement between the Trust
and the Fund's custodian
("Custodian"), including information as
to:
The Fund's nominee
The federal tax identification
numbers of the Fund and its nominee
All routing, bank participant and account
numbers and other information
necessary to provide
proper instructions for transfer and
delivery of securities to the
Fund's account at the
Custodian
Name, address, telephone and Fax number
of the Custodian's employees
responsible for the
Fund's accounts
The Fund's pricing service
and contact persons
All applicable procedures and
guidelines adopted by the
Board of Trustees or the Adviser regarding
management of the Fund,
including but not limited to:
Transactions with
affiliated persons
Guidelines for Determining
Fair Value of Securities
Net Asset Value Correction
Policies and Procedures
Evaluating the liquidity of securities
Segregation of liquid assets in connections
with firm commitments and standby commitments
Derivative contracts and securities
Repurchase Agreement Guidelines
Rule 10f-3 (relating to affiliated
underwriting syndicates)
Rule 17a-7 (relating to
interfund transactions)
Rule 17e-1 (relating to transactions
with affiliated brokers) and
Procedures for cash sweep
investments in money market funds
Monitoring portfolio compliance
Subadviser supervision
Daily review of pricing
Any master agreements that the Trust has
entered into on behalf of the Fund, including:
Master Repurchase Agreement
Master Foreign Exchange Netting Agreements
Master Swap Agreements
Form of Securities Lending Agency Agreement
Other agreements that the Trust has
entered into on behalf of the Fund, including:
Investment Advisory Agreement
Other relevant documents, including:
CFTC Rule 4.5 letter
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