Exhibit 5(j)
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
between
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS MONEY MANAGEMENT, INC.
and
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
AGREEMENT made this 10th day of January, 1998, by and between
Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., a New Hampshire
Corporation with principal offices at Xxxxxx Xxx, X.X. Xxx 0000,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx (hereinafter called the "Sub-Adviser") and
Fidelity Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation
with principal offices at 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(hereinafter called the "Adviser").
WHEREAS the Adviser has entered into a Management Contract with
Fidelity Court Street Trust II, a Delaware business trust which may
issue one or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter
called the "Fund"), on behalf of Spartan New Jersey Municipal Money
Market Fund (hereinafter called the "Portfolio"), pursuant to which
the Adviser is to act as investment manager and adviser to the
Portfolio, and
WHEREAS the Sub-Adviser was formed for the purpose of providing
investment management of money market mutual funds, both taxable and
tax-exempt, advising generally with respect to money market
instruments, and managing or providing advice with respect to cash
management.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
promises hereinafter set forth, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser agree
as follows:
1. (a) The Sub-Adviser shall, subject to the supervision of the
Adviser, direct the investments of the Portfolio in accordance with
the investment objective, policies and limitations as provided in the
Portfolio's Prospectus or other governing instruments, as amended from
time to time, the Investment Company Act of l940 and rules thereunder,
as amended from time to time (the "l940 Act"), and such other
limitations as the Portfolio may impose by notice in writing to the
Adviser or Sub-Adviser. The Sub-Adviser shall also furnish for the
use of the Portfolio office space and all necessary office facilities,
equipment and personnel for servicing the investments of the
Portfolio; and shall pay the salaries and fees of all personnel of the
Sub-Adviser performing services for the Portfolio relating to
research, statistical and investment activities. The Sub-Adviser is
authorized, in its discretion and without prior consultation with the
Portfolio or the Adviser, to buy, sell, lend and otherwise trade in
any stocks, bonds and other securities and investment instruments on
behalf of the Portfolio. The investment policies and all other
actions of the Portfolio are and shall at all times be subject to the
control and direction of the Fund's Board of Trustees.
(b) The Sub-Adviser shall also furnish such reports, evaluations,
information or analyses to the Fund and the Adviser as the Fund's
Board of Trustees or the Adviser may request from time to time or as
the Sub-Adviser may deem to be desirable. The Sub-Adviser shall make
recommendations to the Fund's Board of Trustees with respect to
Portfolio policies, and shall carry out such policies as are adopted
by the Trustees. The Sub-Adviser shall, subject to review by the
Board of Trustees, furnish such other services as the Sub-Adviser
shall from time to time determine to be necessary or useful to perform
its obligations under this Agreement and which are not otherwise
furnished by the Adviser.
(c) The Sub-Adviser, at its own expense, shall place all orders for
the purchase and sale of portfolio securities for the Portfolio's
account with brokers or dealers selected by the Sub-Adviser, which may
include brokers or dealers affiliated with the Adviser or Sub-Adviser.
The Sub-Adviser shall use its best efforts to seek to execute
portfolio transactions at prices which are advantageous to the
Portfolio and at commission rates which are reasonable in relation to
the benefits received. In selecting brokers or dealers qualified to
execute a particular transaction, brokers or dealers may be selected
who also provide brokerage and research services (as those terms are
defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of l934) to
the Portfolio and/or the other accounts over which the Sub-Adviser,
Adviser or their affiliates exercise investment discretion. The
Sub-Adviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such
brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio
transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess of the amount of
commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting
that transaction if the Sub-Adviser determines in good faith that such
amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the
brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer.
This determination may be viewed in terms of either that particular
transaction or the overall responsibilities which the Sub-Adviser and
its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise
investment discretion. The Trustees of the Fund shall periodically
review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the
commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable
in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
2. The Sub-Adviser will be compensated by the Adviser on the
following basis for the services to be furnished hereunder: the
Adviser agrees to pay the Sub-Adviser a monthly fee equal to 50% of
the management fee which the Portfolio is obligated to pay the Adviser
under the Portfolio's Management Contract with the Adviser. Such fee
shall not be reduced to reflect expense reimbursements or fee waivers
by the Adviser, if any, in effect from time to time.
3. It is understood that Trustees, officers, and shareholders of the
Fund are or may be or become interested in the Adviser or the
Sub-Adviser as directors, officers or otherwise and that directors,
officers and stockholders of the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser are or may
be or become similarly interested in the Fund, and that the Adviser or
the Sub-Adviser may be or become interested in the Fund as a
shareholder or otherwise.
4. It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all its expenses
other than those expressly stated to be payable by the Sub-Adviser
hereunder or by the Adviser under the Management Contract with the
Portfolio, which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall include,
without limitation, (i) taxes; (ii) fees and expenses of the Fund's
Trustees other than those who are "interested persons" of the Fund,
the Sub-Adviser, or the Adviser; (iii) brokerage fees and commissions;
(iv) interest expense with regard to borrowings by the Portfolio; and
(v) such non-recurring and extraordinary expenses as may arise,
including actions, suits or proceedings to which the Portfolio is or
is threatened to be a party and the legal obligation that the
Portfolio may have to indemnify the Fund's Trustees and officers with
respect thereto.
5. The Services of the Sub-Adviser to the Adviser are not to be
deemed to be exclusive, the Sub-Adviser being free to render services
to others and engage in other activities, provided, however, that such
other services and activities do not, during the term of this
Agreement, interfere, in a material manner, with the Sub-Adviser's
ability to meet all of its obligations with respect to rendering
investment advice hereunder. The Sub-Adviser shall for all purposes
be an independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the
Adviser or the Fund. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Adviser shall not be
subject to liability to the Adviser, the Fund or to any shareholder of
the Portfolio for any act or omission in the course of, or connected
with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that may be
sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
6. (a) Subject to prior termination as provided in sub-paragraph (d)
of this paragraph 6, this Agreement shall continue in force until May
31, 1998 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the
continuance after such period shall be specifically approved at least
annually by vote of the Fund's Board of Trustees or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.
(b) This Agreement may be modified by mutual consent of the Adviser,
the Sub-Adviser and the Portfolio, such consent on the part of the
Portfolio to be authorized by vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Portfolio.
(c) In addition to the requirements of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 6, the terms of any continuance or modification of the
Agreement must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those
Trustees of the Fund who are not parties to such Agreement or
interested persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
(d) Either the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser or the Portfolio may, at any
time on sixty (60) days' prior written notice to the other parties,
terminate this Agreement, without payment of any penalty, by action of
its Board of Trustees or Directors, or by vote of a majority of its
outstanding voting securities. This Agreement shall terminate
automatically in the event of its assignment.
7. The Sub-Adviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the
limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in the Trust
Instrument of the Fund and agrees that any obligations of the Fund or
the Portfolio arising in connection with this Agreement shall be
limited in all cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the
Sub-Adviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from
the shareholders or any shareholder of the Portfolio. Nor shall the
Sub-Adviser seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the Trustees
or any individual Trustee.
8. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
The terms "registered investment company," "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities," "assignment," and "interested
persons," when used herein, shall have the respective meanings
specified in the Investment Company Act of 1940 as now in effect or as
hereafter amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this instrument to
be signed in their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all as
of the date written above.
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS MONEY MANAGEMENT, INC.
By /s/Xxxx X. Xxxx
Treasurer
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
By /s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
President
