SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
ACTIVA ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC
AND
ARK ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., INC.
AGREEMENT made as of the 1st day of September 1999 between ACTIVA ASSET
MANAGEMENT, a Michigan LLC having its principal place of business in Grand
Rapids, Michigan (hereinafter called "AAM"), and Ark Asset Management Co., Inc.
(hereinafter called "Sub-Adviser"), having its principal place of business in
New York, New York.
WHEREAS, AAM is the investment adviser to Activa Value Fund (the
"Fund") a series of Activa Fund Trust (the "Trust"), a Delaware business trust,
an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (hereinafter called "1940 Act"); and
WHEREAS, AAM wishes to retain Sub-Adviser to furnish the Fund with
investment advice and Adviser is willing to furnish such services to AAM.
WITNESSETH:
In consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, it is
hereby agreed by the parties hereto as follows:
1. AAM hereby employs Sub-Adviser to furnish investment advice and
manage on a regular basis the investment portfolio of the Fund, subject always
to the direction of AAM, the Board of Trustees of the Trust, and to the
provisions of the Fund's current Prospectus. Sub-Adviser shall provide
administrative facilities, including bookkeeping, clerical personnel and
equipment necessary for the management of the Fund's portfolio of investments
(excluding determination of net asset value and shareholder accounting
services). Sub-Adviser shall advise and assist AAM and the officers of the Trust
in taking such steps as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the decisions
of the Trust's Board of Trustees, in regard to the foregoing matters and the
supervision of the Fund's investment portfolio.
Sub-Adviser will, from time to time, discuss with AAM and the Fund
economic and investment developments which may affect the Fund's portfolio and
furnish such information as Sub-Adviser may believe appropriate for this
purpose. Adviser will maintain such statistical and analytical information with
respect to the Fund's portfolio securities as Sub-Adviser may believe
appropriate and shall make such material available for inspection by AAM as may
be reasonable from time to time.
Except when otherwise specifically directed by the Trust or AAM,
Sub-Adviser will make investment decisions on behalf of the Fund and place all
orders for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities for the Fund's account.
Sub-Adviser agrees that upon request from time to time one of its
representatives will attend as mutually agreed upon meetings of the Board of
Trustees or beneficial shareholders of the Trust in order to make reports on
investment strategy and results. Sub-Adviser accepts such employment and agrees
at its own expense to render the services and to assume the obligations herein
set forth for the compensation herein provided. Sub-Adviser shall, for all
purposes herein provided, be deemed to be an independent contractor and, unless
otherwise expressly provided or authorized, shall have no authority to act for
or represent AAM, the Trust, or the Fund in any way or otherwise be deemed an
agent of AAM or the Trust. Adviser shall be free to render similar services or
other services to others so long as its services hereunder shall not be impaired
thereby. Likewise, AAM shall be free to utilize other persons to perform similar
or unrelated services.
2. For the services to be rendered by Sub-Adviser, as provided herein,
AAM shall pay to Sub-Adviser a fee, payable quarterly, at the annual rate of
0.45% on the first $100 million of average daily net assets of the Fund, 0.40%
on the next $50 million in assets, and 0.35% on the next $50 million in assets.
When the Fund's assets reach $200 million, the rate shall be 0.40% on assets up
to $200 million and 0.35% on assets in excess of $200 million, so long as the
Fund continues to have at least $200 million in assets. The Fund's assets shall
be determined as of the close of each business day throughout the quarter. For
the month and year in which the agreement becomes effective or terminates, there
shall be an appropriate proration on the basis of the number of days that the
agreement is in effect during the month and year, respectively.
3. Sub-Adviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or of law,
or for any loss suffered by the Trust or the Fund in connection with the matters
to which this agreement relates, except loss resulting from willful misfeasance,
bad faith or gross negligence on the part of Adviser in the performance of its
obligations and duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its
obligations and duties under this agreement. Adviser shall not be liable for any
action undertaken at AAM's direction.
4. In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940
Act, Sub-Adviser hereby agrees that all records which it maintains for the
Trust, as specifically agreed upon by Sub-Adviser and AAM, are the property of
the Trust and further agrees to surrender promptly to the Trust any of such
records upon the Trust's request. Sub-Adviser further agrees to preserve such
records for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act and to make
such records available as requested by regulatory agencies for inspection.
5. This agreement shall become effective upon execution and shall
remain in force for two years, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided
and shall continue in force from year to year thereafter, but only so long as
such continuance is specifically approved, at least annually, by a majority of
the Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the
agreement or interested persons of any such party (other than as Trustees of the
Trust) or by a vote of a majority of the Trust's outstanding shares, but in
either case by the disinterested Trustees, in the manner required by the 1940
Act.
This agreement may be terminated by AAM or by Sub-Adviser at any time
without the payment of any penalty on sixty (60) day's written notice to the
other party, and may also be terminated at any time without payment of any
penalty by vote of the Board of Trustees of the Trust or by vote of the holders
of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund on sixty (60) days' written
notice to the other parties hereto.
Termination of this agreement shall not affect the right of Sub-Adviser
to receive payments on any unpaid balance of the compensation described in
Section 2 earned prior to such termination.
If any provision of this agreement shall be held or made invalid by a
court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder shall not be thereby
affected.
This agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its
assignment. The term "assignment" for this purpose has the meaning defined in
Section 2(a)4 of the 1940 Act.
6. A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Fund is on
file with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Delaware and notice is
hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Trustees of the
Fund as Trustees and not individually and that the obligations of or arising out
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 Fund.
7. Any notice under this agreement shall be in writing, addressed and
delivered or mailed, postage prepaid, to the other parties at such address as
such other parties may designate for the receipt of such notices.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AAM and Sub-Adviser have caused this agreement to
be signed, as of the day and year first above written.
ACTIVA ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC
By:_______________________________
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President
ARK ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., INC.
By:_______________________________
This Agreement is hereby accepted and approved as of this day and year
first above written.
ACTIVA MUTUAL FUND TRUST
By:__________________________
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President
