Exhibit (h)(16)
[Form of] ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Deutsche Asset Management VIT Funds,
on behalf of each of the Funds listed on Appendix A
AGREEMENT made as of the ___ day of April, 2005, by and between
Deutsche Asset Management VIT Funds, a Massachusetts business trust (the
"Trust"), on behalf of each of the Funds listed on Appendix A hereto, as it may
be amended from time to time (collectively, the "Funds"), and INVESTMENT COMPANY
CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the "Administrator").
The Trust is an open-end, management investment company, registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"). The
Administrator is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, as amended.
The Trust desires the Administrator to render administrative services
to the Trust and to arrange for certain other services needed by the Trust, and
the Administrator is willing to render and arrange for such services upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1. Administrative and Other Services.
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(a) Subject to the general supervision of the Board of Trustees of
the Trust, the Administrator will provide certain
administrative services to the Trust, and, at its own expense,
shall arrange and contract for transfer agency and fund
accounting services for the Trust as the Trust may require.
Specifically, the Administrator will (i) provide supervision
of all aspects of the Trust's operations not referred to in
Section 1 of the current investment advisory agreements
between the Trust and the Trust's investment adviser (the
"Investment Advisory Agreement"); (ii) provide the Trust with
personnel to perform such executive, administrative,
accounting and clerical services as are reasonably necessary
to provide effective administration of the Trust; (iii)
arrange for, at the Trust's expense, the preparation for the
Trust of all required tax returns; (iv) arrange for (a) the
preparation and submission of reports to existing shareholders
and (b) the periodic updating of the Trust's prospectus and
statement of additional information and the preparation of
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
other regulatory authorities; (v) maintain all of the Trust's
records not required to be maintained by the investment
adviser pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement; (vi)
provide the Trust with adequate office space and all necessary
office equipment and services, including, without limitation,
telephone service, heat, utilities, stationery supplies and
similar items; and (vii) arrange for transfer agency-related
and shareholder relations services and facilities and the
services of one or more of its employees or officers, or
employees or officers of its affiliates
relating to such functions (including salaries and benefits,
office space and supplies, equipment and teaching.)
(b) The Administrator shall engage: (i) a transfer agent
registered as such with the Securities and Exchange Commission
to serve as the Trust's transfer agent; and (ii) a fund
accounting agent to provide fund accounting services to the
Trust, and shall supervise the services provided by them.
(c) The Administrator will also provide to the Trust's Board of
Trustees such periodic and special reports as the Board may
reasonably request, including but not limited to reports
concerning the services of the administrator, custodian, and
fund accounting and transfer agents. The Administrator shall
for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent
contractor and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided
or authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the
Trust in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Trust.
(d) The Administrator will notify the Trust of any change in its
membership within a reasonable time after such change.
(e) The services hereunder are not deemed exclusive and the
Administrator shall be free to render similar services to
others so long as its services under this Agreement are not
impaired thereby.
2. Allocation of Charges and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in Section
1 above and this Section 2, the Administrator will pay all costs it incurs
in connection with the performance of its duties under Section 1 of this
Agreement. The Administrator will pay the compensation and expenses of all
of its personnel and will make available, without expense to the Trust, the
services of such of its partners, officers and employees as may duly be
elected officers or Trustees of the Trust, subject to their individual
consent to serve and to any limitations imposed by law. The Administrator
shall also pay the fees of the transfer agent and fund accounting agent
engaged by it (other than such entities out-of-pocket charges). The
Administrator will not be required to pay any expenses of the Trust other
than those specifically allocated to the Administrator in this Section 2.
In particular, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Administrator will not be required to pay: (i) fees and expenses of any
investment adviser of the Trust; (ii) organizational expenses of the Trust;
(iii) fees and expenses incurred by the Trust in connection with membership
in investment company organizations; (iv) brokers' commissions, transfer
taxes, fees and other expenses connected with the acquisition, disposition
and valuation of securities and other investments; (v) fees and charges for
portfolio pricing services to a pricing agent, if any; (vi) outside legal,
accounting or auditing expenses; (vii) interest, insurance premiums, taxes
or governmental fees; (viii) litigation and indemnification expenses and
other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the
Trust's business; (ix) the cost of preparing stock certificates or any
other expenses, including, without limitation, clerical expenses of issue,
redemption or repurchase of shares of the Trust; (x) the expenses of and
fees for registering or qualifying shares of the Trust for sale and of
maintaining the registration of the Trust and registering the Trust as a
broker or a dealer, if applicable; (xi) the fees and
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expenses of Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with the
Administrator; (xii) the cost of typesetting, printing and distributing
report and notices to shareholders, the Securities and Exchange Commission
and other regulatory authorities; (xiii) any direct charges to shareholders
approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust; or (xiv) costs in
connection with annual or special meetings of shareholders, including proxy
material preparation, printing and mailing. The Administrator shall not be
required to pay expenses of activities which are primarily intended to
result in sales of shares of the Trust.
3. Compensation of the Administrator.
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(a) For all services to be rendered and payments made as provided
in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, the Trust will cause each Fund to
pay the Administrator on the last day of each month a fee at
an annual rate equal to a percentage of the average daily net
assets of such Fund as set forth in Appendix A hereto. The
"average daily net assets" of a Fund shall be determined on
the basis set forth in the Trust's prospectus or otherwise
consistent with the 1940 Act and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(b) In addition to the foregoing, the Administrator may from time
to time agree not to impose all or a portion of its fee
otherwise payable hereunder (in advance of the time such fee
or portion thereof would otherwise accrue) and/or undertake to
pay or reimburse the Trust for all or a portion of its
expenses not otherwise required to be borne or reimbursed by
the Administrator. Any such fee reduction or undertaking may
be discontinued or modified by the Administrator at any time.
4. Other Interests. It is understood that the Trustees and Officers of the
Trust and shareholders of the Funds are or may be or become interested in
the Administrator as directors, officers, employees, shareholders or
otherwise and that directors, officers, employees and shareholders of the
Administrator are or may be or become similarly interested in the Funds,
and that the Administrator may be or become interested in the Funds as
shareholder or otherwise. It is also understood that directors, officers,
employees and shareholders of the Administrator may be or become interested
(as directors, trustees, officers, employees, stockholders or otherwise) in
other companies or entities (including, without limitation, other
investment companies) controlling, controlled by or under common control
with the Administrator, its affiliates or subsidiaries or which the
Administrator, its affiliates or subsidiaries may in the future organize,
sponsor or acquire, or with which they may merge or consolidate, and that
the Administrator, its affiliates or subsidiaries may enter into advisory
or management or administration agreements or other contracts or
relationships with such other companies or entities.
5. Sub-Administrators. The Administrator may employ, at its own expense, one
or more sub-administrators from time to time to perform such of the acts
and services of the Administrator and upon such terms and conditions as may
be agreed upon between the Administrator and such sub-administrators and
approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust.
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6. Limitation of Liability of Administrator and Trust. The Administrator shall
not be liable for any error or judgment (including the selection,
appointment and retention of the Trust's transfer agent or fund accounting
agent) or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust in
connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates or loss arising
from the acts, omissions, errors or delays of the Trust's transfer agent or
fund accounting agent, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance,
bad faith or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its duties
or from reckless disregard by the Administrator of its obligations and
duties under this Agreement. Any person, even though also employed by the
Administrator, who may be or become an employee of and paid by the Trust
shall be deemed, when acting within the scope of his employment by the
Trust, to be acting in such employment solely for the Trust and not as its
employee or agent. It is understood and expressly stipulated that none of
the trustees or shareholders of the Trust shall be personally liable
hereunder. None of the trustees, officers, agents or shareholders of the
Trust assume any personal liability for obligations entered into on behalf
of the Trust. All persons dealing with the Trust must look solely to the
property of the Trust for the enforcement of any claims against the Trust.
No Fund shall be liable for any claims against any other Fund of the Trust.
7. Certain Definitions. The terms "assignment" and "interested persons" when
used herein shall have the respective meanings specified in the 1940 Act as
now in effect or as hereunder amended subject however, to such exemptions
as may be granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission by any rule,
regulation or order.
8. Duration and Termination of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become
effective on the date hereof. Unless terminated as herein provided, this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for one year from the date
hereof and shall continue in full force and effect for successive periods
of one year thereafter, but only so long as such continuance is
specifically approved at least annually by the vote of a majority of the
Board of Trustees of the Trust. This Agreement may, on 60 days' written
notice to the other party, be terminated at any time without the payment of
any penalty by the Trust or by the Administrator.
9. Amendment to this Agreement. No provisions of this Agreement may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument
in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change,
waiver, discharge or termination is sought.
10. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland.
11. Miscellaneous. The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience
of reference only and in no way define or delimit 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
Deutsche Asset Management VIT Funds
on behalf of each Fund listed on
Appendix A
By:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Secretary
INVESTMENT COMPANY CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Assistant Secretary
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APPENDIX A
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Funds
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Expense VIT EAFE Equity Index VIT Small Cap Index VIT Equity 500 Index
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Administration 0.07% 0.04% 0.03%
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Minimum fee per annum $50,000 $50,000 $50,000
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