INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of this 8th day of June, 2006, between
Vanguard Whitehall Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), and Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx & Company, L.L.C. (the "Advisor"), a Delaware limited liability company.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Trust is an open-end, diversified management investment
company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust offers a series of shares known as Vanguard Mid-Cap
Growth Fund (the "Fund"); and
WHEREAS, the Trust desires to retain the Advisor to render investment
advisory services to the Fund, and the Advisor is willing to render such
services.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and undertakings
set forth in this "Agreement," the Trust and the Advisor hereby agree as
follows:
1. Appointment of Advisor. The Trust hereby employs the Advisor as
investment advisor, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, for the
portion of the assets of the Fund that the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board
of Trustees") determines in its sole discretion to assign to the Advisor from
time to time (referred to in this Agreement as the "Xxxxx Portfolio"). As of the
date of this Agreement, the Xxxxx Portfolio will consist of the portion of the
assets of the Fund that the Board of Trustees has determined to assign to the
Advisor, as communicated to the Advisor on behalf of the Board of Trustees by
The Vanguard Group, Inc. ("Vanguard"). The Board of Trustees may, from time to
time, make additions to, and withdrawals from, the assets of the Fund assigned
to the Advisor. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to render the
services herein set forth, for the compensation herein provided.
2. Duties of Advisor. The Trust employs the Advisor to manage the
investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Xxxxx Portfolio; to
continuously review, supervise, and administer an investment program for the
Xxxxx Portfolio; to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased
or sold and the portion of such assets to be held uninvested; to provide the
Fund with all records concerning the activities of the Advisor that the Fund is
required to maintain; and to render regular reports to the Trust's officers and
Board of Trustees concerning the discharge of the foregoing responsibilities.
The Advisor will discharge the foregoing responsibilities subject to the
supervision and oversight of the Trust's officers and the Board of Trustees, and
in compliance with the objectives, policies and limitations set forth in the
Fund's prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, any additional
operating policies or procedures that the Fund communicates to the Advisor in
writing, and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor agrees to provide, at
its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment, and personnel
required by it to perform the services on the terms and for the compensation
provided herein.
3. Securities Transactions. The Advisor is authorized to select the
brokers or dealers that will execute purchases and sales of securities for the
Xxxxx Portfolio, and is directed to use its best efforts to obtain best
execution for such transactions. In selecting brokers or dealers to execute
trades for the Xxxxx Portfolio, the Advisor will comply with all applicable
statutes, rules, interpretations by the Securities and Exchange Commission or
its staff, other applicable law, and the written policies and procedures
established by the Fund's Board of Trustees and communicated to the Advisor in
writing.
4. Compensation of Advisor. For services to be provided by the Advisor
pursuant to this Agreement, the Fund will pay to the Advisor, and the Advisor
agrees to accept as full compensation therefore, an investment advisory fee at
the rate specified in Schedule A to this Agreement. The fee will be calculated
based on annual percentage rates applied to the average daily net assets of the
Xxxxx Portfolio ("Base Fee") and will be paid to the Advisor quarterly. Further,
the investment advisory fee will be increased or decreased by applying a
performance adjustment ("Performance Adjustment"), as specified in Schedule A.
5. Reports. The Fund and the Advisor agree to furnish to each other current
prospectuses, proxy statements, reports to shareholders, certified copies of
their financial statements, and such other information with regard to their
affairs as each may reasonably request, including, but not limited to,
information about changes in partners of the Advisor. The Fund acknowledges
receipt of Part II of the Advisor's Form ADV.
6. Compliance. The Advisor agrees to comply with all Applicable Law and
all policies, procedures or reporting requirements that the Board of Trustees of
the Trust reasonably adopts and communicates to the Advisor in writing,
including, without limitation, any such policies, procedures or reporting
requirements relating to soft dollar or other brokerage arrangements.
"Applicable Law" means (i) the "federal securities laws" as defined in Rule
38a-1(e)(1) under the 1940 Act, as amended from time to time, and (ii) any and
all other laws, rules, and regulations, whether foreign or domestic, in each
case applicable at any time and from time to time to the investment management
operations of the Advisor.
7. Status of Advisor. The services of the Advisor to the Fund are not
to be deemed exclusive, and the Advisor will be free to render similar services
to others so long as its services to the Fund are not impaired thereby. The
Advisor will be deemed to be an independent contractor and will, unless
otherwise expressly provided or authorized, have no authority to act for or
represent the Fund in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Fund or the
Trust.
8. Liability of Advisor. No provision of this Agreement will be deemed
to protect the Advisor against any liability to the Fund or its shareholders to
which it might otherwise be subject by reason of any willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or the reckless
disregard of its obligations with respect to the Advisor's management of the
Xxxxx Portfolio under this Agreement.
9. Limitations on Consultations. The Advisor is prohibited from
consulting with other advisors of the Fund, except Vanguard, concerning
transactions for the Fund in securities or other assets.
10. Duration; Termination; Notices; Amendment. This Agreement will
become effective on the date hereof and will continue in effect for a period of
two years thereafter, and shall continue in effect for successive twelve-month
periods thereafter, only so long as this Agreement is approved at least annually
by votes of the Trust's Board of Trustees 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. In addition, the question of continuance
of the Agreement may be presented to the shareholders of the Fund; in such
event, such continuance will be effected only if approved by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, (i) this Agreement may at any
time be terminated without payment of any penalty either by vote of the Board of
Trustees of the Trust or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund, on thirty days' written notice to the Advisor, (ii) this
Agreement will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment, and (iii)
this Agreement may be terminated by the Advisor on ninety days' written notice
to the Fund. Any notice under this
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Agreement will be given in writing, addressed and delivered, or mailed postpaid,
to the other party as follows:
If to the Fund, at:
Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Fund
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
If to the Advisor, at:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Company, L.L.C.
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
With a copy to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Company, L.L.C.
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent, but the consent of the Trust
must be approved (i) by a majority of those members of the Board of Trustees 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 amendment, and
(ii) to the extent required by the 1940 Act, by a vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund of the Trust.
As used in this Section 10, the terms "assignment," "interested
persons," and "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" will
have the respective meanings set forth in Section 2(a)(4), Section 2(a)(19) and
Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act.
11. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement will be held or
made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of
this Agreement will not be affected thereby.
12. Confidentiality. The Advisor shall keep confidential any and all
information obtained in connection with the services rendered hereunder and
relating directly or indirectly to the Fund, the Trust, or Vanguard and shall
not disclose any such information to any person other than the Trust, the Board
of Trustees of the Trust, Vanguard, and any director, officer, or employee of
the Trust or Vanguard, except (i) with the prior written consent of the Trust,
(ii) as required by law, regulation, court order or the rules or regulations of
any self-regulatory organization, governmental body or official having
jurisdiction over the Advisor, or (iii) for information that is publicly
available other than due to disclosure by the Advisor
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or its affiliates or becomes known to the Advisor from a source other than the
Trust, the Board of Trustees of the Trust, or Vanguard.
13. Proxy Policy. The Advisor acknowledges that Vanguard will vote the
shares of all securities that are held by the Fund unless other mutually
acceptable arrangements are made with the Advisor with respect to the Xxxxx
Portfolio.
14. Governing Law. All questions concerning the validity, meaning, and
effect of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the laws
(without giving effect to the conflict-of-law principles thereof) of the State
of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed in that state.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Investment
Advisory Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth herein.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Company, L.L.C. Vanguard Whitehall Funds
/S/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx 6/5/2006
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx X Xxxxxxx
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