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SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDER
OF
PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE FUND, INC.
801 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa December 15, 1997 9:00 a.m.
A special meeting of the shareholder of Principal Real Estate Fund,
Inc. was held at 801 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa at 9:00 a.m. on December 15,
1997.
The meeting was called to order by Mr. S. L. Jones, who presided as
chairman of the meeting. Ms. K. L. McCartney acted as secretary of the meeting.
Also present was A. S. Filean.
The Secretary reported that the only shareholders of the Corporation
were Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company, the owner of 100% of the Class A
Common Stock, and Princor Management Corporation, the owner of 100% of the Class
B Common Stock and 100% of the Class R Common Stock, that all such shares were
represented by proxies held by Mr. Filean and that a quorum was present.
The Chairman directed that the proxies be appended to the minutes of
this meeting.
The Chairman then stated that it would be in order to elect directors
of the Corporation. Thereupon, Mr. Filean stated that on behalf of Principal
Mutual Life Insurance Company he proposed to nominate and elect a slate of
directors. Thereupon, the following resolution was duly adopted:
"BE IT RESOLVED, That the following nine persons be, and they hereby
are, elected to serve as directors of this Corporation until the next
meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are
elected and qualified:
James D. Davis
Roy W. Erhle
Pamela A. Ferguson
Richard W. Gilbert
J. Barry Griswell
Stephan L. Jones
Ron E. Keller
Barbara A. Lukavsky
Richard G. Peebler"
The Chairman stated that it would be in order to consider ratification
and approval of the Management Agreement between the Corporation and Princor
Management Corporation in the form approved by the Corporation's Board of
Directors. A copy of said agreement was presented at the meeting. Thereupon, the
following resolution was duly adopted by the vote of all the outstanding shares
of Common Stock of the Corporation:
"BE IT RESOLVED, That the Management Agreement between the Corporation
and Princor Management Corporation, which was approved by the Board of
Directors, including a majority of the non-interested directors
thereof, be, and it hereby is, ratified and approved."
The Chairman then stated that it would be appropriate to consider the
ratification and approval of the Investment Service Agreement among the
Corporation, Princor Management Corporation and Principal Mutual Life Insurance
Company, which was approved by the Board of Directors. A copy of such agreement
was presented at the meeting. Thereupon, the following resolution was duly
adopted by the vote of all the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
Corporation:
"BE IT RESOLVED, That the Investment Service Agreement among the
Corporation, Princor Management Corporation and Principal Mutual Life
Insurance Company, which was approved by the Board of Directors,
including a majority of the non-interested directors thereof, be and it
hereby is, ratified and approved."
The Chairman then stated it was necessary to consider ratification and
approval of the Distribution and Shareholder Service Plan and Agreement for
Class A shares in the form adopted by the Corporation's Board of Directors
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. A copy of such
agreement was presented at the meeting. Thereupon, the following resolution was
duly adopted by the vote of all the outstanding Class A shares of Common Stock
of the Corporation:
"BE IT RESOLVED, That the Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plan
and Agreement for Class A Shares, which was adopted by the Board of
Directors, including a majority of the non-interested directors
thereof, be, and it hereby is, ratified and approved."
The Chairman then stated it was necessary to consider ratification and
approval of the Distribution and Shareholder Service Plan and Agreement for
Class B shares in the form adopted by the Corporation's Board of Directors
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. A copy of such
agreement was presented at the meeting. Thereupon, the following resolution was
duly adopted by the vote of all the outstanding Class B shares of Common Stock
of the Corporation:
"BE IT RESOLVED, That the Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plan
and Agreement for Class B Shares, which was adopted by the Board of
Directors, including a majority of the non-interested directors
thereof, be, and it hereby is, ratified and approved."
The Chairman then stated it was necessary to consider ratification and
approval of the Distribution and Shareholder Service Plan and Agreement for
Class R shares in the form adopted by the Corporation's Board of Directors
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. A copy of such
agreement was presented at the meeting. Thereupon, the following resolution was
duly adopted by the vote of all the outstanding Class R shares of Common Stock
of the Corporation:
"BE IT RESOLVED, That the Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Plan
and Agreement for Class R Shares, which was adopted by the Board of
Directors, including a majority of the non-interested directors
thereof, be, and it hereby is, ratified and approved."
The Chairman then informed the meeting that the Corporation's Board of
Directors had selected Ernst & Young as the independent public accountant for
the Corporation. Thereupon, the following resolution was duly adopted by the
vote of all the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation:
"BE IT RESOLVED, That the selection by the Board of Directors,
including a majority of the non-interested Directors thereof, of the
firm of Ernst & Young as the independent public accountant for the
Corporation for the year ending October 31, 1998 be, and it hereby is,
ratified and approved, subject to the right of the Corporation, by vote
of a majority of the Corporation's outstanding voting securities at any
meeting called for the purpose, to terminate such employment forthwith
without any penalty."
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
/s/ K. L. McCartney
---------------------------------
Secretary
BYLAWS
OF
PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE FUND, INC.
ARTICLE 1
Name, Fiscal Year
1.01 The name of this corporation shall be Principal Real Estate Fund,
Inc., Inc. Except as otherwise from time to time provided by the board of
directors, the fiscal year of the corporation shall begin November 1 and end
October 31.
ARTICLE 2
Stockholders' Meetings
2.01 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held
at such place within or without the State of Maryland, as is stated in the
notice of meeting.
2.02 Annual Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Fund shall
determine whether or not an annual meeting of stockholders shall be held. In the
event that an annual meeting of stockholders is held, such meeting shall be held
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of February in each year or on such
other day during the 31-day period following the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of February as the directors may determine.
2.03 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders shall be
held whenever called by the chairman of the board, the president or the board of
directors, or when requested in writing by 10% of the Fund's outstanding shares.
2.04 Notice of Stockholders' Meetings. Notice of each stockholders'
meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or
purposes for which the meeting is called shall be given by mailing such notice
to each stockholder of record at his address as it appears on the records of the
corporation not less than 10 nor more than 90 days prior to the date of the
meeting. Any meeting at which all stockholders entitled to vote are present
either in person or by proxy or of which those not present have waived notice in
writing shall be a legal meeting for the transaction of business notwithstanding
that notice has not been given as herein provided.
2.05 Quorum. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, these
bylaws or the Articles of Incorporation, as from time to time amended, at any
meeting of the stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of
one-third of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote, shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser
interest may adjourn any meeting from time to time and the meeting may be held
as adjourned without further notice. When a quorum is present at any meeting a
majority of the stock represented thereat shall decide any question brought
before such meeting unless the question is one upon which by express provision
of law or of these bylaws or the Articles of Incorporation a larger or different
vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern.
2.06 Proxies and Voting Stockholders of record may vote at any meeting
either in person or by written proxy signed by the stockholder or by the
stockholder's duly authorized attorney-in-fact dated not more than eleven months
before the date of exercise, which shall be filed with the Secretary of the
meeting before being voted. Each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for
each share of stock held, and to a fraction of a vote equal to any fractional
share held.
2.07 Stock Ledger. The Corporation shall maintain at the office of the
stock transfer agent of the Corporation, or at the office of any successor
thereto as stock transfer agent of the Corporation, an original stock ledger
containing the names and addresses of all stockholders and the number of shares
of each class held by each stockholder. Such stock ledger may be in written form
or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a
reasonable time for visual inspection.
Attachment B
ARTICLE 3
Board of Directors
3.01 Number, Service. The Corporation shall have a Board of Directors
consisting of not less than three and no more than fifteen members. The number
of Directors to constitute the whole board within the limits above-stated shall
be fixed by the Board of Directors. The Directors may be chosen (i) by
stockholders at any annual meeting of stockholders held for the purpose of
electing directors or at any meeting held in lieu thereof, or at any special
meeting called for such purpose, or (ii) by the Directors at any regular or
special meeting of the Board to fill a vacancy on the Board as provided in these
bylaws and Maryland General Corporation Law. Each director should serve until
the next annual meeting of shareholders and until a successor is duly qualified
and elected, unless sooner displaced.
3.02 Powers. The board of directors shall be responsible for the entire
management of the business of the Corporation. In the management and control of
the property, business and affairs of the Corporation the board of directors is
hereby vested with all the powers possessed by the corporation itself so far as
this designation of authority is not inconsistent with the laws of the State of
Maryland, but subject to the limitations and qualifications contained in the
Articles of Incorporation and in these bylaws.
3.03 Executive Committee and Other Committees. The board of directors
may elect from its members an executive committee of not less than three which
may exercise certain powers of the board of directors when the board is not in
session pursuant to Maryland law. The executive committee may make rules for the
holding and conduct of its meetings and keeping the records thereof, and shall
report its action to the board of directors.
The board of directors may elect from its members such other committees
from time to time as it may desire. The number composing such committees and the
powers conferred upon them shall be determined by the board of directors at its
own discretion.
3.04 Meetings. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held
in such places within or without the State of Maryland, and at such times as the
board may from time to time determine, and if so determined, notices thereof
need not be given. Special meetings of the board of directors may be held at any
time or place whenever called by the president or a majority of the directors,
notice thereof being given by the secretary or the president, or the directors
calling the meeting, to each director. Special meetings of the board of
directors may also be held without formal notice provided all directors are
present or those not present have waived notice thereof.
3.05 Quorum. A majority of the members of the board of directors from
time to time in office but in no event not less than one-third of the number
constituting the whole board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business provided, however, that where the Investment Company Act of 1940
requires a different quorum to transact business of a specific nature, the
number of directors so required shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
such business.
A lesser number may adjourn a meeting from time to time and the meeting
may be held without further notice. When a quorum is present at any meeting a
majority of the members present thereat shall decide any question brought before
such meeting except as otherwise expressly required by law, the Articles of
Incorporation or these bylaws.
3.06 Action by Directors Other than at a Meeting. Any action required
or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any
committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting, if a written consent to such
action is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as
the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of
proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
3.07 Holding of Meetings by Conference Telephone Call. At any regular
or special meeting, members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof
may participate by conference telephone or similar communications equipment by
means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.
Participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section shall constitute presence in
person at such meeting.
ARTICLE 4
Officers
4.01 Selection. The officers of the corporation shall be a president,
one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors
may, if it so determines, also elect a chairman of the board. All officers shall
be elected by the board of directors and shall serve at the pleasure of the
board. The same person may hold more than one office except the offices of
president and vice president.
4.02 Eligibility. The chairman of the board, if any, and the president
shall be directors of the corporation. Other officers need not be directors.
4.03 Additional Officers and Agents. The board of directors may appoint
one or more assistant treasurers, one or more assistant secretaries and such
other officers or agents as it may deem advisable, and may prescribe the duties
thereof.
4.04 Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board, if
any, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors at which he is
present. He shall have such other authority and duties as the board of directors
shall from time to time determine.
4.05 The President. The president shall be the chief executive officer
of the corporation; he shall have general and active management of the business,
affairs and property of the corporation, and shall see that all orders and
resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. He shall preside
at meetings of stockholders, and of the board of directors unless a chairman of
the board has been elected and is present.
4.06 The Vice Presidents. The vice presidents shall respectively have
such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the board of
directors or the president. In the absence or disability of the president, the
vice presidents, in the order determined by the board of directors, shall
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president.
4.07 The Secretary. The secretary shall keep accurate minutes of all
meetings of the stockholders and directors, and shall perform all duties
commonly incident to his office and as provided by law and shall perform such
other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors shall from
time to time designate. In his absence an assistant secretary or secretary pro
tempore shall perform his duties.
4.08 The Treasurer. The treasurer shall, subject to the order of the
board of directors and in accordance with any arrangements for performance of
services as custodian, transfer agent or disbursing agent approved by the board,
have the care and custody of the money, funds, securities, valuable papers and
documents of the corporation, and shall have and exercise under the supervision
of the board of directors all powers and duties commonly incident to his office
and as provided by law. He shall keep or cause to be kept accurate books of
account of the corporation's transactions which shall be subject at all times to
the inspection and control of the board of directors. He shall deposit all funds
of the corporation in such bank or banks, trust company or trust companies or
such firm or firms doing a banking business as the board of directors shall
designate. In his absence, an assistant treasurer shall perform his duties.
ARTICLE 5
Vacancies
5.01 Removals. The stockholders may at any meeting called for the
purpose, by vote of the holders of a majority of the capital stock issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote, remove from office any director and, unless
the number of directors constituting the whole board is accordingly decreased,
elect a successor. To the extent consistent with the Investment Company Act of
1940, the board of directors may by vote of not less than a majority of the
directors then in office remove from office any director, officer or agent
elected or appointed by them and may for misconduct remove any thereof elected
by the stockholders.
5.02 Vacancies. If the office of any director becomes or is vacant by
reason of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, an increase in the
authorized number of directors or otherwise, the remaining directors may by vote
of a majority of said directors choose a successor or successors who shall hold
office for the unexpired term; provided that vacancies on the board of directors
may be so filled only if, after the filling of the same, at least two-thirds of
the directors then holding office would be directors elected to such office by
the stockholders at a meeting or meetings called for the purpose. In the event
that at any time less than a majority of the directors were so elected by the
stockholders, a special meeting of the stockholders shall be called forthwith
and held as promptly as possible and in any event within sixty days for the
purpose of electing an entire new board of directors.
ARTICLE 6
Certificates of Stock
6.01 Certificates. The board of directors may adopt a policy of not
issuing certificates except in extraordinary situations as may be authorized
from time to time by an officer of the Corporation. If such a policy is adopted,
a stockholder may obtain a certificate or certificates of the capital stock of
the Corporation owned by such stockholder only if the stockholder demonstrates a
specific reason for needing a certificate. If issued, the certificate shall be
in such form as shall, in conformity to law, be prescribed from time to time by
the board of directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the chairman of the
board of directors or the president or a vice president and by the treasurer or
an assistant treasurer or the secretary or an assistant secretary. If such
certificates are countersigned by a transfer agent or registrar other than the
Corporation or an employee of the Corporation, the signatures of the
aforementioned officers upon such certificates may be facsimile. In case any
officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures
have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such
officer or officers of the Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or
otherwise, before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the
Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the
Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who
signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or
signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers
of the Corporation.
6.02 Replacement of Certificates. The board of directors may direct a
new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or
destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the
board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the
issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or
certificates, or its legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner
as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may
direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation
with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.
6.03 Stockholder Open Accounts. The corporation may maintain or cause
to be maintained for each stockholder a stockholder open account in which shall
be recorded such stockholder's ownership of stock and all changes therein, and
certificates need not be issued for shares so recorded in a stockholder open
account unless requested by the stockholder and such request is approved by an
officer.
6.04 Transfers. Transfers of stock for which certificates have been
issued will be made only upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent
of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by
proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, whereupon
the Corporation will issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto,
cancel the old certificate and record the transaction on its books. Transfers of
stock evidenced by open account authorized by Section 6.03 will be made upon
delivery to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of
instructions for transfer or evidence of assignment or succession, in each case
executed in such manner and with such supporting evidence as the Corporation or
transfer agent may reasonably require.
6.05 Closing Transfer Books. The transfer books of the stock of the
corporation may be closed for such period (not to exceed 20 days) from time to
time in anticipation of stockholders' meetings or the declaration of dividends
as the directors may from time to time determine.
6.06 Record Dates. The board of directors may fix in advance a date,
not exceeding ninety days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders, or
the date for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of
rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock
shall go into effect, or a date in connection with obtaining any consent or for
any other lawful purpose, as a record date for the determination of the
stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any such meeting, and any
adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or to
any such allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights in respect of any such
change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, or to give such consent, and in
such case such stockholders and only such stockholders as shall be stockholders
of record on the date as fixed shall be entitled to such notice of, and to vote
at, such meeting, and any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such
dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, or
to give such consent, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any
stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed as
aforesaid.
6.07 Registered Ownership. The Corporation shall be entitled to
recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner
of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner and shall not be bound
to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares
on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other
notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of
Maryland.
ARTICLE 7
Notices
7.01 Manner of Giving. Whenever under the provisions of the statutes or
of the Articles of Incorporation or of these bylaws notice is required to be
given to any director, committee member, officer or stockholder, it shall not be
construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given, in the case of
stockholders, in writing, by mail, by depositing the same in a United States
post office or letter box, in a postpaid sealed wrapper, addressed to each
stockholder at such address as it appears on the books of the corporation, or,
in default to other address, to such stockholder at the General Post Office in
the City of Baltimore, Maryland, and, in the case of directors, committee
members and officers, by telephone, or by mail or by telegram to the last
business address known to the secretary of the corporation, and such notice
shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be thus mailed or
telegraphed or telephoned.
7.02 Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the
provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these
bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to
said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed
equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE 8
General Provisions
8.01 Disbursement of Funds. All checks, drafts, orders or instructions
for the payment of money and all notes of the corporation shall be signed by
such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of
directors may from time to time designate.
8.02 Voting Stock in Other Corporations. Unless otherwise ordered by
the board of directors, any officer shall have full power and authority to
attend and act and vote at any meeting of stockholders of any corporation in
which this corporation may hold stock, and at any such meeting may exercise any
and all the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock. Any
officer of this corporation may execute proxies to vote shares of stock of other
corporations standing in the name of this corporation.
8.03 Execution of Instruments. Except as otherwise provided in these
bylaws, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, stock powers and other
instruments of transfer, reports and other instruments may be executed on behalf
of the corporation by the president or any vice president or by any other
officer or agent authorized to act in such matters, whether by law, the Articles
of Incorporation, these bylaws, or any general or special authorization of the
board of directors. If the corporate seal is required, it shall he affixed by
the secretary or an assistant secretary.
8.04 Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of
the corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal,
Maryland." The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE 9
Regulations
9.01 Investment and Related Matters. The Corporation shall not purchase
or hold securities in violation of the investment restrictions enumerated in its
then current prospectus and the registration statement or statements filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933
and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, nor shall the Corporation
invest in securities the purchase of which would cause the Corporation to
forfeit its rights to continue to publicly offer its shares under the laws,
rules or regulations of any state in which it may become authorized to so offer
its shares unless, by specific resolution of the board of directors, the
Corporation shall elect to discontinue the sale of its shares in such state.
9.02 Other Matters. When used in this section the following words shall
have the following meanings: "Sponsor" shall mean any one or more corporations,
firms or associations which have distributor's contracts in effect with this
Corporation. "Manager" shall mean any corporation, firm or association which may
at the time have an investment advisory contract with this Corporation.
(a) Limitation of Holdings by this Corporation of Certain
Securities and of Dealings with Officers or Directors. This
Corporation shall not purchase or retain securities of any issuer
if those officers and directors of the Fund or its Manager owning
beneficially more than one-half of one per cent (0.5%) of the
shares or securities of such issuer together own beneficially more
than five per cent (5%) of such shares or securities; and each
officer and director of this Corporation shall keep the treasurer
of this Corporation informed of the names of all issuers
(securities of which are held in the portfolio of this
Corporation) in which such officer or director owns as much as
one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) of the outstanding shares or
securities and (except in the case of a holding by the treasurer)
this Corporation shall not be charged with knowledge of any such
security holding in the absence of notice given if as aforesaid if
this Corporation has requested such information not less often
than quarterly. The Corporation will not lend any of its assets to
the Sponsor or Manager or to any officer or director of the
Sponsor or Manager or of this Corporation and shall not permit any
officer or director, and any officer or director of the Sponsor or
Manager, to deal for or on behalf of the Corporation with himself
as principal agent, or with any partnership, association or
corporation in which he has a financial interest. Nothing
contained herein shall prevent (1) officers and directors of the
Corporation from buying, holding or selling shares in the
Corporation, or from being partners, officers or directors of or
otherwise financially interested in the Sponsor or the Manager or
any company controlling the Sponsor or the Manager; (2) employment
of legal counsel, registrar, transfer agent, dividend disbursing
agent or custodian who is, or has a partner shareholder, officer
or director who is, an officer or director of the Corporation, if
only customary fees are charged for services to the Corporation;
(3) sharing statistical and research expenses and office hire and
expenses with any other investment company in which an officer or
director of the Corporation is an officer or director or otherwise
financially interested.
(b) Limitation Concerning Participating by Interested Persons in
Investment Decisions. In any case where an officer or director of
the Corporation or of the Manager, or a member of an advisory
committee or portfolio committee of the Corporation, is also an
officer or a director of another corporation, and the purchase or
sale of shares issued by that other corporation is under
consideration, the officer or director or committee member
concerned will abstain from participating in any decision made on
behalf of the Corporation to purchase or sell any securities
issued by such other corporation.
(c) Limitation on Dealing in Securities of this Corporation by
certain Officers, Directors, Sponsor or Manager. Neither the
Sponsor nor Manager, nor any officer or director of this
Corporation or of the Sponsor or Manager shall take long or short
positions in securities issued by this Corporation, provided,
however, that:
(1) The Sponsor may purchase from this Corporation shares
issued by this Corporation if the orders to purchase from
this Corporation are entered with this Corporation by the
Sponsor upon receipt by the Sponsor of purchase orders for
shares of this Corporation and such purchases are not in
excess of purchase orders received by the Sponsor.
(2) The Sponsor may in the capacity of agent for this
Corporation buy securities issued by this Corporation offered
for sale by other persons.
(3) Any officer or director of this Corporation or of the
Sponsor or Manager or any Company controlling the Sponsor or
Manager may at any time, or from time to time, purchase from
this Corporation or from the Sponsor shares issued by this
Corporation at a price not lower than the net asset value of
the shares, no such purchase to be in contravention of any
applicable state or federal requirement.
(d) Securities and Cash of this Corporation to be held by
Custodian subject to certain Terms and Conditions.
(1) All securities and cash owned by this Corporation shall
as hereinafter provided, be held by or deposited with a bank
or trust company having (according to its last published
report) not less than two million dollars ($2,000,000)
aggregate capital, surplus and undivided profits (which bank
or trust company is hereby designated as "Custodian"),
provided such a Custodian can be found ready and willing to
act.
(2) This Corporation shall enter into a written contract with
the Custodian regarding the powers, duties and compensation
of the Custodian with respect to the cash and securities of
this Corporation held by the Custodian. Said contract and all
amendments thereto shall be approved by the board of
directors of this Corporation.
(3) This Corporation shall upon the resignation or inability
to serve of its Custodian or upon change of the Custodian:
(aa) in case of such resignation or inability to serve,
use its best efforts to obtain a successor Custodian;
(bb) require that the cash and securities owned by this
Corporation be delivered directly to the successor
Custodian; and
(cc) In the event that no successor Custodian can be
found, submit to the stockholders, before permitting
delivery of the cash and securities owned by this
Corporation otherwise than to a successor Custodian, the
question whether or not this Corporation shall be
liquidated or shall function without a Custodian.
(e) Amendment of Investment Advisory Contract. Any investment
advisory contract entered into by this Corporation shall not be
subject to amendment except by (1) affirmative vote at a
shareholders meeting, of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding stock of this Corporation, or (2) a majority of such
Directors who are not interested persons (as the term is defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the Parties to such
agreements, cast in person at a board meeting called for the
purpose of voting on such amendment.
(f) Reports relating to Certain Dividends. Dividends paid from net
profits from the sale of securities shall be clearly revealed by
this Corporation to its shareholders and the basis of calculation
shall be set forth.
(g) Maximum Sales Commission. The Corporation shall, in any
distribution contract with respect to its shares of common stock
entered into by it, provide that the maximum sales commission to
be charged upon any sales of such shares shall not be more than
nine per cent (9%) of the offering price to the public of such
shares. As used herein, "offering price to the public" shall mean
net asset value per share plus the commission charged adjusted to
the nearest cent.
ARTICLE 10
Purchases and Redemption of Shares:
Suspension of Sales
10.01 Purchase by Agreement. The Corporation may purchase its shares by
agreement with the owner at a price not exceeding the net asset value next
computed following the time when the purchase or contract to purchase is made.
10.02 Redemption. The Corporation shall redeem such shares as are
offered by any stockholder for redemption upon the presentation of a written
request therefor, duly executed by the record owner, to the office or agency
designated by the corporation. If the shareholder has received stock
certificates, the request must be accompanied by the certificates, duly endorsed
for transfer, in acceptable form; and the Corporation will pay therefor the net
asset value of the shares next effective following the time at which the
request, in acceptable form, is so presented. Payment for said shares shall
ordinarily be made by the Corporation to the stockholder within seven days after
the date on which the shares are presented.
10.03 Suspension of Redemption. The obligations set out in Section
10.02 may be suspended (i) for any period during which the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. is closed other than customary week-end and holiday closings, or
during which trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is restricted, as
determined by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor thereto; (ii) for any period during which an
emergency, as determined by the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any successor thereto, exists as a result of which
disposal by the Corporation of securities owned by it is not reasonably
practicable or as a result of which it is not reasonably practicable for the
Corporation to fairly determine the value of its net assets; or (iii) for such
other periods as the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto
may by order permit for the protection of security holders of the Corporation.
Payment of the redemption or purchase price may be made in cash or, at the
option of the Corporation, wholly or partly in such portfolio securities of the
Corporation as the Corporation may select.
10.04 Suspension of Sales. The Corporation reserves the right to
suspend sales of its shares if, in the judgment of the majority of the board of
directors or a majority of the executive committee of its Board, if such
committee exists, it is in the best interest of the Corporation to do so, such
suspension to continue for such period as may be determined by such majority.
ARTICLE 11
Fractional Shares
11.01 The board of directors may authorize the issue from time to time
of shares of the capital stock of the corporation in fractional denominations,
provided that the transactions in which and the terms upon which shares in
fractional denominations may be issued may from time to time be determined and
limited by or under authority of the board of directors.
ARTICLE 12
Indemnification
12.01 (a) Every person who is or was a director, officer or employee of
this Corporation or of any other corporation which he served at the request of
this Corporation and in which this Corporation owns or owned shares of capital
stock or of which it is or was a creditor shall have a right to be indemnified
by this Corporation against all liability and reasonable expenses incurred by
him in connection with or resulting from a claim, action, suit or proceeding in
which he may become involved as a party or otherwise by reason of his being or
having been a director, officer or employee of this Corporation or such other
corporation, provided (1) said claim, action, suit or proceeding shall be
prosecuted to a final determination and he nhall be vindicated on the merits, or
(2) in the absence of such a final determination vindicating him on the merits,
the board of directors shall determine that he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interest of the Corporation in
the case of conduct in the director's official capacity with the Corporation and
in all other cases, that the conduct was at least not opposed to the best
interest of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; said
determination to be made by the board of directors acting through a quorum of
disinterested directors, or in its absence on the opinion of counsel.
(b) For purposes of the preceding subsection: (1) "liability and
reasonable expenses" shall include hut not be limited to
reasonable counsel fees and disbursements, amounts of any
judgment, fine or penalty, and reasonable amounts paid in
settlement; (2) "claim, action, suit or proceeding" shall include
every such claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil or
criminal, derivative or otherwise, administrative, judicial or
legislative, any appeal relating thereto, and shall include any
reasonable apprehension or threat of such a claim, action, suit or
proceeding; (3) the termination of any proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or
its equivalent creates a rebuttable presumption that the director
did not meet the standard of conduct set forth in subsection
(a)(2), supra.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following limitations shall
apply with respect to any action by or in the right of the
Corporation: (1) no indemnification shall be made in respect of
claim, issue or matter as to which the person seeking
indemnification shall have been adjudged to be liable for
negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the
Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery of the State of Maryland or the court in which such
action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper; and (2)
indemnification shall extend only to reasonable expenses,
including reasonable counsel's fees and disbursements.
(d) The right of indemnification shall extend to any person
otherwise entitled to it under this bylaw whether or not that
person continues to be a director, officer or employee of this
Corporation or such other corporation at the time such liability
or expense shall be incurred. The right of indemnification shall
extend to the legal representative and heirs of any person
otherwise entitled to indemnification. If a person meets the
requirements of this bylaw with respect to some matters in a
claim, action suit, or proceeding, but not with respect to others,
he shall be entitled to indemnification as to the former. Advances
against liability and expenses may be made by the Corporation on
terms fixed by the board of directors subject to an obligation to
repay if indemnification proves unwarranted.
(e) This bylaw shall not exclude any other rights of
indemnification or other rights to which any director, officer or
employee may be entitled to by contract, vote of the stockholders
or as a matter of law.
If any clause, provision or application of this section shall be
determined to be invalid, the other clauses, provisions or
applications of this section shall not be affected but shall
remain in full force and effect. The provisions of this bylaw
shall be applicable to claims, actions, suits or proceedings made
or commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts
or omissions to act occurring before or after the adoption hereof.
(f) Nothing contained in this bylaw shall be construed to protect
any director or officer of the Corporation against any liability
to the Corporation or its security holders to which he would
otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in
the conduct of his office.
ARTICLE 13
Amendments
13.01 These bylaws may be amended or added to, altered or repealed at
any annual or special meeting of the stockholders by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares of capital stock issued and outstanding and
entitled to vote, provided notice of the general purport of the proposed
amendment, addition, alteration or repeal is given in the notice of said
meeting, or, at any meeting of the board of directors by vote of a majority of
the directors then in office, except that the board of directors may not amend
Article 5 to permit removal by said board without cause of any director elected
by the stockholders.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE FUND, INC.
ARTICLE I
Incorporator
The undersigned Arthur S. Filean and Ernest H. Gillum, whose post office
address is The Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa 50392, being at least
18 years of age, incorporators, hereby form a corporation under and by virtue of
the laws of Maryland.
ARTICLE II
Name
The name of the corporation is Principal Real Estate Fund, Inc. hereinafter
called the "Corporation."
ARTICLE III
Corporate Purposes and Powers
The Corporation is formed for the following purposes:
(1) To conduct and carry on the business of an investment company.
(2) To hold, invest and reinvest its assets in securities and other
investments or to hold part or all of its assets in cash.
(3) To issue and sell shares of its capital stock in such amounts and on
such terms and conditions and for such purposes and for such amount or kind of
consideration as may now or hereafter be permitted by law.
(4) To redeem, purchase or acquire in any other manner, hold, dispose of,
resell, transfer, reissue or cancel (all without the vote or consent of the
stockholders of the Corporation) shares of its capital stock, in any manner and
to the extent now or hereafter permitted by law and by these Articles of
Incorporation.
(5) To do any and all additional acts and to exercise any and all
additional powers or rights as may be necessary, incidental, appropriate or
desirable for the accomplishment of all or any of the foregoing purposes.
To carry out all or any part of the foregoing objects as principal, factor,
agent, contractor, or otherwise, either alone or through or in conjunction with
any person, firm, association or corporation, and, in carrying on its business
and for the purpose of attaining or furnishing any of its objects and purposes,
to make and perform any contracts and to do any acts and things, and to exercise
any powers suitable, convenient or proper for the accomplishment of any of the
objects and purposes herein enumerated or incidental to the powers herein
specified, or which at any time may appear conducive to or expedient for the
accomplishment of any such objects and purposes.
To carry out all or any part of the aforesaid objects and purposes, and to
conduct its business in all or any of its branches, in any or all states,
territories, districts and possessions of the United States of America and in
foreign countries; and to maintain offices and agencies in any or all states,
territories, districts and possessions of the United States of America and in
foreign countries.
The foregoing objects and purposes shall, except when otherwise expressed,
be in no way limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms
of any other clause of this or any other article of these Articles of
Incorporation or of any amendment thereto, and shall each be regarded as
independent, and construed as powers as well as objects and purposes.
The Corporation shall be authorized to exercise and enjoy all of the
powers, rights and privileges granted to, or conferred upon, corporations of a
similar character by the Maryland General Corporation Law now or hereafter in
force, and the enumeration of the foregoing powers shall not be deemed to
exclude any powers, rights or privileges so granted or conferred.
ARTICLE IV
Principal Office and Resident Agent
The post office address of the principal office of the Corporation in this
State is c/o The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 32 South Street, Baltimore,
Maryland 21202. The name of the resident agent of the Corporation in this State
is The Corporation Trust Incorporated, a corporation of this State, and the post
office address of the resident agent is 32 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21202.
ARTICLE V
Capital Stock
Section 1. Authorized Shares: The total number of shares of stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred million (100,000,000)
shares, of the par value of one cent ($.01) each and of the aggregate par value
of one million dollars ($1,000,000). The shares may be issued by the Board of
Directors in such separate and distinct series and classes of series as the
Board of Directors shall from time to time create and establish. The Board of
Directors shall have full power and authority, in its sole discretion, to
establish and designate series and classes of series, and to classify or
reclassify any unissued shares in separate series or classes having such
preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of
redemption as shall be fixed and determined from time to time by the Board of
Directors. In the event of establishment of classes, each class of a series
shall represent interests in the assets belonging to that series and have
identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and
conditions as any other class of the series, except that expenses allocated to
the class of a series may be borne solely by such class as shall be determined
by the Board of Directors and may cause differences in rights as described in
the following sentence. The shares of a class may be converted into shares of
another class upon such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Board
of Directors, and a class of a series may have exclusive voting rights with
respect to matters affecting only that class. Expenses related to the
distribution of, and other identified expenses that should properly be allocated
to, the shares of a particular series or class may be charged to and borne
solely by such series or class, and the bearing of expenses solely by a series
or class may be appropriately reflected (in a manner determined by the Board of
Directors) and cause differences in the net asset value attributable to, and the
dividend, redemption and liquidation rights of, the shares of each series or
class. Subject to the authority of the Board of Directors to increase and
decrease the number of, and to reclassify the shares of any series or class,
there are hereby established three classes of common stock, each comprising the
number of shares and having the designation indicated:
Class Number of Shares
Class A 25,000,000
Class B 25,000,000
Class R 25,000,000
In addition, the Board of Directors is hereby expressly granted authority to
change the designation of any series or class, to increase or decrease the
number of shares of any series or class, provided that the number of shares of
any series or class shall not be decreased by the Board of Directors below the
number of shares thereof then outstanding, and to reclassify any unissued shares
into one or more series or classes that may be established and designated from
time to time. Notwithstanding the designations herein of series and classes, the
Corporation may refer, in prospectuses and other documents furnished to
shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or used for
other purposes, to a series of shares as a "class" and to a class of shares of a
particular series as a "series."
(a) The Corporation may issue shares of stock in fractional
denominations to the same extent as its whole shares, and shares in
fractional denominations shall be shares of stock having proportionately,
to the respective fractions represented thereby, all the rights of whole
shares, including without limitation, the right to vote, the right to
receive dividends and distributions and the right to participate upon
liquidation of the Corporation, but excluding the right to receive a stock
certificate representing fractional shares.
(b) The holder of each share of stock of the Corporation shall be
entitled to one vote for each full share, and a fractional vote for each
fractional share, of stock, irrespective of the series or class, then
standing in the holder's name on the books of the Corporation. On any
matter submitted to a vote of stockholders, all shares of the Corporation
then issued and outstanding and entitled to vote shall be voted in the
aggregate and not by series or class except that (1) when otherwise
expressly required by the Maryland General Corporation Law or the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, shares shall be voted by
individual series or class, and (2) if the Board of Directors, in its sole
discretion, determines that a matter affects the interests of only one or
more particular series or class or classes then only the holders of shares
of such affected series or class or classes shall be entitled to vote
thereon.
(c) Unless otherwise provided in the resolution of the Board of
Directors providing for the establishment and designation of any new series
or class or classes, each series of stock of the Corporation shall have the
following powers, preferences and rights, and qualifications, restrictions,
and limitations thereof:
(1) Assets Belonging to a Class. All consideration received by the
Corporation for the issue or sale of shares of a particular class,
together with all assets in which such consideration is invested or
reinvested, all income, earnings, profits and proceeds thereof,
including any proceeds derived from the sale, exchange or liquidation
of such assets, and any funds or payments derived from any reinvestment
of such proceeds in whatever form the same may be, shall irrevocably
belong to that class for all purposes, subject only to the rights of
creditors, and shall be so recorded upon the books and accounts of the
Corporation. Such consideration, assets, income, earnings, profits and
proceeds thereof, including any proceeds derived from the sale,
exchange or liquidation of such assets, and any funds or payments
derived from any reinvestment of such proceeds, in whatever form the
same may be, together with any General Items allocated to that class as
provided in the following sentence, are herein referred to as "assets
belonging to" that class. In the event that there are any assets,
income, earnings, profits, proceeds thereof, funds or payments which
are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular class
(collectively "General Items"), such General Items shall be allocated
by or under the supervision of the Board of Directors to and among any
one or more of the classes established and designated from time to time
in such manner and on such basis as the Board of Directors, in its sole
discretion, deems fair and equitable, and any General Items so
allocated to a particular class shall belong to that class. Each such
allocation by the Board of Directors shall be conclusive and binding
for all purposes.
(2) Liabilities Belonging to a Class. The assets belonging to each
particular class shall be charged with the liabilities of the
Corporation in respect of that class and all expenses, costs, charges
and reserves attributable to that class, and any general liabilities,
expenses, costs, charges or reserves of the Corporation which are not
readily identifiable as belonging to any particular class shall be
allocated and charged by or under the supervision of the Board of
Directors to and among any one or more of the classes established and
designated from time to time in such manner and on such basis as the
Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, deems fair and equitable.
The liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves allocated and so
charged to a class are herein referred to as "liabilities belonging to"
that class. Expenses related to the shares of a series may be borne
solely by that series (as determined by the Board of Directors). Each
allocation of liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves by the
Board of Directors shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
(3) Dividends. The Board of Directors may from time to time
declare and pay dividends or distributions, in stock, property or cash,
on any or all series of stock or classes of series, the amount of such
dividends and property distributions and the payment of them being
wholly in the discretion of the Board of Directors. Dividends may be
declared daily or otherwise pursuant to a standing resolution or
resolutions adopted only once or with such frequency as the Board of
Directors may determine, after providing for actual and accrued
liabilities belonging to that class. All dividends or distributions on
shares of a particular class shall be paid only out of surplus or other
lawfully available assets determined by the Board of Directors as
belonging to such class. Dividends and distributions may vary between
the classes of a series to reflect differing allocations of the expense
of each class of that series to such extent and for such purposes as
the Boards of Directors may deem appropriate. The Board of Directors
shall have the power, in its sole discretion, to distribute in any
fiscal year as dividends, including dividends designated in whole or in
part as capital gains distributions, amounts sufficient, in the opinion
of the Board of Directors, to enable the Corporation, or where
applicable each series or class of a series of shares, to qualify as a
regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, or any successor or comparable statute thereto, and
regulations promulgated thereunder, and to avoid liability for the
Corporation, or each series of shares or class of a series, for Federal
income and excise taxes in respect of that or any other year.
(4) Liquidation. In the event of the liquidation of the
Corporation or of the assets attributable to a particular series or
class, the shareholders of each series or class that has been
established and designated and is being liquidated shall be entitled to
receive, as a series or class, when and as declared by the Board of
Directors, the excess of the assets belonging to that series or class
over the liabilities belonging to that series or class. The holders of
shares of any series or class shall not be entitled thereby to any
distribution upon liquidation of any other series or class. The assets
so distributable to the shareholder of any particular series or class
shall be distributed among such shareholders according to their
respective rights taking into account the proper allocation of expenses
being borne by that series or class. The liquidation of assets
attributable to any particular series or class in which there are
shares then outstanding may be authorized by vote of a majority of the
Board of Directors then in office, subject to the approval of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of that series or class,
as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In the
event that there are any general assets not belonging to any particular
series or class of stock and available for distribution, such
distribution shall be made to holders of stock of various series or
classes in such proportion as the Board of Directors determines to be
fair and equitable, and such determination by the Board of Directors
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
(5) Redemption. All shares of stock of the Corporation shall have
the redemption rights provided for in Article V, Section 5.
(d) The Corporation's shares of stock are issued and sold, and all
persons who shall acquire stock of the Corporation shall do so, subject to
the condition and understanding that the provisions of the Corporation's
Articles of Incorporation, as from time to time amended, shall be binding
upon them.
Section 2. Quorum Requirements and Voting Rights: Except as otherwise
expressly provided by the Maryland General Corporation Law, the presence in
person or by proxy of the holders of one-third of the shares of capital stock of
the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a
quorum at any meeting of the stockholders, except that where the holders of any
series or class are required or permitted to vote as a series or class,
one-third of the aggregate number of shares of that series or class outstanding
and entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum.
Notwithstanding any provision of Maryland General Corporation Law requiring
a greater proportion than a majority of the votes of all series or classes or of
any series or class of the Corporation's stock entitled to be cast in order to
take or authorize any action, any such action may be taken or authorized upon
the concurrence of a majority of the aggregate number of votes entitled to be
cast thereon subject to the applicable laws and regulations as from time to time
in effect or rules or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
successor thereto. All shares of stock of this Corporation shall have the voting
rights provided for in Article V, Section 1, paragraph (b).
Section 3. No Preemptive Rights: No holder of shares of capital stock of
the Corporation shall, as such holder, have any right to purchase or subscribe
for any shares of the capital stock of the Corporation which the Corporation may
issue or sell (whether consisting of shares of capital stock authorized by these
Articles of Incorporation, or shares of capital stock of the Corporation
acquired by it after the issue thereof, or other shares) other than any right
which the Board of Directors of the Corporation, in its discretion, may
determine.
Section 4. Determination of Net Asset Value: The net asset value of each
share of each series or class of each series of the Corporation shall be the
quotient obtained by dividing the value of the net assets of the Corporation, or
if applicable of the series or class (being the value of the assets of the
Corporation or of the particular series or class or attributable to the
particular series or class less its actual and accrued liabilities exclusive of
capital stock and surplus), by the total number of outstanding shares of the
Corporation or the series or class, as applicable. Such determination may be
made on a series-by-series basis or made or adjusted on a class-by-class basis,
as appropriate, and shall include any expenses allocated to a specific series or
class thereof. The Board of Directors may adopt procedures for determination of
net asset value consistent with the requirements of applicable statutes and
regulations and, so far as accounting matters are concerned, with generally
accepted accounting principles. The procedures may include, without limitation,
procedures for valuation of the Corporation's portfolio securities and other
assets, for accrual of expenses or creation of reserves and for the
determination of the number of shares issued and outstanding at any given time.
Section 5. Redemption and Repurchase of Shares of Capital Stock: Any
shareholder may redeem shares of the Corporation for the net asset value of each
series or class thereof by presentation of an appropriate request, together with
the certificates, if any, for such shares, duly endorsed, at the office or
agency designated by the Corporation. Redemptions as aforesaid, or purchases by
the Corporation of its own stock, shall be made in the manner and subject to the
conditions contained in the bylaws or approved by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Purchase of Shares: The Corporation shall be entitled to
purchase shares of any series or class of its capital stock, to the extent that
the Corporation may lawfully effect such purchase under Maryland General
Corporation Law, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as
the Board of Directors shall deem advisable, by agreement with the stockholder
at a price not exceeding the net asset value per share computed in accordance
with Section 4 of this Article.
Section 7. Redemption of Minimum Amounts:
(a) If after giving effect to a request for redemption by a
stockholder, the aggregate net asset value of his remaining shares of any
series or class will be less than the Minimum Amount then in effect, the
Corporation shall be entitled to require the redemption of the remaining
shares of such series or class owned by such stockholder, upon notice given
in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section, to the extent that the
Corporation may lawfully effect such redemption under Maryland General
Corporation Law.
(b) The term "Minimum Amount" when used herein shall mean Three Hundred
Dollars ($300) unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors from time
to time, provided that the Minimum Amount may not in any event exceed Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000).
(c) If any redemption under paragraph (a) of this Section is upon
notice, the notice shall be in writing personally delivered or deposited in
the mail, at least thirty days prior to such redemption. If mailed, the
notice shall be addressed to the stockholder at his post office address as
shown on the books of the Corporation, and sent by certified or registered
mail, postage prepaid. The price for shares redeemed by the Corporation
pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section shall be paid in cash in an
amount equal to the net asset value of such shares, computed in accordance
with Section 4 of this Article.
Section 8. Mode of Payment: Payment by the Corporation for shares of any
series or class of the capital stock of the Corporation surrendered to it for
redemption shall be made by the Corporation within three business days of such
surrender out of the funds legally available therefor, provided that the
Corporation may suspend the right of the holders of capital stock of the
Corporation to redeem shares of capital stock and may postpone the right of such
holders to receive payment for any shares when permitted or required to do so by
law. Payment of the redemption or purchase price may be made in cash or, at the
option of the Corporation, wholly or partly in such portfolio securities of the
Corporation as the Corporation may select.
Section 9. Rights of Holders of Shares Purchased or Redeemed: The right of
any holder of any series or class of capital stock of the Corporation purchased
or redeemed by the Corporation as provided in this Article to receive dividends
thereon and all other rights of such holder with respect to such shares shall
terminate at the time as of which the purchase or redemption price of such
shares is determined, except the right of such holder to receive (i) the
purchase or redemption price of such shares from the Corporation or its
designated agent and (ii) any dividend or distribution or voting rights to which
such holder has previously become entitled as the record holder of such shares
on the record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to receive
such dividend or distribution or to vote at the meeting of stockholders.
Section 10. Status of Shares Purchased or Redeemed: In the absence of any
specification as to the purpose for which such shares of any series or class of
capital stock of the Corporation are redeemed or purchased by it, all shares so
redeemed or purchased shall be deemed to be retired in the sense contemplated by
the laws of the State of Maryland and may be reissued. The number of authorized
shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall not be reduced by the number of
any shares redeemed or purchased by it.
Section 11. Additional Limitations and Powers: The following provisions are
inserted for the purpose of defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the
Corporation and of the Board of Directors and stockholders:
(a) Any determination made in good faith and, so far as accounting
matters are involved, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles by or pursuant to the direction of the Board of Directors, as to
the amount of the assets, debts, obligations or liabilities of the
Corporation, as to the amount of any reserves or charges set up and the
propriety thereof, as to the time of or purpose for creating such reserves
or charges, as to the use, alteration or cancellation of any reserves or
charges (whether or not any debt, obligation or liability for which such
reserves or charges shall have been created shall have been paid or
discharged or shall be then or thereafter required to be paid or
discharged), as to the establishment or designation of procedures or
methods to be employed for valuing any investment or other assets of the
Corporation and as to the value of any investment or other asset, as to the
allocation of any asset of the Corporation to a particular series or class
or classes of the Corporation's stock, as to the funds available for the
declaration of dividends and as to the declaration of dividends, as to the
charging of any liability of the Corporation to a particular series or
class or classes of the Corporation's stock, as to the number of shares of
any series or class or classes of the Corporation's outstanding stock, as
to the estimated expense to the Corporation in connection with purchases or
redemptions of its shares, as to the ability to liquidate investments in
orderly fashion, or as to any other matters relating to the issue, sale,
purchase or redemption or other acquisition or disposition of investments
or shares of the Corporation, or in the determination of the net asset
value per share of shares of any series or class of the Corporation's stock
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
(b) Except to the extent prohibited by the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, or rules, regulations or orders thereunder promulgated by
the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto or by the
bylaws of the Corporation, a director, officer or employee of the
Corporation shall not be disqualified by his position from dealing or
contracting with the Corporation, nor shall any transaction or contract of
the Corporation be void or voidable by reason of the fact that any
director, officer or employee or any firm of which any director, officer or
employee is a member, or any corporation of which any director, officer or
employee is a stockholder, officer or director, is in any way interested in
such transaction or contract; provided that in case a director, or a firm
or corporation of which a director is a member, stockholder, officer or
director is so interested, such fact shall be disclosed to or shall have
been known by the Board of Directors or a majority thereof. Nor shall any
director or officer of the Corporation be liable to the Corporation or to
any stockholder or creditor thereof or to any person for any loss incurred
by it or him or for any profit realized by such director or officer under
or by reason of such contract or transaction; provided that nothing herein
shall protect any director or officer of the Corporation against any
liability to the Corporation or to its security holders to which he would
otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of
his office; and provided always that such contract or transaction shall
have been on terms that were not unfair to the Corporation at the time at
which it was entered into. Any director of the Corporation who is so
interested, or who is a member, stockholder, officer or director of such
firm or corporation, may be counted in determining the existence of a
quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation which
shall authorize any such transaction or contract, with like force and
effect as if he were not such director, or member, stockholder, officer or
director of such firm or corporation.
(c) Specifically and without limitation of the foregoing paragraph (b)
but subject to the exception therein prescribed, the Corporation may enter
into management or advisory, underwriting, distribution and administration
contracts, custodian contracts and such other contracts as may be
appropriate.
ARTICLE VI
Directors
Section 1. Initial Board of Directors: The number of directors of the
Corporation shall initially be nine. The names of the directors who shall hold
office until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors
are duly chosen and qualified are:
James D. Davis Roy W. Ehrle Pamela A. Ferguson
Richard W. Gilbert J. Barry Griswell Stephan L. Jones
Ronald E. Keller Barbara A. Lukavsky Richard G. Peebler
Section 2. Number of Directors: The number of directors in office may be
changed from time to time in the manner specified in the bylaws of the
Corporation, but this number shall never be less than three.
Section 3. Certain Powers of Board of Directors: The business and affairs
of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of
Directors, which shall have and may exercise all powers of the Corporation
except those powers which are by law, by these Articles of Incorporation or by
the bylaws of the Corporation conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders. In
addition to its other powers explicitly or implicitly granted under these
Articles of Incorporation, by law or otherwise, the Board of Directors of the
Corporation (a) is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal bylaws
for the Corporation, (b) is empowered to authorize, without stockholder
approval, the issuance and sale from time to time of shares of capital stock of
the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, in such amounts, for such
amount and kind of consideration and on such terms and conditions as the Board
of Directors shall determine, (c) is empowered to classify or reclassify any
unissued stock, whether now or hereafter authorized, by setting or changing the
preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to dividends, qualifications, or terms or conditions of
redemption of such stock, and (d) shall have the power from time to time to set
apart, out of any assets of the Corporation otherwise available for dividends, a
reserve or reserves for taxes or for any other proper purposes, and to reduce,
abolish or add to any such reserve or reserves from time to time as said Board
of Directors may deem to be in the best interests of the Corporation; and to
determine in its discretion what part of the assets of the Corporation available
for dividends in excess of such reserve or reserves shall be declared in
dividends and paid to the stockholders of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VII
Indemnification
The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, including any director who
serves another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise in any capacity at the request of the Corporation, to the maximum
extent permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law and the Investment
Company Act of 1940. The Corporation shall indemnify its officers to the same
extent as its directors and to such further extent as is consistent with law.
The Corporation shall indemnify its employees and agents to the extent provided
by its Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VIII
Amendments
The Corporation reserves the right from time to time to make any amendment
of these Articles of Incorporation now or hereafter authorized by law, including
any amendment which alters the contract rights, as expressly set forth in these
Articles of Incorporation, of any outstanding capital stock. "Articles of
Incorporation" or "these Articles of Incorporation" as used herein and in the
bylaws of the Corporation shall be deemed to mean these Articles of
Incorporation as from time to time amended or restated.
ARTICLE IX
Duration
The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned incorporators of Principal Real Estate
Fund, Inc. have executed the foregoing Articles of Incorporation and hereby
acknowledge the same to be their voluntary act and deed.
Dated the 23rd day of May, 1997
/s/ Arthur S. Filean
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Arthur S. Filean
/s/ Ernest H. Gillum
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Ernest H. Gillum
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT to be effective December 1, 1997, by and between PRINCIPAL REAL
ESTATE FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (hereinafter called the "Fund") and
PRINCOR MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, an Iowa corporation (hereinafter called "the
Manager").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, The Fund has furnished the Manager with copies properly certified
or authenticated of each of the following:
(a) Certificate of Incorporation of the Fund;
(b) Bylaws of the Fund as adopted by the Board of Directors;
(c) Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Fund selecting the Manager
as investment adviser and approving the form of this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements
herein contained, the Fund hereby appoints the Manager to act as investment
adviser and manager of the Fund, and the Manager agrees to act, perform or
assume the responsibility therefor in the manner and subject to the conditions
hereinafter set forth. The Fund will furnish the Manager from time to time with
copies, properly certified or authenticated, of all amendments of or supplements
to the foregoing, if any.
1. INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
The Manager will regularly perform the following services for the Fund:
(a) Provide investment research, advice and supervision;
(b) Provide investment advisory, research and statistical facilities and
all clerical services relating to research, statistical and investment
work;
(c) Furnish to the Board of Directors of the Fund (or any appropriate
committee of such Board), and revise from time to time as economic
conditions require, a recommended investment program for the Fund's
portfolio consistent with the Fund's investment objective and policies;
(d) Implement such of its recommended investment program as the Fund shall
approve, by placing orders for the purchase and sale of securities,
subject always to the provisions of the Fund's Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws and the requirements of the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as each of the same shall be from time to time in effect;
(e) Advise and assist the officers of the Fund in taking such steps as are
necessary or appropriate to carry out the decisions of its Board of
Directors and any appropriate committees of such Board regarding the
general conduct of the investment business of the Fund; and
(f) Report to the Board of Directors of the Fund at such times and in such
detail as the Board may deem appropriate in order to enable it to
determine that the investment policies of the Fund are being observed.
2. CORPORATE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
In addition to the investment advisory services set forth in Section 1, the
Manager will perform the following corporate administrative services:
(a) Furnish the services of such of the Manager's officers and employees as
may be elected officers or directors of the Fund, subject to their
individual consent to serve and to any limitations imposed by law;
(b) Furnish office space, and all necessary office facilities and
equipment, for the general corporate functions of the Fund (i.e.,
functions other than (i) underwriting and distribution of Fund shares;
(ii) custody of Fund assets, and (iii) transfer and paying agency
services); and
(c) Furnish the services of the supervisory and clerical personnel
necessary to perform the general corporate functions of the Fund.
(d) Determine the net asset value of the shares of the Fund's Capital Stock
as frequently as the Fund shall request, or as shall be required by
applicable law or regulations.
3. RESERVED RIGHT TO DELEGATE DUTIES AND SERVICES TO OTHERS
The Manager in assuming responsibility for the various services as set
forth in this Agreement reserves the right to enter into agreements with others
for the performance of certain duties and services or to delegate the
performance of some or all of such duties and services to Principal Mutual Life
Insurance Company, or an affiliate thereof.
4. EXPENSES BORNE BY THE MANAGER
The Manager will pay:
(a) The compensation and expenses of all officers and executive employees
of the Fund;
(b) The compensation and expenses of all directors of the Fund who are
persons affiliated with the Manager; and
(c) The expenses of the organization of the Fund, including its
registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the initial
registration and qualification of its Capital Stock for sale under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Blue Sky laws of the states in which it
initially qualifies.
5. COMPENSATION OF THE MANAGER BY FUND
For all services to be rendered and payments made as provided in Sections
1, 2 and 4 hereof, the Fund will accrue daily and pay the Manager within five
days after the end of each calendar month a fee based on the average of the
values placed on the net assets of the Fund as of the time of determination of
the net asset value on each trading day throughout the month in accordance with
the following schedule.
Average Daily Net Fee as a Percentage of
Assets of the Fund Average Daily Net Assets
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First $100,000,000 .90%
Next 100,000,000 .85%
Next 100,000,000 .80%
Next 100,000,000 .75%
Amount Over 400,000,000 .70%
Net asset value shall be determined pursuant to applicable provisions of
the Certificate of Incorporation of the Fund. If pursuant to such provisions the
determination of net asset value is suspended, then for the purposes of this
Section 5 the value of the net assets of the Fund as last determined shall be
deemed to be the value of the net assets for each day the suspension continues.
The Manager may, at its option, waive all or part of its compensation for
such period of time as it deems necessary or appropriate.
6. SERVICES FURNISHED BY THE MANAGER
The Manager (in addition to the services to be performed by it pursuant to
Sections 1 and 2 hereof) will:
(a) Act as, and provide all services customarily performed by, the transfer
and paying agent of the Fund including, without limitation, the
following:
(i) preparation and distribution to shareholders of reports, tax
information, notices, proxy statements and proxies;
(ii) preparation and distribution of dividend and capital gain payments
to shareholders;
iii) issuance, transfer and registry of shares, and maintenance of open
account system;
(iv) delivery, redemption and repurchase of shares, and remittances to
shareholders; and
(v) communication with shareholders concerning items (i), (ii), (iii)
and (iv) above.
In the carrying out of this function the Manager may contract with
others for data systems, processing services and other administrative
services.
(b) Use its best efforts to qualify the Capital Stock of the Fund for sale
in states and jurisdictions other than those in which initially
qualified, as directed by the Fund; and
(c) Prepare stock certificates, and distribute the same as requested by
shareholders of the Fund.
The Manager will maintain records in reasonable detail that will support the
amount it charges the Fund for performance of the services set forth in this
Section 6. At the end of each calendar month the Fund will pay the Manager for
its performance of these services.
7. EXPENSES BORNE BY FUND
(a) The Fund will pay, without reimbursement by the Manager, the following
expenses:
(i) Taxes, including in case of redeemed shares any initial transfer
taxes, and governmental fees (except with respect to the Fund's
organization and the initial qualification and registration of its
Capital Stock);
(ii) Portfolio brokerage fees and incidental brokerage expenses; and
iii) Interest.
(b) The Fund will pay, without reimbursement by the Manager except under
the circumstances set forth in Section 8, the following expenses:
(i) The fees of its independent auditor and its legal counsel,
incurred subsequent to the Fund's organization and the initial
qualification and registration of its Capital Stock;
(ii) The fees and expenses of the Custodian of its assets;
iii) The fees and expenses of all directors of the Fund who are not
persons affiliated with the Manager; and
(iv) The cost of meetings of shareholders.
8. AVOIDANCE OF INCONSISTENT POSITION
In connection with purchases or sales of portfolio securities for the
account of the Fund, neither the Manager nor any of the Manager's directors,
officers or employees will act as a principal or agent or receive any
commission.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF THE MANAGER
The Manager shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law
or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection with the matters to which
this Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence on the Manager's part in the performance of its duties
or from reckless disregard by it of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement.
10. DURATION AND TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
This Agreement shall remain in force until the first meeting of the
shareholders of the Fund and if it is approved by a vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund it shall continue in effect thereafter
from year to year provided that the continuance is specifically approved at
least annually either by the Board of Directors of the Fund or by a vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund and in either event by
vote of a majority of the directors of the Fund who are not interested persons
of the Manager, Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company, or the Fund cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. This
Agreement may, on sixty days written notice, be terminated at any time without
the payment of any penalty, by the Board of Directors of the Fund, by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, or by the Manager.
This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its assignment. In
interpreting the provisions of this Section 10, the definitions contained in
Section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (particularly the definitions
of "interested person," "assignment" and "voting security") shall be applied.
11. AMENDMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT
No provision 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, and no amendment of this Agreement shall be effective until approved by
vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities
and by vote of a majority of the directors who are not interested persons of the
Manager, Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company or the Fund cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
12. ADDRESS FOR PURPOSE OF NOTICE
Any notice under this Agreement shall be in writing, addressed and
delivered or mailed, postage prepaid, to the other party at such address as such
other party may designate for the receipt of such notices. Until further notice
to the other party, it is agreed that the address of the Fund and that of the
Manager for this purpose shall be The Principal Financial Group, Des Moines,
Iowa 50392.
13. 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE FUND, INC.
/a/ Arthur S. Filean
By --------------------------------------
Arthur S. Filean, Vice President
PRINCOR MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
/S/ Stephan L. Jones
By --------------------------------------
Stephan L. Jones, President
