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FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
(the "Trust")
SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
September 15, 1999
Pursuant to notice duly given, a Special Meeting of Shareholders of
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund
Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund
Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund
Fidelity Small Cap Selector
Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund
Spartan(Registered trademark) Market Index Fund
(the "Funds")
was held on September 15, 1999 at 9:00 a.m. at the principal office of
the Trust, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Mr. Rich Silver acted as Chairman in the absence of Mr. Edward C.
Johnson 3d and Ms. Meg DiDonna, Senior Legal Counsel, acting as
Secretary Pro Tempore, recorded the minutes. Mr. Marvin Mann, an
Independent Trustee of the Trust, and Mr. Eric Roiter, General Counsel
of Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMR"), were appointed to
act as proxy agents for all shareholders who had properly returned
their proxy cards.
Mr. Silver noted that the Trust has shareholder voting rights based
on the proportionate value of a shareholder's investment.
Accordingly, each shareholder is entitled to one vote for each dollar
of net asset value held on the record date for the meeting.
Ms. DiDonna reported that proxies representing 50.221% of the
outstanding voting securities of the trust and at least 50.001% of
each Fund have been received. Mr. Silver announced that a quorum was
present and called the meeting of the shareholders of the Trust to
order.
Mr. Silver stated that the Secretary had presented him with the
following documents relating to the meeting:
Notices of Meeting dated July 19, 1999
Proxy Statements dated July 19, 1999
Forms of Proxy
Affidavits attesting to the mailing of these documents to the record
shareholders entitled to vote at this meeting
He indicated that a list of shareholders entitled to vote at this
meeting would be made available for viewing upon request.
Mr. Silver informed the attendees that two proxy statements had been
mailed with regard to the meeting. He stated that to avoid confusion
among shareholders of the different funds, the proxy statement for
Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity
Large Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity Small Cap Selector, and Fidelity
Intermediate Bond Fund was referred to as "Proxy Statement #1" and the
proxy statement for Spartan Market Index Fund was referred to as
"Proxy Statement #2."
Mr. Silver recommended that the reading of the Notices of Meeting be
waived. There was no objection to the recommendation.
Mr. Silver stated that the first item of business as stated in the
Notices of Meeting and described in the accompanying Proxy Statements
was to elect a Board of Trustees for the Trust.
Ms. DiDonna reported that each of the twelve nominees listed in the
Proxy Statements received the affirmative vote of more than 90.134% of
the votes cast at the meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That the twelve nominees listed in the Proxy Statements dated
July 19, 1999, be, and they hereby are, elected as Trustees of
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust.
Mr. Silver stated that the second item of business as stated in the
Notices of Meeting and described in the accompanying Proxy Statements
was to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent
accountant of Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity Large Cap Stock
Fund, Fidelity Small Cap Selector, Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund,
and Spartan Market Index Fund and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as
independent accountant of Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund.
Mr. Silver proposed that in order to allow time for further
consideration of this proposal with respect to the Fidelity Mid-Cap
Stock Fund, the meeting be adjourned with respect to the ratification
of independent accountant for Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund, to be
reconvened on January 19, 2000 at 12:00 p.m. at an office of the
Trust, 27 State Street, 10th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to adjourn the meeting with
respect to Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund's proposal to ratify the
selection of independent accountant received 869,830,275.86
affirmative votes of Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund, or 93.374% of the
votes cast at the meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That the meeting be, and it hereby is, adjourned with respect
to Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund's proposal to ratify the selection of
independent accountant.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to ratify the selection of
Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent accountant of Fidelity Small Cap
Stock Fund, Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity Small Cap
Selector, Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund, and Spartan Market Index
Fund, as set forth in the Proxy Statements, received 289,719,050.24
affirmative votes of Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund, or 96.442% of the
votes cast at the meeting; 355,536,349.64 affirmative votes of
Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund, or 91.839% of the votes cast at the
meeting; 244,011,094.28 affirmative votes of Fidelity Small Cap
Selector, or 78.724% of the votes cast at the meeting;
1,377,931,988.46 affirmative votes of Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund,
or 84.553% of the votes cast at the meeting; and 4,181,925,031.35
affirmative votes of Spartan Market Index Fund, or 87.827% of the
votes cast at the meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent
accountant of Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity Large Cap Stock
Fund, Fidelity Small Cap Selector, Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund,
and Spartan Market Index Fund, as set forth in the Proxy Statements
dated July 19, 1999, be, and it hereby is, ratified and approved.
Mr. Silver stated that the third item of business as stated in the
Notices of Meeting and described in the accompanying Proxy Statements
was to authorize the Trustees to adopt an Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust for the Trust, which would allow the Trustees
more flexibility and broader authority to act, subject to the
Trustees' continuing fiduciary duty to act in the shareholders'
interests.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to authorize the Trustees to
adopt an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust received
6,878,704,796.76 affirmative votes, or 82.675% of the votes cast at
the meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That the Trustees, be, and they hereby are, authorized to adopt
an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as set forth in the
Proxy Statements dated July 19, 1999.
Mr. Silver stated that the fourth item of business as stated in the
Notice of Meeting and described in Proxy Statement #1 was to approve
an amended Management Contract for each of Fidelity Large Cap Stock
Fund and Fidelity Small Cap Selector that would: (i) modify the
management fee that FMR receives from Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund
and Fidelity Small Cap Selector to provide for lower fees when FMR's
assets under management exceed certain levels, (ii) modify the
performance adjustment calculation to round the performance of
Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund and Fidelity Small Cap Selector and each
fund's comparative index to the nearest 0.01%, rather than to the
nearest 1.00%, and (iii) allow FMR and the Trust, on behalf of each
Fund, to modify the Management Contract subject to the requirements of
the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to approve an amended
Management Contract for Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund, as set forth in
Proxy Statement #1, received 338,780,875.10 affirmative votes, or
87.511% of the votes cast at the meeting.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to approve an amended
Management Contract for Fidelity Small Cap Selector, as set forth in
Proxy Statement #1, received 227,077,001.49 affirmative votes, or
73.260% of the votes cast at the meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That an amended Management Contract for each of Fidelity Large
Cap Stock Fund and Fidelity Small Cap Selector be, and it hereby is,
approved, as set forth in Proxy Statement #1 dated July 19, 1999.
Mr. Silver stated that the fifth item of business as stated in the
Notice of Meeting and described in Proxy Statement #1 was to approve
an amended Management Contract for Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund
that would: (i) modify the management fee that FMR receives from
Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund to provide for lower fees when FMR's
assets under management exceed certain levels and (ii) allow FMR and
the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, to modify the Management Contract
subject to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to approve an amended
Management Contract for Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund, as set forth
in Proxy Statement #1, received 1,252,658,796.25 affirmative votes, or
76.866% of the votes cast at the meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That an amended Management Contract for Fidelity Intermediate
Bond Fund be, and it hereby is, approved, as set forth in Proxy
Statement #1 dated July 19, 1999.
Mr. Silver stated that the sixth item of business as stated in the
Notice of Meeting and described in the accompanying Proxy Statement #1
was to approve an amended sub-advisory agreement between FMR U.K. and
FMR for Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund,
Fidelity Small Cap Selector, and Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund that
would allow FMR, FMR U.K. and the Trust, on behalf of each fund, to
modify the proposed agreement subject to the requirements of the 1940
Act.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to approve an amended
sub-advisory agreement between FMR U.K. and FMR for Fidelity Mid-Cap
Stock Fund, Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity Small Cap
Selector, and Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund, as set forth in Proxy
Statement #1, received 841,787,919.93 affirmative votes of Fidelity
Mid-Cap Stock Fund, or 90.364% of the votes cast at the meeting;
338,728,130.87 affirmative votes of Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund, or
87.497% of the votes cast at the meeting; 228,608,261.54 affirmative
votes of Fidelity Small Cap Selector, or 73.754% of the votes cast at
the meeting; and 1,245,399,917.79 affirmative votes of Fidelity
Intermediate Bond Fund, or 76.421% of the votes cast at the meeting.
Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That an amended sub-advisory agreement between FMR U.K. and FMR
for Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund,
Fidelity Small Cap Selector, and Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund be,
and it hereby is, approved, as set forth in Proxy Statement #1 dated
July 19, 1999.
Mr. Silver stated that the seventh item of business as stated in the
Notice of Meeting and described in Proxy Statement #1 was to approve
an amended sub-advisory agreement between FMR Far East and FMR for
Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity
Small Cap Selector, and Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund that would
allow FMR, FMR Far East and the Trust, on behalf of each fund, to
modify the proposed agreement subject to the requirements of the 1940
Act.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to approve an amended
sub-advisory agreement between FMR Far East and FMR for Fidelity
Mid-Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity Small Cap
Selector, and Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund, as set forth in Proxy
Statement #1, received 839,084,811.18 affirmative votes of Fidelity
Mid-Cap Stock Fund, or 90.074% of the votes cast at the meeting;
337,908,615.65 affirmative votes of Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund, or
87.285% of the votes cast at the meeting; 229,848,123.70 affirmative
votes of Fidelity Small Cap Selector, or 74.154% of the votes cast at
the meeting; and 1,241,206,724.24 affirmative votes of Fidelity
Intermediate Bond Fund, or 76.102% of the votes cast at the meeting.
Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That a new sub-advisory agreement between FMR Far East and FMR
for Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund, Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund,
Fidelity Small Cap Selector, and Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund be,
and it hereby is, approved, as set forth in Proxy Statement #1 dated
July 19, 1999.
Mr. Silver stated that the eighth item of business as stated in the
Notice of Meeting and described in Proxy Statement #1 was to approve a
Distribution and Service Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 for Fidelity
Small Cap Selector.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to approve a Distribution and
Service Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 for Fidelity Small Cap Selector,
as set forth in Proxy Statement #1, received 223,518,283.02
affirmative votes of Fidelity Small Cap Selector, or 72.112% of the
votes cast at the meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That the Distribution and Service Plan of Fidelity Small Cap
Selector be, and it hereby is, approved, as set forth in Proxy
Statement #1 dated July 19, 1999.
Mr. Silver stated that the ninth item of business as stated in the
Notice of Meeting and described in the accompanying Proxy Statement #1
was to approve an Agreement and Plan providing for the reorganization
of Fidelity Small Cap Selector from a separate series of one
Massachusetts business trust, Fidelity Commonwealth Trust, to a newly
established, separate series of another Massachusetts business trust,
Fidelity Capital Trust.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to approve an Agreement and
Plan providing for the reorganization of Fidelity Small Cap Selector,
as set forth in Proxy Statement #1, received 228,815,889.95
affirmative votes of Fidelity Small Cap Selector, or 73.821% of the
votes cast at the meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That an Agreement and Plan providing for the reorganization of
Fidelity Small Cap Selector from a separate series of one
Massachusetts business trust to another be, and it hereby is, adopted,
as set forth in Proxy Statement #1 dated July 19, 1999.
Mr. Silver stated that the tenth item of business as stated in the
Notice of Meeting and described in Proxy Statement #1 was to eliminate
a fundamental investment policy of Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund to
allow the fund to more clearly communicate its investment strategy in
conformity with the requirements of newly revised Form N-1A.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to eliminate a fundamental
investment policy of Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund, as set forth in
Proxy Statement #1, received 1,197,642,419.03 affirmative votes of
Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund, or 73.490% of the votes cast at the
meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That a fundamental investment policy of Fidelity Intermediate
Bond Fund be, and it hereby is, eliminated, as set forth in Proxy
Statement #1 dated July 19, 1999.
Mr. Silver stated that the eleventh item of business as stated in the
Notice of Meeting and described in the accompanying Proxy Statement #1
was to amend Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund's, Fidelity Small Cap
Selector's, and Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund's fundamental
investment limitation concerning diversification to exclude securities
of other investment companies from the limitation.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to amend each Fund's
fundamental investment limitation concerning diversification, as set
forth in Proxy Statement #1, received 333,783,657.53 affirmative votes
of Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund, or 86.220% of the votes cast at the
meeting; 223,925,797.73 affirmative votes of Fidelity Small Cap
Selector, or 72.244% of the votes cast at the meeting; and
1,260,483,409.77 affirmative votes of Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund,
or 77.346% of the votes cast at the meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund's, Fidelity Small Cap
Selector's, and Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund's fundamental
investment limitation concerning diversification be, and it hereby is,
amended to exclude securities of other investment companies, as set
forth in Proxy Statement #1 dated July 19, 1999.
Mr. Silver stated that the twelfth item of business as stated in the
Notice of Meeting and described in Proxy Statement #1 was to amend
Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund's fundamental investment limitation
concerning underwriting of securities.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to amend Fidelity Intermediate
Bond Fund's fundamental investment limitation, as set forth in Proxy
Statement #1, received 1,236,185,959.10 affirmative votes of Fidelity
Intermediate Bond Fund's, or 75.855% of the votes cast at the meeting.
Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund's fundamental investment
limitation concerning underwriting of securities be, and it hereby is,
amended, as set forth in Proxy Statement #1 dated July 19, 1999.
Mr. Silver stated that the thirteenth item of business as stated in
the Notice of Meeting and described in proposal 4(a) in Proxy
Statement #2 was to approve an interim sub-advisory agreement for
Spartan Market Index Fund among Bankers Trust Company, FMR, and the
Trust, on behalf of Spartan Market Index Fund, that is, other than the
commencement and termination dates, identical to the old sub-advisory
agreement.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to approve an interim
sub-advisory agreement with Bankers Trust Company for Spartan Market
Index Fund, as set forth in proposal 4(a) in Proxy Statement #2,
received 3,980,384,464.33 affirmative votes of Spartan Market Index
Fund, or 83.595% of the votes cast at the meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That an interim sub-advisory agreement among Bankers Trust
Company, FMR, and the Trust on behalf of Spartan Market Index Fund be,
and it hereby is, approved, as set forth in proposal 4(a) in Proxy
Statement #2 dated July 19, 1999.
Mr. Silver stated that the fourteenth item of business as stated in
the Notice of Meeting and described in proposal 4(b) in Proxy
Statement #2 was to approve a new sub-advisory agreement for Spartan
Market Index Fund among Bankers Trust Company, FMR, and the Trust, on
behalf of Spartan Market Index Fund, that would (i) require Bankers
Trust to continue to provide investment management services to Spartan
Market Index Fund but would not cover securities lending services, and
(ii) allow FMR, Bankers Trust Company and the Trust, on behalf of the
Fund, to modify the proposed agreement subject to the requirements of
Section 15 of the 1940 Act.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to approve a new sub-advisory
agreement with Bankers Trust Company for Spartan Market Index Fund, as
set forth in proposal 4(b) in Proxy Statement #2, received
3,964,569,763.47 affirmative votes of Spartan Market Index Fund, or
83.263% of the votes cast at the meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That a new sub-advisory agreement among Bankers Trust Company,
FMR, and the Trust on behalf of Spartan Market Index Fund be, and it
hereby is, approved, as set forth in proposal 4(b) in Proxy Statement
#2 dated July 19, 1999.
Mr. Silver stated that the fifteenth and final item of business as
stated in the Notice of Meeting and described in proposal five in
Proxy Statement #2 was to approve a new "manager-of-managers"
arrangement for Spartan Market Index Fund that, subject to receipt of
exemptive relief, would permit FMR, with the approval of the Board of
Trustees, to hire, terminate, or replace sub-advisers (including
Bankers Trust Company), and to modify material terms and conditions of
a sub-advisory agreement, all without shareholder approval. In
response to a question from a shareholder, there was a general
discussion of FMR's and the Board of Trustees' responsibilities when
selecting a sub-adviser.
Ms. DiDonna reported that the proposal to approve a new
"manager-of-managers" arrangement for Spartan Market Index Fund, as
set forth in proposal five in Proxy Statement #2, received
3,860,782,818.87 affirmative votes of Spartan Market Index Fund, or
81.083% of the votes cast at the meeting. Whereupon, it was
VOTED: That a new "manager-of-managers" arrangement for Spartan Market
Index Fund be, and it hereby is, approved, as set forth in proposal
five in Proxy Statement #2 dated July 19, 1999.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, upon
motion duly made and seconded, it was
VOTED: To Adjourn.
ADJOURNED.
A TRUE RECORD.
ATTEST:
Meg DiDonna
Secretary Pro Tempore
SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
This Agreement is entered into as of the 1st day of October, 1999,
among Fidelity Commonwealth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the
"Trust"), on behalf of Spartan Market Index Fund, a series portfolio
of the Trust (the "Portfolio"), Fidelity Management & Research
Company, a Massachusetts corporation ("Manager"), and Bankers Trust
Company, a New York banking corporation ("Subadviser").
WHEREAS, the Trust, on behalf of the Portfolio, has entered into a
Management Contract, dated December 1, 1997, with Manager (the
"Management Contract"), pursuant to which Manager has agreed to
provide certain management and administrative services to the
Portfolio; and
WHEREAS, Manager desires to appoint Subadviser as investment
subadviser to provide the investment advisory and administrative
services to the Portfolio specified herein, and Subadviser is willing
to serve the Portfolio in such capacity; and
WHEREAS, the trustees of the Trust (the "Trustees"), including a
majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" (as such
term is defined below) of any party to this Agreement, and the
shareholder(s) of the Portfolio, have each consented to such an
arrangement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, the parties agree as follows:
I. APPOINTMENT OF SUBADVISER; COMPENSATION
1.1 Appointment as Subadviser. Subject to and in accordance with
the provisions hereof, Manager hereby appoints Subadviser as
investment subadviser to perform the various investment advisory and
other services to the Portfolio set forth herein and, subject to the
restrictions set forth herein, hereby delegates to Subadviser the
authority vested in Manager pursuant to the Management Contract to the
extent necessary to enable Subadviser to perform its obligations under
this Agreement.
1.2 Scope of Investment Authority. (a) The Subadviser is hereby
authorized, on a discretionary basis, to manage the investments and
determine the composition of the assets of the Portfolio, subject at
all times to (i) the supervision and control of the Trustees, (ii) the
requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Investment Company Act") and the rules thereunder, (iii) the
investment objective, policies and limitations, as provided in the
Portfolio's Prospectus and other governing documents, and (iv) such
instructions, policies and limitations relating to the Portfolio as
the Trustees or Manager may from time to time adopt and communicate in
writing to Subadviser. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, Subadviser is not authorized to take any action, including
the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, in contravention of any
restriction, limitation, objective, policy or instruction described in
the previous sentence.
(b) It is understood and agreed that, for so long as this Agreement
shall remain in effect, Subadviser shall retain discretionary
investment authority over the manner in which the Portfolio's assets
are invested, and Manager shall not have the right to overrule any
investment decision with respect to a particular security made by
Subadviser, provided that the Trustees and Manager shall at all times
have the right to monitor the Portfolio's investment activities and
performance, require Subadviser to make reports and give explanations
as to the manner in which the Portfolio's assets are being invested,
and, should either Manager or the Trustees become dissatisfied with
Subadviser's performance in any way, terminate this Agreement in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.2 hereof.
1.3 Appointment as Proxy Voting Agent. Subject to and in accordance
with the provisions hereof, the Trustees hereby appoint Subadviser as
the Portfolio's proxy voting agent, and hereby delegate to Subadviser
discretionary authority to vote all proxies solicited by or with
respect to issuers of securities in which the assets of the Portfolio
may be invested from time to time. Upon written notice to Subadviser,
the Trustees may at any time withdraw the authority granted to
Subadviser pursuant to this Section 1.3 to perform any or all of the
proxy voting services contemplated hereby.
1.4 Governing Documents. Manager will provide Subadviser with
copies of (i) the Trust's Declaration of Trust and By-laws, as
currently in effect, (ii) the Portfolio's currently effective
prospectus and statement of additional information, as set forth in
the Trust's registration statement under the Investment Company Act
and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (iii) any instructions,
investment policies or other restrictions adopted by the Trustees or
Manager supplemental thereto, and (iv) the Management Contract.
Manager will provide Subadviser with such further documentation and
information concerning the investment objectives, policies and
restrictions applicable to the Portfolio as Subadviser may from time
to time reasonably request.
1.5 Subadviser's Relationship. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, Subadviser shall be an independent contractor and will
have no authority to act for or represent the Trust, the Portfolio or
Manager in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of any of them,
except to the extent expressly authorized by this Agreement or in
writing by the Trust or Manager.
1.6 Compensation. Subadviser shall be compensated for the services
it performs on behalf of the Portfolio in accordance with the terms
set forth in Appendix A to this Agreement.
II. SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED BY SUBADVISER
2.1 Investment Advisory Services. (a) In fulfilling its
obligations to manage the assets of the Portfolio, Subadviser will:
(i) formulate and implement a continuous investment program for the
Portfolio;
(ii) take whatever steps are necessary to implement these investment
programs by the purchase and sale of securities and other investments,
including the selection of brokers or dealers, the placing of orders
for such purchases and sales in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph (b) below and assuring that such purchases and sales are
properly settled and cleared;
(iii) provide such reports with respect to the implementation of the
Portfolio's investment program as the Trustees or Manager shall
reasonably request; and
(iv) provide advice and assistance to Manager as to the
determination of the fair value of certain securities where market
quotations are not readily available for purposes of calculating net
asset value of the Portfolio in accordance with valuation procedures
and methods established by the Trustees.
(b) The Subadviser shall place all orders for the purchase and sale
of portfolio securities for the Portfolio's account with brokers and
dealers selected by Subadviser. Such brokers and dealers may include
brokers or dealers that are "affiliated persons" (as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act) of the Trust, the Portfolio,
Manager or Subadviser, provided that Subadviser shall only place
orders on behalf of the Portfolio with such affiliated persons in
accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees pursuant to Rule
17e-1 under the Investment Company Act. The Subadviser shall use its
best efforts to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices which
are advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which are
reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting brokers
or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction, brokers or
dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research
services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) to the Portfolio and/or other
accounts over which Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment
discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer
who provided such brokerage and research services a commission for
executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have
charged for effecting that transaction if Subadviser determines in
good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to
the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either
that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the
Subadviser and its affiliates have in respect to accounts over which
they exercise investment discretion. The Trustees shall periodically
review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the
commissions paid over representative periods were reasonable in
relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
2.2. Administrative and Other Services. (a) Subadviser will, at
its expense, furnish (i) all necessary investment and management
facilities, including salaries of personnel required for it to execute
its duties faithfully, and (ii) administrative facilities, including
bookkeeping, clerical personnel and equipment necessary for the
efficient conduct of the investment affairs of the Portfolio
(excluding determination of net asset values and shareholder
accounting services).
(b) Subadviser will maintain all accounts, books and records with
respect to the Portfolio as are required of an investment adviser of a
registered investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act
and the rules thereunder. Subadviser agrees that such records are the
property of the Trust, and will be surrendered to the Trust promptly
upon request. The Manager shall be granted reasonable access to the
records and documents in Subadviser's possession relating to the
Portfolios.
(c) Subadviser shall provide such information as is necessary to
enable Manager to prepare and update the Trust's registration
statement (and any supplement thereto) and the Portfolio's financial
statements. Subadviser understands that the Trust and Manager will
rely on such information in the preparation of the Trust's
registration statement and the Portfolio's financial statements, and
hereby covenants that any such information approved by Subadviser
expressly for use in such registration and/or financial statements
shall be true and complete in all material respects.
(d) Subadviser will vote the Portfolio's investment securities in
the manner in which Subadviser believes to be in the best interests of
the Portfolio, and shall review its proxy voting activities on a
periodic basis with the Trustees.
(e) Subadviser will provide custodian services to the Portfolio in
accordance with the provisions of a separate Custodian Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, between the Trust, on behalf of the
Portfolio, and Subadviser.
III. COMPLIANCE; CONFIDENTIALITY
3.1 Compliance. (a) Subadviser will comply with (i) all applicable
state and federal laws and regulations governing the performance of
the Subadviser's duties hereunder, (ii) the investment objective,
policies and limitations, as provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus
and other governing documents, and (iii) such instructions, policies
and limitations relating to the Portfolio as the Trustees or Manager
may from time to time adopt and communicate in writing to subadviser.
(b) Subadviser will adopt a written code of ethics complying with
the requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act and
will provide the Trust with a copy of such code of ethics, evidence of
its adoption and copies of any supplemental policies and procedures
implemented to ensure compliance therewith.
3.2 Confidentiality. The parties to this Agreement agree that each
shall treat as confidential all information provided by a party to the
others regarding such party's business and operations, including
without limitation the investment activities or holdings of the
Portfolio. All confidential information provided by a party hereto
shall be used by any other parties hereto solely for the purposes of
rendering services pursuant to this Agreement and, except as may be
required in carrying out the terms of this Agreement, shall not be
disclosed to any third party without the prior consent of such
providing party. The foregoing shall not be applicable to any
information that is publicly available when provided or which
thereafter becomes publicly available other than in contravention of
this Section 3.2 or which is required to be disclosed by any
regulatory authority in the lawful and appropriate exercise of its
jurisdiction over a party, any auditor of the parties hereto, by
judicial or administrative process or otherwise by applicable law or
regulation.
IV. LIABILITY OF SUBADVISER
4.1 Liability; Standard of Care. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, neither Subadviser, nor any of its directors, officers
or employees, shall be liable to Manager or the Trust for any loss
resulting from Subadviser's acts or omissions as Subadviser to the
Portfolio, except to the extent any such losses result from bad faith,
willful misfeasance, reckless disregard or gross negligence on the
part of the Subadviser or any of its directors, officers or employees
in the performance of the Subadviser's duties and obligations under
this Agreement.
4.2 Indemnification. (a) Subadviser agrees to indemnify and hold
the Trust and Manager harmless from any and all direct or indirect
liabilities, losses or damages (including reasonable attorneys fees)
suffered by the Trust or Manager resulting from (i) Subadviser's
breach of its duties hereunder, or (ii) bad faith, willful
misfeasance, reckless disregard or gross negligence on the part of the
Subadviser or any of its directors, officers or employees in the
performance of the Subadviser's duties and obligations under this
Agreement, except to the extent such loss results from the Trust's or
Manager's own willful misfeasance, bad faith, reckless disregard or
negligence in the performance of their respective duties and
obligations under the Management Contract or this Agreement.
(b) Manager hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Subadviser harmless
from any and all direct or indirect liabilities, losses or damages
(including reasonable attorney's fees) suffered by Subadviser
resulting from (i) Manager's breach of its duties under Management
Contract, or (ii) bad faith, willful misfeasance, reckless disregard
or gross negligence on the part of Manager or any of its directors,
officers or employees in the performance of Manager's duties and
obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent such loss
results from Subadviser's own willful misfeasance, bad faith, reckless
disregard or negligence in the performance of Subadviser's duties and
obligations under this Agreement.
V. SUPPLEMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS; EXPENSES; INSURANCE
5.1 Supplemental Arrangements. Subject to the prior written consent
of the Trustees and Manager, Subadviser may enter into arrangements
with other persons affiliated with Subadviser to better fulfill its
obligations under this Agreement for the provision of certain
personnel and facilities to Subadviser, provided that such
arrangements do not rise to the level of an advisory contract subject
to the requirements of Section 15 of the Investment Company Act.
5.2 Expenses. It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all of
its expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by
Subadviser hereunder or by Manager under the Management Agreement.
Subadviser expressly agrees to pay the cost of all custody services
required by the Portfolio. Expenses paid by the Portfolios will
include, but not be limited to, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage
commissions and other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of
securities and other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses
of the Trustees other than those who are "interested persons" of the
Trust, Manager or Subadviser; (iv) legal and audit expenses; (v)
registrar and transfer agent fees and expenses; (vi) fees and expenses
related to the registration and qualification of the Trust and the
Portfolio's shares for distribution under state and federal securities
laws; (vii) expenses of printing and mailing reports and notices and
proxy material to shareholders of the Portfolio; (viii) all other
expenses incidental to holding meetings of the Portfolio's
shareholders, including proxy solicitations therefor; (ix) a pro rata
share based on the relative net assets of the Portfolio and other
registered investment companies having Advisory and Service or
Management Contracts with the Manager, of 50% of insurance premiums
for fidelity bond and other coverage; (x) investment management fees;
(xi) expenses of typesetting for printing Prospectuses and Statements
of Additional Information and supplements thereto; (xii) expenses of
printing and mailing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information and supplements thereto sent to existing shareholders; and
(xiii) such non-recurring or extraordinary expenses as may arise,
including those relating to actions, suits or proceedings to which the
Portfolio is a party and any legal obligation that the Portfolio may
have to indemnify the Trustees, officers and/or employees or agents
with respect thereto. Subadviser shall not cause the Trust or the
Portfolios to incur any expenses, other than those reasonably
necessary for Subadviser to fulfill its obligations under this
Agreement, unless Subadviser has first notified Manager of its
intention to do so.
5.3 Insurance. Subadviser shall maintain for the duration hereof,
with an insurer acceptable to Manager, a blanket bond and professional
liability (errors and omissions) insurance in amounts reasonably
acceptable to Manager. Subadviser agrees that such insurance shall be
considered primary and Subadviser shall assure that such policies pay
claims prior to similar policies that may be maintained by Manager.
In the event Subadviser fails to have in force such insurance, that
failure will not exclude Subadviser's responsibility to pay up to the
limit Subadviser would have had to pay had said insurance been in
force.
VI. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
6.1 Conflicts of Interest. It is understood that the Trustees,
officers, agents and shareholders of the Trust are or may be
interested in Subadviser as directors, officers, stockholders or
otherwise; that directors, officers, agents and stockholders of
Subadviser are or may be interested in the Trust as trustees,
officers, shareholders or otherwise; that Subadviser may be interested
in the Trust; and that the existence of any such dual interest shall
not affect the validity of this Agreement or of any transactions
hereunder except as otherwise provided in the Trust's Declaration of
Trust and the Articles of Incorporation of Subadviser, respectively,
or by specific provisions of applicable law.
VII. REGULATION
7.1 Regulation. Subadviser shall submit to all regulatory and
administrative bodies having jurisdiction over the services provided
pursuant to this Agreement any information, reports or other material
which any such body by reason of this Agreement may reasonably request
or require pursuant to applicable laws and regulations.
VIII. DURATION AND TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
8.1 Effective Date; Duration; Continuance. (a) This Agreement
shall become effective on October 1, 1999.
(b) Subject to prior termination pursuant to Section 8.2 below, this
Agreement shall continue in force until July 31, 2000, and
indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the continuance after
such date shall be specifically approved at least annually by vote of
the Trustees or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Portfolio, provided that in either event such
continuance shall also be approved by the vote of a majority of the
Trustees who are not "interested persons" (as such term is defined in
the Investment Company Act) of any party to this Agreement cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
(c) The required shareholder approval of this Agreement or any
continuance of this Agreement shall be effective with respect to the
Portfolio if a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the
series (as defined in Rule 18f-2(h) under the Investment Company Act)
of shares of the Portfolio votes to approve this Agreement or its
continuance.
8.2 Termination and Assignment. (a) This Agreement may be
terminated at any time, upon sixty days' written notice, without the
payment of any penalty, (i) by the Trustees, (ii) by the vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio; (iii)
by Manager, or (iv) by Subadviser.
(b) This Agreement will terminate automatically, without the payment
of any penalty, (i) in the event of its assignment (as defined in the
Investment Company Act) or (ii) in the event the Management Contract
is terminated for any reason.
8.3 Definitions. The terms "registered investment company," "vote
of a majority of the outstanding voting securities," "assignment," and
"interested persons," when used herein, shall have the respective
meanings specified in the Investment Company Act as now in effect or
as hereafter amended, and subject to such orders or no-action letters
as may be granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission
("Commission").
IX. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
9.1 Representations of the Portfolio. The Trust, on behalf of the
Portfolio, represents and warrants that:
(i) the Trust is a business trust established pursuant to the laws
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
(ii) the Trust is duly registered as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act and the Portfolio is a duly constituted series
portfolio thereof;
(iii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement are
within the Trust's powers, have been and remain duly authorized by all
necessary action (including without limitation all necessary approvals
and other actions required under the Investment Company Act) and will
not violate or constitute a default under any applicable law or
regulation or of any decree, order, judgment, agreement or instrument
binding on the Trust or the Portfolio;
(iv) no consent (including, but not limited to, exchange control
consents) of any applicable governmental authority or body is
necessary, except for such consents as have been obtained and are in
full force and effect, and all conditions of which have been duly
complied with; and
(v) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
enforceable against the Trust and the Portfolio in accordance with its
terms.
9.2 Representations of the Manager. The Manager represents,
warrants and agrees that:
(i) Manager is a corporation established pursuant to the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
(ii) Manager is duly registered as an "investment adviser" under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act");
(iii) Manager has been duly appointed by the Trustees and
Shareholders of the Portfolio to provide investment services to the
Portfolio as contemplated by the Management Contract.
(iv) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement are
within Manager's powers, have been and remain duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action and will not violate or constitute a
default under any applicable law or regulation or of any decree,
order, judgment, agreement or instrument binding on Manager;
(v) no consent (including, but not limited to, exchange control
consents) of any applicable governmental authority or body is
necessary, except for such consents as have been obtained and are in
full force and effect, and all conditions of which have been duly
complied with; and
(vi) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
enforceable against Manager.
9.3 Representations of Subadviser. Subadviser represents,
warrants and agrees that:
(i) Subadviser is a New York banking corporation established
pursuant to the laws of the State of New York;
(ii) Subadviser is duly registered as an "investment adviser" under
the Advisers Act; or is a "bank" as defined in Section 202 (a) (2) of
the Advisers Act or an "insurance company" as defined in Section 202
(a) (2) of the Advisers Act.
(iii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement are
within Subadviser's powers, have been and remain duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action and will not violate or constitute a
default under any applicable law or regulation or of any decree,
order, judgment, agreement or instrument binding on Subadviser;
(iv) no consent (including, but not limited to, exchange control
consents) of any applicable governmental authority or body is
necessary, except for such consents as have been obtained and are in
full force and effect, and all conditions of which have been duly
complied with; and
(v) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
enforceable against Subadviser.
9.4 Covenants of the Subadviser. (a) Subadviser will promptly
notify the Trust and Manager in writing of the occurrence of any event
which could have a material impact on the performance of its
obligations pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation:
(i) the occurrence of any event which could disqualify Subadviser
from serving as an investment adviser of a registered investment
company pursuant to Section 9 (a) of the Investment Company Act or
otherwise;
(ii) any material change in the Subadviser's overall business
activities that may have a material adverse affect on the Subadviser's
ability to perform under its obligations under this Agreement;
(iii) any event that would constitute a change in control of
Subadviser;
(iv) any change in the portfolio manager of the Portfolio; and
(v) the existence of any pending or threatened audit, investigation,
complaint, examination or other inquiry (other than routine regulatory
examinations or inspections) relating to the Portfolio conducted by
any state or federal governmental regulatory authority.
(b) Subadviser agrees that it will promptly supply Manager with
copies of any material changes to any of the documents provided by
Subadviser pursuant to Section 3.1.
X. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
10.1 Use of Subadviser's Name. Neither the Trust nor Manager will
use the name of Subadviser, or any affiliate of Subadviser, in any
prospectus, advertisement sales literature or other communication to
the public except in accordance with such policies and procedures as
shall be mutually agreed to in writing by the Subadviser and the
Manager.
10.2 Use of Trust or Manager's Name. Subadviser will not use the
name of Manager, the Trust or the Portfolio in any prospectus,
advertisement, sales literature or other communication to the public
except in accordance with such policies and procedures as shall be
mutually agreed to in writing by the Subadviser and the Manager.
10.3 Amendments. This Agreement may be modified by mutual consent
of the Manager, the Subadviser and the Portfolio subject to the
provisions of Section 15 of the Investment Company Act, as modified by
or interpreted by any applicable order or orders of the Commission or
any rules or regulations adopted by, or interpretive releases of, the
Commission.
10.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire
understanding and agreement of the parties with respect to the subject
hereof.
10.5 Captions. The headings in the sections of this Agreement are
inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a
part of the Agreement.
10.6 Notices. All notices required to be given pursuant to this
Agreement shall be delivered or mailed to the last known business
address of the Trust, Manager or Subadviser, as the case may be, in
person or by registered mail or a private mail or delivery service
providing the sender with notice of receipt. Notice shall be deemed
given on the date delivered or mailed in accordance with this Section
10.6.
10.7 Severability. Should any portion of this Agreement, for any
reason, be held to be void at law or in equity, the Agreement shall be
construed, insofar as is possible, as if such portion had never been
contained herein.
10.8 Governing Law. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (without giving effect to the choice of
law provisions thereof), or any of the applicable provisions of the
Investment Company Act. To the extent that the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or any of the provisions in this
Agreement, conflict with applicable provisions of the Investment
Company Act, the latter shall control.
10.9 Limitation of Liability. A copy of the Declaration of Trust
establishing the Trust, dated November 8, 1974, together with all
amendments, is on file in the office of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice is hereby given that this
Agreement is not executed on behalf of any of the Trustees as
individuals and no Trustee, shareholder, officer, employee or agent of
the Trust shall be held to any personal liability, nor shall resort be
had to their private property, for the satisfaction of any obligation
or claim, in connection with the affairs of the Trust or the
Portfolio, but only the assets belonging to the Portfolio shall be
liable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed under seal by their duly authorized officers as of the
date first mentioned above.
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust
on behalf of Spartan Market Index Fund
By:/s/Robert C. Pozen
Name: Robert C. Pozen
Title: Senior Vice President
Fidelity Management & Research Company
By:/s/Robert C. Pozen
Name: Robert C. Pozen
Title: President
Bankers Trust Company
By:/s/Josh Weinrich
Name: Josh Weinrich
Title: Managing Director
APPENDIX A
Pursuant to Section 1.6 of the Subadvisory Agreement among Fidelity
Commonwealth Trust (the "Trust"), on behalf of Spartan Market Index
Fund (the "Portfolio"), Fidelity Management & Research Company
("Manager") and Bankers Trust Company ("Subadviser"), Subadviser shall
be compensated for the services it performs on behalf of the Portfolio
as follows:
1. Fees Payable by Manager. Manager will pay Subadviser a monthly
fee computed at an annual rate of 0.006% (0.6 basis points) of the
average daily net assets of the Portfolio (computed in the manner set
forth in the Trust's Declaration of Trust) throughout the month.
Subadviser's fee shall be computed monthly, and within twelve
business days of the end of each calendar month, Manager shall
transmit to Subadviser the fee for the previous month. Payment shall
be made in federal funds wired to a bank account designated by
Subadviser. If this Agreement becomes effective or terminates before
the end of any month, the fee (if any) for the period from the
effective date to the end of such month or from the beginning of such
month to the date of termination, as the case may be, shall be
prorated according to the proportion which such period bears to the
full month in which such effectiveness or termination occurs.
Subadviser agrees to look exclusively to Manager, and not to any
assets of the Trust or the Portfolio, for the payment of Subadviser's
fees arising under this Paragraph 1.
MANAGEMENT CONTRACT
between
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST:
FIDELITY INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND
and
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
AMENDMENT made this 1st day of October, 1999, by and between Fidelity
Commonwealth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one
or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called
the "Fund"), on behalf of Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund (hereinafter
called the "Portfolio"), and Fidelity Management & Research Company, a
Massachusetts corporation (hereinafter called the "Adviser") as set
forth in its entirety below.
Required authorization and approval by shareholders and Trustees
having been obtained, the Fund, on behalf of the Portfolio, and the
Adviser hereby consent, pursuant to Paragraph 6 of the existing
Management Contract dated December 1, 1994, to a modification of said
Contract in the manner set forth below. The Amended Management
Contract shall, when executed by duly authorized officers of the Fund
and the Adviser, take effect on October 1, 1999.
1. (a) Investment Advisory Services. The Adviser undertakes to act as
investment adviser of the Portfolio and shall, subject to the
supervision of the Fund's Board of Trustees, direct the investments of
the Portfolio in accordance with the investment objective, policies
and limitations as provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other
governing instruments, as amended from time to time, the Investment
Company Act of 1940 and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time
(the "1940 Act"), and such other limitations as the Portfolio may
impose by notice in writing to the Adviser. The Adviser shall also
furnish for the use of the Portfolio office space and all necessary
office facilities, equipment and personnel for servicing the
investments of the Portfolio; and shall pay the salaries and fees of
all officers of the Fund, of all Trustees of the Fund who are
"interested persons" of the Fund or of the Adviser and of all
personnel of the Fund or the Adviser performing services relating to
research, statistical and investment activities. The Adviser is
authorized, in its discretion and without prior consultation with the
Portfolio, to buy, sell, lend and otherwise trade in any stocks, bonds
and other securities and investment instruments on behalf of the
Portfolio. The investment policies and all other actions of the
Portfolio are and shall at all times be subject to the control and
direction of the Fund's Board of Trustees.
(b) Management Services. The Adviser shall perform (or arrange for
the performance by its affiliates of) the management and
administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The
Adviser shall, subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees,
perform various services for the Portfolio, including but not limited
to: (i) providing the Portfolio with office space, equipment and
facilities (which may be its own) for maintaining its organization;
(ii) on behalf of the Portfolio, supervising relations with, and
monitoring the performance of, custodians, depositories, transfer and
pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, underwriters, brokers and
dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be
necessary or desirable; (iii) preparing all general shareholder
communications, including shareholder reports; (iv) conducting
shareholder relations; (v) maintaining the Fund's existence and its
records; (vi) during such times as shares are publicly offered,
maintaining the registration and qualification of the Portfolio's
shares under federal and state law; and (vii) investigating the
development of and developing and implementing, if appropriate,
management and shareholder services designed to enhance the value or
convenience of the Portfolio as an investment vehicle.
The Adviser shall also furnish such reports, evaluations, information
or analyses to the Fund as the Fund's Board of Trustees may request
from time to time or as the Adviser may deem to be desirable. The
Adviser shall make recommendations to the Fund's Board of Trustees
with respect to Fund policies, and shall carry out such policies as
are adopted by the Trustees. The Adviser shall, subject to review by
the Board of Trustees, furnish such other services as the Adviser
shall from time to time determine to be necessary or useful to perform
its obligations under this Contract.
(c) The Adviser shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of
portfolio securities for the Portfolio's account with brokers or
dealers selected by the Adviser, which may include brokers or dealers
affiliated with the Adviser. The Adviser shall use its best efforts
to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices which are
advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which are
reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting brokers
or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction, brokers or
dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research
services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) to the Portfolio and/or the other
accounts over which the Adviser or its affiliates exercise investment
discretion. The Adviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who
provides such brokerage and research services a commission for
executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have
charged for effecting that transaction if the Adviser determines in
good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to
the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either
that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the
Adviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which
they exercise investment discretion. The Trustees of the Fund shall
periodically review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine
if the commissions paid over representative periods of time were
reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
The Adviser shall, in acting hereunder, be an independent contractor.
The Adviser shall not be an agent of the Portfolio.
2. It is understood that the Trustees, officers and shareholders of
the Fund are or may be or become interested in the Adviser as
directors, officers or otherwise and that directors, officers and
stockholders of the Adviser are or may be or become similarly
interested in the Fund, and that the Adviser may be or become
interested in the Fund as a shareholder or otherwise.
3. The Adviser will be compensated on the following basis for the
services and facilities to be furnished hereunder. The Adviser shall
receive a monthly management fee, payable monthly as soon as
practicable after the last day of each month, composed of a Group Fee
and an Individual Fund Fee.
(a) Group Fee Rate. The Group Fee Rate shall be based upon the
monthly average of the net assets of the registered investment
companies having Advisory and Service or Management Contracts with the
Adviser (computed in the manner set forth in the fund's Declaration of
Trust or other organizational document) determined as of the close of
business on each business day throughout the month. The Group Fee
Rate shall be determined on a cumulative basis pursuant to the
following schedule:
Average Net Assets Annualized Fee Rate (for each
level)
0 - $ 3 billion .3700%
3 - 6 .3400
6 - 9 .3100
9 - 12 .2800
12 - 15 .2500
15 - 18 .2200
18 - 21 .2000
21 - 24 .1900
24 - 30 .1800
30 - 36 .1750
36 - 42 .1700
42 - 48 .1650
48 - 66 .1600
66 - 84 .1550
84 - 120 .1500
120 - 156 .1450
156 - 192 .1400
192 - 228 .1350
228 - 264 .1300
264 - 300 .1275
300 - 336 .1250
336 - 372 .1225
372 - 408 .1200
408 - 444 .1175
444 - 480 .1150
480 - 516 .1125
Over 516 .1100
(b) Individual Fund Fee Rate. The Individual Fund Fee Rate shall be
.30%.
The sum of the Group Fee Rate, calculated as described above to the
nearest millionth, and the Individual Fund Fee Rate shall constitute
the Annual Management Fee Rate. One-twelfth of the Annual Management
Fee Rate shall be applied to the average of the net assets of the
Portfolio (computed in the manner set forth in the Fund's Declaration
of Trust or other organizational document) determined as of the close
of business on each business day throughout the month.
(c) In case of termination of this Contract during any month, the fee
for that month shall be reduced proportionately on the basis of the
number of business days during which it is in effect, and the fee
computed upon the average net assets for the business days it is so
in effect for that month.
4. It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all its expenses,
which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall include, without
limitation, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and
other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of securities and
other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses of the Fund's
Trustees other than those who are "interested persons" of the Fund or
the Adviser; (iv) legal and audit expenses; (v) custodian, registrar
and transfer agent fees and expenses; (vi) fees and expenses related
to the registration and qualification of the Fund and the Portfolio's
shares for distribution under state and federal securities laws; (vii)
expenses of printing and mailing reports and notices and proxy
material to shareholders of the Portfolio; (viii) all other expenses
incidental to holding meetings of the Portfolio's shareholders,
including proxy solicitations therefor; (ix) a pro rata share, based
on relative net assets of the Portfolio and other registered
investment companies having Advisory and Service or Management
Contracts with the Adviser, of 50% of insurance premiums for fidelity
and other coverage; (x) its proportionate share of association
membership dues; (xi) expenses of typesetting for printing
Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and supplements
thereto; (xii) expenses of printing and mailing Prospectuses and
Statements of Additional Information and supplements thereto sent to
existing shareholders; and (xiii) such non-recurring or extraordinary
expenses as may arise, including those relating to actions, suits or
proceedings to which the Portfolio is a party and the legal obligation
which the Portfolio may have to indemnify the Fund's Trustees and
officers with respect thereto.
5. The services of the Adviser to the Portfolio are not to be deemed
exclusive, the Adviser being free to render services to others and
engage in other activities, provided, however, that such other
services and activities do not, during the term of this Contract,
interfere, in a material manner, with the Adviser's ability to meet
all of its obligations with respect to rendering services to the
Portfolio hereunder. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Adviser, the Adviser shall not be subject
to liability to the Portfolio or to any shareholder of the Portfolio
for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering
services hereunder or for any losses that may be sustained in the
purchase, holding or sale of any security or other investment
instrument.
6. (a) Subject to prior termination as provided in sub-paragraph (d)
of this paragraph 6, this Contract shall continue in force until June
30, 2000 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the
continuance after such date shall be specifically approved at least
annually by vote of the Trustees of the Fund or by vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.
(b) This Contract may be modified by mutual consent subject to the
provisions of Section 15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or
interpreted by any applicable order or orders of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") or any rules or regulations
adopted by, or interpretative releases of, the Commission.
(c) In addition to the requirements of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 6, the terms of any continuance or modification of this
Contract must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those
Trustees of the Fund who are not parties to the Contract or interested
persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the
purpose of voting on such approval.
(d) Either party hereto may, at any time on sixty (60) days' prior
written notice to the other, terminate this Contract, without payment
of any penalty, by action of its Trustees or Board of Directors, as
the case may be, or with respect to the Portfolio by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio. This
Contract shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.
7. The Adviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of
shareholder liability as set forth in the Fund's Declaration of Trust
or other organizational document and agrees that the obligations
assumed by the Fund pursuant to this Contract shall be limited in all
cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the Adviser shall not seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any
shareholder of the Portfolio or any other Portfolios of the Fund. In
addition, the Adviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such
obligations from the Trustees or any individual Trustee. The Adviser
understands that the rights and obligations of any Portfolio under the
Declaration of Trust or other organizational document are separate and
distinct from those of any and all other Portfolios.
8. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving
effect to the choice of laws provisions thereof.
The terms "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities,"
"assignment," and "interested persons," when used herein, shall have
the respective meanings specified in the 1940 Act, as now in effect or
as hereafter amended, and subject to such orders as may be granted by
the Commission.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have caused this instrument to be
signed in their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all of
the date written above.
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
on behalf of Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
President
MANAGEMENT CONTRACT
between
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST:
FIDELITY LARGE CAP STOCK FUND
and
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
AMENDMENT made this 1st day of October, 1999, by and between Fidelity
Commonwealth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one
or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called
the "Fund"), on behalf of Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund (hereinafter
called the "Portfolio"), and Fidelity Management & Research Company, a
Massachusetts corporation (hereinafter called the "Adviser") as set
forth in its entirety below.
Required authorization and approval by shareholders and Trustees
having been obtained, the Fund, on behalf of the Portfolio, and the
Adviser hereby consent, pursuant to Paragraph 6 of the existing
Management Contract dated May 18, 1995, to a modification of said
Contract in the manner set forth below. The Amended Management
Contract shall, when executed by duly authorized officers of the Fund
and the Adviser, take effect on October 1, 1999.
1. (a) Investment Advisory Services. The Adviser undertakes to act as
investment adviser of the Portfolio and shall, subject to the
supervision of the Fund's Board of Trustees, direct the investments of
the Portfolio in accordance with the investment objective, policies
and limitations as provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other
governing instruments, as amended from time to time, the Investment
Company Act of 1940 and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time
(the "1940 Act"), and such other limitations as the Portfolio may
impose by notice in writing to the Adviser. The Adviser shall also
furnish for the use of the Portfolio office space and all necessary
office facilities, equipment and personnel for servicing the
investments of the Portfolio; and shall pay the salaries and fees of
all officers of the Fund, of all Trustees of the Fund who are
"interested persons" of the Fund or of the Adviser and of all
personnel of the Fund or the Adviser performing services relating to
research, statistical and investment activities. The Adviser is
authorized, in its discretion and without prior consultation with the
Portfolio, to buy, sell, lend and otherwise trade in any stocks, bonds
and other securities and investment instruments on behalf of the
Portfolio. The investment policies and all other actions of the
Portfolio are and shall at all times be subject to the control and
direction of the Fund's Board of Trustees.
(b) Management Services. The Adviser shall perform (or arrange for
the performance by its affiliates of) the management and
administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The
Adviser shall, subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees,
perform various services for the Portfolio, including but not limited
to: (i) providing the Portfolio with office space, equipment and
facilities (which may be its own) for maintaining its organization;
(ii) on behalf of the Portfolio, supervising relations with, and
monitoring the performance of, custodians, depositories, transfer and
pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, underwriters, brokers and
dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be
necessary or desirable; (iii) preparing all general shareholder
communications, including shareholder reports; (iv) conducting
shareholder relations; (v) maintaining the Fund's existence and its
records; (vi) during such times as shares are publicly offered,
maintaining the registration and qualification of the Portfolio's
shares under federal and state law; and (vii) investigating the
development of and developing and implementing, if appropriate,
management and shareholder services designed to enhance the value or
convenience of the Portfolio as an investment vehicle.
The Adviser shall also furnish such reports, evaluations, information
or analyses to the Fund as the Fund's Board of Trustees may request
from time to time or as the Adviser may deem to be desirable. The
Adviser shall make recommendations to the Fund's Board of Trustees
with respect to Fund policies, and shall carry out such policies as
are adopted by the Trustees. The Adviser shall, subject to review by
the Board of Trustees, furnish such other services as the Adviser
shall from time to time determine to be necessary or useful to perform
its obligations under this Contract.
(c) The Adviser shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of
portfolio securities for the Portfolio's account with brokers or
dealers selected by the Adviser, which may include brokers or dealers
affiliated with the Adviser. The Adviser shall use its best efforts
to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices which are
advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which are
reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting brokers
or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction, brokers or
dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research
services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) to the Portfolio and/or the other
accounts over which the Adviser or its affiliates exercise investment
discretion. The Adviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who
provides such brokerage and research services a commission for
executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have
charged for effecting that transaction if the Adviser determines in
good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to
the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either
that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the
Adviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which
they exercise investment discretion. The Trustees of the Fund shall
periodically review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine
if the commissions paid over representative periods of time were
reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
The Adviser shall, in acting hereunder, be an independent contractor.
The Adviser shall not be an agent of the Portfolio.
2. It is understood that the Trustees, officers and shareholders of
the Fund are or may be or become interested in the Adviser as
directors, officers or otherwise and that directors, officers and
stockholders of the Adviser are or may be or become similarly
interested in the Fund, and that the Adviser may be or become
interested in the Fund as a shareholder or otherwise.
3. The Adviser will be compensated on the following basis for the
services and facilities to be furnished hereunder. The Adviser shall
receive a monthly management fee, payable monthly as soon as
practicable after the last day of each month, composed of a Basic Fee
and a Performance Adjustment. The Performance Adjustment is added to
or subtracted from the Basic Fee depending on whether the Portfolio
experienced better or worse performance than the Standard & Poor's
Composite Index of 500 Stocks (the "Index"). The Performance
Adjustment is not cumulative. An increased fee will result even
though the performance of the Portfolio over some period of time
shorter than the performance period has been behind that of the Index,
and, conversely, a reduction in the fee will be made for a month even
though the performance of the Portfolio over some period of time
shorter than the performance period has been ahead of that of the
Index. The Basic Fee and the Performance Adjustment will be computed
as follows:
(a) Basic Fee Rate: The annual Basic Fee Rate shall be the sum of
the Group Fee Rate and the Individual Fund Fee Rate calculated to the
nearest millionth decimal place as follows:
(i) Group Fee Rate. The Group Fee Rate shall be based upon the
monthly average of the net assets of the registered investment
companies having Advisory and Service or Management Contracts with the
Adviser (computed in the manner set forth in the fund's Declaration of
Trust or other organizational document) determined as of the close of
business on each business day throughout the month. The Group Fee
Rate shall be determined on a cumulative basis pursuant to the
following schedule:
Average Net Assets Annualized Fee Rate (for each level)
0 -$3 billion .5200%
3 - 6 .4900
6 - 9 .4600
9 - 12 .4300
12 - 15 .4000
15 - 18 .3850
18 - 21 .3700
21 - 24 .3600
24 - 30 .3500
30 - 36 .3450
36 - 42 .3400
42 - 48 .3350
48 - 66 .3250
66 - 84 .3200
84 - 102 .3150
102 - 138 .3100
138 - 174 .3050
174 - 210 .3000
210 - 246 .2950
246 - 282 .2900
282 - 318 .2850
318 - 354 .2800
354 - 390 .2750
390 - 426 .2700
426 - 462 .2650
462 - 498 .2600
498 - 534 .2550
Over 534 .2500
(ii) Individual Fund Fee Rate. The Individual Fund Fee Rate shall
be .30%.
(b) Basic Fee. One-twelfth of the Basic Fee Rate shall be applied
to the average of the net assets of the Portfolio (computed in the
manner set forth in the Fund's Declaration of Trust or other
organizational document) determined as of the close of business on
each business day throughout the month. The resulting dollar amount
comprises the Basic Fee.
(c) Performance Adjustment Rate: The Performance Adjustment Rate is
0.02% for each percentage point (the performance of the Portfolio and
the Index each being calculated to the nearest .01%) that the
Portfolio's investment performance for the performance period was
better or worse than the record of the Index as then constituted. The
maximum performance adjustment rate is 0.20%.
The performance period will commence with the first day of the first
full month following the Portfolio's commencement of operations.
During the first eleven months of the performance period for the
Portfolio, there will be no performance adjustment. Starting with the
twelfth month of the performance period, the performance adjustment
will take effect. Following the twelfth month a new month will be
added to the performance period until the performance period equals 36
months. Thereafter the performance period will consist of the current
month plus the previous 35 months.
The Portfolio's investment performance will be measured by comparing
(i) the opening net asset value of one share of the Portfolio on the
first business day of the performance period with (ii) the closing net
asset value of one share of the Portfolio as of the last business day
of such period. In computing the investment performance of the
Portfolio and the investment record of the Index, distributions of
realized capital gains, the value of capital gains taxes per share
paid or payable on undistributed realized long-term capital gains
accumulated to the end of such period and dividends paid out of
investment income on the part of the Portfolio, and all cash
distributions of the securities included in the Index, will be treated
as reinvested in accordance with Rule 205-1 or any other applicable
rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as the same from time
to time may be amended.
(d) Performance Adjustment. One-twelfth of the annual Performance
Adjustment Rate will be applied to the average of the net assets of
the Portfolio (computed in the manner set forth in the Fund's
Declaration of Trust or other organizational document) determined as
of the close of business on each business day throughout the month and
the performance period.
(e) In case of termination of this Contract during any month, the fee
for that month shall be reduced proportionately on the basis of the
number of business days during which it is in effect for that month.
The Basic Fee Rate will be computed on the basis of and applied to net
assets averaged over that month ending on the last business day on
which this Contract is in effect. The amount of this Performance
Adjustment to the Basic Fee will be computed on the basis of and
applied to net assets averaged over the 36-month period ending on the
last business day on which this Contract is in effect provided that if
this Contract has been in effect less than 36 months, the computation
will be made on the basis of the period of time during which it has
been in effect.
4. It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all its expenses,
which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall include, without
limitation, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and
other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of securities and
other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses of the Fund's
Trustees other than those who are "interested persons" of the Fund or
the Adviser; (iv) legal and audit expenses; (v) custodian, registrar
and transfer agent fees and expenses; (vi) fees and expenses related
to the registration and qualification of the Fund and the Portfolio's
shares for distribution under state and federal securities laws; (vii)
expenses of printing and mailing reports and notices and proxy
material to shareholders of the Portfolio; (viii) all other expenses
incidental to holding meetings of the Portfolio's shareholders,
including proxy solicitations therefor; (ix) a pro rata share, based
on relative net assets of the Portfolio and other registered
investment companies having Advisory and Service or Management
Contracts with the Adviser, of 50% of insurance premiums for fidelity
and other coverage; (x) its proportionate share of association
membership dues; (xi) expenses of typesetting for printing
Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and supplements
thereto; (xii) expenses of printing and mailing Prospectuses and
Statements of Additional Information and supplements thereto sent to
existing shareholders; and (xiii) such non-recurring or extraordinary
expenses as may arise, including those relating to actions, suits or
proceedings to which the Portfolio is a party and the legal obligation
which the Portfolio may have to indemnify the Fund's Trustees and
officers with respect thereto.
5. The services of the Adviser to the Portfolio are not to be deemed
exclusive, the Adviser being free to render services to others and
engage in other activities, provided, however, that such other
services and activities do not, during the term of this Contract,
interfere, in a material manner, with the Adviser's ability to meet
all of its obligations with respect to rendering services to the
Portfolio hereunder. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Adviser, the Adviser shall not be subject
to liability to the Portfolio or to any shareholder of the Portfolio
for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering
services hereunder or for any losses that may be sustained in the
purchase, holding or sale of any security or other investment
instrument.
6. (a) Subject to prior termination as provided in sub-paragraph (d)
of this paragraph 6, this Contract shall continue in force until July
31, 2000 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the
continuance after such date shall be specifically approved at least
annually by vote of the Trustees of the Fund or by vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.
(b) This Contract may be modified by mutual consent subject to the
provisions of Section 15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or
interpreted by any applicable order or orders of the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("the Commission") or any rules or regulations
adopted by, or interpretative releases of, the Commission.
(c) In addition to the requirements of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 6, the terms of any continuance or modification of this
Contract must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those
Trustees of the Fund who are not parties to the Contract or interested
persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the
purpose of voting on such approval.
(d) Either party hereto may, at any time on sixty (60) days' prior
written notice to the other, terminate this Contract, without payment
of any penalty, by action of its Trustees or Board of Directors, as
the case may be, or with respect to the Portfolio by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio. This
Contract shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.
7. The Adviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of
shareholder liability as set forth in the Fund's Declaration of Trust
or other organizational document and agrees that the obligations
assumed by the Fund pursuant to this Contract shall be limited in all
cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the Adviser shall not seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any
shareholder of the Portfolio or any other Portfolios of the Fund. In
addition, the Adviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such
obligations from the Trustees or any individual Trustee. The Adviser
understands that the rights and obligations of any Portfolio under the
Declaration of Trust or other organizational document are separate and
distinct from those of any and all other Portfolios.
8. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving
effect to the choice of laws provisions thereof.
The terms "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities,"
"assignment," and "interested persons," when used herein, shall have
the respective meanings specified in the 1940 Act, as now in effect or
as hereafter amended, and subject to such orders as may be granted by
the Commission.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have caused this instrument to be
signed in their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all as
of the date written above.
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
on behalf of Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
President
MANAGEMENT CONTRACT
between
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST:
FIDELITY SMALL CAP SELECTOR
and
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
AMENDMENT made this 1st day of October, 1999, by and between Fidelity
Commonwealth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one
or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called
the "Fund"), on behalf of Fidelity Small Cap Selector (hereinafter
called the "Portfolio"), and Fidelity Management & Research Company, a
Massachusetts corporation (hereinafter called the "Adviser") as set
forth in its entirety below.
Required authorization and approval by shareholders and Trustees
having been obtained, the Fund, on behalf of the Portfolio, and the
Adviser hereby consent, pursuant to Paragraph 6 of the existing
Management Contract, dated November 1, 1994, to a modification of said
Contract in the manner set forth below. The Amended Management
Contract shall, when executed by duly authorized officers of the Fund
and the Adviser, take effect on October 1, 1999.
1. (a) Investment Advisory Services. The Adviser undertakes to act as
investment adviser of the Portfolio and shall, subject to the
supervision of the Fund's Board of Trustees, direct the investments of
the Portfolio in accordance with the investment objective, policies
and limitations as provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other
governing instruments, as amended from time to time, the Investment
Company Act of 1940 and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time
(the "1940 Act"), and such other limitations as the Portfolio may
impose by notice in writing to the Adviser. The Adviser shall also
furnish for the use of the Portfolio office space and all necessary
office facilities, equipment and personnel for servicing the
investments of the Portfolio; and shall pay the salaries and fees of
all officers of the Fund, of all Trustees of the Fund who are
"interested persons" of the Fund or of the Adviser and of all
personnel of the Fund or the Adviser performing services relating to
research, statistical and investment activities. The Adviser is
authorized, in its discretion and without prior consultation with the
Portfolio, to buy, sell, lend and otherwise trade in any stocks, bonds
and other securities and investment instruments on behalf of the
Portfolio. The investment policies and all other actions of the
Portfolio are and shall at all times be subject to the control and
direction of the Fund's Board of Trustees.
(b) Management Services. The Adviser shall perform (or arrange for
the performance by its affiliates of) the management and
administrative services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The
Adviser shall, subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees,
perform various services for the Portfolio, including but not limited
to: (i) providing the Portfolio with office space, equipment and
facilities (which may be its own) for maintaining its organization;
(ii) on behalf of the Portfolio, supervising relations with, and
monitoring the performance of, custodians, depositories, transfer and
pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, underwriters, brokers and
dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity deemed to be
necessary or desirable; (iii) preparing all general shareholder
communications, including shareholder reports; (iv) conducting
shareholder relations; (v) maintaining the Fund's existence and its
records; (vi) during such times as shares are publicly offered,
maintaining the registration and qualification of the Portfolio's
shares under federal and state law; and (vii) investigating the
development of and developing and implementing, if appropriate,
management and shareholder services designed to enhance the value or
convenience of the Portfolio as an investment vehicle.
The Adviser shall also furnish such reports, evaluations, information
or analyses to the Fund as the Fund's Board of Trustees may request
from time to time or as the Adviser may deem to be desirable. The
Adviser shall make recommendations to the Fund's Board of Trustees
with respect to Fund policies, and shall carry out such policies as
are adopted by the Trustees. The Adviser shall, subject to review by
the Board of Trustees, furnish such other services as the Adviser
shall from time to time determine to be necessary or useful to perform
its obligations under this Contract.
(c) The Adviser shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of
portfolio securities for the Portfolio's account with brokers or
dealers selected by the Adviser, which may include brokers or dealers
affiliated with the Adviser. The Adviser shall use its best efforts
to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices which are
advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which are
reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting brokers
or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction, brokers or
dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research
services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) to the Portfolio and/or the other
accounts over which the Adviser or its affiliates exercise investment
discretion. The Adviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who
provides such brokerage and research services a commission for
executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have
charged for effecting that transaction if the Adviser determines in
good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to
the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either
that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the
Adviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which
they exercise investment discretion. The Trustees of the Fund shall
periodically review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine
if the commissions paid over representative periods of time were
reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
The Adviser shall, in acting hereunder, be an independent contractor.
The Adviser shall not be an agent of the Portfolio.
2. It is understood that the Trustees, officers and shareholders of
the Fund are or may be or become interested in the Adviser as
directors, officers or otherwise and that directors, officers and
stockholders of the Adviser are or may be or become similarly
interested in the Fund, and that the Adviser may be or become
interested in the Fund as a shareholder or otherwise.
3. The Adviser will be compensated on the following basis for the
services and facilities to be furnished hereunder. The Adviser shall
receive a monthly management fee, payable monthly as soon as
practicable after the last day of each month, composed of a Basic Fee
and a Performance Adjustment. The Performance Adjustment is added to
or subtracted from the Basic Fee depending on whether the Portfolio
experienced better or worse performance than the Russell 2000 Index
(the "Index"). The Performance Adjustment is not cumulative. An
increased fee will result even though the performance of the Portfolio
over some period of time shorter than the performance period has been
behind that of the Index, and, conversely, a reduction in the fee will
be made for a month even though the performance of the Portfolio over
some period of time shorter than the performance period has been ahead
of that of the Index. The Basic Fee and the Performance Adjustment
will be computed as follows:
(a) Basic Fee Rate: The annual Basic Fee Rate shall be the sum of the
Group Fee Rate and the Individual Fund Fee Rate calculated to the
nearest millionth decimal place as follows:
(i) Group Fee Rate. The Group Fee Rate shall be based upon the
monthly average of the net assets of the registered investment
companies having Advisory and Service or Management Contracts with the
Adviser (computed in the manner set forth in the fund's Declaration of
Trust or other organizational document) determined as of the close of
business on each business day throughout the month. The Group Fee
Rate shall be determined on a cumulative basis pursuant to the
following schedule:
Average Net Assets Annualized Fee Rate (for each level)
0 - $3 billion .5200%
3 - 6 .4900
6 - 9 .4600
9 - 12 .4300
12 - 15 .4000
15 - 18 .3850
18 - 21 .3700
21 - 24 .3600
24 - 30 .3500
30 - 36 .3450
36 - 42 .3400
42 - 48 .3350
48 - 66 .3250
66 - 84 .3200
84 - 102 .3150
102 - 138 .3100
138 - 174 .3050
174 - 210 .3000
210 - 246 .2950
246 - 282 .2900
282 - 318 .2850
318 - 354 .2800
354 - 390 .2750
390 - 426 .2700
426 - 462 .2650
462 - 498 .2600
498 - 534 .2550
Over 534 .2500
(ii) Individual Fund Fee Rate. The Individual Fund Fee Rate shall be
.35%.
(b) Basic Fee. One-twelfth of the Basic Fee Rate shall be applied to
the average of the net assets of the Portfolio (computed in the manner
set forth in the Fund's Declaration of Trust or other organizational
document) determined as of the close of business on each business day
throughout the month. The resulting dollar amount comprises the Basic
Fee.
(c) Performance Adjustment Rate: The Performance Adjustment Rate is
0.02% for each percentage point (the performance of the Portfolio and
the Index each being calculated to the nearest .01%) that the
Portfolio's investment performance for the performance period was
better or worse than the record of the Index as then constituted. The
maximum performance adjustment rate is 0.20%.
The performance period will commence with the first day of the first
full month following the Portfolio's commencement of operations.
During the first eleven months of the performance period for the
Portfolio, there will be no performance adjustment. Starting with the
twelfth month of the performance period, the performance adjustment
will take effect. Following the twelfth month a new month will be
added to the performance period until the performance period equals 36
months. Thereafter the performance period will consist of the current
month plus the previous 35 months.
The Portfolio's investment performance will be measured by comparing
(i) the opening net asset value of one share of the Portfolio on the
first business day of the performance period with (ii) the closing net
asset value of one share of the Portfolio as of the last business day
of such period. In computing the investment performance of the
Portfolio and the investment record of the Index, distributions of
realized capital gains, the value of capital gains taxes per share
paid or payable on undistributed realized long-term capital gains
accumulated to the end of such period and dividends paid out of
investment income on the part of the Portfolio, and all cash
distributions of the securities included in the Index, will be treated
as reinvested in accordance with Rule 205-1 or any other applicable
rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as the same from time
to time may be amended.
(d) Performance Adjustment. One-twelfth of the annual Performance
Adjustment Rate will be applied to the average of the net assets of
the Portfolio (computed in the manner set forth in the Fund's
Declaration of Trust or other organizational document) determined as
of the close of business on each business day throughout the month and
the performance period.
(e) In case of termination of this Contract during any month, the fee
for that month shall be reduced proportionately on the basis of the
number of business days during which it is in effect for that month.
The Basic Fee Rate will be computed on the basis of and applied to net
assets averaged over that month ending on the last business day on
which this Contract is in effect. The amount of this Performance
Adjustment to the Basic Fee will be computed on the basis of and
applied to net assets averaged over the 36-month period ending on the
last business day on which this Contract is in effect provided that if
this Contract has been in effect less than 36 months, the computation
will be made on the basis of the period of time during which it has
been in effect.
4. It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all its expenses,
which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall include, without
limitation, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and
other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of securities and
other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses of the Fund's
Trustees other than those who are "interested persons" of the Fund or
the Adviser; (iv) legal and audit expenses; (v) custodian, registrar
and transfer agent fees and expenses; (vi) fees and expenses related
to the registration and qualification of the Fund and the Portfolio's
shares for distribution under state and federal securities laws; (vii)
expenses of printing and mailing reports and notices and proxy
material to shareholders of the Portfolio; (viii) all other expenses
incidental to holding meetings of the Portfolio's shareholders,
including proxy solicitations therefor; (ix) a pro rata share, based
on relative net assets of the Portfolio and other registered
investment companies having Advisory and Service or Management
Contracts with the Adviser, of 50% of insurance premiums for fidelity
and other coverage; (x) its proportionate share of association
membership dues; (xi) expenses of typesetting for printing
Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and supplements
thereto; (xii) expenses of printing and mailing Prospectuses and
Statements of Additional Information and supplements thereto sent to
existing shareholders; and (xiii) such non-recurring or extraordinary
expenses as may arise, including those relating to actions, suits or
proceedings to which the Portfolio is a party and the legal obligation
which the Portfolio may have to indemnify the Fund's Trustees and
officers with respect thereto.
5. The services of the Adviser to the Portfolio are not to be deemed
exclusive, the Adviser being free to render services to others and
engage in other activities, provided, however, that such other
services and activities do not, during the term of this Contract,
interfere, in a material manner, with the Adviser's ability to meet
all of its obligations with respect to rendering services to the
Portfolio hereunder. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Adviser, the Adviser shall not be subject
to liability to the Portfolio or to any shareholder of the Portfolio
for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering
services hereunder or for any losses that may be sustained in the
purchase, holding or sale of any security or other investment
instrument.
6. (a) Subject to prior termination as provided in sub-paragraph (d)
of this paragraph 6, this Contract shall continue in force until July
31, 2000 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the
continuance after such date shall be specifically approved at least
annually by vote of the Trustees of the Fund or by vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.
(b) This Contract may be modified by mutual consent subject to the
provisions of Section 15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or
interpreted by any applicable order or orders of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") or any rules or regulations
adopted by, or interpretative releases of, the Commission.
(c) In addition to the requirements of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 6, the terms of any continuance or modification of this
Contract must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those
Trustees of the Fund who are not parties to the Contract or interested
persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the
purpose of voting on such approval.
(d) Either party hereto may, at any time on sixty (60) days' prior
written notice to the other, terminate this Contract, without payment
of any penalty, by action of its Trustees or Board of Directors, as
the case may be, or with respect to the Portfolio by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio. This
Contract shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.
7. The Adviser is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of
shareholder liability as set forth in the Fund's Declaration of Trust
or other organizational document and agrees that the obligations
assumed by the Fund pursuant to this Contract shall be limited in all
cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the Adviser shall not seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any
shareholder of the Portfolio or any other Portfolios of the Fund. In
addition, the Adviser shall not seek satisfaction of any such
obligations from the Trustees or any individual Trustee. The Adviser
understands that the rights and obligations of any Portfolio under the
Declaration of Trust or other organizational document are separate and
distinct from those of any and all other Portfolios.
8. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without giving
effect to the choice of laws provisions thereof.
The terms "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities,"
"assignment," and "interested persons," when used herein, shall have
the respective meanings specified in the 1940 Act, as now in effect or
as hereafter amended, and subject to such orders as may be granted by
the Commission.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have caused this instrument to be
signed in their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all as
of the date written above.
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
on behalf of Fidelity Small Cap Selector
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
President
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
AND
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (FAR EAST) INC.
AND
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST ON BEHALF OF
FIDELITY MID-CAP STOCK FUND
AMENDMENT made this 1st day of October, 1999, by and between Fidelity
Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with
principal offices at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts
(hereinafter called the "Advisor"); Fidelity Management & Research
(Far East) Inc. (hereinafter called the "Sub-Advisor"); and Fidelity
Commonwealth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one
or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called
the "Trust") on behalf of Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund (hereinafter
called the "Portfolio").
Required authorization and approval by shareholders and Trustees
having been obtained, the Trust, on behalf of the Portfolio, the
Advisor, and the Sub-Advisor hereby consent, pursuant to Paragraph
9(b) of the existing Sub-Advisory Agreement dated June 26, 1999, to a
modification of said Sub-Advisory Agreement in the manner set forth
below. The Amended Sub-Advisory Agreement shall, when executed by
duly authorized officers of the Trust, the Advisor, and the
Sub-Advisor, take effect on October 1, 1999.
WHEREAS the Trust and the Advisor have entered into a Management
Contract on behalf of the Portfolio, pursuant to which the Advisor is
to act as investment manager of the Portfolio; and
WHEREAS the Sub-Advisor and its subsidiaries and other affiliated
persons have personnel in various locations throughout the world and
have been formed in part for the purpose of researching and compiling
information and recommendations with respect to the economies of
various countries, and securities of issuers located in such
countries, and providing investment advisory services in connection
therewith;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
promises hereinafter set forth, the Trust, the Advisor and the
Sub-Advisor agree as follows:
1. Duties: The Advisor may, in its discretion, appoint the
Sub-Advisor to perform one or more of the following services with
respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio. The
services and the portion of the investments of the Portfolio to be
advised or managed by the Sub-Advisor shall be as agreed upon from
time to time by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall
pay the salaries and fees of all personnel of the Sub-Advisor
performing services for the Portfolio relating to research,
statistical and investment activities.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVICE: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall provide investment advice to the
Portfolio and the Advisor with respect to all or a portion of the
investments of the Portfolio, and in connection with such advice shall
furnish the Portfolio and the Advisor such factual information,
research reports and investment recommendations as the Advisor may
reasonably require. Such information may include written and oral
reports and analyses.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall, subject to the supervision of the
Advisor, manage all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio
in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations
provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other governing instruments,
as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"1940 Act") and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time, and
such other limitations as the Trust or Advisor may impose with respect
to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Advisor. With respect to the
portion of the investments of the Portfolio under its management, the
Sub-Advisor is authorized to make investment decisions on behalf of
the Portfolio with regard to any stock, bond, other security or
investment instrument, and to place orders for the purchase and sale
of such securities through such broker-dealers as the Sub-Advisor may
select. The Sub-Advisor may also be authorized, but only to the
extent such duties are delegated in writing by the Advisor, to provide
additional investment management services to the Portfolio, including
but not limited to services such as managing foreign currency
investments, purchasing and selling or writing futures and options
contracts, borrowing money, or lending securities on behalf of the
Portfolio. All investment management and any other activities of the
Sub-Advisor shall at all times be subject to the control and direction
of the Advisor and the Trust's Board of Trustees.
(c) SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES: The Sub-Advisor may perform any or
all of the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through
such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as the
Sub-Advisor shall determine; provided, however, that performance of
such services through such subsidiaries or other affiliated persons
shall have been approved by the Trust to the extent required pursuant
to the 1940 Act and rules thereunder.
2. Information to be Provided to the Trust and the Advisor: The
Sub-Advisor shall furnish such reports, evaluations, information or
analyses to the Trust and the Advisor as the Trust's Board of Trustees
or the Advisor may reasonably request from time to time, or as the
Sub-Advisor may deem to be desirable.
3. Brokerage: In connection with the services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Advisor
shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio
securities for the Portfolio's account with brokers or dealers
selected by the Sub-Advisor, which may include brokers or dealers
affiliated with the Advisor or Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall use
its best efforts to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices
which are advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which
are reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting
brokers or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction,
brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and
research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of l934) to the Portfolio and/or to the other
accounts over which the Sub-Advisor or Advisor exercise investment
discretion. The Sub-Advisor is authorized to pay a broker or dealer
who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for
executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have
charged for effecting that transaction if the Sub-Advisor determines
in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation
to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either
that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the
Sub-Advisor has with respect to accounts over which it exercises
investment discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically
review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the
commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable
in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
4. Compensation: The Advisor shall compensate the Sub-Advisor on
the following basis for the services to be furnished hereunder.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Sub-Advisory Fee. The Sub-Advisory
Fee shall be equal to 105% of the Sub-Advisor's costs incurred in
connection with rendering the services referred to in subparagraph (a)
of paragraph 1 of this Agreement. The Sub-Advisory Fee shall not be
reduced to reflect expense reimbursements or fee waivers by the
Advisor, if any, in effect from time to time.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Investment Management Fee. The
Investment Management Fee shall be equal to: (i) 50% of the monthly
management fee rate (including performance adjustments, if any) that
the Portfolio is obligated to pay the Advisor under its Management
Contract with the Advisor, multiplied by: (ii) the fraction equal to
the net assets of the Portfolio as to which the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided investment management services divided by the net assets of
the Portfolio for that month. If in any fiscal year the aggregate
expenses of the Portfolio exceed any applicable expense limitation
imposed by any state or federal securities laws or regulations, and
the Advisor waives all or a portion of its management fee or
reimburses the Portfolio for expenses to the extent required to
satisfy such limitation, the Investment Management Fee paid to the
Sub-Advisor will be reduced by 50% of the amount of such waivers or
reimbursements multiplied by the fraction determined in (ii). If the
Sub-Advisor reduces its fees to reflect such waivers or reimbursements
and the Advisor subsequently recovers all or any portion of such
waivers and reimbursements, then the Sub-Advisor shall be entitled to
receive from the Advisor a proportionate share of the amount
recovered. To the extent that waivers and reimbursements by the
Advisor required by such limitations are in excess of the Advisor's
management fee, the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Advisor
will be reduced to zero for that month, but in no event shall the
Sub-Advisor be required to reimburse the Advisor for all or a portion
of such excess reimbursements.
(c) PROVISION OF MULTIPLE SERVICES: If the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided both investment advisory services under subparagraph (a) and
investment management services under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1
for the same portion of the investments of the Portfolio for the same
period, the fees paid to the Sub-Advisor with respect to such
investments shall be calculated exclusively under subparagraph (b) of
this paragraph 4.
5. Expenses: It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all of its
expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by the
Sub-Advisor hereunder or by the Advisor under the Management Contract
with the Portfolio, which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall
include, without limitation, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage
commissions and other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of
securities and other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses
of the Trust's Trustees other than those who are "interested persons"
of the Trust, the Sub-Advisor or the Advisor; (iv) legal and audit
expenses; (v) custodian, registrar and transfer agent fees and
expenses; (vi) fees and expenses related to the registration and
qualification of the Trust and the Portfolio's shares for distribution
under state and federal securities laws; (vii) expenses of printing
and mailing reports and notices and proxy material to shareholders of
the Portfolio; (viii) all other expenses incidental to holding
meetings of the Portfolio's shareholders, including proxy
solicitations therefore; (ix) a pro rata share, based on relative net
assets of the Portfolio and other registered investment companies
having Advisory and Service or Management Contracts with the Advisor,
of 50% of insurance premiums for fidelity and other coverage; (x) its
proportionate share of association membership dues; (xi) expenses of
typesetting for printing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information and supplements thereto; (xii) expenses of printing and
mailing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and
supplements thereto sent to existing shareholders; and (xiii) such
non-recurring or extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those
relating to actions, suits or proceedings to which the Portfolio is a
party and the legal obligation which the Portfolio may have to
indemnify the Trust's Trustees and officers with respect thereto.
6. Interested Persons: It is understood that Trustees, officers,
and shareholders of the Trust are or may be or become interested in
the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor as directors, officers or otherwise and
that directors, officers and stockholders of the Advisor or the
Sub-Advisor are or may be or become similarly interested in the Trust,
and that the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor may be or become interested in
the Trust as a shareholder or otherwise.
7. Services to Other Companies or Accounts: The services of the
Sub-Advisor to the Advisor are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the
Sub-Advisor being free to render services to others and engage in
other activities, provided, however, that such other services and
activities do not, during the term of this Agreement, interfere, in a
material manner, with the Sub-Advisor's ability to meet all of its
obligations hereunder. The Sub-Advisor shall for all purposes be an
independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the Advisor or
the Trust.
8. Standard of Care: In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall not be
subject to liability to the Advisor, the Trust or to any shareholder
of the Portfolio for any act or omission in the course of, or
connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that
may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
9. Duration and Termination of Agreement; Amendments:
(a) Subject to prior termination as provided in subparagraph (d) of
this paragraph 9, this Agreement shall continue in force until July
31, 2000 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the
continuance after such period shall be specifically approved at least
annually by vote of the Trust's Board of Trustees or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.
(b) This Agreement may be modified by mutual consent of the Advisor,
the Sub-Advisor and the Portfolio subject to the provisions of Section
15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable
order or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") or any rules or regulations adopted by, or
interpretative releases of, the Commission.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 9, the terms of any continuance or modification of this
Agreement must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those
Trustees of the Trust 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 approval.
(d) Either the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or the Portfolio may, at any
time on sixty (60) days' prior written notice to the other parties,
terminate this Agreement, without payment of any penalty, by action of
its Board of Trustees or Directors, or with respect to the Portfolio
by vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities. This
Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its
assignment.
10. Limitation of Liability: The Sub-Advisor is hereby expressly
put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth
in the Declaration of Trust or other organizational document of the
Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Portfolio
arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all
cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the Sub-Advisor shall not
seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any
shareholder of the Portfolio. Nor shall the Sub-Advisor seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the Trustees or any
individual Trustee.
11. Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions
thereof.
The terms "registered investment company," "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities," "assignment," and "interested
persons," when used herein, shall have the respective meanings
specified in the 1940 Act as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this instrument to
be signed in their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all as
of the date written above.
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (Far East) INC.
By /s/Laura B. Cronin
Laura Cronin
Treasurer
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
President
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
on behalf of Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
AND
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (FAR EAST) INC.
AND
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST ON BEHALF OF
FIDELITY SMALL CAP SELECTOR
AMENDMENT made this 1st day of October, 1999, by and between Fidelity
Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with
principal offices at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts
(hereinafter called the "Advisor"); Fidelity Management & Research
(Far East) Inc. (hereinafter called the "Sub-Advisor"); and Fidelity
Commonwealth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one
or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called
the "Trust") on behalf of Fidelity Small Cap Selector (hereinafter
called the "Portfolio").
Required authorization and approval by shareholders and Trustees
having been obtained, the Trust, on behalf of the Portfolio, the
Advisor, and the Sub-Advisor hereby consent, pursuant to Paragraph
9(b) of the existing Sub-Advisory Agreement dated June 17, 1993, to a
modification of said Sub-Advisory Agreement in the manner set forth
below. The Amended Sub-Advisory Agreement shall, when executed by
duly authorized officers of the Trust, the Advisor, and the
Sub-Advisor, take effect on October 1, 1999.
WHEREAS the Trust and the Advisor have entered into a Management
Contract on behalf of the Portfolio, pursuant to which the Advisor is
to act as investment manager of the Portfolio; and
WHEREAS the Sub-Advisor and its subsidiaries and other affiliated
persons have personnel in various locations throughout the world and
have been formed in part for the purpose of researching and compiling
information and recommendations with respect to the economies of
various countries, and securities of issuers located in such
countries, and providing investment advisory services in connection
therewith;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
promises hereinafter set forth, the Trust, the Advisor and the
Sub-Advisor agree as follows:
1. Duties: The Advisor may, in its discretion, appoint the
Sub-Advisor to perform one or more of the following services with
respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio. The
services and the portion of the investments of the Portfolio to be
advised or managed by the Sub-Advisor shall be as agreed upon from
time to time by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall
pay the salaries and fees of all personnel of the Sub-Advisor
performing services for the Portfolio relating to research,
statistical and investment activities.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVICE: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall provide investment advice to the
Portfolio and the Advisor with respect to all or a portion of the
investments of the Portfolio, and in connection with such advice shall
furnish the Portfolio and the Advisor such factual information,
research reports and investment recommendations as the Advisor may
reasonably require. Such information may include written and oral
reports and analyses.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall, subject to the supervision of the
Advisor, manage all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio
in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations
provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other governing instruments,
as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"1940 Act") and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time, and
such other limitations as the Trust or Advisor may impose with respect
to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Advisor. With respect to the
portion of the investments of the Portfolio under its management, the
Sub-Advisor is authorized to make investment decisions on behalf of
the Portfolio with regard to any stock, bond, other security or
investment instrument, and to place orders for the purchase and sale
of such securities through such broker-dealers as the Sub-Advisor may
select. The Sub-Advisor may also be authorized, but only to the
extent such duties are delegated in writing by the Advisor, to provide
additional investment management services to the Portfolio, including
but not limited to services such as managing foreign currency
investments, purchasing and selling or writing futures and options
contracts, borrowing money, or lending securities on behalf of the
Portfolio. All investment management and any other activities of the
Sub-Advisor shall at all times be subject to the control and direction
of the Advisor and the Trust's Board of Trustees.
(c) SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES: The Sub-Advisor may perform any or
all of the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through
such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as the
Sub-Advisor shall determine; provided, however, that performance of
such services through such subsidiaries or other affiliated persons
shall have been approved by the Trust to the extent required pursuant
to the 1940 Act and rules thereunder.
2. Information to be Provided to the Trust and the Advisor: The
Sub-Advisor shall furnish such reports, evaluations, information or
analyses to the Trust and the Advisor as the Trust's Board of Trustees
or the Advisor may reasonably request from time to time, or as the
Sub-Advisor may deem to be desirable.
3. Brokerage: In connection with the services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Advisor
shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio
securities for the Portfolio's account with brokers or dealers
selected by the Sub-Advisor, which may include brokers or dealers
affiliated with the Advisor or Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall use
its best efforts to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices
which are advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which
are reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting
brokers or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction,
brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and
research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of l934) to the Portfolio and/or to the other
accounts over which the Sub-Advisor or Advisor exercise investment
discretion. The Sub-Advisor is authorized to pay a broker or dealer
who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for
executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have
charged for effecting that transaction if the Sub-Advisor determines
in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation
to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either
that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the
Sub-Advisor has with respect to accounts over which it exercises
investment discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically
review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the
commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable
in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
4. Compensation: The Advisor shall compensate the Sub-Advisor on
the following basis for the services to be furnished hereunder.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Sub-Advisory Fee. The Sub-Advisory
Fee shall be equal to 105% of the Sub-Advisor's costs incurred in
connection with rendering the services referred to in subparagraph (a)
of paragraph 1 of this Agreement. The Sub-Advisory Fee shall not be
reduced to reflect expense reimbursements or fee waivers by the
Advisor, if any, in effect from time to time.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Investment Management Fee. The
Investment Management Fee shall be equal to: (i) 50% of the monthly
management fee rate (including performance adjustments, if any) that
the Portfolio is obligated to pay the Advisor under its Management
Contract with the Advisor, multiplied by: (ii) the fraction equal to
the net assets of the Portfolio as to which the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided investment management services divided by the net assets of
the Portfolio for that month. If in any fiscal year the aggregate
expenses of the Portfolio exceed any applicable expense limitation
imposed by any state or federal securities laws or regulations, and
the Advisor waives all or a portion of its management fee or
reimburses the Portfolio for expenses to the extent required to
satisfy such limitation, the Investment Management Fee paid to the
Sub-Advisor will be reduced by 50% of the amount of such waivers or
reimbursements multiplied by the fraction determined in (ii). If the
Sub-Advisor reduces its fees to reflect such waivers or reimbursements
and the Advisor subsequently recovers all or any portion of such
waivers and reimbursements, then the Sub-Advisor shall be entitled to
receive from the Advisor a proportionate share of the amount
recovered. To the extent that waivers and reimbursements by the
Advisor required by such limitations are in excess of the Advisor's
management fee, the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Advisor
will be reduced to zero for that month, but in no event shall the
Sub-Advisor be required to reimburse the Advisor for all or a portion
of such excess reimbursements.
(c) PROVISION OF MULTIPLE SERVICES: If the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided both investment advisory services under subparagraph (a) and
investment management services under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1
for the same portion of the investments of the Portfolio for the same
period, the fees paid to the Sub-Advisor with respect to such
investments shall be calculated exclusively under subparagraph (b) of
this paragraph 4.
5. Expenses: It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all of its
expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by the
Sub-Advisor hereunder or by the Advisor under the Management Contract
with the Portfolio, which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall
include, without limitation, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage
commissions and other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of
securities and other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses
of the Trust's Trustees other than those who are "interested persons"
of the Trust, the Sub-Advisor or the Advisor; (iv) legal and audit
expenses; (v) custodian, registrar and transfer agent fees and
expenses; (vi) fees and expenses related to the registration and
qualification of the Trust and the Portfolio's shares for distribution
under state and federal securities laws; (vii) expenses of printing
and mailing reports and notices and proxy material to shareholders of
the Portfolio; (viii) all other expenses incidental to holding
meetings of the Portfolio's shareholders, including proxy
solicitations therefore; (ix) a pro rata share, based on relative net
assets of the Portfolio and other registered investment companies
having Advisory and Service or Management Contracts with the Advisor,
of 50% of insurance premiums for fidelity and other coverage; (x) its
proportionate share of association membership dues; (xi) expenses of
typesetting for printing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information and supplements thereto; (xii) expenses of printing and
mailing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and
supplements thereto sent to existing shareholders; and (xiii) such
non-recurring or extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those
relating to actions, suits or proceedings to which the Portfolio is a
party and the legal obligation which the Portfolio may have to
indemnify the Trust's Trustees and officers with respect thereto.
6. Interested Persons: It is understood that Trustees, officers,
and shareholders of the Trust are or may be or become interested in
the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor as directors, officers or otherwise and
that directors, officers and stockholders of the Advisor or the
Sub-Advisor are or may be or become similarly interested in the Trust,
and that the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor may be or become interested in
the Trust as a shareholder or otherwise.
7. Services to Other Companies or Accounts: The services of the
Sub-Advisor to the Advisor are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the
Sub-Advisor being free to render services to others and engage in
other activities, provided, however, that such other services and
activities do not, during the term of this Agreement, interfere, in a
material manner, with the Sub-Advisor's ability to meet all of its
obligations hereunder. The Sub-Advisor shall for all purposes be an
independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the Advisor or
the Trust.
8. Standard of Care: In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall not be
subject to liability to the Advisor, the Trust or to any shareholder
of the Portfolio for any act or omission in the course of, or
connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that
may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
9. Duration and Termination of Agreement; Amendments:
(a) Subject to prior termination as provided in subparagraph (d) of
this paragraph 9, this Agreement shall continue in force until July
31, 2000 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the
continuance after such period shall be specifically approved at least
annually by vote of the Trust's Board of Trustees or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.
(b) This Agreement may be modified by mutual consent of the Advisor,
the Sub-Advisor and the Portfolio subject to the provisions of Section
15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable
order or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") or any rules or regulations adopted by, or
interpretative releases of, the Commission.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 9, the terms of any continuance or modification of this
Agreement must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those
Trustees of the Trust 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 approval.
(d) Either the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or the Portfolio may, at any
time on sixty (60) days' prior written notice to the other parties,
terminate this Agreement, without payment of any penalty, by action of
its Board of Trustees or Directors, or with respect to the Portfolio
by vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities. This
Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its
assignment.
10. Limitation of Liability: The Sub-Advisor is hereby expressly put
on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in
the Declaration of Trust or other organizational document of the Trust
and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Portfolio arising
in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the
Portfolio and its assets, and the Sub-Advisor shall not seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any
shareholder of the Portfolio. Nor shall the Sub-Advisor seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the Trustees or any
individual Trustee.
11. Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions
thereof.
The terms "registered investment company," "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities," "assignment," and "interested
persons," when used herein, shall have the respective meanings
specified in the 1940 Act as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this instrument to
be signed in their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all as
of the date written above.
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (Far East) INC.
By /s/Laura B. Cronin
Laura Cronin
Treasurer
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
President
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
on behalf of Fidelity Small Cap Selector
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
AND
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (FAR EAST) INC.
AND
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST ON BEHALF OF
FIDELITY LARGE CAP STOCK FUND
AMENDMENT made this 1st day of October, 1999, by and between Fidelity
Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with
principal offices at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts
(hereinafter called the "Advisor"); Fidelity Management & Research
(Far East) Inc. (hereinafter called the "Sub-Advisor"); and Fidelity
Commonwealth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one
or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called
the "Trust") on behalf of Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund (hereinafter
called the "Portfolio").
Required authorization and approval by shareholders and Trustees
having been obtained, the Trust, on behalf of the Portfolio, the
Advisor, and the Sub-Advisor hereby consent, pursuant to Paragraph
9(b) of the existing Sub-Advisory Agreement dated May 18, 1995, to a
modification of said Sub-Advisory Agreement in the manner set forth
below. The Amended Sub-Advisory Agreement shall, when executed by
duly authorized officers of the Trust, the Advisor, and the
Sub-Advisor, take effect on October 1, 1999.
WHEREAS the Trust and the Advisor have entered into a Management
Contract on behalf of the Portfolio, pursuant to which the Advisor is
to act as investment manager of the Portfolio; and
WHEREAS the Sub-Advisor and its subsidiaries and other affiliated
persons have personnel in various locations throughout the world and
have been formed in part for the purpose of researching and compiling
information and recommendations with respect to the economies of
various countries, and securities of issuers located in such
countries, and providing investment advisory services in connection
therewith;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
promises hereinafter set forth, the Trust, the Advisor and the
Sub-Advisor agree as follows:
1. Duties: The Advisor may, in its discretion, appoint the
Sub-Advisor to perform one or more of the following services with
respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio. The
services and the portion of the investments of the Portfolio to be
advised or managed by the Sub-Advisor shall be as agreed upon from
time to time by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall
pay the salaries and fees of all personnel of the Sub-Advisor
performing services for the Portfolio relating to research,
statistical and investment activities.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVICE: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall provide investment advice to the
Portfolio and the Advisor with respect to all or a portion of the
investments of the Portfolio, and in connection with such advice shall
furnish the Portfolio and the Advisor such factual information,
research reports and investment recommendations as the Advisor may
reasonably require. Such information may include written and oral
reports and analyses.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall, subject to the supervision of the
Advisor, manage all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio
in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations
provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other governing instruments,
as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"1940 Act") and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time, and
such other limitations as the Trust or Advisor may impose with respect
to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Advisor. With respect to the
portion of the investments of the Portfolio under its management, the
Sub-Advisor is authorized to make investment decisions on behalf of
the Portfolio with regard to any stock, bond, other security or
investment instrument, and to place orders for the purchase and sale
of such securities through such broker-dealers as the Sub-Advisor may
select. The Sub-Advisor may also be authorized, but only to the
extent such duties are delegated in writing by the Advisor, to provide
additional investment management services to the Portfolio, including
but not limited to services such as managing foreign currency
investments, purchasing and selling or writing futures and options
contracts, borrowing money, or lending securities on behalf of the
Portfolio. All investment management and any other activities of the
Sub-Advisor shall at all times be subject to the control and direction
of the Advisor and the Trust's Board of Trustees.
(c) SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES: The Sub-Advisor may perform any or
all of the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through
such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as the
Sub-Advisor shall determine; provided, however, that performance of
such services through such subsidiaries or other affiliated persons
shall have been approved by the Trust to the extent required pursuant
to the 1940 Act and rules thereunder.
2. Information to be Provided to the Trust and the Advisor: The
Sub-Advisor shall furnish such reports, evaluations, information or
analyses to the Trust and the Advisor as the Trust's Board of Trustees
or the Advisor may reasonably request from time to time, or as the
Sub-Advisor may deem to be desirable.
3. Brokerage: In connection with the services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Advisor
shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio
securities for the Portfolio's account with brokers or dealers
selected by the Sub-Advisor, which may include brokers or dealers
affiliated with the Advisor or Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall use
its best efforts to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices
which are advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which
are reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting
brokers or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction,
brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and
research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) to the Portfolio and/or to the other
accounts over which the Sub-Advisor or Advisor exercise investment
discretion. The Sub-Advisor is authorized to pay a broker or dealer
who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for
executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have
charged for effecting that transaction if the Sub-Advisor determines
in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation
to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either
that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the
Sub-Advisor has with respect to accounts over which it exercises
investment discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically
review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the
commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable
in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
4. Compensation: The Advisor shall compensate the Sub-Advisor on
the following basis for the services to be furnished hereunder.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Sub-Advisory Fee. The Sub-Advisory
Fee shall be equal to 105% of the Sub-Advisor's costs incurred in
connection with rendering the services referred to in subparagraph (a)
of paragraph 1 of this Agreement. The Sub-Advisory Fee shall not be
reduced to reflect expense reimbursements or fee waivers by the
Advisor, if any, in effect from time to time.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Investment Management Fee. The
Investment Management Fee shall be equal to: (i) 50% of the monthly
management fee rate (including performance adjustments, if any) that
the Portfolio is obligated to pay the Advisor under its Management
Contract with the Advisor, multiplied by: (ii) the fraction equal to
the net assets of the Portfolio as to which the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided investment management services divided by the net assets of
the Portfolio for that month. If in any fiscal year the aggregate
expenses of the Portfolio exceed any applicable expense limitation
imposed by any state or federal securities laws or regulations, and
the Advisor waives all or a portion of its management fee or
reimburses the Portfolio for expenses to the extent required to
satisfy such limitation, the Investment Management Fee paid to the
Sub-Advisor will be reduced by 50% of the amount of such waivers or
reimbursements multiplied by the fraction determined in (ii). If the
Sub-Advisor reduces its fees to reflect such waivers or reimbursements
and the Advisor subsequently recovers all or any portion of such
waivers and reimbursements, then the Sub-Advisor shall be entitled to
receive from the Advisor a proportionate share of the amount
recovered. To the extent that waivers and reimbursements by the
Advisor required by such limitations are in excess of the Advisor's
management fee, the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Advisor
will be reduced to zero for that month, but in no event shall the
Sub-Advisor be required to reimburse the Advisor for all or a portion
of such excess reimbursements.
(c) PROVISION OF MULTIPLE SERVICES: If the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided both investment advisory services under subparagraph (a) and
investment management services under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1
for the same portion of the investments of the Portfolio for the same
period, the fees paid to the Sub-Advisor with respect to such
investments shall be calculated exclusively under subparagraph (b) of
this paragraph 4.
5. Expenses: It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all of its
expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by the
Sub-Advisor hereunder or by the Advisor under the Management Contract
with the Portfolio, which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall
include, without limitation, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage
commissions and other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of
securities and other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses
of the Trust's Trustees other than those who are "interested persons"
of the Trust, the Sub-Advisor or the Advisor; (iv) legal and audit
expenses; (v) custodian, registrar and transfer agent fees and
expenses; (vi) fees and expenses related to the registration and
qualification of the Trust and the Portfolio's shares for distribution
under state and federal securities laws; (vii) expenses of printing
and mailing reports and notices and proxy material to shareholders of
the Portfolio; (viii) all other expenses incidental to holding
meetings of the Portfolio's shareholders, including proxy
solicitations therefore; (ix) a pro rata share, based on relative net
assets of the Portfolio and other registered investment companies
having Advisory and Service or Management Contracts with the Advisor,
of 50% of insurance premiums for fidelity and other coverage; (x) its
proportionate share of association membership dues; (xi) expenses of
typesetting for printing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information and supplements thereto; (xii) expenses of printing and
mailing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and
supplements thereto sent to existing shareholders; and (xiii) such
non-recurring or extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those
relating to actions, suits or proceedings to which the Portfolio is a
party and the legal obligation which the Portfolio may have to
indemnify the Trust's Trustees and officers with respect thereto.
6. Interested Persons: It is understood that Trustees, officers,
and shareholders of the Trust are or may be or become interested in
the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor as directors, officers or otherwise and
that directors, officers and stockholders of the Advisor or the
Sub-Advisor are or may be or become similarly interested in the Trust,
and that the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor may be or become interested in
the Trust as a shareholder or otherwise.
7. Services to Other Companies or Accounts: The services of the
Sub-Advisor to the Advisor are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the
Sub-Advisor being free to render services to others and engage in
other activities, provided, however, that such other services and
activities do not, during the term of this Agreement, interfere, in a
material manner, with the Sub-Advisor's ability to meet all of its
obligations hereunder. The Sub-Advisor shall for all purposes be an
independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the Advisor or
the Trust.
8. Standard of Care: In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall not be
subject to liability to the Advisor, the Trust or to any shareholder
of the Portfolio for any act or omission in the course of, or
connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that
may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
9. Duration and Termination of Agreement; Amendments:
(a) Subject to prior termination as provided in subparagraph (d) of
this paragraph 9, this Agreement shall continue in force until July
31, 2000 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the
continuance after such period shall be specifically approved at least
annually by vote of the Trust's Board of Trustees or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.
(b) This Agreement may be modified by mutual consent of the Advisor,
the Sub-Advisor and the Portfolio subject to the provisions of Section
15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable
order or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") or any rules or regulations adopted by, or
interpretative releases of, the Commission.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 9, the terms of any continuance or modification of this
Agreement must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those
Trustees of the Trust 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 approval.
(d) Either the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or the Portfolio may, at any
time on sixty (60) days' prior written notice to the other parties,
terminate this Agreement, without payment of any penalty, by action of
its Board of Trustees or Directors, or with respect to the Portfolio
by vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities. This
Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its
assignment.
10. Limitation of Liability: The Sub-Advisor is hereby expressly put
on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth in
the Declaration of Trust or other organizational document of the Trust
and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Portfolio arising
in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the
Portfolio and its assets, and the Sub-Advisor shall not seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any
shareholder of the Portfolio. Nor shall the Sub-Advisor seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the Trustees or any
individual Trustee.
11. Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions
thereof.
The terms "registered investment company," "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities," "assignment," and "interested
persons," when used herein, shall have the respective meanings
specified in the 1940 Act as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this instrument to
be signed in their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all as
of the date written above.
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (Far East) INC.
By /s/Laura B. Cronin
Laura Cronin
Treasurer
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
President
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
on behalf of Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
AND
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (FAR EAST) INC.
AND
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST ON BEHALF OF
FIDELITY INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND
AMENDMENT made this 1st day of October, 1999, by and between Fidelity
Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with
principal offices at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts
(hereinafter called the "Advisor"); Fidelity Management & Research
(Far East) Inc. (hereinafter called the "Sub-Advisor"); and Fidelity
Commonwealth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one
or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called
the "Trust") on behalf of Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund (hereinafter
called the "Portfolio").
Required authorization and approval by shareholders and Trustees
having been obtained, the Trust, on behalf of the Portfolio, the
Advisor, and the Sub-Advisor hereby consent, pursuant to Paragraph
9(b) of the existing Sub-Advisory Agreement dated December 1, 1994, to
a modification of said Sub-Advisory Agreement in the manner set forth
below. The Amended Sub-Advisory Agreement shall, when executed by
duly authorized officers of the Trust, the Advisor, and the
Sub-Advisor, take effect on October 1, 1999.
WHEREAS the Trust and the Advisor have entered into a Management
Contract on behalf of the Portfolio, pursuant to which the Advisor is
to act as investment manager of the Portfolio; and
WHEREAS the Sub-Advisor and its subsidiaries and other affiliated
persons have personnel in various locations throughout the world and
have been formed in part for the purpose of researching and compiling
information and recommendations with respect to the economies of
various countries, and securities of issuers located in such
countries, and providing investment advisory services in connection
therewith;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
promises hereinafter set forth, the Trust, the Advisor and the
Sub-Advisor agree as follows:
1. Duties: The Advisor may, in its discretion, appoint the
Sub-Advisor to perform one or more of the following services with
respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio. The
services and the portion of the investments of the Portfolio to be
advised or managed by the Sub-Advisor shall be as agreed upon from
time to time by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall
pay the salaries and fees of all personnel of the Sub-Advisor
performing services for the Portfolio relating to research,
statistical and investment activities.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVICE: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall provide investment advice to the
Portfolio and the Advisor with respect to all or a portion of the
investments of the Portfolio, and in connection with such advice shall
furnish the Portfolio and the Advisor such factual information,
research reports and investment recommendations as the Advisor may
reasonably require. Such information may include written and oral
reports and analyses.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall, subject to the supervision of the
Advisor, manage all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio
in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations
provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other governing instruments,
as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"1940 Act") and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time, and
such other limitations as the Trust or Advisor may impose with respect
to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Advisor. With respect to the
portion of the investments of the Portfolio under its management, the
Sub-Advisor is authorized to make investment decisions on behalf of
the Portfolio with regard to any stock, bond, other security or
investment instrument, and to place orders for the purchase and sale
of such securities through such broker-dealers as the Sub-Advisor may
select. The Sub-Advisor may also be authorized, but only to the
extent such duties are delegated in writing by the Advisor, to provide
additional investment management services to the Portfolio, including
but not limited to services such as managing foreign currency
investments, purchasing and selling or writing futures and options
contracts, borrowing money, or lending securities on behalf of the
Portfolio. All investment management and any other activities of the
Sub-Advisor shall at all times be subject to the control and direction
of the Advisor and the Trust's Board of Trustees.
(c) SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES: The Sub-Advisor may perform any or
all of the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through
such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as the
Sub-Advisor shall determine; provided, however, that performance of
such services through such subsidiaries or other affiliated persons
shall have been approved by the Trust to the extent required pursuant
to the 1940 Act and rules thereunder.
2. Information to be Provided to the Trust and the Advisor: The
Sub-Advisor shall furnish such reports, evaluations, information or
analyses to the Trust and the Advisor as the Trust's Board of Trustees
or the Advisor may reasonably request from time to time, or as the
Sub-Advisor may deem to be desirable.
3. Brokerage: In connection with the services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Advisor
shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio
securities for the Portfolio's account with brokers or dealers
selected by the Sub-Advisor, which may include brokers or dealers
affiliated with the Advisor or Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall use
its best efforts to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices
which are advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which
are reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting
brokers or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction,
brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and
research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of l934) to the Portfolio and/or to the other
accounts over which the Sub-Advisor or Advisor exercise investment
discretion. The Sub-Advisor is authorized to pay a broker or dealer
who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for
executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have
charged for effecting that transaction if the Sub-Advisor determines
in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation
to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either
that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the
Sub-Advisor has with respect to accounts over which it exercises
investment discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically
review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the
commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable
in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
4. Compensation: The Advisor shall compensate the Sub-Advisor on
the following basis for the services to be furnished hereunder.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Sub-Advisory Fee. The Sub-Advisory
Fee shall be equal to 105% of the Sub-Advisor's costs incurred in
connection with rendering the services referred to in subparagraph (a)
of paragraph 1 of this Agreement. The Sub-Advisory Fee shall not be
reduced to reflect expense reimbursements or fee waivers by the
Advisor, if any, in effect from time to time.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Investment Management Fee. The
Investment Management Fee shall be equal to: (i) 50% of the monthly
management fee rate (including performance adjustments, if any) that
the Portfolio is obligated to pay the Advisor under its Management
Contract with the Advisor, multiplied by: (ii) the fraction equal to
the net assets of the Portfolio as to which the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided investment management services divided by the net assets of
the Portfolio for that month. If in any fiscal year the aggregate
expenses of the Portfolio exceed any applicable expense limitation
imposed by any state or federal securities laws or regulations, and
the Advisor waives all or a portion of its management fee or
reimburses the Portfolio for expenses to the extent required to
satisfy such limitation, the Investment Management Fee paid to the
Sub-Advisor will be reduced by 50% of the amount of such waivers or
reimbursements multiplied by the fraction determined in (ii). If the
Sub-Advisor reduces its fees to reflect such waivers or reimbursements
and the Advisor subsequently recovers all or any portion of such
waivers and reimbursements, then the Sub-Advisor shall be entitled to
receive from the Advisor a proportionate share of the amount
recovered. To the extent that waivers and reimbursements by the
Advisor required by such limitations are in excess of the Advisor's
management fee, the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Advisor
will be reduced to zero for that month, but in no event shall the
Sub-Advisor be required to reimburse the Advisor for all or a portion
of such excess reimbursements.
(c) PROVISION OF MULTIPLE SERVICES: If the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided both investment advisory services under subparagraph (a) and
investment management services under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1
for the same portion of the investments of the Portfolio for the same
period, the fees paid to the Sub-Advisor with respect to such
investments shall be calculated exclusively under subparagraph (b) of
this paragraph 4.
5. Expenses: It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all of its
expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by the
Sub-Advisor hereunder or by the Advisor under the Management Contract
with the Portfolio, which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall
include, without limitation, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage
commissions and other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of
securities and other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses
of the Trust's Trustees other than those who are "interested persons"
of the Trust, the Sub-Advisor or the Advisor; (iv) legal and audit
expenses; (v) custodian, registrar and transfer agent fees and
expenses; (vi) fees and expenses related to the registration and
qualification of the Trust and the Portfolio's shares for distribution
under state and federal securities laws; (vii) expenses of printing
and mailing reports and notices and proxy material to shareholders of
the Portfolio; (viii) all other expenses incidental to holding
meetings of the Portfolio's shareholders, including proxy
solicitations therefore; (ix) a pro rata share, based on relative net
assets of the Portfolio and other registered investment companies
having Advisory and Service or Management Contracts with the Advisor,
of 50% of insurance premiums for fidelity and other coverage; (x) its
proportionate share of association membership dues; (xi) expenses of
typesetting for printing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information and supplements thereto; (xii) expenses of printing and
mailing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and
supplements thereto sent to existing shareholders; and (xiii) such
non-recurring or extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those
relating to actions, suits or proceedings to which the Portfolio is a
party and the legal obligation which the Portfolio may have to
indemnify the Trust's Trustees and officers with respect thereto.
6. Interested Persons: It is understood that Trustees, officers,
and shareholders of the Trust are or may be or become interested in
the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor as directors, officers or otherwise and
that directors, officers and stockholders of the Advisor or the
Sub-Advisor are or may be or become similarly interested in the Trust,
and that the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor may be or become interested in
the Trust as a shareholder or otherwise.
7. Services to Other Companies or Accounts: The services of the
Sub-Advisor to the Advisor are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the
Sub-Advisor being free to render services to others and engage in
other activities, provided, however, that such other services and
activities do not, during the term of this Agreement, interfere, in a
material manner, with the Sub-Advisor's ability to meet all of its
obligations hereunder. The Sub-Advisor shall for all purposes be an
independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the Advisor or
the Trust.
8. Standard of Care: In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall not be
subject to liability to the Advisor, the Trust or to any shareholder
of the Portfolio for any act or omission in the course of, or
connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that
may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
9. Duration and Termination of Agreement; Amendments:
(a) Subject to prior termination as provided in subparagraph (d) of
this paragraph 9, this Agreement shall continue in force until June
30, 2000 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the
continuance after such period shall be specifically approved at least
annually by vote of the Trust's Board of Trustees or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.
(b) This Agreement may be modified by mutual consent of the Advisor,
the Sub-Advisor and the Portfolio subject to the provisions of Section
15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable
order or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") or any rules or regulations adopted by, or
interpretative releases of, the Commission.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 9, the terms of any continuance or modification of this
Agreement must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those
Trustees of the Trust 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 approval.
(d) Either the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or the Portfolio may, at any
time on sixty (60) days' prior written notice to the other parties,
terminate this Agreement, without payment of any penalty, by action of
its Board of Trustees or Directors, or with respect to the Portfolio
by vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities. This
Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its
assignment.
10. Limitation of Liability: The Sub-Advisor is hereby expressly
put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth
in the Declaration of Trust or other organizational document of the
Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Portfolio
arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all
cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the Sub-Advisor shall not
seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any
shareholder of the Portfolio. Nor shall the Sub-Advisor seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the Trustees or any
individual Trustee.
11. Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions
thereof.
The terms "registered investment company," "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities," "assignment," and "interested
persons," when used herein, shall have the respective meanings
specified in the 1940 Act as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this instrument to
be signed in their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all as
of the date written above.
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (Far East) INC.
By /s/Laura B. Cronin
Laura Cronin
Treasurer
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
By /s/Robert C.Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
President
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
on behalf of Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the Agreement) is made as
of the 20th day of May 1999, by and between Fidelity Commonwealth
Trust (Commonwealth Trust), on behalf of Fidelity Small Cap Selector
(the Fund), a separate series of Commonwealth Trust, and Fidelity
Capital Trust (Capital Trust), each a business trust duly formed under
the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
This Agreement is intended to be, and is adopted as, a plan of
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). The
reorganization will comprise (a) the transfer of all of the assets of
the Fund to a series of Capital Trust (the Series) solely in exchange
for shares of beneficial interest of the Series (the Series Shares)
and the assumption by the Series of the Fund's liabilities; and (b)
the constructive distribution of such Series Shares by the Fund to its
shareholders (Fund Shareholder(s)) in complete liquidation and
termination of the Fund, in exchange for all of the Fund's outstanding
shares (Fund Shares). The Fund shall receive shares of the Series
equal to the number of Fund Shares on the Closing Date (as defined
below). Immediately thereafter, the Fund shall then distribute to each
Fund Shareholder one Series Share for each Fund Share held by the
shareholder on the Closing Date. The foregoing transactions are
referred to herein as the "Reorganization."
In consideration of the mutual promises and subject to the terms and
conditions herein, the parties covenant and agree as follows:
1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE FUND
Commonwealth Trust, on behalf of the Fund, represents and warrants as
follows:
(a) The Fund is a series of Commonwealth Trust, a business trust duly
formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and has the power to own all of its
properties and assets and to carry out its obligations under this
Agreement. It has all necessary federal, state, and local
authorizations to carry out its business as now being conducted and to
carry out this Agreement;
(b) The Fund is a series of Commonwealth Trust, which is duly
registered as an open-end management investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), as amended, and such
registration is in full force and effect;
(c) The Fund is not in, and the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement will not result in a violation of any provision of
the Restated Declaration of Trust or the Bylaws of Commonwealth Trust,
or, to the Fund's knowledge, of any agreement, indenture, instrument,
contract, lease or other undertaking to which the Fund is a party or
by which the Fund is bound or result in the acceleration of any
obligation or the imposition of any penalty under any agreement,
judgment or decree to which the Fund is a party or is bound;
(d) The Fund has no material contracts or other commitments (other
than this Agreement) that will not be terminated without liability to
the Fund on or prior to the Closing Date;
(e) To the Fund's knowledge, no material legal, administrative, or
other proceeding or investigation of, or before, any court or
governmental body presently is pending or threatened against the Fund
or any of its properties or assets that assert liability on the part
of the Fund, except as previously disclosed in writing to Capital
Trust. The Fund knows of no facts that might form the basis for the
institution of such proceedings;
(f) The Fund has filed or will file all federal and state tax returns
that, to the knowledge of the Fund's officers, are required to be
filed by the Fund and has paid or will pay all federal and state taxes
shown to be due on said returns or provision shall have been made for
the payment thereof, and, to the best of the Fund's knowledge, no such
return is currently under audit and no assessment has been asserted
with respect to such returns;
(g) All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Fund are, and at
the Closing Date will be, duly and validly issued and outstanding and
fully paid and nonassessable as a matter of Massachusetts law (except
as disclosed in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information) and
have been offered for sale in conformity with all applicable federal
securities laws. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the Fund
will, at the Closing Date, be held by the persons and in the amounts
as certified in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
(h) The information to be furnished by the Fund for use in
applications for orders, registration statements, proxy materials and
other documents that may be necessary in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be accurate and complete and
shall comply in all material respects with federal securities and
other laws and regulations thereunder applicable thereto;
(i) At both the Valuation Time (as defined in Section 4) and the
Closing Date (as defined in Section 6), the Fund will have the full
right, power, and authority to sell, assign, transfer, and deliver its
portfolio securities and any other assets of the Fund to be
transferred to the Series pursuant to this Agreement. As of the
Closing Date, subject only to the delivery of the Fund's portfolio
securities and any such other assets as contemplated by this
Agreement, the Series will acquire the Fund's portfolio securities and
any such other assets subject to no encumbrances, liens, or security
interests (except for those that may arise in the ordinary course and
are disclosed to the Series) and without any restrictions upon the
transfer thereof;
(j) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement will
have been duly authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Fund, and this Agreement
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Fund enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject to shareholder approval;
(k) To the best knowledge of the Fund's management, there is no plan
or intention by any of the Fund's shareholders to sell, exchange or
otherwise dispose of any of the Series Shares to be received in the
Reorganization;
(l) The Fund shares are widely held and may be purchased and redeemed
upon request;
(m) Immediately following consummation of the Reorganization, the
Fund Shareholders will own all of the Series Shares and will own such
shares solely by reason of their ownership of the Fund Shares
immediately prior to the Reorganization;
(n) Immediately following the consummation of the Reorganization,
Capital Trust will hold, on behalf of the Series, the same assets and
be subject to the same liabilities that the Fund held or was subject
to immediately prior thereto, except for assets used to pay expenses
incurred in connection with the Reorganization. Assets used to pay
expenses and all distributions (except for distributions and
redemptions arising in the ordinary course of the Fund's business as
an open-end investment company) made by the Fund immediately preceding
the Reorganization will, in the aggregate, constitute less than 1% of
the net assets of the Fund;
(o) At the time of the Reorganization, the Fund will not have
outstanding any warrants, options, convertible securities, or any
other type of right pursuant to which any person could acquire shares
of beneficial interest in the Fund;
(p) The Fund's liabilities to be assumed by the Series in the
Reorganization were incurred by the Fund in the ordinary course of its
business and are associated with the assets to be transferred;
(q) Fund Shareholders each will pay their own expenses, if any,
incurred in connection with the Reorganization;
(r) The fair market value of the Fund's assets to be transferred by
the Fund to the Series will equal or exceed the Fund's liabilities to
be assumed by the Series plus the liabilities to which the transferred
assets are subject;
(s) The Fund is a regulated investment company as defined in Section
851 of the Code;
(t) The Fund is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a proceeding
under Title 11 of the United States Code or similar case within the
meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code;
(u) To the Fund's knowledge, no consent, approval, authorization, or
order of any court or governmental authority is required for the
consummation by the Fund of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except such as shall have been obtained under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the 1933 Act), the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the 1934 Act), and the 1940 Act;
(v) The Fund has no known liabilities of a material nature,
contingent or otherwise, other than those shown as belonging to it on
its statement of assets and liabilities as of April 30, 1999 and those
incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business as an
investment company since same date as determined above; and
(w) The Fund will be liquidated immediately after the Reorganization.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CAPITAL TRUST
Capital Trust represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Capital Trust is a business trust duly formed, validly existing,
and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. It has all necessary federal, state, and local
authorizations to carry out its business as now being conducted and to
carry out this Agreement;
(b) Capital Trust is duly registered as an open-end management
investment company under the 1940 Act, and the Series is a duly
established and designated series of Capital Trust;
(c) Capital Trust is not in, and the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement will not result in a violation of any
provision of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust or Capital
Trust's Bylaws, or, to Capital Trust's knowledge, of any agreement,
indenture, instrument, contract, lease or other undertaking to which
Capital Trust is a party or by which Capital Trust is bound or result
in the acceleration of any obligation or the imposition of any penalty
under any agreement, judgment or decree to which Capital Trust is a
party or is bound;
(d) To Capital Trust's knowledge, no material legal, administrative,
or other proceeding or investigation of, or before, any court or
governmental body presently is pending or threatened against Capital
Trust or any of its properties or assets that assert liability on the
part of Capital Trust, except as previously disclosed in writing to
Capital Trust. Capital Trust knows of no facts that might form the
basis for the institution of such proceedings;
(e) Capital Trust intends for the Series to be a regulated investment
company under Section 851 of the Code;
(f) Prior to the Closing Date, there shall be no issued and
outstanding Series Shares or any other securities issued by the Series
(except for the one share that may be issued to FMR); Series Shares
issued in connection with the transactions contemplated herein will be
duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable
under Massachusetts law on the Closing Date;
(g) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement will
have been duly authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary
corporate action on the part of Capital Trust, and, upon its proper
execution, this Agreement will constitute a valid and binding
obligation of Capital Trust enforceable against the Series in
accordance with its terms;
(h) As of the Closing Date, the Series Shares will have been duly
authorized and, when so issued and delivered, will be duly and validly
issued shares of the Series, fully paid and non-assessable under
Massachusetts law, except that under Massachusetts law, shareholders
of a Massachusetts business trust, under certain circumstances, may be
held personally liable for obligations of Capital Trust;
(i) The fair market value of the Series Shares to be received by the
Fund Shareholders will be equal to the fair market value of their Fund
Shares surrendered in exchange therefor;
(j) Capital Trust has no plan or intention on behalf of the Series to
issue additional Series Shares following the Reorganization other than
in the ordinary course of the business of the Series as a series of a
registered open-end investment company;
(k) Capital Trust has no plan or intention to redeem or otherwise
reacquire any of the Series Shares issued to the Fund Shareholders
pursuant to the Reorganization other than through redemptions arising
in the ordinary course of the business of the Series as a series of a
registered open-end investment company;
(l) Following the Reorganization, Capital Trust, on behalf of the
Series, will continue the Fund's historic business;
(m) No consideration other than Series Shares will be issued in
exchange for the Fund shares in the Reorganization;
(n) At the time of the Reorganization, there will be no intercompany
indebtedness existing between the Series and the Fund that was issued,
acquired, or that will be settled at a discount;
(o) At the time of the Reorganization, the Series will be a regulated
investment company as defined in Section 851 of the Code;
(p) Capital Trust has no plan or intention to sell or otherwise
dispose of any of the Fund's assets to be acquired by the Series in
the Reorganization, except for dispositions made in the ordinary
course of its business or dispositions necessary to maintain the
status of the Series as a regulated investment company under Section
851 of the Code;
(q) The information to be furnished by Capital Trust with respect to
the Series for use in applications for orders, registration
statements, proxy materials and other documents that may be necessary
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall be
accurate and complete and shall comply in all material respects with
federal securities and other laws and regulations applicable thereto;
(r) Capital Trust, on behalf of the Series, shall use all reasonable
efforts to obtain the approvals and authorizations required by the
1933 Act and the 1940 Act as it may deem appropriate in order to
operate after the Closing Date;
(s) To Capital Trust's knowledge, no consent, approval,
authorization, or order of any court or governmental authority is
required for the consummation by the Series of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, except such as shall have been
obtained under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, and the 1940 Act; and
(t) Capital Trust, on behalf of the Series, will use the Employer
Identification Number that was used by the Fund.
3. REORGANIZATION
(a) Subject to the requisite approval of the Fund Shareholders, if
applicable, and to the other terms and conditions contained herein,
the Fund agrees to assign, convey, transfer, and deliver to the Series
established by Capital Trust solely for the purpose of acquiring all
of the assets of the Fund (which Series has not issued any Series
Shares (except for one share that may be issued to FMR) or commenced
operations) as of the Closing Date all of the assets of the Fund of
any kind and nature existing on the Closing Date. The Series agrees in
exchange therefor (1) to assume all of the Fund's liabilities existing
on or after the Closing Date, whether or not determinable on the
Closing Date, and (2) to issue and deliver to the Fund the number of
full and fractional Series Shares equal to the value and number of
full and fractional shares of the Fund outstanding at the time of the
closing, as described in paragraph 6, as of the Closing Date provided
for in Section 6(a).
(b) The assets of the Fund to be acquired by the Series and allocated
thereto shall include, without limitation, all cash, cash equivalents,
securities, receivables (including interest or dividends receivables),
claims, choses in action, and other property owned by the Fund, and
any deferred or prepaid expenses shown as an asset on the books of the
Fund on the Closing Date. The Fund will pay or cause to be paid to the
Series any dividend or interest payments received by it on or after
the Closing Date with respect to the assets transferred to the Series
hereunder, and the Series will retain any dividend or interest
payments received by it after the Valuation Time (as defined in
Section 4) with respect to the assets transferred hereunder without
regard to the payment date thereof. The liabilities of the Fund to be
assumed by the Series and allocated thereto, shall include (except as
otherwise provided herein) all of the Fund's liabilities, debts,
obligations, and duties, of whatever kind or nature, whether absolute,
accrued, contingent, or otherwise, whether or not determinable on the
Closing Date, and whether or not specifically referred to in this
Agreement.
(c) Immediately upon delivery to the Fund of the Series Shares, the
individual Trustees of Commonwealth Trust or any officer duly
authorized by them, on Commonwealth Trust's behalf as the then sole
shareholder of the Series, shall approve (i) a Management Contract
between Capital Trust, on behalf of the Series, and FMR, (ii)
Sub-Advisory Agreements between FMR and Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc. and Fidelity Management & Research (Far East) Inc., (iii)
a Distribution and Service Plan under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act
between Capital Trust, on behalf of the Series, and Fidelity
Distributors Corporation (FDC), substantively identical to the
contract, agreements and plan currently in effect with respect to the
Fund immediately prior to the Closing Date (as defined below), except
as to the parties to such contract, agreements and plan, (iv) the
independent accountants who currently serve in that capacity for the
Fund, and (v) the adoption of the revised fundamental policy described
in Proposal 11 of the Proxy Statement.
(d) Pursuant to this Agreement, as soon after the Closing Date as is
conveniently practicable (the Liquidation Date), the Fund will
constructively distribute to the Fund Shareholders the Series Shares
pro rata in proportion to their respective shares of beneficial
interest in the Fund, such Fund Shareholders being shareholders of
record as determined as of the Valuation Time on the Closing Date in
accordance with Commonwealth Trust's Restated Declaration of Trust, in
liquidation of such Fund. Such distribution will be accomplished by
the Fund's transfer agent opening accounts on the share records of the
Series in the names of such Fund Shareholders and transferring the
Series Shares thereto. Each Fund Shareholder's account shall be
credited with the respective pro rata number of full and fractional
(rounded to the third decimal place) Series Shares due that
shareholder. All outstanding Fund Shares, including any represented by
certificates, shall simultaneously be canceled on the Fund's share
transfer records. The Series shall not issue certificates representing
Series Shares in connection with such distribution.
(e) Immediately after the distribution of the Series Shares as set
forth in Section 3(d), the Fund shall be liquidated and terminated,
and any such further actions shall be taken in connection therewith as
required by applicable law.
(f) Any transfer taxes payable upon issuance of Series Shares in a
name other than that of the registered holder on the Fund's books of
the Fund Shares constructively exchanged for the Series Shares shall
be paid by the person to whom such Series Shares are to be issued, as
a condition of such transfer.
(g) Any reporting responsibility of the Fund is and shall remain the
responsibility of the Fund up to and including the date on which it is
liquidated.
4. VALUATION
(a) The valuation time shall be the close of business of the New York
Stock Exchange on the Closing Date (the Valuation Time).
(b) The value of the Fund's net assets to be acquired by the Series
hereunder shall be the net asset value per share computed as of the
Valuation Time, using the valuation procedures set forth in the Fund's
then current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.
(c) The number, value, and denomination of full and fractional Series
Shares to be issued in exchange for the Fund's net assets shall be
equal to the number, value, and denomination of full and fractional
Fund Shares outstanding on the Closing Date.
(d) All computations pursuant to this Section shall be made by
Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR
Corp., in accordance with its regular practice as pricing agent for
the Fund.
5. FEES; EXPENSES
(a) Capital Trust and the Fund each represents that there is no
person who dealt with it who by reason of such dealings is entitled to
any broker's or finder's fees or commissions arising out of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) The Fund shall be responsible for all expenses, fees and other
charges in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Agreement.
6. CLOSING DATE
(a) The transfer of the Fund's assets in exchange for the assumption
by the Series of the Fund's liabilities and the issuance of Series
Shares, as described above, together with related acts necessary to
consummate the same, (the Closing), unless otherwise provided herein,
shall occur at the principal office of Commonwealth Trust and Capital
Trust, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts, on December 29,
1999, or at such other place or date as the parties may agree in
writing (the Closing Date). All acts taking place at the Closing shall
be deemed to take place simultaneously as of the Valuation Time or at
such other time and/or place as the parties may agree.
(b) In the event that, on the Closing Date (i) any of the markets for
securities held by the Fund are closed to trading, or (ii) trading
thereon is restricted, or (iii) trading or reporting of trading on
said markets or elsewhere is disrupted, all so that accurate appraisal
of the total net asset value of the Fund is impracticable, the Closing
Date shall be postponed until the first business day after the day
when such trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall
have been restored, or such other date as the parties may agree.
(c) The Fund shall deliver at the Closing a certificate of an
authorized officer stating that it has notified Brown Brothers
Harriman & Co., as custodian for the Fund, of the Fund's
reorganization to a series of Capital Trust.
(d) FSC, as transfer agent for the Fund, shall deliver at the Closing
a certificate as to the conversion on its books and records of each
Fund Shareholder account to an account as a holder of Series Shares.
Capital Trust shall issue and deliver a confirmation to the Fund
evidencing the Series Shares to be credited as of the Closing Date or
provide evidence satisfactory to the Fund that such Series Shares have
been credited to the Fund's account on the books of Capital Trust. At
the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other such bills of sale,
checks, assignments, stock certificates, receipts or other documents
as such other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
7. SHAREHOLDER MEETING AND TERMINATION OF THE FUND
(a) If required to do so pursuant to the terms of Commonwealth
Trust's Restated Declaration of Trust or otherwise by applicable law,
the Fund agrees to call a meeting of its shareholders (the
Shareholder's Meeting) to consider and act upon this Agreement. The
Fund shall take all other action necessary to obtain approval of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) The Fund agrees that as soon as reasonably practicable after
distribution of the Series Shares, the Fund shall be liquidated and
terminated as a series of Commonwealth Trust pursuant to its Restated
Declaration of Trust, any further actions shall be taken in connection
therewith as required by applicable law, and on and after the Closing
Date the Fund shall not conduct any business except in connection with
its liquidation and termination.
8. CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF CAPITAL TRUST
The obligations of Capital Trust hereunder shall be subject to the
following conditions:
(a) That the Fund furnishes to Capital Trust a statement, dated as of
the Closing Date, signed by an officer of Commonwealth Trust,
certifying that as of the Valuation Time and the Closing Date all
representations and warranties of the Fund made in this Agreement are
true and correct in all material respects and that the Fund has
complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on
its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such dates;
(b) That the Fund furnishes Capital Trust with copies of the
resolutions, certified by an officer of Commonwealth Trust, evidencing
the adoption of this Agreement and, if applicable, the approval of the
transactions contemplated herein by the requisite vote of the holders
of the outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the Fund;
(c) That the Fund shall deliver to Capital Trust at the Closing a
statement of its assets and liabilities, together with a certificate
as to the aggregate asset value of the Fund's portfolio securities,
all as of the Valuation Time, certified on the Fund's behalf by its
Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer;
(d) That the Fund's custodian shall deliver to Capital Trust a
certificate identifying the assets of the Fund held by such custodian
as of the Valuation Time on the Closing Date and stating that at the
Valuation Time (i) the assets held by the custodian will be
transferred to the Series; (ii) the Fund's assets have been duly
endorsed in proper form for transfer in such condition as to
constitute good delivery thereof; and (iii) to the best of the
custodian's knowledge, all necessary taxes in conjunction with the
delivery of the assets, including all applicable federal and state
stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment
has been made;
(e) That the Fund's transfer agent shall deliver to Capital Trust at
the Closing a certificate setting forth the number of shares of the
Fund outstanding as of the Valuation Time and the name and address of
each holder of record of any such shares and the number of shares held
of record by each such shareholder;
(f) If applicable, that the Fund calls a Shareholder's Meeting to
consider and act upon this Agreement and that the Fund takes all other
action necessary to obtain approval of the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(g) That the Fund delivers to Capital Trust a certificate of an
officer of Commonwealth Trust, dated the Closing Date, that there has
been no material adverse change in the Fund's financial position since
April 30, 1999, other than changes in the market value of its
portfolio securities, or changes due to net redemptions of its shares,
dividends paid, or losses from operations; and
(h) That all of the issued and outstanding shares of beneficial
interest of the Fund shall have been offered for sale and sold in
conformity with all applicable state securities laws and, to the
extent that any audit of the records of the Fund or its transfer agent
by Capital Trust or its agents shall have revealed otherwise, the Fund
shall have taken all actions that in the opinion of Capital Trust are
necessary to remedy any prior failure on the part of the Fund to have
offered for sale and sold such shares in conformity with such laws.
9. CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE FUND
The obligations of the Fund hereunder shall be subject to the
following conditions:
(a) That Capital Trust shall have executed and delivered to the Fund
an Assumption of Liabilities, certified by an officer of Capital
Trust, dated as of the Closing Date, pursuant to which Capital Trust,
on behalf of the Series, will assume all of the liabilities of the
Fund existing at the Valuation Time in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(b) That Capital Trust furnishes to the Fund a statement, dated as of
the Closing Date, signed by an officer of Capital Trust, certifying
that as of the Valuation Time and the Closing Date all representations
and warranties of the Series made in this Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects, and Capital Trust has complied with
all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied at or prior to such dates; and
(c) That the Fund shall have received an opinion of Kirkpatrick &
Lockhart LLP, counsel to the Fund and Capital Trust, to the effect
that the Series Shares are duly authorized and upon delivery to the
Fund as provided in this Agreement will be validly issued and will be
fully paid and nonassessable under Massachusetts law.
10. CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE FUND AND CAPITAL TRUST
The obligations of the Fund and Capital Trust hereunder shall be
subject to the following conditions:
(a) If applicable, that this Agreement shall have been adopted and
the transactions contemplated herein shall have been approved by the
requisite vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of beneficial
interest of the Fund;
(b) That all consents of other parties and all other consents,
orders, and permits of federal, state, and local regulatory
authorities (including those of the Securities and Exchange Commission
and of state blue sky and securities authorities, including "no
action" positions of such federal or state authorities) deemed
necessary by Capital Trust or the Fund to permit consummation, in all
material respects, of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have
been obtained, except where failure to obtain any such consent, order,
or permit would not involve a risk of a material adverse effect on the
assets or properties of Capital Trust or the Fund, provided that
either party hereto may for itself waive any of such conditions;
(c) That all proceedings taken by either the Fund or the Series in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
all documents incidental thereto shall be satisfactory in form and
substance to it and its counsel, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP;
(d) That Capital Trust shall have taken all necessary action so that
the Series shall be a series of a registered open-end investment
company under the 1940 Act immediately after the closing;
(e) That there shall not be any material litigation pending with
respect to the matters contemplated by this Agreement; and
(f) That Capital Trust and the Fund shall have received an opinion of
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP satisfactory to Capital Trust and the Fund
that for federal income tax purposes:
(i) The Reorganization will be a reorganization under Section
368(a)(1)(F) of the Code, and the Fund and the Series will each be
parties to the Reorganization under section 368(b) of the Code;
(ii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Fund upon the
transfer of all of its assets to the Series in exchange solely for the
Series Shares and the assumption of the Fund's liabilities followed by
the distribution of the Series Shares to the shareholders of the Fund
in liquidation of the Fund;
(iii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Series on the
receipt of the Fund's assets in exchange solely for the Series Shares
and the assumption of the Fund's liabilities;
(iv) The basis of the Fund's assets in the hands of the Series will
be the same as the basis of such assets in the Fund's hands
immediately prior to the Reorganization;
(v) The Series' holding period in the assets to be received from the
Fund will include the Fund's holding period in such assets;
(vi) A Fund Shareholder will recognize no gain or loss on the
exchange of his or her shares of beneficial interest in the Fund for
the Series Shares in the Reorganization;
(vii) A Fund Shareholder's basis in the Series Shares to be received
by him or her will be the same as his or her basis in the Fund Shares
exchanged therefor;
(viii) A Fund Shareholder's holding period for his or her Series
Shares will include the holding period of the Fund Shares exchanged,
provided that those Fund Shares were held as capital assets on the
date of the Reorganization; and
(ix) The Reorganization will not result in the termination of the
Fund's taxable year, and the Fund's tax attributes enumerated in
Section 381(c) of the Code will be taken into account by the Series as
if there had been no conversion.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Fund nor
Capital Trust may waive the conditions set forth in this subsection
10(f).
11. COVENANTS OF THE FUND
(a) The Fund covenants to operate its business in the ordinary course
between the date hereof and the Closing Date, it being understood that
such ordinary course of business will include the payment of customary
dividends and distributions.
(b) The Fund covenants that the Series Shares are not being acquired
for the purpose of making any distribution thereof, other than in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) The Fund covenants that it will assist Capital Trust in obtaining
such information as Capital Trust reasonably requests concerning the
beneficial ownership of Fund Shares.
(d) The Fund covenants that its liquidation and termination will be
effected in the manner provided in its Restated Declaration of Trust
in accordance with applicable law and, after the Closing Date, the
Fund will not conduct any business except in connection with its
liquidation and termination.
12. TERMINATION; WAIVER
(a) The parties hereto may terminate this Agreement by mutual
consent. In addition, either party may, at its option, terminate this
Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date because
(i) Of a material breach by the other of any representation,
warranty, or agreement contained herein to be performed at or prior to
the Closing Date; or
(ii) A condition herein expressed to be precedent to the obligations
of the terminating party has not been met and it reasonably appears
that it will not or cannot be met.
(b) In the event of any such termination, there shall be no liability
for damages on the part of Capital Trust or the Fund, or their
respective Trustees or officers.
13. SOLE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS; SURVIVAL OF WARRANTIES
(a) This Agreement supersedes all previous correspondence and oral
communications between the parties regarding the subject matter
hereof, constitutes the only understanding with respect to such
subject matter, may not be changed except by a letter of agreement
signed by each party hereto, and shall be construed in accordance with
and governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(b) This Agreement may be amended, modified, or supplemented in such
manner as may be mutually agreed upon in writing by the appropriate
officers of Commonwealth Trust, Capital Trust, the Fund, or the
Series; provided, however, that following the Shareholders' Meeting,
if any, called by the Fund pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement, no
such amendment may have the effect of changing the provisions for
determining the number of the Series Shares to be received by the Fund
Shareholders under this Agreement to the detriment of such
shareholders without their further approval.
(c) Either party may waive any condition to its obligations
hereunder, provided that such waiver does not have any material
adverse effect on the interests of Fund Shareholders.
The representations, warranties, and covenants contained in the
Agreement, or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith, shall survive the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereunder.
14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Copies of the Declarations of Trust of Capital Trust, as amended and
restated, and of Commonwealth Trust, as restated, are on file with the
Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice is
hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the
Trustees of Capital Trust and Commonwealth Trust as trustees and not
individually and that the obligations of the Fund and the Series under
this instrument are not binding upon any of Commonwealth Trust's or
Capital Trust's Trustees, officers, or shareholders individually, but
are binding only upon the assets and property of such Fund or Series.
The Fund and Capital Trust each agrees that its obligations hereunder
apply only to such Fund and the Series, respectively, and not to its
shareholders individually or to the Trustees of such Fund or Series.
15. ASSIGNMENT
This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and assigns, but no assignment
or transfer of any rights or obligations hereunder shall be made by
any party without the written consent of the other party. Nothing
herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to
confer upon or give any person, firm, or corporation other than the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns any rights
or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this
Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer.
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST,
on behalf of Fidelity Small Cap Selector
/s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
FIDELITY CAPITAL TRUST
/s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST, made September 15, 1999
by each of the Trustees whose signature is affixed hereto (the
"Trustees").
WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to amend and restate this Declaration of
Trust for the sole purpose of supplementing the Declaration of Trust
to incorporate amendments duly adopted; and
WHEREAS, this Trust was initially made on November 8, 1974 by Edward
C. Johnson 3d, Caleb Loring, Jr., George K. McKenzie and William R.
Spaulding in order to establish a trust fund for the investment and
reinvestment of funds contributed thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustees declare that all money and property
contributed to the trust fund hereunder shall be held and managed in
trust under this Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust as herein
set forth below.
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ARTICLE I
NAME AND DEFINITIONS
NAME
SECTION 1. This Trust shall be known as "Fidelity Commonwealth
Trust."
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 2. Wherever used herein, unless otherwise required by the
context or specifically provided:
(a) The terms "Affiliated Person," "Assignment," "Commission,"
"Interested Person," "Majority Shareholder Vote" (the 67% or 50%
requirement of the third sentence of Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act,
whichever may be applicable), and "Principal Underwriter" shall have
the meanings given them in the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted
by any applicable order or orders of the Commission or any rules or
regulations adopted or interpretative releases of the Commission
thereunder;
(b) "Bylaws" shall mean the bylaws of the Trust, if any, as amended
from time to time;
(c) "Class" refers to the class of Shares of a Series of the Trust
established in accordance with the provisions of Article III;
(d) "Declaration of Trust" means this Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust, as further amended or restated, from time to
time;
(e) "Net Asset Value" means the net asset value of each Series of the
Trust or Class thereof determined in the manner provided in Article X,
Section 3;
(f) "Shareholder" means a record owner of Shares of the Trust;
(g) "Shares" means the equal proportionate transferable units of
interest into which the beneficial interest of the Trust or each
Series shall be divided from time to time, including such Class or
Classes of Shares as the Trustees may from time to time create and
establish and including fractions of Shares as well as whole Shares as
consistent with the requirements of Federal and/or state securities
laws;
(h) "Series" refers to any series of Shares of the Trust established
in accordance with the provisions of Article III;
(i) "Trust" refers to Fidelity Commonwealth Trust and reference to
the Trust, when applicable to one or more Series of the Trust, shall
refer to any such Series;
(j) "Trustees" refer to the individual trustees in their capacity as
trustees hereunder of the Trust and their successor or successors for
the time being in office as such trustee or trustees; and
(k) "1940 Act" refers to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended from time to time.
ARTICLE II
PURPOSE OF TRUST
The purpose of this Trust is to provide investors a continuous source
of managed investment in securities.
ARTICLE III
BENEFICIAL INTEREST
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
SECTION 1. The beneficial interest in the Trust shall be divided into
such transferable Shares of one or more separate and distinct Series
or Classes of Series as the Trustees shall, from time to time, create
and establish. The number of authorized Shares of each Series, and
Class thereof, is unlimited. Each Share shall be without par value
and shall be fully paid and nonassessable. The Trustees shall have
full power and authority, in their sole discretion, and without
obtaining any prior authorization or vote of the Shareholders of any
Series or Class of the Trust (a) to create and establish (and to
change in any manner) Shares or any Series or Classes thereof with
such preferences, voting powers, rights, and privileges as the
Trustees may, from time to time, determine ; (b) to divide or combine
the Shares or any Series or Classes thereof into a greater or lesser
number; (c) to classify or reclassify any issued Shares into one or
more Series or Classes of Shares ; (d) to abolish any one or more
Series or Classes of Shares; and (e) to take such other action with
respect to the Shares as the Trustees may deem desirable.
ESTABLISHMENT OF SERIES AND CLASSES
SECTION 2. The establishment of any Series or Class thereof shall be
effective upon the adoption of a resolution by a majority of the then
Trustees setting forth such establishment and designation and the
relative rights and preferences of the Shares of such Series or Class.
At any time that there are no Shares outstanding of any particular
Series or Class previously established and designated, the Trustees
may by a majority vote abolish such Series or Class and the
establishment and designation thereof.
OWNERSHIP OF SHARES
SECTION 3. The ownership of Shares shall be recorded in the books of
the Trust or a transfer or similar agent. The Trustees may make such
rules as they consider appropriate for the transfer of Shares and
similar matters. The record books of the Trust as kept by the Trust or
by any transfer or similar agent, as the case may be, shall be
conclusive as to who are the holders of Shares and as to the number of
Shares held from time to time by each Shareholder.
INVESTMENT IN THE TRUST
SECTION 4. The Trustees shall accept investments in the Trust from
such persons and on such terms as they may, from time to time,
authorize. Such investments may be in the form of cash , securities,
or other property in which the appropriate Series is authorized to
invest, valued as provided in Article X, Section 3. After the date of
the initial contribution of capital, the number of Shares to represent
the initial contribution may in the Trustees' discretion be considered
as outstanding, and the amount received by the Trustees on account of
the contribution shall be treated as an asset of the Trust. Subsequent
investments in the Trust shall be credited to each Shareholder's
account in the form of full Shares at the Net Asset Value per Share
next determined after the investment is received; provided, however,
that the Trustees may, in their sole discretion (a) impose a sales
charge or other fee upon investments in the Trust or Series or any
Classes thereof, and (b) issue fractional Shares.
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF SERIES AND CLASSES
SECTION 5. All consideration received by the Trust for the issue or
sale of Shares of a particular Series, 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 be referred to as "assets
belonging to" that Series. In addition, any assets, income, earnings,
profits, and proceeds thereof, funds, or payments that are not readily
identifiable as belonging to any particular Series or Class, shall be
allocated by the Trustees between and among one or more of the Series
or Classes in such manner as they, in their sole discretion, deem fair
and equitable. Each such allocation shall be conclusive and binding
upon the Shareholders of all Series or Classes for all purposes and
shall be referred to as assets belonging to that Series or Class. The
assets belonging to a particular Series shall be so recorded upon the
books of the Trust or of its agent or agents and shall be held by the
Trustees in trust for the benefit of the holders of Shares of that
Series.
The assets belonging to each particular Series shall be charged with
the liabilities of that Series and all expenses, costs, charges, and
reserves attributable to that Series, except that liabilities and
expenses may, in the Trustees' discretion, be allocated solely to a
particular Class and, in which case, shall be borne by that Class. Any
general liabilities, expenses, costs, charges, or reserves of the
Trust that are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular
Series or Class shall be allocated and charged by the Trustees between
or among any one or more of the Series or Classes in such manner as
the Trustees, in their sole discretion, deem fair and equitable and
shall be referred to as "liabilities belonging to" that Series or
Class. Each such allocation shall be conclusive and binding upon the
Shareholders of all Series or Classes for all purposes. Any creditor
of any Series may look only to the assets of that Series to satisfy
such creditor's debt. No Shareholder or former Shareholder of any
Series shall have a claim on or any right to any assets allocated or
belonging to any other Series.
NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
SECTION 6. Shareholders shall have no preemptive or other right to
subscribe to any additional Shares or other securities issued by the
Trust or the Trustees.
STATUS OF SHARES AND LIMITATION OF PERSONAL LIABILITY
SECTION 7. Shares shall be deemed to be personal property giving
only the rights provided in this instrument. Every shareholder by
virtue of having become a shareholder shall be held to have expressly
assented and agreed to be bound by the terms hereof. No Shareholder
of the Trust and of each Series shall be personally liable for the
debts, liabilities, obligations, and expenses incurred by, contracted
for, or otherwise existing with respect to, the Trust or by or on
behalf of any Series. The Trustees shall have no power to bind any
Shareholder personally or to call upon any Shareholder for the payment
of any sum of money or assessment whatsoever other than such as the
Shareholder may, at any time, personally agree to pay by way of
subscription for any Shares or otherwise. Every note, bond, contract,
or other undertaking issued by or on behalf of the Trust or the
Trustees relating to the Trust or to a Series shall include a
recitation limiting the obligation represented thereby to the Trust or
to one or more Series and its or their assets (but the omission of
such a recitation shall not operate to bind any Shareholder or
Trustee).
ARTICLE IV
THE TRUSTEES
MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST
SECTION 1. The business and affairs of the Trust shall be managed by
the Trustees, and they shall have all powers necessary and desirable
to carry out that responsibility.
INITIAL TRUSTEES; ELECTION
SECTION 2. The initial Trustees shall be at least three individuals
who shall affix their signatures hereto. On a date fixed by the
Trustees, the Shareholders shall elect not less than three Trustees. A
Trustee shall not be required to be a Shareholder of the Trust.
TERM OF OFFICE OF TRUSTEES
SECTION 3. The Trustees shall hold office during the lifetime of
this Trust, and until its termination as hereinafter provided; except
(a) that any Trustee may resign his trust by written instrument signed
by him and delivered to the other Trustees, which shall take effect
upon such delivery or upon such later date as is specified therein;
(b) that any Trustee may be removed at any time by written instrument,
signed by at least two-thirds (2/3) of the number of Trustees prior to
such removal, specifying the date when such removal shall become
effective; (c) that any Trustee who requests in writing to be retired
or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by
written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees,
specifying the date of his retirement; and (d) a Trustee may be
removed at any special meeting of the Trust by a vote of two-thirds
(2/3) of the outstanding Shares.
RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES
SECTION 4. In case of the declination, death, resignation,
retirement, or removal of any of the Trustees, or in case a vacancy
shall, by reason of an increase in number of the Trustees, or for any
other reason, exist, the remaining Trustees shall fill such vacancy by
appointing such other person as they in their discretion shall see fit
consistent with the limitations under the 1940 Act. Such appointment
shall be evidenced by a written instrument signed by a majority of the
Trustees in office or by recording in the records of the Trust,
whereupon the appointment shall take effect. An appointment of a
Trustee may be made by the Trustees then in office in anticipation of
a vacancy to occur by reason of retirement, resignation, or increase
in number of Trustees effective at a later date, provided that said
appointment shall become effective only at or after the effective date
of said retirement, resignation, or increase in number of Trustees. As
soon as any Trustee so appointed shall have accepted this Trust, the
Trust estate shall vest in the new Trustee or Trustees, together with
the continuing Trustees, without any further act or conveyance, and he
shall be deemed a Trustee hereunder. The foregoing power of
appointment is subject to the provisions of Section 16(a) of the 1940
Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable order or orders
of the Commission or any rules or regulations adopted or
interpretative releases of the Commission.
TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF TRUSTEES
SECTION 5. Any Trustee may, by power of attorney, delegate his power
for a period not exceeding six (6) months at any one time to any other
Trustee or Trustees, provided that in no case shall less than two
Trustees personally exercise the other powers hereunder except as
herein otherwise expressly provided.
NUMBER OF TRUSTEES
SECTION 6. The number of Trustees, not less than three (3) nor more
than twelve (12), serving hereunder at any time shall be determined by
the Trustees themselves.
Whenever a vacancy in the Board of Trustees shall occur, until such
vacancy is filled, or while any Trustee is physically or mentally
incapacitated by reason of disease or otherwise, the other Trustees
shall have all the powers hereunder and the certificate of the other
Trustees of such vacancy or incapacity shall be conclusive.
EFFECT OF DEATH, RESIGNATION, ETC. OF A TRUSTEE
SECTION 7. The death, declination, resignation, retirement, removal,
incapacity, or inability of the Trustees, or any one of them, shall
not operate to annul the Trust or to revoke any existing agency
created pursuant to the terms of this Declaration of Trust.
OWNERSHIP OF ASSETS OF THE TRUST
SECTION 8. The assets of the Trust shall be held separate and apart
from any assets now or hereafter held in any capacity other than as
Trustee hereunder by the Trustees or any successor Trustees. All of
the assets of the Trust shall at all times be considered as vested in
the Trustees. No Shareholder shall be deemed to have a severable
ownership in any individual asset of the Trust or any right of
partition or possession thereof, but each Shareholder shall have a
proportionate undivided beneficial interest in the Trust.
ARTICLE V
POWERS OF THE TRUSTEES
POWERS
SECTION 1. The Trustees, in all instances, shall act as principals
and are and shall be free from the control of the Shareholders. The
Trustees shall have full power and authority to do any and all acts
and to make and execute any and all contracts and instruments that
they may consider necessary or appropriate in connection with the
management of the Trust. Except as otherwise provided herein or in
the 1940 Act, the Trustees shall not in any way be bound or limited by
present or future laws or customs in regard to trust investments, but
shall have full authority and power to make any and all investments
that they, in their discretion, shall deem proper to accomplish the
purpose of this Trust. Subject to any applicable limitation in this
Declaration of Trust or the Bylaws of the Trust, if any, the Trustees
shall have power and authority:
(a) To invest and reinvest cash and other property, and to hold cash
or other property uninvested without, in any event, being bound or
limited by any present or future law or custom in regard to
investments by Trustees, and to sell, exchange, lend, pledge,
mortgage, hypothecate, write options on, and lease any or all of the
assets of the Trust.
(b) To adopt Bylaws not inconsistent with this Declaration of Trust
providing for the conduct of the business of the Trust and to amend
and repeal them to the extent that they do not reserve that right to
the Shareholders.
(c) To elect and remove such officers and appoint and terminate such
agents as they consider appropriate.
(d) To employ one or more banks, trust companies, companies that are
members of a national securities exchange, or other entities permitted
under the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable
order or orders of the Commission or any rules or regulations adopted
or interpretative releases of the Commission thereunder, as custodians
of any assets of the Trust subject to any conditions set forth in this
Declaration of Trust or in the Bylaws, if any.
(e) To retain a transfer agent and Shareholder servicing agent, or
both.
(f) To provide for the distribution of interests of the Trust either
through a Principal Underwriter in the manner hereinafter provided for
or by the Trust itself, or both.
(g) To set record dates in the manner hereinafter provided for.
(h) To delegate such authority as they consider desirable to any
officers of the Trust and to any investment adviser, manager,
custodian, underwriter, or other agent or independent contractor.
(i) To sell or exchange any or all of the assets of the Trust,
subject to the provisions of Article XII, Section 4 hereof.
(j) To vote or give assent or exercise any rights of ownership with
respect to stock or other securities or property; and to execute and
deliver powers of attorney to such person or persons as the Trustees
shall deem proper, granting to such person or persons such power and
discretion with relation to securities or property as the Trustees
shall deem proper.
(k) To exercise powers and rights of subscription or otherwise which
in any manner arise out of ownership of securities.
(l) To hold any security or property in a form not indicating any
trust, whether in bearer, unregistered, or other negotiable form; or
either in its own name or in the name of a custodian or a nominee or
nominees.
(m) To establish separate and distinct Series with separately
defined investment objectives and policies and distinct investment
purposes in accordance with the provisions of Article III and to
establish Classes of such Series having relative rights, powers, and
duties as the Trustees may provide consistent with applicable laws.
(n) To allocate assets, liabilities, and expenses of the Trust to a
particular Series or Class, as appropriate, or to apportion the same
between or among two or more Series or Classes, as appropriate,
provided that any liabilities or expenses incurred by a particular
Series or Class shall be payable solely out of the assets belonging to
that Series as provided for in Article III.
(o) To consent to or participate in any plan for the reorganization,
consolidation, or merger of any corporation or concern, any security
of which is held in the Trust; to consent to any contract, lease,
mortgage, purchase, or sale of property by such corporation or
concern, and to pay calls or subscriptions with respect to any
security held in the Trust.
(p) To compromise, arbitrate, or otherwise adjust claims in favor of
or against the Trust or any matter in controversy, including, but not
limited to, claims for taxes.
(q) To make distributions of income and of capital gains to
Shareholders in the manner hereinafter provided for.
(r) To borrow money, and to pledge, mortgage, or hypothecate the
assets of the Trust, subject to the applicable requirements of the
1940 Act.
(s) To establish, from time to time, a minimum total investment for
Shareholders and to require the redemption of the Shares of any
Shareholders whose investment is less than such minimum upon giving
notice to such Shareholder.
(t) To operate as and carry on the business of an investment company
and to exercise all the powers necessary and appropriate to the
conduct of such operations.
(u) To interpret the investment policies, practices or limitations of
any Series.
(v) In general to carry on any other business in connection with or
incidental to any of the foregoing powers, to do everything necessary,
suitable or proper for the accomplishment of any purpose or the
attainment of any object or the furtherance of any power hereinbefore
set forth, either alone or in association with others, and to do every
other act or thing incidental or appurtenant to or growing out of or
connected with the aforesaid business or purposes, objects or powers.
(w) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, to invest all of the
assets of any Series in a single open-end investment company,
including investment by means of transfer of such assets in exchange
for an interest or interests in such investment company.
The foregoing clauses shall be construed both as objects and powers,
and the foregoing enumeration of specific powers shall not be held to
limit or restrict in any manner the general powers of the Trustees.
Any action by one or more of the Trustees in their capacity as such
hereunder shall be deemed an action on behalf of the Trust or the
applicable Series and not an action in an individual capacity.
The Trustees shall not be limited to investing in obligations
maturing before the possible termination of the Trust or any Series or
Class thereof.
No one dealing with the Trustees shall be under any obligation to
make any inquiry concerning the authority of the Trustees, or to see
to the application of any payments made or property transferred to the
Trustees or upon their order.
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS AS SHAREHOLDERS
SECTION 2. Any Trustee, officer or other agent of the Trust may
acquire, own and dispose of Shares to the same extent as if he were
not a Trustee, officer or agent; and the Trustees may issue and sell
or cause to be issued and sold Shares to and buy such Shares from any
such person of any firm or company in which he is interested, subject
only to the general limitations herein contained as to the sale and
purchase of such Shares; and all subject to any restrictions which may
be contained in the Bylaws, if any.
ACTION BY THE TRUSTEES
SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the 1940 Act,
the Trustees shall act by majority vote at a meeting duly called or by
unanimous written consent without a meeting or by telephone consent
provided a quorum of Trustees participate in any such telephonic
meeting, unless the 1940 Act requires that a particular action be
taken only at a meeting at which the Trustees are present in person.
At any meeting of the Trustees, a majority of the Trustees shall
constitute a quorum. Meetings of the Trustees may be called orally or
in writing by the Chairman of the Trustees or by any two other
Trustees. Notice of the time, date, and place of all meetings of the
Trustees shall be given by the party calling the meeting to each
Trustee by telephone, telefax, telegram, or other electro-mechanical
means sent to his home or business address at least twenty-four (24)
hours in advance of the meeting or by written notice mailed to his
home or business address at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance of
the meeting. Notice need not be given to any Trustee who attends the
meeting without objecting to the lack of notice or who executes a
written waiver of notice with respect to the meeting. Subject to the
requirements of the 1940 Act, the Trustees by majority vote may
delegate to any one of their number their authority to approve
particular matters or take particular actions on behalf of the Trust.
Written consents or waivers of Trustees may be executed in one or more
counterparts. Execution of a written consent or waiver and delivery
thereof to the Trust may be accomplished by telefax or other
electro-mechanical means.
CHAIRMAN OF THE TRUSTEES
SECTION 4. The Trustees may appoint one of their number to be
Chairman of the Board of Trustees. The Chairman shall preside at all
meetings of the Trustees, shall be responsible for the execution of
policies established by the Trustees and the administration of the
Trust, and may be the chief executive, financial and accounting
officer of the Trust.
ARTICLE VI
EXPENSES OF THE TRUST
TRUSTEE REIMBURSEMENT
SECTION 1. Subject to the provisions of Article III, Section 5, the
Trustees shall be reimbursed from the Trust estate or the assets
belonging to the appropriate Series for their expenses and
disbursements, including, without limitation, fees and expenses of
Trustees who are not Interested Persons of the Trust; interest
expense, taxes, fees and commissions of every kind; expenses of
pricing Trust portfolio securities; expenses of issue, repurchase and
redemption of shares including expenses attributable to a program of
periodic repurchases or redemptions; expenses of registering and
qualifying the Trust and its Shares under Federal and state laws and
regulations; charges of custodians, transfer agents, and registrars;
expenses of preparing and setting up in type prospectuses and
statements of additional information; expenses of printing and
distributing prospectuses sent to existing Shareholders; auditing and
legal expenses; reports to Shareholders; expenses of meetings of
Shareholders and proxy solicitations therefor; insurance expense;
association membership dues; and for such non-recurring items as may
arise, including litigation to which the Trust is a party; and for all
losses and liabilities by them incurred in administering the Trust,
and for the payment of such expenses, disbursements, losses, and
liabilities the Trustees shall have a lien on the assets belonging to
the appropriate Series prior to any rights or interests of the
Shareholders thereto. This section shall not preclude the Trust from
directly paying any of the aforementioned fees and expenses.
ARTICLE VII
INVESTMENT ADVISER, PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER, AND TRANSFER AGENT
INVESTMENT ADVISER
SECTION 1. Subject to a Majority Shareholder Vote, the Trustees may,
in their discretion and from time to time, enter into an investment
advisory or management contract(s) with respect to the Trust or any
Series thereof whereby the other party(ies) to such contract(s) shall
undertake to furnish the Trustees such management, investment
advisory, statistical, and research facilities and services and such
other facilities and services, if any, and all upon such terms and
conditions, as the Trustees may, in their discretion, determine.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Declaration of Trust, the
Trustees may authorize the investment adviser(s) (subject to such
general or specific instructions as the Trustees may from time to time
adopt) to effect purchases, sales, or exchanges of portfolio
securities and other investment instruments of the Trust on behalf of
the Trustees or may authorize any officer, agent, or Trustee to effect
such purchases, sales, or exchanges pursuant to recommendations of the
investment adviser (and all without further action by the Trustees).
Any such purchases, sales, and exchanges shall be deemed to have been
authorized by all of the Trustees.
The Trustees may, subject to applicable requirements of the 1940 Act,
as modified by or interpreted by any applicable order or orders of the
Commission or any rules or regulations adopted or interpretative
releases of the Commission thereunder, including those relating to
Shareholder approval, authorize the investment adviser to employ one
or more sub-advisers from time to time to perform such of the acts and
services of the investment adviser, and upon such terms and
conditions, as may be agreed upon between the investment adviser and
sub-adviser.
PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER
SECTION 2. The Trustees may in their discretion from time to time
enter into an exclusive or non-exclusive contract(s) on behalf of the
Trust or any Series or Class thereof providing for the sale of the
Shares, whereby the Trust may either agree to sell the Shares to the
other party to the contract or appoint such other party its sales
agent for such Shares. In either case, the contract shall be on such
terms and conditions as may be prescribed in the Bylaws, if any, and
such further terms and conditions as the Trustees may, in their
discretion, determine not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Article VII or of the Bylaws, if any. Such contract may also provide
for the repurchase or sale of Shares by such other party as principal
or as agent of the Trust.
TRANSFER AGENT
SECTION 3. The Trustees may, in their discretion and from time to
time, enter into one or more transfer agency and Shareholder service
contracts whereby the other party shall undertake to furnish the
Trustees with transfer agency and Shareholder services. Such
contracts shall be on such terms and conditions as the Trustees may,
in their discretion, determine not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Declaration of Trust or of the Bylaws, if any. Such services may
be provided by one or more entities.
PARTIES TO CONTRACT
SECTION 4. Any contract of the character described in Sections 1, 2
and 3 of this Article VII or in Article IX hereof may be entered into
with any corporation, firm, partnership, trust or association,
although one or more of the Trustees or officers of the Trust may be
an officer, director, trustee, shareholder, or member of such other
party to the contract, and no such contract shall be invalidated or
rendered voidable by reason of the existence of any relationship, nor
shall any person holding such relationship be liable merely by reason
of such relationship for any loss or expense to the Trust under or by
reason of said contract or accountable for any profit realized
directly or indirectly therefrom, provided that the contract when
entered into was reasonable and fair and not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Article VII or the Bylaws, if any. The same person
(including a firm, corporation, partnership, trust, or association)
may be the other party to contracts entered into pursuant to Sections
1, 2 and 3 above or Article IX, and any individual may be financially
interested or otherwise affiliated with persons who are parties to any
or all of the contracts mentioned in this Section 4.
PROVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS
SECTION 5. Any contract entered into pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of
this Article VII shall be consistent with and subject to the
requirements of Section 15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or
interpreted by any applicable order or orders of the Commission or any
rules or regulations adopted or interpretative releases of the
Commission (or other applicable Act of Congress hereafter enacted),
with respect to its continuance in effect, its amendment, its
termination, and the method of authorization and approval of such
contract or renewal thereof.
ARTICLE VIII
SHAREHOLDERS' VOTING POWERS AND MEETINGS
VOTING POWERS
SECTION 1. The Shareholders shall have power to vote (a) for the
election of Trustees as provided in Article IV, Section 2; (b) for the
removal of Trustees as provided in Article IV, Section 3(d); (c) with
respect to any investment advisory or management contract as provided
in Article VII, Sections 1 and 5; (d) with respect to any termination,
merger, consolidation, reorganization, or sale of assets of the Trust
or any of its Series or Classes as provided in Article XII, Section 4;
(e) with respect to the amendment of this Declaration of Trust as
provided in Article XII, Section 7; (f) to the same extent as the
shareholders of a Massachusetts business corporation, as to whether or
not a court action, proceeding or claim should be brought or
maintained derivatively or as a class action on behalf of the Trust or
the Shareholders, provided, however, that a Shareholder of a
particular Series shall not be entitled to bring any derivative or
class action on behalf of any other Series of the Trust; and (g) with
respect to such additional matters relating to the Trust as may be
required or authorized by law, by this Declaration of Trust, or the
Bylaws of the Trust, if any, or any registration of the Trust with the
Commission or any state, as the Trustees may consider desirable.
On any matter submitted to a vote of the Shareholders, all Shares
shall be voted by individual Series, except as provided in the
following sentence and except (a) when required by the 1940 Act,
Shares shall be voted in the aggregate and not by individual Series;
and (b) when the Trustees have determined that the matter affects only
the interests of one or more Series, then only the Shareholders of
such Series shall be entitled to vote thereon. The Trustees may also
determine that a matter affects only the interests of one or more
Classes of a Series, in which case, any such matter shall be voted on
by such Class or Classes. A Shareholder of each Series or Class
thereof shall be entitled to one vote for each dollar of net asset
value (number of Shares owned times net asset value per share) of such
Series or Class thereof on any matter on which such Shareholder is
entitled to vote, and each fractional dollar amount shall be entitled
to a proportionate fractional vote. There shall be no cumulative
voting in the election of Trustees. Shares may be voted in person or
by proxy. Until Shares are issued, the Trustees may exercise all
rights of Shareholders and may take any action required or permitted
by law, this Declaration of Trust or any Bylaws of the Trust, if any,
to be taken by Shareholders.
MEETINGS
SECTION 2. The first Shareholders' meeting shall be held as
specified in Section 2 of Article IV at the principal office of the
Trust or such other place as the Trustees may designate. Special
meetings of the Shareholders of any Series may be called by the
Trustees and shall be called by the Trustees upon the written request
of Shareholders owning at least one-tenth (1/10) of the outstanding
Shares entitled to vote. Whenever ten or more Shareholders meeting the
qualifications set forth in Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act, as modified
by or interpreted by any applicable order or orders of the Commission
or any rules or regulations adopted or interpretative releases of the
Commission, seek the opportunity of furnishing materials to the other
Shareholders with a view to obtaining signatures on such a request for
a meeting, the Trustees shall comply with the provisions of said
Section 16(c) with respect to providing such Shareholders access to
the list of the Shareholders of record of the Trust or the mailing of
such materials to such Shareholders of record. Shareholders shall be
entitled to at least fifteen (15) days' notice of any meeting.
QUORUM AND REQUIRED VOTE
SECTION 3. A majority of Shares entitled to vote in person or by
proxy shall be a quorum for the transaction of business at a
Shareholders' meeting, except that where any provision of law or of
this Declaration of Trust permits or requires that holders of any
Series or Class shall vote as a Series or Class then a majority of the
aggregate number of Shares of that Series or Class entitled to vote
shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business by that Series or Class. Any lesser number shall be
sufficient for adjournments. Any adjourned session or sessions may be
held, within a reasonable time after the date set for the original
meeting, without the necessity of further notice. Except when a larger
vote is required by applicable law or by any provision of this
Declaration of Trust or the Bylaws, if any, a majority of the Shares
voted in person or by proxy shall decide any questions and a plurality
shall elect a Trustee, provided that where any provision of law or of
this Declaration of Trust permits or requires that the holders of any
Series or Class shall vote as a Series or Class, then a majority of
the Shares of that Series or Class voted on the matter shall decide
that matter insofar as that Series or Class is concerned.
Shareholders may act by unanimous written consent. Actions taken by a
Series or Class may be consented to unanimously in writing by
Shareholders of that Series or Class.
ARTICLE IX
CUSTODIAN
APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES
SECTION 1. The Trustees shall at all times employ a bank, a company
that is a member of a national securities exchange, trust company, or
other entity permitted under the 1940 Act, as modified by or
interpreted by any applicable order or orders of the Commission or any
rules or regulations adopted or interpretative releases of the
Commission thereunder, having capital, surplus, and undivided profits
of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000), or such other amount as
shall be allowed by the Commission or by the 1940 Act, as custodian
with authority as its agent, but subject to such restrictions,
limitations and other requirements, if any, as may be contained in the
Bylaws of the Trust, if any:
(1) to hold the securities owned by the Trust and deliver the same
upon written order or oral order, if confirmed in writing, or by such
electro-mechanical or electronic devices as are agreed to by the Trust
and the custodian, if such procedures have been authorized in writing
by the Trust;
(2) to receive and receipt for any moneys due to the Trust and deposit
the same in its own banking department or elsewhere as the Trustees
may direct; and
(3) to disburse such funds upon orders or vouchers;
and the Trust may also employ such custodian as its agent:
(1) to keep the books and accounts of the Trust and furnish clerical
and accounting services; and
(2) to compute, if authorized to do so, the Net Asset Value of any
Series or Class thereof in accordance with the provisions hereof; all
upon such basis of compensation as may be agreed upon between the
Trustees and the custodian.
The Trustees may also authorize the custodian to employ one or more
sub-custodians from time to time to perform such of the acts and
services of the custodian, and upon such terms and conditions, as may
be agreed upon between the custodian and such sub-custodian and
approved by the Trustees, provided that in every case such
sub-custodian shall be a bank, a company that is a member of a
national securities exchange, trust company, or other entity permitted
under the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable
order or orders of the Commission or any rules or regulations adopted
or interpretative releases of the Commission thereunder, having
capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least two million dollars
($2,000,000), or such other amount as shall be allowed by the
Commission or by the 1940 Act.
CENTRAL DEPOSITORY SYSTEM
SECTION 2. Subject to such rules, regulations and orders as the
Commission may adopt, the Trustees may direct the custodian to deposit
all or any part of the securities owned by the Trust in a system for
the central handling of securities established by a national
securities exchange or a national securities association registered
with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or such
other person as may be permitted by the Commission or otherwise in
accordance with the 1940 Act, pursuant to which system all securities
of any particular class or series of any issuer deposited within the
system are treated as fungible and may be transferred or pledged by
bookkeeping entry without physical delivery of such securities;
provided that all such deposits shall be subject to withdrawal only
upon the order of the Trust or its custodian, subcustodians, or other
authorized agents.
ARTICLE X
DISTRIBUTIONS, REDEMPTIONS AND DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
DISTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 1.
(a) The Trustees may from time to time declare and pay dividends. The
amount of such dividends and the payment of them shall be wholly in
the discretion of the Trustees.
(b) The Trustees shall have the power, to the fullest extent
permitted by the laws of Massachusetts, at any time to declare and
cause to be paid dividends on Shares of a particular Series, from the
assets belonging to that Series, which dividends, at the election of
the Trustees, may be paid daily or otherwise pursuant to a standing
resolution or resolutions adopted only once or with such frequency as
the Trustees may determine, and may be payable in Shares of that
Series, or Classes thereof, at the election of each Shareholder of
that Series.
The Trustees may adopt and offer to Shareholders such dividend
reinvestment plans, cash dividend payout plans, or related plans as
the Trustees shall deem appropriate.
(c) Anything in this instrument to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustees may at any time declare and distribute a stock dividend pro
rata among the Shareholders of a particular Series, or Class thereof,
as of the record date of that Series or Class fixed as provided in
Article XII, Section 3.
REDEMPTIONS
SECTION 2. In case any holder of record of Shares of a particular
Series or Class of a Series desires to dispose of his Shares, he may
deposit at the office of the transfer agent or other authorized agent
of that Series a written request or such other form of request as the
Trustees may, from time to time, authorize, requesting that the Series
purchase the Shares in accordance with this Section 2; and the
Shareholder so requesting shall be entitled to require the Series to
purchase, and the Series or the principal underwriter of the Series
shall purchase his said Shares, but only at the Net Asset Value
thereof (as described in Section 3 hereof). The Series shall make
payment for any such Shares to be redeemed, as aforesaid, in cash or
property from the assets of that Series, and payment for such Shares
less any applicable deferred sales charges and/or fees shall be made
by the Series or the principal underwriter of the Series to the
Shareholder of record within seven (7) days after the date upon which
the request is effective.
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND VALUATION OF PORTFOLIO ASSETS
SECTION 3. The term "Net Asset Value" of any Series or Class shall
mean that amount by which the assets of that Series or Class exceed
its liabilities, all as determined by or under the direction of the
Trustees. Such value per Share shall be determined separately for each
Series or Class of Shares and shall be determined on such days and at
such times as the Trustees may determine. Such determination shall be
made with respect to securities for which market quotations are
readily available, at the market value of such securities; and with
respect to other securities and assets, at the fair value as
determined in good faith by the Trustees, provided, however, that the
Trustees, without Shareholder approval, may alter the method of
appraising portfolio securities insofar as permitted under the 1940
Act and the rules, regulations, and interpretations thereof
promulgated or issued by the Commission or insofar as permitted by any
order of the Commission applicable to the Series. The Trustees may
delegate any of their powers and duties under this Section 3 with
respect to appraisal of assets and liabilities. At any time, the
Trustees may cause the value per Share last determined to be
determined again in a similar manner and may fix the time when such
redetermined value shall become effective.
SUSPENSION OF THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION
SECTION 4. The Trustees may declare a suspension of the right of
redemption or postpone the date of payment as permitted under the 1940
Act. Such suspension shall take effect at such time as the Trustees
shall specify, but not later than the close of business on the
business day next following the declaration of suspension, and
thereafter there shall be no right of redemption or payment until the
Trustees shall declare the suspension at an end. In the case of a
suspension of the right of redemption, a Shareholder may either
withdraw his request for redemption or receive payment based on the
Net Asset Value per Share existing after the termination of the
suspension. In the event that any Series is divided into Classes, the
provisions of this Section, to the extent applicable as determined in
the discretion of the Trustees and consistent with applicable law, may
be equally applied to each such Class.
ARTICLE XI
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
SECTION 1. Provided they have exercised reasonable care and have
acted under the reasonable belief that their actions are in the best
interest of the Trust, the Trustees shall not be responsible for or
liable in any event for neglect or wrongdoing of them or any officer,
agent, employee, or investment adviser of the Trust, but nothing
contained herein shall protect any Trustee against any liability 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.
INDEMNIFICATION OF COVERED PERSONS
SECTION 2.
(a) Subject to the exceptions and limitations contained in Section
(b) below:
(i) every person who is, or has been, a Trustee or officer of the
Trust (hereinafter referred to as "Covered Person") shall be
indemnified by the appropriate Series to the fullest extent permitted
by law against liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred
or paid by him in connection with any claim, action, suit, or
proceeding in which he becomes involved as a party or otherwise by
virtue of his being or having been a Trustee or officer and against
amounts paid or incurred by him in the settlement thereof;
(ii) the words "claim," "action," "suit," or "proceeding" shall apply
to all claims, actions, suits or proceedings (civil, criminal or
other, including appeals), actual or threatened while in office or
thereafter, and the words "liability" and "expenses" shall include,
without limitation, attorneys' fees, costs, judgments, amounts paid in
settlement, fines, penalties and other liabilities.
(b) No indemnification shall be provided hereunder to a Covered
Person:
(i) who shall have been adjudicated by a court or body before which
the proceeding was brought (A) to be liable to the Trust or its
Shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct
of his office; or (B) not to have acted in good faith in the
reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the
Trust; or
(ii) in the event of a settlement, unless there has been a
determination that such Trustee or officer did not engage in willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the
duties involved in the conduct of his office,
(A) by the court or other body approving the settlement;
(B) by at least a majority of those Trustees who are neither
Interested Persons of the Trust nor are parties to the matter based
upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full
trial-type inquiry); or
(C) by written opinion of independent legal counsel based upon a
review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type
inquiry);
provided, however, that any Shareholder may, by appropriate legal
proceedings, challenge any such determination by the Trustees, or by
independent counsel.
(c) The rights of indemnification herein provided may be insured
against by policies maintained by the Trust, shall be severable, shall
not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which any Covered
Person may now or hereafter be entitled, shall continue as to a person
who has ceased to be such Trustee or officer, and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.
Nothing contained herein shall affect any rights to indemnification to
which Trust personnel, other than Trustees and officers, and other
persons may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.
(d) Expenses in connection with the preparation and presentation of a
defense to any claim, action, suit, or proceeding of the character
described in Paragraph (a) of this Section 2 may be paid by the
applicable Series from time to time prior to final disposition thereof
upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered Person
that such amount will be paid over by him to the applicable Series if
it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification
under this Section 2; provided, however, that either (i) such Covered
Person shall have provided appropriate security for such undertaking;
(ii) the Trust is insured against losses arising out of any such
advance payments; or (iii) either a majority of the Trustees who are
neither interested persons of the Trust nor parties to the matter, or
independent legal counsel in a written opinion, shall have determined,
based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a
trial-type inquiry or full investigation), that there is reason to
believe that such Covered Person will be found entitled to
indemnification under this Section 2.
INDEMNIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDERS
SECTION 3. In case any Shareholder or former Shareholder of any
Series of the Trust shall be held to be personally liable solely by
reason of his being or having been a Shareholder and not because of
his acts or omissions or for some other reason, the Shareholder or
former Shareholder (or his heirs, executors, administrators, or other
legal representatives or, in the case of a corporation or other
entity, its corporate or other general successor) shall be entitled
out of the assets belonging to the applicable Series to be held
harmless from and indemnified against all loss and expense arising
from such liability. The Series shall, upon request by the
Shareholder, assume the defense of any claim made against the
Shareholder for any act or obligation of the Series and satisfy any
judgment thereon.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
TRUST NOT A PARTNERSHIP, ETC.
SECTION 1. It is hereby expressly declared that a trust is created
hereby and not a partnership, joint stock association, corporation,
bailment, or any form of a legal relationship other than a trust. No
Trustee hereunder shall have any power to personally bind either the
Trust's officers or any Shareholder. All persons extending credit to,
contracting with, or having any claim against the Trust or the
Trustees shall look only to the assets of the appropriate Series for
payment under such credit, contract, or claim; and neither the
Shareholders nor the Trustees, nor any of their agents, whether past,
present, or future, shall be personally liable therefor. Nothing in
this Declaration of Trust shall protect a Trustee against any
liability to which the Trustee would otherwise be subject by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless
disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the office of
Trustee hereunder.
TRUSTEES' GOOD FAITH ACTION, EXPERT ADVICE, NO BOND OR SURETY
SECTION 2. The exercise by the Trustees of their powers and
discretions hereunder in good faith and with reasonable care under the
circumstances then prevailing, shall be binding upon everyone
interested. Subject to the provisions of Section 1 of this Article XII
and to Article XI, the Trustees shall not be liable for errors of
judgment or mistakes of fact or law. The Trustees may take advice of
counsel or other experts with respect to the meaning and operation of
this Declaration of Trust, and subject to the provisions of Section 1
of this Article XII and to Article XI, shall be under no liability for
any act or omission in accordance with such advice or for failing to
follow such advice. The Trustees shall not be required to give any
bond as such, nor any surety if a bond is obtained.
ESTABLISHMENT OF RECORD DATES
SECTION 3. The Trustees may close the stock transfer books of the
Trust for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days preceding the date of
any meeting of Shareholders, or the date for the payment of any
dividends, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when
any change or conversion or exchange of Shares shall go into effect;
or in lieu of closing the stock transfer books as aforesaid, the
Trustees may fix in advance a date not exceeding sixty (60) days
preceding the date of any meeting of Shareholders, or the date for
payment of any dividends, or the date for the allotment of rights, or
the date when any change or conversion or exchange of Shares shall go
into effect, as a record date for the determination of the
Shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any such meeting,
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 Shares, and in such case such
Shareholders and only such Shareholders as shall be Shareholders of
record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to such notice of, and
to vote at, such meeting, or to receive payment of such dividend, or
to receive such allotment or rights, or to exercise such rights, as
the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any Shares on the
books of the Trust after any such record date fixed or aforesaid.
DURATION; TERMINATION OF TRUST, A SERIES OR A CLASS; MERGERS, ETC.
SECTION 4.1. DURATION. The Trust shall continue without limitation
of time, but subject to the provisions of this Article XII.
SECTION 4.2. TERMINATION OF THE TRUST, A SERIES OR A CLASS. (a)
Subject to applicable Federal and state law, the Trust or any Series
or Class thereof may be terminated (i) by Majority Shareholder Vote of
the Trust, each Series affected, or each Class affected, as the case
may be; or (ii) without the vote or consent of Shareholders by a
majority of the Trustees either at a meeting or by written consent.
The Trustees shall provide written notice to the affected Shareholders
of a termination effected under clause (ii) above. Upon the
termination of the Trust or the Series or Class,
(i) the Trust or the Series or Class shall carry on no business
except for the purpose of winding up its affairs;
(ii) the Trustees shall proceed to wind up the affairs of the Trust
or the Series or Class, and all of the powers of the Trustees under
this Declaration of Trust shall continue until the affairs of the
Trust shall have been wound up, including the power to fulfill or
discharge the contracts of the Trust or the Series or Class thereof;
collect its assets; sell, convey, assign, exchange, transfer, or
otherwise dispose of all or any part of the remaining Trust property
or Trust property allocated or belonging to such Series or Class to
one or more persons at public or private sale for consideration that
may consist in whole or in part of cash, securities, or other property
of any kind; discharge or pay its liabilities; and do all other acts
appropriate to liquidate its business; provided that any sale,
conveyance, assignment, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of
all or substantially all the Trust property or Trust property
allocated or belonging to such Series or Class (other than as provided
in (iii) below) shall require Shareholder approval in accordance with
Section 4.3 below; and
(iii) after paying or adequately providing for the payment of all
liabilities, and upon receipt of such releases, indemnities, and
refunding agreements as they deem necessary for their protection, the
Trustees may distribute the remaining Trust property or the remaining
property of the terminated Series or Class, in cash or in kind or
partly each, among the Shareholders of the Trust or the Series or
Class according to their respective rights; and
(b) after termination of the Trust or the Series or Class and
distribution to the Shareholders as herein provided, a majority of the
Trustees shall execute and lodge among the records of the Trust and
file with the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as
appropriate, an instrument in writing setting forth the fact of such
termination, and the Trustees shall thereupon be discharged from all
further liabilities and duties with respect to the Trust or the
terminated Series or Class, and the rights and interests of all
Shareholders of the Trust or the terminated Series or Class shall
thereupon cease.
SECTION 4.3. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, AND SALE OF ASSETS. Subject to
applicable Federal and state law and except as otherwise provided in
Section 4.4 below, the Trust or any Series thereof may merge or
consolidate with any other corporation, association, trust, or other
organization or may sell, lease, or exchange all or substantially all
of the Trust property or Trust property allocated or belonging to such
Series, including its good will, upon such terms and conditions and
for such consideration when and as authorized at any meeting of
Shareholders called for such purpose by a Majority Shareholder Vote of
the Trust or affected Series, as the case may be. Any such merger,
consolidation, sale, lease, or exchange shall be deemed for all
purposes to have been accomplished under and pursuant to Massachusetts
law.
SECTION 4.4. INCORPORATION; REORGANIZATION. Subject to applicable
Federal and state law, the Trustees may without the vote or consent of
Shareholders cause to be organized or assist in organizing a
corporation or corporations under the laws of any jurisdiction or any
other trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or
other organization to take over all of the Trust property or the Trust
property allocated or belonging to such Series or to carry on any
business in which the Trust shall directly or indirectly have any
interest, and to sell, convey and transfer the Trust property or the
Trust property allocated or belonging to such Series to any such
corporation, trust, limited liability company, partnership,
association, or organization in exchange for the shares or securities
thereof or otherwise, and to lend money to, subscribe for the shares
or securities of, and enter into any contracts with any such
corporation, trust, partnership, limited liability company,
association, or organization, or any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, trust, association, or organization in which the
Trust or such Series holds or is about to acquire shares or any other
interest. Subject to applicable Federal and state law, the Trustees
may also cause a merger or consolidation between the Trust or any
successor thereto and any such corporation, trust, partnership,
limited liability company, association, or other organization.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed as requiring approval of
Shareholders for the Trustees to organize or assist in organizing one
or more corporations, trusts, partnerships, limited liability
companies, associations, or other organizations and selling,
conveying, or transferring the Trust property or a portion of the
Trust property to such organization or entities; provided, however,
that the Trustees shall provide written notice to the affected
Shareholders of any transaction whereby, pursuant to this Section 4.4,
the Trust or any Series thereof sells, conveys, or transfers
substantially all of its assets to another entity or merges or
consolidates with another entity.
FILING OF COPIES, REFERENCES, AND HEADINGS
SECTION 5. The original or a copy of this instrument and of each
Declaration of Trust supplemental hereto shall be kept at the office
of the Trust where it may be inspected by any Shareholder. A copy of
this instrument and of each supplemental Declaration of Trust shall be
filed by the Trustees with the Secretary of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and the Boston City Clerk, as well as any other
governmental office where such filing may from time to time be
required. Anyone dealing with the Trust may rely on a certificate by
an officer or Trustee of the Trust as to whether or not any such
supplemental Declarations of Trust have been made and as to any
matters in connection with the Trust hereunder, and with the same
effect as if it were the original, may rely on a copy certified by an
officer or Trustee of the Trust to be a copy of this instrument or of
any such supplemental Declaration of Trust. In this instrument or in
any such supplemental Declaration of Trust, references to this
instrument and all expressions like "herein," "hereof" and
"hereunder," shall be deemed to refer to this instrument as amended or
affected by any such supplemental Declaration of Trust. Headings are
placed herein for convenience of reference only and in case of any
conflict, the text of this instrument, rather than the headings, shall
control. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts
each of which shall be deemed an original.
APPLICABLE LAW
SECTION 6. The Trust set forth in this instrument is made in The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and it is created under and is to be
governed by and construed and administered according to the laws of
said Commonwealth. The Trust shall be of the type commonly called a
Massachusetts business trust, and without limiting the provisions
hereof, the Trust may exercise all powers which are ordinarily
exercised by such a trust, and the absence of a specific reference
herein to any such power, privilege, or action shall not imply that
the Trust may not exercise such power or privilege or take such
actions.
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 7. Except as specifically provided herein, the Trustees may,
without shareholder vote, amend or otherwise supplement this
Declaration of Trust by making an amendment, a Declaration of Trust
supplemental hereto or an amended and restated Declaration of Trust.
Shareholders shall have the right to vote (a) on any amendment that
would affect their right to vote granted in Section 1 of Article VIII;
(b) on any amendment that would alter the maximum number of Trustees
permitted under Section 6 of Article IV; (c) on any amendment to this
Section 7; (d) on any amendment as may be required by law or by the
Trust's registration statement filed with the Commission; and (e) on
any amendment submitted to them by the Trustees. Any amendment
required or permitted to be submitted to Shareholders that, as the
Trustees determine, shall affect the Shareholders of one or more
Series or Classes shall be authorized by vote of the Shareholders of
each Series or Class affected and no vote of shareholders of a Series
or Class not affected shall be required. Notwithstanding anything
else herein, any amendment to Article XI shall not limit the rights to
indemnification or insurance provided therein with respect to action
or omission of Covered Persons prior to such amendment.
FISCAL YEAR
SECTION 8. The fiscal year of the Trust shall end on a specified
date as set forth in the Bylaws, if any, provided, however, that the
Trustees may, without Shareholder approval, change the fiscal year of
the Trust.
USE OF THE WORD "FIDELITY"
SECTION 9. Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMR") has
consented to the use by any Series of the Trust of the identifying
word "Fidelity" in the name of any Series of the Trust at some future
date. Such consent is conditioned upon the employment of FMR or a
subsidiary or affiliate thereof as investment adviser of each Series
of the Trust. As between the Trust and itself, FMR controls the use of
the name of the Trust insofar as such name contains the identifying
word "Fidelity." FMR may from time to time use the identifying word
"Fidelity" in other connections and for other purposes, including,
without limitation, in the names of other investment companies,
corporations, or businesses that it may manage, advise, sponsor or own
or in which it may have a financial interest. FMR may require the
Trust or any Series thereof to cease using the identifying word
"Fidelity" in the name of the Trust or any Series thereof if the Trust
or any Series thereof ceases to employ FMR or a subsidiary or
affiliate thereof as investment adviser.
Provisions in Conflict with Law or Regulations
SECTION 10. (a) The provisions of this Declaration of Trust are
severable, and, if the Trustees shall determine, with the advice of
counsel, that any of such provisions is in conflict with the 1940 Act,
the regulated investment company provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code or with other applicable laws and regulations, the conflicting
provision shall be deemed never to have constituted a part of this
Declaration of Trust; provided, however, that such determination shall
not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Declaration of
Trust or render invalid or improper any action taken or omitted prior
to such determination.
(b) If any provision of this Declaration Trust shall be held invalid
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall attach only to such provision in such
jurisdiction and shall not in any manner affect such provisions in any
other jurisdiction or any other provision of this Declaration of Trust
in any jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the Trustees of the
Trust, have executed this instrument as of the date set forth above.
/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d* /s/Peter S. Lynch*
Edward C. Johnson 3d* Peter S. Lynch*
/s/Ralph F. Cox /s/William O. McCoy
Ralph F. Cox William O. McCoy
/s/Phyllis Burke Davis /s/Gerald C. McDonoug
Phyllis Burke Davis Gerald C. McDonough
/s/Robert M. Gates /s/Marvin L. Mann
Robert M. Gates Marvin L. Mann
/s/E. Bradley Jones /s/Robert C. Pozen*
E. Bradley Jones Robert C. Pozen*
/s/Donald J. Kirk /s/Thomas R. Williams
Donald J. Kirk Thomas R. Williams
*Interested Trustees
The business addresses of the
members of the Board of
Trustees are:
INTERESTED TRUSTEES (*):
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES:
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 9235
Boston, MA 02205-9235
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
AND
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC.
AND
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST ON BEHALF OF
FIDELITY SMALL CAP SELECTOR
AMENDMENT made this 1st day of October, 1999, by and between Fidelity
Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with
principal offices at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts
(hereinafter called the "Advisor"); Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc. (hereinafter called the "Sub-Advisor"); and Fidelity
Commonwealth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one
or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called
the "Trust") on behalf of Fidelity Small Cap Selector (hereinafter
called the "Portfolio").
Required authorization and approval by shareholders and Trustees
having been obtained, the Trust, on behalf of the Portfolio, the
Advisor, and the Sub-Advisor hereby consent, pursuant to Paragraph
9(b) of the existing Sub-Advisory Agreement dated June 17, 1993, to a
modification of said Sub-Advisory Agreement in the manner set forth
below. The Amended Sub-Advisory Agreement shall, when executed by
duly authorized officers of the Trust, the Advisor, and the
Sub-Advisor, take effect on October 1, 1999.
WHEREAS the Trust and the Advisor have entered into a Management
Contract on behalf of the Portfolio, pursuant to which the Advisor is
to act as investment manager of the Portfolio; and
WHEREAS the Sub-Advisor and its subsidiaries and other affiliated
persons have personnel in various locations throughout the world and
have been formed in part for the purpose of researching and compiling
information and recommendations with respect to the economies of
various countries, and securities of issuers located in such
countries, and providing investment advisory services in connection
therewith;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
promises hereinafter set forth, the Trust, the Advisor and the
Sub-Advisor agree as follows:
1. Duties: The Advisor may, in its discretion, appoint the
Sub-Advisor to perform one or more of the following services with
respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio. The
services and the portion of the investments of the Portfolio to be
advised or managed by the Sub-Advisor shall be as agreed upon from
time to time by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall
pay the salaries and fees of all personnel of the Sub-Advisor
performing services for the Portfolio relating to research,
statistical and investment activities.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVICE: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall provide investment advice to the
Portfolio and the Advisor with respect to all or a portion of the
investments of the Portfolio, and in connection with such advice shall
furnish the Portfolio and the Advisor such factual information,
research reports and investment recommendations as the Advisor may
reasonably require. Such information may include written and oral
reports and analyses.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall, subject to the supervision of the
Advisor, manage all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio
in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations
provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other governing instruments,
as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"1940 Act") and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time, and
such other limitations as the Trust or Advisor may impose with respect
to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Advisor. With respect to the
portion of the investments of the Portfolio under its management, the
Sub-Advisor is authorized to make investment decisions on behalf of
the Portfolio with regard to any stock, bond, other security or
investment instrument, and to place orders for the purchase and sale
of such securities through such broker-dealers as the Sub-Advisor may
select. The Sub-Advisor may also be authorized, but only to the
extent such duties are delegated in writing by the Advisor, to provide
additional investment management services to the Portfolio, including
but not limited to services such as managing foreign currency
investments, purchasing and selling or writing futures and options
contracts, borrowing money or lending securities on behalf of the
Portfolio. All investment management and any other activities of the
Sub-Advisor shall at all times be subject to the control and direction
of the Advisor and the Trust's Board of Trustees.
(c) SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES: The Sub-Advisor may perform any or
all of the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through
such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as the
Sub-Advisor shall determine; provided, however, that performance of
such services through such subsidiaries or other affiliated persons
shall have been approved by the Trust to the extent required pursuant
to the 1940 Act and rules thereunder.
2. Information to be Provided to the Trust and the Advisor: The
Sub-Advisor shall furnish such reports, evaluations, information or
analyses to the Trust and the Advisor as the Trust's Board of Trustees
or the Advisor may reasonably request from time to time, or as the
Sub-Advisor may deem to be desirable.
3. Brokerage: In connection with the services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Advisor
shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio
securities for the Portfolio's account with brokers or dealers
selected by the Sub-Advisor, which may include brokers or dealers
affiliated with the Advisor or Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall use
its best efforts to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices
which are advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which
are reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting
brokers or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction,
brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and
research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of l934) to the Portfolio and/or to the other
accounts over which the Sub-Advisor or Advisor exercise investment
discretion. The Sub-Advisor is authorized to pay a broker or dealer
who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for
executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have
charged for effecting that transaction if the Sub-Advisor determines
in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation
to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either
that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the
Sub-Advisor has with respect to accounts over which it exercises
investment discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically
review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the
commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable
in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
4. Compensation: The Advisor shall compensate the Sub-Advisor on
the following basis for the services to be furnished hereunder.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Sub-Advisory Fee. The Sub-Advisory
Fee shall be equal to 110% of the Sub-Advisor's costs incurred in
connection with rendering the services referred to in subparagraph (a)
of paragraph 1 of this Agreement. The Sub-Advisory Fee shall not be
reduced to reflect expense reimbursements or fee waivers by the
Advisor, if any, in effect from time to time.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Investment Management Fee. The
Investment Management Fee shall be equal to: (i) 50% of the monthly
management fee rate (including performance adjustments, if any) that
the Portfolio is obligated to pay the Advisor under its Management
Contract with the Advisor, multiplied by: (ii) the fraction equal to
the net assets of the Portfolio as to which the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided investment management services divided by the net assets of
the Portfolio for that month. If in any fiscal year the aggregate
expenses of the Portfolio exceed any applicable expense limitation
imposed by any state or federal securities laws or regulations, and
the Advisor waives all or a portion of its management fee or
reimburses the Portfolio for expenses to the extent required to
satisfy such limitation, the Investment Management Fee paid to the
Sub-Advisor will be reduced by 50% of the amount of such waivers or
reimbursements multiplied by the fraction determined in (ii). If the
Sub-Advisor reduces its fees to reflect such waivers or reimbursements
and the Advisor subsequently recovers all or any portion of such
waivers or reimbursements, then the Sub-Advisor shall be entitled to
receive from the Advisor a proportionate share of the amount
recovered. To the extent that waivers and reimbursements by the
Advisor required by such limitations are in excess of the Advisor's
management fee, the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Advisor
will be reduced to zero for that month, but in no event shall the
Sub-Advisor be required to reimburse the Advisor for all or a portion
of such excess reimbursements.
(c) PROVISION OF MULTIPLE SERVICES: If the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided both investment advisory services under subparagraph (a) and
investment management services under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1
for the same portion of the investments of the Portfolio for the same
period, the fees paid to the Sub-Advisor with respect to such
investments shall be calculated exclusively under subparagraph (b) of
this paragraph 4.
5. Expenses: It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all of its
expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by the
Sub-Advisor hereunder or by the Advisor under the Management Contract
with the Portfolio, which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall
include, without limitation, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage
commissions and other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of
securities and other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses
of the Trust's Trustees other than those who are "interested persons"
of the Trust, the Sub-Advisor or the Advisor; (iv) legal and audit
expenses; (v) custodian, registrar and transfer agent fees and
expenses; (vi) fees and expenses related to the registration and
qualification of the Trust and the Portfolio's shares for distribution
under state and federal securities laws; (vii) expenses of printing
and mailing reports and notices and proxy material to shareholders of
the Portfolio; (viii) all other expenses incidental to holding
meetings of the Portfolio's shareholders, including proxy
solicitations therefore; (ix) a pro rata share, based on relative net
assets of the Portfolio and other registered investment companies
having Advisory and Service or Management Contracts with the Advisor,
of 50% of insurance premiums for fidelity and other coverage; (x) its
proportionate share of association membership dues; (xi) expenses of
typesetting for printing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information and supplements thereto; (xii) expenses of printing and
mailing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and
supplements thereto sent to existing shareholders; and (xiii) such
non-recurring or extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those
relating to actions, suits or proceedings to which the Portfolio is a
party and the legal obligation which the Portfolio may have to
indemnify the Trust's Trustees and officers with respect thereto.
6. Interested Persons: It is understood that Trustees, officers,
and shareholders of the Trust are or may be or become interested in
the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor as directors, officers or otherwise and
that directors, officers and stockholders of the Advisor or the
Sub-Advisor are or may be or become similarly interested in the Trust,
and that the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor may be or become interested in
the Trust as a shareholder or otherwise.
7. Services to Other Companies or Accounts: The services of the
Sub-Advisor to the Advisor are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the
Sub-Advisor being free to render services to others and engage in
other activities, provided, however, that such other services and
activities do not, during the term of this Agreement, interfere, in a
material manner, with the Sub-Advisor's ability to meet all of its
obligations hereunder. The Sub-Advisor shall for all purposes be an
independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the Advisor or
the Trust.
8. Standard of Care: In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall not be
subject to liability to the Advisor, the Trust or to any shareholder
of the Portfolio for any act or omission in the course of, or
connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that
may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
9. Duration and Termination of Agreement; Amendments:
(a) Subject to prior termination as provided in subparagraph (d) of
this paragraph 9, this Agreement shall continue in force until July
31, 2000 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the
continuance after such period shall be specifically approved at least
annually by vote of the Trust's Board of Trustees or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.
(b) This Agreement may be modified by mutual consent of the Advisor,
the Sub-Advisor and the Portfolio subject to the provisions of Section
15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable
order or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") or any rules or regulations adopted by, or
interpretative releases of, the Commission.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 9, the terms of any continuance or modification of this
Agreement must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those
Trustees of the Trust 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 approval.
(d) Either the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or the Portfolio may, at any
time on sixty (60) days' prior written notice to the other parties,
terminate this Agreement, without payment of any penalty, by action of
its Board of Trustees or Directors, or with respect to the Portfolio
by vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities. This
Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its
assignment.
10. Limitation of Liability: The Sub-Advisor is hereby expressly
put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth
in the Declaration of Trust or other organizational document of the
Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Portfolio
arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all
cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the Sub-Advisor shall not
seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any
shareholder of the Portfolio. Nor shall the Sub-Advisor seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the Trustees or any
individual Trustee.
11. Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions
thereof.
The terms "registered investment company," "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities," "assignment," and "interested
persons," when used herein, shall have the respective meanings
specified in the 1940 Act as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this instrument to
be signed in their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all as
of the date written above.
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC.
By /s/Laura B. Cronin
Laura Cronin
Treasurer
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
President
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
on behalf of Fidelity Small Cap Selector
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
AND
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC.
AND
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST ON BEHALF OF
FIDELITY INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND
AMENDMENT made this 1st day of October, 1999, by and between Fidelity
Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with
principal offices at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts
(hereinafter called the "Advisor"); Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc. (hereinafter called the "Sub-Advisor"); and Fidelity
Commonwealth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one
or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called
the "Trust") on behalf of Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund (hereinafter
called the "Portfolio").
Required authorization and approval by shareholders and Trustees
having been obtained, the Trust, on behalf of the Portfolio, the
Advisor, and the Sub-Advisor hereby consent, pursuant to Paragraph
9(b) of the existing Sub-Advisory Agreement dated December 1, 1994, to
a modification of said Sub-Advisory Agreement in the manner set forth
below. The Amended Sub-Advisory Agreement shall, when executed by
duly authorized officers of the Trust, the Advisor, and the
Sub-Advisor, take effect on October 1, 1999.
WHEREAS the Trust and the Advisor have entered into a Management
Contract on behalf of the Portfolio, pursuant to which the Advisor is
to act as investment manager of the Portfolio; and
WHEREAS the Sub-Advisor and its subsidiaries and other affiliated
persons have personnel in various locations throughout the world and
have been formed in part for the purpose of researching and compiling
information and recommendations with respect to the economies of
various countries, and securities of issuers located in such
countries, and providing investment advisory services in connection
therewith;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
promises hereinafter set forth, the Trust, the Advisor and the
Sub-Advisor agree as follows:
1. Duties: The Advisor may, in its discretion, appoint the
Sub-Advisor to perform one or more of the following services with
respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio. The
services and the portion of the investments of the Portfolio to be
advised or managed by the Sub-Advisor shall be as agreed upon from
time to time by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall
pay the salaries and fees of all personnel of the Sub-Advisor
performing services for the Portfolio relating to research,
statistical and investment activities.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVICE: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall provide investment advice to the
Portfolio and the Advisor with respect to all or a portion of the
investments of the Portfolio, and in connection with such advice shall
furnish the Portfolio and the Advisor such factual information,
research reports and investment recommendations as the Advisor may
reasonably require. Such information may include written and oral
reports and analyses.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall, subject to the supervision of the
Advisor, manage all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio
in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations
provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other governing instruments,
as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"1940 Act") and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time, and
such other limitations as the Trust or Advisor may impose with respect
to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Advisor. With respect to the
portion of the investments of the Portfolio under its management, the
Sub-Advisor is authorized to make investment decisions on behalf of
the Portfolio with regard to any stock, bond, other security or
investment instrument, and to place orders for the purchase and sale
of such securities through such broker-dealers as the Sub-Advisor may
select. The Sub-Advisor may also be authorized, but only to the
extent such duties are delegated in writing by the Advisor, to provide
additional investment management services to the Portfolio, including
but not limited to services such as managing foreign currency
investments, purchasing and selling or writing futures and options
contracts, borrowing money or lending securities on behalf of the
Portfolio. All investment management and any other activities of the
Sub-Advisor shall at all times be subject to the control and direction
of the Advisor and the Trust's Board of Trustees.
(c) SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES: The Sub-Advisor may perform any or
all of the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through
such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as the
Sub-Advisor shall determine; provided, however, that performance of
such services through such subsidiaries or other affiliated persons
shall have been approved by the Trust to the extent required pursuant
to the 1940 Act and rules thereunder.
2. Information to be Provided to the Trust and the Advisor: The
Sub-Advisor shall furnish such reports, evaluations, information or
analyses to the Trust and the Advisor as the Trust's Board of Trustees
or the Advisor may reasonably request from time to time, or as the
Sub-Advisor may deem to be desirable.
3. Brokerage: In connection with the services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Advisor
shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio
securities for the Portfolio's account with brokers or dealers
selected by the Sub-Advisor, which may include brokers or dealers
affiliated with the Advisor or Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall use
its best efforts to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices
which are advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which
are reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting
brokers or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction,
brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and
research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of l934) to the Portfolio and/or to the other
accounts over which the Sub-Advisor or Advisor exercise investment
discretion. The Sub-Advisor is authorized to pay a broker or dealer
who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for
executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have
charged for effecting that transaction if the Sub-Advisor determines
in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation
to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either
that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the
Sub-Advisor has with respect to accounts over which it exercises
investment discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically
review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the
commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable
in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
4. Compensation: The Advisor shall compensate the Sub-Advisor on
the following basis for the services to be furnished hereunder.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Sub-Advisory Fee. The Sub-Advisory
Fee shall be equal to 110% of the Sub-Advisor's costs incurred in
connection with rendering the services referred to in subparagraph (a)
of paragraph 1 of this Agreement. The Sub-Advisory Fee shall not be
reduced to reflect expense reimbursements or fee waivers by the
Advisor, if any, in effect from time to time.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Investment Management Fee. The
Investment Management Fee shall be equal to: (i) 50% of the monthly
management fee rate (including performance adjustments, if any) that
the Portfolio is obligated to pay the Advisor under its Management
Contract with the Advisor, multiplied by: (ii) the fraction equal to
the net assets of the Portfolio as to which the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided investment management services divided by the net assets of
the Portfolio for that month. If in any fiscal year the aggregate
expenses of the Portfolio exceed any applicable expense limitation
imposed by any state or federal securities laws or regulations, and
the Advisor waives all or a portion of its management fee or
reimburses the Portfolio for expenses to the extent required to
satisfy such limitation, the Investment Management Fee paid to the
Sub-Advisor will be reduced by 50% of the amount of such waivers or
reimbursements multiplied by the fraction determined in (ii). If the
Sub-Advisor reduces its fees to reflect such waivers or reimbursements
and the Advisor subsequently recovers all or any portion of such
waivers or reimbursements, then the Sub-Advisor shall be entitled to
receive from the Advisor a proportionate share of the amount
recovered. To the extent that waivers and reimbursements by the
Advisor required by such limitations are in excess of the Advisor's
management fee, the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Advisor
will be reduced to zero for that month, but in no event shall the
Sub-Advisor be required to reimburse the Advisor for all or a portion
of such excess reimbursements.
(c) PROVISION OF MULTIPLE SERVICES: If the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided both investment advisory services under subparagraph (a) and
investment management services under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1
for the same portion of the investments of the Portfolio for the same
period, the fees paid to the Sub-Advisor with respect to such
investments shall be calculated exclusively under subparagraph (b) of
this paragraph 4.
5. Expenses: It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all of its
expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by the
Sub-Advisor hereunder or by the Advisor under the Management Contract
with the Portfolio, which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall
include, without limitation, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage
commissions and other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of
securities and other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses
of the Trust's Trustees other than those who are "interested persons"
of the Trust, the Sub-Advisor or the Advisor; (iv) legal and audit
expenses; (v) custodian, registrar and transfer agent fees and
expenses; (vi) fees and expenses related to the registration and
qualification of the Trust and the Portfolio's shares for distribution
under state and federal securities laws; (vii) expenses of printing
and mailing reports and notices and proxy material to shareholders of
the Portfolio; (viii) all other expenses incidental to holding
meetings of the Portfolio's shareholders, including proxy
solicitations therefore; (ix) a pro rata share, based on relative net
assets of the Portfolio and other registered investment companies
having Advisory and Service or Management Contracts with the Advisor,
of 50% of insurance premiums for fidelity and other coverage; (x) its
proportionate share of association membership dues; (xi) expenses of
typesetting for printing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information and supplements thereto; (xii) expenses of printing and
mailing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and
supplements thereto sent to existing shareholders; and (xiii) such
non-recurring or extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those
relating to actions, suits or proceedings to which the Portfolio is a
party and the legal obligation which the Portfolio may have to
indemnify the Trust's Trustees and officers with respect thereto.
6. Interested Persons: It is understood that Trustees, officers,
and shareholders of the Trust are or may be or become interested in
the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor as directors, officers or otherwise and
that directors, officers and stockholders of the Advisor or the
Sub-Advisor are or may be or become similarly interested in the Trust,
and that the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor may be or become interested in
the Trust as a shareholder or otherwise.
7. Services to Other Companies or Accounts: The services of the
Sub-Advisor to the Advisor are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the
Sub-Advisor being free to render services to others and engage in
other activities, provided, however, that such other services and
activities do not, during the term of this Agreement, interfere, in a
material manner, with the Sub-Advisor's ability to meet all of its
obligations hereunder. The Sub-Advisor shall for all purposes be an
independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the Advisor or
the Trust.
8. Standard of Care: In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall not be
subject to liability to the Advisor, the Trust or to any shareholder
of the Portfolio for any act or omission in the course of, or
connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that
may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
9. Duration and Termination of Agreement; Amendments:
(a) Subject to prior termination as provided in subparagraph (d) of
this paragraph 9, this Agreement shall continue in force until June
30, 2000 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the
continuance after such period shall be specifically approved at least
annually by vote of the Trust's Board of Trustees or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.
(b) This Agreement may be modified by mutual consent of the Advisor,
the Sub-Advisor and the Portfolio subject to the provisions of Section
15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable
order or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") or any rules or regulations adopted by, or
interpretative releases of, the Commission.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 9, the terms of any continuance or modification of this
Agreement must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those
Trustees of the Trust 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 approval.
(d) Either the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or the Portfolio may, at any
time on sixty (60) days' prior written notice to the other parties,
terminate this Agreement, without payment of any penalty, by action of
its Board of Trustees or Directors, or with respect to the Portfolio
by vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities. This
Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its
assignment.
10. Limitation of Liability: The Sub-Advisor is hereby expressly
put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth
in the Declaration of Trust or other organizational document of the
Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Portfolio
arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all
cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the Sub-Advisor shall not
seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any
shareholder of the Portfolio. Nor shall the Sub-Advisor seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the Trustees or any
individual Trustee.
11. Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions
thereof.
The terms "registered investment company," "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities," "assignment," and "interested
persons," when used herein, shall have the respective meanings
specified in the 1940 Act as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this instrument to
be signed in their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all as
of the date written above.
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC.
By /s/Laura B. Cronin
Laura Cronin
Treasurer
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
President
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
on behalf of Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
AND
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC.
AND
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST ON BEHALF OF
FIDELITY MID-CAP STOCK FUND
AMENDMENT made this 1st day of October, 1999 by and between Fidelity
Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with
principal offices at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts
(hereinafter called the "Advisor"); Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc. (hereinafter called the "Sub-Advisor"); and Fidelity
Commonwealth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one
or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called
the "Trust") on behalf of Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund (hereinafter
called the "Portfolio").
Required authorization and approval by shareholders and Trustees
having been obtained, the Trust, on behalf of the Portfolio, the
Advisor, and the Sub-Advisor hereby consent, pursuant to Paragraph
9(b) of the existing Sub-Advisory Agreement dated June 26, 1999, to a
modification of said Sub-Advisory Agreement in the manner set forth
below. The Amended Sub-Advisory Agreement shall, when executed by
duly authorized officers of the Trust, the Advisor, and the
Sub-Advisor, take effect on October 1, 1999.
WHEREAS the Trust and the Advisor have entered into a Management
Contract on behalf of the Portfolio, pursuant to which the Advisor is
to act as investment manager of the Portfolio; and
WHEREAS the Sub-Advisor and its subsidiaries and other affiliated
persons have personnel in various locations throughout the world and
have been formed in part for the purpose of researching and compiling
information and recommendations with respect to the economies of
various countries, and securities of issuers located in such
countries, and providing investment advisory services in connection
therewith;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
promises hereinafter set forth, the Trust, the Advisor and the
Sub-Advisor agree as follows:
1. Duties: The Advisor may, in its discretion, appoint the
Sub-Advisor to perform one or more of the following services with
respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio. The
services and the portion of the investments of the Portfolio to be
advised or managed by the Sub-Advisor shall be as agreed upon from
time to time by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall
pay the salaries and fees of all personnel of the Sub-Advisor
performing services for the Portfolio relating to research,
statistical and investment activities.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVICE: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall provide investment advice to the
Portfolio and the Advisor with respect to all or a portion of the
investments of the Portfolio, and in connection with such advice shall
furnish the Portfolio and the Advisor such factual information,
research reports and investment recommendations as the Advisor may
reasonably require. Such information may include written and oral
reports and analyses.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall, subject to the supervision of the
Advisor, manage all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio
in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations
provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other governing instruments,
as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"1940 Act") and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time, and
such other limitations as the Trust or Advisor may impose with respect
to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Advisor. With respect to the
portion of the investments of the Portfolio under its management, the
Sub-Advisor is authorized to make investment decisions on behalf of
the Portfolio with regard to any stock, bond, other security or
investment instrument, and to place orders for the purchase and sale
of such securities through such broker-dealers as the Sub-Advisor may
select. The Sub-Advisor may also be authorized, but only to the
extent such duties are delegated in writing by the Advisor, to provide
additional investment management services to the Portfolio, including
but not limited to services such as managing foreign currency
investments, purchasing and selling or writing futures and options
contracts, borrowing money or lending securities on behalf of the
Portfolio. All investment management and any other activities of the
Sub-Advisor shall at all times be subject to the control and direction
of the Advisor and the Trust's Board of Trustees.
(c) SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES: The Sub-Advisor may perform any or
all of the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through
such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as the
Sub-Advisor shall determine; provided, however, that performance of
such services through such subsidiaries or other affiliated persons
shall have been approved by the Trust to the extent required pursuant
to the 1940 Act and rules thereunder.
2. Information to be Provided to the Trust and the Advisor: The
Sub-Advisor shall furnish such reports, evaluations, information or
analyses to the Trust and the Advisor as the Trust's Board of Trustees
or the Advisor may reasonably request from time to time, or as the
Sub-Advisor may deem to be desirable.
3. Brokerage: In connection with the services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Advisor
shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio
securities for the Portfolio's account with brokers or dealers
selected by the Sub-Advisor, which may include brokers or dealers
affiliated with the Advisor or Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall use
its best efforts to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices
which are advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which
are reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting
brokers or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction,
brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and
research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of l934) to the Portfolio and/or to the other
accounts over which the Sub-Advisor or Advisor exercise investment
discretion. The Sub-Advisor is authorized to pay a broker or dealer
who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for
executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have
charged for effecting that transaction if the Sub-Advisor determines
in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation
to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either
that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the
Sub-Advisor has with respect to accounts over which it exercises
investment discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically
review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the
commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable
in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
4. Compensation: The Advisor shall compensate the Sub-Advisor on
the following basis for the services to be furnished hereunder.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Sub-Advisory Fee. The Sub-Advisory
Fee shall be equal to 110% of the Sub-Advisor's costs incurred in
connection with rendering the services referred to in subparagraph (a)
of paragraph 1 of this Agreement. The Sub-Advisory Fee shall not be
reduced to reflect expense reimbursements or fee waivers by the
Advisor, if any, in effect from time to time.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Investment Management Fee. The
Investment Management Fee shall be equal to: (i) 50% of the monthly
management fee rate (including performance adjustments, if any) that
the Portfolio is obligated to pay the Advisor under its Management
Contract with the Advisor, multiplied by: (ii) the fraction equal to
the net assets of the Portfolio as to which the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided investment management services divided by the net assets of
the Portfolio for that month. If in any fiscal year the aggregate
expenses of the Portfolio exceed any applicable expense limitation
imposed by any state or federal securities laws or regulations, and
the Advisor waives all or a portion of its management fee or
reimburses the Portfolio for expenses to the extent required to
satisfy such limitation, the Investment Management Fee paid to the
Sub-Advisor will be reduced by 50% of the amount of such waivers or
reimbursements multiplied by the fraction determined in (ii). If the
Sub-Advisor reduces its fees to reflect such waivers or reimbursements
and the Advisor subsequently recovers all or any portion of such
waivers or reimbursements, then the Sub-Advisor shall be entitled to
receive from the Advisor a proportionate share of the amount
recovered. To the extent that waivers and reimbursements by the
Advisor required by such limitations are in excess of the Advisor's
management fee, the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Advisor
will be reduced to zero for that month, but in no event shall the
Sub-Advisor be required to reimburse the Advisor for all or a portion
of such excess reimbursements.
(c) PROVISION OF MULTIPLE SERVICES: If the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided both investment advisory services under subparagraph (a) and
investment management services under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1
for the same portion of the investments of the Portfolio for the same
period, the fees paid to the Sub-Advisor with respect to such
investments shall be calculated exclusively under subparagraph (b) of
this paragraph 4.
5. Expenses: It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all of its
expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by the
Sub-Advisor hereunder or by the Advisor under the Management Contract
with the Portfolio, which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall
include, without limitation, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage
commissions and other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of
securities and other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses
of the Trust's Trustees other than those who are "interested persons"
of the Trust, the Sub-Advisor or the Advisor; (iv) legal and audit
expenses; (v) custodian, registrar and transfer agent fees and
expenses; (vi) fees and expenses related to the registration and
qualification of the Trust and the Portfolio's shares for distribution
under state and federal securities laws; (vii) expenses of printing
and mailing reports and notices and proxy material to shareholders of
the Portfolio; (viii) all other expenses incidental to holding
meetings of the Portfolio's shareholders, including proxy
solicitations therefore; (ix) a pro rata share, based on relative net
assets of the Portfolio and other registered investment companies
having Advisory and Service or Management Contracts with the Advisor,
of 50% of insurance premiums for fidelity and other coverage; (x) its
proportionate share of association membership dues; (xi) expenses of
typesetting for printing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information and supplements thereto; (xii) expenses of printing and
mailing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and
supplements thereto sent to existing shareholders; and (xiii) such
non-recurring or extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those
relating to actions, suits or proceedings to which the Portfolio is a
party and the legal obligation which the Portfolio may have to
indemnify the Trust's Trustees and officers with respect thereto.
6. Interested Persons: It is understood that Trustees, officers,
and shareholders of the Trust are or may be or become interested in
the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor as directors, officers or otherwise and
that directors, officers and stockholders of the Advisor or the
Sub-Advisor are or may be or become similarly interested in the Trust,
and that the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor may be or become interested in
the Trust as a shareholder or otherwise.
7. Services to Other Companies or Accounts: The services of the
Sub-Advisor to the Advisor are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the
Sub-Advisor being free to render services to others and engage in
other activities, provided, however, that such other services and
activities do not, during the term of this Agreement, interfere, in a
material manner, with the Sub-Advisor's ability to meet all of its
obligations hereunder. The Sub-Advisor shall for all purposes be an
independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the Advisor or
the Trust.
8. Standard of Care: In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall not be
subject to liability to the Advisor, the Trust or to any shareholder
of the Portfolio for any act or omission in the course of, or
connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that
may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
9. Duration and Termination of Agreement; Amendments:
(a) Subject to prior termination as provided in subparagraph (d) of
this paragraph 9, this Agreement shall continue in force until July
31, 2000 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the
continuance after such period shall be specifically approved at least
annually by vote of the Trust's Board of Trustees or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.
(b) This Agreement may be modified by mutual consent of the Advisor,
the Sub-Advisor and the Portfolio subject to the provisions of Section
15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable
order or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") or any rules or regulations adopted by, or
interpretative releases of, the Commission.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 9, the terms of any continuance or modification of this
Agreement must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those
Trustees of the Trust 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 approval.
(d) Either the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or the Portfolio may, at any
time on sixty (60) days' prior written notice to the other parties,
terminate this Agreement, without payment of any penalty, by action of
its Board of Trustees or Directors, or with respect to the Portfolio
by vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities. This
Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its
assignment.
10. Limitation of Liability: The Sub-Advisor is hereby expressly
put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth
in the Declaration of Trust or other organizational document of the
Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Portfolio
arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all
cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the Sub-Advisor shall not
seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any
shareholder of the Portfolio. Nor shall the Sub-Advisor seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the Trustees or any
individual Trustee.
11. Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions
thereof.
The terms "registered investment company," "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities," "assignment," and "interested
persons," when used herein, shall have the respective meanings
specified in the 1940 Act as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this instrument to
be signed in their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all as
of the date written above.
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC.
By /s/Laura B. Cronin
Laura Cronin
Treasurer
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
President
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
on behalf of Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock Fund
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
AND
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC.
AND
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST ON BEHALF OF
FIDELITY LARGE CAP STOCK FUND
AMENDMENT made this 1st day of October, 1999, by and between Fidelity
Management & Research Company, a Massachusetts corporation with
principal offices at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts
(hereinafter called the "Advisor"); Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc. (hereinafter called the "Sub-Advisor"); and Fidelity
Commonwealth Trust, a Massachusetts business trust which may issue one
or more series of shares of beneficial interest (hereinafter called
the "Trust") on behalf of Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund (hereinafter
called the "Portfolio").
Required authorization and approval by shareholders and Trustees
having been obtained, the Trust, on behalf of the Portfolio, the
Advisor, and the Sub-Advisor hereby consent, pursuant to Paragraph
9(b) of the existing Sub-Advisory Agreement dated May 18, 1995, to a
modification of said Sub-Advisory Agreement in the manner set forth
below. The Amended Sub-Advisory Agreement shall, when executed by
duly authorized officers of the Trust, the Advisor, and the
Sub-Advisor, take effect on October 1, 1999.
WHEREAS the Trust and the Advisor have entered into a Management
Contract on behalf of the Portfolio, pursuant to which the Advisor is
to act as investment manager of the Portfolio; and
WHEREAS the Sub-Advisor and its subsidiaries and other affiliated
persons have personnel in various locations throughout the world and
have been formed in part for the purpose of researching and compiling
information and recommendations with respect to the economies of
various countries, and securities of issuers located in such
countries, and providing investment advisory services in connection
therewith;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
promises hereinafter set forth, the Trust, the Advisor and the
Sub-Advisor agree as follows:
1. Duties: The Advisor may, in its discretion, appoint the
Sub-Advisor to perform one or more of the following services with
respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio. The
services and the portion of the investments of the Portfolio to be
advised or managed by the Sub-Advisor shall be as agreed upon from
time to time by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall
pay the salaries and fees of all personnel of the Sub-Advisor
performing services for the Portfolio relating to research,
statistical and investment activities.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVICE: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall provide investment advice to the
Portfolio and the Advisor with respect to all or a portion of the
investments of the Portfolio, and in connection with such advice shall
furnish the Portfolio and the Advisor such factual information,
research reports and investment recommendations as the Advisor may
reasonably require. Such information may include written and oral
reports and analyses.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT: If and to the extent requested by the
Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall, subject to the supervision of the
Advisor, manage all or a portion of the investments of the Portfolio
in accordance with the investment objective, policies and limitations
provided in the Portfolio's Prospectus or other governing instruments,
as amended from time to time, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"1940 Act") and rules thereunder, as amended from time to time, and
such other limitations as the Trust or Advisor may impose with respect
to the Portfolio by notice to the Sub-Advisor. With respect to the
portion of the investments of the Portfolio under its management, the
Sub-Advisor is authorized to make investment decisions on behalf of
the Portfolio with regard to any stock, bond, other security or
investment instrument, and to place orders for the purchase and sale
of such securities through such broker-dealers as the Sub-Advisor may
select. The Sub-Advisor may also be authorized, but only to the
extent such duties are delegated in writing by the Advisor, to provide
additional investment management services to the Portfolio, including
but not limited to services such as managing foreign currency
investments, purchasing and selling or writing futures and options
contracts, borrowing money or lending securities on behalf of the
Portfolio. All investment management and any other activities of the
Sub-Advisor shall at all times be subject to the control and direction
of the Advisor and the Trust's Board of Trustees.
(c) SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES: The Sub-Advisor may perform any or
all of the services contemplated by this Agreement directly or through
such of its subsidiaries or other affiliated persons as the
Sub-Advisor shall determine; provided, however, that performance of
such services through such subsidiaries or other affiliated persons
shall have been approved by the Trust to the extent required pursuant
to the 1940 Act and rules thereunder.
2. Information to be Provided to the Trust and the Advisor: The
Sub-Advisor shall furnish such reports, evaluations, information or
analyses to the Trust and the Advisor as the Trust's Board of Trustees
or the Advisor may reasonably request from time to time, or as the
Sub-Advisor may deem to be desirable.
3. Brokerage: In connection with the services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Sub-Advisor
shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio
securities for the Portfolio's account with brokers or dealers
selected by the Sub-Advisor, which may include brokers or dealers
affiliated with the Advisor or Sub-Advisor. The Sub-Advisor shall use
its best efforts to seek to execute portfolio transactions at prices
which are advantageous to the Portfolio and at commission rates which
are reasonable in relation to the benefits received. In selecting
brokers or dealers qualified to execute a particular transaction,
brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and
research services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of l934) to the Portfolio and/or to the other
accounts over which the Sub-Advisor or Advisor exercise investment
discretion. The Sub-Advisor is authorized to pay a broker or dealer
who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for
executing a portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess
of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have
charged for effecting that transaction if the Sub-Advisor determines
in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation
to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such
broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in terms of either
that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities which the
Sub-Advisor has with respect to accounts over which it exercises
investment discretion. The Trustees of the Trust shall periodically
review the commissions paid by the Portfolio to determine if the
commissions paid over representative periods of time were reasonable
in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio.
4. Compensation: The Advisor shall compensate the Sub-Advisor on
the following basis for the services to be furnished hereunder.
(a) INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Sub-Advisory Fee. The Sub-Advisory
Fee shall be equal to 110% of the Sub-Advisor's costs incurred in
connection with rendering the services referred to in subparagraph (a)
of paragraph 1 of this Agreement. The Sub-Advisory Fee shall not be
reduced to reflect expense reimbursements or fee waivers by the
Advisor, if any, in effect from time to time.
(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE: For services provided under
subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees
to pay the Sub-Advisor a monthly Investment Management Fee. The
Investment Management Fee shall be equal to: (i) 50% of the monthly
management fee rate (including performance adjustments, if any) that
the Portfolio is obligated to pay the Advisor under its Management
Contract with the Advisor, multiplied by: (ii) the fraction equal to
the net assets of the Portfolio as to which the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided investment management services divided by the net assets of
the Portfolio for that month. If in any fiscal year the aggregate
expenses of the Portfolio exceed any applicable expense limitation
imposed by any state or federal securities laws or regulations, and
the Advisor waives all or a portion of its management fee or
reimburses the Portfolio for expenses to the extent required to
satisfy such limitation, the Investment Management Fee paid to the
Sub-Advisor will be reduced by 50% of the amount of such waivers or
reimbursements multiplied by the fraction determined in (ii). If the
Sub-Advisor reduces its fees to reflect such waivers or reimbursements
and the Advisor subsequently recovers all or any portion of such
waivers or reimbursements, then the Sub-Advisor shall be entitled to
receive from the Advisor a proportionate share of the amount
recovered. To the extent that waivers and reimbursements by the
Advisor required by such limitations are in excess of the Advisor's
management fee, the Investment Management Fee paid to the Sub-Advisor
will be reduced to zero for that month, but in no event shall the
Sub-Advisor be required to reimburse the Advisor for all or a portion
of such excess reimbursements.
(c) PROVISION OF MULTIPLE SERVICES: If the Sub-Advisor shall have
provided both investment advisory services under subparagraph (a) and
investment management services under subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1
for the same portion of the investments of the Portfolio for the same
period, the fees paid to the Sub-Advisor with respect to such
investments shall be calculated exclusively under subparagraph (b) of
this paragraph 4.
5. Expenses: It is understood that the Portfolio will pay all of its
expenses other than those expressly stated to be payable by the
Sub-Advisor hereunder or by the Advisor under the Management Contract
with the Portfolio, which expenses payable by the Portfolio shall
include, without limitation, (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage
commissions and other costs in connection with the purchase or sale of
securities and other investment instruments; (iii) fees and expenses
of the Trust's Trustees other than those who are "interested persons"
of the Trust, the Sub-Advisor or the Advisor; (iv) legal and audit
expenses; (v) custodian, registrar and transfer agent fees and
expenses; (vi) fees and expenses related to the registration and
qualification of the Trust and the Portfolio's shares for distribution
under state and federal securities laws; (vii) expenses of printing
and mailing reports and notices and proxy material to shareholders of
the Portfolio; (viii) all other expenses incidental to holding
meetings of the Portfolio's shareholders, including proxy
solicitations therefore; (ix) a pro rata share, based on relative net
assets of the Portfolio and other registered investment companies
having Advisory and Service or Management Contracts with the Advisor,
of 50% of insurance premiums for fidelity and other coverage; (x) its
proportionate share of association membership dues; (xi) expenses of
typesetting for printing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional
Information and supplements thereto; (xii) expenses of printing and
mailing Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information and
supplements thereto sent to existing shareholders; and (xiii) such
non-recurring or extraordinary expenses as may arise, including those
relating to actions, suits or proceedings to which the Portfolio is a
party and the legal obligation which the Portfolio may have to
indemnify the Trust's Trustees and officers with respect thereto.
6. Interested Persons: It is understood that Trustees, officers,
and shareholders of the Trust are or may be or become interested in
the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor as directors, officers or otherwise and
that directors, officers and stockholders of the Advisor or the
Sub-Advisor are or may be or become similarly interested in the Trust,
and that the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor may be or become interested in
the Trust as a shareholder or otherwise.
7. Services to Other Companies or Accounts: The services of the
Sub-Advisor to the Advisor are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the
Sub-Advisor being free to render services to others and engage in
other activities, provided, however, that such other services and
activities do not, during the term of this Agreement, interfere, in a
material manner, with the Sub-Advisor's ability to meet all of its
obligations hereunder. The Sub-Advisor shall for all purposes be an
independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the Advisor or
the Trust.
8. Standard of Care: In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties
hereunder on the part of the Sub-Advisor, the Sub-Advisor shall not be
subject to liability to the Advisor, the Trust or to any shareholder
of the Portfolio for any act or omission in the course of, or
connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that
may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
9. Duration and Termination of Agreement; Amendments:
(a) Subject to prior termination as provided in subparagraph (d) of
this paragraph 9, this Agreement shall continue in force until July
31, 2000 and indefinitely thereafter, but only so long as the
continuance after such period shall be specifically approved at least
annually by vote of the Trust's Board of Trustees or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio.
(b) This Agreement may be modified by mutual consent of the Advisor,
the Sub-Advisor and the Portfolio subject to the provisions of Section
15 of the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable
order or orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") or any rules or regulations adopted by, or
interpretative releases of, the Commission.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of
this paragraph 9, the terms of any continuance or modification of this
Agreement must have been approved by the vote of a majority of those
Trustees of the Trust 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 approval.
(d) Either the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor or the Portfolio may, at any
time on sixty (60) days' prior written notice to the other parties,
terminate this Agreement, without payment of any penalty, by action of
its Board of Trustees or Directors, or with respect to the Portfolio
by vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities. This
Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its
assignment.
10. Limitation of Liability: The Sub-Advisor is hereby expressly
put on notice of the limitation of shareholder liability as set forth
in the Declaration of Trust or other organizational document of the
Trust and agrees that any obligations of the Trust or the Portfolio
arising in connection with this Agreement shall be limited in all
cases to the Portfolio and its assets, and the Sub-Advisor shall not
seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders or any
shareholder of the Portfolio. Nor shall the Sub-Advisor seek
satisfaction of any such obligation from the Trustees or any
individual Trustee.
11. Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without giving effect to the choice of laws provisions
thereof.
The terms "registered investment company," "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities," "assignment," and "interested
persons," when used herein, shall have the respective meanings
specified in the 1940 Act as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this instrument to
be signed in their behalf by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed, all as
of the date written above.
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC.
By /s/Laura B. Cronin
Laura Cronin
Treasurer
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
President
FIDELITY COMMONWEALTH TRUST
on behalf of Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund
By /s/Robert C. Pozen
Robert C. Pozen
Senior Vice President
PROXY VOTING RESULTS
A special meeting of Fidelity Large Cap Fund shareholders was held on
September 15, 1999. The results of votes taken among shareholders on
proposals before them are reported below. Each vote reported
represents a single share held on the record date for the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1
To elect as Trustees the following twelve nominees.*
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
RALPH F. COX
Affirmative 7,509,257,042.22 90.253
Withheld 810,974,411.70 9.747
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
PHYLLIS BURKE DAVIS
Affirmative 7,506,231,332.96 90.217
Withheld 814,000,120.96 9.783
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
ROBERT M. GATES
Affirmative 7,504,032,770.58 90.190
Withheld 816,198,683.34 9.810
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3D
Affirmative 7,507,525,603.81 90.232
Withheld 812,705,850.11 9.768
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
E. BRADLEY JONES
Affirmative 7,499,372,595.84 90.134
Withheld 820,858,858.08 9.866
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
DONALD J. KIRK
Affirmative 7,511,636,484.25 90.282
Withheld 808,594,969.67 9.718
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
PETER S. LYNCH
Affirmative 7,511,302,034.68 90.278
Withheld 808,929,419.24 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
WILLIAM O. MCCOY
Affirmative 7,511,311,111.53 90.278
Withheld 808,920,342.39 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
GERALD C. MCDONOUGH
Affirmative 7,500,473,641.76 90.147
Withheld 819,757,812.16 9.853
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
MARVIN L. MANN
Affirmative 7,511,368,292.01 90.278
Withheld 808,863,161.91 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
ROBERT C. POZEN
Affirmative 7,508,639,836.16 90.246
Withheld 811,591,617.76 9.754
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
THOMAS R. WILLIAMS
Affirmative 7,501,155,831.96 90.156
Withheld 819,075,621.96 9.844
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
PROPOSAL 2
To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent
accountants of the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 355,536,349.64 91.839
Against 5,409,463.67 1.397
Abstain 26,184,504.00 6.764
TOTAL 387,130,317.31 100.000
PROPOSAL 3
To adopt an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust.*
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 6,878,704,796.76 82.675
Against 319,740,789.58 3.843
Abstain 1,121,686,130.62 13.482
TOTAL 8,320,131,716.96 100.000
PROPOSAL 4
To approve an amended management contract for the fund that would
reduce the management fee payable to FMR by the fund as FMR's assets
under management increase.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 338,780,875.10 87.511
Against 10,563,367.68 2.728
Abstain 37,786,074.53 9.761
TOTAL 387,130,317.31 100.000
PROPOSAL 5
To approve an amended sub-advisory agreement with FMR U.K. to allow
FMR, FMR U.K., and the trust, on behalf of the fund, to modify the
agreement subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 338,728,130.87 87.497
Against 10,504,173.74 2.714
Abstain 37,898,012.70 9.789
TOTAL 387,130,317.31 100.000
PROPOSAL 6
To approve an amended sub-advisory agreement with FMR Far East to
allow FMR, FMR Far East, and the trust, on behalf of the fund, to
modify the agreement subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 337,908,615.65 87.285
Against 11,009,324.57 2.844
Abstain 38,212,377.09 9.871
TOTAL 387,130,317.31 100.000
PROPOSAL 7
To amend the fundamental diversification limitation to exclude
"securities of other investment companies " from issuer
diversification limits.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 333,783,657.53 86.220
Against 15,846,431.72 4.093
Abstain 37,500,228.06 9.687
TOTAL 387,130,317.31 100.000
*DENOTES TRUST-WIDE PROPOSALS AND VOTING RESULTS.
PROXY VOTING RESULTS
A special meeting of Fidelity Mid-Cap Fund shareholders was held on
September 15, 1999. The results of votes taken among shareholders on
proposals before them are reported below. Each vote reported
represents a single share held on the record date for the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1
To elect as Trustees the following twelve nominees.*
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
RALPH F. COX
Affirmative 7,509,257,042.22 90.253
Withheld 810,974,411.70 9.747
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
PHYLLIS BURKE DAVIS
Affirmative 7,506,231,332.96 90.217
Withheld 814,000,120.96 9.783
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
ROBERT M. GATES
Affirmative 7,504,032,770.58 90.190
Withheld 816,198,683.34 9.810
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3D
Affirmative 7,507,525,603.81 90.232
Withheld 812,705,850.11 9.768
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
E. BRADLEY JONES
Affirmative 7,499,372,595.84 90.134
Withheld 820,858,858.08 9.866
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
DONALD J. KIRK
Affirmative 7,511,636,484.25 90.282
Withheld 808,594,969.67 9.718
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
PETER S. LYNCH
Affirmative 7,511,302,034.68 90.278
Withheld 808,929,419.24 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
WILLIAM O. MCCOY
Affirmative 7,511,311,111.53 90.278
Withheld 808,920,342.39 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
GERALD C. MCDONOUGH
Affirmative 7,500,473,641.76 90.147
Withheld 819,757,812.16 9.853
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
MARVIN L. MANN
Affirmative 7,511,368,292.01 90.278
Withheld 808,863,161.91 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
ROBERT C. POZEN
Affirmative 7,508,639,836.16 90.246
Withheld 811,591,617.76 9.754
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
THOMAS R. WILLIAMS
Affirmative 7,501,155,831.96 90.156
Withheld 819,075,621.96 9.844
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
PROPOSAL 2
To adopt an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust.*
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 6,878,704,796.76 82.675
Against 319,740,789.58 3.843
Abstain 1,121,686,130.62 13.482
TOTAL 8,320,131,716.96 100.000
PROPOSAL 3
To approve an amended sub-advisory agreement with FMR U.K. to allow
FMR, FMR U.K., and the trust, on behalf of the fund, to modify the
agreement subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 841,787,919.93 90.364
Against 27,098,062.45 2.909
Abstain 62,664,412.58 6.727
TOTAL 931,550,394.96 100.000
PROPOSAL 4
To approve an amended sub-advisory agreement with FMR Far East to
allow FMR, FMR Far East, and the trust, on behalf of the fund, to
modify the agreement subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 839,084,811.18 90.074
Against 28,853,162.10 3.097
Abstain 63,612,421.68 6.829
TOTAL 931,550,394.96 100.000
*DENOTES TRUST-WIDE PROPOSALS AND VOTING RESULTS.
PROXY VOTING RESULTS
A special meeting of Fidelity Small Cap Fund shareholders was held on
September 15, 1999. The results of votes taken among shareholders on
proposals before them are reported below. Each vote reported
represents a single share held on the record date for the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1
To elect as Trustees the following twelve nominees.*
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
RALPH F. COX
Affirmative 7,509,257,042.22 90.253
Withheld 810,974,411.70 9.747
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
PHYLLIS BURKE DAVIS
Affirmative 7,506,231,332.96 90.217
Withheld 814,000,120.96 9.783
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
ROBERT M. GATES
Affirmative 7,504,032,770.58 90.190
Withheld 816,198,683.34 9.810
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3D
Affirmative 7,507,525,603.81 90.232
Withheld 812,705,850.11 9.768
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
E. BRADLEY JONES
Affirmative 7,499,372,595.84 90.134
Withheld 820,858,858.08 9.866
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
DONALD J. KIRK
Affirmative 7,511,636,484.25 90.282
Withheld 808,594,969.67 9.718
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
PETER S. LYNCH
Affirmative 7,511,302,034.68 90.278
Withheld 808,929,419.24 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
WILLIAM O. MCCOY
Affirmative 7,511,311,111.53 90.278
Withheld 808,920,342.39 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
GERALD C. MCDONOUGH
Affirmative 7,500,473,641.76 90.147
Withheld 819,757,812.16 9.853
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
MARVIN L. MANN
Affirmative 7,511,368,292.01 90.278
Withheld 808,863,161.91 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
ROBERT C. POZEN
Affirmative 7,508,639,836.16 90.246
Withheld 811,591,617.76 9.754
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
THOMAS R. WILLIAMS
Affirmative 7,501,155,831.96 90.156
Withheld 819,075,621.96 9.844
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
PROPOSAL 2
To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent
accountants of the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 289,719,050.24 96.442
Against 3,137,990.23 1.045
Abstain 7,549,325.00 2.513
TOTAL 300,406,365.47 100.000
PROPOSAL 3
To adopt an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust.*
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 6,878,704,796.76 82.675
Against 319,740,789.58 3.843
Abstain 1,121,686,130.62 13.482
TOTAL 8,320,131,716.96 100.000
*DENOTES TRUST-WIDE PROPOSALS AND VOTING RESULTS.
PROXY VOTING RESULTS
A special meeting of Spartan Market Index Fund shareholders was held
on September 15, 1999. The results of votes taken among shareholders
on proposals before them are reported below. Each vote reported
represents one dollar of net asset value held on the record date for
the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1
To elect as Trustees the following twelve nominees.*
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
RALPH F. COX
Affirmative 7,509,257,042.22 90.253
Withheld 810,974,411.70 9.747
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
PHYLLIS BURKE DAVIS
Affirmative 7,506,231,332.96 90.217
Withheld 814,000,120.96 9.783
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
ROBERT M. GATES
Affirmative 7,504,032,770.58 90.190
Withheld 816,198,683.34 9.810
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3D
Affirmative 7,507,525,603.81 90.232
Withheld 812,705,850.11 9.768
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
E. BRADLEY JONES
Affirmative 7,499,372,595.84 90.134
Withheld 820,858,858.08 9.866
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
DONALD J. KIRK
Affirmative 7,511,636,484.25 90.282
Withheld 808,594,969.67 9.718
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
PETER S. LYNCH
Affirmative 7,511,302,034.68 90.278
Withheld 808,929,419.24 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
WILLIAM O. MCCOY
Affirmative 7,511,311,111.53 90.278
Withheld 808,920,342.39 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
GERALD C. MCDONOUGH
Affirmative 7,500,473,641.76 90.147
Withheld 819,757,812.16 9.853
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
MARVIN L. MANN
Affirmative 7,511,368,292.01 90.278
Withheld 808,863,161.91 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
ROBERT C. POZEN
Affirmative 7,508,639,836.16 90.246
Withheld 811,591,617.76 9.754
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
THOMAS R. WILLIAMS
Affirmative 7,501,155,831.96 90.156
Abstain 819,075,621.96 9.844
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
PROPOSAL 2
To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent
accountants of the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 4,181,925,031.35 87.827
Against 63,526,398.79 1.335
Abstain 516,072,921.62 10.838
TOTAL 4,761,524,351.76 100.000
PROPOSAL 3
To authorize the trustees to adopt an Amended and Restated Declaration
of Trust.*
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 6,878,704,796.76 82.675
Against 319,740,789.58 3.843
Abstain 1,121,686,130.62 13.482
TOTAL 8,320,131,716.96 100.000
Broker Non-Votes 99,736.96
PROPOSAL 4(A)
To approve an interim sub-advisory agreement with Bankers Trust
Company for the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 3,980,384,464.33 83.595
Against 134,816,163.14 2.831
Abstain 646,323,724.29 13.574
TOTAL 4,761,524,351.76 100.000
PROPOSAL 4(B)
To approve a new sub-advisory agreement with Bankers Trust Company for
the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 3,964,569,763.47 83.263
Against 143,868,076.64 3.021
Abstain 653,086,511.65 13.716
TOTAL 4,761,524,351.76 100.000
PROPOSAL 5
To approve a new "manager-of-managers" arrangement for the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 3,860,782,818.87 81.083
Against 233,702,887.60 4.908
Abstain 667,038,645.29 14.009
TOTAL 4,761,524,351.76 100.000
* DENOTES TRUST-WIDE PROPOSALS AND VOTING RESULTS.
PROXY VOTING RESULTS
A special meeting of Fidelity Small Cap Selector shareholders was held
on September 15, 1999. The results of votes taken among shareholders
on proposals before them are reported below. Each vote reported
represents one dollar of net asset value held on the record date for
the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1
To elect as Trustees the following twelve nominees.*
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
RALPH F. COX
Affirmative 7,509,257,042.22 90.253
Withheld 810,974,411.70 9.747
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
PHYLLIS BURKE DAVIS
Affirmative 7,506,231,332.96 90.217
Withheld 814,000,120.96 9.783
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
ROBERT M. GATES
Affirmative 7,504,032,770.58 90.190
Withheld 816,198,683.34 9.810
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3D
Affirmative 7,507,525,603.81 90.232
Withheld 812,705,850.11 9.768
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
E. BRADLEY JONES
Affirmative 7,499,372,595.84 90.134
Withheld 820,858,858.08 9.866
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
DONALD J. KIRK
Affirmative 7,511,636,484.25 90.282
Withheld 808,594,969.67 9.718
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
PETER S. LYNCH
Affirmative 7,511,302,034.68 90.278
Withheld 808,929,419.24 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
WILLIAM O. MCCOY
Affirmative 7,511,311,111.53 90.278
Withheld 808,920,342.39 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
GERALD C. MCDONOUGH
Affirmative 7,500,473,641.76 90.147
Withheld 819,757,812.16 9.853
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
MARVIN L. MANN
Affirmative 7,511,368,292.01 90.278
Withheld 808,863,161.91 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
ROBERT C. POZEN
Affirmative 7,508,639,836.16 90.246
Withheld 811,591,617.76 9.754
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
THOMAS R. WILLIAMS
Affirmative 7,501,155,831.96 90.156
Withheld 819,075,621.96 9.844
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
PROPOSAL 2
To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent
accountants of the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 244,011,094.28 78.724
Against 4,411,030.28 1.423
Abstain 61,537,170.36 19.853
TOTAL 309,959,294.92 100.000
PROPOSAL 3
To adopt an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust.*
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 6,878,704,796.76 82.675
Against 319,740,789.58 3.843
Abstain 1,121,686,130.62 13.482
TOTAL 8,320,131,716.96 100.000
PROPOSAL 4
To approve an amended management contract for the fund that would
reduce the management fee payable to FMR by the fund as FMR's assets
under management increase, allow future modifications of the contract
without a shareholder vote if permitted by the 1940 Act, and modify
the performance adjustment calculations.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 227,077,001.49 73.260
Against 12,089,657.66 3.901
Abstain 70,792,635.77 22.839
TOTAL 309,959,294.92 100.000
PROPOSAL 5
To approve an amended sub-advisory agreement with FMR U.K. to allow
FMR, FMR U.K., and the trust, on behalf of the fund, to modify the
agreement subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 228,608,261.54 73.754
Against 10,662,235.34 3.440
Abstain 70,688,798.04 22.806
TOTAL 309,959,294.92 100.000
PROPOSAL 6
To approve an amended sub-advisory agreement with FMR Far East to
allow FMR, FMR Far East., and the trust, on behalf of the fund, to
modify the agreement subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 229,848,123.70 74.154
Against 9,098,306.41 2.936
Abstain 71,012,864.81 22.910
TOTAL 309,959,294.92 100.000
PROPOSAL 7
To approve a distribution and service plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 for
the fund that describes all material aspects of the proposed financing
for the distribution of shares of the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 223,518,283.02 72.112
Against 14,303,243.98 4.615
Abstain 72,137,767.92 23.273
TOTAL 309,959,294.92 100.000
PROPOSAL 8
To approve an Agreement and Plan providing for the reorganization of
the fund from a separate series of one Massachusetts business trust to
another.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 228,815,889.95 73.821
Against 9,114,047.84 2.941
Abstain 72,029,357.13 23.238
TOTAL 309,959,294.92 100.000
PROPOSAL 9
To amend the fund's fundamental investment limitation concerning
diversification to exclude "securities of other investment companies"
from the limitation.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 223,925,797.73 72.244
Against 15,421,381.79 4.975
Abstain 70,612,115.40 22.781
TOTAL 309,959,294.92 100.000
*DENOTES TRUST-WIDE PROPOSALS AND VOTING RESULTS.
PROXY VOTING RESULTS
A special meeting of Fidelity Intermediate Bond Fund shareholders was
held on September 15, 1999. Shareholders of record at the close of
business were entitled to vote. The results of votes taken among
shareholders on proposals before them are reported below. Each vote
reported represents one dollar of net asset value held on the record
date for the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1
To elect as Trustees the following twelve nominees.*
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
RALPH F. COX
Affirmative 7,509,257,042.22 90.253
Withheld 810,974,411.70 9.747
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
PHYLLIS BURKE DAVIS
Affirmative 7,506,231,332.96 90.217
Withheld 814,000,120.96 9.783
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
ROBERT M. GATES
Affirmative 7,504,032,770.58 90.190
Withheld 816,198,683.34 9.810
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3D
Affirmative 7,507,525,603.81 90.232
Withheld 812,705,850.11 9.768
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
E. BRADLEY JONES
Affirmative 7,499,372,595.84 90.134
Withheld 820,858,858.08 9.866
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
DONALD J. KIRK
Affirmative 7,511,636,484.25 90.282
Withheld 808,594,969.67 9.718
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
PETER S. LYNCH
Affirmative 7,511,302,034.68 90.278
Withheld 808,929,419.24 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
WILLIAM O. MCCOY
Affirmative 7,511,311,111.53 90.278
Withheld 808,920,342.39 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
GERALD C. MCDONOUGH
Affirmative 7,500,473,641.76 90.147
Withheld 819,757,812.16 9.853
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
MARVIN L. MANN
Affirmative 7,511,368,292.01 90.278
Withheld 808,863,161.91 9.722
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
ROBERT C. POZEN
Affirmative 7,508,639,836.16 90.246
Withheld 811,591,617.76 9.754
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
THOMAS R. WILLIAMS
Affirmative 7,501,155,831.96 90.156
Withheld 819,075,621.96 9.844
TOTAL 8,320,231,453.92 100.000
PROPOSAL 2
To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent
accountants of the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 1,377,931,988.46 84.553
Against 21,506,915.78 1.320
Abstain 230,221,825.25 14.127
TOTAL 1,629,660,729.49 100.000
PROPOSAL 3
To authorize the Trustees to adopt an amended and restated Declaration
of Trust.*
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 6,878,704,796.76 82.675
Against 319,740,789.58 3.843
Abstain 1,121,686,130.62 13.482
TOTAL 8,320,131,716.96 100.000
Broker Non-Votes 99,736.96
PROPOSAL 4
To approve an amended management contract for the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 1,252,658,796.25 76.866
Against 109,758,398.40 6.735
Abstain 267,243,534.84 16.399
TOTAL 1,629,660,729.49 100.000
PROPOSAL 5
To approve an amended sub-advisory agreement with Fidelity Management
& Research (U. K.) Inc. for the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 1,245,399,917.79 76.421
Against 111,025,039.29 6.813
Abstain 273,235,772.41 16.766
TOTAL 1,629,660,729.49 100.000
PROPOSAL 6
To approve an amended sub-advisory agreement with Fidelity Management
& Research (Far East) Inc. for the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 1,240,206,724.24 76.102
Against 113,205,074.30 6.947
Abstain 276,248,930.95 16.951
TOTAL 1,629,660,729.49 100.000
PROPOSAL 7
To eliminate a fundamental investment policy for the fund.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 1,197,642,419.03 73.490
Against 146,778,922.49 9.007
Abstain 285,239,387.97 17.503
TOTAL 1,629,660,729.49 100.000
PROPOSAL 8
To amend the fund's fundamental investment limitation concerning
diversification to exclude securities of other investment companies
from the limitation.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 1,260,483,409.77 77.346
Against 93,064,916.26 5.711
Abstain 276,112,403.46 16.943
TOTAL 1,629,660,729.49 100.000
PROPOSAL 9
To amend the fund's fundamental investment limitation concerning
underwriting of securities.
# OF % OF
VOTES CAST VOTES CAST
Affirmative 1,236,185,959.10 75.855
Against 115,864,336.70 7.110
Abstain 277,610,433.69 17.035
TOTAL 1,629,660,729.49 100.000
*DENOTES TRUST-WIDE PROPOSALS AND VOTING RESULTS.
