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SIGNATURE TANYA LODEN
TITLE CONTROLLER
February 21, 1996
To the Board of Directors of
Van Kampen American Capital Life Investment Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the
Common Stock Fund, Domestic Strategic Income Fund, Emerging Growth Fund,
Global Equity Fund, Government Fund, Money Market Fund, Multiple Strategy
Fund and Real Estate Fund (constituting Van Kampen American Capital Life
Investment Trust, hereafter referred to as the "Trust") for the year ended
December 31, 1995, we considered its internal control structure, including
procedures for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing
procedures for the purposes of expressing our opinion on the financial
statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to
provide assurance on the internal control structure.
The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and
maintaining an internal control structure. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to
assess the expected benefits and related costs of internal control
structure policies and procedures. Two of the objectives of an internal
control structure are to provide management with reasonable, but not
absolute, assurance that assets are appropriately safeguarded against loss
from unauthorized use or disposition and that transactions are executed
in accordance with management's authorization and recorded properly to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure, errors
or irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any
evaluation of the structure to future periods is subject to the risk that
it may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the
degree of effectiveness of the design and operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the internal control structure would not necessarily
disclose all matters in the internal control structure that might be
material weaknesses under standards established by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in
which the design or operation of the specific internal control structure
elements does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that errors or
irregularities in amounts that would be material in relation to the
financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a
timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving the internal
control structure, including procedures for safeguarding securities, that
we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of December 31,
1995.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management
and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
N-SAR ITEM 77C (Common Stock Fund)
a) An Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on July 21, 1995.
b) The election of Trustees included:
J. Miles Branagan, Richard E. Caruso, Philip P. Gaughan, Roger Hilsman,
R. Craig Kennedy, Donald C. Miller, Jack E. Nelson, Don G. Powell, David
Rees, Jerome L. Robinson, Lawrence J. Sheehan, Fernando Sisto, Wayne W.
Whalen and William S. Woodside.
Effective September 7, 1995, Mr. Caruso ceased serving as a Trustee and
Ms. Linda H. Heagy commenced serving as a Trustee.
Effective January 29, 1996, Messrs. Gaughan, Rees and Sheehan ceased
serving as Trustees and Mr. Dennis J. McDonnell commenced serving as a
Trustee.
c) The following were voted on at the meeting:
1) Approval of the Fund's reorganization and conversion to a Delaware
business trust.
For 3,545,236.866 Against 35,932.237
2) Ratification of the selection of Price Waterhouse LLP as independent
accountants for the Fund's current fiscal year.
For 3,694,722.703 Against 18,429.760
d) Inapplicable
*Sub-Item 77c is incorporated herein by reference to the proxy statement
filed with the SEC on or about June 2, 1995.
N-SAR ITEM 77C (Domestic Strategic Income Fund)
a) An Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on July 21, 1995.
b) The election of Trustees included:
J. Miles Branagan, Richard E. Caruso, Philip P. Gaughan, Roger Hilsman,
R. Craig Kennedy, Donald C. Miller, Jack E. Nelson, Don G. Powell, David
Rees, Jerome L. Robinson, Lawrence J. Sheehan, Fernando Sisto, Wayne W.
Whalen and William S. Woodside.
Effective September 7, 1995, Mr. Caruso ceased serving as a Trustee and
Ms. Linda H. Heagy commenced serving as a Trustee.
Effective January 29, 1996, Messrs. Gaughan, Rees and Sheehan ceased
serving as Trustees and Mr. Dennis J. McDonnell commenced serving as a
Trustee.
c) The following were voted on at the meeting:
1) Approval of the Fund's reorganization and conversion to a Delaware
business trust.
For 2,249,149.590 Against 45,204.880
2) Ratification of the selection of Price Waterhouse LLP as independent
accountants for the Fund's current fiscal year.
For 2,322,723.087 Against 3,065.562
d) Inapplicable
*Sub-Item 77c is incorporated herein by reference to the proxy statement
filed with the SEC on or about June 2, 1995.
N-SAR ITEM 77C (Government Fund)
a) An Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on July 21, 1995.
b) The election of Trustees included:
J. Miles Branagan, Richard E. Caruso, Philip P. Gaughan, Roger Hilsman,
R. Craig Kennedy, Donald C. Miller, Jack E. Nelson, Don G. Powell, David
Rees, Jerome L. Robinson, Lawrence J. Sheehan, Fernando Sisto, Wayne W.
Whalen and William S. Woodside.
Effective September 7, 1995, Mr. Caruso ceased serving as a Trustee and
Ms. Linda H. Heagy commenced serving as a Trustee.
Effective January 29, 1996, Messrs. Gaughan, Rees and Sheehan ceased
serving as Trustees and Mr. Dennis J. McDonnell commenced serving as a
Trustee.
c) The following were voted on at the meeting:
1) Approval of the Fund's reorganization and conversion to a Delaware
business trust.
For 6,787,587.429 Against 171,322.771
2) Ratification of the selection of Price Waterhouse LLP as independent
accountants for the Fund's current fiscal year.
For 7,069,823.928 Against 71,901.127
d) Inapplicable
*Sub-Item 77c is incorporated herein by reference to the proxy statement
filed with the SEC on or about June 2, 1995.
N-SAR ITEM 77C (Money Market Fund)
a) An Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on July 21, 1995.
b) The election of Trustees included:
J. Miles Branagan, Richard E. Caruso, Philip P. Gaughan, Roger Hilsman,
R. Craig Kennedy, Donald C. Miller, Jack E. Nelson, Don G. Powell, David
Rees, Jerome L. Robinson, Lawrence J. Sheehan, Fernando Sisto, Wayne W.
Whalen and William S. Woodside.
Effective September 7, 1995, Mr. Caruso ceased serving as a Trustee and
Ms. Linda H. Heagy commenced serving as a Trustee.
Effective January 29, 1996, Messrs. Gaughan, Rees and Sheehan ceased
serving as Trustees and Mr. Dennis J. McDonnell commenced serving as a
Trustee.
c) The following were voted on at the meeting:
1) Approval of the Fund's reorganization and conversion to a Delaware
business trust.
For 18,646,477.778 Against 86,206.106
2) Ratification of the selection of Price Waterhouse LLP as independent
accountants for the Fund's current fiscal year.
For 18,598,628.545 Against 35,451.050
d) Inapplicable
*Sub-Item 77c is incorporated herein by reference to the proxy statement
filed with the SEC on or about June 2,1995.
N-SAR ITEM 77C (Multiple Strategy Fund)
a) An Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on July 21, 1995.
b) The election of Trustees included:
J. Miles Branagan, Richard E. Caruso, Philip P. Gaughan, Roger Hilsman,
R. Craig Kennedy, Donald C. Miller, Jack E. Nelson, Don G. Powell, David
Rees, Jerome L. Robinson, Lawrence J. Sheehan, Fernando Sisto, Wayne W.
Whalen and William S. Woodside.
Effective September 7, 1995, Mr. Caruso ceased serving as a Trustee and
Ms. Linda H. Heagy commenced serving as a Trustee.
Effective January 29, 1996, Messrs. Gaughan, Rees and Sheehan ceased
serving as Trustees and Mr. Dennis J. McDonnell commenced serving as a
Trustee.
c) The following were voted on at the meeting:
1) Approval of the Fund's reorganization and conversion to a Delaware
business trust.
For 4,744,941.972 Against 44,843.191
2) Ratification of the selection of Price Waterhouse LLP as independent
accountants for the Fund's current fiscal year.
For 4,830,460.398 Against 26,614.660
d) Inapplicable
*Sub-Item 77c is incorporated herein by reference to the proxy statement
filed with the SEC on or about June 2, 1995.
EXHIBIT 1.1
FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
VAN KAMPEN
AMERICAN CAPITAL
LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
Dated: June 21, 1995
FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
Index
RECITALS ........................................................... 1
ARTICLE I THE TRUST ................................................. 2
SECTION 1.1 Name ...................................................... 2
SECTION 1.2. Location .................................................. 2
SECTION 1.3. Nature of Trust ........................................... 2
SECTION 1.4. Definitions ............................................... 2
SECTION 1.5. Real Property to be Converted into Personal Property ...... 5
ARTICLE 2 PURPOSE OF THE TRUST ...................................... 5
ARTICLE 3 POWERS OF THE TRUSTEES .................................... 6
SECTION 3.1. Powers in General ......................................... 6
(a) Investments ....................................................... 7
(b) Disposition of Assets ............................................. 7
(c) Ownership Powers .................................................. 7
(d) Form of Holding ................................................... 7
(e) Reorganization, etc. .............................................. 7
(f) Voting Trusts, etc. ............................................... 7
(g) Contracts, etc. ................................................... 8
(h) Guarantees, etc. .................................................. 8
(i) Partnerships, etc. ................................................ 8
(j) Insurance ......................................................... 8
(k) Pensions, etc. .................................................... 8
(I) Power of Collection and Litigation ................................ 8
(m) Issuance and Repurchase of Shares ................................. 9
(n) Offices ........................................................... 9
(o) Expenses .......................................................... 9
(p) Agents, etc. ...................................................... 9
(q) Accounts .......................................................... 9
(r) Valuation ......................................................... 9
(s) Indemnification ................................................... 9
(t) General ........................................................... 9
SECTION 3.2. Borrowings; Financings; Issuance of Securities ............ 10
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SECTION 3.3. Deposits .................................................. 10
SECTION 3.4. Allocations ............................................... 10
SECTION 3.5. Further Powers; Limitations ............................... 10
ARTICLE 4 TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS ..................................... 11
SECTION 4.1. Number, Designation, Election, Term, etc. ................. 11
(a) Initial Trustee ................................................... 11
(b) Number ............................................................ 11
(c) Election and Term ................................................. 11
(d) Resignation and Retirement ........................................ 12
(e) Removal ........................................................... 12
(f) Vacancies ......................................................... 12
(g) Acceptance of Trusts .............................................. 12
(h) Effect of Death, Resignation, etc. ................................ 12
(i) Conveyance ........................................................ 12
(j) No Accounting ..................................................... 13
SECTION 4.2. Trustees' Meetings; Participation by Telephone, etc. ...... 13
SECTION 4.3. Committees; Delegation .................................... 13
SECTION 4.4. Officers .................................................. 13
SECTION 4.5. Compensation of Trustees and Officers ..................... 13
SECTION 4.6. Ownership of Shares and Securities of the Trust ........... 14
SECTION 4.7. Right of Trustees and Officers to Own Property or to Engage
in Business; Authority of Trustees to Permit Others to Do
Likewise .................................................. 14
SECTION 4.8. Reliance on Experts ....................................... 14
SECTION 4.9. Surety Bonds .............................................. 15
SECTION 4.10. Apparent Authority of Trustees and Officers ............... 15
SECTION 4.11. Other Relationships Not Prohibited ........................ 15
SECTION 4.12. Payment of Trust Expenses ................................. 15
SECTION 4.13. 0wnership of the Trust Property ........................... 16
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SECTION 4.14. By-Laws ................................................... 16
ARTICLE 5 DELEGATION OF MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ................. 16
SECTION 5.1. Appointment; Action by Less than All Trustees ............. 16
SECTION 5.2. Certain Contracts ......................................... 16
(a) Advisory .......................................................... 17
(b) Administration .................................................... 17
(c) Underwriting ...................................................... 17
(d) Custodian ......................................................... 17
(e) Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent ............................ 18
(f) Shareholder Servicing ............................................. 18
(g) Accounting ........................................................ 18
Section 5.3. Distribution Arrangements ................................. 18
Section 5.4. Service Arrangements ...................................... 18
ARTICLE 6 SERIES AND SHARES ......................................... 18
SECTION 6.1. Description of Series and Shares .......................... 18
(a) General ........................................................... 18
(b) Establishment, etc. of Series; Authorization of Shares ............ 19
(c) Character of Separate Series and Shares Thereof ................... 19
(d) Consideration for Shares .......................................... 19
(e) Assets Belonging to Series ........................................ 20
(f) Liabilities of Series ............................................. 20
(g) Dividends ......................................................... 20
(h) Liquidation ....................................................... 21
(i) Voting ............................................................ 21
(j) Redemption by Shareholder ......................................... 21
(k) Redemption at the Option of the Trust ............................. 22
(I) Net Asset Value ................................................... 22
(m) Transfer .......................................................... 22
(n) Equality .......................................................... 23
(o) Rights of Fractional Shares ....................................... 23
(p) Conversion Rights ................................................. 23
SECTION 6.2. Ownership of Shares ......................................... 24
SECTION 6.3. Investments in the Trust .................................... 24
SECTION 6.4. No Pre-emptive Rights ....................................... 24
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SECTION 6.5. Status of Shares .......................................... 24
ARTICLE 7 SHAREHOLDERS' VOTING POWERS AND MEETINGS .................. 24
SECTION 7.1. Voting Powers ............................................. 24
SECTION 7.2. Number of Votes and Manner of Voting; Proxies ............. 25
SECTION 7.3. Meetings .................................................. 25
SECTION 7.4. Record Dates .............................................. 26
SECTION 7.5. Quorum and Required Vote .................................. 26
SECTION 7.6. Action by Written Consent ................................. 26
SECTION 7.7. Inspection of Records ..................................... 27
SECTION 7.8. Additional Provisions ..................................... 27
ARTICLE 8 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION .................. 27
SECTION 8.1. Trustees, Shareholders, etc. Not Personally Liable; Notice. 27
SECTION 8.2. Trustees' Good Faith Action; Expert Advice; No Bond
or Surety ................................................ 27
SECTION 8.3. Indemnification of Shareholders ........................... 28
SECTION 8.4. Indemnification of Trustees, Officers, etc. ............... 28
SECTION 8.5. Compromise Payment ........................................ 29
SECTION 8.6. Indemnification Not Exclusive, etc. ....................... 29
SECTION 8.7. Liability of Third Persons Dealing with Trustees .......... 29
ARTICLE 9 DURATION; REORGANIZATION; INCORPORATION; AMENDMENTS ....... 30
SECTION 9.1. Duration of Trust ......................................... 30
SECTION 9.2. Termination of Trust ...................................... 30
SECTION 9.3. Reorganization ............................................ 30
SECTION 9.4. Incorporation ............................................ 31
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SECTION 9.5. Amendments; etc. ............................................ 31
SECTION 9.6. Filing of Copies of Declaration and Amendments .............. 31
ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS ............................................... 32
SECTION 10.1. Notices ..................................................... 32
SECTION 10.2. Governing Law ............................................... 32
SECTION 10.3. Counterparts ............................................... 32
SECTION 10.4. Reliance by Third Parties ................................... 32
SECTION 10.5. References; Headings ........................................ 32
SECTION 10.6. Provisions in Conflict With Law or Regulation ............... 32
SECTION 10.7. Use of the Name "Van Kampen American Capital" ............... 33
Signature ................................................................ 34
Acknowledgments .......................................................... 35
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AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL
LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
As amended and restated as of June 21, 1995
This CONSENT TO AMENDMENT AND RESTATMENT, made as of this 21st day of
June, 1995, by the Trustees whose signatures are set forth below:
W I T N E S S E T H T H A T:
WHEREAS, the AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST of Van Kampen American
Capital Life Investment Trust, a trust organized as a business trust under
Delaware law (the "Trust"), was signed and delivered on May 10, 1995, by Van
Kampen American Capital, Inc. as Settlor (the "Settlor"), and Ronald A. Nyberg
as trustee (the "Initial Trustee"), in the city of Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois;
and
WHEREAS, a Certificate of Trust relating to the Trust was thereafter
filed in the offices of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and
WHEREAS, Article IX, Sections 9.5 and 9.6 of the Declaration provide
certain procedures for the amendment and restatement thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees have determined that it is desirable and in the
best interests of the Trust and the Shareholders that the Declaration be
amended and restated as herein provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, being at least a Majority of the
Trustees, do hereby consent, pursuant to Section 9.5 of the Declaration, to the
first amendment and restatement of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, and
hereby declare, for the benefit of all Persons who shall hereafter become
holders of Shares of the Trust (or of any Series thereof), that the Trustees
will hold the sum delivered to the Initial Trustee upon his execution of the
Declaration, and all other and further cash, securities and other property of
every type and description which they may in any way acquire in their capacity
as such Trustees, together with the income therefrom and the proceeds thereof,
IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, to manage and dispose of the same for the benefit of the
holders from time to time of the Shares being issued and to be issued hereunder
and in the manner and subject to the provisions hereof, to wit:
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ARTICLE I
THE TRUST
SECTION 1.1 Name. The name of the Trust shall be
"VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST"
and so far as may be practicable, the Trustees shall conduct the
Trust's activities, execute all documents and sue or be sued under that name,
which name (and the word "Trust" wherever used in this Agreement and
Declaration of Trust, except where the context otherwise requires) shall refer
to the Trustees in their capacity as Trustees, and not individually or
personally, and shall not refer to the officers, agents or employees of the
Trust or of such Trustees, or to the holders of the Shares of the Trust or any
Series. If the Trustees determine that the use of such name is not practicable,
legal or convenient at any time or in any jurisdiction, or if the Trust is
required to discontinue the use of such name pursuant to Section 10.7 hereof,
then subject to that Section, the Trustees may use such other designation, or
they may adopt such other name for the Trust as they deem proper, and the Trust
may hold property and conduct its activities under such designation or name.
SECTION 1.2. Location. The Trust shall maintain a registered office in
the State of Delaware and may have such other offices or places of business as
the Trustees may from time to time determine to be necessary or expedient.
SECTION 1.3. Nature of Trust. The Trust shall be a trust with
transferable shares under the laws of The State of Delaware, of the type
defined in Title 12, Chapter 38, Section 3801 of the Delaware Code as a
business trust. The Trust is not intended to be, shall not be deemed to be, and
shall not be treated as, a general partnership, limited partnership, joint
venture, corporation or joint stock company. The Shareholders shall be
beneficiaries and their relationship to the Trustees shall be solely in that
capacity in accordance with the rights conferred upon them hereunder.
SECTION 1.4. Definitions. As used in this Agreement and Declaration of
Trust, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below unless the
context thereof otherwise requires:
"Accounting Agent" shall have the meaning designated in Section 5.2(g)
hereof.
"Administrator" shall have the meaning designated in Section 5.2(b)
hereof.
"Affiliated Person" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the 1940
Act.
"By-Laws" shall mean the By-Laws of the Trust, as amended from time to
time.
"Certificate of Designation" shall have the meaning designated in
Section 6.1 hereof.
"Certificate of Termination" shall have the meaning designated in
Section 6.1 hereof.
"Class" or "Classes" shall mean, with respect to the Trust (of any
Series thereof), any unissued Shares of the Trust (or such Series) in respect
of which the Trustees shall from time to time fix and determine any special
provisions relating to sales charges, any rights of redemption and the price,
terms and manner of redemption, special and relative rights as to dividends and
other distributions and on
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liquidation, sinking or purchase fund provisions, conversion rights,
and conditions under which the Shareholders of such Class shall have separate
voting rights or no voting rights.
"Commission" shall have the same meaning as in the 1940 Act.
"Contracting Party" shall have the meaning designated in the preamble
to Section 5.2 hereof.
"Conversion Date" shall mean with respect to Shares of any Class that
are convertible automatically into Shares of any other Class of the Trust (or
Series thereof) the date fixed by the Trustees for such conversion.
"Covered Person" shall have the meaning designated in Section 8.4
hereof.
"Custodian" shall have the meaning designated in Section 5.2(d) hereof.
"Declaration" and "Declaration of Trust" shall mean this Agreement and
Declaration of Trust and all amendments or modifications thereof as from time
to time in effect. This Agreement and Declaration of Trust is the "governing
instrument" of the Trust within the meaning of the laws of the State of
Delaware with respect to Delaware Business Trusts. References in this
Agreement and Declaration of Trust to "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" shall
be deemed to refer to the Declaration of Trust generally, and shall not be
limited to the particular text, Article or Section in which such words appear.
"Disabling Conduct" shall have the meaning designated in Section 8.4
hereof.
"Distributor" shall have the meaning designated in Section 5.2(c)
hereof.
"Dividend Disbursing Agent" shall have the meaning designated in
Section 5.2(e) hereof.
"General Items" shall have the meaning defined in Section 6.2(a)
hereof.
"Initial Trustee" shall have the meaning defined in the preamble
hereto.
"Investment Advisor" shall have the meaning defined in Section 5.2(a)
hereof.
"Majority of the Trustees" shall mean a majority of the Trustees in
office at the time in question. At any time at which there shall be only one
(1) Trustee in office, such term shall mean such Trustee.
"Majority Shareholder Vote," as used with respect to (a) the election
of any Trustee at a meeting of Shareholders, shall mean the vote for the
election of such Trustee of a plurality of all outstanding Shares of the Trust,
without regard to Series, represented in person or by proxy and entitled to
vote thereon, provided that a quorum (as determined in accordance with the
By-Laws) is present, (b) any other action required or permitted to be taken by
Shareholders, shall mean the vote for such action of the holders of that
majority of all outstanding Shares (or, where a separate vote of Shares of any
particular Series is to be taken, the affirmative vote of that majority of the
outstanding Shares of that Series) of the Trust which consists of: (i) a
majority of all Shares (or of Shares of the particular Series) represented in
person or by proxy and entitled to vote on such action at the meeting of
Shareholders at which such action is to be taken, provided that a quorum (as
determined in accordance with the By-Laws) is present; or (ii) if such action
is to be taken by written consent of Shareholders, a majority of all Shares (or
of Shares of the particular Series) issued and outstanding and entitled to vote
on such action; provided that (iii) as used
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with respect to any action requiring the affirmative vote of "a
majority of the outstanding voting securities," as the quoted phrase is defined
in the 1940 Act, of the Trust or of any Series, "Majority Shareholder Vote"
means the vote for such action at a meeting of Shareholders of the smallest
majority of all outstanding Shares of the Trust (or of Shares of the particular
Series) entitled to vote on such action which satisfies such 1940 Act voting
requirement.
"1940 Act" shall mean the provisions of the Investment Company Act of
1940 and the rules and regulations thereunder, both as amended from time to
time, and any order or orders thereunder which may from time to time be
applicable to the Trust.
"Person" shall mean and include individuals, as well as corporations,
limited partnerships, general partnerships, joint stock companies, joint
ventures, associations, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or
other organizations established under the laws of any jurisdiction, whether or
not considered to be legal entities, and governments and agencies and political
subdivisions thereof.
"Principal Underwriter" shall have the meaning designated in Section
5.2(c) hereof.
"Prospectus," as used with respect to the Trust (or the Shares of a
particular Series), shall mean the prospectus relating to the Trust (or such
Series) which constitutes part of the currently effective Registration
Statement of the Trust under the Securities Act of 1933, as such prospectus may
be amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Securities" shall have the same meaning ascribed to that term in the
Securities Act of 1993.
"Series" shall mean one or more of the series of Shares authorized by
the Trustees to represent the beneficial interest in one or more separate
components of the assets of the Trust which are now or hereafter established
and designated under or in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 hereof.
"Settlor" shall have the meaning defined in the preamble hereto.
"Shareholder" shall mean as of any particular time any Person shown of
record at such time on the books of the Trust as a holder of outstanding Shares
of any Series, and shall include a pledgee into whose name any such Shares are
transferred in pledge.
"Shareholder Servicing Agent" shall have the meaning designated in
Section 5.2(f) hereof.
"Shares" shall mean the transferable units into which the beneficial
interest in the Trust and each Series of the Trust (as the context may require)
shall be divided from time to time, and includes fractions of Shares as well as
whole Shares. All references herein to "Shares" which are not accompanied by a
reference to any particular Series or Class shall be deemed to apply to
outstanding Shares without regard to Series or Class.
"Single Class Voting," as used with respect to any matter to be acted
upon at a meeting or by written consent of Shareholders, shall mean a style of
voting in which each holder of one or more Shares shall be entitled to one vote
on the matter in question for each Share standing in his name on the records of
the Trust, irrespective of Series or Class of a Series, and all outstanding
Shares of all Series vote as a single class.
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"Statement of Additional Information," as used with respect to the
Trust (or any Series), shall mean the statement of additional information
relating to the Trust (or such Series) which constitutes part of the currently
effective Registration Statement of the Trust under the Securities Act of 1933,
as such statement of additional information may be amended or supplemented from
time to time.
"Transfer Agent" shall have the meaning defined in Section 5.2(e)
hereof.
"Trust" shall mean the trust named in Section 1.1 hereof.
"Trust Property" shall mean, as of any particular time, any and all
property which shall have been transferred, conveyed or paid to the Trust or
the Trustees, and all interest, dividends, income, earnings, profits and gains
therefrom, and proceeds thereof, including any proceeds derived from the sale,
exchange or liquidation thereof, and any funds or payments derived from any
reinvestment of such proceeds in whatever form the same may be, and which at
such time is owned or held by, or for the account of, the Trust or the
Trustees, without regard to the Series to which such property is allocated.
"Trustees" shall mean, collectively, the Initial Trustee, so long as he
shall continue in office, and all other individuals who at the time in question
have been duly elected or appointed as Trustees of the Trust in accordance with
the provisions hereof and who have qualified and are then in office. At any
time at which there shall be only one (I) Trustee in office, such term shall
mean such single Trustee.
SECTION 1.5. Real Property to be Converted into Personal Property.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any real property at any time
forming part of the Trust Property shall be held in trust for sale and
conversion into personal property at such time or times and in such manner and
upon such terms as the Trustees shall approve, but the Trustees shall have
power until the termination of this Trust to postpone such conversion as long
as they in their uncontrolled discretion shall think fit, and for the purpose
of determining the nature of the interest of the Shareholders therein, all such
real property shall at all times be considered as personal property.
ARTICLE 2
PURPOSE OF THE TRUST
The purpose of the Trust shall be to (a) manage, conduct, operate and
carry on the business of an investment company; (b) subscribe for, invest in,
reinvest in, purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, sell, assign,
transfer, exchange, distribute or otherwise deal in or dispose of any and all
sorts of property, tangible or intangible, including but not limited to
Securities of any type whatsoever, whether equity or nonequity, of any issuer,
evidences of indebtedness of any person and any other rights, interest,
instruments or property of any sort to exercise any and all rights, powers and
privileges of ownership or interest in respect of any and all such investment
of every kind and description, including without limitation, the right to
consent and otherwise act with respect thereto, with power to designate one or
more Persons to exercise any of said rights, powers and privileges in respect
of any of said investments. The Trustees shall not be limited by any law
limiting the investments which may be made by fiduciaries.
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ARTICLE 3
POWERS OF THE TRUSTEES
SECTION 3.1. Powers in General. The Trustees shall have, without other
or further authorization, full, entire, exclusive and absolute power, control
and authority over, and management of, the business of the Trust and over the
Trust Property, to the same extent as if the Trustees were the sole owners of
the business and property of the Trust in their own right, and with such powers
of delegation as may be permitted by this Declaration, subject only to such
limitations as may be expressly imposed by this Declaration of Trust or by
applicable law. The enumeration of any specific power or authority herein shall
not be construed as limiting the aforesaid power or authority or any specific
power or authority. Without limiting the foregoing; they may select, and from
time to time change, the fiscal year of the Trust; they may adopt and use a
seal for the Trust, provided that unless otherwise required by the Trustees, it
shall not be necessary to place the seal upon, and its absence shall not impair
the validity of, any document, instrument or other paper executed and delivered
by or on behalf of the Trust; they may from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.1 hereof establish one or more Series to which they may
allocate such of the Trust Property, subject to such liabilities, as they shall
deem appropriate, each such Series to be operated by the Trustees as a separate
and distinct investment medium and with separately defined investment
objectives and policies and distinct investment purposes, all as established by
the Trustees, or from time to time changed by them; they may as they consider
appropriate elect and remove officers and appoint and terminate agents and
consultants and hire and terminate employees, any one or more of the foregoing
of whom may be a Trustee; they may appoint from their own number, and
terminate, any one or more committees consisting of one or more Trustees,
including without implied limitation an Executive Committee, which may, when
the Trustees are not in session and subject to the 1940 Act, exercise some or
all of the power and authority of the Trustees as the Trustees may determine;
in accordance with Section 5.2 they may employ one or more Investment Advisers,
Administrators and Custodians and may authorize any such service provider to
employ one or more other or service providers and to deposit all or any part of
such assets in a system or systems for the central handling of Securities,
retain Transfer, Dividend Disbursing, Accounting or Shareholder Servicing
Agents or any of the foregoing, provide for the distribution of Shares by the
Trust through one or more Distributors, Principal Underwriters or otherwise,
set record dates or times for the determination of Shareholders entitled to
participate in, benefit from or act with respect to various matters; and in
general they may delegate to any officer of the Trust, to any Committee of the
Trustees and to any employee, Investment Adviser, Administrator, Distributor,
Custodian, Transfer Agent, Dividend Disbursing Agent, or any other agent or
consultant of the Trust, such authority, powers, functions and duties as they
consider desirable or appropriate for the conduct of the business and affairs
of the Trust, including without implied limitation the power and authority to
act in the name of the Trust and of the Trustees, to sign documents and to act
as attorney-in-fact for the Trustees. Without limiting the foregoing and to the
extent not inconsistent with the 1940 Act or other applicable law, the Trustees
shall have power and authority:
(a) Investments. To subscribe for, invest in, reinvest in, purchase or
otherwise acquire, hold, pledge, sell, assign, transfer, exchange, distribute
or otherwise deal in or dispose of any and all sorts of property, tangible or
intangible, including but not limited to Securities of any type whatsoever,
whether equity or nonequity, of any issuer, evidences of indebtedness of any
person and any other rights, interest, instruments or property of any sort, to
exercise any and all rights, powers and privileges of ownership or
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interest in respect of any and all such investments of every kind and
description, including without limitation the right to consent and otherwise
act with respect thereto, with power to designate one or more Persons to
exercise any of said rights, powers and privileges in respect of any of said
investments, in every case without being limited by any law limiting the
investments which may be made by fiduciaries;
(b) Disposition of Assets. Upon such terms and conditions as they deem
best, to lend, sell, exchange, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, grant security
interests in, encumber, negotiate, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of,
and to trade in, any and all of the Trust Property, free and clear of all
trusts, for cash or on terms, with or without advertisement, and on such terms
as to payment, security or otherwise, all as they shall deem necessary or
expedient;
(c) Ownership Powers. To vote or give assent, or exercise any and all
other rights, powers and privileges of ownership with respect to, and to
perform any and all duties and obligations as owners of, any Securities or
other property forming part of the Trust Property, the same as any individual
might do; to exercise powers and rights of subscription or otherwise which in
any manner arise out of ownership of Securities, and to receive powers of
attorney from, and to execute and deliver proxies or powers of attorney to,
such Person or Persons as the Trustees shall deem proper, receiving from or
granting to such Person or Persons such power and discretion with relation to
Securities or other property of the Trust, all as the Trustees shall deem
proper;
(d) Form of Holding. To hold any Security or other property in a form
not indicating any trust, whether in bearer, unregistered or other negotiable
form, or in the name of the Trustees or of the Trust, or of the Series to which
such Securities or property belong, or in the name of a Custodian, subcustodian
or other nominee or nominees, or otherwise, upon such terms, in such manner or
with such powers, as the Trustees may determine, and with or without indicating
any trust or the interest of the Trustees therein;
(e) Reorganizations etc. To consent to or participate in any plan for
the reorganization, consolidation or merger of any corporation or issuer, any
Security of which is or was held in the Trust or any Series; to consent to any
contract, lease, mortgage, purchase or sale of property by such corporation or
issuer, and to pay calls or subscriptions with respect to any Security forming
part of the Trust Property;
(f) Voting Trusts, etc. To join with other holders of any Securities in
acting through a committee, depository, voting trustee or otherwise, and in
that connection to deposit any Security with, or transfer any Security to, any
such committee, depository or trustee, and to delegate to them such power and
authority with relation to any Security (whether or not so deposited or
transferred) as the Trustees shall deem proper, and to agree to pay, and to
pay, such portion of the expenses and compensation of such committee,
depository or trustee as the Trustees shall deem proper;
(g) Contracts. etc. To enter into, make and perform all such
obligations, contracts, agreements and undertakings of every kind and
description, with any Person or Persons, as the Trustees shall in their
discretion deem expedient in the conduct of the business of the Trust, for such
terms as they shall see fit, whether or not extending beyond the term of office
of the Trustees, or beyond the possible expiration of the Trust; to amend,
extend, release or cancel any such obligations, contracts, agreements or
understandings; and to execute, acknowledge, deliver and record all written
instruments which they may deem necessary or expedient in the exercise of their
powers;
(h) Guarantees. etc. To endorse or guarantee the payment of any notes
or other obligations of any Person; to make contracts of guaranty or
suretyship, or otherwise assume liability for payment thereof;
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and to mortgage and pledge the Trust Property or any part thereof to secure any
of or all such obligations;
(i) Partnerships, etc. To enter into joint ventures, general or limited
partnerships and any other combinations or association;
(j) Insurance. To purchase and pay for entirely out of Trust Property
such insurance as they may deem necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the
business, including, without limitation, insurance policies insuring the assets
of the Trust and payment of distributions and principal on its portfolio
investments, and insurance policies insuring the Shareholders, Trustees,
officers, employees, agents, consultants, Investment Advisers, managers,
Administrators, Distributors, Principal Underwriters, or other independent
contractors, or any thereof (or any Person connected therewith), of the Trust,
individually, against all claims and liabilities of every nature arising by
reason of holding, being or having held any such office or position, or by
reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by any such Person
in any such capacity, whether or not the Trust would have the power to
indemnify such Person against such liability;
(k) Pensions, etc. To pay pensions for faithful service, as deemed
appropriate by the Trustees, and to adopt, establish and carry out pension,
profit sharing, share bonus, share purchase, savings, thrift, deferred
compensation and other retirement, incentive and benefit plans, trusts and
provisions, including the purchasing of life insurance and annuity contracts as
a means of providing such retirement and other benefits, for any or all of the
Trustees, officers, employees and agents of the Trust;
(I) Power of Collection and Litigation. To collect, sue for and receive
all sums of money coming due to the Trust, to employ counsel, and to commence,
engage in, prosecute, intervene in, join, defend, compound, compromise, adjust
or abandon, in the name of the Trust, any and all actions, suits, proceedings,
disputes, claims, controversies, demands or other litigation or legal
proceedings relating to the Trust, the business of the Trust, the Trust
Property, or the Trustees, officers, employees, agents and other independent
contractors of the Trust, in their capacity as such, at law or in equity, or
before any other bodies or tribunals, and to compromise, arbitrate or otherwise
adjust any dispute to which the Trust may be a party, whether or not any suit
is commenced or any claim shall have been made or asserted. Except to the
extent required for a Delaware Business Trust, the Shareholders shall have no
power to vote as to whether or not a court action, legal proceeding or claim
should or should not be brought or maintained derivatively or as a class action
on behalf of the Trust or the Shareholders.
(m) Issuance and Repurchase of Shares. To authorize, issue, sell,
repurchase, redeem, retire, cancel, acquire, hold, resell, reissue, dispose of,
transfer, and otherwise deal in Shares of any Series, and, subject to Article 6
hereof, to apply to any such repurchase, redemption, retirement, cancellation
or acquisition of Shares of any Series, any of the assets belonging to the
Series to which such Shares relate, whether constituting capital or surplus or
otherwise, to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by applicable law;
provided that any Shares belonging to the Trust shall not be voted, directly or
indirectly;
(n) Offices. To have one or more offices, and to carry on all or any of
the operations and business of the Trust, in any of the States, Districts or
Territories of the United States, and in any and all foreign countries, subject
to the laws of such State, District, Territory or country;
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(o) Expenses. To incur and pay any and all such expenses and charges as
they may deem advisable (including without limitation appropriate fees to
themselves as Trustees), and to pay all such sums of money for which they may
be held liable by way of damages, penalty, fine or otherwise;
(p) Agents, etc. To retain and employ any and all such servants,
agents, employees, attorneys, brokers, Investment Advisers, accountants,
architects, engineers, builders, escrow agents, depositories, consultants,
ancillary trustees, custodians, agents for collection, insurers, banks and
officers, as they think best for the business of the Trust or any Series, to
supervise and direct the acts of any of the same, and to fix and pay their
compensation and define their duties;
(q) Accounts. To determine, and from time to time change, the method or
form in which the accounts of the Trust or any Series shall be kept;
(r) Valuation. Subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act, to
determine from time to time the value of all or any part of the Trust Property
and of any services, Securities, property or other consideration to be
furnished to or acquired by the Trust, and from time to time to revalue all or
any part of the Trust Property in accordance with such appraisals or other
information as is, in the Trustees' sole judgment, necessary and satisfactory;
(s) Indemnification. In addition to the mandatory indemnification
provided for in Article 8 hereof and to the extent permitted by law, to
indemnify or enter into agreements with respect to indemnification with any
Person with whom this Trust has dealings, including, without limitation, any
independent contractor, to such extent as the Trustees shall determine; and
(t) General. Subject to the fundamental policies in effect from time to
time with respect to the Trust, to do all such other acts and things and to
conduct, operate, carry on and engage in such other lawful businesses or
business activities as they shall in their sole and absolute discretion
consider to be incidental to the business of the Trust or any Series as an
investment company, and to exercise all powers which they shall in their
discretion consider necessary, useful or appropriate to carry on the business
of the Trust or any Series, to promote any of the purposes for which the Trust
is formed, whether or not such things are specifically mentioned herein, in
order to protect or promote the interests of the Trust or any Series, or
otherwise to carry out the provisions of this Declaration.
SECTION 3.2. Borrowings; Financings: Issuance of Securities. The
Trustees have power, subject to the fundamental policies in effect from time to
time with respect to the Trust, to borrow or in any other manner raise such sum
or sums of money, and to incur such other indebtedness for goods or services,
or for or in connection with the purchase or other acquisition of property, as
they shall deem advisable for the purposes of the Trust, in any manner and on
any terms, and to evidence the same by negotiable or nonnegotiable Securities
which may mature at any time or times, even beyond the possible date of
termination of the Trust; to issue Securities of any type for such cash,
property, services or other considerations, and at such time or times and upon
such terms, as they may deem advisable; and to reacquire any such Securities.
Any such Securities of the Trust may, at the discretion of the Trustees, be
made convertible into Shares of any Series, or may evidence the right to
purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire Shares of any Series, at such
times and on such terms as the Trustees may prescribe.
SECTION 3.3. Deposits. Subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act, the
Trustees shall have power to deposit any moneys or Securities included in the
Trust Property with any one or more banks, trust companies or other banking
institutions, whether or not such deposits will draw interest. Such deposits
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are to be subject to withdrawal in such manner as the Trustees may
determine, and the Trustees shall have no responsibility for any loss which may
occur by reason of the failure of the bank, trust company or other banking
institution with which any such moneys or Securities have been deposited,
except as provided in Section 8.2 hereof.
SECTION 3.4. Allocations. The Trustees shall have power to determine
whether moneys or other assets received by the Trust shall be charged or
credited to income or capital, or allocated between income and capital,
including the power to amortize or fail to amortize any part or all of any
premium or discount, to treat any part or all of the profit resulting from the
maturity or sale of any asset, whether purchased at a premium or at a discount,
as income or capital, or to apportion the same between income and capital, to
apportion the sale price of any asset between income and capital, and to
determine in what manner any expenses or disbursements are to be borne as
between income and capital, whether or not in the absence of the power and
authority conferred by this Section 3.4 such assets would be regarded as income
or as capital or such expense or disbursement would be charged to income or to
capital; to treat any dividend or other distribution on any investment as
income or capital, or to apportion the same between income and capital; to
provide or fail to provide reserves, including reserves for depreciation,
amortization or obsolescence in respect of any Trust Property in such amounts
and by such methods as they shall determine; to allocate less than all of the
consideration paid for Shares of any Series to surplus with respect to the
Series to which such Shares relate and to allocate the balance thereof to
paid-in capital of that Series, and to reallocate such amounts from time to
time; all as the Trustees may reasonably deem proper.
SECTION 3.5. Further Powers: Limitations. The Trustees shall have power
to do all such other matters and things, and to execute all such instruments,
as they deem necessary, proper or desirable in order to carry out, promote or
advance the interests of the Trust, although such matters or things are not
herein specifically mentioned. Any determination as to what is in the interests
of the Trust made by the Trustees in good faith shall be conclusive. In
construing the provisions of this Declaration of Trust, the presumption shall
be in favor of a grant of power to the Trustees. The Trustees shall not be
required to obtain any court order to deal with the Trust Property. The
Trustees may limit their right to exercise any of their powers through express
restrictive provisions in the instruments evidencing or providing the terms for
any Securities of the Trust or in other contractual instruments adopted on
behalf of the Trust.
ARTICLE 4
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
SECTION 4.1. Number. Designation, Election. Term, etc.
(a) Initial Trustee. Upon his execution of this Agreement and
Declaration of Trust dated May 10, 1995 or a counterpart hereof or some other
writing in which he accepted such Trusteeship and agreed to the provisions
hereof, the individual whose signature is affixed thereto as Initial Trustee
became the Initial Trustee thereof.
(b) Number. The Trustees serving as such, whether named above or
hereafter becoming Trustees, may increase (to not more than fourteen (14)) or
decrease the number of Trustees to a number other than the number theretofore
determined by a written instrument signed by a Majority
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(or a supermajority if required by the By-Laws) of the Trustees). No
decrease in the number of Trustees shall have the effect of removing any
Trustee from office prior to the expiration of his term, but the number of
Trustees may be decreased in conjunction with the removal of a Trustee pursuant
to subsection (e) of this Section 4.1.
(c) Election and Term. The Trustees shall be elected by the
Shareholders of the Trust at the first meeting of Shareholders immediately
prior to the initial issuance of shares of the Trust in a public offering and
the term of office of any Trustees in office before such election shall
terminate at the time of such election. Subject to Section 16(a) of the 1940
Act and to the preceding sentence of this subsection (c) and to any
requirements specified in the By-Laws, the Trustees shall have the power to set
and alter the terms of office of the Trustees, and at any time to lengthen or
shorten their own terms or make their terms of unlimited duration, to elect
their own successors and, pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section 4.1, to
appoint Trustees to fill vacancies; provided that Trustees shall be elected by
a Majority Shareholder Vote at any such time or times as the Trustees shall
determine that such action is required under Section 16(a) of the 1940 Act or,
if not so required, that such action is advisable; and further provided that,
after the initial election of Trustees by the Shareholders, the term of office
of any incumbent Trustee shall continue until the termination of this Trust or
his earlier death, resignation, retirement, bankruptcy, adjudicated
incompetency or other incapacity or removal, or if not so terminated, until the
election of such Trustee's successor in office has become effective in
accordance with this subsection (c).
(d) Resignation and Retirement. Any Trustee may resign his trust or
retire as a Trustee, by a written instrument signed by him and delivered to the
other Trustees or to any officer of the Trust, and such resignation or
retirement shall take effect upon such delivery or upon such later date as is
specified in such instrument.
(e) Removal. Any Trustee may be removed: (i) with cause 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 upon which such removal
shall become effective; or (ii) by vote of Shareholders holding a majority of
the Shares of the Trust then outstanding, cast in person or by proxy at any
meeting called for the purpose; or (iii) by a written declaration signed by
Shareholders holding not less than a majority of the Shares of the Trust then
outstanding. Notwithstanding any other provisions set forth in this Declaration
of Trust, this Section 4.1(e) may not be amended (either directly or indirectly
through a reorganization) without the approval of (i) 80% of the Trustees then
in office or (ii) by vote of Shareholders holding a majority of the Shares of
the Trust then outstanding.
(f) Vacancies. Any vacancy or anticipated vacancy resulting from any
reason, including an increase in the number of Trustees, may (but need not
unless required by the 1940 Act) be filled by a Majority (or a supermajority if
required by the By-Laws) of the Trustees, subject to the provisions of Section
16(a) of the 1940 Act, through the appointment in writing of such other
individual as such remaining Trustees in their discretion shall determine;
provided that if there shall be no Trustees in office, such vacancy or
vacancies shall be filled by Majority Shareholders Vote. Any such appointment
or election shall be effective upon such individual's written acceptance of his
appointment as a Trustee and his agreement to be bound by the provisions of
this Declaration of Trust, except that any such appointment in anticipation of
a vacancy to occur by reason of retirement, resignation or increase in the
number of Trustees to be effective at a later date shall become effective only
at or after the effective date of said retirement, resignation or increase in
the number of Trustees.
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(g) Acceptance of Trusts. Whenever any conditions to the appointment or
election of any individual as a Trustee hereunder who was not, immediately
prior to such appointment or election, acting as a Trustee shall have been
satisfied, such individual shall become a Trustee and the Trust estate shall
vest in the new Trustee, together with the continuing Trustees, without any
further act or conveyance. Such new Trustee shall accept such appointment or
election in writing and agree in such writing to be bound by the provisions
hereof, but the execution of such writing shall not be requisite to the
effectiveness of the appointment or election of a new Trustee.
(h) Effect of Death. Resignation, etc. No vacancy, whether resulting
from the death, resignation, retirement, bankruptcy, adjudicated incompetency,
incapacity, or removal of any Trustee, an increase in the number of Trustees or
otherwise, shall operate to annul or terminate the Trust hereunder or to revoke
or terminate any existing agency or contract created or entered into pursuant
to the terms of this Declaration of Trust. Until such vacancy is filled as
provided in this Section 4.1, the Trustees in office (if any), regardless of
their number, shall have all the powers granted to the Trustees and shall
discharge all the duties imposed upon the Trustees by this Declaration. Upon
incapacity or death of any Trustee, his legal representative shall execute and
deliver on his behalf such documents as the remaining Trustees shall require in
order to effect the purpose of this Paragraph.
(i) Convevance. In the event of the resignation or removal of a
Trustee or his otherwise ceasing to be a Trustee, such former Trustee or his
legal representative shall, upon request of the continuing Trustees, execute
and deliver such documents as may be required for the purpose of consummating
or evidencing the conveyance to the Trust or the remaining Trustees of any
Trust Property held in such former Trustee's name, but the execution and
delivery of such documents shall not be requisite to the vesting of title to
the Trust Property in the remaining Trustees, as provided in subsection (g) of
this Section 4.1 and in Section 4.13 hereof.
(j) No Accounting. Except to the extent required by the 1940 Act or
under circumstances which would justify his removal for cause, no Person
ceasing to be a Trustee (nor the estate of any such Person) shall be required
to make an accounting to the Shareholders or remaining Trustees upon such
cessation.
SECTION 4.2. Trustees' Meetings: Participation by Telephone. etc.
Annual and special meetings may be held from time to time, in each case, upon
the call of such officers as may be thereunto authorized by the By-Laws or vote
of the Trustees, or by any three (3) Trustees, or pursuant to a vote of the
Trustees adopted at a duly constituted meeting of the Trustees, and upon such
notice as shall be provided in the By-Laws. Any such meeting may be held within
or without the state of Delaware. The Trustees may act with or without a
meeting, and a written consent to any matter, signed by all of the Trustees,
shall be equivalent to action duly taken at a meeting of the Trustees, duly
called and held. Except as otherwise provided by the 1940 Act or other
applicable law, or by this Declaration of Trust or the By-Laws, any action to
be taken by the Trustees may be taken by a majority of the Trustees present at
a meeting of Trustees (a quorum, consisting of at least a Majority of the
Trustees, being present), within or without Delaware. If authorized by the
By-Laws, all or any one or more Trustees may participate in a meeting of the
Trustees or any Committee thereof by means of conference telephone or similar
means of communication by means of which all Persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to such
means of communication shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. The
minutes of any meeting thus held shall be prepared in the same manner as a
meeting at which all participants were present in person.
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SECTION 4.3. Committees; Delegation. The Trustees shall have power,
consistent with their ultimate responsibility to supervise the affairs of the
Trust, to delegate from time to time to one or more other Committees, or to any
single Trustee, the doing of such things and the execution of such deeds or
other instruments, either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Trustees
or as their attorney or attorneys in fact, or otherwise as the Trustees may
from time to time deem expedient, and any agreement, deed, mortgage, lease or
other instrument or writing executed by the Trustee or Trustees or other Person
to whom such delegation was made shall be valid and binding upon the Trustees
and upon the Trust.
SECTION 4.4. Officers. The Trustees shall annually elect such officers
or agents, who shall have such powers, duties and responsibilities as the
Trustees may deem to be advisable, and as they shall specify by resolution or
in the By-Laws. Except as may be provided in the By-Laws, any officer elected
by the Trustees may be removed at any time with or without cause. Any two (2)
or more offices may be held by the same individual.
SECTION 4.5. Compensation of Trustees and Officers. The Trustees shall
fix the compensation of all officers and Trustees. Without limiting the
generality of any of the provisions hereof, the Trustees shall be entitled to
receive reasonable compensation for their general services as such, and to fix
the amount of such compensation, and to pay themselves or any one or more of
themselves such compensation for special services, including legal, accounting,
or other professional services, as they in good faith may deem reasonable. No
Trustee or officer resigning (except where a right to receive compensation for
a definite future period shall be expressly provided in a written agreement
with the Trust, duly approved by the Trustees) and no Trustee or officer
removed shall have any right to any compensation as such Trustee or officer for
any period following his resignation or removal, or any right to damages on
account of his removal, whether his compensation be by the month, or the year
or otherwise.
SECTION 4.6. Ownership of Shares and Securities of the Trust. Any
Trustee, and any officer, employee or agent of the Trust, and any organization
in which any such Person is interested, may acquire, own, hold and dispose of
Shares of any Series and other Securities of the Trust for his or its
individual account, and may exercise all rights of a holder of such Shares or
Securities to the same extent and in the same manner as if such Person were not
such a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust; subject, in the case
of Trustees and officers, to the same limitations as directors or officers (as
the case may be) of a Delaware business corporation; and the Trust may issue
and sell or cause to be issued and sold and may purchase any such Shares or
other Securities from any such Person or any such organization, subject only to
the general limitations, restrictions or other provisions applicable to the
sale or purchase of Shares of such Series or other Securities of the Trust
generally.
SECTION 4.7. Right of Trustees and Officers to Own Property or to
Engage in Business; Authority of Trustees to Permit Others to Do Likewise. The
Trustees, in their capacity as Trustees, and (unless otherwise specifically
directed by vote of the Trustees) the officers of the Trust in their capacity
as such, shall not be required to devote their entire time to the business and
affairs of the Trust. Except as otherwise specifically provided by vote of the
Trustees, or by agreement in any particular case, any Trustee or officer of the
Trust may acquire, own, hold and dispose of, for his own individual account,
any property, and acquire, own, hold, carry on and dispose of, for his own
individual account, any business entity or business activity, whether similar
or dissimilar to any property or business entity or business activity invested
in or carried on by the Trust, and without first offering the same as an
investment opportunity to the Trust, and may exercise all rights in respect
thereof as if he were not a Trustee or officer of the Trust. The Trustees shall
also have power, generally or in specific cases, to permit
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employees or agents of the Trust to have the same rights (or lesser
rights) to acquire, hold, own and dispose of property and businesses, to carry
on businesses, and to accept investment opportunities without offering them to
the Trust, as the Trustees have by virtue of this Section 4.7.
SECTION 4.8. Reliance on Experts. The Trustees and officers may consult
with counsel, engineers, brokers, appraisers, auctioneers, accountants,
investment bankers, securities analysts or other Persons (any of which may be a
firm in which one or more of the Trustees or officers is or are members or
otherwise interested) whose profession gives authority to a statement made by
them on the subject in question, and who are reasonably deemed by the Trustees
or officers in question to be competent, and the advice or opinion of such
Persons shall be full and complete personal protection to all of the Trustees
and officers in respect of any action taken or suffered by them in good faith
and in reliance on or in accordance with such advice or opinion. In discharging
their duties, Trustees and officers, when acting in good faith, may rely upon
financial statements of the Trust represented to them to be correct by any
officer of the Trust having charge of its books of account, or stated in a
written report by an independent certified public accountant fairly to present
the financial position of the Trust. The Trustees and officers may rely, and
shall be personally protected in acting, upon any instrument or other document
believed by them to be genuine.
SECTION 4.9. Surety Bonds. No Trustee, officer, employee or agent of
the Trust shall, as such, be obligated to give any bond or surety or other
security for the performance of any of his duties, unless required by
applicable law or regulation, or unless the Trustees shall otherwise determine
in any particular case.
SECTION 4.10. Apparent Authority of Trustees and Officers. No
purchaser, lender, transfer agent or other Person dealing with the Trustees or
any officer of the Trust shall be bound to make any inquiry concerning the
validity of any transaction purporting to be made by the Trustees or by such
officer, or to make inquiry concerning or be liable for the application of
money or property paid, loaned or delivered to or on the order of the Trustees
or of such officer.
SECTION 4.11. Other Relationships Not Prohibited. The fact that:
(i) any of the Shareholders, Trustees or officers of the Trust
is a shareholder, director, officer, partner, trustee, employee,
manager, adviser, principal underwriter or distributor or agent of or
for any Contracting Party (as defined in Section 5.2 hereof), or of or
for any parent or affiliate of any Contracting Party, or that the
Contracting Party or any parent or affiliate thereof is a Shareholder
or has an interest in the Trust or any Series, or that
(ii) any Contracting Party may have a contract providing for
the rendering of any similar services to one or more other
corporations, trusts, associations, partnerships, limited partnerships
or other organizations, or have other business or interests,
shall not affect the validity of any contract for the performance and
assumption of services, duties and responsibilities to, for or of the Trust
and/or the Trustees or disqualify any Shareholder, Trustee or officer of the
Trust from voting upon or executing the same or create any liability or
accountability to the Trust or to the holders of Shares of any Series; provided
that, in the case of any relationship or interest referred to in the preceding
clause (i) on the part of any Trustee or officer of the Trust, either (x) the
material facts as to such relationship or interest have been disclosed to or
are known by the Trustees not having any such relationship or interest and the
contract involved is approved in good faith by a majority
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of such Trustees not having any such relationship or interest (even
though such unrelated or disinterested Trustees are less than a quorum of all
of the Trustees), (y) the material facts as to such relationship or interest
and as to the contract have been disclosed to or are known by the Shareholders
entitled to vote thereon and the contract involved is specifically approved in
good faith by vote of the Shareholders, or (z) the specific contract involved
is fair to the Trust as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by
the Trustees or by the Shareholders.
SECTION 4.12. Payment of Trust Expenses. The Trustees are authorized to
pay or to cause to be paid out of the principal or income of the Trust, or
partly out of principal and partly out of income, and according to any
allocation to a particular Series and Class made by them pursuant to Section
6.1(f) hereof, all expenses, fees, charges, taxes and liabilities incurred or
arising in connection with the business and affairs of the Trust or in
connection with the management thereof, including, but not limited to, the
Trustees' compensation and such expenses and charges for the services of the
Trust's officers, employees, Investment Adviser, Administrator, Distributor,
Principal Underwriter, auditor, counsel, Custodian, Transfer Agent, Dividend
Disbursing Agent, Accounting Agent, Shareholder Servicing Agent, and such other
agents, consultants, and independent contractors and such other expenses and
charges as the Trustees may deem necessary or proper to incur.
SECTION 4.13. Ownership of the Trust Property. Legal title to all the
Trust Property shall be vested in the Trustees as joint tenants, except that
the Trustees shall have power to cause legal title to any Trust Property to be
held by or in the name of one or more of the Trustees, or in the name of the
Trust, or of any particular Series, or in the name of any other Person as
nominee, on such terms as the Trustees may determine; provided that the
interest of the Trust and of the respective Series therein is appropriately
protected. The right, title and interest of the Trustees in the Trust Property
shall vest automatically in each Person who may hereafter become a Trustee.
Upon the termination of the term of office of a Trustee as provided in Section
4.1(c), (d) or (e) hereof, such Trustee shall automatically cease to have any
right, title or interest in any of the Trust Property, and the right, title and
interest of such Trustee in the Trust Property shall vest automatically in the
remaining Trustees. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective
whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant
to Section 4.1(i) hereof.
SECTION 4.14. By-Laws. The Trustees may adopt and from time to time
amend or repeal By-Laws for the conduct of the business of the Trust.
ARTICLE 5
DELEGATION OF MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
SECTION 5.1. Appointment; Action by Less than All Trustees. The
Trustees shall be responsible for the general operating policy of the Trust and
for the general supervision of the business of the Trust conducted by officers,
agents, employees or advisers of the Trust or by independent contractors, but
the Trustees shall not be required personally to conduct all the business of
the Trust and, consistent with their ultimate responsibility as stated herein,
the Trustees may appoint, employ or contract with one or more officers,
employees and agents to conduct, manage and/or supervise the operations of the
Trust, and may grant or delegate such authority to such officers, employees
and/or agents as the Trustees may, in their sole discretion, deem to be
necessary or desirable, without regard to whether such authority is normally
granted or delegated by trustees. With respect to those matters of the
operation and business of
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the Trust which they shall elect to conduct themselves, except as
otherwise provided by this Declaration or the By-Laws, if any, the Trustees may
authorize any single Trustee or defined group of Trustees, or any committee
consisting of a number of Trustees less than the whole number of Trustees then
in office without specification of the particular Trustees required to be
included therein, to act for and to bind the Trust, to the same extent as the
whole number of Trustees could do, either with respect to one or more
particular matters or classes of matters, or generally.
SECTION 5.2. Certain Contracts. Subject to compliance with the
provisions of the 1940 Act, but notwithstanding any limitations of present and
future law or custom in regard to delegation of powers by trustees generally,
the Trustees may, at any time and from time to time in their discretion and
without limiting the generality of their powers and authority otherwise set
forth herein, enter into one or more contracts with any one or more
corporations, trusts, associations, partnerships, limited partnerships or other
types of organizations, or individuals ("Contracting Party"), to provide for
the performance and assumption of some or all of the following services, duties
and responsibilities to, for or on behalf of the Trust and/or any Series,
and/or the Trustees, and to provide for the performance and assumption of such
other services, duties and responsibilities in addition to those set forth
below, as the Trustees may deem appropriate:
(a) Advisory. An investment advisory or management agreement whereby
the agent shall undertake to furnish the Trust (or any Series thereof) such
management, investment advisory or supervisory, statistical and research
facilities and services, and such other facilities and services, if any, as the
Trustees shall from time to time consider desirable, all upon such terms and
conditions as the Trustees may in their discretion determine to be not
inconsistent with this Declaration, the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act
or any applicable provisions of the By-Laws (any such agent being herein
referred to as an "Investment Adviser"). To the extent required by the 1940
Act, any such advisory or management agreement and any amendment thereto shall
be subject to approval by a Majority Shareholder Vote at a meeting of the
Shareholders of the Trust (or applicable Series). Notwithstanding any
provisions of this Declaration, the Trustees may authorize the Investment
Adviser (subject to such general or specific instructions as the Trustees may
from time to time adopt) to effect purchases, sales, loans or exchanges of
securities of the Trust on behalf of the Trustees or may authorize any officer
or employee of the Trust or any Trustee to effect such purchases, sales, loans
or exchanges pursuant to recommendations of the Investment Adviser (and all
without further action by the Trustees). Any such purchases, sales, loans and
exchanges shall be deemed to have been authorized by all of the Trustees. The
Trustees may, in their sole discretion, call a meeting of Shareholders in order
to submit to a vote of Shareholders of the Trust (or applicable Series) at such
meeting the approval of continuance of any such investment advisory or
management agreement.
(b) Administration. An agreement whereby the agent, subject to the
general supervision of the Trustees and in conformity with any policies of the
Trustees with respect to the operations of the Trust and each Series thereof,
will supervise all or any part of the operations of the Trust (or any Series
thereof), and will provide all or any part of the administrative and clerical
personnel, office space and office equipment and services appropriate for the
efficient administration and operations of the Trust (or any Series thereof)
(any such agent being herein referred to as an "Administrator").
(c) Underwriting. An agreement providing for the sale of Shares of the
Trust (or any Series thereof) to net the Trust not less than the net asset
value per Share (as described in Section 6.1(l) hereof) and pursuant to which
the Trust may appoint the other party to such agreement as its principal
underwriter or sales agent for the distribution of such Shares. The agreement
shall contain such terms and
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conditions as the Trustees may in their discretion determine to be not
inconsistent with this Declaration, the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act
and any applicable provisions of the By-Laws (any such agent being herein
referred to as a "Distributor" or a "Principal Underwriter," as the case may
be).
(d) Custodian. The appointment of an agent meeting the requirements for
a custodian for the assets of Investment Companies contained in the 1940 Act
as custodian of the Securities and cash of the Trust (or any Series thereof)
and of the accounting records in connection therewith (any such agent being
herein referred to as a "Custodian").
(e) Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent. An agreement with an agent
to maintain records of the ownership of outstanding Shares, the issuance and
redemption and the transfer thereof (any such agent being herein referred to
as a "Transfer Agent"), and to disburse any dividends declared by the
Trustees and in accordance with the policies of the Trustees and/or the
instructions of any particular Shareholder to reinvest any such dividends
(any such agent being herein referred to as a "Dividend Disbursing Agent").
(f) Shareholder Servicing. An agreement with an agent to provide
service with respect to the relationship of the Trust and its Shareholders,
records with respect to Shareholders and their Shares, and similar matters
(any such agent being herein referred to as a "Shareholder Servicing Agent").
(g) Accounting. An agreement with an agent to handle all or any part of
the accounting responsibilities, whether with respect to the Trust's
properties, Shareholders or otherwise (any such agent being herein referred
to as an "Accounting Agent").
In addition, the Trustees may from time to time cause the Trust (or any
Series thereof) to enter into agreements with respect to such other services
and upon such other terms and conditions as they may deem necessary,
appropriate or desirable. The same Person may be the Contracting Party for
some or all of the services, duties and responsibilities to, for and of the
Trust and/or the Trustees, and the contracts with respect thereto may contain
such terms interpretive of or in addition to the delineation of the services,
duties and responsibilities provided for, including provisions that are not
inconsistent with the 1940 Act relating to the standard of duty of and the
rights to indemnification of the Contracting Party and others, as the Trustees
may determine. Nothing herein shall preclude, prevent or limit the Trust or a
Contracting Party from entering into subcontractual arrangements relative to
any of the matters referred to in subsections (a) through (g) of this Section
5.2.
Section 5.3. Distribution Arrangements. Subject to compliance with the
1940 Act, the Trustees may adopt and amend or repeal from time to time and
implement one or more plans of distribution pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940
Act which plan(s) will provide for the payment of specified marketing,
distribution and shareholder relations expenses of the Trust and any or all
Series and their agents and the agents of such agents.
Section 5.4. Service Arrangements. Subject to compliance with the
1940 Act, the Trustees may adopt and amend or repeal from time to time and
implement one or more service plans which plans will provide for the payment of
ongoing services to holders of the shares of such Trust (or any Series thereof)
and in connection with the maintenance of such shareholders' accounts.
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ARTICLE 6
SERIES AND SHARES
SECTION 6.1. Description of Series and Shares.
(a) General. The beneficial interest in the Trust shall be divided into
Shares (either full or fractional) with $.01 par value per Share, of which an
unlimited number may be issued. The Trustees shall have the authority from time
to time to establish and designate one or more separate, distinct and
independent Series of Shares (each of which Series shall represent interests
only in the asset attributed by the Trustees to such Series), and to authorize
separate Classes of Shares of the Trust (or any such Series), as they deem
necessary or desirable. All Shares shall be of one class, provided that the
Trustees shall have the power to classify or reclassify any unissued Shares of
any Series into any number of additional Classes of such Series.
(b) Establishment. etc. of Series and Classes; Authorization of Shares.
The establishment and designation of any Series and the authorization of the
Shares thereof shall be effective upon the execution by a Majority of the
Trustees (or by an officer of the Trust pursuant to the vote of a Majority of
the Trustees) of an instrument setting forth such establishment and designation
and the relative rights and preferences of the Shares of such Series or Class
and the manner in which the same may be amended (a "Certificate of
Designation"), and may provide that the number of Shares of such Series or
Class which may be issued is unlimited, or may limit the number issuable. At
any time that there are no Shares outstanding of any particular Series or Class
previously established and designated, the Trustees may by an instrument
executed by a Majority of the Trustees (or by an officer of the Trust pursuant
to the vote of a Majority of the Trustees) terminate such Series or Class and
the establishment and designation thereof and the authorization of its Shares
(a "Certificate of Termination"). Each Certificate of Designation, Certificate
of Termination and any instrument amending a Certificate of Designation shall
have the status of an amendment to this Declaration of Trust.
(c) Character of Separate Series and Shares Thereof. Each Series
established hereunder shall represent beneficial interests in a separate
component of the assets of the Trust. Holders of Shares of a Series shall be
considered Shareholders of such Series, but such Shareholders shall also be
considered Shareholders of the Trust for purposes of receiving reports and
notices and, except as otherwise provided herein or in the Certificate of
Designation of a particular Series, or as required by the 1940 Act or other
applicable law, the right to vote, all without distinction by Series. The
Trustees shall have exclusive power without the requirement of Shareholder
approval to establish and designate such separate and distinct Series, and to
fix and determine the relative rights and preferences as between the shares of
the respective Series, and as between the Classes of the Trust (or any Series
thereof), as to rights of redemption and the price, terms and manner of
redemption, special and relative rights as to dividends and other distributions
and on liquidation, sinking or purchase fund provisions, conversion rights, and
conditions under which the Shareholders of the several Series or the several
Classes of any Series of Shares shall have separate voting rights or no voting
rights. Except as otherwise provided as to a particular Series herein, or in
the Certificate of Designation therefor, the Trustees shall have all the rights
and powers, and be subject to all the duties and obligations, with respect to
each such Series and the assets and affairs thereof as they have under this
Declaration with respect to the Trust and the Trust Property in general.
Separate and distinct records shall be maintained for each Series of Shares and
the assets and liabilities attributable thereto.
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(d) Consideration for Shares. The Trustees may issue Shares of the
Trust (or any Series thereof) for such consideration (which may include
property subject to, or acquired in connection with the assumption of,
liabilities) and on such terms as they may determine (or for no consideration
if pursuant to a Share dividend or split-up), all without action or approval of
the Shareholders. All Shares when so issued on the terms determined by the
Trustees shall be fully paid and nonassessable (but may be subject to mandatory
contribution back to the Trust (or applicable Series) as provided in Section
6.1(l) hereof. The Trustees may classify or reclassify any unissued Shares, or
any Shares of the Trust (or any Series thereof) previously issued and
reacquired by the Trust, into Shares of the Trust or one or more other Series
that may be established and designated from time to time.
(e) Assets Belonging to Series. Any portion of the Trust Property
allocated to a particular Series, and all consideration received by the Trust
for the issue or sale of Shares of such Series, together with all assets in
which such consideration is invested or reinvested, all interest, dividends,
income, earnings, profits and gains therefrom, 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 held by the Trustees in trust for the
benefit of the holders of Shares of that Series and shall irrevocably belong to
that Series for all purposes, and shall be so recorded upon the books of
account of the Trust, and the Shareholders of such Series shall not have, and
shall be conclusively deemed to have waived, any claims to the assets of any
Series of which they are not Shareholders. Such consideration, assets,
interest, dividends, income, earnings, profits, gains and proceeds, together
with any General Items allocated to that Series as provided in the following
sentence, are herein referred to collectively as assets "belonging to" that
Series. In the event that there are any assets, income, earnings, profits, and
proceeds thereof, funds, or payments which are not readily identifiable as
belonging to any particular Series (collectively, "General Items"), the
Trustees shall allocate such General Items to and among any one or more of the
Series established and designated from time to time in such manner and on such
basis as they, in their sole discretion, deem fair and equitable; and any
General Items so allocated to a particular Series shall belong to and be part
of the assets belonging to that Series. Each such allocation by the Trustees
shall be conclusive and binding upon the Shareholders of all Series for all
purposes.
(f) Liabilities of Series. The assets belonging to each particular
Series shall be charged with the liabilities in respect of that Series and all
expenses, costs, charges and reserves attributable to that Series, and any
general liabilities, expenses, costs, charges or reserves of the Trust which
are not readily identifiable as pertaining to any particular Series shall be
allocated and charged by the Trustees to and among any one or more of the
Series established and designated from time to time in such manner and on such
basis as the Trustees in their sole discretion deem fair and equitable. The
indebtedness, expenses, costs, charges and reserves allocated and so charged to
a particular Series are herein referred to as "liabilities of" that Series.
Each allocation of liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves by the
Trustees shall be conclusive and binding upon the Shareholders of all Series
for all purposes. Any creditor of any Series may look only to the assets
belonging to that Series to satisfy such creditor's debt.
(g) Dividends. Dividends and distributions on Shares of a particular
Series may be paid with such frequency as the Trustees may determine, which may
be daily or otherwise pursuant to a standing resolution or resolutions adopted
only once or with such frequency as the Trustees may determine, to the
Shareholders of that Series, from such of the income, accrued or realized, and
capital gains,
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realized or unrealized, and out of the assets belonging to that Series,
as the Trustees may determine, after providing for actual and accrued
liabilities of that Series. All dividends and distributions on Shares of a
particular Series shall be distributed pro rata to the Shareholders of that
Series in proportion to the number of such Shares held by such holders at the
date and time of record established for the payment of such dividends or
distributions, except that the dividends and distributions of investment income
and capital gains with respect to each Class of Shares of a particular Series
shall be in such amount as may be declared from time to time by the Trustees,
and such dividends and distributions may vary as between such Classes to
reflect differing allocations of the expenses of the Series between the
Shareholders of such several Classes and any resultant differences between the
net asset value of such several Classes to such extent and for such purposes as
the Trustees may deem appropriate and further except that, in connection with
any dividend or distribution program or procedure, the Trustees may determine
that no dividend or distribution shall be payable on Shares as to which the
Shareholder's purchase order and/or payment have not been received by the time
or times established by the Trustees under such program or procedure, or that
dividends or distributions shall be payable on Shares which have been tendered
by the holder thereof for redemption or repurchase, but the redemption or
repurchase proceeds of which have not yet been paid to such Shareholder. Such
dividends and distributions may be made in cash, property or Shares of any
Class of that Series or a combination thereof as determined by the Trustees, or
pursuant to any program that the Trustees may have in effect at the time for
the election by each Shareholder of the mode of the making of such dividend or
distribution to that Shareholder. Any such dividend or distribution paid in
Shares will be paid at the net asset value thereof as determined in accordance
with subsection (l) of this Section 6.1.
(h) Liquidation. In the event of the liquidation or dissolution of the
Trust (or any particular Series), the Shareholders of the Trust (or that
Series) shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Trustees, the
excess of the assets belonging to the Trust (or that Series) over the
liabilities of such Series. The assets so distributable to the Shareholders of
the Trust (or that Series) shall be distributed among such Shareholders in
proportion to the number of Shares of the Trust (or that Series) held by them
and recorded on the books of the Trust. The liquidation of the Trust (or any
particular Series) may be authorized by vote of a Majority of the Trustees,
subject to the affirmative vote of "a majority of the outstanding voting
securities" of that Series, as the quoted phrase is defined in the 1940 Act,
determined in accordance with clause (iii) of the definition of "Majority
Shareholder Vote" in Section 1.4 hereof.
(i) Voting. The Shareholders shall have the voting rights set forth in
or determined under Article 7 hereof.
(j) Redemption by Shareholder. Each holder of Shares of the Trust (or a
particular Series thereof) shall have the right at such times as may be
permitted by the Trust, but no less frequently than required by the 1940 Act,
to require the Trust (or such Series) to redeem all or any part of his Shares of
the Trust (or such Series) at a redemption price equal to the net asset value
per Share of the Trust (or Series) next determined in accordance with
subsection (l) of this Section 6.1 after the Shares are properly tendered for
redemption; provided, that the Trustees may from time to time, in their
discretion, determine and impose a fee for such redemption and that the
proceeds of the redemption of Shares (including a fractional Share) of any
Class of the Trust (or any Series thereof) shall be reduced by the amount of
any applicable contingent deferred sales charge or other sales charge, if any,
payable on such redemption to the distributor of Shares of such Class pursuant
to the terms of
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the initial issuance of the Shares of such Class (to the extent
consistent with the 1940 Act or regulations or exemptions thereunder) and the
Trust shall promptly pay to such distributor the amount of such deferred sales
charge. Payment of the redemption price shall be in cash; provided, however,
that if the Trustees determine, which determination shall be conclusive, that
conditions exist which make payment wholly in cash unwise or undesirable, the
Trust may make payment wholly or partly in Securities or other assets belonging
to such Series at the value of such Securities or assets used in such
determination of net asset value. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust may
postpone payment of the redemption price and may suspend the right of the
holders of Shares of the Trust (or any Series thereof) to require the Trust to
redeem Shares of the Trust (or such Series) during any period or at any time
when and to the extent permissible under the 1940 Act.
(k) Redemption at the Option of the Trust. The Trustees shall have the
power to redeem Shares of the Trust (or any Series thereof) at a redemption
price determined in accordance with Section 6.1(j), if at any time (i) the
total investment in such account does not have a value of at least such minimum
amount as may be specified in the Prospectus for the Trust (or such Series)
from time to time (ii) the number of Shares held in such account is equal to or
in excess of a specified percentage of Shares of the Trust or any Series as set
forth from time to time in the applicable Prospectus. In the event the Trustees
determine to exercise their power to redeem Shares provided in this Section
6.1(k), the Shareholder shall be notified that the value of his account is less
than the applicable minimum amount and shall be allowed 30 days to make an
appropriate investment before redemption is processed.
(l) Net Asset Value. The net asset value per Share of the Trust (or any
Series or Class) at any time shall be the quotient obtained by dividing the
value of the net assets of the Trust (or such Series or Class) at such time
(being the current value of the assets belonging to the Trust (or such Series
or Class), less its then existing liabilities) by the total number of Shares of
the Trust (or such Series) then outstanding, all determined in accordance with
the methods and procedures, including without limitation those with respect to
rounding, established by the Trustees from time to time in accordance with the
requirements of the 1940 Act. The net asset value of the several Classes of the
Trust (or a particular Series) shall be separately computed, and may vary from
one another. The Trustees shall establish procedures for the allocation of
investment income or capital gains and expenses and liabilities of a particular
Series between the several Classes of the Trust (or such Series). The Trustees
may determine to maintain the net asset value per Share of the Trust or any
Series or Class at a designated constant dollar amount and in connection
therewith may adopt procedures not inconsistent with the 1940 Act for the
continuing declaration of income attributable to the Trust or such Series or
Class as dividends payable in additional Shares of the Trust or such Series or
Class at the designated constant dollar amount and for the handling of any
losses attributable to the Trust or such Series or Class. Such procedures may
provide that in the event of any loss each Shareholder shall be deemed to have
contributed to the shares of beneficial interest account of the Trust or such
Series or Class his pro rata portion of the total number of Shares required to
be canceled in order to permit the net asset value per Share of the Trust or
such Series or Class to be maintained, after reflecting such loss, at the
designated constant dollar amount. Each Shareholder of the Trust shall be
deemed to have expressly agreed, by his investment in the Trust (or any Series
thereof) with respect to which the Trustees shall have adopted any such
procedure, to make the contribution referred to in the preceding sentence in
the event of any such loss.
(m) Transfer. All Shares of the Trust and each Series shall be
transferable, but transfers of Shares of the Trust or a particular Series will
be recorded on the Share transfer records of the Trust
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applicable to the Trust or such Series only at such times as
Shareholders shall have the right to require the Trust to redeem Shares of the
Trust or such Series and at such other times as may be permitted by the
Trustees.
(n) Equality. All Shares of each particular Series shall represent an
equal proportionate interest in the assets belonging to that Series (subject to
the liabilities of that Series), and each Share of any particular Series shall
be equal to each other Share thereof; but the provisions of this sentence shall
not restrict any distinctions between the several Classes of a Series
permissible under this Section 6.1 or under Section 7. 1 hereof nor any
distinctions permissible under subsection (g) of this Section 6.1 that may
exist with respect to dividends and distributions on Shares of the same Series.
The Trustees may from time to time divide or combine the Shares of any class of
particular Series into a greater or lesser number of Shares of that class of a
Series without thereby changing the proportionate beneficial interest in the
assets belonging to that Series or in any way affecting the rights of the
holders of Shares of any other Series.
(o) Rights of Fractional Shares. Any fractional Share of the Trust (or
any Series thereof) shall carry proportionately all the rights and obligations
of a whole Share of the Trust (or such Series), including rights and
obligations with respect to voting, receipt of dividends and distributions,
redemption of Shares, and liquidation of the Trust or of the Series to which
they pertain.
(p) Conversion Rights. (i) Subject to compliance with the requirements
of the 1940 Act, the Trustees shall have the authority to provide that holders
of Shares of any Series shall have the right to convert said Shares into Shares
of one or more other Series, that holders of any Class of the Trust or a Series
of Shares shall have the right to convert said Shares of such Class into Shares
of one or more other Classes of the Trust or such Series, and that Shares of
any Class of the Trust or a Series shall be automatically converted into Shares
of another Class of the Trust or such Series, in each case in accordance with
such requirements and procedures as the Trustees may establish.
(ii) The number of Shares of into which a convertible Share shall
convert shall equal the number (including for this purpose fractions of a
Share) obtained by dividing the net asset value per Share for purposes of sales
and redemptions of the converting Share on the Conversion Date by the net asset
value per Share for purposes of sales and redemptions of the Class of Shares
into which it is converting on the Conversion Date.
(iii) On the Conversion Date, the Share converting into another
share will cease to accrue dividends and will no longer be deemed
outstanding and the rights of the holders thereof (except the right to receive
the number of target Shares into which the converting Shares have been
converted and declared but unpaid dividends to the Conversion Date) will cease.
Certificates representing Shares resulting from the conversion need not be
issued until certificates representing Shares converted, if issued, have been
received by the Trust or its agent duly endorsed for transfer.
(vi) The Trust will appropriately reflect the conversion of Shares
of one Class of the Trust (or a Series thereof) into Shares of another
Class of the Trust (or such Series) on the first periodic statements of account
sent to Shareholders of record affected which provide account information with
respect to a reporting period which includes the date such conversion occurred.
SECTION 6.2. Ownership of Shares. The ownership of Shares shall be
recorded on the books of the Trust or of a Transfer Agent or similar agent for
the Trust, which books shall be maintained
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separately for the Shares of each Series that has been authorized.
Certificates evidencing the ownership of Shares need not be issued except as
the Trustees may otherwise determine from time to time, and the Trustees shall
have power to call outstanding Share certificates and to replace them with book
entries. The Trustees may make such rules as they consider appropriate for the
issuance of Share certificates, the use of facsimile signatures, the transfer
of Shares and similar matters. The record books of the Trust as kept by the
Trust or any Transfer Agent or similar agent, as the case may be, shall be
conclusive as to who are the Shareholders and as to the number of Shares of the
Trust and, if designated, each Series thereof held from time to time by each
such Shareholder.
The holders of Shares of the Trust and, if designated, each Series
thereof shall upon demand disclose to the Trustees in writing such information
with respect to their direct and indirect ownership of Shares of the Trust or,
if designated, such Series as the Trustees deem necessary to comply with the
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, or to comply with the requirements of
any other authority.
SECTION 6.3. Investments in the Trust. The Trustees may accept
investments in any Series of the Trust from such Persons and on such terms and
for such consideration, not inconsistent with the provisions of the 1940 Act,
as they from time to time authorize. The Trustees may authorize any
Distributor, Principal Underwriter, Custodian, Transfer Agent or other Person
to accept orders for the purchase of Shares that conform to such authorized
terms and to reject any purchase orders for Shares, whether or not conforming
to such authorized terms.
SECTION 6.4. No Preemptive Rights. No Shareholder, by virtue of holding
Shares of the Trust or, if designated, any Series thereof, shall have any
preemptive or other right to subscribe to any additional Shares of the Trust or
such Series, or to any shares of any other Series, or any other Securities
issued by the Trust.
SECTION 6.5. Status of Shares. Every Shareholder, by virtue of having
become a Shareholder, shall be held to have expressly assented and agreed to
the terms hereof and to have become a party hereto. Shares shall be deemed to
be personal property, giving only the rights provided herein. Ownership of
Shares shall not entitle the Shareholder to any title in or to the whole or any
part of the Trust Property or right to call for a partition or division of the
same or for an accounting, nor shall the ownership of Shares constitute the
Shareholders partners. The death of a Shareholder during the continuance of the
Trust shall not operate to terminate the Trust or any Series, nor entitle the
representative of any deceased Shareholder to an accounting or to take any
action in court or elsewhere against the Trust or the Trustees, but only to the
rights of said decedent under this Declaration of Trust.
ARTICLE 7
SHAREHOLDERS' VOTING POWERS AND MEETINGS
SECTION 7.1. Voting Powers. The Shareholders shall have power to vote
only (i) for the election or removal of Trustees as provided in Sections 4.1(c)
and (e) hereof, (ii) with respect to the approval or termination in accordance
with the 1940 Act of any contract with a Contracting Party as provided in
Section 5.2 hereof as to which Shareholder approval is required by the 1940
Act, (iii) with respect to any termination or reorganization of the Trust or
any Series to the extent and as provided in Sections 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4 hereof,
(iv) with respect to any amendment of this Declaration of Trust to the extent
and as provided in Section 9.5 hereof, (v) to the same extent as the
stockholders of a Delaware business
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corporation as to whether or not a court action, proceeding or claim
should or should not be brought or maintained derivatively or as a class action
on behalf of the Trust or any Series, or the Shareholders of any of them
(provided. however, that a Shareholder of a particular Series shall not in any
event be entitled to maintain a derivative or class action on behalf of any
other Series or the Shareholders thereof), and (vi) with respect to such
additional matters relating to the Trust as may be required by the 1940 Act,
this Declaration of Trust, the By-Laws or any registration of the Trust with
the Commission (or any successor agency) or any State, or as the Trustees may
consider necessary or desirable. If and to the extent that the Trustees shall
determine that such action is required by law or by this Declaration, they
shall cause each matter required or permitted to be voted upon at a meeting or
by written consent of Shareholders to be submitted to a separate vote of the
outstanding Shares of each Series entitled to vote thereon; provided, that (i)
when expressly required by the 1940 Act or by other law, actions of
Shareholders shall be taken by Single Class Voting of all outstanding Shares
whose holders are entitled to vote thereon; and (ii) when the Trustees
determine that any matter to be submitted to a vote of Shareholders affects
only the rights or interests of Shareholders of one or more but not all Series
or of one or more but not all Classes of the Trust or a single Series
(including without limitation any distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of
the 1940 Act applicable to such Class), then only the Shareholders of the
Series or Classes so affected shall be entitled to vote thereon. Any matter
required to be submitted to shareholders and affecting one or more Series shall
require separate approval by the required vote of Shareholders of the Trust or
each affected Series; provided, however, that to the extent required by the
1940 Act, there shall be no separate Series votes on the election or removal of
Trustees, the selection of auditors for the Trust and its Series or approval of
any agreement or contract entered into by the Trust or any Series. Shareholders
of a particular Series shall not be entitled to vote on any matter that affects
only one or more other Series.
SECTION 7.2. Number of Votes and Manner of Voting: Proxies. On each
matter submitted to a vote of the Shareholders, each holder of Shares of the
Trust or, if applicable, any Series shall be entitled to a number of votes
equal to the number of Shares of the Trust or such Series standing in his name
on the books of the Trust. There shall be no cumulative voting in the election
or removal of Trustees. Shares may be voted in person or by proxy. A proxy with
respect to Shares held in the name of two (2) or more Persons shall be valid if
executed by any one of them unless at or prior to exercise of the proxy the
Trust receives a specific written notice to the contrary from any one of them.
A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Shareholder shall be
deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise and the burden of
proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. Until Shares are issued, the
Trustees may exercise all rights of Shareholders and may take any action
required by law, this Declaration of Trust or the By-Laws to be taken by
Shareholders.
SECTION 7.3. Meetings. Meetings of Shareholders may be called by the
Trustees from time to time for the purpose of taking action upon any matter
requiring the vote or authority of the Shareholders as herein provided, or upon
any other matter deemed by the Trustees to be necessary or desirable. Written
notice of any meeting of Shareholders shall be given or caused to be given by
the Trustees by mailing such notice at least seven (7) days before such
meeting, postage prepaid, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting,
to each Shareholder at the Shareholder's address as it appears on the records
of the Trust. The Trustees shall promptly call and give notice of a meeting of
Shareholders for the purpose of voting upon removal of any Trustee of the Trust
when requested to do so in writing by Shareholders holding not less than ten
percent (10%) of the Shares then outstanding. If the Trustees shall fail to
call or give notice of any meeting of Shareholders for a period of thirty (30)
days after written application by Shareholders holding at least ten percent
(10%) of the Shares then outstanding requesting that a
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meeting be called for any other purpose requiring action by the
Shareholders as provided herein or in the By-Laws, then Shareholders holding at
least ten percent (10%) of the Shares then outstanding may call and give notice
of such meeting, and thereupon the meeting shall be held in the manner provided
for herein in case of call thereof by the Trustees. Any meetings may be held
within or without The State of Delaware. Shareholders may only act with
respect to matters set forth in the notice to Shareholders.
SECTION 7.4. Record Dates. For the purpose of determining the
Shareholders who are entitled to vote or act at any meeting or any adjournment
thereof, or who are entitled to participate in any dividend or distribution, or
for the purpose of any other action, the Trustees may from time to time close
the transfer books for such period, not exceeding thirty (30) days (except at
or in connection with the termination of the Trust), as the Trustees may
determine; or without closing the transfer books the Trustees may fix a date
and time not more than ninety (90) days prior to the date of any meeting of
Shareholders or other action as the date and time of record for the
determination of Shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting or any
adjournment thereof or to be treated as Shareholders of record for purposes of
such other action, and any Shareholder who was a Shareholder at the date and
time so fixed shall be entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment
thereof or to be treated as a Shareholder of record for purposes of such other
action, even though he has since that date and time disposed of his Shares, and
no Shareholder becoming such after that date and time shall be so entitled to
vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof or to be treated as a
Shareholder of record for purposes of such other action.
SECTION 7.5. Quorum and Required Vote. A majority of the Shares
entitled to vote shall be a quorum for the transaction of business at a
Shareholders' meeting, but 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. A Majority Shareholder Vote at a meeting of which a quorum is
present shall decide any question, except when a different vote is required or
permitted by any provision of the 1940 Act or other applicable law or by this
Declaration of Trust or the By-Laws, or when the Trustees shall in their
discretion require a larger vote or the vote of a majority or larger fraction
of the Shares of one or more particular Series.
SECTION 7.6. Action By Written Consent. Subject to the provisions of
the 1940 Act and other applicable law, any action taken by Shareholders may be
taken without a meeting if a majority of Shareholders entitled to vote on the
matter (or such larger proportion thereof or of the Shares of any particular
Series as shall be required by the 1940 Act or by any express provision of this
Declaration of Trust or the By-Laws or as shall be permitted by the Trustees)
consent to the action in writing and if the writings in which such consent is
given are filed with the records of the meetings of Shareholders, to the same
extent and for the same period as proxies given in connection with a
Shareholders' meeting. Such consent shall be treated for all purposes as a vote
taken at a meeting of Shareholders.
SECTION 7.7. Inspection of Records. The records of the Trust shall be
open to inspection by Shareholders to the same extent as is permitted
stockholders of a Delaware business corporation under the Delaware business
corporation law.
SECTION 7.8. Additional Provisions. The By-Laws may include further
provisions for Shareholders' votes and meetings and related matters not
inconsistent with the provisions hereof.
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ARTICLE 8
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 8.1. Trustees. Shareholders. etc. Not Personally Liable;
Notice. The Trustees, officers, employees and agents of the Trust, in incurring
any debts, liabilities or obligations, or in limiting or omitting any other
actions for or in connection with the Trust, are or shall be deemed to be
acting as Trustees, officers, employees or agents of the Trust and not in their
own capacities. No Shareholder shall be subject to any personal liability
whatsoever in tort, contract or otherwise to any other Person or Persons in
connection with the assets or the affairs of the Trust or of any Series, and
subject to Section 8.4 hereof, no Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the
Trust shall be subject to any personal liability whatsoever in tort, contract,
or otherwise, to any other Person or Persons in connection with the assets or
affairs of the Trust or of any Series, save only that arising from his own
willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the
duties involved in the conduct of his office or the discharge of his functions.
The Trust (or if the matter relates only to a particular Series, that Series)
shall be solely liable for any and all debts, claims, demands, judgments,
decrees, liabilities or obligations of any and every kind, against or with
respect to the Trust or such Series in tort, contract or otherwise in
connection with the assets or the affairs of the Trust or such Series, and all
Persons dealing with the Trust or any Series shall be deemed to have agreed
that resort shall be had solely to the Trust Property of the Trust or the
Series Assets of such Series, as the case may be, for the payment or
performance thereof.
The Trustees shall use their best efforts to ensure that every note,
bond, contract, instrument, certificate or undertaking made or issued by the
Trustees or by any officers or officer shall give notice that a Certificate of
Trust in respect of the Trust is on file with the Secretary of the state of
Delaware and shall recite to the effect that the same was executed or made by
or on behalf of the Trust or by them as Trustees or Trustee or as officers or
officer, and not individually, and that the obligations of such instrument are
not binding upon any of them or the Shareholders individually but are binding
only upon the assets and property of the Trust, or the particular Series in
question, as the case may be, but the omission thereof shall not operate to
bind any Trustees or Trustee or officers or officer or Shareholders or
Shareholder individually, or to subject the Series Assets of any Series to the
obligations of any other Series.
SECTION 8.2. Trustees' Good Faith Action; Expert Advice: No Bond or
Surety. The exercise by the Trustees of their powers and discretions hereunder
shall be binding upon everyone interested. Subject to Section 8.4 hereof, a
Trustee shall be liable for his own willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the
office of Trustee, and for nothing else, and shall not be liable for errors of
judgment or mistakes of fact or law. Subject to the foregoing, (i) the Trustees
shall not be responsible or liable in any event for any neglect or wrongdoing
of any officer, agent, employee, consultant, Investment Adviser, Administrator,
Distributor or Principal Underwriter, Custodian or Transfer Agent, Dividend
Disbursing Agent, Shareholder Servicing Agent or Accounting Agent of the Trust,
nor shall any Trustee be responsible for the act or omission of any other
Trustee; (ii) the Trustees may take advice of counsel or other experts with
respect to the meaning and operation of this Declaration of Trust and their
duties as Trustees, and shall be under no liability for any act or omission in
accordance with such advice or for failing to follow such advice; and (iii) in
discharging their duties, the Trustees, when acting in good faith, shall be
entitled to rely upon the books of account of the Trust and upon written
reports made to the Trustees by any officer appointed by them, any independent
public accountant, and (with respect to the subject matter of the contract
involved) any officer, partner or
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responsible employee of a Contracting Party appointed by the Trustees
pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof. The Trustees as such shall not be required to
give any bond or surety or any other security for the performance of their
duties.
SECTION 8.3. Indemnification of Shareholders. If any Shareholder (or
former Shareholder) of the Trust shall be charged or held to be personally
liable for any obligation or liability of the Trust solely by reason of being
or having been a Shareholder and not because of such Shareholder's acts or
omissions or for some other reason, the Trust (upon proper and timely request
by the Shareholder) may assume the defense against such charge and satisfy any
judgment thereon or may reimburse the Shareholders for expenses, and the
Shareholder or former Shareholder (or the heirs, executors, administrators or
other legal representatives thereof, or in the case of a corporation or other
entity, its corporate or other general successor) shall be entitled (but solely
out of the assets of the Series of which such Shareholder or former Shareholder
is or was the holder of Shares) to be held harmless from and indemnified
against all loss and expense arising from such liability.
SECTION 8.4. Indemnification of Trustees. Officers, etc. Subject to the
limitations, if applicable, hereinafter set forth in this Section 8.4, the
Trust shall indemnify (from the assets of one or more Series to which the
conduct in question relates) each of its Trustees, officers, employees and
agents (including Persons who serve at the Trust's request as directors,
officers or trustees of another organization in which the Trust has any
interest as a shareholder, creditor or otherwise (hereinafter, together with
such Person's heirs, executors, administrators or personal representative,
referred to as a "Covered Person")) against all liabilities, including but not
limited to amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines
and penalties, and expenses, including reasonable accountants' and counsel
fees, incurred by any Covered Person in connection with the defense or
disposition of any action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal,
before any court or administrative or legislative body, in which such Covered
Person may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise or with which
such Covered Person may be or may have been threatened, while in office or
thereafter, by reason of being or having been such a Trustee or officer,
director or trustee, except with respect to any matter as to which it has been
determined that such Covered Person (i) did not act in good faith in the
reasonable belief that such Covered Person's action was in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Trust; (ii) had acted with willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the
conduct of such Covered Person's office (iii) for a criminal proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful (the conduct
described in (i), (ii) and (iii) being referred to hereafter as "Disabling
Conduct"). A determination that the Covered Person is entitled to
indemnification may be made by (i) a final decision on the merits by a court or
other body before whom the proceeding was brought that the Covered Person to be
indemnified was not liable by reason of Disabling Conduct, (ii) dismissal of a
court action or an administrative proceeding against a Covered Person for
insufficiency of evidence of Disabling Conduct, or (iii) a reasonable
determination, based upon a review of the facts, that the indemnitee was not
liable by reason of Disabling Conduct by (a) a vote of a majority of a quorum
of Trustees who are neither "interested persons" of the Trust as defined in
Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act nor parties to the proceeding (the
"Disinterested Trustees"), or (b) an independent legal counsel in a written
opinion. Expenses, including accountants' and counsel fees so incurred by any
such Covered Person (but excluding amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments,
in compromise or as fines or penalties), may be paid from time to time by one
or more Series to which the conduct in question related in advance of the final
disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding; provided that the Covered
Person shall have undertaken to repay the amounts so paid to such Series if it
is ultimately determined that indemnification of such expenses is not
authorized under this Article 8 and (i) the Covered Person shall
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have provided security for such undertaking, (ii) the Trust shall be
insured against losses arising by reason of any lawful advances, or (iii) a
majority of a quorum of the Disinterested Trustees, or an independent legal
counsel in a written opinion, shall have determined, based on a review of
readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial type inquiry), that there
is reason to believe that the Covered Person ultimately will be found entitled
to indemnification.
SECTION 8.5. Compromise Payment. As to any matter disposed of by a
compromise payment by any such Covered Person referred to in Section 8.4
hereof, pursuant to a consent decree or otherwise, no such indemnification
either for said payment or for any other expenses shall be provided unless such
indemnification shall be approved (i) by a majority of a quorum of the
Disinterested Trustees or (ii) by an independent legal counsel in a written
opinion. Approval by the Trustees pursuant to clause (i) or by independent
legal counsel pursuant to clause (ii) shall not prevent the recovery from any
Covered Person of any amount paid to such Covered Person in accordance with
either of such clauses as indemnification if such Covered Person is
subsequently adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction not to have acted
in good faith in the reasonable belief that such Covered Person's action was in
or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust or to have been 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 the
Covered Person's office.
SECTION 8.6. Indemnification Not Exclusive, etc. The right of
indemnification provided by this Article 8 shall not be exclusive of or affect
any other rights to which any such Covered Person or shareholder may be
entitled. As used in this Article 8, a "disinterested" Person is one against
whom none of the actions, suits or other proceedings in question, and no other
action, suit or other proceeding on the same or similar grounds is then or has
been pending or threatened. Nothing contained in this Article 8 shall affect
any rights to indemnification to which personnel of the Trust, other than
Trustees and officers, and other Persons may be entitled by contract or
otherwise under law, nor the power of the Trust to purchase and maintain
liability insurance on behalf of any such Person.
SECTION 8.7. Liability of Third Persons Dealing with Trustees. No
person dealing with the Trustees shall be bound to make any inquiry concerning
the validity of any transaction made or to be made by the Trustees or to see to
the application of any payments made or property transferred to the Trust or
upon its order.
ARTICLE 9
DURATION: REORGANIZATION: INCORPORATION; AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.1. Duration of Trust. Unless terminated as provided herein,
the Trust shall have perpetual existence.
SECTION 9.2. Termination of Trust. The Trust may be terminated at any
time by a Majority of the Trustees, subject to the favorable vote of the
holders of not less than a majority of the Shares outstanding and entitled to
vote of each Series of the Trust, or by an instrument or instruments in writing
without a meeting, consented to by the holders of not less than a majority of
such Shares, or by such greater or different vote of Shareholders of any Series
as may be established by the Certificate of Designation by which such Series
was authorized. Upon termination, after paying or otherwise providing for all
charges, taxes, expenses and liabilities, whether due or accrued or anticipated
as may be
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determined by the Trustees, the Trust shall in accordance with such
procedures as the Trustees consider appropriate reduce the remaining assets to
distributable form in cash, Securities or other property, or any combination
thereof, and distribute the proceeds to the Shareholders, in conformity with
the provisions of Section 6.1(h) hereof. After termination of the Trust or any
Series and distribution to the Shareholders as herein provided, a majority of
the Trustees shall execute and lodge among the records of the Trust an
instrument in writing setting forth the fact of such termination. Upon
termination of the Trust, the Trustees shall thereupon be discharged from all
further liabilities and duties hereunder, and the rights and interests of all
Shareholders shall thereupon cease. Upon termination of any Series, the
Trustees shall thereupon be discharged from all further liabilities and duties
with respect to such Series, and the rights and interests of all Shareholders
of such Series shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 9.3. Reorganization. The Trustees may sell, convey and transfer
all or substantially all of the assets of the Trust, or the assets belonging to
any one or more Series, to another trust, partnership, association, corporation
or other entity organized under the laws of any state of the United States, or
may transfer such assets to another Series of the Trust, in exchange for cash,
Shares or other Securities (including, in the case of a transfer to another
Series of the Trust, Shares of such other Series), or to the extent permitted
by law then in effect may merge or consolidate the Trust or any Series with any
other Trust or any corporation, partnership, or association organized under the
laws of any state of the United States, all upon such terms and conditions and
for such consideration when and as authorized by vote or written consent of a
Majority of the Trustees and approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of
not less than a majority of the Shares outstanding and entitled to vote of each
Series whose assets are affected by such transaction, or by an instrument or
instruments in writing without a meeting, consented to by the holders of not
less than a majority of such Shares, and/or by such other vote of any Series as
may be established by the Certificate of Designation with respect to such
Series. Following such transfer, the Trustees shall distribute the cash, Shares
or other Securities or other consideration received in such transaction (giving
due effect to the assets belonging to and indebtedness of, and any other
differences among, the various Series of which the assets have so been
transferred) among the Shareholders of the Series of which the assets have been
so transferred; and if all of the assets of the Trust have been so transferred,
the Trust shall be terminated. Nothing in this Section 9.3 shall be construed
as requiring approval of Shareholders for the Trustees to organize or assist in
organizing one or more corporations, trusts, partnerships, associations or
other organizations, and to sell, convey or transfer less than substantially
all of the Trust Property or the assets belonging to any Series to such
organizations or entities.
SECTION 9.4. Incorporation. Upon approval by Majority Shareholder
Vote, the Trustees may cause to be organized or assist in organizing a
corporation or corporations under the laws of any jurisdiction or any other
trust, partnership, association or other organization to take over all of the
Trust Property 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 to any such corporation, trust, association or organization, in
exchange for the shares or securities thereof, or otherwise, and to lend money
to, subscribe for the shares of securities of, and enter into any contracts
with any such corporation, trust, partnership, association or organization in
which the Trust holds or is about to acquire shares or any other interests. The
Trustees may also cause a merger or consolidation between the Trust or any
successor thereto and any such corporation, trust, partnership, association or
other organization if and to the extent permitted by law, as provided under the
law then in effect. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as requiring
approval of Shareholders for the Trustees to organize or assist in organizing
one or more corporation, trusts,
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partnerships, associations or other organizations and selling, conveying or
transferring a portion of the Trust Property to such organizations or entities.
SECTION 9.5. Amendments; etc. All rights granted to the Shareholders
under this Declaration of Trust are granted subject to the reservation of the
right to amend this Declaration of Trust as herein provided, except that no
amendment shall repeal the limitations on personal liability of any Shareholder
or Trustee or the prohibition of assessment upon the Shareholders (otherwise
than as permitted under Section 6.1(l)) without the express consent of each
Shareholder or Trustee involved. Subject to the foregoing, the provisions of
this Declaration of Trust (whether or not related to the rights of
Shareholders) may be amended at any time, so long as such amendment does not
adversely affect the rights of any Shareholder with respect to which such
amendment is or purports to be applicable and so long as such amendment is not
in contravention of applicable law, including the 1940 Act, by an instrument in
writing signed by a Majority of the Trustees (or by an officer of the Trust
pursuant to the vote of a Majority of the Trustees). Any amendment to this
Declaration of Trust that adversely affects the rights of all Shareholders may
be adopted at any time by an instrument in writing signed by a Majority of the
Trustees (or by an officer of the Trust pursuant to a vote of a Majority of the
Trustees) when authorized to do so by the vote in accordance with Section 7.I
hereof of Shareholders holding a majority of all the Shares outstanding and
entitled to vote, without regard to Series, or if said amendment adversely
affects the rights of the Shareholders of less than all of the Series, by the
vote of the holders of a majority of all the Shares entitled to vote of each
Series so affected. Notwithstanding any other provisions set forth in this
Declaration of Trust, a provision in this Declaration of Trust requiring
shareholder approval of any action may be amended only with like shareholder
approval.
SECTION 9.6. Filing of Copies of Declaration and Amendments. The
original or a copy of this Declaration and of each amendment hereto (including
each Certificate of Designation and Certificate of Termination) shall be kept
at the office of the Trust where it may be inspected by any Shareholder. A
restated Declaration, integrating into a single instrument all of the
provisions of this Declaration which are then in effect and operative, may be
executed from time to time by a Majority of the Trustees and shall, upon
execution, be conclusive evidence of all amendments contained therein and may
thereafter be referred to in lieu of the original Declaration and the various
amendments thereto. A Certificate of Trust shall be filed in the office of the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1. Notices. Any and all notices to which any Shareholder
hereunder may be entitled and any and all communications shall be deemed duly
served or given if mailed, postage prepaid, addressed to any Shareholder of
record at his last known address as recorded on the applicable register of the
Trust.
SECTION 10.2. Governing Law. This Declaration of Trust is, with
reference to the laws thereof, and the rights of all parties and the
construction and effect of every provision hereof shall be, subject to and
construed according to the laws of said The State of Delaware.
SECTION 10.3. Counterparts. This Declaration of Trust and any amendment
thereto may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which
so executed shall be deemed to be an
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original, and such counterparts, together, shall constitute but one and
the same instrument, which shall be sufficiently evidenced by any such original
counterpart.
SECTION 10.4. Reliance by Third Parties. Any certificate executed by an
individual who, according to the records of the Trust is a Trustee hereunder,
certifying to: (a) the number or identity of Trustees or Shareholders, (b) the
due authorization of the execution of any instrument or writing, (c) the form
of any vote passed at a meeting of Trustees or Shareholders, (d) the fact that
the number of Trustees or Shareholders present at any meeting or executing any
written instrument satisfies the requirements of this Declaration of Trust, (e)
the form of any By-Law adopted, or the identity of any officers elected, by the
Trustees, (f) the existence or nonexistence of any fact or facts which in any
manner relate to the affairs of the Trust, or (g) the name of the Trust or the
establishment of a Series shall be conclusive evidence as to the matters so
certified in favor of any Person dealing with the Trustees, or any of them, and
the successors of such Person.
SECTION 10.5. References; Headings. The masculine gender shall include
the feminine and neuter genders. Headings are placed herein for convenience of
reference only and shall not be taken as a part of this Declaration or control
or affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof.
SECTION 10.6. Provisions in Conflict With Law or Regulation. (a)
The provisions of this Declaration 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 of 1986 or with other applicable laws and regulations,
the conflicting provision shall be deemed never to have constituted a part of
this Declaration; provided, however, that such determination shall not affect
any of the remaining provisions of this Declaration or render invalid or
improper any action taken or omitted prior to such determination.
(b) If any provision of this Declaration 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 provision in any other jurisdiction or any other provision of this
Declaration in any jurisdiction.
SECTION 10.7. Use of the Name "Van Kampen American Capital". Van Kampen
American Capital, Inc. ("Van Kampen American Capital") has consented to the use
by the Trust and by each Series and each Series thereof to the identifying
words "Van Kampen" or "Van Kampen Merritt" or any combination thereof in the
name of the Trust and of each Series and Series thereof. Such consent is
conditioned upon the Trust's employment of Van Kampen American Capital, its
successors or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof as investment adviser to the
Trust and to each Series and each Series thereof. As between Van Kampen
American Capital and the Trust, Van Kampen American Capital shall control the
use of such name insofar as such name contains the identifying words "Van
Kampen" or "Van Kampen Merritt". Van Kampen American Capital may from time to
time use the identifying words "American Capital,"Van Kampen" or "Van Kampen
Merritt" 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. Van Kampen American Capital may require the Trust or any
Series or Series thereof to cease using the identifying words "Van Kampen" or
"Van Kampen Merritt" in the name of the Trust or any Series or any Series
thereof if the Trust or any Series or Series thereof ceases to employ Van
Kampen American Capital, its successors or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof as
investment adviser.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being at least a majority of the
Trustees of the Trust, have set their hands and seal, for themselves and their
assigns, unto this First Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of
Trust of Van Kampen American Capital Life Investment Trust, as of the day and
year first above written.
/s/ J. MILES BRANAGAN /s/ RICHARD E. CARUSO
___________________________________ ___________________________________
J. Miles Branagan Richard E. Caruso
/s/ ROGER HILSMAN /s/ DON G. POWELL
___________________________________ ___________________________________
Roger Hilsman Don G. Powell
/s/ DAVID REES /s/ LAWRENCE J. SHEEHAN
___________________________________ ___________________________________
David Rees Lawrence J. Sheehan
/s/ FERNANDO SISTO /s/ WILLIAM S. WOODSIDE
___________________________________ ___________________________________
Fernando Sisto William S. Woodside
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A C K N O W L E D G M E N T
STATE OF TEXAS )
) ss
COUNTY OF HARRIS )
June 21, 1995
______________________
(Date)
Then personally appeared the above named individuals and each one
acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed.
Before me,
/s/ PAMELA J. McLEMORE
_______________________________
(Notary Public)
My commission expires: 9-3-97
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EXHIBIT 1.2
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 7, 1995
TO
FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT
AND DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED JUNE 21, 1995
WHEREAS, the Trustees of Van Kampen American Capital Life Investment
Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust") have approved the amendment of
the Trust's First Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated
June 21, 1995 ("Declaration of Trust") in accordance with Section 9.5 thereof;
WHEREAS, the Trustees have authorized the proper officers of the
Trust, including the officer whose name appears below, to effect such
amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Declaration of Trust is amended as follows:
1. The first sentence of Section 4.1(b) is amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:
(b) Number. The Trustees serving as such, whether named above
or hereafter becoming Trustees, may increase (to not more than
fifteen (15)) or decrease the number of Trustees to a number
other than the number theretofore determined by a written
instrument signed by a Majority (or a supermajority if
required by the By-Laws) of the Trustees (or by an officer of
the Trust pursuant to the vote of a Majority (or a
supermajority if required by the By-Laws) of the Trustees).
2. Section 4.1(e) is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
(e) Removal. Any Trustee may be removed: (i) with cause 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 upon which such removal shall become
effective; or (ii) without cause 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 upon
which such removal shall become effective; or (iii) by vote of
shareholders holding a majority of the Shares of the Trust
then outstanding, cast in person or by proxy at any meeting
called for the purpose; or (iv) by a written declaration
signed by Shareholders holding not less than a majority of the
Shares of the Trust then outstanding. Notwithstanding any
other provisions set forth in this Declaration of Trust, this
Section 4.1(e)
may not be amended (either directly or indirectly through a
reorganization) without the approval of (i) two-thirds (2/3) of the
Trustees then in office or (ii) by vote of Shareholders holding a
majority of the Shares of the Trust then outstanding.
EXECUTED, to be effective as of September 7, 1995
/s/ NORI L. GABERT
_________________________
Nori L. Gabert,
Secretary
EXHIBIT 1.3
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
Certificate of Designation
of
Common Stock Fund
The undersigned, being the Secretary of Van Kampen American Capital Life
Investment Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), pursuant to the
authority conferred upon the Trustees of the Trust by Section 6.1 of the
Trust's First Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust
("Declaration"), and by the affirmative vote of a Majority of the Trustees does
hereby establish and designate as a Series of the Trust the Common Stock Fund
(the "Fund") with the following rights, preferences and characteristics:
1. Shares. The beneficial interest in the Fund shall be divided into Shares,
all of one class, having a nominal or par value of $0.01 per Share, of which an
unlimited number may be issued, which Shares shall represent interests only in
the Fund. The Trustees shall have the authority from time to time to authorize
separate Series of Shares for the Trust as they deem necessary or desirable.
2. Other Rights Governed by Declaration. All other rights, preferences,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to Shares of any
Series of the Trust set forth in the Declaration shall apply to Shares of the
Fund unless otherwise specified in this Certificate of Designation, in which
case this Certificate of Designation shall govern.
3. Amendments, etc. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 9.5
of the Declaration and applicable law, this Certificate of Designation may be
amended by an instrument signed in writing by a Majority of the Trustees (or by
and officer of the Trust pursuant to the vote of a Majority of the Trustees) or
when authorized to do so by the vote in accordance with the Declaration of the
holders of a majority of all the Shares of the Fund outstanding and entitled to
vote or, if such amendment affects the Shares of one or more but not all of the
Classes of the Fund, the holders of a majority of all the Shares of the
affected Classes outstanding and entitled to vote.
4. Incorporation of Defined Terms. All capitalized terms which are not
defined herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed to those terms in the
Declaration.
June 21, 1995
/s/ NORI L. GABERT
_________________________
Nori L. Gabert,
Secretary
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EXHIBIT 1.4
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
Certificate of Designation
of
Domestic Strategic Income Fund
The undersigned, being the Secretary of Van Kampen American Capital Life
Investment Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), pursuant to the
authority conferred upon the Trustees of the Trust by Section 6.1 of the
Trust's First Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust
("Declaration"), and by the affirmative vote of a Majority of the Trustees does
hereby establish and designate as a Series of the Trust the Domestic Strategic
Income Fund (the "Fund") with the following rights, preferences and
characteristics:
1. Shares. The beneficial interest in the Fund shall be divided into Shares,
all of one class, having a nominal or par value of $0.01 per Share, of which an
unlimited number may be issued, which Shares shall represent interests only in
the Fund. The Trustees shall have the authority from time to time to authorize
separate Series of Shares for the Trust as they deem necessary or desirable.
2. Other Rights Governed by Declaration. All other rights, preferences,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to Shares of any
Series of the Trust set forth in the Declaration shall apply to Shares of the
Fund unless otherwise specified in this Certificate of Designation, in which
case this Certificate of Designation shall govern.
3. Amendments, etc. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 9.5
of the Declaration and applicable law, this Certificate of Designation may be
amended by an instrument signed in writing by a Majority of the Trustees (or by
and officer of the Trust pursuant to the vote of a Majority of the Trustees) or
when authorized to do so by the vote in accordance with the Declaration of the
holders of a majority of all the Shares of the Fund outstanding and entitled to
vote or, if such amendment affects the Shares of one or more but not all of the
Classes of the Fund, the holders of a majority of all the Shares of the
affected Classes outstanding and entitled to vote.
4. Incorporation of Defined Terms. All capitalized terms which are not
defined herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed to those terms in the
Declaration.
June 21, 1995
/s/ NORI L. GABERT
_________________________
Nori L. Gabert,
Secretary
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EXHIBIT 1.5
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
Certificate of Designation
of
Emerging Growth Fund
The undersigned, being the Secretary of Van Kampen American Capital Life
Investment Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), pursuant to the
authority conferred upon the Trustees of the Trust by Section 6.1 of the
Trust's First Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust
("Declaration"), and by the affirmative vote of a Majority of the Trustees does
hereby establish and designate as a Series of the Trust the Emerging Growth
Fund (the "Fund") with the following rights, preferences and characteristics:
1. Shares. The beneficial interest in the Fund shall be divided into Shares,
all of one class, having a nominal or par value of $0.01 per Share, of which an
unlimited number may be issued, which Shares shall represent interests only in
the Fund. The Trustees shall have the authority from time to time to authorize
separate Series of Shares for the Trust as they deem necessary or desirable.
2. Other Rights Governed by Declaration. All other rights, preferences,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to Shares of any
Series of the Trust set forth in the Declaration shall apply to Shares of the
Fund unless otherwise specified in this Certificate of Designation, in which
case this Certificate of Designation shall govern.
3. Amendments, etc. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 9.5
of the Declaration and applicable law, this Certificate of Designation may be
amended by an instrument signed in writing by a Majority of the Trustees (or by
and officer of the Trust pursuant to the vote of a Majority of the Trustees) or
when authorized to do so by the vote in accordance with the Declaration of the
holders of a majority of all the Shares of the Fund outstanding and entitled to
vote or, if such amendment affects the Shares of one or more but not all of the
Classes of the Fund, the holders of a majority of all the Shares of the
affected Classes outstanding and entitled to vote.
4. Incorporation of Defined Terms. All capitalized terms which are not
defined herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed to those terms in the
Declaration.
June 21, 1995
/s/ NORI L. GABERT
_________________________
Nori L. Gabert,
Secretary
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EXHIBIT 1.6
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
Certificate of Designation
of
Global Equity Fund
The undersigned, being the Secretary of Van Kampen American Capital Life
Investment Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), pursuant to the
authority conferred upon the Trustees of the Trust by Section 6.1 of the
Trust's First Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust
("Declaration"), and by the affirmative vote of a Majority of the Trustees does
hereby establish and designate as a Series of the Trust the Global Equity Fund
(the "Fund") with the following rights, preferences and characteristics:
1. Shares. The beneficial interest in the Fund shall be divided into Shares,
all of one class, having a nominal or par value of $0.01 per Share, of which an
unlimited number may be issued, which Shares shall represent interests only in
the Fund. The Trustees shall have the authority from time to time to authorize
separate Series of Shares for the Trust as they deem necessary or desirable.
2. Other Rights Governed by Declaration. All other rights, preferences,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to Shares of any
Series of the Trust set forth in the Declaration shall apply to Shares of the
Fund unless otherwise specified in this Certificate of Designation, in which
case this Certificate of Designation shall govern.
3. Amendments, etc. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 9.5
of the Declaration and applicable law, this Certificate of Designation may be
amended by an instrument signed in writing by a Majority of the Trustees (or by
and officer of the Trust pursuant to the vote of a Majority of the Trustees) or
when authorized to do so by the vote in accordance with the Declaration of the
holders of a majority of all the Shares of the Fund outstanding and entitled to
vote or, if such amendment affects the Shares of one or more but not all of the
Classes of the Fund, the holders of a majority of all the Shares of the
affected Classes outstanding and entitled to vote.
4. Incorporation of Defined Terms. All capitalized terms which are not
defined herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed to those terms in the
Declaration.
June 21, 1995
/s/ NORI L. GABERT
_________________________
Nori L. Gabert,
Secretary
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EXHIBIT 1.7
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
Certificate of Designation
of
Government Fund
The undersigned, being the Secretary of Van Kampen American Capital Life
Investment Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), pursuant to the
authority conferred upon the Trustees of the Trust by Section 6.1 of the
Trust's First Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust
("Declaration"), and by the affirmative vote of a Majority of the Trustees does
hereby establish and designate as a Series of the Trust the Government Fund
(the "Fund") with the following rights, preferences and characteristics:
1. Shares. The beneficial interest in the Fund shall be divided into Shares,
all of one class, having a nominal or par value of $0.01 per Share, of which an
unlimited number may be issued, which Shares shall represent interests only in
the Fund. The Trustees shall have the authority from time to time to authorize
separate Series of Shares for the Trust as they deem necessary or desirable.
2. Other Rights Governed by Declaration. All other rights, preferences,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to Shares of any
Series of the Trust set forth in the Declaration shall apply to Shares of the
Fund unless otherwise specified in this Certificate of Designation, in which
case this Certificate of Designation shall govern.
3. Amendments, etc. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 9.5
of the Declaration and applicable law, this Certificate of Designation may be
amended by an instrument signed in writing by a Majority of the Trustees (or by
and officer of the Trust pursuant to the vote of a Majority of the Trustees) or
when authorized to do so by the vote in accordance with the Declaration of the
holders of a majority of all the Shares of the Fund outstanding and entitled to
vote or, if such amendment affects the Shares of one or more but not all of the
Classes of the Fund, the holders of a majority of all the Shares of the
affected Classes outstanding and entitled to vote.
4. Incorporation of Defined Terms. All capitalized terms which are not
defined herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed to those terms in the
Declaration.
June 21, 1995
/s/ NORI L. GABERT
_________________________
Nori L. Gabert,
Secretary
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EXHIBIT 1.8
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
Certificate of Designation
of
Money Market Fund
The undersigned, being the Secretary of Van Kampen American Capital Life
Investment Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), pursuant to the
authority conferred upon the Trustees of the Trust by Section 6.1 of the
Trust's First Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust
("Declaration"), and by the affirmative vote of a Majority of the Trustees does
hereby establish and designate as a Series of the Trust the Money Market Fund
(the "Fund") with the following rights, preferences and characteristics:
1. Shares. The beneficial interest in the Fund shall be divided into Shares,
all of one class, having a nominal or par value of $0.01 per Share, of which an
unlimited number may be issued, which Shares shall represent interests only in
the Fund. The Trustees shall have the authority from time to time to authorize
separate Series of Shares for the Trust as they deem necessary or desirable.
2. Other Rights Governed by Declaration. All other rights, preferences,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to Shares of any
Series of the Trust set forth in the Declaration shall apply to Shares of the
Fund unless otherwise specified in this Certificate of Designation, in which
case this Certificate of Designation shall govern.
3. Amendments, etc. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 9.5
of the Declaration and applicable law, this Certificate of Designation may be
amended by an instrument signed in writing by a Majority of the Trustees (or by
and officer of the Trust pursuant to the vote of a Majority of the Trustees) or
when authorized to do so by the vote in accordance with the Declaration of the
holders of a majority of all the Shares of the Fund outstanding and entitled to
vote or, if such amendment affects the Shares of one or more but not all of the
Classes of the Fund, the holders of a majority of all the Shares of the
affected Classes outstanding and entitled to vote.
4. Incorporation of Defined Terms. All capitalized terms which are not
defined herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed to those terms in the
Declaration.
June 21, 1995
/s/ NORI L. GABERT
_________________________
Nori L. Gabert,
Secretary
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EXHIBIT 1.9
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
Certificate of Designation
of
Multiple Strategy Fund
The undersigned, being the Secretary of Van Kampen American Capital Life
Investment Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), pursuant to the
authority conferred upon the Trustees of the Trust by Section 6.1 of the
Trust's First Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust
("Declaration"), and by the affirmative vote of a Majority of the Trustees does
hereby establish and designate as a Series of the Trust the Multiple Strategy
Fund (the "Fund") with the following rights, preferences and characteristics:
1. Shares. The beneficial interest in the Fund shall be divided into Shares,
all of one class, having a nominal or par value of $0.01 per Share, of which an
unlimited number may be issued, which Shares shall represent interests only in
the Fund. The Trustees shall have the authority from time to time to authorize
separate Series of Shares for the Trust as they deem necessary or desirable.
2. Other Rights Governed by Declaration. All other rights, preferences,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to Shares of any
Series of the Trust set forth in the Declaration shall apply to Shares of the
Fund unless otherwise specified in this Certificate of Designation, in which
case this Certificate of Designation shall govern.
3. Amendments, etc. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 9.5
of the Declaration and applicable law, this Certificate of Designation may be
amended by an instrument signed in writing by a Majority of the Trustees (or by
and officer of the Trust pursuant to the vote of a Majority of the Trustees) or
when authorized to do so by the vote in accordance with the Declaration of the
holders of a majority of all the Shares of the Fund outstanding and entitled to
vote or, if such amendment affects the Shares of one or more but not all of the
Classes of the Fund, the holders of a majority of all the Shares of the
affected Classes outstanding and entitled to vote.
4. Incorporation of Defined Terms. All capitalized terms which are not
defined herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed to those terms in the
Declaration.
June 21, 1995
/s/ NORI L. GABERT
_________________________
Nori L. Gabert,
Secretary
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EXHIBIT 1.10
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
Certificate of Designation
of
Real Estate Securities Fund
The undersigned, being the Secretary of Van Kampen American Capital Life
Investment Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), pursuant to the
authority conferred upon the Trustees of the Trust by Section 6.1 of the
Trust's First Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust
("Declaration"), and by the affirmative vote of a Majority of the Trustees does
hereby establish and designate as a Series of the Trust the Real Estate
Securities Fund (the "Fund") with the following rights, preferences and
characteristics:
1. Shares. The beneficial interest in the Fund shall be divided into Shares,
all of one class, having a nominal or par value of $0.01 per Share, of which an
unlimited number may be issued, which Shares shall represent interests only in
the Fund. The Trustees shall have the authority from time to time to authorize
separate Series of Shares for the Trust as they deem necessary or desirable.
2. Other Rights Governed by Declaration. All other rights, preferences,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to Shares of any
Series of the Trust set forth in the Declaration shall apply to Shares of the
Fund unless otherwise specified in this Certificate of Designation, in which
case this Certificate of Designation shall govern.
3. Amendments, etc. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 9.5
of the Declaration and applicable law, this Certificate of Designation may be
amended by an instrument signed in writing by a Majority of the Trustees (or by
and officer of the Trust pursuant to the vote of a Majority of the Trustees) or
when authorized to do so by the vote in accordance with the Declaration of the
holders of a majority of all the Shares of the Fund outstanding and entitled to
vote or, if such amendment affects the Shares of one or more but not all of the
Classes of the Fund, the holders of a majority of all the Shares of the
affected Classes outstanding and entitled to vote.
4. Incorporation of Defined Terms. All capitalized terms which are not
defined herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed to those terms in the
Declaration.
June 21, 1995
/s/ NORI L. GABERT
__________________________
Nori L. Gabert,
Secretary
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EXHIBIT 1.11
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
Certificate of Designation
of
Growth and Income Fund
The undersigned, being the Secretary of Van Kampen American Capital Life
Investment Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), pursuant to the
authority conferred upon the Trustees of the Trust by Section 6.1 of the
Trust's First Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust
("Declaration"), and by the affirmative vote of a Majority of the Trustees does
hereby establish and designate as a Series of the Trust the Growth and Income
Fund (the "Fund") with the following rights, preferences and
characteristics:
1. Shares. The beneficial interest in the Fund shall be divided into Shares,
all of one class, having a nominal or par value of $0.01 per Share, of which an
unlimited number may be issued, which Shares shall represent interests only in
the Fund. The Trustees shall have the authority from time to time to authorize
separate Series of Shares for the Trust as they deem necessary or desirable.
2. Other Rights Governed by Declaration. All other rights, preferences,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to Shares of any
Series of the Trust set forth in the Declaration shall apply to Shares of the
Fund unless otherwise specified in this Certificate of Designation, in which
case this Certificate of Designation shall govern.
3. Amendments, etc. Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 9.5
of the Declaration and applicable law, this Certificate of Designation may be
amended by an instrument signed in writing by a Majority of the Trustees (or by
an officer of the Trust pursuant to the vote of a Majority of the Trustees) or
when authorized to do so by the vote in accordance with the Declaration of the
holders of a majority of all the Shares of the Fund outstanding and entitled to
vote or, if such amendment affects the Shares of one or more but not all of the
Classes of the Fund, the holders of a majority of all the Shares of the
affected Classes outstanding and entitled to vote.
4. Incorporation of Defined Terms. All capitalized terms which are not
defined herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed to those terms in the
Declaration.
June _____, 1995
__________________________
Nori L. Gabert,
Secretary
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EXHIBIT 2
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL
LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
(AS AMENDED SEPTEMBER 7, 1995)
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
Amended and Restated Bylaws
(As Amended September 7, 1995)
Index
ARTICLE 1 SHAREHOLDERS AND SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1.1. Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1.2. Presiding Officer; Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1.3. Authority of Chairman of Meeting to Interpret
Declaration and Bylaws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1.4. Voting; Quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 1.5. Inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 1.6 Records at Shareholder Meetings . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 1.7. Shareholders Action in Writing . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE 2 TRUSTEES AND TRUSTEES' MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 2.1. Number of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 2.2. Regular Meetings of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 2.3. Special Meetings of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Section 2.4. Notice of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Section 2.5. Quorum; Presiding Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Section 2.6. Participation by Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Section 2.7. Location of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Section 2.8. Actions by Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Section 2.9. Rulings of Presiding Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 2.10. Trustees' Action in Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 2.11. Resignations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 2.12. Tenure of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Article 3 OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 3.1. Officers of the Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 3.2. Time and Terms of Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 3.3. Resignation and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 3.4. Fidelity Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 3.5. President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 3.6. Vice Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 3.7. Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 3.8. Controller and Assistant Controllers . . . . . . . . 6
Section 3.9. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries . . . . . . . . 6
Section 3.10. Substitutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Section 3.11. Execution of Deeds, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Section 3.12. Power to Vote Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ARTICLE 4 COMMITTEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 4.1. Power of Trustees to Designate Committees . . . . . 7
Section 4.2. Rules for Conduct of Committee Affairs . . . . . . 7
Section 4.3. Trustees May Alter, Abolish, etc., Committees . . . 7
Section 4.4. Minutes; Review by Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ARTICLE 5 SEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ARTICLE 6 SHARES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 6.1. Issuance of Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 6.2. Uncertificated Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 6.3. Share Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 6.4. Lost, Stolen, etc., Certificates . . . . . . . . . 8
Article 7 STOCK TRANSFERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 7.1. Transfer Agents, Registrars, etc. . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 7.2. Transfer of Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 7.3. Registered Shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ARTICLE 8 AMENDMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 8.1. Bylaws Subject to Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 8.2. Notice of Proposal to Amend Bylaws Required . . . . 9
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
(AS AMENDED SEPTEMBER 7, 1995)
These are the Bylaws of Van Kampen American Capital U.S. Government
Trust for Income, a trust with transferable shares established under the laws
of The State of Delaware (the "Trust"), pursuant to an Agreement and
Declaration of Trust of the Trust (the "Declaration") made the 10th day of May,
1995, as amended, and a Certificate of Trust filed in the office of the
Secretary of State pursuant to Section 3810 of The Delaware Business Trust Act,
Title 12, Chapter 38 of the Delaware Code. These Bylaws have been adopted by
the Trustees pursuant to the authority granted by Section 4.14 of the
Declaration.
All words and terms capitalized in these Bylaws, unless otherwise
defined herein, shall have the same meanings as they have in the Declaration.
ARTICLE 1
SHAREHOLDERS AND SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS
SECTION 1.1. Meetings. A meeting of the Shareholders of the Trust
shall be held whenever called by the Chairman, the President or a majority of
the Trustees and whenever election of a Trustee or Trustees by Shareholders is
required by the provisions of the 1940 Act. Meetings of Shareholders shall
also be called by the Trustees when requested in writing by Shareholders
holding at least ten percent (10%) of the Shares then outstanding for the
purpose of voting upon removal of any Trustee, or if the Trustees shall fail to
call or give notice of any such meeting of Shareholders for a period of thirty
(30) days after such application, then Shareholders holding at least ten
percent (10%) of the Shares then outstanding may call and give notice of such
meeting. Notice of Shareholders' meetings shall be given as provided in the
Declaration.
SECTION 1.2. Presiding Officer; Secretary. The President shall
preside at each Shareholders' meeting as chairman of the meeting, or in the
absence of the President, the Trustees present at the meeting shall elect one
of their number as chairman of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided for by
the Trustees, the Secretary of the Trust shall be the secretary of all meetings
of Shareholders and shall record the minutes thereof.
SECTION 1.3. Authority of Chairman of Meeting to Interpret
Declaration and Bylaws. At any Shareholders' meeting the chairman of the
meeting shall be empowered to determine the construction or interpretation
of the Declaration or these Bylaws, or any part thereof or hereof, and their
ruling shall be final.
SECTION 1.4. Voting; Quorum. At each meeting of Shareholders, except
as otherwise provided by the Declaration, every holder of record of Shares
entitled to vote shall be entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of
Shares standing in his name on the Share register of the Trust on the record
date of the meeting. Shareholders may vote by proxy and the form of any such
proxy may be prescribed from time to time by the Trustees. A quorum shall
exist if the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares of the Trust
entitled to vote are present in person or by proxy, but any lesser
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number shall be sufficient for adjournments. At all meetings of the
Shareholders, votes shall be taken by ballot for all matters which may be
binding upon the Trustees pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Declaration. On other
matters, votes of Shareholders need not be taken by ballot unless otherwise
provided for by the Declaration or by vote of the Trustees, or as required by
the 1940 Act, but the chairman of the meeting may in his discretion authorize
any matter to be voted upon by ballot.
SECTION 1.5. Inspectors. At any meeting of Shareholders, the chairman
of the meeting may appoint one or more Inspectors of Election or Balloting to
supervise the voting at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. If Inspectors
are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, and on the request of
any Shareholder present or represented and entitled to vote shall, appoint one
or more Inspectors for such purpose. Each Inspector, before entering upon the
discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the
duties of Inspector of Election or Balloting, as the case may be, at such
meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. If
appointed, Inspectors shall take charge of the polls and, when the vote is
completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and
of such other facts as may be required by law.
SECTION 1.6. Records at Shareholder Meetings. At each meeting of the
Shareholders there shall be open for inspection the minutes of the last
previous Meeting of Shareholders of the Trust and a list of the Shareholders of
the Trust, certified to be true and correct by the Secretary or other proper
agent of the Trust, as of the record date of the meeting or the date of closing
of transfer books, as the case may be. Such list of Shareholders shall contain
the name of each Shareholder. Shareholders shall have such other rights and
procedures of inspection of the books and records of the Trust as are granted
to shareholders of a Delaware corporation.
SECTION 1.7. Shareholders' Action in Writing. Nothing in this Article
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written instruments without a meeting, as permitted by Section 7.6 of the
Declaration.
ARTICLE 2
TRUSTEES AND TRUSTEES' MEETINGS
SECTION 2.1. Number of Trustees. The number of Trustees shall be
fifteen (15), provided that such number shall be reduced upon the death,
resignation or retirement of any Trustee until the number of Trustees is eight
(8), unless the Trustees shall find by a majority vote that such reduction is
not in the best interest of the Fund's shareholders, in which case the number
of Trustees shall not be reduced and a vacancy shall be created upon such
death, resignation or retirement of such Trustees.
SECTION 2.2. Regular Meetings of Trustees. Regular meetings of the
Trustees may be held without call or notice at such places and at such times as
the Trustees may from time to time determine; provided, that notice of such
determination, and of the time and place of the first regular meeting
thereafter, shall be given to each absent Trustee in accordance with Section
2.4 hereof.
SECTION 2.3. Special Meetings of Trustees. Special meetings of the
Trustees may be held at any time and at any place when called by the President
or the Treasurer or by three (3) or more
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Trustees, or if there shall be less than three (3) Trustees, by any Trustee;
provided, that notice of the time and place thereof is given to each Trustee
in accordance with Section 2.4 hereof by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary or by the officer or the Trustees calling the meeting.
SECTION 2.4. Notice of Meetings. Notice of any regular or special
meeting of the Trustees shall be sufficient if given in writing to each
Trustee, and if sent by mail at least five (5) days, by a nationally recognized
overnight delivery service at least two (2) days or by facsimile at least
twenty-four (24) hours, before the meeting, addressed to his usual or last
known business or residence address, or if delivered to him in person at least
twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting. Notice of a special meeting need
not be given to any Trustee who was present at an earlier meeting, not more
than thirty-one (31) days prior to the subsequent meeting, at which the
subsequent meeting was called. Unless statute, these bylaws or a resolution of
the Trustees might otherwise dictate, notice need not state the business to be
transacted at or the purpose of any meeting of the Board of Trustees. Notice
of a meeting may be waived by any Trustee by written waiver of notice, executed
by him or her before or after the meeting, and such waiver shall be filed with
the records of the meeting. Attendance by a Trustee at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice, except where a Trustee attends a meeting for the
purpose of protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice.
No notice need be given of action proposed to be taken by unanimous written
consent.
SECTION 2.5. Quorum: Presiding Trustee. At any meeting of the
Trustees, a Majority of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum. Any meeting may
be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the votes cast upon the
question, whether or not a quorum is present, and the meeting may be held as
adjourned without further notice. Unless the Trustees shall otherwise elect,
generally or in a particular case, the Chairman shall be the presiding Trustee
at each meeting of the Trustees or in the absence of the Chairman, the
President shall preside over the meeting. In the absence of both the Chairman
and the President, the Trustees present at the meeting shall elect one of their
number as presiding Trustee of the meeting.
SECTION 2.6. Participation by Telephone. One or more of the Trustees
may participate in a meeting thereof or of any Committee of the Trustees by
means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment allowing
all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time.
Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.
SECTION 2.7. Location of Meetings. Trustees' meetings may be held at
any place, within or without the State of Delaware.
SECTION 2.8. Actions by Trustees. Unless statute, the charter or
By-laws requires a greater proportion, action of a majority of the Trustees
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present is action of the Board of
Trustees. The results of all voting shall be recorded by the Secretary in the
minute book.
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SECTION 2.9. Rulings of Presiding Trustee. All other rules of conduct
adopted and used at any Trustees' meeting shall be determined by the presiding
Trustee of such meeting, whose ruling on all procedural matters shall be
final.
SECTION 2.10. Trustees' Action in Writing. Nothing in this Article 2
shall limit the power of the Trustees to take action by means of a written
instrument without a meeting, as provided in Section 4.2 of the Declaration.
SECTION 2.11. Resignations. Any Trustee may resign at any time by
written instrument signed by him and delivered to the Chairman, the President
or the Secretary or to a meeting of the Trustees. Such resignation shall be
effective upon receipt unless specified to be effective at some other time.
SECTION 2.12. Tenure of Trustees. Notwithstanding any other
provision herein to the contrary, through June 30, 1996, the term of office of
each Trustee shall end at the time such Trustee reaches the age of seventy-six
and one-half years (76 1/2) or seventy-four and one-half years (74 1/2) for
each person who had not been elected before January 1, 1986 as a trustee or
director of any open end investment company managed by Van Kampen American
Capital Asset Management, Inc. (formerly American Capital Asset Management,
Inc. and, prior thereto, American General Capital Management, Inc.) and on and
after July 1, 1996, the term of office of each Trustee shall end at the time
such Trustee reaches the age of seventy-six and one-half years (76 1/2) or
seventy-two and one-half years (72 1/2) for each person who had not been
elected before January 1, 1986 as a trustee or director of any open end
investment company managed by Van Kampen American Capital Asset Management,
Inc.; provided that the term of office of each Trustee shall end on December
31st of the year in which such Trustee reaches the age of seventy-five years
(75) for each person first elected on or after July 1, 1995 and prior to
December 1, 1995 as a Trustee who was over the age of seventy-two and one half
(72 1/2) and under the age of seventy-five (75) at the time of such election;
and further provided that the term of office of each Trustee first elected on
or after July 1, 1995 and prior to December 1, 1995 who is seventy-five years
(75) of age at the time of such election shall expire as of the date such
Trustees reaches the age of seventy-six years (76).
SECTION 2.13. Chairman of the Board. The Trustees shall from time to
time elect one of the Trustees to serve as Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
provided that the chairman shall be a Trustee who is not an "interested person"
of the Trust or the Trust's investment adviser, within the meaning of the 1940
Act.
ARTICLE 3
OFFICERS
SECTION 3.1. Officers of the Trust. The officers of the Trust shall
consist of a President, a Treasurer and a Secretary, and may include a
Controller and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant
Secretaries, and such other officers as the Trustees may designate. Any person
may hold more than one office.
SECTION 3.2. Time and Terms of Election. The President, the Treasurer
and the Secretary shall be elected by the Trustees at their first meeting and
thereafter at the annual meeting of the Trustees, as provided in Section 4.2 of
the Declaration. Such officers shall hold office until the next
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annual meeting of the Trustees and until their successors shall have been duly
elected and qualified, and may be removed at any meeting by the affirmative
vote of a Majority of the Trustees. All other officers of the Trust may be
elected or appointed at any meeting of the Trustees. Such officers shall hold
office for any term, or indefinitely, as determined by the Trustees, and shall
be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by the Trustees.
SECTION 3.3. Resignation and Removal. Any officer may resign at any
time by giving written notice to the Trustees. Such resignation shall take
effect at the time specified therein, and, unless otherwise specified
therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make
it effective. If the office of any officer or agent becomes vacant by reason
of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or
otherwise, the Trustees may choose a successor, who shall hold office for the
unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred. Except to the extent
expressly provided in a written agreement with the Trust, no officer resigning
or removed shall have any right to any compensation for any period following
such resignation or removal, or any right to damage on account of such removal.
SECTION 3.4. Fidelity Bond. The Trustees may, in their discretion,
direct any officer appointed by them to furnish at the expense of the Trust a
fidelity bond approved by the Trustees, in such amount as the Trustees may
prescribe.
SECTION 3.5. President. The President shall be the chief executive
officer of the Trust and, subject to the supervision of the Trustees, shall
have general charge and supervision of the business, property and affairs of
the Trust and such other powers and duties as the Trustees may prescribe.
SECTION 3.6. Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the
President, the Vice President or, if there shall be more than one, the Vice
Presidents in the order of their seniority or as otherwise designated by the
Trustees, shall exercise all of the powers and duties of the President. The
Vice Presidents shall have the power to execute bonds, notes, mortgages and
other contracts, agreements and instruments in the name of the Trust, and shall
do and perform such other duties as the Trustees or the President shall direct.
SECTION 3.7. Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall
be the chief financial officer of the Trust, and shall have the custody of the
Trust's funds and Securities, and shall keep full and accurate accounts of
receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Trust and shall deposit
all moneys, and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the
Trust, in such depositories as may be designated by the Trustees, taking
proper vouchers for such disbursements, shall have such other duties and
powers as may be prescribed from time to time by the Trustees, and shall
render to the Trustees, whenever they may require it, an account of all his
transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Trust. If no
Controller is elected, the Treasurer shall also have the duties and powers
of the Controller, as provided in these Bylaws. Any Assistant Treasurer shall
have such duties and powers as shall be prescribed from time to time by the
Trustees or the Treasurer, and shall be responsible to and shall report to the
Treasurer. In the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Controller shall
have the powers and duties of the Treasurer. If no Controller is elected, the
Assistant Treasurer or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant
Treasurers in the order of their seniority or as otherwise designated by the
Trustees or the Chairman, shall have the powers and duties of the Treasurer.
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SECTION 3.8. Controller and Assistant Controllers. If a Controller
is elected, the Controller shall be the chief accounting officer of the Trust
and shall be in charge of its books of account and accounting records and of
its accounting procedures, and shall have such duties and powers as are
commonly incident to the office of a controller, and such other duties and
powers as may be prescribed from time to time by the Trustees. The Controller
shall be responsible to and shall report to the Trustees, but in the
ordinary conduct of the Trust's business, shall be under the supervision of
the Treasurer. Any Assistant Controller shall have such duties and powers as
shall be prescribed from time to time by the Trustees or the Controller, and
shall be responsible to and shall report to the Controller. In the absence or
disability of the Controller, the Assistant Controller or, if there shall be
more than one, the Assistant Controllers in the order of their seniority or as
otherwise designated by the Trustees, shall have the powers and duties of the
Controller.
SECTION 3.9. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The
Secretary shall, if and to the extent requested by the Trustees, attend all
meetings of the Trustees, any Committee of the Trustees and/or the Shareholders
and record all votes and the minutes of proceedings in a book to be kept for
that purpose, shall give or cause to be given notice of all meetings of the
Trustees, any Committee of the Trustees, and of the Shareholders and shall
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Trustees. The Secretary,
or in his absence any Assistant Secretary, shall affix the Trust's seal to any
instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it shall be attested by the
signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. The Secretary shall be
the custodian of the Share records and all other books, records and papers of
the Trust (other than financial) and shall see that all books, reports,
statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law are
properly kept and filed. In the absence or disability of the Secretary, the
Assistant Secretary or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant
Secretaries in the order of their seniority or as otherwise designated by the
Trustees, shall have the powers and duties of the Secretary.
SECTION 3.10. Substitutions. In case of the absence or disability
of any officer of the Trust, or for any other reason that the Trustees may deem
sufficient, the Trustees may delegate, for the time being, the powers or
duties, or any of them, of such officer to any other officer, or to any
Trustee.
SECTION 3.11. Execution of Deeds, etc. Except as the Trustees may
generally or in particular cases otherwise authorize or direct, all deeds,
leases, transfers, contracts, proposals, bonds, notes, checks, drafts and other
obligations made, accepted or endorsed by the Trust shall be signed or endorsed
on behalf of the Trust by its properly authorized officers or agents as
provided in the Declaration.
SECTION 3.12. Power to Vote Securities. Unless otherwise ordered by
the Trustees, the Treasurer shall have full power and authority on behalf of
the Trust to give proxies for, and/or to attend and to act and to vote at, any
meeting of stockholders of any corporation in which the Trust may hold stock,
and at any such meeting the Treasurer or his proxy shall possess and may
exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock
which, as the owner thereof, the Trust might have possessed and exercised if
present. The Trustees, by resolution from time to time, or, in the absence
thereof, the Treasurer, may confer like powers upon any other person or persons
as attorneys and proxies of the Trust.
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ARTICLE 4
COMMITTEES
SECTION 4.1. Power of Trustees to Designate Committees. The Trustees,
by vote of a Majority of the Trustees, may elect from their number an Executive
Committee and any other Committees and may delegate thereto some or all of
their powers except those which by law, by the Declaration or by these
Bylaws may not be delegated; provided, that an Executive Committee shall not
be empowered to elect the President, the Treasurer or the Secretary, to amend
the Bylaws, to exercise the powers of the Trustees under this Section 4.1 or
under Section 4.3 hereof, or to perform any act for which the action of a
Majority of the Trustees is required by law, by the Declaration or by these
Bylaws. The members of any such Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the
Trustees.
SECTION 4.2. Rules for Conduct of Committee Affairs. Except as
otherwise provided by the Trustees, each Committee elected or appointed
pursuant to this Article 4 may adopt such standing rules and regulations for
the conduct of its affairs as it may deem desirable, subject to review and
approval of such rules and regulations by the Trustees at the next succeeding
meeting of the Trustees, but in the absence of any such action or any contrary
provisions by the Trustees, the business of each Committee shall be conducted,
so far as practicable, in the same manner as provided herein and in the
Declaration for the Trustees.
SECTION 4.3. Trustees May Alter, Abolish, etc., Committees Trustees
may at any time alter or abolish any Committee, change membership of any
Committee, or revoke, rescind, waive or modify action of any Committee or the
authority of any Committee with respect to any matter or class of matters;
provided, that no such action shall impair the rights of any third parties.
SECTION 4.4. Minutes: Review by Trustees. Any Committee to which the
Trustees delegate any of their powers or duties shall keep records of its
meetings and shall report its actions to the Trustees.
ARTICLE 5
SEAL
The seal of the Trust, if any, may be affixed to any instrument, and
the seal and its attestation may be lithographed, engraved or otherwise printed
on any document with the same force and effect as if had been imprinted and
affixed manually in the same manner and with the same force and effect as if
done by a Delaware corporation. Unless otherwise required by the Trustees,
the seal shall not be necessary to be placed on, and its absence shall not
impair the validity of, any document, instrument or other paper executed and
delivered by or on behalf of the Trust.
ARTICLE 6
SHARES
SECTION 6.1. Issuance of Shares. The Trustees may issue an unlimited
number of Classes of Shares of any or all Series either in certificated or
uncertificated form, they may issue certificates to the
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holders of a Class of Shares of a Series which was originally issued in
uncertificated form, and if they have issued Shares of any Series in
certificated form, they may at any time discontinue the issuance of Share
certificates for such Series and may, by written notice to such Shareholders of
such Series require the surrender of their Share certificates to the Trust for
cancellation, which surrender and cancellation shall not affect the ownership
of Shares for such Series.
SECTION 6.2. Uncertificated Shares. For any Class of Shares for which
the Trustees issue Shares without certificates, the Trust or the Transfer Agent
may either issue receipts therefor or may keep accounts upon the books of the
Trust for the record holders of such Shares, who shall in either case be
deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be the holders of such Shares as if they
had received certificates therefor and shall be held to have expressly assented
and agreed to the terms hereof and of the Declaration.
SECTION 6.3. Share Certificates. For any Class of Shares for which
the Trustees shall issue Share certificates, each Shareholder of such Class
shall be entitled to a certificate stating the number of Shares owned by him in
such form as shall be prescribed from time to time by the Trustees. Such
certificate shall be signed by the President or a Vice President, and by the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Trust. Such signatures may be facsimiles if the certificate
is countersigned by a Transfer Agent, or by a Registrar, other than a
Trustee, officer or employee of the Trust. In case any officer who has signed
or whose facsimile signature has been placed on such certificate shall cease to
be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the
Trust with the same effect as if he were such officer at the time of its issue.
SECTION 6.4. Lost, Stolen, etc., Certificates. If any
certificate for certificated Shares shall be lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated, the Trustees may authorize the issuance of a new certificate of the
same tenor and for the same number of Shares in lieu thereof. The Trustees
shall require the surrender of any mutilated certificate in respect of which a
new certificate is issued, and may, in their discretion, before the issuance of
a new certificate, require the owner of a lost, stolen or destroyed
certificate, or the owner's legal representative, to make an affidavit or
affirmation setting forth such facts as to the loss, theft or destruction as
they deem necessary, and to give the Trust a bond in such reasonable sum as the
Trustees direct, in order to indemnify the Trust.
ARTICLE 7
TRANSFER OF SHARES
SECTION 7.1. Transfer Agents, Registrars, etc. As approved in Section
5.2(e) of the Declaration, the Trustees shall have the authority to employ and
compensate such transfer agents and registrars with respect to the Shares of
the Trust as the Trustees shall deem necessary or desirable. In addition, the
Trustees shall have the power to employ and compensate such dividend dispersing
agents, warrant agents and agents for reinvestment of dividends as they shall
deem necessary or desirable. Any of such agents shall have such power and
authority as is delegated to any of them by the Trustees.
SECTION 7.2 Transfer of Shares. The Shares of the Trust shall be
transferable on the books of the Trust only upon delivery to the Trustees or a
transfer agent of the Trust of proper documentation as provided in Section
6.1(m) of the Declaration. The Trust, or its transfer agents, shall be
authorized to
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refuse any transfer unless and until presentation of such evidence as may be
reasonably required to show that the requested transfer is proper.
SECTION 7.3 Registered Shareholders. The Trust may deem and treat
the holder of record of any Shares the absolute owner thereof for all purposes
and shall not be required to take any notice of any right or claim of right of
any other person.
ARTICLE 8
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 8.1. Bylaws Subject to Amendment. These Bylaws may be
altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, at any time by vote of the
holders of a majority of the Shares issued, outstanding and entitled to vote.
The Trustees, by vote of a Majority of the Trustees (unless a greater vote is
required by Section 2.8 hereof), may alter, amend or repeal these Bylaws, in
whole or in part, including Bylaws adopted by the Shareholders, except with
respect to any provision hereof which by law, the Declaration or these Bylaws
requires action by the Shareholders. Bylaws adopted by the Trustees may be
altered, amended or repealed by the Shareholders.
SECTION 8.2. Notice of Proposal to Amend Bylaws Required. No proposal
to amend or repeal these Bylaws or to adopt new Bylaws shall be acted upon at a
meeting unless either (i) such proposal is stated in the notice or in the
waiver of notice, as the case may be, of the meeting of the Trustees or
Shareholders at which such action is taken, or (ii) all of the Trustees or
Shareholders, as the case may be, are present at such meeting and all agree to
consider such proposal without protesting the lack of notice.
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EXHIBIT 5.1
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 16th day of September, 1995, by and between VAN KAMPEN
AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST, a Delaware business trust, hereinafter
referred to as the "Trust," and VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT,
INC., a Delaware corporation, hereinafter referred to as the "ADVISER".
The Trust and the ADVISER agree as follows:
1. Appointment
a. The Trust hereby appoints the ADVISER to act as investment adviser to the
Trust's Common Stock Fund, Domestic Strategic Income Fund, Government Fund,
Money Market Fund and Multiple Strategy Fund ("Initial Funds"), for the period
and on the terms set forth in this Agreement. The ADVISER accepts such
appointment and agrees to furnish the services herein set forth for the
compensation herein provided.
b. In the event that the Trust establishes one or more portfolios other than
the Initial Funds with respect to which it desires to retain the ADVISER to act
as investment adviser hereunder, it shall notify the ADVISER in writing. If the
ADVISER is willing to render such services it shall notify the Trust in writing
whereupon such portfolio shall become a Fund hereunder and the compensation
payable by such new portfolio to the ADVISER will be as agreed in writing at
the time.
2. Services Rendered and Expenses Paid by ADVISER
The ADVISER, subject to the control, direction and supervision of the Trust's
Trustees and in conformity with applicable laws, the Trust's Declaration of
Trust, Bylaws, registration statement, prospectus and the stated investment
objectives, policies and restrictions of each Fund, shall:
a. manage the investment and reinvestment of the Trust's assets including, by
way of illustration, the evaluation of pertinent economic, statistical,
financial and other data, determination of the industries and companies to be
represented in each of the Trust's Funds, and formulation and implementation of
investment programs;
b. maintain a trading desk and place all orders for the purchase and sale of
portfolio investments for the account of each Fund of the Trust with brokers or
dealers selected by the ADVISER;
c. conduct and manage the day-to-day operations of the Trust including, by way
of illustration, the preparation of registration statements, prospectuses,
reports, proxy solicitation materials and amendments thereto, the furnishing of
legal services except for services provided by outside counsel to the Trust
selected by the Trustees, and the supervision of the Trust's Treasurer and the
personnel working under his direction; and
d. furnish to the Trust office space, facilities, equipment and personnel
adequate to provide the services described in paragraphs a., b., and c. above
and pay the compensation of each Trust trustee and Trust officer who is an
affiliated person of the ADVISER, except the compensation of the Trust's
Treasurer and related expenses as provided below.
In performing the services described in paragraph b. above, the ADVISER shall
use its best efforts to obtain for the Trust and each Fund the most favorable
price and execution available and shall maintain records adequate to
demonstrate compliance with this requirement. Subject to prior authorization by
the Trust's Trustees of appropriate policies and procedures, the ADVISER may,
to the extent authorized by law, cause the Trust to pay a broker or dealer that
provides brokerage and research services to the ADVISER an amount of commission
for effecting a portfolio investment transaction in excess of the amount of
commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that
transaction. In the event of such authorization and to the extent authorized by
law the ADVISER shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have
breached any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by reason of
such action.
Except as otherwise agreed, or as otherwise provided herein, the Trust shall
pay, or arrange for others to pay, all its expenses other than those expressly
stated to be payable by the ADVISER hereunder, which expenses payable by the
Trust shall include (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and
other costs in connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio investments;
(iii) compensation of its trustees and officers other than those who are
affiliated persons of the ADVISER; (iv) compensation of its Treasurer,
compensation of personnel working under the Treasurer's direction, and expenses
of office space, facilities, and equipment used by the Treasurer and such
personnel in the performance of their normal duties for the Trust which consist
of maintenance of the accounts, books and other documents which constitute the
record forming the basis for the Trust's financial statements, preparation of
such financial statements and other Trust documents and reports of a financial
nature required by federal and state laws, and participation in the production
of the Trust's registration statement, prospectuses, proxy solicitation
materials and reports to shareholders; (v) fees of outside counsel to and of
independent accountants of the Trust selected by the Trustees; (vi) custodian,
registrar and shareholder service agent fees and expenses; (vii) expenses
related to the repurchase or redemption of its shares including expenses
related to a program of periodic repurchases or redemptions; (viii) expenses
related to the issuance of its shares against payment therefor by or on behalf
of the subscribers thereto; (ix) fees and related expenses of registering and
qualifying the Trust and its shares for distribution under state and federal
securities laws; (x) expenses of printing and mailing of registration
statements, prospectuses, reports, notices and proxy solicitation materials of
the Trust; (xi) all other expenses incidental to holding meetings of the
Trust's shareholders including proxy solicitations therefor; (xii) expenses for
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servicing shareholder accounts; (xiii) insurance premiums for fidelity coverage
and errors and omissions insurance; (xiv) dues for the Trust's membership in
trade associations approved by the Trustees; and (xv) such nonrecurring
expenses as may arise, including those associated with actions, suits, or
proceedings to which the Trust is a party and the legal obligation which the
Trust may have to indemnify its officers and trustees with respect thereto. To
the extent that any of the foregoing expenses are allocated between the Trust
and any other party, such allocations shall be pursuant to methods approved by
the Trustees.
3. Role of ADVISER
The ADVISER, and any person controlled by or under common control with the
ADVISER, shall be free to render similar services to others and engage in other
activities, so long as the services rendered to the Trust are not impaired.
Except as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 any of the
shareholders, trustees, officers and employees of the Trust may be a
shareholder, director, officer or employee of, or be otherwise interested in,
the ADVISER, and in any person controlled by or under common control with the
ADVISER, and the ADVISER, and any person controlled by or under common control
with the ADVISER, may have an interest in the Trust.
Except as otherwise agreed, in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
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
Trust, or to any shareholder of the Trust, 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.
4. Compensation Payable to ADVISER
The Trust shall pay to the ADVISER, as compensation for the services rendered,
facilities furnished and expenses paid by the ADVISER, with respect to the
Funds set forth below, a monthly fee computed at the following annual rates:
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.50% on the first $500 million of the Fund's average daily net assets; .45% on
the next $500 million of the Fund's average daily net assets; and .40% of any
excess over $1 billion.
For purposes of this calculation, assets of such Funds shall be combined in
calculating the investment advisory fee. Each Fund shall bear its pro rata
share of such fee based upon its average daily net assets.
Average daily net assets shall be determined by taking the average of the net
assets for each business day (for each calendar day in the case of the Money
Market Fund) during a given calendar month, calculated in the manner provided
in the Trust's Declaration of Trust. Such fee shall be payable for each
calendar month as soon as practicable after the end of that month.
The fees payable to the ADVISER by the Trust pursuant to this Section 4 shall
be reduced by any commissions, tender solicitation and other fees, brokerage or
similar payments received by the ADVISER, or any other direct or indirect
majority owned subsidiary of VK/AC Holding Inc., in connection with the
purchase and sale of portfolio investments of the Trust, less any direct
expenses incurred by such person, in connection with obtaining such
commissions, fees, brokerage or similar payments. The ADVISER shall use its
best efforts to recapture all available tender offer solicitation fees and
exchange offer fees in connection with each of the Trust's portfolio
transactions and shall advise the Trustees of any other commissions, fees,
brokerage or similar payments which may be possible for the ADVISER or any
other direct or indirect majority owned subsidiary of VK/AC Holding, Inc. to
receive in connection with the Trust's portfolio transactions or other
arrangements which may benefit the Trust.
In the event that the ordinary business expenses of the Trust for any fiscal
year should exceed .95% of average daily net assets, the compensation due the
ADVISER for such fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount of such excess. The
ADVISER's compensation shall be so reduced by a reduction or a refund thereof,
at the time such compensation is payable after the end of each calendar month
during such fiscal year of the Trust, and if such amount should exceed such
monthly compensation, the ADVISER shall pay the Trust an amount sufficient to
make up the deficiency, subject to readjustment during the Trust's fiscal year.
For purposes of this paragraph, all ordinary business expenses of the Trust
include the investment advisory fee and other operating expenses paid by the
Trust except (i) for interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions; (iii) as a
result of litigation in connection with a suit involving a claim for recovery
by the Trust; (iv) as a result of litigation involving a defense against a
liability asserted against the Trust, provided that, if the ADVISER made the
decision or took the actions which resulted in such claim, it acted in good
faith without negligence or misconduct; and (v) any indemnification paid by the
Trust to its officers and trustees and the ADVISER in accordance with
applicable state and federal laws as a result of such litigation.
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If the ADVISER shall serve for less than the whole of any month, the foregoing
compensation shall be prorated.
5. Books and Records
In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940 Act, the
ADVISER hereby agrees that all records which it maintains for the Trust are the
property of the Trust and further agrees to surrender promptly to the Trust any
of such records upon the Trust's request. The ADVISER further agrees to
preserve for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act the
records required to be maintained by Rule 31a-1 under the Act.
6. Duration and Termination
This Agreement will become effective with respect to the initial Funds on the
date hereof, and with respect to any additional Funds, on the date of receipt
by the Trust of notice from the ADVISER in accordance with Section 1(b) hereof
that the ADVISER is willing to serve as investment adviser with respect to such
Fund, provided that this Agreement (as supplemented by the terms specified in
any notice and agreement pursuant to Section 1(b) hereof) shall have been
approved by the shareholders of each Fund subject to this Agreement, in
accordance with the requirements under the 1940 Act, and, unless sooner
terminated as provided herein, shall continue in effect for an initial period
of two years. Thereafter, if not terminated, this Agreement shall continue in
effect as to a particular Fund for successive periods of twelve months each,
provided such continuance is specifically approved at least annually, (a) by
the vote of a majority of those members of the Trust's Trustees who are not
interested persons of any party to this Agreement, cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (b) by the Trust's
Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such
Trust. Not withstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated as to
any Trust at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the Trust (by
vote of the Trust's Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of such Fund), or by the ADVISER, on sixty days' written notice.
This Agreement will immediately terminate in the event of its assignment.
7. Miscellaneous Provisions
For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms "affiliated person,"
"assignment,"interested person," and "majority of the outstanding voting
securities" shall have their respective meanings defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") and the Rules and Regulations thereunder,
subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted to either the ADVISER or
the Trust by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or such interpretive
positions as may be taken by the Commission or its staff, under said Act, and
the term "brokerage and research services" shall have the meaning given in the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Rules and Regulations thereunder.
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The execution of this Agreement has been authorized by the Trust's Trustees and
by the sole shareholder. This Agreement is executed on behalf of the Trust or
the Trustees of the Trust as Trustees and not individually and that the
obligations of this Agreement are not binding upon any of the Trustees,
officers or shareholders of the Trust individually but are binding only upon
the assets and property of the Trust. The Trust is composed of multiple Funds.
All obligations of the Trust under this Agreement shall apply only on a Fund by
Fund basis and the assets of one Fund shall not be liable for the obligations
of any other Fund. A Certificate of Trust in respect of the Trust is on file
with the Secretary of the State of Delaware.
The parties hereto each have caused this Agreement to be signed in duplicate on
its behalf by its duly authorized officer on the above date.
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
By /s/ Nori L. Gabert
______________________________________
Name: Nori L. Gabert
__________________________________
Its: Vice President
___________________________________
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
By /s Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
______________________________________
Name: Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
__________________________________
Its: Vice President
___________________________________
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EXHIBIT 5.2
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 16th day of September, 1995, by and between VAN KAMPEN
AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST, a Delaware business trust, hereinafter
referred to as the "TRUST," and VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT,
INC., a Delaware corporation, hereinafter referred to as the "ADVISER".
The FUND and the ADVISER agree as follows:
1. Appointment
a. The TRUST hereby appoints the ADVISER to act as investment adviser to the
FUND'S Emerging Growth Fund ("the Fund"), for the period and on the
terms set forth in this Agreement. The ADVISER accepts such appointment and
agrees to furnish the services herein set forth for the compensation herein
provided.
b. In the event that the TRUST establishes one or more portfolios with respect
to which it desires to retain the ADVISER to act as investment adviser
hereunder, it shall notify the ADVISER in writing. If the ADVISER is willing to
render such services it shall notify the TRUST in writing whereupon such
portfolio shall become a Fund hereunder and the compensation payable by
such new Fund to the ADVISER will be as agreed in writing at the time.
2. Services Rendered and Expenses Paid by ADVISER
The ADVISER, subject to the control, direction and supervision of the TRUST's
Trustees and in conformity with applicable laws, the TRUST's Agreement and
Declaration of Trust ("Declaration of Trust"), Bylaws, registration statement,
prospectus and the stated investment objectives, policies and restrictions of
the Fund, shall:
a. manage the investment and reinvestment of the TRUST's assets including, by
way of illustration, the evaluation of pertinent economic, statistical,
financial and other data, determination of the industries and companies to be
represented in the TRUST's Portfolio, and formulation and implementation of
investment programs;
b. maintain a trading desk and place all orders for the purchase and sale of
portfolio investments for the account of the Fund of the TRUST with brokers
or dealers selected by the ADVISER;
c. conduct and manage the day-to-day operations of the TRUST including, by way
of illustration, the preparation of registration statements, prospectuses,
reports, proxy solicitation materials and amendments thereto, the furnishing of
legal services except for services provided by outside counsel to the TRUST
selected by the Trustees, and the supervision of the TRUST's Treasurer and the
personnel working under his direction; and
d. furnish to the TRUST office space, facilities, equipment and personnel
adequate to provide the services described in paragraphs a., b., and c. above
and pay the compensation of each TRUST trustee and TRUST officer who is an
affiliated person of the ADVISER, except the compensation of the TRUST's
Treasurer and related expenses as provided below.
In performing the services described in paragraph b. above, the ADVISER shall
use its best efforts to obtain for the TRUST and the Fund the most
favorable price and execution available and shall maintain records adequate to
demonstrate compliance with this requirement. Subject to prior authorization by
the TRUST's Trustees of appropriate policies and procedures, the ADVISER may, to
the extent authorized by law, cause the TRUST to pay a broker or dealer that
provides brokerage and research services to the ADVISER an amount of commission
for effecting a portfolio investment transaction in excess of the amount of
commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that
transaction. In the event of such authorization and to the extent authorized by
law the ADVISER shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have
breached any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by reason of
such action.
Except as otherwise agreed, or as otherwise provided herein, the TRUST shall
pay, or arrange for others to pay, all its expenses other than those expressly
stated to be payable by the ADVISER hereunder, which expenses payable by the
TRUST shall include (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other
costs in connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio investments; (iii)
compensation of its trustees and officers other than those who are affiliated
persons of the ADVISER; (iv) compensation of its Treasurer, compensation of
personnel working under the Treasurer's direction, and expenses of office
space, facilities, and equipment used by the Treasurer and such personnel in
the performance of their normal duties for the TRUST which consist of
maintenance of the accounts, books and other documents which constitute the
record forming the basis for the TRUST's financial statements, preparation of
such financial statements and other TRUST documents and reports of a financial
nature required by federal and state laws, and participation in the production
of the TRUST's registration statement, prospectuses, proxy solicitation
materials and reports to shareholders; (v) fees of outside counsel to and of
independent accountants of the TRUST selected by the Trustees; (vi) custodian,
registrar and shareholder service agent fees and expenses; (vii) expenses
related to the repurchase or redemption of its shares including expenses
related to a program of periodic repurchases or redemptions; (viii) expenses
related to the issuance of its shares against payment therefor by or on behalf
of the subscribers thereto; (ix) fees and related expenses of registering and
qualifying the TRUST and its shares for distribution under state and
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federal securities laws; (x) expenses of printing and mailing of registration
statements, prospectuses, reports, notices and proxy solicitation materials of
the TRUST; (xi) all other expenses incidental to holding meetings of the TRUST's
shareholders including proxy solicitations therefor; (xii) expenses for
servicing shareholder accounts; (xiii) insurance premiums for fidelity coverage
and errors and omissions insurance; (xiv) dues for the TRUST's membership in
trade associations approved by the Trustees; and (xv) such nonrecurring
expenses as may arise, including those associated with actions, suits, or
proceedings to which the TRUST is a party and the legal obligation which the
TRUST may have to indemnify its officers and trustees with respect thereto. To
the extent that any of the foregoing expenses are allocated between the TRUST
and any other party, such allocations shall be pursuant to methods approved by
the Trustees.
3. Role of ADVISER
The ADVISER, and any person controlled by or under common control with the
ADVISER, shall be free to render similar services to others and engage in other
activities, so long as the services rendered to the TRUST are not impaired.
Except as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 any of the
shareholders, trustees, officers and employees of the TRUST may be a
shareholder, director, officer or employee of, or be otherwise interested in,
the ADVISER, and in any person controlled by or under common control with the
ADVISER, and the ADVISER, and any person controlled by or under common control
with the ADVISER, may have an interest in the TRUST.
Except as otherwise agreed, in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
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 TRUST,
or to any shareholder of the TRUST, 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.
4. Compensation Payable to ADVISER
The TRUST shall pay to the ADVISER, as compensation for the services rendered,
facilities furnished and expenses paid by the ADVISER, with respect to the
Fund, a monthly fee computed at the following annual rate: 0.70% of
average daily net assets.
Average daily net assets shall be determined by taking the average of the net
assets for each business day during a given calendar month, calculated in the
manner provided in the TRUST's Declaration of Trust. Such fee shall be payable
for each calendar month as soon as practicable after the end of that month.
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The fees payable to the ADVISER by the TRUST pursuant to this Section 4 shall be
reduced by any commissions, tender solicitation and other fees, brokerage or
similar payments received by the ADVISER, or any other direct or indirect
majority owned subsidiary of VK/AC Holding, Inc., in connection with the
purchase and sale of portfolio investments of the TRUST, less any direct
expenses incurred by such person, in connection with obtaining such
commissions, fees, brokerage or similar payments. The ADVISER shall use its
best efforts to recapture all available tender offer solicitation fees and
exchange offer fees in connection with each of the TRUST's portfolio
transactions and shall advise the Trustees of any other commissions, fees,
brokerage or similar payments which may be possible for the ADVISER or any
other direct or indirect majority owned subsidiary of VK/AC Holding, Inc. to
receive in connection with the TRUST's portfolio transactions or other
arrangements which may benefit the TRUST.
If the ADVISER shall serve for less than the whole of any month, the foregoing
compensation shall be prorated.
5. Books and Records
In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940 Act, the
ADVISER hereby agrees that all records which it maintains for the TRUST are the
property of the TRUST and further agrees to surrender promptly to the TRUST any
of such records upon the TRUST's request. The ADVISER further agrees to preserve
for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act the records
required to be maintained by Rule 31a-1 under the Act.
6. Duration and Termination
This Agreement will become effective with respect to the Fund on the date
hereof, and with respect to any additional Funds, on the date of receipt by the
TRUST of notice from the ADVISER in accordance with Section 1(b) hereof that
the ADVISER is willing to serve as investment adviser with respect to such
Fund, provided that this Agreement (as supplemented by the terms specified in
any notice and agreement pursuant to Section 1(b) hereof) shall have been
approved by the shareholders of each Fund subject to this Agreement, in
accordance with the requirements under the 1940 Act, and, unless sooner
terminated as provided herein, shall continue in effect for an initial period
of two years. Thereafter, if not terminated, this Agreement shall continue in
effect as to a particular Fund for successive periods of twelve months each,
provided such continuance is specifically approved at least annually, (a) by
the vote of a majority of those members of the TRUST's Trustees who are not
interested persons of any party to this Agreement, cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (b) by the TRUST's
Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such
Fund. Not withstanding
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the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated as to any Fund at any time,
without the payment of any penalty, by the TRUST (by vote of the TRUST's
Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such
Fund), or by the ADVISER, on sixty days' written notice. This Agreement will
immediately terminate in the event of its assignment.
7. Miscellaneous Provisions
For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms "affiliated person,"
"assignment,"interested person," and "majority of the outstanding voting
securities" shall have their respective meanings defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") and the Rules and Regulations thereunder,
subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted to either the ADVISER or
the TRUST by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or such interpretive
positions as may be taken by the Commission or its staff, under said Act, and
the term "brokerage and research services" shall have the meaning given in the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Rules and Regulations thereunder.
The execution of this Agreement has been authorized by the Trust's Trustees and
by the sole shareholder. This Agreement is executed on behalf of the Trust or
the Trustees of the Trust as Trustees and not individually and that the
obligations of this Agreement are not binding upon any of the Trustees,
officers or shareholders of the Trust individually but are binding only upon
the assets and property of the Trust. The TRUST is composed of multiple
Portfolios. All obligations of the TRUST under this Agreement shall apply only
on a Fund by Fund basis and the assets of one Fund shall not be liable for the
obligations of any other Fund. A Certificate of Trust in respect of the Trust
is on file with the Secretary of the State of Delaware.
The parties hereto each have caused this Agreement to be signed in duplicate on
its behalf by its duly authorized officer on the above date.
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
By /s/ Nori L. Gabert
______________________________________
Name: Nori L. Gabert
__________________________________
Its: Vice President
___________________________________
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
By /s Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
______________________________________
Name: Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
__________________________________
Its: Vice President
___________________________________
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EXHIBIT 5.3
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 16th day of September, 1995, by and between VAN KAMPEN
AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST, a Delaware business trust, hereinafter
referred to as the "TRUST," and VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT,
INC., a Delaware corporation, hereinafter referred to as the "ADVISER".
The TRUST and the ADVISER agree as follows:
1. Appointment
a. The TRUST hereby appoints the ADVISER to act as investment adviser to the
TRUST'S Global Equity Fund ("the Fund"), for the period and on the terms set
forth in this Agreement. The ADVISER accepts such appointment and agrees to
furnish the services herein set forth for the compensation herein provided.
b. In the event that the TRUST establishes one or more portfolios with respect
to which it desires to retain the ADVISER to act as investment adviser
hereunder, it shall notify the ADVISER in writing. If the ADVISER is willing to
render such services it shall notify the TRUST in writing whereupon such
portfolio shall become a Fund hereunder and the compensation payable by such
new portfolio to the ADVISER will be as agreed in writing at the time.
2. Services Rendered and Expenses Paid by ADVISER
The ADVISER, subject to the control, direction and supervision of the TRUST's
Trustees and in conformity with applicable laws, the TRUST's Agreement and
Declaration of Trust ("Declaration of Trust"), Bylaws, registration statement,
prospectus and the stated investment objectives, policies and restrictions of
the Fund, shall:
a. manage the investment and reinvestment of the TRUST's assets including, by
way of illustration, the evaluation of pertinent economic, statistical,
financial and other data, determination of the industries and companies to be
represented in the TRUST'S Fund, and formulation and implementation of
investment programs;
b. maintain a trading desk and place all orders for the purchase and sale of
portfolio investments for the account of the Fund of the TRUST with brokers or
dealers selected by the ADVISER;
c. conduct and manage the day-to-day operations of the TRUST including, by way
of illustration, the preparation of registration statements, prospectuses,
reports, proxy solicitation materials and amendments thereto, the furnishing of
legal services except for services provided by outside counsel to the TRUST
selected by the Trustees, and the supervision of the TRUST's Treasurer and the
personnel working under his direction; and
d. furnish to the TRUST office space, facilities, equipment and personnel
adequate to provide the services described in paragraphs a., b., and c. above
and pay the compensation of each TRUST trustee and TRUST officer who is an
affiliated person of the ADVISER, except the compensation of the TRUST's
Treasurer and related expenses as provided below.
In performing the services described in paragraph b. above, the ADVISER shall
use its best efforts to obtain for the TRUST and the Fund the most favorable
price and execution available and shall maintain records adequate to
demonstrate compliance with this requirement. Subject to prior authorization by
the
TRUST's Trustees of appropriate policies and procedures, the ADVISER may, to
the extent authorized by law, cause the TRUST to pay a broker or dealer that
provides brokerage and research services to the ADVISER an amount of commission
for effecting a portfolio investment transaction in excess of the amount of
commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that
transaction. In the event of such authorization and to the extent authorized by
law the ADVISER shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have
breached any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by reason of
such action.
Except as otherwise agreed, or as otherwise provided herein, the TRUST shall
pay, or arrange for others to pay, all its expenses other than those expressly
stated to be payable by the ADVISER hereunder, which expenses payable by the
TRUST shall include (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and
other costs in connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio investments;
(iii) compensation of its trustees and officers other than those who are
affiliated persons of the ADVISER; (iv) compensation of its Treasurer,
compensation of personnel working under the Treasurer's direction, and expenses
of office space, facilities, and equipment used by the Treasurer and such
personnel in the performance of their normal duties for the TRUST which consist
of maintenance of the accounts, books and other documents which constitute the
record forming the basis for the TRUST's financial statements, preparation of
such financial statements and other TRUST documents and reports of a financial
nature required by federal and state laws, and participation in the production
of the TRUST's registration statement, prospectuses, proxy solicitation
materials and reports to shareholders; (v) fees of outside counsel to and of
independent accountants of the TRUST selected by the Trustees; (vi) custodian,
registrar and shareholder service agent fees and expenses; (vii) expenses
related to the repurchase or redemption of its shares including expenses
related to a program of periodic repurchases or redemptions; (viii) expenses
related to the issuance of its shares against payment therefor by or on behalf
of the subscribers thereto; (ix) fees and related expenses of registering and
qualifying the TRUST and its shares for distribution under state and federal
securities laws; (x) expenses of printing and mailing of registration
statements, prospectuses, reports, notices and proxy solicitation materials of
the TRUST; (xi) all other expenses incidental to holding meetings of the
TRUST's shareholders including proxy solicitations therefor; (xii) expenses for
servicing shareholder accounts; (xiii) insurance premiums for fidelity coverage
and errors and omissions insurance; (xiv) dues for the TRUST's membership in
trade associations approved by the Trustees; and (xv) such nonrecurring
expenses as may arise, including those associated with actions, suits, or
proceedings to which the TRUST is a party and the legal obligation which the
TRUST may have to indemnify its officers and trustees with respect thereto. To
the extent that any of the foregoing expenses are allocated between the TRUST
and any other party, such allocations shall be pursuant to methods approved by
the Trustees.
3. Role of ADVISER
The ADVISER, and any person controlled by or under common control with the
ADVISER, shall be free to render similar services to others and engage in other
activities, so long as the services rendered to the TRUST are not impaired.
Except as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 any of the
shareholders, trustees, officers and employees of the TRUST may be a
shareholder, director, officer or employee of, or be otherwise interested in,
the ADVISER, and in any person controlled by or under common control with the
ADVISER, and the ADVISER, and any person controlled by or under common control
with the ADVISER, may have an interest in the TRUST.
Except as otherwise agreed, in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
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
TRUST, or to any shareholder of the TRUST, for any act or omission in the
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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.
4. Compensation Payable to ADVISER
The TRUST shall pay to the ADVISER, as compensation for the services rendered,
facilities furnished and expenses paid by the ADVISER, with respect to the
Fund, a monthly fee computed at the following annual rate: 1.00% of average
daily net assets.
Average daily net assets shall be determined by taking the average of the net
assets for each business day during a given calendar month, calculated in the
manner provided in the TRUST's Declaration of Trust. Such fee shall be payable
for each calendar month as soon as practicable after the end of that month.
The fees payable to the ADVISER by the TRUST pursuant to this Section 4 shall
be reduced by any commissions, tender solicitation and other fees, brokerage or
similar payments received by the ADVISER, or any other direct or indirect
majority owned subsidiary of VK/AC Holding, Inc., in connection with the
purchase and sale of portfolio investments of the TRUST, less any direct
expenses incurred by such person, in connection with obtaining such
commissions, fees, brokerage or similar payments. The ADVISER shall use its
best efforts to recapture all available tender offer solicitation fees and
exchange offer fees in connection with each of the TRUST's portfolio
transactions and shall advise the Trustees of any other commissions, fees,
brokerage or similar payments which may be possible for the ADVISER or any
other direct or indirect majority owned subsidiary of VK/AC Holding, Inc. to
receive in connection with the TRUST's portfolio transactions or other
arrangements which may benefit the TRUST.
If the ADVISER shall serve for less than the whole of any month, the foregoing
compensation shall be prorated.
5. Books and Records
In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940 Act, the
ADVISER hereby agrees that all records which it maintains for the TRUST are the
property of the TRUST and further agrees to surrender promptly to the TRUST any
of such records upon the TRUST's request. The ADVISER further agrees to
preserve for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act the
records required to be maintained by Rule 31a-1 under the Act.
6. Duration and Termination
This Agreement will become effective with respect to the Fund on the date
hereof, and with respect to any additional Funds, on the date of receipt by the
TRUST of notice from the ADVISER in accordance with Section 1(b) hereof that
the ADVISER is willing to serve as investment adviser with respect to such
Fund, provided that this Agreement (as supplemented by the terms specified in
any notice and agreement pursuant to Section 1(b) hereof) shall have been
approved by the shareholders of each Fund subject to this Agreement, in
accordance with the requirements under the 1940 Act, and, unless sooner
terminated as provided herein, shall continue in effect for an initial period
of two years. Thereafter, if not terminated, this Agreement shall continue in
effect as to a particular Fund for successive periods of twelve months each,
provided such continuance is specifically approved at least annually, (a) by
the vote of a majority of those members of the TRUST's Trustees who are not
interested persons of any party to this Agreement, cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (b) by the TRUST's
Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such
Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated as to any
Fund at any time, without the payment of any
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penalty, by the TRUST (by vote of the TRUST's Trustees or by vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities of such Fund), or by the ADVISER, on sixty
days' written notice. This Agreement will immediately terminate in the event of
its assignment.
7. Miscellaneous Provisions
For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms "affiliated person,"
"assignment,"interested person," and "majority of the outstanding voting
securities" shall have their respective meanings defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") and the Rules and Regulations thereunder,
subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted to either the ADVISER or
the TRUST by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or such interpretive
positions as may be taken by the Commission or its staff, under said Act, and
the term "brokerage and research services" shall have the meaning given in the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Rules and Regulations thereunder.
The execution of this Agreement has been authorized by the Trust's Trustees and
by the sole shareholder. This Agreement is executed on behalf of the Trust or
the Trustees of the Trust as Trustees and not individually and that the
obligations of this Agreement are not binding upon any of the Trustees,
officers or shareholders of the Trust individually but are binding only upon
the assets and property of the Trust. The TRUST is composed of multiple
Portfolios. All obligations of the TRUST under this Agreement shall apply only
on a Fund by Fund basis and the assets of one Fund shall not be liable for the
obligations of any other Fund. A Certificate of Trust in respect of the Trust
is on file with the Secretary of the State of Delaware.
The parties hereto each have caused this Agreement to be signed in duplicate on
its behalf by its duly authorized officer on the above date.
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
By /s/ NORI L. GABERT
___________________________________
Name: Nori L. Gabert
___________________________________
Its: Vice President
___________________________________
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
By /s/ HUEY P. FALGOUT, JR.
___________________________________
Name: Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
___________________________________
Its: Vice President
___________________________________
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EXHIBIT 5.5
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 16th day of September, 1995, by and between VAN KAMPEN
AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST, a Delaware business trust, hereinafter
referred to as the "TRUST," and VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT,
INC., a Delaware corporation, hereinafter referred to as the "ADVISER".
The TRUST and the ADVISER agree as follows:
1. Appointment
a. The TRUST hereby appoints the ADVISER to act as investment adviser to the
TRUST'S Real Estate Securities Fund ("the Fund"), for the period and on the
terms set forth in this Agreement. The ADVISER accepts such appointment and
agrees to furnish the services herein set forth for the compensation herein
provided.
b. In the event that the TRUST establishes one or more portfolios with respect
to which it desires to retain the ADVISER to act as investment adviser
hereunder, it shall notify the ADVISER in writing. If the ADVISER is willing to
render such services it shall notify the TRUST in writing whereupon such
portfolio shall become a Fund hereunder and the compensation payable by such
new portfolio to the ADVISER will be as agreed in writing at the time.
2. Services Rendered and Expenses Paid by ADVISER
The ADVISER, subject to the control, direction and supervision of the TRUST's
Trustees and in conformity with applicable laws, the TRUST's Agreement and
Declaration of Trust ("Declaration of Trust"), Bylaws, registration statement,
prospectus and the stated investment objectives, policies and restrictions of
the Fund, shall:
a. manage the investment and reinvestment of the TRUST's assets including, by
way of illustration, the evaluation of pertinent economic, statistical,
financial and other data, determination of the industries and companies to be
represented in the TRUST'S Fund, and formulation and implementation of
investment programs;
b. maintain a trading desk and place all orders for the purchase and sale of
portfolio investments for the account of the Fund of the TRUST with brokers or
dealers selected by the ADVISER;
c. conduct and manage the day-to-day operations of the TRUST including, by way
of illustration, the preparation of registration statements, prospectuses,
reports, proxy solicitation materials and amendments thereto, the furnishing of
legal services except for services provided by outside counsel to the TRUST
selected by the Trustees, and the supervision of the TRUST's Treasurer and the
personnel working under his direction; and
d. furnish to the TRUST office space, facilities, equipment and personnel
adequate to provide the services described in paragraphs a., b., and c. above
and pay the compensation of each TRUST trustee and TRUST officer who is an
affiliated person of the ADVISER, except the compensation of the TRUST's
Treasurer and related expenses as provided below.
In performing the services described in paragraph b. above, the ADVISER shall
use its best efforts to obtain for the TRUST and the Fund the most favorable
price and execution available and shall maintain records adequate to
demonstrate compliance with this requirement. Subject to prior authorization by
the TRUST's Trustees of appropriate policies and procedures, the ADVISER may,
to the extent authorized by law, cause the TRUST to pay a broker or dealer that
provides brokerage and research services to the ADVISER an amount of commission
for effecting a portfolio investment transaction in excess of the amount of
commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that
transaction. In the event of such authorization and to the extent authorized by
law the ADVISER shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have
breached any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by reason of
such action.
Except as otherwise agreed, or as otherwise provided herein, the TRUST shall
pay, or arrange for others to pay, all its expenses other than those expressly
stated to be payable by the ADVISER hereunder, which expenses payable by the
TRUST shall include (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and
other costs in connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio investments;
(iii) compensation of its trustees and officers other than those who are
affiliated persons of the ADVISER; (iv) compensation of its Treasurer,
compensation of personnel working under the Treasurer's direction, and expenses
of office space, facilities, and equipment used by the Treasurer and such
personnel in the performance of their normal duties for the TRUST which consist
of maintenance of the accounts, books and other documents which constitute the
record forming the basis for the TRUST's financial statements, preparation of
such financial statements and other TRUST documents and reports of a financial
nature required by federal and state laws, and participation in the production
of the TRUST's registration statement, prospectuses, proxy solicitation
materials and reports to shareholders; (v) fees of outside counsel to and of
independent accountants of the TRUST selected by the Trustees; (vi) custodian,
registrar and shareholder service agent fees and expenses; (vii) expenses
related to the repurchase or redemption of its shares including expenses
related to a program of periodic repurchases or redemptions; (viii) expenses
related to the issuance of its shares against payment therefor by or on behalf
of the subscribers thereto; (ix) fees and related expenses of registering and
qualifying the TRUST and its shares for distribution under state and federal
securities laws; (x) expenses of printing and mailing of registration
statements, prospectuses, reports, notices and
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proxy solicitation materials of the TRUST; (xi) all other expenses incidental
to holding meetings of the TRUST's shareholders including proxy solicitations
therefor; (xii) expenses for servicing shareholder accounts; (xiii) insurance
premiums for fidelity coverage and errors and omissions insurance; (xiv) dues
for the TRUST's membership in trade associations approved by the Trustees; and
(xv) such nonrecurring expenses as may arise, including those associated with
actions, suits, or proceedings to which the TRUST is a party and the legal
obligation which the TRUST may have to indemnify its officers and trustees with
respect thereto. To the extent that any of the foregoing expenses are allocated
between the TRUST and any other party, such allocations shall be pursuant to
methods approved by the Trustees.
3. Role of ADVISER
The ADVISER, and any person controlled by or under common control with the
ADVISER, shall be free to render similar services to others and engage in other
activities, so long as the services rendered to the TRUST are not impaired.
Except as otherwise required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 any of the
shareholders, trustees, officers and employees of the TRUST may be a
shareholder, director, officer or employee of, or be otherwise interested in,
the ADVISER, and in any person controlled by or under common control with the
ADVISER, and the ADVISER, and any person controlled by or under common control
with the ADVISER, may have an interest in the TRUST.
Except as otherwise agreed, in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
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
TRUST, or to any shareholder of the TRUST, 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.
4. Compensation Payable to ADVISER
The TRUST shall pay to the ADVISER, as compensation for the services rendered,
facilities furnished and expenses paid by the ADVISER, with respect to the
Fund, a monthly fee computed at the following annual rate: 1.00% of average
daily net assets.
Average daily net assets shall be determined by taking the average of the net
assets for each business day during a given calendar month, calculated in the
manner provided in the TRUST's Declaration of Trust. Such fee shall be payable
for each calendar month as soon as practicable after the end of that month.
The fees payable to the ADVISER by the TRUST pursuant to this Section 4 shall
be reduced by any commissions, tender solicitation
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and other fees, brokerage or similar payments received by the ADVISER, or any
other direct or indirect majority owned subsidiary of VK/AC Holding, Inc., in
connection with the purchase and sale of portfolio investments of the TRUST,
less any direct expenses incurred by such person, in connection with obtaining
such commissions, fees, brokerage or similar payments. The ADVISER shall use
its best efforts to recapture all available tender offer solicitation fees and
exchange offer fees in connection with each of the TRUST's portfolio
transactions and shall advise the Trustees of any other commissions, fees,
brokerage or similar payments which may be possible for the ADVISER or any
other direct or indirect majority owned subsidiary of VK/AC Holding, Inc. to
receive in connection with the TRUST's portfolio transactions or other
arrangements which may benefit the TRUST.
If the ADVISER shall serve for less than the whole of any month, the foregoing
compensation shall be prorated.
5. Books and Records
In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940 Act, the
ADVISER hereby agrees that all records which it maintains for the TRUST are the
property of the TRUST and further agrees to surrender promptly to the TRUST any
of such records upon the TRUST's request. The ADVISER further agrees to
preserve for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act the
records required to be maintained by Rule 31a-1 under the Act.
6. Duration and Termination
This Agreement will become effective with respect to the Fund on the date
hereof, and with respect to any additional Funds, on the date of receipt by the
TRUST of notice from the ADVISER in accordance with Section 1(b) hereof that
the ADVISER is willing to serve as investment adviser with respect to such
Fund, provided that this Agreement (as supplemented by the terms specified in
any notice and agreement pursuant to Section 1(b) hereof) shall have been
approved by the shareholders of each Fund subject to this Agreement, in
accordance with the requirements under the 1940 Act, and, unless sooner
terminated as provided herein, shall continue in effect for an initial period
of two years. Thereafter, if not terminated, this Agreement shall continue in
effect as to a particular Fund for successive periods of twelve months each,
provided such continuance is specifically approved at least annually, (a) by
the vote of a majority of those members of the TRUST's Trustees who are not
interested persons of any party to this Agreement, cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and (b) by the TRUST's
Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such
Fund. Not withstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated as to
any Fund at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the TRUST (by vote
of the TRUST's Trustees or by vote
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of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such Fund), or by the
ADVISER, on sixty days' written notice. This Agreement will immediately
terminate in the event of its assignment.
7. Miscellaneous Provisions
For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms "affiliated person,"
"assignment,"interested person," and "majority of the outstanding voting
securities" shall have their respective meanings defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") and the Rules and Regulations thereunder,
subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted to either the ADVISER or
the TRUST by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or such interpretive
positions as may be taken by the Commission or its staff, under said Act, and
the term "brokerage and research services" shall have the meaning given in the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Rules and Regulations thereunder.
The execution of this Agreement has been authorized by the Trust's Trustees and
by the sole shareholder. This Agreement is executed on behalf of the Trust or
the Trustees of the Trust as Trustees and not individually and that the
obligations of this Agreement are not binding upon any of the Trustees,
officers or shareholders of the Trust individually but are binding only upon
the assets and property of the Trust. The TRUST is composed of multiple Funds.
All obligations of the TRUST under this Agreement shall apply only on a Fund by
Fund basis and the assets of one Fund shall not be liable for the obligations
of any other Fund. A Certificate of Trust in respect of the fund is on file
with the Secretary of the State of Delaware.
It is understood and agreed that the ADVISER may engage a subadviser to assist
it in the performance of its duties hereunder.
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The parties hereto each have caused this Agreement to be signed in duplicate on
its behalf by its duly authorized officer on the above date.
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
By /s/ Nori L. Gabert
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Name: Nori L. Gabert
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Its: Vice President
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VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
By /s/ Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
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Name: Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
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Its: Vice President
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INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
and
JOHN GOVETT & CO. LIMITED
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of this 29th day of December, 1995 by and between
JOHN GOVETT & CO. LIMITED ("JOHN GOVETT") of Shackleton House, 4 Battle Bridge
Lane, London SE1 2HR, England, and VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET
MANAGEMENT, INC. ("VKAC") of 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77056.
WHEREAS, VKAC has heretofore sponsored and acts as Investment Adviser to Van
Kampen American Capital Life Investment Trust (the "Trust") with respect to the
Global Equity Fund (the "Fund"); and
WHEREAS, JOHN GOVETT has available a staff of experienced investment personnel
and facilities for providing investment sub-advisory services applicable to
that portion of the investment portfolio invested in non-U.S. securities; and
WHEREAS, VKAC represents that it is a non-private investor with regard to the
Investment Management Regulatory Organization Limited ("IMRO") rules.
WHEREAS, JOHN GOVETT is a member of IMRO, a self-regulating organization
recognized under the Financial Services Act 1986 of the United Kingdom and is
willing to provide VKAC with investment advisory services on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, VKAC and JOHN GOVETT (jointly referred to as "the Advisers") desire to
enter into an agreement for JOHN GOVETT to provide sub-advisory services to the
Fund and to VKAC with respect to the Fund's non-U.S. investments.
NOW THEREFORE it is mutually agreed:
1. Investment Sub-Advisory Services
1.1 Investment Advice
a) Subject to the overall policies, control, direction and review of the
Fund's Trustees, JOHN GOVETT shall keep under review the non-U.S. investments
of the Fund and continuously furnish to the Fund and to VKAC (1) investment
advice primarily for investments in securities for which the principal trading
market(s) are in non-U.S. countries; (2) economic, statistical and research
information and advice, including advice on the allocation of investments among
countries, relating only to such portion of the Fund's assets as the Advisers
shall from time to time designate ("Non-U.S. Securities"), generally with
respect to securities issued outside
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the United States and Canada; (3) recommendations as to the voting of proxies
solicited by or with respect to Non-U.S. Securities; and (4) an investment
program with respect to Non-U.S. Securities and recommendations as to what
securities shall be purchased, sold or exchanged, and what portion, if any, of
the Non-U.S. Securities shall be held in money market instruments.
b) The Advisers are responsible for the allocation of the Fund's assets among
the various securities markets of the world. The Advisers will determine at
least quarterly the percentage of the assets that shall be allocated to each of
the Advisers (the "Asset Allocation"). The Asset Allocation will specify the
percentage and nature of the assets of the Fund allocated to each of the
Advisers for management on the effective date of the determination and will
apply to cash inflows or outflows and income and expense accruals thereafter
until such time as the Asset Allocation is redetermined. Each of the Advisers
will be responsible for the allocation of assets among the securities markets
within the area for which it is responsible. If the Advisers cannot agree on an
Asset Allocation, the Trustees shall make the final determination since the
Trustees retain in all events the control and management of the business and
affairs of the Fund.
c) Unless otherwise instructed by VKAC or the Trustees, and subject to the
provisions of this Agreement and to any guidelines or limitations specified
from time to time by VKAC or by the Trustees, JOHN GOVETT shall determine the
Non-U.S. Securities to be purchased and sold by the Fund and shall place
orders for the purchase, sale or exchange of Non-U.S. Securities for the
Fund's accounts with brokers or dealers and to that end JOHN GOVETT is
authorized by the Trustees to give instructions to the Custodian and any
Sub-Custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of such Non-U.S. Securities,
transfers of currencies and payments of cash for the account of the Fund.
d) In performing these services, JOHN GOVETT shall adhere to the Fund's
investment objectives, restrictions and limitations as contained in its
Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information, or Agreement and Declaration
of Trust and shall comply with all statutory and regulatory restrictions,
limitations and requirements applicable to the activity of the Fund.
e) Unless otherwise instructed by VKAC or the Trustees, and subject to the
provisions of this Agreement and to any guidelines or limitations specified
from time to time by VKAC or by the Trustees, JOHN GOVETT shall have executed
and performed on behalf of and at the expense of the Fund:
i) Purchases, sales, exchanges, conversions, and placement or orders for
execution, and
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ii) Reporting of all transactions to VKAC and to other entities as directed by
VKAC or by the Trustees.
f) JOHN GOVETT shall provide the Trustees at least quarterly, in advance of
the regular meetings of the Trustees, a report of its activities hereunder on
behalf of the Fund and its proposed strategy for the next quarter, all in such
form and detail as requested by the Trustees. JOHN GOVETT shall also make an
investment officer available to attend such meetings of the Trustees as the
Trustees may reasonably request.
1.2 Restriction of JOHN GOVETT's Powers
(a) JOHN GOVETT shall not commit the Fund to any extent beyond the amount of
the cash and securities placed by the Fund under the control of JOHN GOVETT.
(b) In carrying out its duties hereunder JOHN GOVETT shall comply with all
reasonable instruction of the Fund or VKAC in connection therewith. Such
instructions may be given by letter, telex, telefax or telephone confirmed by
telex, by the Trustees or by any other person authorized by a resolution of the
Trustees provided a certified copy of such resolution has been supplied to JOHN
GOVETT.
(c) All securities, cash, and other assets of the Fund shall be placed and
maintained in the care of a member bank of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States approved by the Trustees as custodian and one or more "Eligible
Foreign Custodians" (as defined in Rule 17f-5 under the Investment Company Act
of 1940 (the "1940 Act")) approved by the Trustees as sub-custodians.
(d) Persons authorized by resolution of the Trustees shall have the right to
inspect and copy contracts, notes, vouchers, and copies of entries in books or
electronic recording media relating to the Fund's transactions at the
registered office of JOHN GOVETT at any time during normal business hours. Such
records, in relation to each transaction effected by JOHN GOVETT on behalf of
the Fund shall be maintained by JOHN GOVETT for a period of seven years from
the date of such transaction.
1.3 Purchase and Sale of Securities
In performing the services described above, JOHN GOVETT shall use its best
efforts to obtain for the Fund the most favorable price and execution
available. Subject to prior authorization of appropriate policies and
procedures by the Trustees, JOHN GOVETT may, to the extent authorized by law,
cause the Fund to pay a broker or dealer who provides brokerage and research
services an amount of commission for effecting the Fund's investment
transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer
would have charged for effecting that transaction, in
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recognition of the brokerage and research services provided by the broker or
dealer. To the extent authorized by law, JOHN GOVETT shall not be deemed to
have acted unlawfully or to have breached any duty created by this Agreement or
otherwise solely by reason of such action.
1.4 Custodian
JOHN GOVETT shall not act as Custodian for the securities or any other assets
of the Fund. All such assets shall be held by the Custodian or Sub-Custodian
appointed by the Trustees.
2. Duties of VKAC
2.1 Provision of Information
VKAC shall advise JOHN GOVETT from time to time with respect to the Fund of its
investment objectives and of any changes or modifications thereto, as well as
any specific investment restrictions or limitations by sending to JOHN GOVETT a
copy of each registration statement relating to the Fund as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. As requested by JOHN GOVETT, VKAC shall
furnish such information to JOHN GOVETT as to holdings, purchases, and sales of
the securities under its management as will reasonably enable JOHN GOVETT to
furnish its investment advice under this Agreement.
2.2 Compensation to JOHN GOVETT
The fee for the services provided under this Agreement will be determined as
follows:
(a) Subject to paragraph (c) below, an amount for each month (or such other
valuation period as may be mutually agreed upon) equivalent, on an annual basis,
to 50% of the compensation actually received by VKAC pursuant to the investment
advisory fee schedule set forth in the Investment Advisory Agreement between the
Fund and VKAC taking into account any waiver or return to the Fund of any or all
of such advisory fee by VKAC (with any such return of fees to be treated as if
not actually received). The value of the assets of the Fund shall be computed as
of the close of business on the last day of each valuation period for the Fund,
using the average of all the daily determinations of the net value of the assets
of the Fund.
(b) The foregoing fee shall be paid in cash by VKAC to JOHN GOVETT within five
(5) business days after the last day of the valuation period.
(c) During an interim period of not more than 120 days beginning on December
29, 1995 and continuing through the date of this Agreement is approved by the
shareholders of the Fund (the "Interim Period") the portion of the fee received
by VKAC from the Fund and otherwise payable to John Govett for services
rendered during this Interim Period will be maintained in a interest-bearing
escrow account. Amounts in the account will be paid to John Govett only upon
approval of this Agreement by vote of a majority of the non-interested Trustees
at in-person meetings and by the shareholders and upon receipt of the requested
exemptive relief from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The amount in the
escrow account will be returned to the Fund if the required approvals are not
obtained or if the requested exemptive relief is not granted.
3. Miscellaneous
3.1 Activities of JOHN GOVETT
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The services of JOHN GOVETT as Sub-Adviser to VKAC under this Agreement are not
to be deemed exclusive, JOHN GOVETT and its affiliates being free to render
services to others. It is understood that shareholders, directors, officers and
employees of JOHN GOVETT may become interested in the Fund or VKAC as a
shareholder, trustee, officer, partner or otherwise.
3.2 Services to Other Clients
VKAC acknowledges that JOHN GOVETT may have investment responsibilities, or
render investment advice to, or perform other investment advisory services for,
other individuals or entities, ("Clients"). Subject to the provisions of this
paragraph, VKAC agrees that JOHN GOVETT may give advice or exercise investment
responsibility and take such other action with respect to such Clients which
may differ from advice given or the timing or nature of action taken with
respect to the Fund, provided that JOHN GOVETT acts in good faith, and
provided, further, that it is JOHN GOVETT policy to allocate, within its
reasonable discretion, investment opportunities to the Fund over a period of
time on a fair and equitable basis relative to the Clients, taking into account
the investment objectives and policies of the Fund and any specific investment
restrictions applicable thereto. VKAC acknowledges that one or more of the
Clients may at any time hold, acquire, increase, decrease, dispose of or
otherwise deal with positions in investments in which the Fund may have an
interest from time to time, whether in transactions which may involve the Fund
or otherwise. JOHN GOVETT shall have no obligation to acquire for the Fund a
position in any investment which any Client may acquire, and VKAC shall have no
first refusal, coinvestment or other rights in respect of any such investment,
either for the Fund or otherwise.
3.3 Best Efforts
It is understood and agreed that in furnishing the investment advice and other
services as herein provided, JOHN GOVETT shall use its best professional
judgment to recommend actions which will provide favorable results for the
Fund. JOHN GOVETT shall not be liable to the Fund or to any shareholder of the
Fund to any greater degree than VKAC.
3.4 Indemnity for Taxes
a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, VKAC shall indemnify
and save JOHN GOVETT and each of its affiliates, officers, directors and
employees (each an "Indemnified Party") harmless from, against, for and in
respect of all taxes imposed by the United Kingdom on VKAC or the Fund, in
relation to the matters contemplated by this Agreement in the event that any
such tax is assessed or charged on an Indemnified Party as a branch or agent of
VKAC or the Fund.
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b) VKAC will not be liable under this indemnification provision with respect
to any liabilities incurred by reason of an Indemnified Party's willful
misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of such
Indemnified Party's duties or by reason of such Indemnified Party's reckless
disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement or to the Fund.
c) VKAC will not be liable under this indemnification provision with respect
to any claim made against an Indemnified Party unless such Indemnified Party
shall have notified VKAC in writing within a reasonable time after the summons
or other first legal process giving information of the nature of the claim
shall have been served upon such Indemnified Party (or after such Indemnified
Party shall have received notice of such service on any designated agent). In
case any such action is brought against the Indemnified Parties, VKAC will be
entitled to participate, at its own expense, in the defense thereof. VKAC also
will be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
the party named in the action. After notice from VKAC to such party of VKAC's
election to assume the defense thereof, the Indemnified Party will bear the
fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by it, and VKAC will not
be liable to such party under this Agreement for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such party independently in connection with the
defense thereof.
3.5 Duration of Agreement
a) This Agreement, unless terminated pursuant to paragraph b or c below or
Section 2.2(c), shall continue in effect through April 30, 1997, and thereafter
shall continue in effect from year to year, provided its continued applicability
is specifically approved at least annually by the Trustees or by a vote of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund. In addition, such
continuation shall be approved by vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not
parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such party, cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. As used
in this paragraph, the term "interested person" shall have the same meaning as
set forth in the 1940 Act.
b) This Agreement may be terminated by sixty (60) days written notice by
either VKAC or JOHN GOVETT to the other party. The Agreement may also be
terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the Fund (by
vote of the Trustees or, by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of such Fund), on sixty (60) days written notice to both VKAC and
JOHN GOVETT. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of the
termination of the investment advisory agreement between VKAC and the Fund.
c) This Agreement shall terminate in the event of its assignment. The term
"assignment" for this purpose shall have the same meaning
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set forth in Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act.
d) Termination shall be without prejudice to the completion of any
transactions which JOHN GOVETT shall have committed to on behalf of the Fund
prior to the time of termination. JOHN GOVETT shall not effect and the Fund
shall not be entitled to instruct JOHN GOVETT to effect any further
transactions on behalf of the Fund subsequent to the time termination takes
effect.
e) This Agreement shall terminate forthwith by notice in writing on the
happening of any of the following events:
i) If VKAC or JOHN GOVETT shall go into liquidation (except a voluntary
liquidation for the purpose of and followed by a bona fide reconstruction or
amalgamation upon terms previously approved in writing by the party not in
liquidation) or if a receiver or receiver and manager of any of the assets of
any of them is appointed; or
ii) If either of the parties hereto shall commit any breach of the provisions
hereof and shall not have remedied such breach within 30 days after the service
of notice by the party not in breach on the other requiring the same to be
remedied.
f) On the termination of this Agreement and completion of all matters referred
to in the foregoing paragraph (d) JOHN GOVETT shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Fund copies of all documents, records and books of the Fund
required to be maintained pursuant to Rules 31a-1 or 31a-2 of the 1940 Act
which are in JOHN GOVETT's possession, power or control and which are valid and
in force at the date of termination.
3.6 Notices
Any notice, request, instruction, or other document to be given under this
Agreement by any party hereto to the other parties shall be in writing and
delivered personally or sent by mail or telecopy (with a hard copy to follow),
If to JOHN GOVETT, to:
Shackleton House
4 Battle Bridge Lane
London SE1 2HR
England
attn: The Hon. Kevin Pakenham
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with a copy to:
Shackleton House
4 Battle Bridge Lane
London SE1 2HR
England
attn: Colin Kreidelwolf
If to VKAC, to:
2800 Post Oak Blvd.
Houston, TX 77056
telecopy: (713) 993-4300
attn: Don Powell
with a copy to:
2800 Post Oak Blvd.
Houston, TX 77056
telecopy: (713) 993-4317
attn: Nori L. Gabert, Esq.
or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice. Any
notice that is delivered personally in the manner provided herein shall be
deemed to have been duly given to the party to whom it is directed upon actual
receipt by such party (or its agent for notices hereunder). Any notice that is
addressed and mailed in the manner herein provided shall be presumed to have
been duly given to the party to which it is addressed, on the date three (3)
days after mailing, and in the case of delivery by telecopy, on the date the
hard copy is received.
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3.7 IMRO Rules
As a member of IMRO and in light of IMRO Rules, the Sub-Adviser places on
record that it regards this Agreement as not necessitating any ancillary
agreement with the Fund or VKAC on the grounds that, within meanings of the
IMRO Rules (a) the Fund is an open-ended investment company and a business
investor, (b) VKAC is a professional investor and (c) the subject matter of
this Agreement is a scheme management activity.
3.8 Choice of Law
This Agreement shall be construed according to, and the rights and liabilities
of the parties hereto shall be governed by, the laws of the United States and
the State of California.
3.9 Miscellaneous Provisions
The execution of this Agreement has been authorized by the Trust's Trustees and
by the sole shareholder. This Agreement is executed on behalf of the Trust or
the Trustees of the Trust as Trustees and not individually and that the
obligations of this Agreement are not binding upon any of the Trustees,
officers or shareholders of the Trust individually but are binding only upon
the assets and property of the Trust. A Certificate of Trust in respect of the
Trust is on file with the Secretary of State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Agreement has been executed as of the date first above
given.
JOHN GOVETT & CO. LIMITED
By: /s/ BRIAN LEE
_____________________________________
Name: Brian Lee
___________________________________
Its: Managing Director: Operations
___________________________________
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
/s/ NORI L. GABERT
By: ____________________________________
Name: Nori L. Gabert
___________________________________
Its: Vice President
___________________________________
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EXHIBIT 5.6
INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
AND
HINES INTERESTS REALTY ADVISORS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
This Agreement is entered into this 16th day of September, 1995, between VAN
KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., ("VKAC") and HINES INTERESTS
REALTY ADVISORS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ("Hines"), to provide certain investment
advisory services to Van Kampen American Capital Life Investment Trust (the
"Trust").
WHEREAS, VKAC has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement (the "Advisory
Agreement"), dated this date, with the Trust, under which VKAC has agreed,
among other things, to act as investment adviser to the Real Estate Securities
Fund of the Trust (the "Fund"); and
WHEREAS, the Advisory Agreement provides that VKAC may engage a subadviser to
furnish requested investment information and advice with respect to real estate
matters to assist VKAC in carrying out its responsibilities under the Advisory
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is the purpose of this Sub-Advisory Agreement (the "Agreement") to
express the agreements and understandings of the parties with respect to the
services to be provided by Hines to VKAC with respect to the Fund and the terms
and conditions under which such services will be rendered.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set
forth below, it is agreed as follows:
1. Services of Hines.
Hines shall act as sub-adviser to VKAC to assist VKAC in the performance of its
investment advisory responsibilities to the Fund. In this capacity, Hines
shall have the following responsibilities:
(a) to provide regional economic analysis of the areas in which properties
owned by real estate investment trusts are located;
(b) to provide analysis and information concerning the relative attractiveness
of the various property types within the several geographic regions;
(c) to evaluate and assess real estate valuations and the condition of
properties;
(d) to evaluate property managers and sponsors of real estate investment
trusts;
(e) to review and monitor the real estate investments in the Fund; and
(f) to furnish such other information and reports as may reasonably be
requested by VKAC from time to time.
2. Obligations of VKAC.
VKAC shall have the following obligations under this Agreement:
(a) to keep Hines fully informed as to the composition of the Fund's
investment securities;
(b) to keep Hines fully advised of the Fund's investment objectives, and any
modifications and changes thereto, as well as any specific investment
restrictions or limitations by sending Hines copies of each registration
statement;
(c) to furnish Hines with a copy of any financial statement or report prepared
for the Trust by independent public accountants, and with copies of any
financial statements or reports made by the Trust to shareholders or to any
governmental body or securities exchange and to inform Hines of the results of
any audits or examinations by regulatory authorities pertaining to the Trust;
(d) to furnish Hines with any further materials or information which Hines may
reasonably request to enable it to perform its functions under this Agreement;
and
(e) to compensate Hines for its services under this Agreement by the payment
of fees equal to (i) 50% of the fees received by VKAC for services rendered
under the Advisory Agreement by VKAC to the Fund during the term of this
Agreement, less (ii) 50% of the amount paid by VKAC on behalf of the Fund
pursuant to any expense limitation or the amount of any other reimbursement
made by VKAC to the Fund. In the event that this Agreement shall be effective
for only part of a period to which any such fee received by VKAC is
attributable, then an appropriate pro-ration of the fee that would have been
payable to Hines under this Agreement shall be made. The fees payable to Hines
from VKAC shall be payable upon receipt by VKAC of advisory fees from the Fund.
3. Best Efforts.
It is understood and agreed that in furnishing the investment advice and other
services as provided in this Agreement, Hines shall use its best professional
judgment to recommend actions which will provide favorable results for the
Fund. Hines shall not be liable to the Trust or to any shareholder of the
Trust to any greater degree than VKAC. Hines shall be free to render similar
services to others and otherwise to engage in the real estate
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business and related activities so long as the services rendered to the Fund
are not impaired.
4. Compliance With Laws.
Hines represents that it is, and will continue to be throughout the term of
this Agreement, an investment adviser registered under all applicable federal
and state laws. In all matters relating to the performance of this Agreement,
Hines will act in conformity with the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of
Trust, Bylaws, and current registration statement and with the instructions and
direction of VKAC and the Trust's Trustees, and will conform to and comply with
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and all other
applicable federal or state laws and regulations.
5. Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the termination of the
Advisory Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without
penalty, by VKAC or by the Trust by giving 30 days' written notice of such
termination to Hines at its principal place of business, provided that such
termination is approved by the Trustees of the Trust or by vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities (as that phrase is defined in Section
2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act) of the Fund. This Agreement may be terminated at any
time by Hines by giving 30 days' written notice of such termination to the
Trust and VKAC at their respective principal places of business.
6. Assignment.
This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as
that term is defined in Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act).
7. Term.
This Agreement shall continue in effect, unless sooner terminated in accordance
with its terms, for an initial term of two years and shall continue in effect
from year to year thereafter provided continuance is specifically approved at
least annually by the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are
not parties hereto or interested persons (as the term is defined in Section
2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called
for the purpose of voting on the approval of the terms of such renewal, and by
either the Trustees of the Trust or the affirmative vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund (as that phrase is defined in Section
2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act).
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8. Amendments.
This Agreement may be amended only with the approval by the affirmative vote of
a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund (as that phrase is
defined in Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act) and the approval by the vote of a
majority of the Trustees of the Trust who are not parties hereto or interested
persons (as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of any
such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on the
approval of such amendment, unless otherwise permitted in accordance with the
1940 Act.
9. Applicable Laws.
This Agreement shall be construed according to, and the rights and liabilities
of the parties hereto shall be governed by, the laws of the United States and
the State of Texas.
The execution of this Agreement has been authorized by the Trust's Trustees and
by the sole shareholder. This Agreement is executed on behalf of the Trust or
the Trustees of the Trust as Trustees and not individually and that the
obligations of this Agreement are not binding upon any of the Trustees,
officers or shareholders of the Trust individually but are binding only upon
the assets and property of the Trust. A Certificate of Trust in respect of the
Trust is on file with the Secretary of State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the date first above
written.
VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
Name: /s/ Nori L. Gabert
_____________________________________
Its: Vice President
_____________________________________
By: Nori L. Gabert
______________________________________
HINES INTERESTS REALTY ADVISORS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Name: /s/ William S. Wardrop
_____________________________________
Its: President
_____________________________________
By: William S. Wardrop
_____________________________________
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WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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</TABLE>
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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