UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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HT INSIGHT FUNDS, INC.
(THE "COMPANY")
Harris Insight Equity Fund
Harris Insight Short/Intermediate Bond Fund
Harris Insight Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund
Harris Insight Money Market Fund
Harris Insight Government Money Market Fund
(each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds")
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 29, 1999
A special meeting of shareholders of each Fund of the Company (the
"Meeting") will be held at Harris Trust and Savings Bank, 8th floor, 111 West
Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 on November 29, 1999 at 10:00 a.m.
Chicago time, for the following purposes:
1. To approve or disapprove a proposed reorganization of the Funds, as
described in the accompanying proxy statement (the "Reorganization"), in
which:
(a) each Fund will be succeeded by a newly created series (a "New
Fund") of Harris Insight Funds Trust, a business trust organized
under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the
"Trust"), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
whereby:
(i) each Fund will transfer all of its assets to its
corresponding New Fund and the New Fund will (x) assume
all of the liabilities of the Fund and (y) issue directly
to each shareholder of the Fund shares of the New Fund in
a number equal to the number of shares (including any
fractional share) of the Fund then owned by such
shareholder, in exchange for and in cancellation of the
shareholder's shares of the Fund; and
(ii) the Fund will be liquidated and dissolved (and, if the
shareholders of all Funds approve their respective
reorganizations and the Reorganization becomes effective,
the Company will be liquidated and dissolved).
(b) the adoption by the Funds (but not by the New Funds) of
temporary amendments to certain investment restrictions, solely
for the purpose of the Reorganization, to eliminate several
restrictions that would otherwise present obstacles to the
Reorganization as proposed; and
(c) each Fund would be authorized to vote, prior to the
effectiveness of the Reorganization, its share of its
corresponding New Fund to:
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(i) approve an amended investment advisory agreement between
the Trust and Harris Trust and Savings Bank (the
"Adviser") and an amended portfolio management contract
between the Adviser and Harris Investment Management, Inc.
providing for the management of the New Fund on
substantially the same terms set forth in the Fund's
current agreements;
(ii) approve certain changes to the Fund's fundamental
investment restrictions;
(iii) approve a Rule 12b-1 Service Plan on behalf of the A
Shares of the New Equity and New Short/Intermediate Bond
Funds and a Rule 12b-1 Service Plan on behalf of the N
Shares of the New Tax-Exempt Money Market, New Money
Market and New Government Money Market Funds;
(iv) elect a Board of Trustees of the Trust; and
(v) ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the
Fund's independent public accountants for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1999.
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting.
By order of the Board of Directors
Gary M. Gardner
Secretary
PLEASE VOTE. YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT, NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. IN ORDER
TO AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF FURTHER SOLICITATION, WE ASK YOU TO SIGN AND
MAIL YOUR PROXY PROMPTLY.
YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE
PROPOSAL.
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HT INSIGHT FUNDS, INC.
(THE "COMPANY")
Harris Insight Equity Fund
Harris Insight Short/Intermediate Bond Fund
Harris Insight Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund
Harris Insight Money Market Fund
Harris Insight Government Money Market Fund
(each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds")
SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 29, 1999
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PROXY STATEMENT
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GENERAL INFORMATION
WHO IS ASKING FOR MY VOTE?
The Board of Directors of the Company is soliciting proxies from the
shareholders for use at a special meeting of shareholders of the Company (the
"Meeting") called to be held on November 29, 1999, and at any adjournment of the
Meeting, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Special
Meeting of Shareholders. This proxy statement and the accompanying form of proxy
are first being mailed to shareholders on or about October 19, 1999.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE?
Shareholders of record at the close of business on October 1, 1999 are
entitled to vote at the Meeting and any adjournment thereof. The Company is
composed of five separate Funds. Each of the Equity and Short/Intermediate Bond
Funds offers three classes of shares, N Shares, A Shares and Institutional
Shares. Each of the Tax-Exempt Money Market, Money Market and Government Money
Market Funds offers two classes of shares, N Shares and Institutional Shares. N
Shares, A Shares and Institutional Shares are collectively referred to as
"Shares." As of October 1, 1999, there were _____ shares of beneficial interest
of the Company outstanding, comprised of the following Shares:
Equity Fund - _____
Short/Intermediate Bond Fund - _____
Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund - _____
Money Market Fund - _____
Government Money Market Fund - _____
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HOW DO I VOTE?
You may vote in person at the Meeting or by proxy. Each whole Share is
entitled to one vote and each fractional Share is entitled to a proportionate
fractional vote. Your properly executed proxy received prior to the Meeting will
be voted at the Meeting and any adjournment thereof, in accordance with your
instructions marked on the proxy. If there are no voting instructions on a
proxy, your proxy will be voted FOR the approval of the Proposal described in
this Proxy Statement. You may revoke your proxy at any time prior to the Meeting
by giving written notice to PFPC Inc., the Company's sub-transfer agent, at 400
Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809, by signing and mailing another
proxy of a later date or by personally casting a vote at the Meeting.
If a quorum of shareholders of any Fund is not present or represented
at the Meeting, or if sufficient votes to approve the Proposal are not received,
the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting
to permit further solicitation of proxies. Any adjournment will require the
affirmative vote of a majority of Shares of such Fund represented in person or
by proxy at the Meeting. In that case, the persons named as proxies will vote
all proxies that they are entitled to vote FOR such an adjournment; provided,
however, any proxies required to be voted against the Proposal will be voted
AGAINST such adjournment. A shareholder vote may be taken on the Proposal prior
to such adjournment if sufficient votes have been received and it is otherwise
appropriate. In the event of any adjournment, the Company will continue to
solicit proxies.
Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted as Shares present for
purposes of determining whether a quorum is present but will not be voted FOR or
AGAINST any adjournment. Accordingly, abstentions and broker non-votes
effectively will be votes AGAINST adjournment. Broker non-votes are Shares held
in a broker's name for which the broker indicates that instructions have not
been received from the beneficial owners or other persons entitled to vote and
the broker does not have discretionary voting authority. Abstentions and broker
non-votes will not be counted, however, as votes cast for purposes of
determining whether sufficient votes have been received to approve the Proposal.
In completing proxies, shareholders should be aware that checking the box
labeled ABSTAIN will result in the Shares covered by the proxy being treated as
if they were voted AGAINST the Proposal.
PROPOSAL 1: APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATION
Each Fund is a separate mutual fund that is an investment portfolio of
the Company, which is a Maryland business corporation. On July 29, 1999, the
Board of Directors of the Company unanimously approved an Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization (the "Plan") in the form attached to this proxy statement as
Exhibit A. The Plan provides for the reorganization (the "Reorganization") of
each Fund into a separate portfolio series of Harris Insight Funds Trust, a
Massachusetts business trust (the "Trust").
Reasons for the Reorganization. The purpose of the Reorganization is to
combine into a single business trust the Funds, which are managed by Harris
Trust and Savings Bank (the
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"Adviser"), and the thirteen mutual funds that are currently investment
portfolios of the Trust, which are also managed by the Adviser. The Adviser
believes that having all of the funds it advises in the same Massachusetts
business trust would result in various operating efficiencies, including a
single registration statement and a single report to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") and that the elimination of the dual structure within the
same fund family would also alleviate shareholder confusion. The Board of
Directors also concluded that the proposed trust format provides the most
economical method of providing different investment vehicles to current and
prospective shareholders.
Principal Features of the Reorganization. The Trust is registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") as an open-end management
investment company. Because the Trust offers multiple portfolios, it is referred
to as a "series" company. The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares in
one or more series as the Board of Trustees may authorize. Currently the Board
of Trustees has authorized thirteen series, shares of each of which are
currently outstanding. The Reorganization contemplates that each Fund of the
Company will transfer all of its assets to a newly created series of the Trust
with the same name as the Fund (each a "New Fund" and collectively, the "New
Funds"). The liabilities of each Fund will also be assumed by its corresponding
New Fund, and each shareholder of the Funds will receive for his Fund shares an
equal number of shares (including any fractional shares) of the corresponding
New Fund. Upon consummation of the Reorganization, an open account will be
established on the records of the Trust in the name of each shareholder of the
Funds. As promptly as practicable after the Reorganization, the Company will be
terminated pursuant to the laws of the State of Maryland. After the closing date
of the Reorganization of all Funds, the Company will not conduct any business
except in connection with the liquidation and dissolution of the Funds. (See
"Procedures for Reorganization" and "Federal Income Tax Consequences" below.)
Procedures for the Reorganization. If the Plan is approved by
shareholders of a Fund, it is anticipated that the procedure for the
Reorganization under the Plan will be as follows:
o The Fund will transfer all of its assets to its corresponding New
Fund.
o The New Fund, in exchange for those assets transferred to it, will
assume all the liabilities and obligations of the Fund and will
issue to the Fund a number of full and fractional shares of
beneficial interest in the New Fund equal to the number of shares
of the Fund then outstanding.
o The Fund will distribute to its shareholders a number of full and
fractional shares of the corresponding New Fund equal to the
number of full and fractional Fund shares held by that
shareholder, and all shares of the Fund will be cancelled.
o If the Reorganization of all the Funds becomes effective, the
Company will dissolve and liquidate.
If the Plan is approved by shareholders of a Fund, it is expected that
the Reorganization with respect to that Fund will be made effective on April 30,
2000 (the "Closing Date"). At any
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time before the Reorganization is effective, the Trust and the Company may agree
to terminate the Plan, and, if the Reorganization has not been made effective by
May 31, 2000, the Plan will automatically terminate on that date unless a later
date is agreed to by both the Trust and the Company.
Temporary Amendment to Investment Restrictions. The following
fundamental investment restrictions of each Fund, which may not be changed
without shareholder approval, might be construed as restricting the Fund's
ability to carry out the Reorganization:
No Fund may:
(1) make investments for the purpose of exercising control or
management; or
(2) own more than 3% of the voting stock of another investment
company.
Such restrictions may prohibit the purchase by a Fund of the initial
share of its corresponding New Fund as is contemplated by the Reorganization.
Accordingly, a vote for the Reorganization will be deemed also to be a vote to
amend temporarily the investment restrictions to the extent necessary to carry
out the Reorganization in the manner described above, by the addition to each of
the above restrictions of the following clause:
"except solely for the purchase of a share or shares of a series of
Harris Insight Funds Trust, in connection with the Agreement and Plan
of Reorganization of the Company and Harris Insight Funds Trust
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on July 29, 1999."
Such amendment will be only for purposes of completing the
Reorganization. The amendment will not be adopted by any New Fund and will have
no effect thereafter.
Voting of Initial Shares of the New Funds. As set forth below, if
approved by shareholders, the Reorganization will result in several other
changes concerning the structure and operations of the Funds as the New Funds.
Because of the manner in which the transfer of assets from the Funds to the New
Funds will take place under the Reorganization, you are not being asked to
approve directly or adopt those additional matters. Specifically, after
shareholder approval of the Reorganization but prior to the issuance of the
shares of the New Funds to the shareholders of the Funds, one share of each New
Fund will be issued to the corresponding Fund, which will vote that Share to:
o Approve an amended investment advisory contract between the Trust
and the Adviser and an amended portfolio management contract
between the Adviser and Harris Investment Management, Inc. ("HIM")
with respect to the management of the New Fund. (See "Approval of
the Amended Trust Advisory Agreement and Amended Trust Management
Contract" below);
o Approve certain changes to the Funds' fundamental investment
restrictions (see "Approval of Certain Changes to the Funds'
Fundamental Investment Restrictions" below);
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o Approve a Rule 12b-1 Service Plan on behalf of the A Shares of the
New Equity and New Short/Intermediate Bond Funds and a Rule 12b-1
Service Plan on behalf of the N Shares of the New Tax-Exempt Money
Market, New Money Market and New Government Money Market Funds
(see "Approval of Rule 12b-1 Service Plans" below);
o Elect a Board of Trustees of the Trust (see "Election of Trustees"
below); and
o Ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the
independent public accountants for the New Fund (see "Ratification
of the Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Trust's
Independent Public Accountants" below).
Federal Income Tax Consequences. It is anticipated that the
transactions contemplated by the Plan will be tax-free for federal income tax
purposes. The Company and the Trust have received an opinion of their counsel,
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, that under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 the
Reorganization of each Fund into a New Fund pursuant to the Plan will not give
rise to the recognition of income, deductions, gain or loss for federal income
tax purposes by the Fund, the New Fund or the shareholders of the Fund. A
shareholder's adjusted basis for tax purposes in shares of a New Fund after the
Reorganization will be the same as his or her adjusted basis for tax purposes in
the shares of the Fund immediately before the Reorganization. The holding period
of the shares of the New Fund received by the shareholders of the Fund will
include the holding period of shares for the Fund exchanged therefor, provided
that at the time of the exchange the shares of the Fund were held as capital
assets. Although the Company is not aware of any state or local tax consequences
of the proposed Reorganization, it has not made any investigation as to such
consequences, and shareholders should consult their own tax advisors with
respect to such matters.
CERTAIN COMPARATIVE INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY AND THE TRUST.
As a Massachusetts business trust, the Trust's operations are governed
by its Declaration of Trust and Bylaws and by Massachusetts law, rather than by
the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company and Maryland corporation
law. Certain differences between the two forms of organization are summarized
below. Shareholders of any Fund entitled to vote at the Meeting may obtain
copies of the Trust's Declaration of Trust and Bylaws, and the Company's
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, without charge upon written request to the
Secretary of the Company or the Trust or through the Public Reference Room of
the SEC. The Trust and the Company are each subject to the 1940 Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder.
Shares. The shares of beneficial interest of the authorized series of
the Trust are transferable shares, with $.001 par value. The Declaration of
Trust permits the trustees to issue an unlimited number of shares and to divide
such shares into an unlimited number of series, each
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with one or more classes, all without shareholder approval. Each share of any
series of the Trust represents a beneficial interest in the assets owned by, and
the liabilities of, that series. As such, each share of a series or class is
entitled to dividends and distributions when and as declared on shares of that
series or class by the Board of Trustees. Under the Articles of Incorporation of
the Company, the Company is currently authorized to issue up to 10 billion
shares, $.001 par value, in an unlimited number of series each with one or more
classes. However, the Company's Board of Directors may increase or decrease the
number of authorized shares.
Shareholder Voting Rights. Neither the Company nor the Trust is
required to hold annual shareholder meetings. Under the Declaration of Trust and
the 1940 Act, however, shareholder meetings are required to be called for
various purposes, such as electing or removing trustees of the Trust (subject to
certain restrictions in the 1940 Act, trustees may be elected to fill vacancies
or be removed by the Board of Trustees without a vote of shareholders), changing
fundamental investment policies, approving or disapproving an investment
advisory contract for the series, and ratifying or rejecting a selection of
different auditors of the series. The Trust's Declaration of Trust grants
shareholders the power to vote only with respect to: (i) the election or removal
of trustees; (ii) the approval of any investment advisory contract; (iii) the
termination of the Trust or any series thereof; (iv) any amendments to the
Declaration of Trust; (v) any merger, consolidation or sale of assets; (vi)
incorporation of the Trust; (vii) 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 a series thereof; (viii) any plan adopted
pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, and related matters; and (ix) any
matters relating to the Trust as may be required by the 1940 Act, the
Declaration of Trust, the Bylaws, or any registration of the Trust with the SEC,
or as the Board of Trustees may consider necessary or desirable. The Company's
Bylaws do not specify instances under which shareholders have the right to vote,
but as a Maryland corporation that is a registered investment company pursuant
to the 1940 act, shareholders have the right to vote with respect to
substantially the same items as is the case for the Trust.
Special Meetings of Shareholders. The Company's Bylaws provide that the
Company's Secretary must call a shareholder meeting: (i) when one or more
matters are required to be acted on by shareholders under the 1940 Act or the
General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland; and (ii) at the request in
writing of the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Board of Directors or
shareholders holding at least 25 percent of the shares of stock of the Company
outstanding and entitled to vote at a meeting.
The Declaration of Trust of the Trust provides that shareholder
meetings of the Trust or of any series or class may be called by the Chairman of
the Board or the President at: (i) the request in writing or by resolution of a
majority of the trustees; (ii) the written request of the holders of ten percent
or more of the total number of shares then issued and outstanding of the Trust
entitled to vote at a meeting; or (iii) the written request of the holder or
holders of ten percent of the total number of shares then issued and outstanding
of a series of the Trust entitled to vote at a meeting. On any matter submitted
to a vote of shareholders, shares are voted in the aggregate and not by
individual series except that shares are voted by individual series when
required by the 1940 Act or other applicable law, or when the Board of Trustees
determines that the matter affects only the interests of one or more series, in
which case, shareholders of the
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unaffected series are not entitled to vote on such matters. All shares of all
series of the Trust are voted together in the election of trustees.
Termination. The Declaration of Trust specifically authorizes the Board
of Trustees to terminate the Trust (or any series or class) by notice to the
shareholders without shareholder approval, although the Trust would comply with
any provision of the 1940 Act that might require shareholder approval before
termination. The dissolution of any Fund or the Company is subject to
shareholder approval under Maryland law.
Liability of Shareholders. Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of a
Massachusetts business trust could, under certain circumstances, be held
personally liable for the obligations of the Trust. However, the Declaration of
Trust disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Trust, and
provides that notice of such disclaimer may be given in each agreement,
obligation, or instrument entered into or executed by the Trust or the trustees.
Moreover, the Declaration of Trust provides for indemnification out of Trust
property for all losses and expenses of any shareholder held personally liable
for the obligations of the Trust. Thus, the risk of a shareholder's incurring
financial loss on account of shareholder liability is considered by the Trust to
be remote, since it is limited to circumstances in which the disclaimer is
inoperative and the Trust itself is unable to meet its obligations. Under the
current form of organization of the Company as a Maryland corporation, its
shareholders have no personal liability for its acts or obligations, except that
a shareholder may be liable to the extent that: (i) the purchase price of his or
her shares has not been received by the Fund in the amount or manner required by
Maryland law; (ii) he or she receives a dividend or distribution made contrary
to Maryland law; or (iii) he or she received redemption proceeds in violation of
Maryland law.
Removal of Board Members. Under the Trust's Declaration of Trust, a
trustee may be removed (provided the aggregate number of trustees shall not be
less than one), with cause, by: (i) the action of two-thirds of the remaining
trustees; or (ii) the action of the holders of two-thirds of the Trust's
outstanding shares at a meeting called for that purpose. Under the Company's
Bylaws, directors hold office until the next meeting of shareholders, subject to
the right of removal granted by Maryland law.
Liability of Trustees and Officers; Indemnification. The Company's
Bylaws provide that, to the full extent that limitations on the liability of
directors and officers are permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law, no
director or officer of the Company will have any liability to the Company or its
shareholders for damages. The charter further provides that the limitation on
liability applies to events occurring at the time a person serves as a director
or officer of the Company whether or not that person is a director or officer at
the time of any proceeding in which liability is asserted. The Trust's
Declaration of Trust, like the Bylaws of the Company, provides for trustee
indemnification, except that a trustee (or director in the case of the Company)
is not protected in either case against any liability arising out of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties
involved in the conduct of his or her office.
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AMENDED TRUST ADVISORY CONTRACT AND AMENDED TRUST MANAGEMENT CONTRACT
By voting in favor of Proposal 1, shareholders of each Fund will be
voting to authorize each Fund to vote its initial share of its corresponding New
Fund to approve the investment advisory contract and portfolio management
contract described below. Harris Trust and Savings Bank (the "Adviser") serves
as the investment adviser to the Equity, Short/Intermediate Bond, Government
Money Market, Money Market and Tax-Exempt Money Market Funds of the Company
pursuant to Investment Advisory Contracts dated May 1, 1990, April 1, 1991,
October 20, 1993, October 20, 1993 and October 20, 1993, respectively (the
"Advisory Agreements"). The Adviser also serves as the investment adviser to the
Trust pursuant to an Investment Advisory Contract dated February 23, 1996 (the
"Trust Advisory Agreement"). If the Reorganization is approved by the
shareholders of a Fund and that Fund is reorganized into a New Fund, the Trust
Advisory Agreement will be amended to include that New Fund (the "Amended Trust
Advisory Agreement"). At its meeting on July 29, 1999, the Board of Trustees of
the Trust voted to approve the Amended Trust Advisory Agreement.
Harris Investment Management, Inc. ("HIM") serves as the portfolio
management agent for the Equity, Short/Intermediate Bond, Government Money
Market and Money Market Funds of the Company pursuant to Portfolio Management
Contracts dated May 1, 1990, April 1, 1991, October 20, 1993 and October 20,
1993, respectively (the "Management Contracts"). HIM also serves as portfolio
management agent for the Trust pursuant to a Portfolio Management Contract dated
February 23, 1996 (the "Trust Management Contract"). As portfolio management
agent for the Company and the Trust, HIM is responsible for all purchase and
sales transactions and for providing all daily management services. The Adviser
pays the portfolio management fees of HIM. If the Reorganization is approved by
the shareholders of a Fund and that Fund is reorganized into a New Fund, the
Trust Management Contract will be amended to include that New Fund (the "Amended
Trust Management Contract"). At its meeting on July 29, 1999, the Board of
Trustees of the Trust voted to approve the Amended Trust Management Contract.
Currently, there is no portfolio management contract in place with HIM
with respect to the Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund. If the Reorganization is
approved by shareholders of the Company, the Amended Trust Advisory Agreement
would allow the Adviser to enter into such an arrangement with HIM. The Adviser
believes that consolidating the portfolio management of the Company and the
Trust with HIM would be more efficient and result in certain economies of scale.
Accordingly, if the Reorganization is approved by the shareholders of the
Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund, the sole-shareholder of the New Tax-Exempt Money
Market Fund of the Trust will approve the Amended Trust Advisory Agreement and
the Amended Portfolio Management Contract.
The Trust and the Adviser have applied to the SEC for an exemption from
the shareholder approval requirement with respect to new and amended
sub-advisory agreements entered into from time to time by the Adviser and a
sub-adviser with respect to the New Funds, under certain circumstances and
subject to certain conditions (the "Exemption Application"). If the SEC grants
an exemptive order to the Trust as sought in the Exemption Application or any
amendment thereto (the "Exemptive Order"), the Adviser would be permitted, under
certain conditions, to enter into new or amended sub-advisory agreements,
including agreements with
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new sub-advisers (including, if permitted by the Exemptive Order, a sub-adviser
that is affiliated with the New Funds or the Adviser), and agreements with
existing sub-advisers if there is an "assignment," as defined in the 1940 Act,
or other event causing termination of an existing sub-advisory agreement.
Nonetheless, under the 1940 Act, even if the Exemptive Order is granted, any
sub-advisory agreement would be subject to approval by a majority of the
Trustees of the Trust who are not parties to or interested persons of any party
to the agreement. Furthermore, the Trust would still require shareholder
approval to amend the Amended Trust Advisory Agreement (including any amendment
to raise the management fee rate payable under such agreement) or to enter into
a new advisory agreement with the Adviser or any other investment adviser that
is not a sub-adviser.
It is expected that, if the Exemptive Order is granted, it will be a
condition to such exemption that, among other things, a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Funds of the Trust first approve the
operation of the Funds as proposed in the Exemption Application, i.e.,
permitting the Adviser to enter into sub-advisory agreements with sub-advisers
in the future without obtaining shareholder approval of each agreement. The
Amended Trust Advisory Agreement has been modified in anticipation of the
granting of the Exemptive Order and Trust shareholder approval of the proposal.
With the exception of the change in day-to-day responsibility for the
management of the Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund, the above noted changes will not
alter the manner in which the Funds are managed. The Amended Trust Advisory
Agreement and Amended Trust Management Contract are substantially identical to
the current Advisory Agreements and Management Contracts and the duties and
responsibilities of the Adviser and HIM would also be substantially identical.
Additionally, the fees payable to the Adviser will not increase and will remain
as follows:
ANNUAL RATE OF ADVISORY FEE
HARRIS INSIGHT FUND (AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS)
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Index Fund 0.70%
Short/Intermediate Bond Fund 0.70%
Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund *
Money Market Fund *
Government Money Market Fund *
*The Adviser is entitled to receive 0.14% of the Fund's first $100 million of
net assets plus 0.10% of the Fund's remaining net assets.
The Amended Trust Advisory Agreement and Amended Trust Management
Contract will remain in force with respect to a New Fund until August 31, 2001,
and from year to year thereafter, subject to annual approval by (i) the Board of
Trustees of the Trust or (ii) a vote of a majority (as defined in the 1940 Act)
of the outstanding shares of that New Fund; provided that in either event
continuance is also approved by a majority of the Independent Trustees, by a
vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting such approval.
The Amended Trust Advisory Agreement and Amended Trust Management Contract may
be terminated at any time,
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on 60 days' written notice, without the payment of any penalty, by the Board of
Trustees, by a vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the applicable
New Fund, or by the Adviser or, in the case of the Amended Trust Management
Contract, by HIM. The Amended Trust Advisory Agreement and Amended Trust
Management Contract automatically terminate in the event of their assignment, as
defined by the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder.
A form of the Amended Trust Advisory Agreement and Amended Trust
Management Contract are attached as Appendix B and Appendix C, respectively. The
descriptions set forth in this proxy statement are qualified in their entirety
by reference to Appendices B and C.
Information Concerning the Adviser and HIM. The Adviser, an
Illinois-state chartered bank and a member of the Federal Reserve System, is the
successor to the investment banking firm of N.W. Harris & Co., which was
organized in 1882 and incorporated in 1907. As of June 30, 1999, the Adviser had
total discretionary assets under management of approximately $29.9 billion and
was the largest of 28 banks owned by Harris Bankcorp, Inc. Harris Bankcorp, Inc.
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bankmont Financial Corp., which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Montreal, a publicly-traded Canadian banking
institution. The directors and principal executive officers of the Adviser are:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
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<S> <C>
Pastora San Juan Cafferty Alan G. McNally, Chairman of the Board and CEO
F. Anthony Comper Edward W. Lyman, Jr., Vice Chair of the Board
Susan T. Congalton Jeffrey D. Butterfield, Executive Vice President
Wilbur H. Gantz Dennis L. Dean, Executive Vice President
James J. Glasser Emilia G. DiMenco, Executive Vice President
Leo M. Henikoff Louis F. Lanwermeyer, Executive Vice President
Richard M. Jaffee Michael W. Lewis, Executive Vice President
Edward W. Lyman, Jr. Erin E. McInerney, Executive Vice President
Alan G. McNally Peter B. McNitt, Executive Vice President
Charles H. Shaw Charles Piermarini, Executive Vice President
Richard E. Terry Steven R. Rothbloom, Executive Vice President
James O. Webb Randall W. Teteak, Executive Vice President
William E. Thonn, Executive Vice President
Charles R. Tonge, Executive Vice President
Philip A. Washburn, Executive Vice President and Chief
Credit Officer
William W. Whipple, Executive Vice President
Edward J. Williams, Executive Vice President
Michael E. Godwin, Senior Vice President
Pierre O. Greffe, Senior Vice President and CFO
Michael B. Lowe, Senior Vice President
Paul V. Reagan, Senior Vice President and U.S.General Counsel
Michael D. Williams, Senior Vice President
Sohrab Zargharn, Senior Vice President and Auditor
Yasmin T. Bates, Regional President
</TABLE>
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The address of each director and principal executive office is 111 West
Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603.
HIM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harris Bankcorp, Inc. As of June
30, 1999, HIM managed approximately $14.1 billion in assets. The directors and
principal executive officers of HIM are:
DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
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Peter P. Capaccio Donald G. M. Coxe, Chairman of the Board
Donald G. M. Coxe William O. Leszinske, President
William O. Leszinske Randall J. Johnson, Treasurer
Edward W. Lyman, Jr. Blanche O. Hurt, Secretary
Brian J. Steck Robert K. McKiddy, Assistant Treasurer
Wayne W. Thomas Andrea J. Torok, Assistant Secretary
William E. Thonn
The address of each director and principal executive officer is 190
South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690.
CERTAIN CHANGES TO THE FUNDS' FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
By voting in favor of Proposal 1, shareholders of each Fund will be
voting to authorize the Fund to vote its initial share of its corresponding New
Fund for approval of certain changes to the fundamental investment restrictions
of the Funds once they are reorganized into New Funds. The Adviser and HIM
conducted an analysis of each Fund's fundamental investment restrictions and,
where practical and consistent with a Fund's investment objective, recommended
certain changes in the restrictions to the Board of Directors of the Company in
order to provide greater investment flexibility and to increase standardization
among the Funds and thereby promote operating efficiencies and facilitate
compliance monitoring.
Those specific investment restrictions that are designated
"fundamental" can be changed only by shareholder vote. Accordingly, the Board of
Directors of the Company has approved amendments to certain of the Funds'
fundamental investment restrictions, which will be effective upon consummation
of the Reorganization.
Elimination of the limitation regarding investments in Puts, Calls, Warrants and
Options by the Tax-Exempt Money Market, Money Market and Government Money Market
Funds (THE "Money Market Funds")
It is proposed that the following current fundamental investment
restriction applicable to the Money Market Funds be deleted:
In addition, the Money Market Funds may not write, purchase,
or sell puts, calls, warrants or options or any combinations thereof,
except that these Funds
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may purchase securities with put rights in order to maintain liquidity,
nor may they purchase equity securities or securities convertible into
equity securities, except as provided in investment restriction
number 9.
Discussion. The deletion of this restriction is proposed because this
restriction is adequately addressed in Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, which governs
the operation of money market funds.
Elimination of the prohibition against investing in unseasoned issuers [Equity
Fund and Short/Intermediate Bond Fund]
It is proposed that the following current fundamental investment
restrictions with respect to the Equity Fund and Short/Intermediate Bond Fund be
deleted:
The Equity Fund may not invest in securities of companies that
have been in business less than three years.
The Short/Intermediate Bond Fund may not invest more than 5%
in securities of issuers that have been in business less than three
years. (For purposes of the above-described investment limitation,
issuers include predecessors, sponsors, controlling persons, general
partners, guarantors and originators of underlying assets which have
less than three years of continuous operation or relevant business
experience.)
Discussion. When the current restriction was adopted, the Company was
subject to the laws of certain states which required these specific policies on
investment in securities of unseasoned issuers. Since the enactment of the
National Securities Markets Improvement Act, the states no longer have
jurisdiction over the policy of the Company with regard to investment in the
securities of unseasoned issuers.
The 1940 Act does not prohibit the Company from investment in
unseasoned issuers; accordingly, the Board of Directors believes that the
removal of this prohibition would provide for increased investment flexibility.
Unseasoned issuers, however, have less of a track record, and less financial and
other information is available concerning these types of issuers.
RULE 12B-1 SERVICE PLANS
By voting in favor of Proposal 1, shareholders of each of the Equity
and Short/Intermediate Bond Funds will be voting to authorize the respective
Fund to vote its initial share of its corresponding New Fund for approval of a
Rule 12b-1 Service Plan on behalf of the A Shares of the New Equity and New
Short/Intermediate Bond Funds of the Trust (the "A Shares New Service Plan") and
each of the Money Market Funds will be voting to authorize the respective Fund
to vote its initial share of its corresponding New Fund for approval of a Rule
12b-1 Service Plan on behalf of the N Shares of the New Money Market Funds of
the Trust (the "N Shares New Service Plan" and, together with the A Shares New
Service Plan, the "New Service Plans"). At its meeting on July 29, 1999, the
Board of Trustees of the Trust voted to
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approve the New Service Plans. The New Service Plans are substantially identical
to the Rule 12b-1 Service Plans for the A Shares of the Equity and
Short/Intermediate Bond Funds and the N Shares of the Money Market Funds, which
were last approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on February 18,
1999.
The New Service Plans authorize the Trust to enter into Shareholder
Servicing Agreements on behalf of the A Shares of the New Equity and New
Short/Intermediate Bond Funds and the N Shares of the New Money Market Funds
with financial institutions such as banks, securities dealers or other industry
professionals, such as investment advisers, accountants and estate planning
firms (a "Service Organization"). Pursuant to the Shareholder Servicing
Agreements, a Service Organization provides support services to its customers
who beneficially own either A Shares of the New Equity and New
Short/Intermediate Bond Funds or N Shares of the New Money Market Funds in
consideration for the payment of 0.35% of the average daily net asset value of A
Shares held by the Service Organization on behalf of its customers and 0.10% of
the average daily net asset value of N Shares held by the Service Organization
on behalf of its customers. Under the New Service Plans, the fees to be paid to
Service Organizations will not increase. The support services to be provided by
a Service Organization will include one or more of the following: (i)
establishing and maintaining shareholder accounts and records; (ii) processing
purchase and redemption transactions; (iii) providing periodic statements
showing a shareholder's account balance and integrating such statements with
those of other transactions and balances in the shareholder's other accounts
serviced by the Service Organization; (iv) arranging for bank wires; (v)
responding to shareholder inquiries relating to A Shares or N Shares; (vi)
performing subaccounting with respect to A Shares or N Shares beneficially owned
by the shareholder; (vii) investing shareholder cash account balances
automatically in A Shares or N Shares; (viii) assisting shareholders in changing
dividend options, account designations and addresses; and (ix) distribution and
such other services to the extent the Service Organization is permitted by
applicable statute, rule or regulation.
The descriptions of the New Service Plans are qualified in their
entirety by reference to the Service Plans, which are attached as Exhibits D-1
and D-2 to this Proxy Statement. If the Reorganization is approved by
shareholders, the New Service Plans will become effective on May 1, 2000 and
will remain in effect for one year thereafter, subject to continuation by the
Board of Trustees.
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
By voting in favor of Proposal 1, shareholders of each Fund will be
voting to authorize the Fund to vote its initial share of its corresponding New
Fund for the election of the persons named below as trustees of the Trust:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AMOUNT OF
BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP OF
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION DURING SHARES OF
NAME AND AGE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THE FUNDS AT
AT SEPTEMBER 1, 1999 TRUSTEE SINCE DIRECTORSHIPS SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Edgar R. Fiedler 1995 Senior Fellow and Economic
70 Counselor, The Conference _____
Board; and Director or Trustee,
The Stanley Works, AARP-
Income Trust, Scudder
Institutional Funds, Scudder
Pathway Series, Farmer's
Investment Trust, Brazil Fund
and PEG Capital Management.
C. Gary Gerst 1995 Chairman Emeritus (1993-
60 Present) and formerly Co- _____
Chairman, Jones Lang LaSalle,
formerly LaSalle Partners Ltd.
(real estate investment
management and consulting);
and Director, Trustee or Partner,
Nonlinear Dynamics, Inc. and
Evanston Northwestern
Healthcare (1992-1998).
Valerie B. Jarrett 1999 Executive Vice President, The _____
43 Habitat Company (residential
property development);
Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Chicago Transit
Authority; and Commissioner,
City of Chicago, Department of
Planning and Development
(1992-1995).
John W. McCarter, Jr. 1995 President and Chief Executive _____
61 Officer, The Field Museum of
Natural History (1996-Present);
Senior Vice President and
Director, Booz-Allen &
Hamilton, Inc.(consulting firm)
(1987-1997); and Director of W.
W. Grainger, Inc., A. M. Castle,
Inc. and Pittway Corporation
LaSalle Partners U.S. Real
Estate Fund.
Ernest M. Roth 1995 Consultant (1992-Present); _____
72 Former Senior Vice President
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<CAPTION>
AMOUNT OF
BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP OF
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION DURING SHARES OF
NAME AND AGE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THE FUNDS AT
AT SEPTEMBER 1, 1999 TRUSTEE SINCE DIRECTORSHIPS SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
and Chief Financial Officer,
Commonwealth Edison
Company; Director, LaRabida
Children's Hospital; and
Chairman, LaRabida Children's
Foundation.
Paula Wolff 1998 President, Governors State _____
54 University; Chair, University of
Chicago Hospitals; and Director,
Ariel Capital Management, Inc.
</TABLE>
Mr. Gerst is Chairman of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees
has an Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Pricing Committee. Each member
of the Board of Trustees is also a member of each committee. The Audit Committee
is responsible for recommending independent public accountants to audit
financial statements of the Funds and reviewing the scope and results of the
audit. The Nominating Committee is responsible for recommending nominees for
election as Trustees. The Pricing Committee determines a fair value of portfolio
securities in cases when a market quotation is not readily available or a Fund's
investment adviser believes that a market quotation or valuation provided by an
approved pricing methodology does not represent a fair value.
Each trustee also serves as a director of the Company. For his or her
services to the Trust and the Company, each trustee/director receives aggregate
compensation of an annual retainer of $15,000 ($22,500 in the case of the
Chairman of the Board), a fee for attendance at meetings of one or both boards
of $3,500 (or $500 if attendance is by telephone) and a fee for attendance at a
meeting of any committee of one or both boards of $1,000 (or $250 if attendance
is by telephone). During the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, the Board of
Trustees met five times, the Audit Committee met twice, the Nominating Committee
did not meet and the Pricing Committee met once. Each of the current trustees
attended 75% or more of the meetings of the Board of Trustees and committees of
the Board. The following table shows the aggregate compensation received by the
trustees for 1998:
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<CAPTION>
FROM THE FUND COMPLEX(1)
------------------------
AVERAGE
NAME OF TRUSTEE FROM THE TRUST (13 FUNDS) PER FUND TOTAL
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
C. Gary Gerst, Chairman $ 12,450 $ 2,306 $ 41,500
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Edgar R. Fiedler 10,200 (2) 1,889 (2) 34,000 (2)
John W. McCarter, Jr. 10,200 1,889 34,000
Ernest M. Roth 10,200 1,889 34,000
Paula Wolff(3) 5,100 944 17,000
</TABLE>
(1) "Fund Complex" includes the Trust and the Company, comprising 18 mutual
funds.
(2) For the period June 1988 through December 31, 1998, the total amount of
compensation (including interest) payable or accrued for Mr. Fiedler
was $208,083 pursuant to the Deferred Compensation Plan of the Fund
Complex for its independent directors/trustees.
(3) Became a trustee on July 16, 1998.
SELECTION OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE TRUST'S INDEPENDENT PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS
By voting in favor of Proposal 1, shareholders of each Fund will be
voting to authorize the Fund to vote its initial share of its corresponding New
Fund for ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PWC") as
the Fund's independent public accountants. The Board of Trustees of the Trust
has selected PWC to serve as independent public accountants to audit the
financial statements of each Fund for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1999.
PWC has advised the Trust that neither it, nor any of its members, has any other
relationship with the Trust, and that none of them has any direct or indirect
material financial interest in the Trust. PWC has served as the auditor for the
Trust since its inception.
EVALUATION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
On July 29, 1999, the Board of Directors, including a majority of the
Independent Directors, by vote cast in person, unanimously approved, subject to
the required shareholder approval described herein, the Reorganization and the
Plan. Prior to such approval the Independent Directors met separately with their
counsel for the purpose of assisting them in reaching a determination with
respect to the Reorganization and the Plan.
In considering approval of the Reorganization and the Plan, the Board
of Directors carefully evaluated information they deemed necessary to enable
them to determine whether the Reorganization and the Plan will be in the best
interests of each Fund and its shareholders. In making this recommendation, the
Board of Directors considered the fact that the Reorganization does not
contemplate any changes in the manner in which the Funds' investments are
managed and that the primary investment personnel responsible for providing the
day-to-day investment management on behalf of the Funds will not change as a
result of the Reorganization.
Additionally, because each shareholder of a Fund will receive shares of
the corresponding New Fund having an equal aggregate net asset value to his or
her Fund shares and will not directly or indirectly bear any costs of the
Reorganization, the Board of Directors determined that the shareholders will not
suffer any dilution as a result of the Reorganization.
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The Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent
Directors, by vote cast in person on July 29, 1999, also unanimously approved
the Amended Trust Advisory Agreement, the Amended Trust Management Contract and
the New Service Plans. In considering the Amended Trust Advisory Agreement and
Amended Trust Management Contract, the Board of Directors re-evaluated the
experience of the key personnel of the Adviser and HIM in investing, the quality
of services the Adviser and HIM are expected to provide to the Funds and the
compensation proposed to be paid. The Directors have given careful consideration
to all factors deemed to be relevant to the Company, including, but not limited
to: (i) the fees and expense ratios of comparable mutual funds; (ii) the
performance of the Funds as compared to similar mutual funds; (iii) the nature
and quality of the services expected to be rendered to the Funds by the Adviser
and HIM; (iv) the distinct investment objective and policies of each Fund; (v)
the fact that the compensation payable under the Amended Trust Advisory
Agreement and Amended Trust Management Contract will be at the same rate as the
compensation now payable under the current Advisory Agreements and Portfolio
Management Contracts; (vi) the fact that the terms of the Amended Trust Advisory
Agreement and Amended Trust Management Contract are substantially identical in
all material respects as the terms of the current Advisory Agreements and
Portfolio Management Contracts except for the ability of the Adviser to contract
with HIM with respect to the daily management of the Tax-Exempt Money Market
Fund; and (vii) the history, reputation, qualification and background of the
Adviser and HIM and their respective financial conditions, as well as the
qualifications of their personnel. In considering the adoption of the New
Service Plans, the Board of Directors considered, among other things: (i) the
potential costs and benefits of the New Service Plans to shareholders, including
the fact that the adoption of the New Service Plans provides that the expenses
associated with the New Service Plans will be paid by the holders of A Shares of
the New Equity and New Short/Intermediate Bond Funds and the holders of N Shares
of the New Money Market Funds; (ii) whether the New Service Plans could be
expected to assist in the marketing of A Shares of the New Equity and New
Short/Intermediate Bond Funds and N Shares of the New Money Market Funds and
reduce the level of A Shares and N Shares redemptions; (iii) the advantages to
the A Shares of the New Equity and New Short/Intermediate Bond Funds and N
Shares of the New Money Market Funds that might result from growth in the assets
of the New Equity, New Short/Intermediate Bond and New Money Market Funds,
including economies of scale and reduced expense ratios; and (iv) the
competitive situation in the industry involving the adoption of Rule 12b-1 plans
by an increasing number of funds, making the New Service Plans reasonable
measures to encourage additional sales and discourage redemptions. The Board of
Directors determined that the ability to compensate Service Organizations for
distribution and service related activities is likely to result in higher levels
of sales and lower levels of redemptions of A Shares of the New Equity and New
Short/Intermediate Bond Funds and N Shares of the New Money Market Funds.
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REQUIRED VOTE
Approval of Proposal 1 by a Fund requires the affirmative vote of a
"majority of the outstanding voting securities" of that Fund as that term is
defined under the 1940 Act. The term "majority of the outstanding voting
securities" is defined to mean the lesser of (a) 67% or more of the outstanding
shares of the Fund present at the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of
the outstanding shares of the Fund entitled to vote are present or represented
by proxy, or (b) more than 50% of the shares of the Fund entitled to vote. In
the event that shareholders of one or more of the Funds do not approve the
Reorganization, the Board of Directors will determine what further action, if
any, to take, including the possibility of resubmitting the proposal at a later
time to the shareholders of such Fund or Funds.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS
VOTE "FOR" PROPOSAL 1.
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PROPOSAL 2: OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE MEETING
The Board of Directors does not know of any other business to be
brought before the Meeting. If any other matters properly come before the
Meeting, the persons named on the proxy card will vote in accordance with their
judgment.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Other Shareholder Information. As of the record date, October 1, 1999, the
officers and directors of the Company beneficially owned less than 1% of the
Shares of each Fund and the name, address and share ownership of each person who
owned of record 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Company (or any
Fund) are listed in the following table:
[ADD 5% SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION]
*To the extent that a shareholder is the beneficial owner of more than
25% of the outstanding shares of a Fund, that shareholder may be deemed
to be a "control person" of that Fund for purposes of the 1940 Act.
Officers. Officers of the Company are elected by the Board and hold
office until they resign, are removed or are otherwise disqualifed to serve. The
following table sets forth certain information about the Company's officers:
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<CAPTION>
NAME AND AGE POSITION HELD PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S)
AT OCTOBER 1, 1999 WITH THE COMPANY DURING THE PAST 5 YEARS
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<S> <C> <C>
Philip H. Rinnander President President and Chief Executive Officer (June,
55 1999-Present) and Managing Director and Chief
Financial Officer (1995-1999), Provident
Distributors, Inc.; President of NAVAID
Financial
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Services (1995-1999)
(broker-dealer); and Executive Vice-President
of Core States Financial Corp. (1988-1994).
Jason A. Greim Vice President Director of Mutual Fund Operations, Provident
24 Distributors, Inc. (1998-Present); and
Student, Drexel University (1993-1998).
Gary M. Gardner Secretary Senior Vice President, PFPC Inc.; and Officer
48 of certain investment companies.
Thomas J. Ryan Treasurer and Chief Vice President and Director of Accounting,
58 Financial Officer PFPC Inc.; and Officer of certain investment
companies.
David C. Lebisky Assistant Secretary Administrative Officer, PFPC Inc.; Officer of
27 certain investment companies; and Legal
Assistant, Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
(1994-1996).
Linn Solano Assistant Treasurer Assistant Vice Pesident and Senior Investment
47 Accounting Manager, PFPC Inc.
</TABLE>
Proxy Solicitation. The Company has retained Alamo Direct to solicit
proxies for the Meeting. Alamo Direct is responsible for printing proxy cards,
mailing proxy material to shareholders, soliciting brokers, custodians, nominees
and fiduciaries, tabulating the returned proxies and performing other proxy
solicitation services. The anticipated cost of such services is approximately
$14,000, and will be paid by the Company. The Company will also pay the printing
and postage costs of the solicitation.
In addition to solicitation through the mail, proxies may be solicited
by officers and agents of the Company without cost to the Company. Such
solicitation may be by telephone, facsimile or otherwise. The Company will
reimburse Alamo Direct, brokers, custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for the
reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with forwarding solicitation
material to the beneficial owner of shares held of record by such persons.
Reports to Shareholders and Financial Statements. The Company's annual
report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 is available at no charge by
writing to the Company at HT
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Insight Funds, Inc., 400 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809, or by
calling the Company toll-free at 1-800-982-8782.
Shareholder Proposals. The Company is not required to hold annual
meetings of shareholders and currently does not intend to hold such meetings
unless shareholder action is required in accordance with the 1940 Act or the
Company's Bylaws. A shareholder proposal to be considered for inclusion in the
proxy statement at any subsequent meeting of shareholders must be submitted a
reasonable time before the proxy statement for that meeting is mailed. Whether a
proposal submitted will be included in the proxy statement will be determined in
accordance with applicable federal and state laws.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Gary M. Gardner
Secretary
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APPENDIX A
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
HT INSIGHT FUNDS, INC. (the "Company"), a Maryland corporation that
issues its shares in five series (Harris Insight Insight Equity Fund, Harris
Insight Short/Intermediate Bond Fund, Harris Insight Tax-Exempt Money Market
Fund, Harris Insight Money Market Fund and Harris Insight Government Money
Market Fund (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds")), and HARRIS INSIGHT
FUNDS TRUST (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts business trust consisting of thirteen
active investment portfolios and five newly created investment portfolios, each
of which bears the same name as the corresponding Fund (the "New Funds"), agree
upon the following plan of reorganization (the "Plan"):
1. Each Fund shall transfer to the corresponding New Fund all of its
assets (including one share of the New Fund owned by the Fund,
which share shall thereupon be canceled), in exchange for which
each New Fund shall simultaneously assume all of the liabilities
of the corresponding Fund and shall issue to that Fund a number of
New Fund shares equal in number and net asset value to the number
and net asset value of shares (including fractional shares) of the
Fund then outstanding. Each Fund will then distribute to each of
its registered shareholders shares of the New Fund in a number and
net asset value equal to the number and net asset value of shares
(including any fractional shares) of the Fund then owned by the
shareholder, in exchange for and cancellation of that
shareholder's shares of the Fund.
2. The distribution to the shareholders of each Fund shall be
accomplished by establishing an account on the share records of
the corresponding New Fund in the name of each registered
shareholder of the Fund, and crediting that account with a number
of shares of the New Fund equal to the number of shares (including
any fractional shares) of the Fund owned of record by the
shareholder at the time of the distribution.
3. Promptly thereafter, each Fund shall be completely liquidated and
the Company shall be terminated.
4. The closing of the transaction in section 1 above shall occur at
the close of business on [April 30, 2000], at the offices of
[Harris Trust and Savings Bank] (the "Closing"), or at such other
date, time or place as may be agreed upon by the parties.
5. The obligations of the Company and the Trust to effect the
transactions contemplated hereunder shall be subject to the
satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a) All necessary filings shall have been made with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and any applicable state securities
commissions and no order or directive shall have been received
that any other or further action is required to permit the
parties to carry out the transactions contemplated by the
Plan.
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(b) The Company and the Trust shall have received from the
Securities and Exchange Commission any required exemptive
relief under Section 17 (a) of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
(c) The Company and the Trust each shall have received an opinion
from legal counsel substantially to the effect that for
federal income tax purposes: (i) no gain or loss will be
recognized by the Funds upon the transfer of their assets and
liabilities to the New Funds or upon the distribution to their
shareholders of shares of the New Funds received as a result
of such transfer; (ii) the tax basis of the assets of the
Funds in the hands of the New Funds will be the same as the
tax basis of such assets in the hands of the Funds immediately
prior to the transfer; (iii) the holding period of the assets
of the Funds transferred to the New Funds will include the
period during which such assets were held by the Funds; (iv)
no gain or loss will be recognized by the New Funds upon the
receipt of the assets of the Funds in exchange for shares of
the New Funds and the assumption by the New Funds of the
liabilities and obligations of the Funds; (v) no gain or loss
will be recognized by the shareholders of the Funds upon
receipt of the shares of the New Funds; (vi) the basis of the
shares of the New Funds received by the shareholders of the
Funds will be the same as the basis of the shares of the
Funds exchanged therefor; and (vii) the holding period of
shares of the New Funds received by the shareholders of the
Funds will include the holding period of the shares of the
Funds exchanged therefor, provided that at the time of the
exchange the shares of the Funds were held as capital assets;
and as to such other matters as it may reasonably request.
The Company and the Trust will cooperate in providing legal
counsel with reasonable and customary representations
regarding the Funds, the actions of the New Funds contemplated
by this Plan, and such other matters as reasonably requested.
(d) The Plan and the reorganization contemplated hereby shall have
been adopted and approved by the affirmative vote of the
holders of the requisite number of the outstanding shares of
the Company entitled to vote thereon as required by law at the
time such vote is taken.
(e) The New Funds will have been formed for the sole purpose of
effecting the actions contemplated by the Plan and will
conduct no business other than that which is necessary to
effect the Plan.
(f) The trustees of the Trust shall have authorized, and the New
Funds shall have issued, one share of each New Fund to the
corresponding Fund in consideration of the payment equal to
the net asset value of one share of each Fund on the day of
the Closing for the purpose of enabling the Funds to approve
as sole shareholders of the New Funds the amended investment
advisory contract between the Trust and Harris Trust and
Savings Bank (the "Adviser") and the amended portfolio
management contract between the Adviser and Harris Investment
Management, Inc., which provide for the investment advisory
services and day-to-day portfolio management of the New Funds.
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At any time prior to the Closing, any of the foregoing conditions
may be waived by the Company and the Trust if such a waiver will
not have a material adverse effect on the interests of the
shareholders of the Funds or the New Funds, as the case may be.
6. The Plan may be amended or terminated by agreement of the Company
and the Trust at any time before the completion of the transaction
described in Section 1 above, whether or not the Plan has been
approved by the shareholders of the Funds, provided that no
amendment shall have a material adverse effect upon the interests
of shareholders of the Funds. In any case, the Plan may be
terminated by either the Company or the Trust, if the transaction
described in Section 1 has not occurred by the close of business
on [May 31, 2000].
7. A copy of the Trust's Declaration of Trust is on file with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice is
hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the
trustees of the Trust as the trustees of the Trust and not
individually and that the obligations under this instrument are
not binding upon any of the trustees, officers or shareholders of
the Trust individually, but binding only upon the assets and
property of the New Funds.
8. At any time after the completion of the transaction described in
Section 1, the Company acting through its officers, or if then
dissolved through its last officers, shall execute and deliver to
the Trust, such additional instruments of transfer or other
written assurances as the Trust may reasonably request in order to
vest in the Trust, acting for the New Funds, title to the assets
transferred by the Funds under the Plan.
9. The Plan shall be construed in accordance with applicable federal
law and the laws of the State of Illinois, except as to the
provisions of section 7 hereof, which shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Dated: [November 29, 1999] HT INSIGHT FUNDS, INC.
By:_______________________
HARRIS INSIGHT FUNDS TRUST
By:_______________________
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APPENDIX B
INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT
Harris Insight Funds Trust (the "Trust"), a Massachusetts business
trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940
Act"), as an open-end diversified management investment company, and Harris
Trust and Savings Bank, an Illinois bank (the "Adviser"), agree as follows:
1. APPOINTMENT OF ADVISER. The Trust appoints the Adviser to furnish
investment advisory and other services to the Trust for each of its series
listed on Exhibit A hereto (the "Funds"), and the Adviser accepts that
appointment, for the period and on the terms set forth below. In the event that
the Trust establishes one or more portfolios other than the Funds named above
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 under this Agreement, it shall so notify the
Trust in writing, whereupon Exhibit A shall be amended to include such portfolio
as a Fund hereunder, and such portfolio shall be subject to the provisions of
this Agreement to the same extent as the Funds named above except to the extent
that said provisions (including those relating to the compensation payable by
the Fund to the Adviser) are modified with respect to such Fund in writing by
the Trust and the Adviser at the time.
2. SERVICES OF ADVISER.
(a) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT. Subject to the overall supervision and
control of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the "Board of Trustees"), the
Adviser shall have supervisory responsibility for the general management and
investment of the Funds' assets, giving due consideration to the investment
policies and restrictions, portfolio transaction policies and the other
statements concerning the Funds in the Trust's Declaration of Trust, Bylaws and
registration statements under the 1940 Act and the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), to the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and
rules and regulations thereunder, to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
applicable to the Funds as regulated investment companies and to other
applicable law (the "Investment Policies and Restrictions"). It is understood
that the Adviser intends to enter into a portfolio management contract (a
"Subadvisory Contract") on behalf of each Fund with one or more portfolio
managers (each, a "Subadviser"). Each Subadviser or any successor to a
Subadviser shall have the responsibilities and duties set forth in Section 3
below and in its respective Subadvisory Contract. As long as the Subadvisory
Contract is in effect, the services provided by the Adviser will be limited to
the supervision and oversight of the Subadviser's performance under the
Subadvisory Contract.
(b) MONITORING SUBADVISER. The Adviser shall monitor and evaluate the
investment performance of the Subadviser; and shall monitor the investment
activities of the Subadviser to ensure compliance with the Investment Policies
and Restrictions.
(c) REPORTS AND INFORMATION. The Adviser shall furnish to the Board of
Trustees periodic reports on the investment strategy and performance of the
Funds and such additional
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reports and information as the Board of Trustees or the officers of the Trust
may reasonably request.
(d) CUSTOMERS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. It is understood that the
Adviser may, but shall not be obligated to, provide, either directly or through
agents, administrative and other services with respect to shareholders who are
customers of the Adviser or its affiliates, including establishing shareholder
accounts, assisting the Trust's transfer agent with respect to recording
purchase and redemption transactions, advising shareholders about the status of
their accounts, current yield and dividends declared and such related services
as the shareholders or the Funds may request. It is further understood that the
Adviser may, but shall not be obligated to, make payments from its own resources
to other financial institutions that provide similar services to shareholders of
the Funds that are customers of such institutions. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Adviser shall not provide any distribution services to the Trust
that the Adviser is legally precluded from providing under the Glass-Steagall
Act or other applicable law.
(e) UNDERTAKINGS OF ADVISER. The Adviser further agrees that it will:
(i) Comply with the 1940 Act and with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code relating to regulated investment companies, applicable
banking laws and regulations, and policy decisions and procedures adopted by the
Board of Trustees from time to time;
(ii) Select broker-dealers in accordance with guidelines established by
the Board of Trustees from time to time and in accordance with applicable law
(consistent with this obligation, when the execution and price offered by two or
more brokers or dealers are comparable, the Adviser may, in its discretion,
purchase and sell portfolio securities to and from brokers and dealers who
provide the Adviser with research advice and other services);
(iii) Maintain books and records with respect to the securities
transactions of the Funds; and
(iv) Treat confidentially and as proprietary information of the Trust
all records and other information relative to the Trust or to prior, present or
potential shareholders, and will not use such records or information for any
purpose other than in the performance of its responsibilities and duties
hereunder, except (A) after prior notification to and approval in writing by the
Trust, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, (B) when so requested
by the Trust, (C) as required by tax authorities or (D) pursuant to a judicial
request, requirement or order, provided that the Adviser takes reasonable steps
to provide the Trust with prior notice in order to allow the Trust to contest
such request, requirement or order.
(f) BOOKS AND RECORDS. In compliance with the requirements of Rule
31a-3 under the 1940 Act, the Adviser agrees that all records that 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 1940 Act.
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(g) INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. The Adviser shall for all purposes herein
be deemed to be an independent contractor and not an agent of the Trust and
shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized, have no authority to
act for or represent the Trust in any way.
3. SERVICES OF SUBADVISER. Subject to the overall supervision and
control of the Board of Trustees and the Adviser and pursuant to the terms of
its Subadvisory Contract, the Subadviser shall manage the investment and
reinvestment of the Funds' assets giving due consideration to the Investment
Policies and Restrictions. The Adviser shall not be responsible or liable for
the investment merits of any decision by a Subadviser to purchase, hold or sell
a security for the portfolio of a Fund.
4. EXPENSES BORNE BY TRUST. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement or any other contract to which the Trust is a party, the Trust shall
pay all expenses incidental to its organization, operations and business
including, without limitation: all charges of depositories, custodians,
sub-custodians and other agencies for the safekeeping and servicing of its cash,
securities and other property, and of its transfer, shareholder recordkeeping,
dividend disbursing and redemption agents, if any; all charges for equipment or
services used for obtaining price quotations; all charges for accounting
services provided to the Trust by the custodian, the Adviser or any other
provider of accounting services; all expenses of portfolio pricing, net asset
value computation and reporting portfolio information to the Adviser or
Subadviser; all charges for services of administration; all charges of
independent auditors and legal counsel; all compensation of the Trustees other
than those affiliated with any entity providing advisory or administrative
services to the Trust, and all expenses incurred in connection with their
services to the Trust; all expenses of preparing, printing and distributing
notices, proxy solicitation material and reports to shareholders of the Funds;
all expenses of meetings of shareholders; all expenses of preparation and
printing of annual or more frequent revisions of the Funds' prospectus(es) and
of supplying each then existing shareholder or beneficial owner of shares of the
Funds with a copy of such revised prospectus(es); all expenses related to
preparing and transmitting certificates representing shares of the Funds, if
any; all expenses of bond and insurance coverage required by law or deemed
advisable by the Board of Trustees; all costs of borrowing money; all taxes and
corporate fees payable to Federal, state or other governmental agencies,
domestic or foreign; all stamp or other transfer taxes; all expenses of
registering and maintaining the registration of the Trust under the 1940 Act and
of shares of the Funds under the 1933 Act, of qualifying and maintaining
qualification of the Trust and of shares of the Funds for sale under securities
laws of various states or other jurisdictions and of registration and
qualification of the Trust under all other laws applicable to the Trust or its
business activities; all payments pursuant to a plan adopted on behalf of the
Funds pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act; all fees, dues and other
expenses incurred by the Trust in connection with membership of the Trust in any
trade association or other investment company organization; and extraordinary
expenses. In addition the Funds shall pay all broker's commissions and other
charges relating to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities or other
assets of the Funds.
5. ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES BORNE BY TRUST. Any expenses borne by the
Trust that are attributable solely to the organization, operation or business of
the Funds shall be paid solely out of assets of the Funds. Any expense borne by
the Trust that is not solely attributable to the Funds, nor solely to any other
portfolio of the Trust, shall be apportioned in such manner as the
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Trust or an administrator for the Trust determines is fair and appropriate, or
as otherwise specified by the Board of Trustees.
6. EXPENSES BORNE BY ADVISER. The Adviser at its own expense shall
furnish personnel, office space and office facilities and equipment required to
render its services pursuant to this Agreement and shall be responsible for
payment of the fees of the Subadviser pursuant to the Subadvisory Contract (but
the Adviser shall not be responsible for any expenses such Subadviser may incur
in connection with their performance of services for the Trust).
7. COMPENSATION OF ADVISER. For the services to be rendered and the
expenses to be assumed and to be paid by the Adviser under this Agreement, the
Trust shall pay to the Adviser a fee, computed and accrued daily and payable on
the first business day of each month, at the annual rates set forth on Exhibit A
hereto for each Fund considered separately on a portfolio-by-portfolio basis.
8. NON-EXCLUSIVITY. The services of the Adviser to the Trust under this
Agreement are not to be deemed exclusive and the Adviser shall be free to render
similar services to others so long as its services under this Agreement are not
impaired by such other activities.
9. STANDARD OF CARE. Neither the Adviser, nor any Subadviser, nor any
of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable or
responsible to the Trust or its shareholders for any error of judgment, or any
loss arising out of any investment, or for any other act or omission in the
performance by the Adviser or a Subadviser of its duties under this Agreement or
a Subadvisory Contract, respectively, except for liability resulting from
willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Adviser or
Subadviser, respectively, or from reckless disregard by the Adviser or the
Subadviser of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or the Subadvisory
Contract, respectively.
10. AMENDMENT. This Agreement may not be amended with respect to a
particular Fund without the affirmative votes (a) of a majority of the Directors
of the Trustees, including a majority of those Trustees who are not "interested
persons" of the Trust or the Adviser and (b) of a "majority of the outstanding
shares" of such Fund. The terms "interested person" and "vote of a majority of
the outstanding shares" shall be construed in accordance with their respective
definitions in Sections 2(a)(19) and 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act and, with respect
to the latter term, in accordance with Rule 18f-2 under the 1940 Act.
11. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated as to any Fund, at
any time, without payment of any penalty, by the Board of Trustees, or by a vote
of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, upon at least 60 days'
written notice to the Adviser. This Agreement may be terminated by the Adviser
at any time upon at least 60 days' written notice to the Trust. This Agreement
shall terminate automatically in the event of its "assignment" (as defined in
Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act). Unless terminated as hereinbefore provided,
this Agreement shall continue in effect with respect to a particular Fund for a
period of two years from the date hereof and thereafter from year to year only
so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually (a) by a
majority of those Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust or of the
Adviser, voting in person at a meeting called for the purpose of
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voting on such approval, and (b) by either the Board of Trustees or by a vote of
a majority of the outstanding shares of such Fund.
12. NON-LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS. The names "Harris
Insight Funds Trust" and "Trustees of Harris Insight Funds Trust" refer
respectively to the Trust created and the Trustees as trustees but not
individually or personally, acting from time to time under a Declaration of
Trust dated December 6, 1995 which is hereby referred to and a copy of which is
on file at the office of the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and at the principal office of the Trust. The obligations of
"Harris Insight Funds Trust" entered into in the name or on behalf thereof by
any of the Trustees, officers, representatives or agents are not made
individually, but in such capacities, and are not binding upon any of the
Trustees, shareholders, officers, representatives or agents of the Trust
personally, but bind only the Trust Property, and all persons dealing with any
class of shares of the Trust must look solely to the Trust Property belonging to
such class for the enforcement of any claims against the Trust.
13. NOTICE. Any notice, demand, change of address or other
communication to be given in connection with this Agreement shall be given in
writing and shall be given by personal delivery, by registered or certified mail
or by transmittal by facsimile or other electronic medium addressed to the
recipient as follows:
To the Adviser: Harris Trust and Savings Bank
111 W. Monroe Street, 6W
Chicago, IL 60603
Telephone: 312.461.4088 Fax: 312.293.4291
To the Trust: Harris Insight Funds Trust
Four Falls Corporate Center, 6th Floor
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
Telephone: 610.260.6533 Fax: 610.260.6535
All notices shall be conclusively deemed to have been given on the day
of actual delivery thereof and, if given by registered or certified mail, on the
fifth business day following the deposit thereof in the mail and, if given by
facsimile or other electronic medium, on the day of transmittal thereof.
14. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois and the laws of the United
States of America applicable to contracts executed and to be performed therein.
15. REFERENCES AND HEADINGS. In this Agreement and in any such
amendment, references to this Agreement and all expressions such as "herein,"
"hereof," and "under this Agreement" shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement
or this agreement as amended or affected by any such amendments. Headings are
placed herein for convenience of reference only and shall not be taken as a part
hereof or control or affect the meaning, construction or effect of
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this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original.
DATED: [NOVEMBER 29, 1999]
HARRIS INSIGHT FUNDS TRUST
ATTEST: By_________________________________
Name:
______________________, Secretary Title:
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
ATTEST: By_________________________________
Name:
______________________, Secretary Title:
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EXHIBIT A
HARRIS INSIGHT FUNDS TRUST
INVESTMENT ADVISER COMPENSATION
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FUND (SERIES) FEE(1)
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Equity Fund 0.70
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Equity Income Fund 0.70
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Growth Fund 0.90
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Index Fund 0.25
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Small-Cap Opportunity Fund 1.00
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Small-Cap Value Fund 0.80
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International Fund 1.05
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Emerging Markets Fund 1.25
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Balanced Fund 0.60
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Convertible Securities Fund 0.70
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Bond Fund 0.65
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Short-Intermediate Bond Fund 0.70
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Intermediate Government Bond Fund 0.65
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Tax-Exempt Bond Fund 0.60
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Intermediate Tax-Exempt Bond Fund 0.60
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Money Market Fund 1st $100 million: 0.14
> $100 million: 0.10
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Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund 1st $100 million: 0.14
> $100 million: 0.10
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Government Money Market Fund 1st $100 million: 0.14
> $100 million: 0.10
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1 Calculated as a percentage of average daily net assets for each portfolio.
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APPENDIX C
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT CONTRACT
Harris Trust and Savings Bank (the "Adviser"), an Illinois bank and
Harris Investment Management, Inc., (the "Subadviser") a Delaware corporation
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers
Act"), agree as follows:
1. APPOINTMENT OF SUBADVISER. The Adviser appoints the Subadviser
to furnish investment advisory and other services to the Harris Insight Funds
Trust (the "Trust") for its series listed on Exhibit A hereto (the "Funds") and
the Subadviser accepts that appointment for the period and on the terms set
forth below.
2. SERVICES OF SUBADVISER.
(a) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT. Subject to the overall control of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust (the "Board of Trustees") and the Adviser, the
Subadviser shall have supervisory responsibility for the general management and
investment of the assets of the Funds giving due consideration to the investment
policies and restrictions, portfolio transaction policies and the other
statements concerning the Funds in the Trust's Declaration of Trust, by-laws and
registration statements under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "1940 Act"), and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"),
to the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and rules and regulations
thereunder, to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to the
Funds as regulated investment companies and to other applicable law (the
"Investment Policies and Restrictions").
(b) MONITORING SUBADVISER. The Adviser shall monitor and evaluate the
investment performance of the Subadviser; and shall monitor the investment
activities of the Subadviser to ensure compliance with the Investment Policies
and Restrictions.
(c) REPORTS AND INFORMATION. The Subadviser shall furnish to the
Adviser periodic reports on the investment strategy and performance of the Funds
and such additional reports and information as the Adviser or the Board of
Trustees or the officers of the Trust may reasonably request.
(d) UNDERTAKINGS OF SUBADVISER. The Subadviser further agrees that it
will:
(i) At all times be duly registered as an investment adviser
under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and be duly registered and qualified
under other securities legislation in each jurisdiction where such registration
or qualification is required, whether as portfolio manager, investment counsel
or such other category as may be required;
(ii) Comply with the 1940 Act and with all applicable rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code relating to regulated investment companies, applicable
banking laws and regulations, and policy decisions
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and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees from time to time;
(iii) Select broker-dealers in accordance with guidelines
established by the Board of Trustees from time to time and in accordance with
applicable law (consistent with this obligation, when the execution and price
offered by two or more brokers or dealers are comparable, the Subadviser may, in
its discretion, purchase and sell portfolio securities to and from brokers and
dealers who provide the Subadviser with research advice and other services);
(iv) Maintain books and records with respect to the securities
transactions of the Funds;
(v) Treat confidentially and as proprietary information of the
Trust all records and other information relative to the Trust or to prior,
present or potential shareholders, and will not use such records or information
for any purpose other than in the performance of its responsibilities and duties
hereunder, except (A) after prior notification to and approval in writing by the
Trust, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, (B) when so requested
by the Trust, (C) as required by tax authorities or (D) pursuant to a judicial
request, requirement or order, provided that the Subadviser takes reasonable
steps to provide the Trust with prior notice in order to allow the Trust to
contest such request, requirement or order.
(e) BOOKS AND RECORDS. In compliance with the requirements of Rule
31a-3 under the 1940 Act, the Subadviser agrees that all records that 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 Subadviser 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 1940 Act.
(f) INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. The Subadviser shall for all purposes
herein be deemed to be an independent contractor and not an agent of the Trust
and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized, have no authority
to act for or represent the Trust in any way.
3. UNDERTAKINGS OF ADVISER. The Adviser will:
(a) Furnish to the Subadviser promptly a copy of each amendment to the
registration statement of the Trust under the 1940 Act and the 1933 Act and of
each prospectus and statement of additional information relating to the Fund and
any supplement thereto;
(b) Inform the principal custodian of the Funds (the "Custodian")
(currently PFPC Trust Company) of the appointment of the Subadviser as
investment subadviser and portfolio manager of the Funds;
(c) Instruct the Custodian to cooperate with the Subadviser in the
provision of custodial services to the Funds; and
(d) Provide the Subadviser with all information that the Subadviser may
reasonably require insofar as it relates to the custodial arrangements in
connection with this Agreement.
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4. EXPENSES BORNE BY SUBADVISER. The Subadviser at its own expense
shall furnish personnel, office space and office facilities and equipment
required to render its services pursuant to this Agreement.
5. COMPENSATION OF SUBADVISER. For the services to be rendered and the
expenses to be assumed and to be paid by the Adviser under this Agreement, the
Adviser shall pay to the Subadviser a fee, computed and accrued daily and
payable on the first business day of each month, at the annual rates set forth
on Exhibit A hereto for each Fund considered separately on a
portfolio-by-portfolio basis.
6. NON-EXCLUSIVITY. The services of the Subadviser to the Trust under
this Agreement are not to be deemed exclusive and the Subadviser shall be free
to render similar services to others so long as its services under this
Agreement are not impaired by such other activities.
7. STANDARD OF CARE. Neither the Subadviser, nor any of its directors,
officers, agents or employees shall be liable or responsible to the Trust or its
shareholders for any error of judgment, or any loss arising out of any
investment, or for any other act or omission in the performance by the
Subadviser of its duties under this Agreement, except for liability resulting
from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part or from
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.
8. INSPECTION. The Adviser (or any authorized agent of the Adviser as
advised in writing to the Subadviser) shall have a right to audit, inspect and
photocopy documents (and remove such photocopies) relating to investment
subadvisory and portfolio management services performed under this Agreement,
during normal business hours of the Subadviser.
9. AUTHORIZED PERSONS.
(a) The Subadviser is authorized to accept instructions and directions
with respect to this Agreement signed by any one of ______________ of the
Adviser. The Adviser will notify the Subadviser of any changes in its officers
empowered to act under this Agreement.
(b) The Adviser is authorized to accept instructions and directions
with respect to this Agreement signed by any Senior Partner or Partner of the
Subadviser. The Subadviser will notify the Adviser of any changes in its
officers empowered to act under this Agreement.
(c) The Subadviser will advise the Custodian of the names of persons
from whom the Custodian is authorized to accept instructions regarding
investment transactions.
10. USE OF SUBADVISER'S NAME AND MARKS. The Subadviser grants to the
Adviser and the Trust the right to use, in marketing, promotional and
advertising materials of the Adviser or the Trust, any registered trademarks,
logos or other marks that the Subadviser uses in advertising and publicizing
itself and its services as a portfolio manager or investment counsel. Any such
material shall be subject to the approval by the Subadviser as to form and
content prior
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to its use by the Adviser or the Trust. The Subadviser consents to the
disclosure, in documents relating to the Funds, of its name as the investment
sub-adviser and portfolio manager of the assets of the Funds.
11. AMENDMENT. This Agreement may not be amended with respect to a
particular Fund without the affirmative votes (a) of a majority of the Directors
of the Trustees, including a majority of those Trustees who are not "interested
persons" of the Trust, the Adviser or the Subadviser and (b) of a "majority of
the outstanding shares" of such Fund. The terms "interested person" and "vote of
a majority of the outstanding shares" shall be construed in accordance with
their respective definitions in Sections 2(a)(19) and 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act
and, with respect to the latter term, in accordance with Rule 18f-2 under the
1940 Act.
12. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated as to any Fund, at
any time, without payment of any penalty, by the Board of Trustees, or by a vote
of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund, upon at least 60 days'
written notice to the Adviser. This Agreement may be terminated by the Adviser
at any time upon at least 60 days' written notice to the Trust. This Agreement
shall terminate automatically in the event of its "assignment" (as defined in
Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act). Unless terminated as hereinbefore provided,
this Agreement shall continue in effect with respect to a particular Fund for a
period of two years from the date hereof and thereafter from year to year only
so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually (a) by a
majority of those Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust, the
Adviser or the Subadviser, voting in person at a meeting called for the purpose
of voting on such approval, and (b) by either the Board of Trustees or by a vote
of a majority of the outstanding shares of such Fund.
13. NOTICE. Any notice, demand, change of address or other
communication to be given in connection with this Agreement shall be given in
writing and shall be given by personal delivery, by registered or certified mail
or by transmittal by facsimile or other electronic medium addressed to the
recipient as follows:
To the Subadviser: Harris Investment Management, Inc.
190 S. LaSalle Street, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603
Telephone: 312.461.7699 Fax: 312.461.6268
To the Adviser: Harris Trust and Savings Bank
111 W. Monroe Street, 6W
Chicago, IL 60603
Telephone: 312.461.4088 Fax: 312.293.4291
To the Trust: Harris Insight Funds Trust
Four Falls Corporate Center, 6th Floo
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
Telephone: 610.260.6533 Fax: 610.260.6535
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All notices shall be conclusively deemed to have been given on the day
of actual delivery thereof and, if given by registered or certified mail, on the
fifth business day following the deposit thereof in the mail and, if given by
facsimile or other electronic medium, on the day of transmittal thereof.
14. THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is intended for the
benefit of the Trust, which shall have all rights against the Subadviser as
would pertain to it if this Agreement were directly between the Trust and the
Subadviser.
15. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois and the laws of the United
States of America applicable to contracts executed and to be performed therein.
16. REFERENCES AND HEADINGS. In this Agreement and in any such
amendment, references to this Agreement and all expressions such as "herein,"
"hereof," and "under this Agreement" shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement
or this Agreement as amended or affected by any such amendments. Headings are
placed herein for convenience of reference only and shall not be taken as a part
hereof or control or affect the meaning, construction or effect of this
Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original.
DATED: [NOVEMBER 29, 1999]
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
ATTEST: By________________________________
Name:
______________________, Secretary Title:
HARRIS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.
ATTEST: By________________________________
Name:
______________________, Secretary Title:
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EXHIBIT A
HARRIS INSIGHT FUNDS TRUST
PORTFOLIO MANAGER COMPENSATION
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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FUND (SERIES) FEE(1)
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<S> <C>
Equity Fund 0.70
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Equity Income Fund 0.70
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Growth Fund 0.90
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Index Fund 0.25
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Small-Cap Opportunity Fund 1.00
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Small-Cap Value Fund 0.80
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International Fund 1.05
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Emerging Markets Fund 1.25
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Balanced Fund 0.60
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Convertible Securities Fund 0.70
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Bond Fund 0.65
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Short-Intermediate Bond Fund 0.70
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Intermediate Government Bond Fund 0.65
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Tax-Exempt Bond Fund 0.60
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Intermediate Tax-Exempt Bond Fund 0.60
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Money Market Fund 1st $100 million: 0.14
> $100 million: 0.10
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Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund 1st $100 million: 0.14
> $100 million: 0.10
------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
Government Money Market Fund 1st $100 million: 0.14
> $100 million: 0.10
------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
____________________________________
1 Calculated as a percentage of average daily net assets for each portfolio.
C-6
<PAGE>
APPENDIX D-1
HARRIS INSIGHT FUNDS TRUST
SERVICE PLAN - A SHARES
[adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1]
This Service Plan (the "Service Plan") is adopted by Harris Insight
Funds Trust, a Massachusetts business trust, (the "Company"), on behalf of the A
Shares class of the Harris Insight Equity Fund, Harris Insight
Short/Intermediate Bond Fund, Harris Insight Equity Income Fund, Harris Insight
Growth Fund, Harris Insight Small-Cap Opportunity Fund, Harris Insight
International Fund, Harris Insight Emerging Markets Fund, Harris Insight
Balanced Fund, Harris Insight Convertible Securities Fund, Harris Insight Bond
Fund, Harris Insight Intermediate Government Bond Fund, Harris Insight
Tax-Exempt Intermediate Bond Fund, Harris Insight Tax-Exempt Bond Fund, and
Harris Insight Small-Cap Value Fund (each, a "Fund" and collectively, the
"Funds"), each of which is a portfolio of the Company, pursuant to Rule 12b-1
(the "Rule") under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940
Act"), subject to the following terms and conditions:
SECTION 1. COMPENSATION.
-------------
Any officer of the Company is authorized to execute and deliver, in the
name and on behalf of the Company and of each Fund's A Shares class, written
agreements in substantially the form attached hereto or in any other form duly
approved by the Board Members of the Company ("Servicing Agreements") with
financial institutions such as banks, securities dealers or other industry
professionals, such as investment advisers, accountants, and estate planning
firms ("Service Organizations"). Such Servicing Agreements shall require the
Service Organizations to provide services on behalf of the applicable Fund as
set forth therein to their customers who beneficially own A Shares in
consideration of fees, computed daily and paid monthly in the manner set forth
in the Servicing Agreements, at an annual rate of up to 0.35% of the average
daily net asset value of A Shares held by a Service Organization on behalf of
its customers. All expenses incurred by the Company in connection with a
Servicing Agreement and the implementation of this Service Plan with respect to
a particular class of shares of a Fund shall be borne entirely by the holders of
that class of shares of that Fund.
SECTION 2. PAYMENTS BY THE FUNDS' DISTRIBUTOR, INVESTMENT
----------------------------------------------
ADVISER AND/OR PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AGENT.
------------------------------------------
Pursuant to the Service Plan, the Funds' distributor, investment
adviser and/or portfolio management agent may provide payments (i) to Service
Organizations for providing the various services described in Servicing
Agreements and (ii) for sales, marketing and distribution services and expenses,
including the distribution of sales literature and advertising provided by the
distributor of Fund shares. Payments made by the Funds' distributor, investment
adviser and/or portfolio management agent, respectively, shall be made from
their own resources without reimbursement by the Funds.
D-1
<PAGE>
SECTION 3. APPROVAL BY SHAREHOLDERS.
-------------------------
The Service Plan will not take effect with respect to a Fund, and no
fee will be payable in accordance with Section 1 of the Service Plan, until the
Service Plan has been approved by a vote of at least a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund except as provided in the Rule.
SECTION 4. APPROVAL BY DIRECTORS.
----------------------
Neither the Service Plan nor any related agreements will take effect
with respect to a Fund until approved by a majority vote of both (a) the full
Board Members of the Company and (b) those Board Members who are not interested
persons of the Company and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in
the operation of the Service Plan or in any agreements related to it (the
"Independent Board Members"), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose
of voting on the Service Plan and the related agreements.
SECTION 5. CONTINUANCE OF THE SERVICE PLAN.
--------------------------------
The Service Plan will continue in effect from year to year with respect
to a Fund, so long as its continuance is specifically approved annually by vote
of the Company's Board Members in the manner described in Section 4 above.
SECTION 6. TERMINATION.
------------
The Service Plan may be terminated with respect to a Fund at any time,
without penalty, by vote of a majority of the Independent Board Members or by a
vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
SECTION 7. AMENDMENTS.
-----------
The Service Plan may not be amended with respect to a Fund to increase
materially the amount of the fees described in Section 1 above, unless the
amendment is approved by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund, and all material amendments to the Service Plan must
also be approved by the Company's Board Members in the manner described in
Section 4 above.
SECTION 8. SELECTION OF CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS.
-----------------------------------
While the Service Plan is in effect, the selection and nomination of
the Company's Board Members who are not interested persons of the Company will
be committed to the discretion of the Board Members then in office who are not
interested persons of the Company.
D-2
<PAGE>
SECTION 9. WRITTEN REPORTS.
----------------
In each year during which the Service Plan remains in effect with
respect to a Fund, the Company's administrator or co-administrator will prepare
and furnish to the Company's Board Members, and the Board will review, at least
quarterly, written reports, complying with the requirements of the Rule, that
set out the amounts expended under the Service Plan relating to the Fund and the
purposes for which those expenditures were made.
SECTION 10. PRESERVATION OF MATERIALS.
--------------------------
The Company will preserve copies of the Service Plan, any agreement
relating to the Service Plan and any report made pursuant to Section 9 above,
for a period of not less than six years (the first two years in an easily
accessible place) from the date of the Service Plan, agreement or report.
SECTION 11. MEANINGS OF CERTAIN TERMS.
--------------------------
As used in the Service Plan, the terms "interested person" and
"majority of the outstanding voting securities" will be deemed to have the same
meaning that those terms have under the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations
under the 1940 Act, subject to any exemption that may be granted to the Company
under the 1940 Act by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Dated: [November 29, 1999]
D-3
<PAGE>
APPENDIX D-2
HARRIS INSIGHT FUNDS TRUST
SERVICE PLAN
N SHARES--MONEY MARKET FUNDs
[adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1]
This Service Plan (the "Service Plan") is adopted by Harris Insight
Funds Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Company"), on behalf of the N
Shares class of the Harris Insight Money Market Fund, Harris Insight Government
Money Market Fund and Harris Insight Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund (each, a
"Fund" and collectively, the "Funds"), each of which is a portfolio of the
Company, pursuant to Rule 12b-1 (the "Rule") under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), subject to the following terms and
conditions:
SECTION 1. COMPENSATION.
-------------
Any officer of the Company is authorized to execute and deliver, in the
name and on behalf of the Company and of each Fund's N Shares class, written
agreements in substantially the form attached hereto or in any other form duly
approved by the Board of Trustees of the Company ("Servicing Agreements") with
financial institutions such as banks, securities dealers or other industry
professionals, such as investment advisers, accountants, and estate planning
firms ("Service Organizations"). Such Servicing Agreements shall require the
Service Organizations to provide services on behalf of the applicable Fund as
set forth therein to their customers who beneficially own N Shares in
consideration of fees, computed daily and paid monthly in the manner set forth
in the Servicing Agreements, at an annual rate of 0.10% of the average daily net
asset value of N Shares held by a Service Organization on behalf of its
customers. Such Servicing Agreements shall also require a Service Organization
to agree that it would waive such portion of any payments made to it pursuant to
the relevant Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to assure that
payments, if any, required to be accrued by any class of Fund shares on any day
do not exceed the income to be accrued to such class on that day. All expenses
incurred by the Company in connection with a Servicing Agreement and the
implementation of this Service Plan with respect to a particular class of shares
of a Fund shall be borne entirely by the holders of that class of shares of that
Fund.
SECTION 2. PAYMENTS BY THE FUNDS' DISTRIBUTOR, INVESTMENT
-----------------------------------------------
ADVISER AND/OR PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AGENT.
------------------------------------------
Pursuant to the Service Plan, the Funds' distributor, investment
adviser and/or portfolio management agent may provide payments (i) to Service
Organizations for providing the various services described in Servicing
Agreements and (ii) for sales, marketing and distribution services and expenses,
including the distribution of sales literature and advertising provided by the
distributor of Fund shares. Payments made by
<PAGE>
the Funds' distributor, investment adviser and/or portfolio management agent,
respectively, shall be made from their own resources without reimbursement by
the Funds.
SECTION 3. APPROVAL BY SHAREHOLDERS.
-------------------------
The Service Plan will not take effect with respect to a Fund, and no
fee will be payable in accordance with Section 1 of the Service Plan, until the
Service Plan has been approved by a vote of at least a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
SECTION 4. APPROVAL BY TRUSTEES.
---------------------
Neither the Service Plan nor any related agreements will take effect
with respect to a Fund until approved by a majority vote of both (a) the full
Board of Trustees of the Company and (b) those Trustees who are not interested
persons of the Company and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in
the operation of the Service Plan or in any agreements related to it (the
"Independent Trustees"), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of
voting on the Service Plan and the related agreements.
SECTION 5. CONTINUANCE OF THE SERVICE PLAN.
--------------------------------
The Service Plan will continue in effect from year to year with respect
to a Fund, so long as its continuance is specifically approved annually by vote
of the Company's Board of Trustees in the manner described in Section 4 above.
SECTION 6. TERMINATION.
------------
The Service Plan may be terminated with respect to a Fund at any time,
without penalty, by vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or by a vote
of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
SECTION 7. AMENDMENTS.
----------
The Service Plan may not be amended with respect to a Fund to increase
materially the amount of the fees described in Section 1 above, unless the
amendment is approved by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund, and all material amendments to the Service Plan must
also be approved by the Company's Board of Trustees in the manner described in
Section 4 above.
SECTION 8. SELECTION OF CERTAIN TRUSTEES.
------------------------------
While the Service Plan is in effect, the selection and nomination of the
Company's Trustees who are not interested persons of the Company will be
committed to the discretion of the Trustees then in office who are not
interested persons of the Company.
<PAGE>
SECTION 9. WRITTEN REPORTS.
---------------
In each year during which the Service Plan remains in effect with
respect to a Fund, the Company's administrator or co-administrator will prepare
and furnish to the Company's Board of Trustees, and the Board will review, at
least quarterly, written reports, complying with the requirements of the Rule,
that set out the amounts expended under the Service Plan relating to the Fund
and the purposes for which those expenditures were made.
SECTION 10. PRESERVATION OF MATERIALS.
--------------------------
The Company will preserve copies of the Service Plan, any agreement
relating to the Service Plan and any report made pursuant to Section 9 above,
for a period of not less than six years (the first two years in an easily
accessible place) from the date of the Service Plan, agreement or report.
SECTION 11. MEANINGS OF CERTAIN TERMS.
--------------------------
As used in the Service Plan, the terms "interested person" and
"majority of the outstanding voting securities" will be deemed to have the same
meaning that those terms have under the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations
under the 1940 Act, subject to any exemption that may be granted to the Company
under the 1940 Act by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Dated: [November 29, 1999]
<PAGE>
PROXY CARD PROXY CARD
HT INSIGHT FUNDS, INC
HARRIS INSIGHT EQUITY FUND
This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of HT Insight Funds, Inc. (the
"Company") for use at a special meeting of shareholders of each of the Harris
Insight Equity, Harris Insight Short/Intermediate Bond, Harris Insight
Tax-Exempt Money Market, Harris Insight Money Market and Harris Insight
Government Money Market Funds (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds")
called to be held on November 29, 1999.
The undersigned hereby appoints David C. Lebisky, Thomas J. Ryan, and Raymond H.
Werkmeister, and each of them, attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, each
with the power of substitution and resubstitution, to attend, and to vote all
shares of the Funds at the above-referenced Meeting of Shareholders and any
adjournment or adjournments thereof and to vote all shares of the Fund that the
undersigned may be entitled to vote with respect to the following proposal, in
accordance with the specifications indicated, if any, and with all the powers
which the undersigned would possess if personally present, hereby revoking any
prior proxy to vote at such Meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt
of the notice of special meeting of shareholders of the Fund and the proxy
statement dated October 1, 1999.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: HTTPS://VOTE.PROXY-DIRECT.COM
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-597-7836
CONTROL NUMBER: 999 9999 9999 999
NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME(S) APPEAR(S)
HEREON. CORPORATE OR PARTNERSHIP PROXIES
SHOULD BE SIGNED IN FULL CORPORATE OR
PARTNERSHIP NAME BY AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER.
EACH JOINT OWNER SHOULD SIGN PERSONALLY.
WHEN SIGNING AS A FIDUCIARY, PLEASE GIVE
FULL TILTLE AS SUCH.
______________________________________________
Signature
______________________________________________
Signature of joint owner, if any
, 1999
______________________________________________
Date 10009A
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
This proxy will be voted as specified below with respect to the action to be
taken on the following proposal. In the absence of any specification, this proxy
will be voted in favor of the proposal. The Board of Directors recommends that
you vote FOR the proposal set forth below.
TO VOTE, MARK A BLOCK BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS. Example:
1. To approve the proposed Reorganization of each Fund and take certain FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
actions in connection therewith as set forth in the notice of meeting and o o o
proxy statement.
</TABLE>
In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business
as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED
POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
10009A
<PAGE>
PROXY CARD PROXY CARD
HT INSIGHT FUNDS, INC
HARRIS INSIGHT SHORT/INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND
This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of HT Insight Funds, Inc. (the
"Company") for use at a special meeting of shareholders of each of the Harris
Insight Equity, Harris Insight Short/Intermediate Bond, Harris Insight
Tax-Exempt Money Market, Harris Insight Money Market and Harris Insight
Government Money Market Funds (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds")
called to be held on November 29, 1999.
The undersigned hereby appoints David C. Lebisky, Thomas J. Ryan, and Raymond H.
Werkmeister, and each of them, attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, each
with the power of substitution and resubstitution, to attend, and to vote all
shares of the Funds at the above-referenced Meeting of Shareholders and any
adjournment or adjournments thereof and to vote all shares of the Fund that the
undersigned may be entitled to vote with respect to the following proposal, in
accordance with the specifications indicated, if any, and with all the powers
which the undersigned would possess if personally present, hereby revoking any
prior proxy to vote at such Meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt
of the notice of special meeting of shareholders of the Fund and the proxy
statement dated October 1, 1999.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: HTTPS://VOTE.PROXY-DIRECT.COM
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-597-7836
CONTROL NUMBER: 999 9999 9999 999
NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME(S) APPEAR(S)
HEREON. CORPORATE OR PARTNERSHIP PROXIES
SHOULD BE SIGNED IN FULL CORPORATE OR
PARTNERSHIP NAME BY AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER.
EACH JOINT OWNER SHOULD SIGN PERSONALLY.
WHEN SIGNING AS A FIDUCIARY, PLEASE GIVE
FULL TILTLE AS SUCH.
______________________________________________
Signature
______________________________________________
Signature of joint owner, if any
, 1999
______________________________________________
Date 10009A
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
This proxy will be voted as specified below with respect to the action to be
taken on the following proposal. In the absence of any specification, this proxy
will be voted in favor of the proposal. The Board of Directors recommends that
you vote FOR the proposal set forth below.
TO VOTE, MARK A BLOCK BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS. Example:
1. To approve the proposed Reorganization of each Fund and take certain FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
actions in connection therewith as set forth in the notice of meeting and o o o
proxy statement.
</TABLE>
In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business
as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED
POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
10009A
<PAGE>
PROXY CARD PROXY CARD
HT INSIGHT FUNDS, INC
HARRIS INSIGHT TAX-EXEMPT MONEY MARKET FUND
This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of HT Insight Funds, Inc. (the
"Company") for use at a special meeting of shareholders of each of the Harris
Insight Equity, Harris Insight Short/Intermediate Bond, Harris Insight
Tax-Exempt Money Market, Harris Insight Money Market and Harris Insight
Government Money Market Funds (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds")
called to be held on November 29, 1999.
The undersigned hereby appoints David C. Lebisky, Thomas J. Ryan, and Raymond H.
Werkmeister, and each of them, attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, each
with the power of substitution and resubstitution, to attend, and to vote all
shares of the Funds at the above-referenced Meeting of Shareholders and any
adjournment or adjournments thereof and to vote all shares of the Fund that the
undersigned may be entitled to vote with respect to the following proposal, in
accordance with the specifications indicated, if any, and with all the powers
which the undersigned would possess if personally present, hereby revoking any
prior proxy to vote at such Meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt
of the notice of special meeting of shareholders of the Fund and the proxy
statement dated October 1, 1999.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: HTTPS://VOTE.PROXY-DIRECT.COM
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-597-7836
CONTROL NUMBER: 999 9999 9999 999
NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME(S) APPEAR(S)
HEREON. CORPORATE OR PARTNERSHIP PROXIES
SHOULD BE SIGNED IN FULL CORPORATE OR
PARTNERSHIP NAME BY AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER.
EACH JOINT OWNER SHOULD SIGN PERSONALLY.
WHEN SIGNING AS A FIDUCIARY, PLEASE GIVE
FULL TILTLE AS SUCH.
______________________________________________
Signature
______________________________________________
Signature of joint owner, if any
, 1999
______________________________________________
Date 10009A
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
This proxy will be voted as specified below with respect to the action to be
taken on the following proposal. In the absence of any specification, this proxy
will be voted in favor of the proposal. The Board of Directors recommends that
you vote FOR the proposal set forth below.
TO VOTE, MARK A BLOCK BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS. Example:
1. To approve the proposed Reorganization of each Fund and take certain FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
actions in connection therewith as set forth in the notice of meeting and o o o
proxy statement.
</TABLE>
In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business
as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED
POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
10009A
<PAGE>
PROXY CARD PROXY CARD
HT INSIGHT FUNDS, INC
HARRIS INSIGHT MONEY MARKET FUND
This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of HT Insight Funds, Inc. (the
"Company") for use at a special meeting of shareholders of each of the Harris
Insight Equity, Harris Insight Short/Intermediate Bond, Harris Insight
Tax-Exempt Money Market, Harris Insight Money Market and Harris Insight
Government Money Market Funds (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds")
called to be held on November 29, 1999.
The undersigned hereby appoints David C. Lebisky, Thomas J. Ryan, and Raymond H.
Werkmeister, and each of them, attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, each
with the power of substitution and resubstitution, to attend, and to vote all
shares of the Funds at the above-referenced Meeting of Shareholders and any
adjournment or adjournments thereof and to vote all shares of the Fund that the
undersigned may be entitled to vote with respect to the following proposal, in
accordance with the specifications indicated, if any, and with all the powers
which the undersigned would possess if personally present, hereby revoking any
prior proxy to vote at such Meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt
of the notice of special meeting of shareholders of the Fund and the proxy
statement dated October 1, 1999.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: HTTPS://VOTE.PROXY-DIRECT.COM
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-597-7836
CONTROL NUMBER: 999 9999 9999 999
NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME(S) APPEAR(S)
HEREON. CORPORATE OR PARTNERSHIP PROXIES
SHOULD BE SIGNED IN FULL CORPORATE OR
PARTNERSHIP NAME BY AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER.
EACH JOINT OWNER SHOULD SIGN PERSONALLY.
WHEN SIGNING AS A FIDUCIARY, PLEASE GIVE
FULL TILTLE AS SUCH.
______________________________________________
Signature
______________________________________________
Signature of joint owner, if any
, 1999
______________________________________________
Date 10009A
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
This proxy will be voted as specified below with respect to the action to be
taken on the following proposal. In the absence of any specification, this proxy
will be voted in favor of the proposal. The Board of Directors recommends that
you vote FOR the proposal set forth below.
TO VOTE, MARK A BLOCK BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS. Example:
1. To approve the proposed Reorganization of each Fund and take certain FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
actions in connection therewith as set forth in the notice of meeting and o o o
proxy statement.
</TABLE>
In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business
as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED
POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
10009A
<PAGE>
PROXY CARD PROXY CARD
HT INSIGHT FUNDS, INC
HARRIS INSIGHT GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND
This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of HT Insight Funds, Inc. (the
"Company") for use at a special meeting of shareholders of each of the Harris
Insight Equity, Harris Insight Short/Intermediate Bond, Harris Insight
Tax-Exempt Money Market, Harris Insight Money Market and Harris Insight
Government Money Market Funds (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds")
called to be held on November 29, 1999.
The undersigned hereby appoints David C. Lebisky, Thomas J. Ryan, and Raymond H.
Werkmeister, and each of them, attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, each
with the power of substitution and resubstitution, to attend, and to vote all
shares of the Funds at the above-referenced Meeting of Shareholders and any
adjournment or adjournments thereof and to vote all shares of the Fund that the
undersigned may be entitled to vote with respect to the following proposal, in
accordance with the specifications indicated, if any, and with all the powers
which the undersigned would possess if personally present, hereby revoking any
prior proxy to vote at such Meeting. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt
of the notice of special meeting of shareholders of the Fund and the proxy
statement dated October 1, 1999.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: HTTPS://VOTE.PROXY-DIRECT.COM
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-597-7836
CONTROL NUMBER: 999 9999 9999 999
NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS NAME(S) APPEAR(S)
HEREON. CORPORATE OR PARTNERSHIP PROXIES
SHOULD BE SIGNED IN FULL CORPORATE OR
PARTNERSHIP NAME BY AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER.
EACH JOINT OWNER SHOULD SIGN PERSONALLY.
WHEN SIGNING AS A FIDUCIARY, PLEASE GIVE
FULL TILTLE AS SUCH.
______________________________________________
Signature
______________________________________________
Signature of joint owner, if any
, 1999
______________________________________________
Date 10009A
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
This proxy will be voted as specified below with respect to the action to be
taken on the following proposal. In the absence of any specification, this proxy
will be voted in favor of the proposal. The Board of Directors recommends that
you vote FOR the proposal set forth below.
TO VOTE, MARK A BLOCK BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS. Example:
1. To approve the proposed Reorganization of each Fund and take certain FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
actions in connection therewith as set forth in the notice of meeting and o o o
proxy statement.
</TABLE>
In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business
as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED
POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.
10009A
