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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors of Scudder Mutual Funds, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements and financial
highlights (hereinafter referred to as "financial statements") of Scudder Gold
Fund for the period from July 1, 1998 through October 31, 1998, we considered
its internal control, including control activities for safeguarding securities,
in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our
opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form
N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal control.
The management of Scudder Gold Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related
costs of controls. Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to
the entity's objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes
that are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error or fraud may occur
and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal control to
future periods is subject to the risk that it may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation may
deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all matters
in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A
material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one or more
of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the
risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that would be
material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not
be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving
internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
October 31, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Board of Directors of Scudder Mutual Fund, Inc. and the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts /s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
December 23, 1998
Scudder Mutual Funds, Inc.
345 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10154
September 7, 1998
Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc.
345 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10154
Investment Management Agreement
Scudder Gold Fund
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Scudder Mutual Funds, Inc. (the "Corporation") has been established as
a Maryland corporation to engage in the business of an investment company.
Pursuant to the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, as amended from
time-to-time (the "Articles"), the Board of Directors may divided the
Corporation's shares of capital stock, par value $0.01 per share, (the "Shares")
into separate series, or funds, including Scudder Gold Fund (the "Fund"). Series
may be abolished and dissolved, and additional series established, from time to
time by action of the Directors.
The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, has selected you to act as the
sole investment manager of the Fund and to provide certain other services, a
more fully set forth below, and you have indicated that you are willing to act
as such investment manager and to perform such services under the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth. Accordingly, the Corporation on behalf of the
Fund agrees with you as follows:
1. Delivery of Documents. The Corporation engages in the business of
investing and reinvesting the assets of the Fund in the manner and in accordance
with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions specified in the
currently effective Prospectus (the "Prospectus") and Statement of Additional
Information (the "SAI") relating to the Fund included in the Corporation's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as amended from time to time, (the
"Registration Statement") filed by the Corporation under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, (the "1940 Act") and the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. Copies of the documents referred to in the preceding sentence have been
furnished to you by the Corporation. The Corporation has also furnished you with
copies properly certified or authenticated of each of the following additional
documents related to the Corporation and the Fund:
(a) The Articles dated September 5, 1996, as amended to date.
(b) By-Laws of the Corporation as in effect on the date hereof (the
"By-Laws").
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(c) Resolutions of the Directors of the Corporation and the shareholders of
the Fund selecting you as investment manager and approving the form of
this Agreement.
The Corporation will furnish you from time to time with copies,
properly certified or authenticated, of all amendments of or supplements, if
any, to the foregoing, including the Prospectus, the SAT and the Registration
Statement.
2. Sublicense to Use the Scudder Trademarks. As exclusive licensee of
the rights to use and sublicense the use of the "Scudder," "Scudder Kemper
Investments, Inc." and "Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc." trademarks (together,
the "Scudder Marks"), you hereby grant the Corporation a nonexclusive right and
sublicense to use (i) the "Scudder" name and mark as part of the Corporation's
name (the "Fund Name"), and (ii) the Scudder Marks in connection with the
Corporation's investment products and services, in each case only for so long as
this Agreement, any other investment management agreement between you or any
organization which shall have succeeded to your business as investment manager
("your Successor") and the Corporation, or any extension, renewal or amendment
hereof or thereof remains in effect, and only for so long as you are a licensee
of the Scudder Marks, provided however, that you agree to use your best efforts
to maintain your license to use and sublicense the Scudder Marks. The
Corporation agrees that it shall have no right to sublicense or assign rights to
use the Scudder Marks, shall acquire no interest in the Scudder Marks other than
the rights granted herein, that all of the Corporation's uses of the Scudder
Marks shall inure to the benefit of Scudder Trust Company as owner and licensor
of the Scudder Marks (the "Trademark Owner"), and that the Corporation shall not
challenge the validity of the Scudder Marks or the Trademark Owner's ownership
thereof. The Corporation further agrees that all services and products it offers
in connection with the Scudder Marks shall meet commercially reasonable
standards of duality, as may be determined by you or the Trademark Owner from
time to time, provided that you acknowledge that the services and products the
Corporation rendered during the one-year period preceding the date of this
Agreement are acceptable. At your reasonable request, the Corporation shall
cooperate with you and the Trademark Owner and shall execute and deliver any and
all documents necessary to maintain and protect (including but not limited to in
connection with any trademark infringement action) the Scudder Marks and/or
enter the Corporation as a registered user thereof. At such time as this
Agreement or any other investment management agreement shall no longer be in
effect between you (or your Successor) and the Corporation, or you no longer are
a licensee of the Scudder Marks, the Corporation shall (to the extent that, and
as soon as, it lawfully can) cease to use the Fund Name or any other name
indicating that it is advised by, managed by or otherwise connected with you (or
your Successor) or the Trademark Owner. In no event shall the Corporation use
the Scudder Marks or any other name or mark confusingly similar thereto
(including, but not limited to, any name or mark that includes the name
"Scudder") if this Agreement or any other investment advisory agreement between
you (or your Successor) and the Fund is terminated.
3. Portfolio Management Services. As manager of the assets of the Fund,
you shall provide continuing investment management of the assets of the Fund in
accordance with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions set forth
in the Prospectus and SAI; the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act and the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the "Code") relating to regulated
investment companies and all rules and regulations thereunder; and all other
applicable federal and state laws and regulations of which you have knowledge;
subject always to policies and instructions adopted by the Corporation's Board
of Directors. In connection therewith, you shall use reasonable efforts to
manage the Fund so that it will qualify as a regulated investment company under
Subchapter M of the Code and regulations issued thereunder. The Fund shall have
the benefit of the investment analysis and research, the review of current
economic conditions and trends and the consideration of long-range investment
policy generally available to your investment advisory clients. In managing the
Fund in accordance with the requirements set forth in this section 3, you shall
be entitled to receive and act upon advice of counsel to the Corporation or
counsel to you. You shall also make available to the Corporation
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promptly upon request all of the Fund's investment records and ledgers as are
necessary to assist the Corporation in complying with the requirements of the
1940 Act and other applicable laws. To the extent required by law, you shall
furnish to regulatory authorities having the requisite authority any information
or reports in connection with the services provided pursuant to this Agreement
which may be requested in order to ascertain whether the operations of the
Corporation are being conducted in a manner consistent with applicable laws and
regulations.
You shall determine the securities, instruments, investments,
currencies, repurchase agreements, futures, options and other contracts relating
to investments to be purchased, sold or entered into by the Fund and place
orders with broker-dealers, foreign currency dealers, futures commission
merchants or others pursuant to your determinations and all in accordance with
Fund policies as expressed in the Registration Statement. You shall determine
what portion of the Fund's portfolio shall be invested in securities and other
assets and what portion, if any, should be held uninvested.
You shall furnish to the Corporation's Board of Directors periodic
reports on the investment performance of the Fund and on the performance of your
obligations pursuant to this Agreement, and you shall supply such additional
reports and information as the Corporation's officers or Board of Directors
shall reasonably request.
4. Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management
services specified above in section 3, you shall furnish at your expense for the
use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the
Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your
affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Corporation administrative
services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open-end investment
company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but
not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Corporation's
Board of Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising,
negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and
monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories,
transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers,
underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity
deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other
regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to,
preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the
Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant
to Rule 24f-2 under the 1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the
Fund's transfer agent; assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's
federal, state and local tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal
excise tax return pursuant to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance
with investor and public relations matters; monitoring the valuation of
portfolio securities and the calculation of net asset value; monitoring the
registration of Shares of the Fund under applicable federal and state securities
laws; maintaining or causing to be maintained for the Fund all books, records
and reports and any other information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent
that such books, records and reports and other information are not maintained by
the Fund's custodian or other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the
accounting policies of the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting
issues that may arise with respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with
the Fund's independent accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as
necessary in connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's
operating expense budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of
bills that have been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in
determining the amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by
the Fund to its shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of
dividend notices to shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying
agent, the custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is
required for such parties to effect the payment of dividends and
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distributions; and otherwise assisting the Corporation as it may reasonably
request in the conduct of the Fund's business, subject to the direction and
control of the Corporation's Board of Directors. Nothing in this Agreement shall
be deemed to shift to you or to diminish the obligations of any agent of the
Fund or any other person not a party to this Agreement which is obligated to
provide services to the Fund.
5. Allocation of Charges and Expenses. Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this section 5, you shall pay the compensation and expenses of all
Directors, officers and executive employees of the Corporation (including the
Fund's share of payroll taxes) who are affiliated persons of you, and you shall
make available, without expense to the Fund, the services of such of your
directors, officers and employees as may duly be elected officers of the
Corporation, subject to their individual consent to serve and to any limitations
imposed by law. You shall provide at your expense the portfolio management
services described in section 3 hereof and the administrative services described
in section 4 hereof.
You shall not be required to pay any expenses of the Fund other than
those specifically allocated to you in this section 5. In particular, but
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you shall not be responsible,
except to the extent of the reasonable compensation of such of the Fund's
Directors and officers as are directors, officers or employees of you whose
services may be involved, for the following expenses of the Fund: organization
expenses of the Fund (including out-of-pocket expenses, but not including your
overhead or employee costs); fees payable to you and to any other Fund advisors
or consultants; legal expenses; auditing and accounting expenses; maintenance of
books and records which are required to be maintained by the Fund's custodian or
other agents of the Corporation; telephone, telex, facsimile, postage and other
communications expenses; taxes and governmental fees; fees, dues and expenses
incurred by the Fund in connection with membership in investment company trade
organizations; fees and expenses of the Fund's accounting agent, custodians,
subcustodians, transfer agents, dividend disbursing agents and registrars;
payment for portfolio pricing or valuation services to pricing agents,
accountants, bankers and other specialists, if any; expenses of preparing share
certificates and, except as provided below in this section 5, other expenses in
connection with the issuance, offering, distribution, sale, redemption or
repurchase of securities issued by the Fund; expenses relating to investor and
public relations; expenses and fees of registering or qualifying Shares of the
Fund for sale; interest charges, bond premiums and other insurance expense;
freight, insurance and other charges in connection with the shipment of the
Fund's portfolio securities; the compensation and all expenses (specifically
including travel expenses relating to Corporation business) of Directors,
officers and employees of the Corporation who are not affiliated persons of you;
brokerage commissions or other costs of acquiring or disposing of any portfolio
securities of the Fund; expenses of printing and distributing reports, notices
and dividends to shareholders; expenses of printing and mailing Prospectuses and
SAIs of the Fund and supplements thereto; costs of stationery; any litigation
expenses; indemnification of Directors and officers of the Corporation; costs of
shareholders' and other meetings; and travel expenses (or an appropriate portion
thereof) of Directors and officers of the Corporation who are directors,
officers or employees of you to the extent that such expenses relate to
attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any
committees thereof or advisors thereto held outside of Boston, Massachusetts or
New York, New York.
You shall not be required to pay expenses of any activity which is
primarily intended to result in sales of Shares of the Fund if and to the extent
that (i) such expenses are required to be borne by a principal underwriter which
acts as the distributor of the Fund's Shares pursuant to an underwriting
agreement which provides that the underwriter shall assume some or all of such
expenses, or (ii) the Corporation on behalf of the Fund shall have adopted a
plan in conformity with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act providing that the Fund
(or some other party) shall assume some or all of such expenses. You shall be
required to pay such of the foregoing sales expenses as are not required to be
paid by the
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principal underwriter pursuant to the underwriting agreement or are not
permitted to be paid by the Fund (or some other party) pursuant to such a plan.
6. Management Fee. For all services to be rendered, payments to be made
and costs to be assumed by you as provided in sections 3, 4 and 5 hereof, the
Corporation on behalf of the Fund shall pay you in United States Dollars on the
last day of each month the unpaid balance of a fee equal to the excess of 1/12
of 1 percent of the average daily net assets as defined below of the Fund for
such month over any compensation waived by you from time to time (as more fully
described below). You shall be entitled to receive during any month such interim
payments of your fee hereunder as you shall request, provided that no such
payment shall exceed 75 percent of the amount of your fee then accrued on the
books of the Fund and unpaid.
The "average daily net assets" of the Fund shall mean the average of
the values placed on the Fund's net assets as of 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on
each day on which the net asset value of the Fund is determined consistent with
the provisions of Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act or, if the Fund lawfully
determines the value of its net assets as of some other time on each business
day, as of such time. The value of the net assets of the Fund shall always be
determined pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Articles and the
Registration Statement. If the determination of net asset value does not take
place for any particular day, then for the purposes of this section 6, the value
of the net assets of the Fund as last determined shall be deemed to be the value
of its net assets as of 4:00 p.m. (New York time), or as of such other time as
the value of the net assets of the Fund's portfolio may be lawfully determined
on that day. If the Fund determines the value of the net assets of its portfolio
more than once on any day, then the last such determination thereof on that day
shall be deemed to be the sole determination thereof on that day for the
purposes of this section 6.
You may waive all or a portion of your fees provided for hereunder and
such waiver shall be treated as a reduction in purchase price of your services.
You shall be contractually bound hereunder by the terms of any publicly
announced waiver of your fee, or any limitation of the Fund's expenses, as if
such waiver or limitation were fully set forth herein.
7. Avoidance of Inconsistent Position; Services Not Exclusive. In
connection with purchases or sales of portfolio securities and other investments
for the account of the Fund, neither you nor any of your directors, officers or
employees shall act as a principal or agent or receive any commission. You or
your agent shall arrange for the placing of all orders for the purchase and sale
of portfolio securities and other investments for the Fund's account with
brokers or dealers selected by you in accordance with Fund policies as expressed
in the Registration Statement. If any occasion should arise in which you give
any advice to clients of yours concerning the Shares of the Fund, you shall act
solely as investment counsel for such clients and not in any way on behalf of
the Fund.
Your services to the Fund pursuant to this Agreement are not to be
deemed to be exclusive and it is understood that you may render investment
advice, management and services to others. In acting under this Agreement, you
shall be an independent contractor and not an agent of the Corporation. Whenever
the Fund and one or more other accounts or investment companies advised by the
Manager have available funds for investment, investments suitable and
appropriate for each shall be allocated in accordance with procedures believed
by the Manager to be equitable to each entity. Similarly, opportunities to sell
securities shall be allocated in a manner believed by the Manager to be
equitable.
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The Fund recognizes that in some cases this procedure may adversely affect the
size of the position that may be acquired or disposed of for the Fund.
8. Limitation of Liability of Manager. As an inducement to your
undertaking to render services pursuant to this Agreement, the Corporation
agrees that you shall not be liable under this Agreement for any error of
judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection
with the matters to which this Agreement relates, provided that nothing in this
Agreement shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect you against any
liability to the Corporation, the Fund or its shareholders to which you would
otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross
negligence in the performance of your duties, or by reason of your reckless
disregard of your obligations and duties hereunder. Any person, even though also
employed by you, who may be or become an employee of and paid by the Fund shall
be deemed, when acting within the scope of his or her employment by the Fund, to
be acting in such employment solely for the Fund and not as your employee or
agent.
9. Duration and Termination of This Agreement. This Agreement shall
remain in force until September 30, 1999, and continue in force from year to
year thereafter, but only so long as such continuance is specifically approved
at least annually (a) by the vote of a majority of the Directors who are not
parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any party to this Agreement,
cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval,
and (b) by the Directors of the Corporation, or by the vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund. The aforesaid requirement that
continuance of this Agreement be "specifically approved at least annually" shall
be construed in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder and any applicable SEC exemptive order therefrom.
This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Fund at any time,
without the payment of any penalty, by the vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund or by the Corporation's Board of Directors on 60
days' written notice to you, or by you on 60 days' written notice to the
Corporation. This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its
assignment.
10. Amendment of this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver,
discharge or termination is sought, and no amendment of this Agreement shall be
effective until approved in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act and rules and
regulations thereunder and any applicable SEC exemptive order therefrom.
11. Miscellaneous. The captions in this Agreement are included for
convenience of reference only and in no way define or limit any of the
provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect. This
Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
In interpreting the provisions of this Agreement, the definitions
contained in Section 2(a) of the 1940 Act (particularly the definitions of
"affiliated person," "assignment" and "majority of the outstanding voting
securities"), as from time to time amended, shall be applied, subject, however,
to such exemptions as may be granted by the SEC by any rule, regulation or
order.
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This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Maryland, provided that nothing herein shall be construed in a manner
inconsistent with the 1940 Act, or in a manner which would cause the Fund to
fail to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code.
This Agreement shall supersede all prior investment advisory or
management agreements entered into between you and the Corporation on behalf of
the Fund.
If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please execute the form of
acceptance on the accompanying counterpart of this letter and return such
counterpart to the Corporation, whereupon this letter shall become a binding
contract effective as of the date of this Agreement.
Yours very truly,
SCUDDER MUTUAL FUNDS, INC., on
behalf of Scudder Gold Fund
By: ____________________________
Vice President
The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted as of the date hereof.
SCUDDER KEMPER INVESTMENTS, INC.
By: ______________________________
Managing Director
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SCUDDER MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.
345 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10154
September 7, 1998
Scudder Investor Services, Inc.
Two International Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Underwriting Agreement
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
Scudder Mutual Funds, Inc. (hereinafter called the "Fund") is a Corporation
organized under the laws of Maryland and is engaged in the business of an
investment company. The authorized capital of the Fund consists of shares of
capital stock, with par value of $0.01 per share ("Shares"), currently divided
into one active series ("Series"). The Series and, if applicable, the classes
thereof to which this Agreement applies are included under Schedule A. Shares
may be divided into additional Series of the Fund and the Series may be
terminated from time to time. The Fund has selected you to act as principal
underwriter (as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(29) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act")) of the Shares and you are
willing to act as such principal underwriter and to perform the duties and
functions of underwriter in the manner and on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth. Accordingly, the Fund hereby agrees with you as follows:
1. Delivery of Documents. The Fund has furnished you with copies properly
certified or authenticated of each of the following:
(a) Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Fund, dated September 5,
1996, as amended to date.
(b) By-Laws of the Fund as in effect on the date hereof.
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(c) Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Fund selecting you as
principal underwriter and approving this form of Agreement.
The Fund will furnish you from time to time with copies, properly certified
or authenticated, of all amendments of or supplements to the foregoing, if any.
The Fund will furnish you promptly with properly certified or authenticated
copies of any registration statement filed by it with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "1933
Act") or the 1940 Act, together with any financial statements and exhibits
included therein, and all amendments or supplements thereto hereafter filed.
2. Registration and Sale of Additional Shares. The Fund will from time to
time use its best efforts to register under the 1933 Act such number of Shares
not already so registered as you may reasonably be expected to sell on behalf of
the Fund. You and the Fund will cooperate in taking such action as may be
necessary from time to time to comply with requirements applicable to the sale
of Shares by you or the Fund in any states mutually agreeable to you and the
Fund, and to maintain such compliance. This Agreement relates to the issue and
sale of Shares that are duly authorized and registered under the 1933 Act and
available for sale by the Fund, including redeemed or repurchased Shares if and
to the extent that they may be legally sold and if, but only if, the Fund sees
fit to sell them.
3. Sale of Shares. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 5 and 7 hereof
and to such minimum purchase requirements as may from time to time be currently
indicated in the Fund's prospectus or statement of additional information, you
are authorized to sell as agent on behalf of the Fund Shares authorized for
issue and registered under the 1933 Act. You may also purchase as principal
Shares for resale to the public. Such sales will be made by you on behalf of the
Fund by accepting unconditional orders to purchase Shares placed with you by
investors and such purchases will be made by you only after acceptance by you of
such orders. The sales price to the public of Shares shall be the public
offering price as defined in paragraph 6 hereof.
4. Solicitation of Orders. You will use your best efforts (but only in
states in which you may lawfully do so) to obtain from investors unconditional
orders for Shares authorized for issue by
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the Funds and registered under the 1933 Act, provided that you may in your
discretion refuse to accept orders for Shares from any particular applicant.
5. Sale of Shares by the Fund. Unless you are otherwise notified by the
Fund, any right granted to you to accept orders for Shares or to make sales on
behalf of the Fund or to purchase Shares for resale will not apply to (i) Shares
issued in connection with the merger or consolidation of any other investment
company with the Fund or its acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of all or
substantially all of the assets of any investment company or substantially all
the outstanding shares of any such company, and (ii) to Shares that may be
offered by the Fund to shareholders of the Fund by virtue of their being such
shareholders.
6. Public Offering Price. All Shares sold to investors by you will be sold
at the public offering price. The public offering price for all accepted
subscriptions will be the net asset value per Share, determined, in the manner
provided in the Fund's registration statements as from time to time in effect
under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act, next after the order is accepted by you.
7. Suspension of Sales. If and whenever the determination of net asset
value is suspended and until such suspension is terminated, no further orders
for Shares shall be accepted by you except unconditional orders placed with you
before you had knowledge of the suspension. In addition, the Fund reserves the
right to suspend sales and your authority to accept orders for Shares on behalf
of the Fund if, in the judgment of a majority of the Board of Directors or a
majority of the Executive Committee of such Board, if such body exists, it is in
the best interests of the Fund to do so, such suspension to continue for such
period as may be determined by such majority; and in that event, no Shares will
be sold by you on behalf of the Fund while such suspension remains in effect
except for Shares necessary to cover unconditional orders accepted by you before
you had knowledge of the suspension.
8. Portfolio Securities. Portfolio securities of any Series of the Fund may
be bought or sold by or through you and you may participate directly or
indirectly in brokerage commissions or "spread" in respect of transactions in
portfolio securities of any Series of the Fund; provided, however, that all sums
of money received by you as a result of such purchases and sales or as a result
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of such participation must, after reimbursement of your actual expenses in
connection with such activity, be paid over by you to or for the benefit of the
Fund.
9. Expenses. (a) The Fund will pay (or will enter into arrangements
providing that others than you will pay) all fees and expenses:
(1) in connection with the preparation, setting in type and filing of any
registration statement (including a prospectus and statement of
additional information) under the 1933 Act or the 1940 Act, or both,
and any amendments or supplements thereto that may be made from time
to time;
(2) in connection with the registration and qualification of Shares for
sale, or compliance with other conditions applicable to the sale of
Shares in the various jurisdictions in which the Fund shall determine
it advisable to sell such Shares (including registering the Fund as a
broker or dealer or any officer of the Fund or other person as agent
or salesman of the Fund in any such jurisdictions);
(3) of preparing, setting in type, printing and mailing any notice, proxy
statement, report, prospectus or other communication to shareholders
of the Fund in their capacity as such;
(4) of preparing, setting in type, printing and mailing prospectuses
annually, and any supplements thereto, to existing shareholders;
(5) in connection with the issue and transfer of Shares resulting from the
acceptance by you of orders to purchase Shares placed with you by
investors, including the expenses of printing and mailing
confirmations of such purchase orders and the expenses of printing and
mailing a prospectus included with the confirmation of such orders;
(6) of any issue taxes or any initial transfer taxes;
(7) of WATS (or equivalent) telephone lines other than the portion
allocated to you in this paragraph 9;
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(8) of wiring funds in payment of Share purchases or in satisfaction of
redemption or repurchase requests, unless such expenses are paid for
by the investor or shareholder who initiates the transaction;
(9) of the cost of printing and postage of business reply envelopes sent
to Fund shareholders;
(10) of one or more CRT terminals connected with the computer facilities of
the transfer agent other than the portion allocated to you in this
paragraph 9;
(11) permitted to be paid or assumed by the Fund pursuant to a plan ("12b-1
Plan"), if any, adopted by the Fund in conformity with the
requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act ("Rule 12b-1") or any
successor rule, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary
herein;
(12) of the expense of setting in type, printing and postage of the
periodic newsletter to shareholders other than the portion allocated
to you in this paragraph 9; and
(13) of the salaries and overhead of persons employed by you as shareholder
representatives other than the portion allocated to you in this
paragraph 9.
b) You shall pay or arrange for the payment of all fees and expenses:
(1) of printing and distributing any prospectuses or reports prepared for
your use in connection with the offering of Shares to the public;
(2) of preparing, setting in type, printing and mailing any other
literature used by you in connection with the offering of Shares to
the public;
(3) of advertising in connection with the offering of Shares to the
public;
(4) incurred in connection with your registration as a broker or dealer or
the registration or qualification of your officers, directors, agents
or representatives under Federal and state laws;
(5) of that portion of WATS (or equivalent) telephone lines, allocated to
you on the basis of use by investors (but not shareholders) who
request information or prospectuses;
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(6) of that portion of the expenses of setting in type, printing and
postage of the periodic newsletter to shareholders attributable to
promotional material included in such newsletter at your request
concerning investment companies other than the Fund or concerning the
Fund to the extent you are required to assume the expense thereof
pursuant to paragraph 9(b)(8), except such material which is limited
to information, such as listings of other investment companies and
their investment objectives, given in connection with the exchange
privilege as from time to time described in the Fund's prospectus;
(7) of that portion of the salaries and overhead of persons employed by
you as shareholder representatives attributable to the time spent by
such persons in responding to requests from prospective investors and
shareholders for information about the Fund;
(8) of any activity which is primarily intended to result in the sale of
Shares, unless a 12b-1 Plan shall be in effect which provides that the
Fund shall bear some or all of such expenses, in which case the Fund
shall bear such expenses in accordance with such Plan; and
(9) of that portion of one or more CRT terminals connected with the
computer facilities of the transfer agent attributable to your use of
such terminal(s) to gain access to such of the transfer agent's
records as also serve as your records.
Expenses which are to be allocated between you and the Fund shall be
allocated pursuant to reasonable procedures or formulae mutually agreed upon
from time to time, which procedures or formulae shall to the extent practicable
reflect studies of relevant empirical data.
10. Conformity with Law. You agree that in selling Shares you will duly
conform in all respects with the laws of the United States and any state in
which Shares may be offered for sale by you pursuant to this Agreement and to
the rules and regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc., of which you are a member.
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11. Independent Contractor. You shall be an independent contractor and
neither you nor any of your officers or employees is or shall be an employee of
the Fund in the performance of your duties hereunder. You shall be responsible
for your own conduct and the employment, control and conduct of your agents and
employees and for injury to such agents or employees or to others through your
agents or employees. You assume full responsibility for your agents and
employees under applicable statutes and agree to pay all employee taxes
thereunder.
12. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Fund and
each of its Director and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Fund
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, against any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or litigation (including legal and other expenses)
to which the Fund or such Directors, officers, or controlling person may become
subject under such Act, under any other statute, at common law or otherwise,
arising out of the acquisition of any Shares by any person which (i) may be
based upon any wrongful act by you or any of your employees or representatives,
or (ii) may be based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in a registration statement (including a prospectus or
statement of additional information) covering Shares or any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement
therein not misleading if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon
information furnished to the Fund by you, or (iii) may be incurred or arise by
reason of your acting as the Fund's agent instead of purchasing and reselling
Shares as principal in distributing the Shares to the public, provided, however,
that in no case (i) is your indemnity in favor of a Director or officer or any
other person deemed to protect such Director or officer or other person against
any liability to which any such person would otherwise be subject by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of his
duties or by reason of his reckless disregard of obligations and duties under
this Agreement or (ii) are you to be liable under your indemnity agreement
contained in this paragraph with respect to any claim made against the Fund or
any person indemnified unless the Fund or such person, as the case may be, shall
have notified you in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other
first legal process giving
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information of the nature of the claims shall have been served upon the Fund or
upon such person (or after the Fund or such person shall have received notice of
such service on any designated agent), but failure to notify you of any such
claim shall not relieve you from any liability which you may have to the Fund or
any person against whom such action is brought otherwise than on account of your
indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph. You shall be entitled to
participate, at your own expense, in the defense, or, if you so elect, to assume
the defense of any suit brought to enforce any such liability, but if you elect
to assume the defense, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by you
and satisfactory to the Fund, to its officers and Directors, or to any
controlling person or persons, defendant or defendants in the suit. In the event
that you elect to assume the defense of any such suit and retain such counsel,
the Fund, such officers and Directors or controlling person or persons,
defendant or defendants in the suit shall bear the fees and expenses of any
additional counsel retained by them, but, in case you do not elect to assume the
defense of any such suit, you will reimburse the Fund, such officers and
Directors or controlling person or persons, defendant or defendants in such suit
for the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel retained by them. You agree
promptly to notify the Fund of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings
against it in connection with the issue and sale of any Shares.
The Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless you and each of your
directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls you within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or litigation (including legal and other expenses) to which
you or such directors, officers or controlling person may become subject under
such Act, under any other statute, at common law or otherwise, arising out of
the acquisition of any Shares by any person which (i) may be based upon any
wrongful act by the Fund or any of its employees or representatives, or (ii) may
be based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in a registration statement (including a prospectus or statement
of additional information) covering Shares or any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon
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information furnished to you by the Fund; provided, however, that in no case (i)
is the Fund's indemnity in favor of you, a director or officer or any other
person deemed to protect you, such director or officer or other person against
any liability to which any such person would otherwise be subject by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of his
duties or by reason of his reckless disregard of obligations and duties under
this Agreement or (ii) is the Fund to be liable under its indemnity agreement
contained in this paragraph with respect to any claims made against you or any
such director, officer or controlling person unless you or such director,
officer or controlling person, as the case may be, shall have notified the Fund
in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first legal
process giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been served
upon you or upon such director, officer or controlling person (or after you or
such director, officer or controlling person shall have received notice of such
service on any designated agent), but failure to notify the Fund of any such
claim shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to the person
against whom such action is brought otherwise than on account of its indemnity
agreement contained in this paragraph. The Fund will be entitled to participate
at its own expense in the defense, or, if it so elects, to assume the defense of
any suit brought to enforce any such liability, but if the Fund elects to assume
the defense, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and
satisfactory to you, your directors, officers, or controlling person or persons,
defendant or defendants in the suit. In the event that the Fund elects to assume
the defense of any such suit and retain such counsel, you, your directors,
officers or controlling person or persons, defendant or defendants in the suit,
shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by them,
but, in case the Fund does not elect to assume the defense of any such suit, it
will reimburse you or such directors, officers or controlling person or persons,
defendant or defendants in the suit, for the reasonable fees and expenses of any
counsel retained by them. The Fund agrees promptly to notify you of the
commencement of any litigation or proceedings against it or any of its officers
or directors in connection with the issuance or sale of any Shares.
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13. Authorized Representations. The Fund is not authorized to give any
information or to make any representations on behalf of you other than the
information and representations contained
in a registration statement (including a prospectus or statement of additional
information) covering Shares, as such registration statement and prospectus may
be amended or supplemented from time to time.
You are not authorized to give any information or to make any
representations on behalf of the Fund or in connection with the sale of Shares
other than the information and representations contained in a registration
statement (including a prospectus or statement of additional information)
covering Shares, as such registration statement may be amended or supplemented
from time to time. No person other than you is authorized to act as principal
underwriter (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) for the Fund.
14. Duration and Termination of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become
effective upon the date first written above and will remain in effect until
September 30, 1999 and from year to year thereafter, but only so long as such
continuance is specifically approved at least annually by the vote of a majority
of the Directors who are not interested persons of you or of the Fund, cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and by
vote of the Board of Directors or of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund. This Agreement may, on 60 days' written notice, be
terminated at any time without the payment of any penalty, by the Board of
Directors of the Fund, by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of the Fund, or by you. This Agreement will automatically terminate
in the event of its assignment. In interpreting the provisions of this paragraph
14, the definitions contained in Section 2(a) of the 1940 Act (particularly the
definitions of "interested person", "assignment" and "majority of the
outstanding voting securities"), as modified by any applicable order of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, shall be applied.
15. Amendment of this Agreement. No provisions of this Agreement may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver,
discharge or termination is sought. If the Fund should at any time deem it
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necessary or advisable in the best interests of the Fund that any amendment of
this Agreement be made in order to comply with the recommendations or
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission or
other governmental authority or to obtain any advantage under state or federal
tax laws and should notify you of the form of such amendment, and the reasons
therefor, and if you should decline to assent to such amendment, the Fund may
terminate this Agreement forthwith. If you should at any time request that a
change be made in the Fund's Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or in its
methods of doing business, in order to comply with any requirements of federal
law or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or of a national
securities association of which you are or may be a member relating to the sale
of shares of the Fund, and the Fund should not make such necessary change within
a reasonable time, you may terminate this Agreement forthwith.
16. Termination of Prior Agreements. This Agreement upon its effectiveness
terminates and supersedes all prior underwriting contracts between the parties.
17. Miscellaneous. The captions in this Agreement are included for
convenience of reference only and in no way define or delimit any of the
provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect. This
Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
The name "Scudder Mutual Funds, Inc." is the designation of the Directors
for the time being under Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Fund dated
September 5, 1996, as amended from time to time, and all persons dealing with
the Fund must look solely to the property of the Fund for the enforcement of any
claims against the Fund, as neither the Directors, officers, agents or
shareholders assume any personal liability for obligations entered into on
behalf of the Fund.
If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of
acceptance on the accompanying counterpart of this letter and return such
counterpart to the Fund, whereupon this letter shall become a binding contract.
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Very truly yours,
SCUDDER MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.
By: /s/Thomas F. McDonough
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Thomas F. McDonough
Vice President
The foregoing agreement is hereby accepted as of the foregoing date
thereof.
SCUDDER INVESTOR SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/Daniel Pierce
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Daniel Pierce
Vice President
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Schedule A
Scudder Gold Fund
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