Exhibit (d)(2)
SUBMANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
SUBMANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 2001, by and between
Domini Social Investments LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company ("DSI"
or the "Manager"), and State Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts
trust company acting through its division, State Street Global Advisors ("SSgA"
or the "Submanager").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Domini Social Index Portfolio (the "Portfolio") engages in
business as an open-end management investment company and is registered as such
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (collectively with the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the "1940 Act"); and
WHEREAS, DSI has entered into a Management Agreement (the "Management
Agreement") with the Portfolio wherein DSI has agreed to serve as Manager to
the Portfolio;
WHEREAS, DSI desires to retain the Submanager to furnish it with portfolio
investment advisory services in connection with DSI's investment advisory
activities on behalf of the Portfolio, and the Submanager is willing to furnish
such services to DSI;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of
the parties hereto as herein set forth, the parties covenant and agree as
follows:
1. APPOINTMENT OF SSGA.
In accordance with and subject to the Management Agreement between the
Portfolio and the Manager, the Manager hereby retains SSgA to act as the
Submanager for the Portfolio for the period and on the terms set forth in this
Agreement. The Submanager accepts such appointment and agrees to provide an
investment program for the Portfolio for the compensation provided by this
Agreement.
2. DUTIES OF THE SUBMANAGER.
The Submanager shall provide the Portfolio and the Manager with such
investment advice and supervision as the Manager may from time to time consider
necessary for the proper supervision of such portion of the Portfolio's
investment assets as the Manager may designate from time to time.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the Manager shall retain all
rights and ultimate responsibilities to supervise and, in its discretion,
conduct investment activities relating to the Portfolio.
The Submanager shall furnish continuously an investment program and shall
determine from time to time what securities shall be purchased, sold or
exchanged and what portion of the assets of the Portfolio allocated by the
Manager to the Submanager shall be held uninvested, subject always to the
restrictions of the Portfolio's Declaration of Trust, dated June 7, 1989, and
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By-laws, as each may be amended from time to time (respectively, the
"Declaration" and the "By-Laws"), the provisions of the 1940 Act, and the
then-current registration statement of the Portfolio and, subject further, to
the Submanager notifying the Manager in advance of the Submanager's intention
to purchase any securities except insofar as the requirement for such
notification may be waived or limited by the Manager, it being understood that
the Submanager shall be responsible for compliance with any restrictions
imposed in writing by the Manager from time to time in order to facilitate
compliance with the above-mentioned restrictions and such other restrictions as
the Manager may determine. Further, the Manager or the Trustees of the
Portfolio may at any time, upon written notice to the Submanager, suspend or
restrict the right of the Submanager to determine what securities shall be
purchased or sold on behalf of the Portfolio and what portion, if any, of the
assets of the Portfolio allocated by the Manager to the Submanager shall be
held uninvested. The Manager acknowledges that any such suspension or
restriction may prevent the Submanager from furnishing an investment program in
accordance with the Portfolio's then-current registration statement and that
any such failure directly resulting from such suspension or restriction shall
not constitute a breach of the Submanager's duties hereunder. The Submanager
shall also, as requested, make recommendations to the Manager as to the manner
in which proxies, voting rights, rights to consent to corporate action and any
other rights pertaining to the Portfolio's portfolio securities shall be
exercised. Should the Board of Trustees of the Portfolio or the Manager at any
time, however, make any definite determination as to an investment policy
applicable to the Portfolio and notify the Submanager thereof in writing, the
Submanager shall be bound by such determination for the period, if any,
specified in such notice or until similarly notified that such determination
has been revoked.
The Submanager shall take, on behalf of the Portfolio, all actions which
it deems necessary to implement the investment policies determined as provided
above and, in particular, to place all orders for the purchase or sale of
securities for the Portfolio's account with the brokers or dealers selected by
it (including State Street Capital Markets LLC, an affiliate of the Submanager
who, in accordance with applicable laws, may place trades for the Portfolio on
the floor of a national securities exchange), and to that end the Submanager is
authorized as the agent of the Portfolio to give instructions to the custodian
or any subcustodian of the Portfolio as to deliveries of securities and
payments of cash for the account of the Portfolio. The Submanager will advise
the Manager on the same day it gives any such instructions. In connection with
the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders,
brokers or dealers may be selected who also provide brokerage and research
services (as those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) to the Portfolio and/or the other accounts over which the
Submanager, the Manager or a respective "affiliated person" thereof exercises
investment discretion. The Submanager is authorized to pay a broker or dealer
who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a
portfolio transaction for the Portfolio which is in excess of the amount of
commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that
transaction if the Submanager determines in good faith that such amount of
commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research
services provided by such broker or dealer. This determination may be viewed in
terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities
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which the Submanager, the Manager and any "affiliated person" thereof have with
respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. In making
purchases or sales of securities or other property for the account of the
Portfolio, the Submanager may deal with itself or with the Trustees of the
Portfolio or the Portfolio's underwriter or distributor to the extent such
actions are permitted by the 1940 Act. The Board of Trustees of the Portfolio,
in its discretion, may instruct the Submanager to effect all or a portion of
its securities transactions with one or more brokers and/or dealers selected by
the Board of Trustees if it determines that the use of such brokers and/or
dealers is in the best interest of the Portfolio. In this event, the Submanager
shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of the brokers and/or dealers so
elected.
3. ALLOCATION OF CHARGES AND EXPENSES.
The Submanager shall furnish at its own expense all necessary services,
facilities and personnel in connection with its responsibilities under Section
2 above. Except as provided in the foregoing sentence, it is understood that
the Portfolio will pay all of its own expenses including, without limitation,
organization costs of the Portfolio; compensation of Trustees who are not
"interested persons" of the Portfolio; governmental fees; interest charges;
loan commitment fees; taxes; membership dues in industry associations allocable
to the Portfolio; fees and expenses of independent auditors, legal counsel and
any transfer agent, distributor, registrar or dividend disbursing agent of the
Portfolio; expenses relating to the issuance and redemption of beneficial
interests in the Portfolio and servicing investor accounts; expenses of
preparing, typesetting, printing and mailing investor reports, notices, proxy
statements and reports to governmental officers and commissions and to
investors in the Portfolio; expenses connected with the execution, recording
and settlement of security transactions; insurance premiums; fees and expenses
of the custodian for all services to the Portfolio, including safekeeping of
funds and securities and maintaining required books and accounts; expenses of
calculating the net asset value of the Portfolio (including but not limited to
the fees of independent pricing services); expenses of meetings of the
Portfolio's investors; and such non-recurring or extraordinary expenses as may
arise, including those relating to actions, suits or proceedings to which the
Portfolio may be a party and the legal obligation which the Portfolio may have
to indemnify its Trustees and officers with respect thereto.
4. COMPENSATION OF THE SUBMANAGER.
For the services to be rendered by the Submanager hereunder, the Manager
shall pay to the Submanager a fee computed as specified in the Schedule A which
is attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement. Such compensation shall
be paid to the Submanager at the end of each month, and calculated by applying
a daily rate, based on the annual percentage rates as specified in the attached
Schedule A, to the assets. The fee calculation shall be based on the
Portfolio's average daily net assets for the month involved. If SSgA serves as
Submanager for less than the whole of any period specified in this Section 4,
the compensation to SSgA, as Submanager, shall be prorated.
5. COVENANTS OF THE SUBMANAGER.
The Submanager agrees that it will not deal with itself, or with the
Trustees of the Portfolio or the Portfolio's principal underwriter or
distributor, if any, as principals in making purchases or sales of securities
or other property, except as permitted by the 1940 Act, will not take a long or
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short position in beneficial interests of the Portfolio, except as permitted by
the Declaration, and will comply with all other provisions of the Declaration
and By-Laws and the then-current registration statement of the Portfolio
relative to the Submanager and its directors and officers.
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF THE SUBMANAGER.
The Submanager shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of
law or for any loss arising out of any investment or for any act or omission in
the execution of securities transactions for the Portfolio, except for willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties, or
by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder. As
used in this Section 6, the term "Submanager" shall include directors, officers
and employees of the Submanager as well as the Submanager itself. The Portfolio
is expressly made a third party beneficiary of this Agreement and may enforce
any obligations of the Submanager under this Agreement and recover directly
from the Submanager for any liability the Submanager may have hereunder.
7. ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBMANAGER.
The services of the Submanager to the Portfolio are not to be deemed to be
exclusive, the Submanager being free to render investment advisory,
administrative and/or other services to others. It is understood that Trustees,
officers and investors of the Portfolio or the Manager are or may be or may
become interested in the Submanager as directors, officers, employees or
otherwise and that directors, officers and employees of the Submanager are or
may become similarly interested in the Portfolio or the Manager and that the
Submanager may be or may become interested in the Portfolio as an investor or
otherwise.
8. DURATION, TERMINATION AND AMENDMENTS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
This Agreement shall become effective as of January 1, 2001, shall govern
the relations between the parties hereto thereafter and shall remain in force
until June 26, 2002, on which date it will terminate unless its continuance
after June 26, 2002 is "specifically approved at least annually" (a) by the
vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Portfolio who are not "interested
persons" of the Portfolio or of DSI or the Submanager at a meeting specifically
called for the purpose of voting on such approval and (b) by the Board of
Trustees of the Portfolio or by "vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities" of the Portfolio. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding
sentence of this Section 8, this Agreement shall terminate on May 31, 2001
unless on or before such date this Agreement is approved by the holders of
beneficial interests in the Portfolio in accordance with the 1940 Act. The
foregoing requirement that continuance of this Agreement be "specifically
approved at least annually" shall be construed in a manner consistent with the
1940 Act.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time without the payment of any
penalty by (i) the Trustees of the Portfolio, (ii) the "vote of a majority of
the outstanding voting securities" of the Portfolio or (iii) DSI with the prior
consent of the Trustees of the Portfolio, in each case on not more than 60
days' nor less than 30 days' written notice to the other party. This Agreement
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may be terminated at any time without the payment of any penalty by the
Submanager on not less than 90 days' written notice to the Manager and the
Trustees of the Portfolio.
This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its
"assignment." This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties and may be amended only if such amendment is approved by the parties
hereto, the Trustees of the Portfolio and the "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities" of the Portfolio (except for any such amendment
as may be effected in the absence of such vote without violating the 1940 Act
or any exemptive order granted thereunder).
The terms "specifically approved at least annually," "vote of a majority
of the outstanding voting securities," "assignment," "affiliated person" and
"interested persons," when used in this Agreement, shall have the respective
meanings specified in, and shall be construed in a manner consistent with, the
1940 Act, subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1940 Act.
9. GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions thereof interpreted
under and in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
provided, however, that nothing herein will be construed in a manner
inconsistent with the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or any
rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered in their names and on their behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, A MASSACHUSETTS TRUST COMPANY
ACTING THROUGH ITS DIVISION, STATE STREET
GLOBAL ADVISORS
By: John R. Serhant
Title: Executive Vice President
John R. Serhant
DOMINI SOCIAL INVESTMENTS LLC
By: David P. Wieder
Title: Managing Principal & CEO
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SCHEDULE A
Pursuant to Section 4, the Manager shall pay the Submanager compensation at the
following annual rates:
0.02% of the first $1 billion of net assets managed
0.01% of the next $1 billion of net assets managed
0.075% of net assets managed in excess of $2 billion
In no event shall the fees paid by the Manager to the Submanager pursuant to
this Agreement be less than $300,000 per year.
