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SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Board of Trustees
Kemper Funds
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
each of the Kemper Funds listed in Exhibit A attached hereto (the
"Funds") for the year ended as of the date listed in Exhibit A
attached hereto ("Report Date"), we considered their internal control
structure, including procedures for safeguarding securities, in order
to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing
our opinion on their financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on the internal
control structure.
The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and
maintaining an internal control structure. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to
assess the expected benefits and related costs of internal control
structure policies and procedures. Two of the objectives of an
internal control structure are to provide management with reasonable,
but not absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss
from unauthorized use or disposition and that transactions are
executed in accordance with management's authorization and recorded
properly to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure,
errors or irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also,
projection of any evaluation of the structure to future periods is
subject to the risk that it may become inadequate because of changes
in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation
may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the internal control structure would not
necessarily disclose all matters in the internal control structure
that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A material
weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of the
specific internal control structure elements does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities in
amounts that would be material in relation to the financial
statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a
timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving the
internal control structure, including procedures for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined
above as of Report Date.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
June 18, 1996
Kemper Funds Exhibit A
April 30, 1996
Cash Account Trust:
Money Market Portfolio
Government Securities Portfolio
Tax-Exempt Portfolio
Exhibit 77Q1(e)
Cash Account Trust
Form N-SAR for the period ended 04/30/96
File No. 811-5970
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 4th day of January, 1996, by and between
CASH ACCOUNT TRUST, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Fund"),
and KEMPER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Adviser").
WHEREAS, the Fund is an open-end, diversified management
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, the shares of beneficial interest ("Shares") of which are
registered under the Securities Act of 1933;
WHEREAS, the Fund is authorized to issue Shares in separate
series or portfolios with each representing the interests in a
separate portfolio of securities and other assets;
WHEREAS, the Fund intends to offer Shares in three
portfolios, the Money Market Portfolio, the Government Securities
Portfolio and the Tax-Exempt Portfolio, such portfolios (the
"Initial Portfolios"), together with any other Fund portfolios
which may be established later and served by the Adviser
hereunder, being herein referred to collectively as the
"Portfolios" and individually referred to as a "Portfolio"; and
WHEREAS, the Fund desires at this time to retain the Adviser
to render investment advisory and management services to the
Initial Portfolios, and the Adviser is willing to render such
services;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
hereinafter contained, it is hereby agreed by and between the
parties hereto as follows:
1. The Fund hereby employs the Adviser to act as the investment
adviser for the Initial Portfolios and other Portfolios hereunder
and to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of
such Portfolios in accordance with the applicable investment
objectives and policies and limitations, and to administer the
affairs of such Portfolios to the extent requested by and subject
to the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Fund for the
period and upon the terms herein set forth. The investment of
funds shall be subject to all applicable restrictions of the
Agreement and Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the Fund as may
from time to time be in force.
The Adviser accepts such employment and agrees during such
period to render such services, to furnish office facilities and
equipment and clerical, bookkeeping and administrative services
for the Fund, to permit any of its officers or employees to serve
without compensation as trustees or officers of the Fund if
elected to such positions and to assume the obligations herein
set forth for the compensation herein provided. The Adviser
shall for all purposes herein provided be deemed to be an
independent contractor and, unless otherwise expressly provided
or authorized, shall have no authority to act for or represent
the Fund in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Fund.
It is understood and agreed that the Adviser, by separate
agreements with the Fund, may also serve the Fund in other
capacities.
2. In the event that the Fund establishes one or more
portfolios other than the Initial Portfolios with respect to
which it desires to retain the Adviser to render investment
advisory and management services hereunder, it shall notify the
Adviser in writing. If the Adviser is willing to render such
services, it shall notify the Fund in writing whereupon such
portfolio or portfolios shall become a Portfolio or Portfolios
hereunder.
3. For the services and facilities described in Section 1, the
Fund will pay to the Adviser at the end of each calendar month,
an investment management fee computed at an annual rate of .22 of
1% of the first $500,000,000 of average daily net assets of all
Portfolios subject to this Agreement, .20 of 1% of the next
$500,000,000, .175 of 1% of the next $1 billion, .16 of 1% of the
next $1 billion and .15 of 1% of average daily net assets of all
Portfolios subject to this Agreement over $3 billion. The fee as
computed above shall be allocated as an expense of each Portfolio
based upon the relative daily net assets of such Portfolios. For
the month and year in which this Agreement becomes effective or
terminates, there shall be an appropriate proration on the basis
of the number of days that the Agreement is in effect during the
month and year, respectively.
4. The services of the Adviser to the Fund under this Agreement
are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Adviser shall be free to
render similar services or other services to others so long as
its services hereunder are not impaired thereby.
5. In addition to the fee of the Adviser, the Fund shall assume
and pay any expenses for services rendered by a custodian for the
safekeeping of the Fund's securities or other property, for
keeping its books of account, for any other charges of the
custodian, and for calculating the net asset value of the Fund as
provided in the prospectus of the Fund. The Adviser shall not be
required to pay and the Fund shall assume and pay the charges and
expenses of its operations, including compensation of the
trustees (other than those affiliated with the Adviser), charges
and expenses of independent auditors, of legal counsel, of any
transfer or dividend disbursing agent, and of any registrar of
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the Fund, costs of acquiring and disposing of portfolio
securities, interest, if any, on obligations incurred by the
Fund, costs of share certificates and of reports, membership dues
in the Investment Company Institute or any similar organization,
costs of reports and notices to shareholders, other like
miscellaneous expenses and all taxes and fees payable to federal,
state or other governmental agencies on account of the
registration of securities issued by the Fund, filing of trust
documents or otherwise. The Fund shall not pay or incur any
obligation for any expenses for which the Fund intends to seek
reimbursement from the Adviser as herein provided without first
obtaining the written approval of the Adviser. The Adviser shall
arrange, if desired by the Fund, for officers or employees of the
Adviser to serve, without compensation from the Fund, as
trustees, officers or agents of the Fund if duly elected or
appointed to such positions and subject to their individual
consent and to any limitations imposed by law.
If expenses borne by the Fund for those Portfolios which the
Adviser manages in any fiscal year (including the Adviser's fee,
but excluding interest, taxes, fees incurred in acquiring and
disposing of portfolio securities, distribution services fees,
extraordinary expenses and any other expenses excludable under
state securities law limitations) exceed any applicable
limitation arising under state securities laws, the Adviser will
reduce its fee or reimburse the Fund for any excess. The expense
limitation guarantee shall be allocated to each such Portfolio
upon a fee reduction or reimbursement based upon the relative
average daily net assets of each such Portfolio. If for any
month the expenses of the Fund properly chargeable to the income
account shall exceed 1/12 of the percentage of average net assets
allowable as expenses, the payment to the Adviser for that month
shall be reduced and if necessary the Adviser shall make a refund
payment to the Fund so that the total net expense will not exceed
such percentage. As of the end of the Fund's fiscal year,
however, the foregoing computations and payments shall be
readjusted so that the aggregate compensation payable to the
Adviser for the year is equal to the percentage set forth in
Section 3 hereof of the average net asset value as determined as
described herein throughout the fiscal year, diminished to the
extent necessary so that the total of the aforementioned expense
items of the Fund shall not exceed the expense limitation. The
aggregate of repayments, if any, by the Adviser to the Fund for
the year shall be the amount necessary to limit the said net
expense to said percentage in accordance with the foregoing.
The net asset value for each Portfolio shall be calculated
in accordance with the provisions of the Fund's prospectus or at
such other time or times as the trustees may determine in
accordance with the provisions of the Investment Company Act of
1940. On each day when net asset value is not calculated, the
net asset value of a share of a Portfolio shall be deemed to be
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the net asset value of such a share as of the close of business
on the last day on which such calculation was made for the
purpose of the foregoing computations.
6. Subject to applicable statutes and regulations, it is
understood that trustees, officers or agents of the Fund are or
may be interested in the Adviser as officers, directors, agents,
shareholders or otherwise, and that the officers,
directors,shareholders and agents of the Adviser may be
interested in the Fund otherwise than as a trustee, officer or
agent.
7. The Adviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or
of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection with
the matters to which this Agreement relates, except loss
resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence
on the part of the Adviser in the performance of its obligations
and duties or by reason of its reckless disregard of its
obligations and duties under this Agreement.
8. This Agreement shall become effective with respect to the
Initial Portfolios on the date hereof and shall remain in full
force until December 1, 1996, unless sooner terminated as
hereinafter provided. This Agreement shall continue in force
from year to year thereafter with respect to each Portfolio, but
only as long as such continuance is specifically approved for
each Portfolio at least annually in the manner required by the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations
thereunder; provided, however, that if the continuation of this
Agreement is not approved for a Portfolio, the Adviser may
continue to serve in such capacity for such Portfolio in the
manner and to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act
of 1940 and the rules and regulations thereunder.
This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of
its assignment and may be terminated at any time without the
payment of any penalty by the Fund or by the Adviser on sixty
(60) days written notice to the other party. The Fund may effect
termination with respect to any Portfolio by action of the Board
of Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities of such Portfolio.
This Agreement may be terminated with respect to any
Portfolio at any time without the payment of any penalty by the
Board of Trustees or by vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of such Portfolio in the event that it shall
have been established by a court of competent jurisdiction that
the Adviser or any officer or director of the Adviser has taken
any action which results in a breach of the covenants of the
Adviser set forth herein.
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The terms "assignment" and "vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities" shall have the meanings set forth
in the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the right of
the Adviser to receive payments on any unpaid balance of the
compensation described in Section 3 earned prior to such
termination.
9. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made
invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the
remainder shall not be thereby affected.
10. Any notice under this Agreement shall be in writing,
addressed and delivered or mailed, postage prepaid, to the other
party at such address as such other party may designate for the
receipt of such notice.
11. All parties hereto are expressly put on notice of the Fund's
Agreement and Declaration of Trust and all amendments thereto,
all of which are on file with the Secretary of The Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, and the limitation of shareholder and trustee
liability contained therein. This Agreement has been executed by
and on behalf of the Fund by its representatives as such
representatives and not individually, and the obligations of the
Fund hereunder are not binding upon any of the trustees,
officers, or shareholders of the Fund individually but are
binding upon only the assets and property of the Fund. With
respect to any claim by the Adviser for recovery of that portion
of the investment management fee (or any other liability of the
Fund arising hereunder) allocated to a particular Portfolio,
whether in accordance with the express terms hereof or otherwise,
the Adviser shall have recourse solely against the assets of that
Portfolio to satisfy such claim and shall have no recourse
against the assets of any other Portfolio for such purpose.
12. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with
applicable federal law and (except as to Section 11 hereof which
shall be construed in accordance with the laws of The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts) the laws of the State of Illinois.
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13. This Agreement is the entire contract between the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
agreements between the parties relating to the subject matter
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Fund and the Adviser have caused
this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above
written.
CASH ACCOUNT TRUST
By: /s/ John E. Peters
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Title: Vice President
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ATTEST:
/s/ Philip J. Collora
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Title: Secretary
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KEMPER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Patrick H. Dudasik
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Title: Senior Vice President
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ATTEST:
/s/ David F. Dierenfeldt
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Title: Assistant Secretary
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