Duties as Sub-Adviser (a) Subject to the supervision and direction of the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board") and review by UBS Global AM, and any written guidelines adopted by the Board or UBS Global AM, the Sub-Adviser will provide a continuous investment program for the Portfolio or Segment, including investment research and discretionary management with respect to all securities and investments and cash equivalents in the Portfolio or Segment. The Sub-Adviser will determine from time to time what investments will be purchased, retained or sold by the Portfolio or Segment. The Sub-Adviser will be responsible for placing purchase and sell orders for investments and for other related transactions for the Portfolio or Segment. The Sub-Adviser understands that the Portfolio's assets need to be managed so as to permit the Portfolio to qualify or to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended ("Code"). The Sub-Adviser will provide services under this Agreement in accordance with the Portfolio's investment objective, policies and restrictions as stated in the Trust's currently effective registration statement under the 1940 Act, and any amendments or supplements thereto ("Registration Statement").
(b) The Sub-Adviser agrees that it will not consult with any other sub-adviser ("Other Sub-Adviser") for the Trust or Portfolio concerning any transaction by the Portfolio or Segment in securities or other assets, including (i) the purchase by the Portfolio or Segment of a security issued by the Other Sub-Adviser, or an affiliate of the Other Sub-Adviser, to the Trust or Portfolio except as permitted by the 1940 Act or (ii) transactions by the Portfolio or Segment in any security for which the Other Sub-Adviser, or its affiliate, is the principal underwriter.
(c) The Sub-Adviser agrees that it will be responsible for voting proxies of issuers of securities held by the Portfolio or Segment. The Sub-Adviser further agrees that it will adopt written proxy voting procedures that shall comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended ("Advisers Act"), and that shall be acceptable to the Board. The Sub-Adviser further agrees that it will provide the Board on or before August 1st of each year, or more frequently as the Board may reasonably request, with a written report of the proxies voted during the most recent 12-month period ending June 30, or such other period as the Board may designate, in a format that shall comply with the 1940 Act and that shall be acceptable to the Board.
(d) The Sub-Adviser agrees that, in placing orders with brokers, it will obtain the best net result in terms of price and execution; provided that, on behalf of the Portfolio or Segment, the Sub-Adviser may, in its discretion, use brokers that provide the Sub-Adviser with research, analysis, advice and similar services to execute portfolio transactions on behalf of the Portfolio or Segment, and the Sub-Adviser may pay to those brokers in return for brokerage and research services a higher commission than may be charged by other brokers, subject to the Sub-Adviser's determination in good faith that such commission is reasonable in terms either of the particular transaction or of the overall responsibility of the Sub-Adviser to the Portfolio or Segment and its other clients and that the total commissions paid by the Portfolio or Segment will be reasonable in relation to the benefits to the Portfolio or Segment over the long term. In no instance will portfolio securities be purchased from or sold to UBS Global AM or the Sub-Adviser, or any affiliated person thereof, except in accordance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. The Sub-Adviser may aggregate sales and purchase orders with respect to the assets of the Portfolio or Segment with similar orders being made simultaneously for other accounts advised by the Sub-Adviser or its affiliates. Whenever the Sub-Adviser simultaneously places orders to purchase or sell the same security on behalf of the Portfolio or Segment and one or more other accounts advised by the Sub-Adviser, the orders will be allocated as to price and amount among all such accounts in a manner believed to be equitable over time to each account. UBS Global AM recognizes that in some cases this procedure may adversely affect the results obtained for the Portfolio or Segment. Subject to the Sub-Adviser's obligations to seek best execution, UBS Global AM agrees that the Sub-Adviser, in its sole discretion, may place transactions on behalf of the Portfolio and the Trust with any broker-dealer deemed to be an affiliate of the Sub-Adviser (the "Affiliated Broker-Dealers") so long as such transactions are effected in conformity with the requirements (including any applicable exemptions and administrative interpretations set forth in Part II of the Sub-Adviser's Form ADV Registration Statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Form ADV")) of Section 11(a)(1)(H) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In all such dealings, the Affiliated Broker-Dealers shall be authorized and entitled to retain any commissions, remuneration or profits which may be made in such transactions and shall not be liable to account for the same to UBS Global AM, the Portfolio or the Trust.
Duties as Investment Adviser (a) Subject to the supervision and direction of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board”), Invesco PowerShares Capital Management will provide a continuous investment program for each Fund, including investment research and management with respect to all securities and investments and cash equivalents in the Fund. Invesco PowerShares Capital Management will determine, from time to time, what securities and other investments will be purchased, retained or sold by the Fund. Invesco PowerShares Capital Management shall initially determine and make such modifications to the identity and number of shares of the securities to be accepted pursuant to such Fund’s benchmark index in exchange for creation units for each Fund and the securities that will be applicable that day to redemption requests received for such Fund as may be necessary as a result of rebalancing adjustments and corporate action events (and may give directions to the Trust’s custodian with respect to such designations).
(b) Invesco PowerShares Capital Management agrees that, in placing orders with brokers, it will attempt to obtain the best net result in terms of price and execution; provided that, on behalf of any Fund, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management may, in its discretion, use brokers who provide Invesco PowerShares Capital Management with research, analysis, advice and similar services, and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management may cause a Fund to pay to those brokers in return for brokerage and research services a higher commission than may be charged by other brokers, subject to Invesco PowerShares Capital Management’s determining in good faith that such commission is reasonable in relation to the research and execution services received. In no instance will portfolio securities be purchased from or sold to Invesco PowerShares Capital Management, or any affiliated person thereof, except in accordance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any applicable exemptive orders. Invesco PowerShares Capital Management may aggregate sales and purchase orders with respect to the assets of the Funds with similar orders being made simultaneously for other accounts advised by Invesco PowerShares Capital Management or its affiliates. Whenever Invesco PowerShares Capital Management simultaneously places orders to purchase or sell the same security on behalf of a Fund and one or more other accounts advised by Invesco PowerShares Capital Management, such orders will be allocated as to price and amount among all such accounts in a manner believed to be equitable, over time, to each account. The Trust recognizes that in some cases this procedure may adversely affect the results obtained for the Funds.
(c) Invesco PowerShares Capital Management will oversee the maintenance of all books and records with respect to the securities transactions of each Fund, and will furnish the Board with such periodic and special reports as the Board reasonably may request. In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the 1940 Act, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management hereby agrees that all records which it maintains for the Funds are the property of the Trust, agrees to preserve for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act any records which it maintains for the Trust and which are required to be maintained by Rule 31a-l under the 1940 Act, and further agrees to surrender promptly to the Trust any records which it maintains for the Funds upon request by the Trust.
(d) Invesco PowerShares Capital Management will oversee the computation of the net asset value and the net income of each Fund as described in the currently effective registration statement of the Trust under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the 1940 Act, and any amendments or supplements thereto (“Registration Statement”) or as more frequently requested by the Board.
(e) The Trust hereby authorizes Invesco PowerShares Capital Management and any entity or person associated with Invesco PowerShares Capital Management which is a member of a national securities exchange to effect any transaction on such exchange for the account of any Fund, which transaction is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and the Trust hereby consents to the retention of compensation by Invesco PowerShares Capital Management or any person or entity associated with Invesco PowerShares Capital Management for such transaction.
Duties of Subadviser (a) Subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and the Adviser, the Subadviser shall regularly provide the Fund, with respect to such portion of the Fund’s assets as shall be allocated to the Subadviser by the Adviser from time to time (the “Allocated Assets”), with investment research, advice, management and supervision and shall furnish a continuous investment program for the Allocated Assets consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions, as stated in the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), and subject to such other restrictions and limitations as directed by the officers of the Adviser or the Trust by notice in writing to the Subadviser. The Adviser will provide the Subadviser with reasonable advance notice of any change in a Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions as stated in the Prospectus and SAI, and the Subadviser shall, in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, manage the Subadviser Assets consistent with such changes, provided that the Subadviser has received prompt notice of the effectiveness of such changes from the Trust or the Adviser. The Subadviser shall, with respect to the Allocated Assets, determine from time to time what securities and other investments and instruments will be purchased, retained, sold or exchanged by the Fund and what portion of the Allocated Assets will be held in the various securities and other investments in which the Fund invests, and shall implement those decisions, all subject to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), the 1940 Act and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), interpretive guidance issued thereunder by the SEC staff and any other applicable federal and state law, as well as the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund referred to above, any written instructions and directions of the Board or the Adviser provided to the Subadviser from time to time, and any other specific policies adopted by the Board and disclosed to the Subadviser. The Subadviser’s responsibility for providing investment research, advice, management and supervision to the Fund is limited to that discrete portion of the Fund represented by the Allocated Assets and the Subadviser is prohibited from directly or indirectly consulting with any other subadviser for a portion of the Fund’s assets concerning Fund transactions in securities or other assets. The Subadviser is authorized as the agent of the Trust to give instructions with respect to the Allocated Assets to the custodian of the Fund as to deliveries of securities and other investments and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. Subject to applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the investment program to be provided hereunder may entail the investment of all or substantially all of the assets of the Fund in one or more investment companies.
(b) The Subadviser will place orders pursuant to its investment determinations for the Fund either directly with the issuer or with any broker or dealer, foreign currency dealer, futures commission merchant or others selected by it. In connection with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, subject to applicable law, 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, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) to the Fund and/or the other accounts over which the Subadviser or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. The Subadviser is authorized to pay a broker or dealer who provides such brokerage and research services a commission for executing a portfolio transaction for the Fund which is in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if the Subadviser 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 which the Subadviser and its affiliates have with respect to accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. The Board may adopt policies and procedures that modify and restrict the Subadviser’s authority regarding the execution of the Fund’s portfolio transactions provided herein.
(c) Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Fund authorizes any entity or person associated with the Subadviser that is a member of a national securities exchange, to effect any transaction on the exchange for the account of the Trust which is permitted by Section 11(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder, and the Trust hereby consents to the retention of compensation for such transactions in accordance with Rule 11a2-2(T)(a)(2)(iv) provided the transaction complies with the Trust’s Rule 17e-1 policies and procedures.
(d) Unless the Adviser advises the Subadviser in writing that the right to vote proxies has been expressly reserved to the Adviser or the Trust or otherwise delegated to another party, the Subadviser shall exercise voting rights incident to any security purchased with, or comprising a portion of, the Allocated Assets, in accordance with the Subadviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures without consultation with the Adviser or the Fund. The Subadviser agrees to furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendments thereto, to the Adviser. The Subadviser also agrees to provide information to the Adviser or the Trust regarding proxies voted with respect to the Allocated Assets pursuant this section at such times and in a format requested by the Adviser or the Trust.
(e) The Subadviser will monitor the security valuations of the Allocated Assets. If the Subadviser believes that the Fund’s carrying value for a security does not fairly represent the price that could be obtained for the security in a current market transaction, the Subadviser will notify the Adviser promptly. In addition, the Subadviser will be available to consult with the Adviser in the event of a pricing problem and to participate in the Trust’s valuation meetings.
Duties as Administrator (a) Duties with Respect to the Basic Documents. The Administrator agrees to perform all its duties as Administrator hereunder. The Administrator shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall advise the Issuer and the Owner Trustee when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer's duties under the Indenture or with the Owner Trustee's duties under the Trust Agreement. The Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or the Owner Trustee or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents or under applicable law (including tax and securities laws). In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuer or the Owner Trustee to take pursuant to this Agreement or the Indenture including, without limitation, such of the foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters under this Agreement and the Indenture (references are to sections of the Indenture):
(i) the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and instruments required for authentication of the Notes, if any, and delivery of the same to the Indenture Trustee (Sections 2.2 and 2.3);
(ii) the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to give the Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Note Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note Register and the office or offices where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (Section 2.4);
(iii) the notification of Noteholders of the final principal payment on their Notes (subsection 2.7(h));
(iv) the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments, opinions and certificates and other documents required for the release of collateral (Section 2.9);
(v) the preparation of Definitive Notes and arranging the delivery thereof (Section 2.12);
(vi) the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Section 2.14);
(vii) to select Reference Banks, if necessary, or other banks from which quotes are obtained for the purpose of determining LIBOR (Section 2.16);
(viii) the maintenance of an office or agency in the City of New York for registration of transfer or exchange of Notes (Section 3.2);
(ix) the direction to Paying Agents to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agents (Section 3.3);
(x) the obtaining and preservation of the Issuer's qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other instrument and agreement included in the Owner Trust Estate (Section 3.4);
(xi) the preparation of all supplements, amendments, financing statements, continuation statements, if any, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Indenture, necessary to protect the Owner Trust Estate (Section 3.5);
(xii) the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date and the annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel, in accordance with Section 3.6 of the Indenture, as to the Owner Trust Estate, and the annual delivery of the Officer's Certificate and certain other statements, in accordance with Section 3.9 of the Indenture, as to compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.6 and 3.9);
(xiii) the identification to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's Certificate of a Person with whom the Issuer has contracted to perform its duties under the Indenture (subsection 3.7(b));
(xiv) the notification of the Indenture Trustee and the Note Rating Agencies of a Master Trust Servicer Default pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, if such Master Trust Servicer Default arises from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the taking of all reasonable steps available to remedy such failure (subsection 3.7(d));
(xv) the preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments required for the release of the Issuer from its covenants and agreements under the Indenture (subsection 3.11(b));
(xvi) the delivery of notice to the Indenture Trustee of each Event of Default and each default by the Depositor under this Agreement (Section 3.18);
(xvii) the taking of such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of the Indenture or to compel or secure the performance and observance by the Depositor of its obligations under this Agreement (Sections 3.19 and 5.16);
(xviii) the monitoring of the Issuer's obligations as to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an Officer's Certificate and the obtaining of the Opinion of Counsel and the Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.1);
(xix) the compliance with any written directive of the Indenture Trustee with respect to the sale of the Owner Trust Estate if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (Section 5.4);
(xx) providing the Indenture Trustee with the information necessary to deliver to each Noteholder such information as may be reasonably required to enable such Holder to prepare its United States federal and state, local income or franchise tax returns (Section 6.6);
(xxi) the preparation and delivery of notice to Noteholders of the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee (Section 6.8);
(xxii) the preparation of any written instruments required to confirm more fully the authority of any co-trustee or separate trustee and any written instruments necessary in connection with the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or any co-trustee or separate trustee (Sections 6.8 and 6.10);
(xxiii) the furnishing of the Indenture Trustee with the names and addresses of Noteholders during any period when the Indenture Trustee is not the Note Registrar (Section 7.1);
(xxiv) the preparation and, after execution by the Issuer, the filing with the Commission and any applicable state agencies and the Indenture Trustee of documents required to be filed on a periodic basis with, and summaries thereof as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed by, the Commission and any applicable state agencies and the transmission of such summaries, as necessary, to the Noteholders (Section 7.4);
(xxv) the obtaining of an Officer's Certificate, Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the Owner Trust Estate as defined in the Indenture (Sections 8.4 and 8.5);
(xxvi) the preparation of Issuer Orders and Issuer Requests and the obtaining of Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental indentures and the mailing to the Noteholders of notices with respect to such supplemental indentures (Sections 9.1 and 9.2);
(xxvii) the execution of new Notes conforming to any supplemental indenture (Section 9.5);
(xxviii) providing the Indenture Trustee with the form of notice necessary to deliver the notification of Noteholders of redemption of the Notes (Section 10.2);
(xxix) the preparation of all Officer's Certificates, Opinions of Counsel and Independent Certificates with respect to any requests by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under the Indenture (Section 11.1(a));
(xxx) the preparation and delivery of Officer's Certificates and the obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of property from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.1(b));
(xxxi) the preparation and delivery to the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee of any agreements with respect to alternate payment and notice provisions (Section 11.6); and
(xxxii) the recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.15).
Duties of Sub Adviser The Sub-Adviser is hereby employed and authorized to conduct a continual program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the assets in each Fund. In connection therewith, the Sub-Adviser will (a) make investment decisions for the Fund; (b) place purchase and sale orders for portfolio transactions in the Fund; (c) employ professional portfolio managers and securities analysts to provide research services relating to the Fund; (d) employ qualified personnel to assist in the supervision of the Fund’s investment program and to monitor the level of risk incurred by the Fund in connection with its investment program; (e) provide input requested by the Adviser with respect to the possible forms and levels of leverage employed by the Fund, and help monitor the Fund’s compliance with leverage limits imposed under the 1940 Act; (f) provide assistance in connection with determining dividend and distribution levels for the Fund and preparing and reviewing dividend and distribution notices to shareholders; and (g) discuss with the Adviser, and take into account, tax issues arising in connection with management of the Fund’s portfolio. Subject to the supervision of each Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser will manage the assets in each Fund in accordance with (a) the Fund’s investment objective(s), policies and restrictions, to the extent the Sub-Adviser has been notified of such objectives, policies and restrictions, (b) the Charter Documents (as such term is defined below) of the Fund, to the extent that they have been provided to the Sub-Adviser, and (c) applicable laws and regulations. The Adviser has furnished to the Sub-Adviser each Fund’s compliance procedures pursuant to Rules 10f-3, 17a-7, and 17e-1 under the 1940 Act (collectively, the “Compliance Procedures”), the Articles of Incorporation or Declaration of Trust and Bylaws of each Fund, each as amended to date (the “Charter Documents”), and each Fund’s investment objective(s), policies and restrictions. The Adviser agrees, on an ongoing basis, to provide to the Sub-Adviser, as promptly as practicable, copies of all amendments and supplements to the Compliance Procedures, all amendments to the Charter Documents and all revisions to a Fund’s investment objective(s), policies and restrictions.