EX 99.d.7.a
FORM OF
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this 1st day of July, 2002, by and between
The UBS Funds, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust") and UBS Global Asset
Management (Americas) Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Advisor").
1. DUTIES OF THE ADVISOR. The Trust hereby appoints the
Advisor to act as investment advisor to the UBS U.S. Bond Fund (the "Series")
for the period and on such terms set forth in this Agreement. The Trust employs
the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the
Series, to continuously review, supervise and administer the investment program
of the Series, to determine in its discretion the assets to be held uninvested,
to provide the Trust with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the
Trust is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Trust's
officers and Board of Trustees concerning the Advisor's discharge of the
foregoing responsibilities. The Advisor shall discharge the foregoing
responsibilities subject to the control of the officers and the Board of
Trustees of the Trust, and in compliance with the objectives, policies and
limitations set forth in the Trust's Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to render the
services and to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings,
equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services on the terms
and for the compensation provided herein. With respect to foreign securities, at
its own expense, the Advisor may obtain statistical and other factual
information and advice regarding economic factors and trends from its foreign
subsidiaries, and may obtain investment services from the investment advisory
personnel of its affiliates located throughout the world to the extent permitted
under interpretations of the federal securities laws.
2. PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS. The Advisor shall provide the
Series with a trading department, and with respect to foreign securities, the
Advisor is authorized to utilize the trading departments of its foreign
affiliates. The Advisor shall select, and with respect to its foreign affiliates
or the use of any sub-advisors, shall monitor the selection of, the brokers or
dealers that will execute the purchases and sales of securities for the Series
and is directed to use its best efforts to ensure that the best available price
and most favorable execution of securities transactions for the Series are
obtained. Subject to policies established by the Board of Trustees of the Trust
and communicated to the Advisor, it is understood that the Advisor will not be
deemed to have acted unlawfully, or to have breached a fiduciary duty to the
Trust or in respect of the Series, or be in breach of any obligation owing to
the Trust or in respect of the Series under this Agreement, or otherwise, solely
by reason of its having caused the Series to pay a member of a securities
exchange, a broker or a dealer a commission for effecting a securities
transaction for the Series in excess of the amount of commission another member
of an exchange, broker or dealer would have charged if the Advisor determines in
good faith that the commission paid was reasonable in relation to the brokerage
or research services provided by such member, broker or dealer, viewed in terms
of that particular transaction or the Advisor's overall responsibilities with
respect to the Series and to other funds and advisory accounts for which the
Advisor or any Sub-Advisor, as defined in Section 8 hereof, exercises investment
discretion. The Advisor will promptly communicate to the officers and trustees
of the Trust such information relating to the Series transactions as they may
reasonably request.
3. COMPENSATION OF THE ADVISOR. For the services to be
rendered by the Advisor as provided in Sections 1 and 2 of this Agreement, the
Series shall pay to the Advisor within five business days after the end of each
calendar month, a monthly fee of one twelfth of 0.50% of the Series' average
daily net assets for the month.
In the event of termination of this Agreement, the fee
provided in this Section 3 shall be paid on a pro rata basis, based on the
number of days when this Agreement was in effect.
4. REIMBURSEMENT OF FEE WAIVERS AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS. If
on any day during which this Agreement is in effect, the estimated annualized
Operating Expenses (as defined below) of the Series for that day are less than
the Operating Expense Limit (as defined below), the Advisor shall be entitled to
reimbursement by the Series of the investment management fees waived or reduced,
and of any expense reimbursements or similar payments remitted by the Advisor to
the Series pursuant to the Advisor's agreement to limit the Series' Operating
Expenses (the "Reimbursement Amount") during any of the previous three (3)
years, to the extent that the Series' annualized Operating Expenses, plus the
amount so reimbursed, equals, for such day, the Operating Expense Limit,
provided that such amount paid to the Advisor will in no event exceed the total
Reimbursement Amount and will not include any amounts previously reimbursed by
the Series to the Advisor. For purposes of this Section 4: (i) "Operating
Expenses" shall include the ordinary operating expenses incurred by the Series
in any fiscal year, including, without limitation, management fees paid to the
Advisor, but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other
investment-related costs and extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary
course of the Series' business; and (ii) "Operating Expense Limit" shall mean
the rate of the "Total Expense Limit" as a percentage of average daily net
assets of the Series as stated in the then current registration statement of the
Series, plus any distribution service fees under Rule 12b-1 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 and/or shareholder service fees as described in the then
current registration statement of the Series, as determined from time to time by
the Board of Trustees of the Trust.
5. REPORTS. The Series and the Advisor agree to furnish to
each other such information regarding their operations with regard to their
affairs as each may reasonably request.
6. STATUS OF ADVISOR. The services of the Advisor to the
Series are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Advisor shall be free to render
similar services to others so long as its services to the Series are not
impaired thereby.
7. LIABILITY OF ADVISOR. In the absence of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard by the Advisor of
its obligations and duties hereunder, the Advisor shall not be subject to any
liability whatsoever to the Series, or to any shareholder of the Series, for any
error of judgment, mistake of law or any other act or omission in the course of,
or connected with, rendering services hereunder including, without limitation,
for any losses that may be sustained in connection with the purchase, holding,
redemption or sale of any security on behalf of the Series.
8. DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES TO SUB-ADVISORS. The Advisor
may, at its expense, select and contract with one or more affiliated or
unaffiliated investment advisors registered under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940 ("Sub-Advisors") to perform some or all of the services for the Series for
which it is responsible under this Agreement. The Advisor will compensate any
Sub-Advisor for its services to the Series. The Advisor may terminate the
services of any Sub-Advisor at any time in its sole discretion, and shall at
such time assume the responsibility of such Sub-Advisor unless and until a
successor Sub-Advisor is selected and the requisite approval of the Series'
shareholders is obtained. The Advisor will continue to have responsibility for
all advisory services furnished by any Sub-Advisor.
9. DURATION AND TERMINATION. This Agreement shall become
effective on July 1, 2002 provided that first it is approved by the Board of
Trustees of the Trust, including a majority of those trustees who are not
parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any party hereto, in the
manner provided in Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the "1940 Act") and by the holders of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Series; and shall continue in effect until July 1,
2004. Thereafter, this Agreement may continue in effect only if such continuance
is approved at least annually by: (i) the Trust's Board of Trustees; or (ii) by
the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Series; and
in either event by a vote of a majority of those trustees of the Trust who are
not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such party in the
manner provided in Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act. This Agreement may be
terminated by the Trust at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the
Board of Trustees of the Trust or by vote of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Series on 60 days' written notice to the
Advisor. This Agreement may be terminated by the Advisor at any time, without
the payment of any penalty, upon 60 days' written notice to the Trust. This
Agreement will automatically terminate in the event of its assignment. Any
notice under this Agreement shall be given in writing, addressed and delivered
or mailed postpaid, to the other party at the principal office of such party.
As used in this Section 9, the terms "assignment," "interested
person," and "a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities" shall
have the respective meanings set forth in Section 2(a)(4), Section 2(a)(19) and
Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder.
10. NAME OF ADVISOR. The parties agree that the Advisor has a
proprietary interest in the name "UBS," and the Trust agrees to promptly take
such action as may be necessary to delete from its corporate
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name and/or the name of the Series any reference to the name of the Advisor
promptly after receipt from the Advisor of a written request therefor.
11. SEVERABILITY. If any provisions of this Agreement shall be
held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the
remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
as of this 1st day of July, 2002.
Attest: THE UBS FUNDS
By: By:
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Name Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title Title: Vice President
Attest: UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
(AMERICAS) INC.
By: By:
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