FUND ACCOUNTING SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made on the 1st day of May, 1999 between ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Variable
Series (the "Fund"), on behalf of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Aggressive Growth Portfolio
(hereinafter called the "Portfolio"), a registered open-end management
investment company with its principal place of business in ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fund Accounting Corporation, with its
principal place of business in Boston, Massachusetts (hereinafter called "FUND
ACCOUNTING").
WHEREAS, the Portfolio has need to determine its net asset value which service
FUND ACCOUNTING is willing and able to provide;
NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual promises herein made, the Fund and
FUND ACCOUNTING agree as follows:
Section 1. Duties of FUND ACCOUNTING - General
FUND ACCOUNTING is authorized to act under the terms of this Agreement
to calculate the net asset value of the Portfolio as provided in the
prospectus of the Portfolio and in connection therewith shall:
a. Maintain and preserve all accounts, books, financial records and
other documents as are required of the Fund under Section 31 of
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act") and Rules
31a-1, 31a-2 and 31a-3 thereunder, applicable federal and state
laws and any other law or administrative rules or procedures
which may be applicable to the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio,
other than those accounts, books and financial records required
to be maintained by the Fund's investment adviser, custodian or
transfer agent and/or books and records maintained by all other
service providers necessary for the Fund to conduct its business
as a registered open-end management investment company. All such
books and records shall be the property of the Fund and shall at
all times during regular business hours be open for inspection
by, and shall be surrendered promptly upon request of, duly
authorized officers of the Fund. All such books and records shall
at all times during regular business hours be open for
inspection, upon request of duly authorized officers of the Fund,
by employees or agents of the Fund and employees and agents of
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
b. Record the current day's trading activity and such other proper
bookkeeping entries as are necessary for determining that day's
net asset value and net income.
c. Render statements or copies of records as from time to time are
reasonably requested by the Fund.
d. Facilitate audits of accounts by the Fund's independent public
accountants or by any other auditors employed or engaged by the
Fund or by any regulatory body with jurisdiction over the Fund.
e. Compute the Portfolio's public offering price and/or its daily
dividend rates and money market yields, if applicable, in
accordance with Section 3 of the Agreement and notify the Fund
and such other persons as the Fund may
reasonably request of the net asset value per share, the public
offering price and/or its daily dividend rates and money market
yields.
Section 2. Valuation of Securities
Securities shall be valued in accordance with (a) the Fund's
Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented from time to time
(hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement"); (b) the
resolutions of the Board of Trustees of the Fund at the time in force
and applicable, as they may from time to time be delivered to FUND
ACCOUNTING, and (c) Proper Instructions from such officers of the Fund
or other persons as are from time to time authorized by the Board of
Trustees of the Fund to give instructions with respect to computation
and determination of the net asset value. FUND ACCOUNTING may use one
or more external pricing services, including broker-dealers, provided
that an appropriate officer of the Fund shall have approved such use in
advance.
Section 3. Computation of Net Asset Value, Public Offering Price, Daily Dividend
Rates and Yields
FUND ACCOUNTING shall compute the Portfolio's net asset value,
including net income, in a manner consistent with the specific
provisions of the Registration Statement. Such computation shall be
made as of the time or times specified in the Registration Statement.
FUND ACCOUNTING shall compute the daily dividend rates and money market
yields, if applicable, in accordance with the methodology set forth in
the Registration Statement.
Section 4. FUND ACCOUNTING's Reliance on Instructions and Advice
In maintaining the Portfolio's books of account and making the
necessary computations FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled to receive,
and may rely upon, information furnished it by means of Proper
Instructions, including but not limited to:
a. The manner and amount of accrual of expenses to be recorded on
the books of the Portfolio;
b. The source of quotations to be used for such securities as may
not be available through FUND ACCOUNTING's normal pricing
services;
c. The value to be assigned to any asset for which no price
quotations are readily available;
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d. If applicable, the manner of computation of the public offering
price and such other computations as may be necessary;
e. Transactions in portfolio securities;
f. Transactions in capital shares.
FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled to receive, and shall be entitled to
rely upon, as conclusive proof of any fact or matter required to be
ascertained by it hereunder, a certificate, letter or other instrument
signed by an authorized officer of the Fund or any other person
authorized by the Fund's Board of Trustees.
FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled to receive and act upon advice of
Counsel for the Fund at the reasonable expense of the Portfolio and
shall be without liability for any action taken or thing done in good
faith in reliance upon such advice.
FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled to receive, and may rely upon,
information received from the Transfer Agent.
Section 5. Proper Instructions
"Proper Instructions" as used herein means any certificate, letter or
other instrument or telephone call reasonably believed by FUND
ACCOUNTING to be genuine and to have been properly made or signed by
any authorized officer of the Fund or person certified to FUND
ACCOUNTING as being authorized by the Board of Trustees. The Fund, on
behalf of the Portfolio, shall cause oral instructions to be confirmed
in writing. Proper Instructions may include communications effected
directly between electro-mechanical or electronic devices as from time
to time agreed to by an authorized officer of the Fund and FUND
ACCOUNTING.
The Fund, on behalf of the Portfolio, agrees to furnish to the
appropriate person(s) within FUND ACCOUNTING a copy of the Registration
Statement as in effect from time to time. FUND ACCOUNTING may
conclusively rely on the Fund's most recently delivered Registration
Statement for all purposes under this Agreement and shall not be liable
to the Portfolio or the Fund in acting in reliance thereon.
Section 6. Standard of Care
FUND ACCOUNTING shall exercise reasonable care and diligence in the
performance of its duties hereunder. The Fund agrees that FUND
ACCOUNTING shall not be liable under this Agreement for any error of
judgment or mistake of law made in good faith and
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consistent with the foregoing standard of care, provided that nothing
in this Agreement shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect
FUND ACCOUNTING against any liability to the Fund, the Portfolio or
its shareholders to which FUND ACCOUNTING would otherwise be subject
by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the
performance of its duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of
its obligations and duties hereunder.
Section 7. Compensation and FUND ACCOUNTING Expenses
FUND ACCOUNTING shall be paid as compensation for its services pursuant
to this Agreement such compensation as may from time to time be agreed
upon in writing by the two parties. FUND ACCOUNTING shall be entitled,
if agreed to by the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio, to recover its
reasonable telephone, courier or delivery service, and all other
reasonable out-of-pocket, expenses as incurred, including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and reasonable fees for pricing
services.
Section 8. Amendment and Termination
This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until terminated
as hereinafter provided, may be amended at any time by mutual agreement
of the parties hereto and may be terminated by an instrument in writing
delivered or mailed to the other party. Such termination shall take
effect not sooner than sixty (60) days after the date of delivery or
mailing of such notice of termination. Any termination date is to be no
earlier than four months from the effective date hereof. Upon
termination, FUND ACCOUNTING will turn over to the Fund or its designee
and cease to retain in FUND ACCOUNTING files, records of the
calculations of net asset value and all other records pertaining to its
services hereunder; provided, however, FUND ACCOUNTING in its
discretion may make and retain copies of any and all such records and
documents which it determines appropriate or for its protection.
Section 9. Services Not Exclusive
FUND ACCOUNTING's services pursuant to this Agreement are not to be
deemed to be exclusive, and it is understood that FUND ACCOUNTING may
perform fund accounting services for others. In acting under this
Agreement, FUND ACCOUNTING shall be an independent contractor and not
an agent of the Fund or the Portfolio.
Section 10. Limitation of Liability for Claims
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The Fund's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as amended to
date (the "Declaration"), a copy of which, together with all amendments
thereto, is on file in the Office of the Secretary of State of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provides that the name "▇▇▇▇▇▇ Variable
Series" refers to the Trustees under the Declaration collectively as
trustees and not as individuals or personally, and that no shareholder
of the Fund or the Portfolio, or Trustee, officer, employee or agent of
the Fund shall be subject to claims against or obligations of the Trust
or of the Portfolio to any extent whatsoever, but that the Trust estate
only shall be liable.
FUND ACCOUNTING is expressly put on notice of the limitation of
liability as set forth in the Declaration and FUND ACCOUNTING agrees
that the obligations assumed by the Fund and/or the Portfolio under
this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Portfolio and its
assets, and FUND ACCOUNTING shall not seek satisfaction of any such
obligation from the shareholders or any shareholder of the Fund or the
Portfolio or any other series of the Fund, or from any Trustee,
officer, employee or agent of the Fund. FUND ACCOUNTING understands
that the rights and obligations of the Portfolio under the Declaration
are separate and distinct from those of any and all other series of the
Fund.
Section 11. Notices
Any notice shall be sufficiently given when delivered or mailed to the
other party at the address of such party set forth below or to such
other person or at such other address as such party may from time to
time specify in writing to the other party.
If to FUND ACCOUNTING: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fund Accounting Corporation
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▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: Vice President
If to the Fund - Portfolio: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Variable Series
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: President, Secretary
or Treasurer
Section 12. Miscellaneous
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This Agreement may not be assigned by FUND ACCOUNTING without the
consent of the Fund as authorized or approved by resolution of its
Board of Trustees.
In connection with the operation of this Agreement, the Fund and FUND
ACCOUNTING may agree from time to time on such provisions interpretive
of or in addition to the provisions of this Agreement as in their joint
opinions may be consistent with this Agreement. Any such interpretive
or additional provisions shall be in writing, signed by both parties
and annexed hereto, but no such provisions shall be deemed to be an
amendment of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
concerning the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any and all prior
understandings.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and its seal to be
hereunder affixed as of the date first written above.
[SEAL] ▇▇▇▇▇▇ VARIABLE SERIES
on behalf of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Aggressive Growth Portfolio
By: /s/▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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[SEAL] ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ FUND ACCOUNTING CORPORATION
By: /s/▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
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