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Exhibit (d)(1)(ix)
THE TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST
(Small Capitalization Growth Portfolio)
SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
Agreement made on this 26th day of August, 1999, between
Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC (PIFM or the Manager), a New York
limited liability company, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Asset Management USA (the Adviser), a
division of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
WHEREAS, PIFM has entered into a management agreement (the
Management Agreement) with The Target Portfolio Trust (the Trust), a Delaware
business trust and an open-end management investment company registered under
the Investment Company Act of ▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇), pursuant to which PIFM will
act as manager of the Trust.
WHEREAS, shares of the Trust are divided into separate series
or portfolios (each a portfolio), each of which is established pursuant to a
resolution of the Trustees of the Trust, and the Trustees may from time to time
terminate such portfolios or establish and terminate additional portfolios.
WHEREAS, PIFM has the responsibility of evaluating,
recommending, supervising and compensating investment advisers to each portfolio
of the Trust and desires to retain the Adviser to provide investment advisory
services to the Small Capitalization Growth Portfolio of the Trust (the Fund) in
connection with the management of the Trust and to manage such portion of the
Fund as the Manager shall from time to time direct, and the Adviser is willing
to render such investment advisory services.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
1. (a) Subject to the supervision of the Manager and of the Trustees of
the Trust, the Adviser shall manage such portion of the investment operations of
the Fund as the Manager shall direct and shall manage the composition of such
portion of the Fund, including the purchase, retention and disposition thereof,
in accordance with the Fund's investment objective, policies and restrictions as
stated in the Prospectus (such Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information as currently in effect and as amended or supplemented from time to
time being herein called the "Prospectus") as delivered to the Adviser from time
to time by the Manager and subject to the following understandings:
(i) The Adviser shall provide supervision of such portion of the Fund's
investments and determine from time to time what investments and securities will
be purchased, retained, sold or loaned by the Fund, and what portion of the
assets it manages will be invested or held uninvested as cash.
(ii) In the performance of its duties and obligations under this
Agreement, the Adviser shall act in conformity with the Agreement and
Declaration of Trust, By-Laws and Prospectus of the Trust and the Fund as
provided to the Adviser by the Manager and with the written instructions and
directions of the Manager and of the Trustees of the Trust and will conform to
and comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act, the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and all other applicable federal and state laws and
regulations.
(iii) The Adviser shall determine the securities and commodities or
other assets to be purchased or sold by such portion of the Fund and will place
orders pursuant to its determination
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with or through such persons, brokers, dealers or futures commission merchants
(including but not limited to Prudential Securities Incorporated) to carry out
the policy with respect to brokerage as set forth in the Trust's Registration
Statement and Prospectus or as the Trustees may direct from time to time. In
providing the Fund with investment supervision, it is recognized that the
Adviser will give primary consideration to securing best execution. Within the
framework of this policy, the Adviser may consider the financial responsibility,
research and investment information and other services provided by brokers,
dealers or futures commission merchants who may effect or be a party to any such
transaction or other transactions to which the Adviser's other clients may be a
party. It is understood that Prudential Securities Incorporated may be used as a
broker for securities transactions but that no formula has been adopted for
allocation of the Fund's investment transaction business. It is also understood
that it is desirable for the Trust that the Adviser have access to supplemental
investment and market research and security and economic analysis provided by
brokers or futures commission merchants who may execute brokerage transactions
at a higher cost to the Trust than may result when allocating brokerage to other
brokers solely on the basis of seeking lowest price. Therefore, the Adviser is
authorized to place orders for the purchase and sale of securities and
commodities or other assets for the Fund with such brokers or futures commission
merchants, subject to review by the Trustees from time to time with respect to
the extent and continuation of this practice. It is understood that the services
provided by such brokers or futures commission merchants may be useful to the
Adviser in connection with the Adviser's services to other clients.
On occasions when the Adviser deems the purchase or sale of a security,
commodity or other asset to be in the best interest of the Fund as well as other
clients of the Adviser, the Adviser,
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to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, may, but shall be
under no obligation to, aggregate the securities, commodities or other assets to
be sold or purchased in order to obtain best execution. In such event,
allocation of the securities, commodities or other assets so purchased or sold,
as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, will be made by the Adviser
in the manner the Adviser considers to be the most equitable and consistent with
its fiduciary obligations to the Trust and to such other clients.
(iv) The Adviser shall maintain all books and records with respect to
the portfolio transactions required by subparagraphs (b)(5), (6), (7), (9), (10)
and (11) and paragraph (f) of Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act and shall render to
the Trustees such periodic and special reports as the Board may reasonably
request.
(v) The Adviser shall provide the Trust's custodian (the Custodian) on
each business day with information relating to all transactions concerning the
portion of the Fund's assets it manages and shall provide the Manager with such
information upon request of the Manager. The Adviser shall reconcile its records
of the Fund's securities and cash managed by the Adviser with statements
provided by the Custodian at least once each month. The Adviser shall provide
the Manager with a written report on each such reconciliation, including
information on any discrepancies noted and actions taken by the Adviser in
response thereto, within five business days after the Adviser receives the
above-referenced statement from the Custodian, to the extent reasonably
practicable.
(vi) The investment management services provided by the Adviser
hereunder are not exclusive, and the Adviser shall be free to render similar
services to others.
(vii) The Manager shall forward to the Adviser or its proxy voting
agent any proxy materials relating to portfolio securities held by the portion
of the Fund managed by the Adviser.
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(b) Services to be furnished by the Adviser under this Agreement may be
furnished through the medium of any of its directors, officers or employees.
(c) The Adviser shall keep the Fund's books and records required to be
maintained by the Adviser pursuant to paragraph 1(a)(iv) hereof and shall timely
furnish to the Manager all information relating to the Adviser's services
hereunder needed by the Manager to keep the other books and records of the Trust
required by Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act. The Adviser agrees that all records
which it maintains for the Fund are the property of the Trust and the Adviser
will surrender promptly to the Trust any of such records upon the Trust's
request. The Adviser further agrees to preserve for the periods prescribed by
Rule 31a-2 under the 1940 Act any such records as are required to be maintained
by it pursuant to paragraph 1(a) hereof.
(d) The Adviser agrees to maintain adequate compliance procedures to
ensure its compliance with the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(Advisers Act) and other applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
(e) The Adviser shall furnish to the Manager copies of all records
prepared in connection with (i) the performance of this Agreement and (ii) the
reports prepared in accordance with the compliance procedures maintained
pursuant to paragraph 1(d) hereof as the Manager may reasonably request.
2. The Manager shall continue to have responsibility for all services
to be provided to the Fund pursuant to the Management Agreement and shall
oversee and review the Adviser's performance of its duties under this Agreement.
3. The Manager shall compensate the Adviser for the services provided
and the expenses assumed pursuant to this Subadvisory Agreement at the annual
rate of .40 of 1% of the
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average daily net assets of the portion of the Fund managed by the Adviser. This
fee will be computed daily and paid monthly.
4. The Adviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or for any
loss suffered by the Fund, the Trust or the Manager in connection with the
matters to which this Agreement relates, except a loss resulting from willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the Adviser's part in the
performance of its duties or from its reckless disregard of its obligations and
duties under this Agreement, provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement
shall be deemed to waive any rights the Manager or the Trust may have against
the Adviser under federal or state securities laws, including for acts of good
faith.
5. This Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of more than
two years from the date hereof only so long as such continuance is specifically
approved at least annually in conformity with the requirements of the 1940 Act;
provided, however, that this Agreement may be terminated by the Trust at any
time, without the payment of any penalty, by the Trustees or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities (as defined in the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) of
the Fund, or by the Manager or the Adviser at any time, without the payment of
any penalty, on not more than 60 days' nor less than 30 days' written notice to
the other party. This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of
its assignment (as defined in the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) or upon the termination of the
Management Agreement.
6. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict the right of any
of the Adviser's directors, officers or employees to engage in any other
business or to devote his or her time and attention in part to the management or
other aspects of any business, whether of a similar or dissimilar nature, nor
limit the Adviser's right to engage in any other business or to render services
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of any kind to any other corporation, firm, individual or association.
7. During the term of this Agreement, the Manager agrees to furnish the
Adviser at its principal office all prospectuses, proxy statements, reports to
shareholders, sales literature or other material prepared for distribution to
shareholders of the Trust or the public, which refer to the Adviser in any way;
provided, however, that any such item which describes or characterizes the
Adviser's investment process with respect to the Fund, the names of any of its
clients (other than the Trust or advisory clients of PIFM and its affiliates) or
any of its performance results shall be furnished to the Adviser by first class
or overnight mail, facsimile transmission equipment or hand delivery prior to
use thereof, and such item shall not be used if the Adviser reasonably objects
to such use in writing within forty-eight (48) hours (or such other time as may
be mutually agreed) after receipt thereof (provided, however, that if such item
is not received by the Adviser during normal business hours on a business day,
such period shall end forty-eight (48) hours after the start of normal business
hours on the next succeeding business day).
8. This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent, but the consent of
the Trust must be obtained in conformity with the requirements of the 1940 Act.
9. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to
be executed by their officers designated below on the day and year first above
written.
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENTS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC
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By /S/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Executive Vice President
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ASSET MANAGEMENT USA
By /S/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Secretary and Director of Compliance
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