ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
DEUTSCHE PORTFOLIOS
AND
IBT TRUST COMPANY (CAYMAN) LTD.
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
THIS ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT is made as of September 28, 1997 by and
between the Deutsche Portfolios, a New York business trust (the "Fund"), and IBT
Trust Company (Cayman) Ltd.
("IBT").
WHEREAS, the Fund, on behalf of the portfolios listed on APPENDIX 1
hereto, desires to retain IBT to render certain administrative services to the
Fund, with respect to each of its portfolios (the "Portfolios") and IBT is
willing to render such services.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein set
forth, it is agreed between the parties hereto as follows:
1. APPOINTMENT. The Fund hereby appoints IBT to act as Administrator of
the Fund on the terms set forth in this Agreement. IBT accepts such appointment
and agrees to render the services herein set forth for the compensation herein
provided.
2. DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS. The Fund has furnished IBT with copies
properly certified or authenticated of each of the following:
(a) Resolutions of the Fund's Trustees authorizing the
appointment of IBT to provide certain administrative services to the Fund and
approving this Agreement;
(b) The Fund's Declaration of Trust and all amendments thereto
(the "Declaration");
(c) The Fund's by-laws and all amendments thereto (the
"By-Laws");
(d) The Fund's agreements with all service providers which
include any investment advisory agreements, sub-investment advisory agreements,
custody agreements, distribution agreements and transfer agency agreements
(collectively, the "Agreements"); and
(e) Such other certificates, documents or opinions as may
mutually be deemed necessary or appropriate for IBT in the proper performance of
its duties hereunder.
The Fund will immediately furnish IBT with copies of all
amendments of or supplements to the foregoing. Furthermore, the Fund will notify
IBT as soon as possible of any matter which may materially affect the
performance by IBT of its services under this Agreement.
3. DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR. Subject to the supervision and direction of
the Trustees of the Fund, IBT, as Administrator, will assist in conducting
various aspects of the Fund's administrative operations and undertakes to
perform the services described in APPENDIX 2 hereto. IBT may, from time to time,
perform additional duties and functions which shall be set forth in an amendment
to such APPENDIX 2executed by both parties. At such time, the fee schedule
included in APPENDIX 3 hereto shall be appropriately amended.
In performing all services under this Agreement, IBT shall act
in conformity with the Fund's Declaration and By-Laws, as the same may be
amended from time to time, and the investment objectives, investment policies
and other practices and policies set forth in the Fund's offering documents, as
the same may be amended from time to time. Notwithstanding any item discussed
herein, IBT has no discretion over the Fund's assets or choice of investments
and cannot be held liable for any problem relating to such investments.
4. DUTIES OF THE FUND. The Fund agrees to make its legal counsel
available to IBT for instruction with respect to any matter of law arising in
connection with IBT's duties hereunder, and the Fund further agrees that IBT
shall be entitled to rely on such instruction without further investigation on
the part of IBT.
5. FEES AND EXPENSES.
(a) For the services to be rendered and the facilities to be
furnished by IBT, as provided for in this Agreement, the Fund will compensate
IBT in accordance with the fee schedule attached as APPENDIX 3 hereto. Such fees
do not include out-of-pocket disbursements (as delineated on the fee schedule or
other expenses with the prior approval of the Fund's management) of IBT for
which IBT shall be entitled to ▇▇▇▇ the Fund separately and for which the Fund
shall reimburse IBT.
(b) IBT shall not be required to pay any expenses incurred by
the Fund.
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
(a) IBT, its directors, officers, employees and agents shall
not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss
suffered by the Fund in connection with the performance of its obligations and
duties under this Agreement, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance,
bad faith or negligence in the performance of such obligations and duties, or by
reason of its reckless disregard thereof. The Fund will indemnify IBT, its
directors, officers, employees and agents against and hold it and them harmless
from any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (including
legal fees and expenses) resulting from any claim, demand, action or suit (i)
arising out of the actions or omissions of the Fund; (ii) arising out of the
offer or sale of any securities of the Fund in violation of (x) any requirement
under the federal securities laws or regulations, (y) any requirement under the
securities laws or regulations of any state, or (z) any stop order or other
determination or ruling by any federal or state agency with respect to the offer
or sale of such securities; or (iii) not resulting from the willful misfeasance,
bad faith or negligence of IBT in the performance of such obligations and duties
or by reason of its reckless disregard thereof.
(b) IBT may apply to the Fund at any time for instructions and
may consult counsel for the Fund, or its own counsel, and with accountants and
other experts with respect to any matter arising in connection with its duties
hereunder, and IBT shall not be liable or accountable for any action taken or
omitted by it in good faith in accordance with such instruction, or with the
opinion of such counsel, accountants, or other experts. IBT shall not be liable
for any act or omission taken or not taken in reliance upon any document,
certificate or instrument which it reasonably believes to be genuine and to be
signed or presented by the proper person or persons. IBT shall not be held to
have notice of any change of authority of any officers, employees, or agents of
the Fund until receipt of written notice thereof has been received by IBT from
the Fund.
(c) In the event IBT is unable to perform, or is delayed in
performing, its obligations under the terms of this Agreement because of acts of
God, strikes, legal constraint, government actions, war, emergency conditions,
interruption of electrical power or other utilities, equipment or transmission
failure or damage reasonably beyond its control or other causes reasonably
beyond its control, IBT shall not be liable to the Fund for any damages
resulting from such failure to perform, delay in performance, or otherwise from
such causes.
(d) In no event shall IBT be liable for special, incidental or
consequential damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
7. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.
(a) The term of this Agreement shall be three years commencing
upon the date hereof (the "Initial Term"), unless earlier terminated as provided
herein. After the expiration of the Initial Term, the term of this Agreement
shall automatically renew for successive one-year terms (each a "Renewal Term")
unless (i) the Fund delivers a notice of non-renewal to IBT no later than six
months prior to the expiration of the Initial Term, or (ii) IBT delivers a
notice of non-renewal to the Fund no later than one year prior to the expiration
of the Initial Term.
(i) Either party hereto may terminate this Agreement
prior to the expiration of the Initial Term in the event the other party
violates any material provision of this Agreement, provided that the violating
party does not cure such violation within 90 days of receipt of written notice
from the non- violating party of such violation.
(ii) The Fund may terminate this Agreement during any
Renewal Term upon six months written notice to IBT. IBT may terminate this
Agreement during any Renewal term upon one year notice to the Fund. Any
termination pursuant to this paragraph 7.1(b) shall be effective upon expiration
of such notice period.
(b) At any time after the termination of this Agreement, the
Fund may, upon written request, have reasonable access to the records of IBT
relating to its performance of its duties as Administrator.
8. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Any notice or other instrument authorized or required by
this Agreement to be given in writing to the Fund or IBT shall be sufficiently
given if addressed to that party and received by it at its office set forth
below or at such other place as it may from time to time designate in writing.
To the Fund:
Deutsche Portfolios
c/o IBT Trust Company (Cayman) Ltd.
P.O. Box 501
Cardinal Avenue
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
With a copy to:
Deutsche Fund Management, Inc.
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: President
To IBT:
IBT Trust Company (Cayman) Ltd.
P.O. Box 501
Cardinal Avenue
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
With a copy to:
Investors Bank & Trust Company
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▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, General Counsel
(b) This Agreement shall extend to and shall be binding upon
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided,
however, that this Agreement shall not be assignable without the written consent
of the other party.
(c) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflict of
laws provisions.
(d) This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts each of which shall be deemed to be an original and which
collectively shall be deemed to constitute only one instrument.
(e) The captions of this Agreement are included for
convenience of reference only and in no way define or delimit any of the
provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect.
9. PROPERTY OF THE FUND AND CONFIDENTIALITY.
9.1 The Fund's records, including all those maintained hereunder by
the Bank, whether in magnetic media, hard copy, film form or other format, shall
be the Fund's property for all purposes, and the Bank shall treat confidentially
and as proprietary information of the fund all such records and other
information relative to the Fund which is not independently available to the
Bank or in the public domain, and shall use such records only in connection with
the performance of its duties hereunder and for no other purpose. In particular,
the Bank agrees:
(a) that all information and data so acquired by it or its
employees, agents or contractors under this Agreement, or in contemplation
thereof, shall be and shall remain the Fund's exclusive property;
(b) to inform its employees, agents or contractors engaged in
handling such information and data of the confidential nature of such
information and data;
(c) to limit access to such information and data to authorized
employees, agents or contractors of the Bank and the Fund who have a need to
know and use such information and data in connection with this Agreement and the
services to be supplied herein;
(d) to keep, and have their employees, agents and contractors
keep , any and all such information and data confidential;
(e) not to copy or publish or disclose such information and
data to others or authorize their employees, agents, contractors or anyone else,
to copy or publish or disclose such information and data to others without the
other party's prior written approval, except if required by a state or federal
court or agency, and in such an event prompt written notice of such disclosure
requirement shall be provided to the other party if permitted by law; and
(f) that upon termination of this Agreement, all records and
other confidential information of the Fund in the possession of the Bank shall
be returned to the Fund or its designated
successor custodian, offshore agent, administrator, subadministrator or fund
accountant, as provided herein.
The confidentiality provisions noted above will survive termination of
this Agreement for a period of two years.
The parties further agree that this Agreement will be considered
confidential during the term of its existence, that access to it will be limited
to those employees, agents, contractors or other persons who have a need to know
of or utilize the Agreement (including, without being limited to, the fund's
Trustees or Trustees, the auditors and counsel to the Fund, and Deutsche Fund
Management, Inc. or any of its affiliates), and that neither party will publish
or disclose the Agreement to others without the other party's prior written
approval except if required by a state or federal court or agency, and in such
event prompt written notice of such disclosure requirement shall be provided to
the other party if permitted by law.
9.2 RELIEF. The Bank recognizes that the property and proprietary
information of the Fund is unique, and that the Fund cannot be fully compensated
by money damages and would be irreparably harmed by the disclosure of its
confidential information and data in violation of the provisions of Paragraph
9.1. The Bank therefore agrees that the Fund may seek immediate relief at equity
for any failure to comply with Paragraph 9.1 hereof, in addition to any other
remedies the Fund may have in law or in equity.
10. CONFIDENTIALITY OF IBT INFORMATION. The Fund agrees that any
non-public information obtained hereunder concerning IBT is confidential and may
not be disclosed without the prior written consent of IBT, except as may be
required by applicable law or at the request of a governmental agency. The Fund
further agrees that a breach of this provision would irreparably damage IBT and
the Fund accordingly agrees that IBT is entitled, in addition to all other
remedies at law or in equity, to an injunction or injunctions without bond or
other security to prevent breaches of this provision.
11. USE OF NAME. The Fund shall not use the name of IBT or any of its
affiliates in any prospectus, sales literature or other material relating to the
Fund in a manner not approved by IBT prior thereto in writing; provided however,
that the approval of IBT shall not be required for any use of its name which
merely refers in accurate and factual terms to its appointment hereunder or
which is required by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state
securities authority or any other appropriate regulatory, governmental or
judicial authority; PROVIDED FURTHER, that in no event shall such approval be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
12. SIGNATURE LICENSE. IBT shall remain a licensee of Signature
Financial Group, Inc. with respect to the trademarks of Hub(R) and Spoke(R)1 and
related proprietary rights during the term of this Agreement.
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1 "Hub" and "Spoke" and "Hub and Spoke" are registered trademarks of Signature
Financial Group, Inc.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to
be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date
first written above.
DEUTSCHE PORTFOLIOS
By:
Name:
Title:
IBT TRUST COMPANY (CAYMAN) LTD.
By:
Name:
Title:
APPENDIX 1
PORTFOLIOS
Provesta Portfolio (US Dollar)
Investa Portfolio (US Dollar)
Japanese Equity Portfolio (US Dollar)
Global Bond Portfolio (US Dollar)
European Bond Portfolio (US Dollar)
Top 50 World Portfolio (US Dollar)
Top 50 Europe Portfolio (US Dollar)
Top 50 Asia Portfolio (US Dollar)
Top 50 US Portfolio (US Dollar)
US Money Market Portfolio (US Dollar)
APPENDIX 2
SERVICES
Registration with Cayman Authorities
Filing and maintenance of governing documents, offshore registration documents,
and offshore regulatory reports
Maintenance of telephone line
1 Provision of authorized signatures
1 Authorization and filing of financial statements
1 Filing of tax return and N-SAR
1 Cayman legal compliance
1 Approval of annual expense budget
1 Authorization of expenses (with Treasurer approval)
1 Distribution of Board materials
1 Authorization of fund distributions (omnibus accounts)
1 Distribution of dividends and capital gains (omnibus accounts)
1 Authorization of shareholder trades (omnibus accounts)
1 Distribution of shareholder statements, tax forms, and shareholder
reports (omnibus accounts)
1 Maintenance of shareholder register (omnibus accounts)
1 Maintenance of necessary offshore books and records
1 Maintenance of omnibus accounts
1 Receipt and response to literature requests
