Exhibit (d)(9)
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Global/International Fund, Inc.
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December 2, 2005
Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.
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▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Emerging Markets Income Fund
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Bond Fund
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Global/International Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation"), has been
established as a Maryland corporation to engage in the business of an investment
company. Pursuant to the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, as amended
from time-to-time (the "Articles"), the Board of Directors may divide the
Corporation's shares of capital stock, par value $0.01 per share, (the "Shares")
into separate series, or funds, including ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Emerging Markets Income Fund
and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Bond Fund (the "Fund"). Series may be abolished and
dissolved, and additional series established, from time to time by action of the
Directors.
The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, has selected you to act as the
sole investment manager of the Fund and to provide certain other services, as
more fully set forth below, and you have indicated that you are willing to act
as such investment manager and to perform such services under the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth. Accordingly, the Corporation on behalf of the
Fund agrees with you as follows:
1. Delivery of Documents. The Corporation engages in the business of
investing and reinvesting the assets of the Fund in the manner and in accordance
with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions specified in the
currently effective Prospectus (the "Prospectus") and Statement of Additional
Information (the "SAI") relating to the Fund included in the Corporation's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as amended from time to time (the
"Registration Statement"), filed by the Corporation under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, (the "1940 Act") and the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. Copies of the documents referred to in the preceding sentence have been
furnished to you by the Corporation. The Corporation has also furnished you with
copies properly certified or authenticated of each of the following additional
documents related to the Corporation and the Fund:
(a) The Articles dated December 13, 1990, as amended to date.
(b) By-Laws of the Corporation as in effect on the date hereof (the
"By-Laws").
(c) Resolutions of the Directors of the Corporation and the
shareholders of the Fund selecting you as investment manager and approving the
form of this Agreement.
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The Corporation will furnish you from time to time with copies,
properly certified or authenticated, of all amendments of or supplements, if
any, to the foregoing, including the Prospectus, the SAI and the Registration
Statement.
2. Sublicense to Use the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Trademarks. As exclusive licensee of
the rights to use and sublicense the use of the "▇▇▇▇▇▇▇," "▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Investments,
Inc." and "▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇, Inc." trademarks (together, the "▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Marks"), you hereby grant the Corporation a nonexclusive right and sublicense to
use (i) the "▇▇▇▇▇▇▇" name and ▇▇▇▇ as part of the Corporation's name (the "Fund
Name"), and (ii) the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marks in connection with the Corporation's
investment products and services, in each case only for so long as this
Agreement, any other investment management agreement between you or any
organization which shall have succeeded to your business as investment manager
("your Successor") and the Corporation, or any extension, renewal or amendment
hereof or thereof remains in effect, and only for so long as you are a licensee
of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marks, provided however, that you agree to use your best efforts
to maintain your license to use and sublicense the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marks. The
Corporation agrees that it shall have no right to sublicense or assign rights to
use the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marks, shall acquire no interest in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marks other than
the rights granted herein, that all of the Corporation's uses of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Marks shall inure to the benefit of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Trust Company as owner and licensor
of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marks (the "Trademark Owner"), and that the Corporation shall not
challenge the validity of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marks or the Trademark Owner's ownership
thereof. The Corporation further agrees that all services and products it offers
in connection with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marks shall meet commercially reasonable
standards of duality, as may be determined by you or the Trademark Owner from
time to time, provided that you acknowledge that the services and products the
Corporation rendered during the one-year period preceding the date of this
Agreement are acceptable. At your reasonable request, the Corporation shall
cooperate with you and the Trademark Owner and shall execute and deliver any and
all documents necessary to maintain and protect (including but not limited to in
connection with any trademark infringement action) the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marks and/or
enter the Corporation as a registered user thereof. At such time as this
Agreement or any other investment management agreement shall no longer be in
effect between you (or your Successor) and the Corporation, or you no longer are
a licensee of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marks, the Corporation shall (to the extent that, and
as soon as, it lawfully can) cease to use the Fund Name or any other name
indicating that it is advised by, managed by or otherwise connected with you (or
your Successor) or the Trademark Owner. In no event shall the Corporation use
the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marks or any other name or ▇▇▇▇ confusingly similar thereto
(including, but not limited to, any name or ▇▇▇▇ that includes the name
"▇▇▇▇▇▇▇") if this Agreement or any other investment advisory agreement between
you (or your Successor) and the Fund is terminated.
3. Portfolio Management Services. As manager of the assets of the Fund,
you shall provide continuing investment management of the assets of the Fund in
accordance with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions set forth
in the Prospectus and SAI; the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act and the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the "Code") relating to regulated
investment companies and all rules and regulations thereunder; and all other
applicable federal and state laws and regulations of which you have knowledge;
subject always to policies and instructions adopted by the Corporation's Board
of Directors. In connection therewith, you shall use reasonable efforts to
manage the Fund so that it will qualify as a regulated investment company under
Subchapter M of the Code and regulations issued thereunder. The Fund shall have
the benefit of the investment analysis and research, the review of current
economic conditions and trends and the consideration of long-range investment
policy generally available to your investment advisory clients. In managing the
Fund in accordance with the requirements set forth in this section 3, you shall
be entitled to receive and act upon advice of counsel to the Corporation or
counsel to you. You shall also make available to the Corporation promptly upon
request all of the Fund's investment records and ledgers as are necessary to
assist the Corporation in complying with the requirements of the 1940 Act and
other applicable laws. To the extent required by law, you shall furnish to
regulatory authorities having the requisite authority any information
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or reports in connection with the services provided pursuant to this Agreement
which may be requested in order to ascertain whether the operations of the
Corporation are being conducted in a manner consistent with applicable laws and
regulations.
You shall determine the securities, instruments, investments,
currencies, repurchase agreements, futures, options and other contracts relating
to investments to be purchased, sold or entered into by the Fund and place
orders with broker-dealers, foreign currency dealers, futures commission
merchants or others pursuant to your determinations and all in accordance with
Fund policies as expressed in the Registration Statement. You shall determine
what portion of the Fund's portfolio shall be invested in securities and other
assets and what portion, if any, should be held uninvested.
You shall furnish to the Corporation's Board of Directors periodic
reports on the investment performance of the Fund and on the performance of your
obligations pursuant to this Agreement, and you shall supply such additional
reports and information as the Corporation's officers or Board of Directors
shall reasonably request.
4. Delegation of Portfolio Management Services. Subject to the prior
approval of a majority of the members of the Fund's Board of Directors,
including a majority of the Directors who are not "interested persons," as
defined in the 1940 Act, you may, through a sub-advisory agreement or other
arrangement, delegate to any other company that you control, are controlled by,
or are under common control with, or to specified employees of any such
companies, or to more than one such company, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, certain of your duties enumerated in section 3 hereof; provided,
that you shall continue to supervise the services provided by such company or
employees and any such delegation shall not relieve you of any of your
obligations hereunder.
Subject to the prior approval of a majority of the members of the
Fund's Board of Directors, including a majority of the Directors who are not
"interested persons," as defined in the 1940 Act, you may, through a
sub-advisory agreement, delegate to any other company that is not an "affiliated
person" (as defined in the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) of you or of the Fund (other than by reason
of serving as an investment advisor to the Fund) (each a "sub-advisor"), to the
extent permitted by applicable law, certain of your duties enumerated in section
3 hereof; provided, that you shall continue to supervise the services provided
by such sub-advisor and any such delegation shall not relieve you of any of your
obligations hereunder.
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the duties of any
sub-advisor or delegate, the portion of portfolio assets of the Fund that the
sub-advisor or delegate shall manage and the fees to be paid to the sub-advisor
or delegate by you under and pursuant to any sub-advisory agreement or other
arrangement entered into in accordance with this Agreement may be adjusted from
time to time by you, subject to the prior approval of a majority of the members
of the Fund's Board of Directors, including a majority of the Directors who are
not "interested persons," as defined in the 1940 Act.
5. Administrative Services. In addition to the portfolio management
services specified in section 3 hereof, you shall furnish at your expense for
the use of the Fund such office space and facilities in the United States as the
Fund may require for its reasonable needs, and you (or one or more of your
affiliates designated by you) shall render to the Corporation administrative
services on behalf of the Fund necessary for operating as an open-end investment
company and not provided by persons not parties to this Agreement including, but
not limited to, preparing reports to and meeting materials for the Corporation's
Board of Directors and reports and notices to Fund shareholders; supervising,
negotiating contractual arrangements with, to the extent appropriate, and
monitoring the performance of, accounting agents, custodians, depositories,
transfer agents and pricing agents, accountants, attorneys, printers,
underwriters, brokers and dealers, insurers and other persons in any capacity
deemed to be necessary or desirable to Fund operations; preparing and making
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and other
regulatory and self-regulatory organizations, including, but not limited to,
preliminary and definitive proxy materials, post-effective amendments to the
Registration Statement, semi-annual reports on Form N-SAR and notices pursuant
to Rule 24f-2 under the
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1940 Act; overseeing the tabulation of proxies by the Fund's transfer agent;
assisting in the preparation and filing of the Fund's federal, state and local
tax returns; preparing and filing the Fund's federal excise tax return pursuant
to Section 4982 of the Code; providing assistance with investor and public
relations matters; monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and the
calculation of net asset value; monitoring the registration of Shares of the
Fund under applicable federal and state securities laws; maintaining or causing
to be maintained for the Fund all books, records and reports and any other
information required under the 1940 Act, to the extent that such books, records
and reports and other information are not maintained by the Fund's custodian or
other agents of the Fund; assisting in establishing the accounting policies of
the Fund; assisting in the resolution of accounting issues that may arise with
respect to the Fund's operations and consulting with the Fund's independent
accountants, legal counsel and the Fund's other agents as necessary in
connection therewith; establishing and monitoring the Fund's operating expense
budgets; reviewing the Fund's bills; processing the payment of bills that have
been approved by an authorized person; assisting the Fund in determining the
amount of dividends and distributions available to be paid by the Fund to its
shareholders, preparing and arranging for the printing of dividend notices to
shareholders, and providing the transfer and dividend paying agent, the
custodian, and the accounting agent with such information as is required for
such parties to effect the payment of dividends and distributions; and otherwise
assisting the Corporation as it may reasonably request in the conduct of the
Fund's business, subject to the direction and control of the Corporation's Board
of Directors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to shift to you or to
diminish the obligations of any agent of the Fund or any other person not a
party to this Agreement which is obligated to provide services to the Fund.
6. Allocation of Charges and Expenses. Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this section 6, you shall pay the compensation and expenses of all
Directors, officers and executive employees of the Corporation (including the
Fund's share of payroll taxes) who are affiliated persons of you, and you shall
make available, without expense to the Fund, the services of such of your
directors, officers and employees as may duly be elected officers of the
Corporation, subject to their individual consent to serve and to any limitations
imposed by law. You shall provide at your expense the portfolio management
services described in section 3 hereof and the administrative services described
in section 5 hereof.
You shall not be required to pay any expenses of the Fund other than
those specifically allocated to you in this section 6. In particular, but
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you shall not be responsible,
except to the extent of the reasonable compensation of such of the Fund's
Directors and officers as are directors, officers or employees of you whose
services may be involved, for the following expenses of the Fund: organization
expenses of the Fund (including out-of-pocket expenses, but not including your
overhead or employee costs); fees payable to you and to any other Fund advisors
or consultants; legal expenses; auditing and accounting expenses; maintenance of
books and records which are required to be maintained by the Fund's custodian or
other agents of the Corporation; telephone, telex, facsimile, postage and other
communications expenses; taxes and governmental fees; fees, dues and expenses
incurred by the Fund in connection with membership in investment company trade
organizations; fees and expenses of the Fund's accounting agent, custodians,
subcustodians, transfer agents, dividend disbursing agents and registrars;
payment for portfolio pricing or valuation services to pricing agents,
accountants, bankers and other specialists, if any; expenses of preparing share
certificates and, except as provided below in this section 6, other expenses in
connection with the issuance, offering, distribution, sale, redemption or
repurchase of securities issued by the Fund; expenses relating to investor and
public relations; expenses and fees of registering or qualifying Shares of the
Fund for sale; interest charges, bond premiums and other insurance expense;
freight, insurance and other charges in connection with the shipment of the
Fund's portfolio securities; the compensation and all expenses (specifically
including travel expenses relating to Corporation business) of Directors,
officers and employees of the Corporation who are not affiliated persons of you;
brokerage commissions or other costs of acquiring or disposing of any portfolio
securities of the Fund; expenses of printing and distributing reports, notices
and dividends to shareholders; expenses of printing and mailing Prospectuses and
SAIs of the Fund and
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supplements thereto; costs of stationery; any litigation expenses;
indemnification of Directors and officers of the Corporation; costs of
shareholders' and other meetings; and travel expenses (or an appropriate portion
thereof) of Directors and officers of the Corporation who are Directors,
officers or employees of you to the extent that such expenses relate to
attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any
committees thereof or advisors thereto held outside of Boston, Massachusetts or
New York, New York.
You shall not be required to pay expenses of any activity which is
primarily intended to result in sales of Shares of the Fund if and to the extent
that (i) such expenses are required to be borne by a principal underwriter which
acts as the distributor of the Fund's Shares pursuant to an underwriting
agreement which provides that the underwriter shall assume some or all of such
expenses, or (ii) the Corporation on behalf of the Fund shall have adopted a
plan in conformity with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act providing that the Fund
(or some other party) shall assume some or all of such expenses. You shall be
required to pay such of the foregoing sales expenses as are not required to be
paid by the principal underwriter pursuant to the underwriting agreement or are
not permitted to be paid by the Fund (or some other party) pursuant to such a
plan.
7. Management Fee. For all services to be rendered, payments to be made
and costs to be assumed by you as provided in sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 hereof, the
Corporation on behalf of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Emerging Markets Income Fund shall pay you
in United States Dollars on the last day of each month the unpaid balance of a
fee equal to the excess of 1/12 of 1.00 percent of the average daily net assets
as defined below of the Fund for such month; provided that, for any calendar
month during which the average of such values exceeds $500 million, the fee
payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in
excess of $500 million shall be 1/12 of 0.95 of 1 percent of such portion; over
any compensation waived by you from time to time (as more fully described
below). You shall be entitled to receive during any month such interim payments
of your fee hereunder as you shall request, provided that no such payment shall
exceed 75 percent of the amount of your fee then accrued on the books of the
Fund and unpaid.
For all services to be rendered, payments to be made and costs to be
assumed by you as provided in sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 hereof, the Corporation on
behalf of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Bond Fund shall pay you in United States Dollars on
the last day of each month the unpaid balance of a fee equal to the excess of
1/12 of 0.75 of 1.00 percent of the average daily net assets as defined below of
the Fund for such month; provided that, for any calendar month during which the
average of such values exceeds $250 million, the fee payable for that month
based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $250 million
shall be 1/12 of 0.72 of 1 percent of such portion; provided that, for any
calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds $1 billion, the
fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in
excess of $1 billion shall be 1/12 of 0.70 of 1 percent of such portion;
provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values
exceeds $2.5 billion, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the
average of such values in excess of $2.5 billion shall be 1/12 of 0.68 of 1
percent of such portion; provided that, for any calendar month during which the
average of such values exceeds $5.0 billion, the fee payable for that month
based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $5.0 billion
shall be 1/12 of 0.65 of 1 percent of such portion; provided that, for any
calendar month during which the average of such values exceeds $7.5 billion, the
fee payable for that month based on the portion of the average of such values in
excess of $7.5 billion shall be 1/12 of 0.64 of 1 percent of such portion;
provided that, for any calendar month during which the average of such values
exceeds $10 billion, the fee payable for that month based on the portion of the
average of such values in excess of $10 billion shall be 1/12 of 0.63 of 1
percent of such portion; and provided that, for any calendar month during which
the average of such values exceeds $12.5 billion, the fee payable for that month
based on the portion of the average of such values in excess of $12.5 billion
shall be 1/12 of 0.62 of 1 percent of such portion; over any compensation waived
by you from time to time (as more fully described below). You shall be entitled
to receive during any month such interim payments of your fee
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hereunder as you shall request, provided that no such payment shall exceed 75
percent of the amount of your fee then accrued on the books of the Fund and
unpaid.
The "average daily net assets" of the Fund shall mean the average of
the values placed on the Fund's net assets as of 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on
each day on which the net asset value of the Fund is determined consistent with
the provisions of Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act or, if the Fund lawfully
determines the value of its net assets as of some other time on each business
day, as of such time. The value of the net assets of the Fund shall always be
determined pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Articles and the
Registration Statement. If the determination of net asset value does not take
place for any particular day, then for the purposes of this section 7, the value
of the net assets of the Fund as last determined shall be deemed to be the value
of its net assets as of 4:00 p.m. (New York time), or as of such other time as
the value of the net assets of the Fund's portfolio may be lawfully determined
on that day. If the Fund determines the value of the net assets of its portfolio
more than once on any day, then the last such determination thereof on that day
shall be deemed to be the sole determination thereof on that day for the
purposes of this section 7.
You may waive all or a portion of your fees provided for hereunder and
such waiver shall be treated as a reduction in purchase price of your services.
You shall be contractually bound hereunder by the terms of any publicly
announced waiver of your fee, or any limitation of the Fund's expenses, as if
such waiver or limitation were fully set forth herein.
8. Avoidance of Inconsistent Position; Services Not Exclusive. In
connection with purchases or sales of portfolio securities and other investments
for the account of the Fund, neither you nor any of your directors, officers or
employees shall act as a principal or agent or receive any commission. You or
your agent shall arrange for the placing of all orders for the purchase and sale
of portfolio securities and other investments for the Fund's account with
brokers or dealers selected by you in accordance with Fund policies as expressed
in the Registration Statement. If any occasion should arise in which you give
any advice to clients of yours concerning the Shares of the Fund, you shall act
solely as investment counsel for such clients and not in any way on behalf of
the Fund.
Your services to the Fund pursuant to this Agreement are not to be
deemed to be exclusive and it is understood that you may render investment
advice, management and services to others. In acting under this Agreement, you
shall be an independent contractor and not an agent of the Corporation. Whenever
the Fund and one or more other accounts or investment companies advised by you
have available funds for investment, investments suitable and appropriate for
each shall be allocated in accordance with procedures believed by you to be
equitable to each entity. Similarly, opportunities to sell securities shall be
allocated in a manner believed by you to be equitable. The Fund recognizes that
in some cases this procedure may adversely affect the size of the position that
may be acquired or disposed of for the Fund.
9. Limitation of Liability of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇ an inducement to your
undertaking to render services pursuant to this Agreement, the Corporation
agrees that you shall not be liable under this Agreement for any error of
judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection
with the matters to which this Agreement relates, provided that nothing in this
Agreement shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect you against any
liability to the Corporation, the Fund or its shareholders to which you would
otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross
negligence in the performance of your duties, or by reason of your reckless
disregard of your obligations and duties hereunder. Any person, even though also
employed by you, who may be or become an employee of and paid by the Fund shall
be deemed, when acting within the scope of his or her employment by the Fund, to
be acting in such employment solely for the Fund and not as your employee or
agent.
10. Duration and Termination of This Agreement. This Agreement shall
remain in force until September 30, 2007 and continue in force from year to year
thereafter, but only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at
least annually (a) by the vote of a majority of the Directors who
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are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any party to this
Agreement, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
approval, and (b) by the Directors of the Corporation, or by the vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. The aforesaid
requirement that continuance of this Agreement be "specifically approved at
least annually" shall be construed in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable SEC exemptive order
therefrom.
This Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Fund at any time,
without the payment of any penalty, by the vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund or by the Corporation's Board of Directors on 60
days' written notice to you, or by you on 60 days' written notice to the
Corporation. This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of its
assignment.
11. Amendment of this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver,
discharge or termination is sought, and no amendment of this Agreement shall be
effective until approved in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act and rules and
regulations thereunder and any applicable SEC exemptive order therefrom.
12. Miscellaneous. The captions in this Agreement are included for
convenience of reference only and in no way define or limit any of the
provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect. 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.
In interpreting the provisions of this Agreement, the definitions
contained in Section 2(a) of the 1940 Act (particularly the definitions of
"affiliated person," "assignment" and "majority of the outstanding voting
securities"), as from time to time amended, shall be applied, subject, however,
to such exemptions as may be granted by the SEC by any rule, regulation or
order.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Maryland, provided that nothing herein shall be construed in a manner
inconsistent with the 1940 Act, or in a manner which would cause the Fund to
fail to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code.
This Agreement is an Amendment and Restatement of the Investment
Management Agreement dated March 28, 2002 entered into between you and the
Corporation on behalf of the Fund and shall supersede all prior investment
advisory or management agreements entered into between you and the Corporation
on behalf of the Fund.
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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please execute the form of
acceptance on the accompanying counterpart of this letter and return such
counterpart to the Corporation, whereupon this letter shall become a binding
contract effective as of the date of this Agreement.
Yours very truly,
Global/International Fund, Inc. on behalf of
its series ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Emerging Markets Income
Fund and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Global Bond Fund
By: /s/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted as of the date hereof.
DEUTSCHE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
AMERICAS INC.
By: /s/A. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: A. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
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