PAYPAL
MONEY MARKET FUND
(a
series of PayPal Funds)
2211
NORTH FIRST STREET
SAN
JOSE, CA 95131
1-888-215-5506
August
___, 2010
Dear
Shareholder:
The
enclosed Proxy Statement contains important information about three proposals we
recommend for approval by shareholders of the PayPal Money Market Fund (the
“Fund”), a series of the PayPal Funds (the “Trust”), at a Special Meeting of
Shareholders to be held on October 15, 2010 (the “Meeting”).
Shareholders
of the Fund are being asked to (i) elect two Trustees to the Board of Trustees
of the Trust (the “Board”); (ii) approve an Amended and Restated Investment
Advisory Agreement (the “New Agreement”) between the Trust, on behalf of the
Fund, and PayPal Asset Management, Inc., the current investment adviser of the
Fund (the “Adviser”); and (iii) ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2010.
The Board
currently consists of three Trustees, Kevin T. Hamilton, Richard D. Kernan, and
John P. McGonigle. Messrs. Hamilton and Kernan were elected to the Board by
shareholders of the Fund in 2002. Mr. McGonigle was appointed by the Board to
fill a vacancy created by the resignation of a former Trustee, and has been
serving in that capacity continuously since 2008. A vacancy currently exists on
the Board because of the retirement of another former Trustee, who was also an
officer of the Adviser, and the Board has nominated Dana E. Schmidt, the current
President and Principal Executive Officer of the Trust, to fill that
vacancy.
The
Adviser, under an Investment Advisory Agreement, as amended (the “Current
Agreement”), is compensated a unified fee for providing investment advisory and
various other services that are necessary for the operation of the Fund. The
Current Agreement also provides that the Adviser will pay all expenses of the
Fund, excluding certain expenses described in Proposal 2. The New Agreement
would have the effect of unbundling the various types of fees and expenses, so
the Fund would pay a separate advisory fee, transfer agency fee and other
operating expenses. The
purpose of the change is to better accommodate the introduction, over time, of
additional funds by the Trust having consistent fee and expense structures, and
for ease of comparison to other mutual funds. Although the new fee structure
will be unbundled, it has been designed so that there will be no
immediate effect on the Fund’s total expenses as a result of the New
Agreement.
The Audit
Committee and the Board, including all of the trustees who are not “interested
persons,” have selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Trust’s independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010
and are submitting the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the
shareholders of the Fund for ratification.
The
Trustees voted unanimously to approve these proposals. The Board believes the
proposals are in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The
Trustees recommend that you vote in favor of the proposals in the Proxy
Statement.
The Proxy
Statement describes the voting process for shareholders. We ask you to read the
Proxy Statement carefully and vote in favor of the approval of the proposals.
Please return your proxy in the postage-paid envelope or record your voting
instructions via electronic transmission or telephone as soon as
possible.
Sincerely,
/s/
Kevin T.
Hamilton
Chairman
of the Board of Trustees
PAYPAL
MONEY MARKET FUND
(a
series of PayPal Funds)
2211
NORTH FIRST STREET
SAN
JOSE, CA 95131
1-888-215-5506
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a
Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of PayPal Money Market Fund (the
“Fund”), a series of PayPal Funds (the “Trust”), will be held on October 15,
2010 at 12:00 p.m., Pacific time, at the principal executive offices of the
Trust at 2211 North First Street, San Jose, California 95131.
The
Meeting is being held for the following purposes:
1. To
elect two Trustees to the Board of Trustees of the Trust;
2. To
approve an Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement for the
Fund;
3. To
ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Trust’s independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010;
and
4. To
transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any
adjournment thereof.
Shareholders
of record at the close of business on August 17, 2010 (the “Record Date”) are
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting and any adjournment or
postponement thereof.
The
accompanying Proxy Statement contains more information about the Meeting. As a
shareholder of the Fund on the Record Date, you are asked to attend the Meeting
in person. If you are unable to attend the Meeting in person, we urge you to
promptly note via electronic transmission or telephone in order that the meeting
can be held and a maximum number of shares may be voted.
Your
vote is important, no matter how many shares you own. To avoid the cost of
follow up solicitation and a possible adjournment, please read the Proxy
Statement and complete, sign and return the enclosed proxy card or record your
voting instructions via electronic transmission or telephone promptly. It is
important that your vote be received by 5 p.m., Pacific time, on October
13, 2010.
By
Order of the Board of Trustees
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John
D. Muller
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Secretary
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San Jose,
California
Dated: August
__, 2010
PAYPAL
MONEY MARKET FUND
(a
series of PayPal Funds)
2211
NORTH FIRST STREET
SAN
JOSE, CA 95131
1-888-215-5506
PROXY
STATEMENT
Special
Meeting of Shareholders to be Held
October
15, 2010
Introduction
This
Proxy Statement is furnished on behalf of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of
PayPal Funds (the “Trust”) to shareholders of PayPal Money Market Fund (the
“Fund”), a series of the Trust, in connection with the solicitation of proxies
for use at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the “Meeting”) to be
held on October 15, 2010 at 12:00 p.m., Pacific time, at the principal executive
offices of the Trust at 2211 North First Street, San Jose, California
95131, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. This Proxy Statement,
Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders, and the accompanying Proxy Card are
being made available by electronic transmission and by hard copy to those who
request a hard copy or who have not previously consented to electronic delivery
of their Fund documents, to shareholders of record of the Fund (“Shareholders”)
at the close of business on August 17, 2010 (the “Record Date”).
Shareholders
will be asked to vote on three proposals at the Meeting: (i) the election of two
Trustees to the Board; (ii) the approval of an Amended and Restated Investment
Advisory Agreement (the “New Agreement”) between the Trust, on behalf of the
Fund, and PayPal Asset Management, Inc., the current investment adviser of the
Fund (“PPAM” or the “Adviser”); and (iii) the ratification of the appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Trust’s independent registered public
accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010 (each, a
“Proposal,” and together, the “Proposals”).
Voting;
Revocation of Proxies
All
proxies solicited by the Board that are properly executed and received by
electronic transmission, telephone or mail by the Secretary of the Trust by
October 13, 2010 will be voted at the Meeting in accordance with the
Shareholders’ instructions thereon.
A
Shareholder may revoke the accompanying proxy at any time before it is voted by
written notification to the Trust or a duly executed Proxy Card bearing a later
date sent via electronic transmission. In addition, any Shareholder who attends
the Meeting in person may vote by ballot at the Meeting, thereby canceling any
proxy previously given. Attendance at the Meeting alone, however, will not serve
to revoke the proxy. If no instruction is given on a signed and returned Proxy
Card with respect to a Proposal, it will be voted “FOR” that Proposal, and the
proxies may vote in their discretion with respect to other matters not now known
to the Board that may be properly presented at the Meeting. With
respect to a Proposal, a Shareholder may vote part of the shares in favor of the
Proposal and refrain from voting the remaining shares or vote them against the
Proposal, but if the Shareholder fails to specify the number of shares that the
Shareholder is voting affirmatively, it will be conclusively presumed that the
Shareholder’s approving vote is with respect to the total shares that the
Shareholder is entitled to vote on the Proposal.
All
proxies voted, including abstentions and broker non-votes (where the underlying
holder has not voted and the broker does not vote the shares), will be counted
toward establishing a quorum. Abstentions do not constitute a vote
“for” and effectively result in a vote “against” a Proposal. Broker non-votes do
not represent a vote “for” or “against” and are disregarded in determining
whether a Proposal has received enough votes, except where a minimum number of
the outstanding voting securities is required, in which case a broker non-vote
effectively counts as a vote against such Proposal.
Record
Date/Shareholders Entitled to Vote
Only
Shareholders of record of the Fund at the close of business on the Record Date
are entitled to notice of, and to vote on, the Proposals at the Meeting and any
adjournment or postponement thereof. Each Shareholder will be
entitled to one vote for each dollar of net asset value held on that date. As of
the Record Date, the Fund had _______ shares outstanding and entitled to vote at
the Meeting.
Quorum
and Adjournment/Required Vote
One-third
of the outstanding shares of the Fund on the Record Date, represented in person
or by proxy, must be present to constitute a quorum for the Fund with respect to
the Proposals. If a quorum is not present or represented, the Meeting may be
adjourned by any lesser number of outstanding shares of the Fund, and the
adjourned session may be held, within a reasonable time after the date set for
the original meeting, without the necessity of further notice.
The
affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares voted in person or by proxy at the
Meeting is necessary to elect each Trustee to the Board.
The
affirmative vote of a “majority of the outstanding voting securities” of the
Fund present in person or by proxy and voting is necessary to approve the New
Agreement, pursuant to Section 15 of the 1940 Act. A “majority of the
outstanding voting securities” of the Fund means the vote of (i) 67% or more of
the voting securities present at the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of
the outstanding voting securities of the Fund are present or represented by
proxy or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund,
whichever is the less.
The
affirmative vote of a majority of the shares voted in person or by proxy at the
Meeting is required to ratify the appointment of PwC as the Trust’s independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2010.
If a
quorum is present, but sufficient votes in favor of one or more Proposals are
not received by the time scheduled for the Meeting, then a person named as a
proxy may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to permit further
solicitation of proxies. Any such adjournment will require the affirmative vote
of a majority of those shares present in person or by proxy at the session of
the Meeting adjourned. The persons named as proxies will vote FOR the proposed
adjournment all shares for which they are entitled to vote with respect to each
Proposal or each item under each Proposal, unless directed to vote AGAINST the
Proposal or the item, in which case such shares will be voted AGAINST the
proposed adjournment with respect to that Proposal or item. A shareholder vote
may be taken on one or more of the Proposals or items in this Proxy Statement
prior to such adjournment if sufficient votes have been received and it is
otherwise appropriate.
Proxy
Solicitation
The
solicitation of proxies will be primarily by mail and electronic transmission.
The Trust has retained D.F. King & Co., Inc. to assist in the distribution
of proxy materials, at an estimated cost of $250,000. All costs associated with
the preparation, filing and distribution of the proxy materials, the
solicitation, and the Meeting will be shared equally by the Fund and the
Adviser. But any such costs allocated to the Fund would be subject to the Fund's
existing expense limitations.
Shareholders
also have the opportunity to submit their voting instructions by the Internet or
over the telephone. To record your vote by the Internet, access the Internet
address shown on your proxy card. You will be prompted to enter the
control number on your proxy card. Follow the instructions on the
screen, using your proxy card as a guide. The Internet vote recording procedures
are designed to authenticate shareholder identities, to allow shareholders to
authorize the voting of their shares in accordance with their instructions, and
to confirm that their instructions have been properly recorded. If you vote by
the Internet, you need not return the proxy card by mail. Proxies recorded by
the Internet may be revoked at any time before they are voted in the same manner
that proxies by mail may be revoked. To record your vote over the telephone,
please contact our proxy solicitor, D.F. King & Co., Inc., at (800)
791-3320. Representatives are available Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m.
until 10:00 p.m. (Eastern time) and Saturday, from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
(Eastern time).
Shareholder
Reports
Copies of
the Fund’s most recent annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders have
previously been electronically furnished to shareholders. Additional copies of
any of these documents are available on the Trust’s internet website at
www.paypal.com, and may be obtained without charge by emailing customer service
at service@paypal.com
or by calling (888) 215-5506.
PROPOSAL
1: ELECTION OF TWO TRUSTEES TO THE
BOARD
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The
purpose of this proposal is to elect two trustees to the Board. For
the election of Trustees at the Meeting, the Board has approved the nomination
of John P. McGonigle and Dana E. Schmidt.
The Board
currently consists of three Trustees: Kevin T. Hamilton, Richard D. Kernan, and
John P. McGonigle. Messrs Hamilton and Kernan were elected to the Board by
shareholders of the Fund in 2002. Mr. McGonigle has served as a Trustee since
2008, when he was appointed by the Board to fill a vacancy created by the
resignation of a former Trustee. A vacancy currently exists on the Board because
of the retirement of another former Trustee, who was also an officer of the
Adviser, and the Board has nominated Dana E. Schmidt, the President and
Principal Executive Officer of the Trust, to fill that vacancy. Ms. Schmidt is
deemed an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust because
of her affiliations with the Adviser and its affiliates. The Board proposes that
shareholders of the Fund elect Mr. McGonigle and Ms. Schmidt (each, a “Nominee”
and collectively, the “Nominees”) to the Board. If elected, each Nominee will
hold office until he or she resigns, retires or is otherwise removed or
replaced.
The
persons named as proxies intend, in the absence of contrary instructions, to
vote all proxies on behalf of the shareholders for the election of each Nominee.
If approved by the Shareholders, each Nominee will serve as a member of the
Board. Each of the Nominees has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement
and to serving on the Board if elected. However, if any Nominee should become
unavailable for election, due to events not known or anticipated, the persons
named as proxies will vote for such other nominee(s) as the current Board may
recommend.
If the
Nominees are elected by Shareholders, 75% of the Board’s members will be
independent or disinterested persons within the meaning of the 1940 Act
(“Independent Trustees”). A Nominee is deemed to be “independent” to the extent
the Nominee is not an “interested person” of Trust, as that term is defined in
the 1940 Act (“Independent Nominee”). One Nominee, Dana E. Schmidt, is
considered to be an “interested person” of the Trust (“Interested Nominee”),
because of her affiliation with an affiliate of the Adviser.
The
following tables contain the names and years of birth of the Nominees,
position(s) and length of service with the Trust, principal occupation during
the past five years, any other directorships held by each Nominee and the number
of portfolios or funds in the Trust that each Nominee will oversee if elected.
Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each Nominee is c/o PayPal, Inc.,
2211 North First Street, San Jose, California 95131.
Name
(Year of Birth)
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Position(s)
Held
with Trust and Time Served
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Principal
Occupations(s) During Past 5 Years
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Number
of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen
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Other
Directorships Held
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Interested
Nominee
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Dana
E. Schmidt
(1962)
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Trustee
Nominee; President and Principal Executive Officer (since
2010)
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Chief
Compliance Officer, MicroPlace Inc. (since 2007); Lead Integration
Manager, Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (2004-2005)
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One
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None
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Independent
Nominee
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John
P. McGonigle (1955)
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Trustee
(since
2008)
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Vice
President, Senior Vice President, and Executive Vice President of Charles
Schwab & Co., Inc. (registered broker-dealer) (1989-2006); Member of
Board of Charles Schwab International Holdings (1999-2006)
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One
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One
(Janus family of mutual
funds)
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Remaining
Trustees of the Board
The table
below contains similar information about the remaining two Trustees of the
Board, each of whom is an Independent Trustee of the Trust. Unless otherwise
indicated, the address of each Trustee is c/o PayPal Funds, 2211 North First
Street, San Jose, California 95131.
Name
(Year of Birth)
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Position(s)
Held
with Trust and Time Served
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Principal
Occupations(s) During Past 5 Years
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Number
of Portfolios in Fund Complex
Overseen
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Other
Directorships Held
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Independent
Trustees
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Kevin
T. Hamilton
(1961)
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Trustee
and Chairman (since 1999 and 2004, respectively)
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President,
Rice Hall James & Associates (investment advisor)
(2002-2009).
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One
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None
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Richard
D. Kernan
(1945)
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Trustee
(since 2002)
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Chief
Financial Officer, Acacia Pacific Holdings, Inc. (private insurance
services company) (2003-2007).
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One
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None
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Board
Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight
The
operations of the Fund are under the direction of the Board. The Board
establishes the Fund’s policies and oversees and reviews the management of the
Fund. The Board meets regularly (i.e., at least quarterly) to
review the investment performance of the Fund and other financial and
operational matters, including policies and procedures with respect to
compliance with regulatory and other requirements, as well as to review the
activities of the Trust’s officers, who are responsible for the day-to-day
operations of the Fund. The Board met six times during the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2009. All of the current Trustees attended all of the Board
and committee meetings of which they were members.
The Board
consists of three Trustees, none of whom are “interested persons” (as defined in
the 1940 Act) of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”). An Independent Trustee
serves as Chairman of the Board. In addition, the Board has delegated certain
authority and supervisory responsibilities to its Audit Committee (described
below), which is comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. As part of each
regular Board meeting, the Independent Trustees meet, separately from the
Adviser, with their independent legal counsel and, at least annually, with the
Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”). The Board reviews its
leadership structure periodically as part of its annual self-assessment process
and believes that its structure is appropriate to enable the Board to exercise
its oversight of the Fund.
The Fund
has retained the Adviser as the Fund’s investment adviser. Subject to the
objectives and policies as the Trustees may determine, the Adviser furnishes a
continuing investment program for the Fund, which involves monitoring the Fund’s
investment in the Master Portfolio, including the associated risks that arise
from the Fund’s investments and operations, and provides administrative services
to the Fund, all pursuant and subject to its Investment Advisory Agreement with
the Fund. Employees of the Adviser and its affiliates serve as the Trust’s
officers, including the Trust’s President, Treasurer and CCO.
The Board
oversees the services provided by the Adviser, including certain risk management
functions. Risk management is a broad concept that can cover many elements. The
Board handles its review of different elements and types of risks in different
ways. In the course of providing oversight, the Board and the Audit Committee
receive reports on the Fund’s activities, including regarding the Fund’s
investment portfolio and the Fund’s financial accounting and reporting. The
Board also meets periodically with the Trust’s CCO who reports on the compliance
of the Fund with the U.S. federal securities laws and the Trust’s internal
compliance policies and procedures. The Audit Committee’s meetings with the
Fund’s independent auditors also contribute to its oversight of certain internal
control risks. In addition, the Board meets periodically with the portfolio
managers of the Master Portfolio to receive reports regarding the management of
the Master Portfolio, including certain investment and operational risks.
Because the Board has delegated the day-to-day activities of the Fund to the
Adviser and other service providers, the risk management oversight provided by
the Board can mitigate but not eliminate the identified risks. Not all risks
that may affect the Fund can be identified or processes and controls developed
to eliminate or mitigate their occurrence or effects, and some risks are simply
beyond any control of the Fund or the Adviser, its affiliates or other service
providers.
Information
about each Trustee’s and Nominee’s Qualifications, Experience, Attributes or
Skills
The Board
took into account a variety of factors in the original selection of candidates
to serve as a Trustee, including the then composition of the Board. Generally,
no one factor was decisive in the selection of an individual to join the Board.
Among the factors the Board considered when concluding that an individual should
serve on the Board were the following: (i) the individual’s business and
professional experience and accomplishments; (ii) the individual’s ability to
work effectively with the other members of the Board; and (iii) how the
individual’s skills, experience, and attributes would contribute to an
appropriate mix of relevant skills and experience on the Board. In addition, the
Trustees also possess various other intangible qualities such as intelligence,
work ethic, the ability to work together, to communicate effectively, to ask
incisive questions and exercise judgment, and to oversee the business of the
Trust. The Board also considered, among other factors, the particular attributes
described below with respect to the various individual Trustees. The summaries
set forth below, as to the qualifications, attributes, and skills of the
Trustees, are furnished in response to disclosure requirements imposed by the
SEC, do not constitute any representation or guarantee that the Board or any
Trustee has any special expertise or experience, and do not impose any greater
or additional responsibility or obligation on, or change any standard of care
of, any such person or on the Board as a whole than otherwise would be the
case.
Current Trustees
Mr.
Hamilton has many years of experience as an executive of various investment
management organizations and has in-depth experience with investment analysis.
He also has many years of experience with the mutual fund industry and serving
on the Trust’s Board.
Mr.
Kernan has many years of experience in the insurance industry, which has
included extensive responsibilities for financial accounting and reporting. He
also has many years of experience with the Trust’s Board.
Nominees
Mr.
McGonigle has many years of experience as a senior executive with a prominent
broker-dealer and has in-depth knowledge of the financial services and
securities industry. He also has many years of experience with the mutual fund
industry generally and approximately two years of experience with the Trust’s
Board.
Ms.
Schmidt has many years of experience as an executive in the investment
management and mutual fund industries. She also has previously served as a
mutual fund trustee and has worked extensively with boards of mutual funds as an
executive of investment advisers and their affiliates.
Board
Committee
Currently,
the Board has a standing Audit Committee composed solely of Independent
Trustees. Mr. Kernan serves as the Chairman of the Audit
Committee. Mr. Kernan also qualifies as the Audit Committee’s audit
committee financial expert. The Audit Committee is responsible for,
among things, recommending the selection, retention, compensation or termination
of the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm (“independent
auditor”); reviewing with the independent auditor the scope and results of
annual audits of the Trust; discussing with Trust management the performance of
the independent auditor and its recommendation with respect to the
reasonableness of the independent auditor’s fees; reviewing the Fund’s annual
report to shareholders and any significant underlying accounting policies;
reviewing with the Fund’s independent auditor the adequacy and effectiveness of
relevant internal controls and procedures and the quality of the staff
implementing such controls and procedures; reporting to the full Board on a
regular basis; and making recommendations as it deems necessary or appropriate.
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Audit Committee held two
meetings.
Trustees’
Compensation
The Trust
pays each Independent Trustees an annual retainer fee equal to $4,000 plus
$3,000 for each regular Board meeting attended by the Trustee in person (or
$1,500, if the meeting is attended telephonically). The Trust pays each
Independent Trustee a fee of $2,000 for each special Board or Committee meeting
not held in conjunction with a regular meeting attended by the Trustee in person
(or $1,000, if the special meeting is attended telephonically). In addition, the
Trust pays each Independent Trustee a fee of $2,000 for each Fund-related
meeting not held in conjunction with an official meeting attended by the Trustee
in person (or $1,000, if such meeting is attended telephonically). Also, the
Trust pays the chair of the Board an annual fee of $10,000. In addition, the
Trust reimburses each of the Independent Trustees for travel and other expenses
incurred in connection with attendance at such meetings. Other officers and
Trustees of the Trust receive no compensation or expense reimbursement from the
Trust.
The table
below shows the compensation received by current Independent Trustees for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, which does not reflect the new fees
specified above:
Name
of Trustee
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Aggregate
Compensation from the Fund
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Pension
or Retirement Benefits Accrued As Part of Fund Expenses
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Estimated
Annual Benefits Upon Retirement
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Total
Compensation From Fund and Trust Paid to
Trustees
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Kevin
T. Hamilton
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$8,000
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None
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None
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$8,000
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Richard
D. Kernan
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$8,000
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None
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None
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$8,000
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John
P. McGonigle
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$8,000
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None
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None
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$8,000
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Trustees’/Nominees’
Ownership of Fund Shares
The table
below shows the dollar range of shares beneficially owned by each
Trustee/Nominee in the Fund as of the Record Date, unless otherwise
noted.
Name
of Trustee/Nominee
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Dollar
Range of Equity Securities in the Fund
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Aggregate
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in All Registered Investment
Companies Overseen by Trustee in Family of Investment
Companies
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Richard
D. Kernan
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None
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None
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Kevin
T. Hamilton
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None
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None
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John
P. McGonigle
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None
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None
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Dana
E. Schmidt
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$1
- $10,000
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$1
- $10,000
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As of the
Record Date, all Trustees/Nominees and officers of the Trust as a group owned
less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
Officers'
Information
The
principal officers of the Fund are listed below, except for the President and
Principal Executive Officer of the Trust, Ms. Schmidt, for whom information is
provided in a table above. Each officer serves until he or she resigns, retires
or is otherwise removed or replaced. All other officers hold office at the
pleasure of the Board. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each officer
is c/o PayPal Funds, 2211 North First Street, San Jose, California
95131.
Name
(Year
of Birth)
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Position(s)
Held with the Trust and Time Served
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Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past
5 Years
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Omar
J. Paz
(1970)
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Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer (since 2008)
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Director,
North America, PayPal, Inc. (since 2010); Director, Consumer Products,
PayPal, Inc. (2009-2010); President and Director, PayPal Asset
Management, Inc. (since 2008); Assistant Treasurer and Director of Global
Investments, eBay, Inc. and PayPal, Inc. (2007-2009); Principal, Corporate
Cash Management Group of Piper Jaffray & Co. (2006-2007); Senior Vice
President, Institutional Fixed Income Group of Citigroup Global Markets
Inc. (2002-2006).
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John
D. Muller
(1961)
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Secretary
and Chief Compliance Officer (since 2001 and 2009,
respectively)
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General
Counsel, PayPal, Inc. (since 2000); Chairman and Director, PayPal Asset
Management, Inc. (since 2001); Interim Chief Compliance Officer of the
Trust (2006-2009).
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Recommendation
and Required Vote
If a
quorum is present at the Meeting, the affirmative vote of a plurality of shares
voted in person or by proxy at the Meeting is required for the election of each
Nominee to the Board.
THE
BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS
VOTE
“FOR” THE ELECTION OF EACH NOMINEE
PROPOSAL
2: APPROVAL AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT
ADVISORY
AGREEMENT
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PPAM has
acted as the investment adviser with respect to the assets of the Fund since
November 17, 1999. Currently, the Adviser serves pursuant to an Investment
Advisory Agreement, as amended (the “Current Agreement”) and is compensated a
unified fee for providing, or causing to be provided, investment advisory
services and various other services that are necessary for the operation of the
Fund. The Current Agreement also provides that the Adviser will pay all
operating expenses of the Fund, excluding certain expenses described below. The
proposed Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement (the “New
Agreement”) would have the effect of unbundling the various types of fees and
expenses, so the Fund would pay a separate advisory fee, transfer agency fee and
other operating expenses to various service providers and vendors. Because of
various expense limitations in place, there will not be any immediate effect on
the Fund’s total expenses as a result of the New Agreement.
The
Current Agreement
The
Current Agreement dated October 4, 2002 between the Trust and the Adviser was
originally approved in person by the Board, including a majority of the
Independent Trustees, at a meeting held on May 14, 2002 and by the Fund’s
shareholders on October 2, 2002. The Current Agreement was submitted for
shareholder approval because the then-existing investment advisory agreement was
terminated automatically as a result of a deemed assignment of that agreement
upon the acquisition of PayPal, Inc., the parent company of the Adviser, and
eBay Inc. The Current Agreement has remained substantially unchanged since that
time, except that it was amended on March 1, 2005 and August 11, 2009 to reduce
the advisory fee payable to the Adviser.
Under the
Current Agreement, the Trust appointed the Adviser to act as investment adviser
and manager to the Fund. In this capacity, the Adviser agreed to provide a
program of continuous investment management for the Fund in accordance with the
Fund’s investment objective, policies and limitations, as provided in the Fund’s
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information filed as part of the Trust’s
Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
and any amendments thereto. Among other things, the Current Agreement requires
the Adviser to: (i) provide the Fund with ongoing investment guidance and policy
direction; (ii) advise as to the securities, instruments, repurchase agreements,
options and other investments and techniques that the Fund will purchase or
sell, enter into, or use, as applicable; (iii) advise as to what portion of the
Fund’s portfolio shall be invested in securities and other assets or remain
uninvested; (iv) provide or arrange for administration, transfer agency,
custody, and all other services necessary for the Fund to operate and pay for
all expenses associated with such service subject to certain limitations
contained therein; (v) furnish to the Trust any statistical information the
Trust may reasonably request with respect to the Fund’s assets or contemplated
investments; and (vi) keep the Trust and the Trustees informed of developments
materially affecting the Fund’s portfolio and furnish to the Trust from time to
time any information the Adviser believes appropriate for this
purpose.
In
connection with the provision of various investment management services as set
forth in the Current Agreement, the Adviser will also pay all of the expenses of
Fund, except for the following expenses: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii)
brokerage commissions; (iv) insurance and bonding premiums; (v) fees and
expenses of the independent trustees (and their legal counsel); (vi) the
compensation of the CCO; (vii) extraordinary expenses approved by those
disinterested trustees; and (vii) fees and expenses of the master portfolio in
which the Fund invests all its assets (collectively, the “Excluded
Expenses”).
As
compensation for the services provided and expenses assumed by the Adviser under
the Current Agreement, the Trust will arrange for the Fund to pay the Adviser at
the end of each calendar month an advisory fee computed daily at an annual rate
equal to 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Under the
Current Agreement, the Adviser is not liable for any error of judgment or
mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund or its shareholders in
connection with the matters to which the Current Agreement relates, provided
that the Adviser is not protected against any liability to the Trust, the Fund,
or the shareholders of the Fund by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the obligations or duties on the part
of the Adviser under the Current Agreement. No change is proposed to
the Adviser’s standard of care.
The
Current Agreement provides that after the two-year initial period, it will
continue automatically for successive annual periods, provided such continuance
is specifically approved at least annually by either the Board or a “majority of
the outstanding voting securities” of the Fund as well as a majority of those
Independent Trustees who were not parties to the Current
Agreement. The Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, most
recently approved the Current Agreement on May 18, 2010 for continuance for an
additional period through November 30, 2010 or until the approval of the New
Agreement by Shareholders at the Meeting, whichever comes first.
Additionally,
the Current Agreement permits termination by either party without penalty upon
sixty (60) days’ notice to the other party. The Current Agreement
will also terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as such term
is defined in the 1940 Act).
The
New Agreement
The New
Agreement provides that the unified fee under the Current Agreement will be
unbundled to exclude certain operating fees and expenses of the Fund from the
investment advisory fee payable to the Adviser under the New Agreement. A form
of the New Agreement is attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit A, and the description
set forth in this Proxy Statement of the New Agreement is qualified in its
entirety by reference to Exhibit A.
Under the
New Agreement, the Adviser will continue to provide, or cause to be provided,
various investment management services to the Fund, except that certain services
previously provided by the Adviser, the compensation for which was included in
the investment advisory fee under the Current Agreement, including shareholder
transaction services, shareholder information services, compliance
reporting, and shareholder account maintenance, will be governed by
and compensated for under a separate Transfer Agency Agreement between the Trust
and the Adviser. As part of the unbundling of the investment advisory fee under
the New Agreement, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees who were
not parties to the Transfer Agency Agreement, approved the Transfer Agency
Agreement at a meeting of the Board held on July 27, 2010. The new Trabsfer
Agency Agreement would take effect, with respect to the Fund, when the New
Agreement also takes effect, subject to shareholder approval.
The New
Agreement additionally unbundles various operating expenses from the investment
advisory fee payable to the Adviser. In addition to the Excluded Expenses
enumerated in the Current Agreement, all of which, other than the advisory fees
paid indirectly by the Fund to the advisor of the Master Portfolio, will
continue to be excluded from the responsibility of the Adviser under the New
Agreement, various other operating expenses, including, among others, fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the issuance, registration and transfer of
shares of the Fund; all expenses of transfer, receipt, safekeeping, servicing
and accounting for the cash, securities and other property of the Trust for the
benefit of the Fund; cost of preparing and printing reports, proxy statements,
prospectuses and statements of additional information for the Fund or other
communications for distribution to existing shareholders (but not prospective
investors); and all expenses of maintaining and servicing shareholder accounts,
will no longer be assumed by the Adviser. Such other operating expenses will be
paid by the Fund under the New Agreement, and the Adviser will only be
responsible for (i) the compensation of any of the Trust’s Trustees, officers,
and employees who are affiliates of the Adviser, excluding employees performing
services in connection with expenses for which the Fund is responsible under the
New Agreement; (ii) the investment advisory fees paid indirectly by the Fund to
the adviser to any master portfolio into which the Fund invests all or
substantially all of its assets; (iii) the expenses of printing and distributing
the Fund’s prospectuses, statements of information, and sales and advertising
material (excluding legal, auditing, or accounting fees attendant thereto) to
prospective investors (rather than existing shareholders); and (iii) providing
office space and equipment reasonably necessary for the operation of the Trust
to the extent not provided by the administrator of the Trust.
To
reflect the unbundling of services provided and operating expenses assumed by
the Adviser, the New Agreement provides for a reduced investment advisory fee
payable to the Adviser at the end of each calendar month at an annual rate equal
to 0.30% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. For services provided and
expenses assumed by the Adviser under the Transfer Agency Agreement, the Fund
will compensate the Adviser, in its capacity as the transfer agent of the Trust,
at the end of each calendar month a transfer agent service fee at an annual rate
equal to $2.40 per open or active account and $0.80 for each closed or inactive
account. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, that per
account fee structure would have resulted in transfer agency expenses of
approximately ___% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. In comparison, under
the Current Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to compensation at an annual rate
equal to 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Other
provisions, including those regarding the standard of care and limitation of
liability of the Adviser and duration and termination of the New Agreement, are
substantially the same as those under the Current Agreement.
Legal
Requirements Under the 1940 Act
Section
15(c) of the 1940 Act further provides that a board of directors or trustees of
any registered investment company may not enter into, renew, or perform any
contract or agreement, whereby a person undertakes regularly to serve or act as
investment adviser of or principal underwriter for such company, unless the
terms of such contract or agreement and any renewal thereof have been approved
by the vote of a majority of the independent directors or trustees who are not
parties to such contract or agreement cast in person at a meeting called for the
purpose of voting on such approval.
The
Current Agreement was approved by a “majority of the outstanding voting
securities” of the Fund. The New Agreement, while on substantially the same
terms as the Current Agreement, does provide for the unbundling of services and
various operating expenses and would require the approval of a “majority of the
outstanding voting securities” of the Fund as provided under the 1940 Act. The
Board, including all of the Independent Trustees who are not parities to the New
Agreement, has unanimously approved the New Agreement in person at a meeting of
the Board on May 18, 2010.
Information
Regarding the Adviser
The
Adviser is a wholly owned subsidiary of PayPal, Inc. and is registered as an
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The
Adviser was formed in November 1999. As of the Record Date, it had over $____
million in assets under management. The Adviser’s address is 2211 North First
Street, San Jose, CA 95131.
The
Adviser’s principal executive officers and directors are shown below. The
address of each, as it relates to his or her duties at the Adviser, is the same
as that of the Adviser.
Name
|
Title/Status
with
Investment
Adviser
|
Other
Business
Connections
|
|
|
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John
D. Muller
|
Chairman
and Director
|
Vice
President and General Counsel, PayPal, Inc.
|
|
|
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Omar
J. Paz
|
Chief
Executive Officer & President, Treasurer, Secretary and
Director
|
Director,
North America, PayPal Inc.
|
|
|
|
Jeffrey
R. Mannie
|
Controller
|
Controller,
PayPal, Inc.
|
|
|
|
Christopher
I. Chen
|
Chief
Compliance Officer
|
Manager,
Policy, PayPal, Inc.
|
|
|
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Robert
J. Mansell
|
Senior
Technology Officer
|
Vice
President, Product Development, PayPal, Inc.
|
|
|
|
Steven
A. Burleson
|
Treasurer
|
Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, North America, PayPal,
Inc.
|
|
|
|
Prashant
F. Aggarwal
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Chief
Financial Officer and Director
|
Vice
President, Finance Operations, PayPal, Inc.
|
|
|
|
Edmond
I. Eger III
|
Business
Officer
|
Senior
Vice President, General Manager, North America, Global Core
Payments and Emerging Markets, PayPal, Inc.
|
|
|
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Lutz
O. Braum
|
Marketing
Officer
|
Director,
Engagement Marketing, PayPal, Inc.
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For the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Fund was obligated to pay the Adviser
an investment advisory fee of $5,088,698, before contractual and voluntary fee
waivers, and was paid $1,280,484, after giving effect to such reductions
and waivers.
Trustees’
Consideration
The
Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, voted in person and approved
the New Agreement and its submission for shareholder approval at a meeting on
May 18, 2010. If the New Agreement is approved by Shareholders at the Meeting,
the New Agreement would take effect in late 2010 or early 2011, and the Current
Agreement would be terminated at that time. If the New Agreement is not approved
by Shareholders, the Trustees will promptly renew the Current Agreement or seek
to enter into a new investment advisory arrangement for the Fund, subject to
approval by the Fund’s shareholders.
At the
May 18, 2010 meeting, the Board was presented with information the Trustees
believed to have demonstrates that the terms of the New Agreement are fair to,
and in the best interest of, the Trust, the Fund, and the shareholders of Fund.
Specific details about the information provided to and considered by the Board
at the meeting on May 18, 2010 are given below.
Past Experience with the
Adviser
The Board
had before it information that allowed the Trustees to evaluate the experience
of the Adviser’s key personnel and the quality of services the Adviser has
provided and is expected to provide to the Fund. The Trustees were asked to give
equal consideration to all factors deemed to be relevant to the Fund, including,
but not limited to, the following: (1) the favorable quality of services
provided to the Fund since its commencement of operations; (2) the positive
relationship of the Adviser with the Trust; (3) the performance of the Fund
since commencement of operations; (4) the competitive compensation payable by
the Trust to the Adviser under the Current Agreement; and (5) the favorable
history, reputation, qualification, and background of the Adviser, as well as
the qualifications of its personnel and financial condition. The Board in
particular noted the positive experience enjoyed by the Trust with the Adviser
under the Current Agreement. The Board was further assured by the Adviser that
there has not been, and the Adviser does not expect there to be, any diminution
in the scope and quality of advisory services provided to the Fund under the New
Agreement.
Terms of the New Agreement
and Other Agreements
The Board
also had before it information that allowed the Trustees to compare the terms of
the Current Agreement to those of the New Agreement, particularly those relating
to services provided or arranged by the Adviser, advisory fee payable to the
Adviser, and expenses assumed by the Adviser as well as the expenses paid by the
Fund. In assessing the reasonableness of the fees payable to the Adviser under
the proposed arrangement to unbundle certain operating fees and expenses, the
Board also considered the terms of the Transfer Agency Agreement and an
Operating Expenses Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser, which sets
limits to the Fund’s operating expenses with respect to the Adviser.
Specifically, the Board considered the fact that (1) under the Current
Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to compensation at an annual rate equal to
0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets; (2) such compensation of 0.75% of
the Fund’s average daily net assets covers most of the operating expenses the
Fund incurs, and the Fund’s operating expenses are currently subject to an
expense limitation of 0.85% of the Fund’s average daily net assets under the
Operating Expenses Agreement including the expenses of the master fund; (3)
under the New Agreement and the Transfer Agency Agreement, the Adviser will be
entitled to combined compensation estimated to result in an annual rate equal to
0.75% (0.30% under the New Agreement and a transfer agent service fee at an
annual rate equal to $2.40 per open or active account and $0.80 for each closed
or inactive account under the Transfer Agency Agreement) of the Fund’s average
daily net assets; and (4) such combined compensation of 0.75% will not cover
most of the operating expenses, but the Fund’s operating expenses will continue
to be subject to an expense limitation of 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net
assets, which includes the combined compensation of 0.75% of the Fund’s average
daily net assets. The Board, including all of the Independent Trustees who were
not parties to the Operating Expenses Agreement, approved the continuation of
the Operating Expenses Agreement for another year at the meeting of the Board on
May 18, 2010, noting that the expense components would change if the New
Agreement is approved, but the overall limit would remain in
place.
The Board
noted that the services provided or arranged by the Adviser under the Current
Agreement are substantially the same as the services that will be provided or
arranged by the Adviser under the New Agreement and the Transfer Agency
Agreement. While the combined compensation under the New Agreement and the
Transfer Agency Agreement will not cover most of the operating expenses that
were covered under the Current Agreement, the Board was satisfied with the fees
under the proposed arrangement because of the 0.75% expense limitation that will
continue to be imposed on the Adviser under the Operating Expense Agreement,
which essentially ensures that the Fund will pay a maximum of 0.75% of the
Fund’s average daily net assets. Accordingly, the Board concluded that the fee
and expense arrangement under the New Agreement, the Transfer Agency Agreement,
and the Operating Expenses Agreement is competitive and fair to the Fund and its
shareholders and represents no significant departure from the fees and expenses
under the Current Agreement. The Board additionally noted that aside from those
terms relating to fees and expenses, the New Agreement is almost identical to
the Current Agreement.
The Board
accepted the Adviser’s explanation for recommending this Proposal 2. The Adviser
believes that the New Agreement better accommodates the introduction of new
funds by the Trust having consistent fee and expense structures. The Board and
the Adviser also recognize that the unbundled fee structure allows for easier
comparisons to other mutual funds.
Board
Review and Approval of the Current Agreement
Provided
below is a description for the basis of the Board’s most recent approval of the
Current Agreement.
At a
meeting held on August 11, 2009, the Board, including a majority of
Independent Trustees, meeting in person, approved the continuation of the
Current Agreement for an additional period through June 30,
2010. Earlier that year on February 24 and May 12, the Board,
including a majority of the Independent Trustees, meeting in person, approved
two separate shorter extensions.
In
approving the most recent continuation of the Current Agreement, the Board had
before it information that allowed the Trustees to evaluate the experience of
the Adviser’s key personnel, the quality of services the Adviser has provided
and is expected to provide to the Fund, and the compensation proposed to be paid
to the Adviser including related expense information. The Board also considered
detailed information regarding the performance and expenses of other investment
companies with similar investment objectives and sizes, which was prepared by an
independent third-party provider. The Independent Trustees discussed the
proposed continuance in various private sessions at which no representatives of
the Adviser were present, and they were assisted by independent legal counsel to
the Independent Trustees (who also serves as legal counsel to the Fund). In
reaching their determinations relating to each continuance of the Current
Agreement with respect to the Fund, the Trustees considered all factors they
believed relevant, including the factors discussed below. In their
deliberations, the Trustees did not identify any particular information that was
all-important or controlling, and each Trustee could have attributed different
weights to the various factors.
The two
shorter extensions were approved by the Board and the Independent Trustees in
order to allow the Adviser additional time to provide information requested by
the Independent Trustees to supplement the information previously provided. The
Independent Trustees considered the information they had been provided at the
time of the February and May meetings to be sufficient to justify each of the
shorter extensions pending receipt of the more detailed and updated information
requested. With the receipt, review and discussion of that additional
information, the Independent Trustees approved the longer renewal through
June 30, 2010.
In
approving the continuation of the Current Agreement on the basis of the
amendment approved by the full Board and the Independent Trustees separately,
the Trustees considered several factors in respect of the advisory fee level
specified in the amended Current Agreement, as follows:
Nature,
Extent and Quality of Services
The Board
considered the advisory and other services provided to the Fund by the Adviser.
The advisory services relate largely to the selection of the Master Portfolio
and the ongoing monitoring of its investment performance. Other services
provided by the Adviser to the Fund include compliance, transfer agency and
administrative services not provided by outside service providers. The Board
noted the absence of material compliance issues and the responsiveness of the
Adviser with respect to any problems that did occur, particularly given the
complexity of the transfer agency and account issues that can exist for a mutual
fund with a large number of accounts that serve as a sweep vehicle for customers
of PayPal, Inc.’s services and that have no minimum investment. The Independent
Trustees further noted the accessibility of the Adviser to the Board. The Board
noted that the Fund is the Adviser’s only advisory client. The Board and the
Independent Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the
services provided by the Adviser are of a satisfactory quality and have
benefited and will continue to benefit the Fund and its
shareholders.
Investment
Results
The Board
considered the investment results of the Fund in light of its investment
objective. It compared the Fund’s total returns with the total returns of other
money market mutual funds in peer group reports prepared by an independent data
provider, with respect to various periods. The Board noted that the Fund’s
performance was very competitive, typically in the top quintile in its peer
group of money market funds, over the relevant periods, some of which resulted
from the very low expenses charged by the Adviser as a result of substantial
waivers. The Board concluded that the Adviser was implementing the Fund’s
investment objective and the Adviser’s continued management should benefit the
Fund and its shareholders.
Advisory Fees and Total
Expenses
The Fund
and the Adviser amended the Current Agreement on August 11, 2009 to reduce
the contractual advisory fee by 0.25%, to an annual rate of 0.75%, which
includes a variety of other operating expenses as described in the prospectus
for the Fund. As noted in the prospectus, the Adviser has traditionally waived a
substantial portion of that fee on a voluntary basis. The Board compared both
the contractual and voluntarily reduced advisory fees and total expenses of the
Fund (as a percentage of average net assets) with the median fee and expense
levels of other mutual funds in the relevant peer groups. These comparisons
assisted the Board by providing a reasonable statistical measure to assess the
Fund’s fees relative to its relevant peers. The Board noted that one of the
ongoing justifications for a contractual advisory fee that is higher than many
peer group funds is the absence of a minimum account size and the available
services without any minimum account size, which normally would be a higher
expense for another company’s money market mutual fund to provide. The consensus
of the Board was that, even at the amended full contractual rate, the advisory
fee would not appear outside the range of money market advisory fees, even
though the relative performance of the Fund would suffer. The Board further
noted the relevant contractual and additional voluntary expense limitations that
the Adviser has agreed to and that are disclosed in the prospectus with respect
to the Fund and that the Adviser historically has absorbed any expenses in
excess of these limits. The Board concluded that the fees charged by the Adviser
benefit the Fund and its shareholders.
The
Adviser’s Costs, Level of Profits and Economies of Scale
The
Independent Trustees reviewed information regarding the Adviser’s internal and
external costs of providing services to the Fund. They reviewed the Adviser’s
stated assumptions and methods of allocating certain costs. They accepted the
Adviser’s assertion that the proposed fee level reflecting the contractual and
voluntary limits results in a very small profit for the Adviser at the Fund’s
current size, which has declined compared to the prior period. This is based on
the costs involved with the mutual fund business and the Fund’s unique
characteristics such as having no minimum account size and the high level of
accessibility of a shareholder’s assets in the Fund for transactions through
PayPal, Inc. The Adviser discussed its technology costs in recent years. The
Independent Trustees also accepted the Adviser’s assertion that its cumulative
profitability for the Fund is substantially negative and would remain so until
such time (if ever) the expense limitation is set at a level that provides for a
greater amount of profit for the Adviser. Based on their review, the Independent
Trustees concluded that they were satisfied that the Adviser’s level of
profitability from its relationship with the Fund was not unreasonable or
excessive.
The
independent Board members considered the extent to which economies of scale
would be realized as the Fund grows and whether the advisory fee reflects those
economies of scale. They realized that the advisory fee for the Fund does not
have breakpoints, which would otherwise result in lower advisory fee rates as
the Fund grows larger. The Board also recognized the benefits to the Fund of the
Adviser’s past investment in the Fund’s operations (through past subsidies of
the Fund’s operating expenses when it was newer and smaller), and its commitment
to maintain reasonable overall operating expenses for the Fund. Although the
Fund’s size has declined compared to the prior year, the Independent Trustees
expect that the Fund may enjoy economies of scale from further growth beyond its
historical levels and will monitor the levels of the Adviser’s profitability
accordingly.
Ancillary
Benefits
The Board
considered other actual and potential financial benefits to the Adviser in
concluding that the contractual advisory fees are reasonable for the Funds. In
particular, they noted that the Adviser does not have any affiliates that
directly benefit from the Adviser’s relationship to the Funds, but that PayPal,
Inc. and eBay, Inc. may benefit indirectly from the availability of the Fund to
users of those services.
Conclusions
Based on
their overall review, including their consideration of each of the factors
referred to above (and others), the Board and the Independent Trustees concluded
that the Current Agreement is fair and reasonable to the Fund and its
shareholders, that the Fund’s shareholders received reasonable value in return
for the advisory fees paid to the Adviser by the Fund, and that each renewal of
the Current Agreement for the specified period was in the best interests of the
Fund and its shareholders.
Recommendation
and Required Vote
If a
quorum is present at the Meeting, the affirmative vote of the lesser of (i) 67%
or more of the Fund’s voting shares present at the Meeting, if more than 50% of
the outstanding voting shares of the Fund are present or represented by proxy,
or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares of the Fund.
THE
BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF
THE AMENDED
AND RESTATED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT.
PROPOSAL
3: RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
|
Shareholders
are being asked to act upon a proposal to ratify the appointment, by the Audit
Committee and the Board at a meeting held on February 23, 2010, of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Trust’s independent registered public
accounting firm (“Independent Auditor”) for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2010.
PwC is
registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and has experience
in investment company accounting and auditing. PwC has served as Independent
Auditor for the Trust since the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.
Representatives of PwC are not expected to be present at the
Meeting.
Audit
and Related Fees
For
services rendered to the Fund or the Adviser for the fiscal years ended December
31, 2009 and 2008, PwC received the following fees:
Audit Fees. The aggregate
fees billed to the Fund by PwC during fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008 for professional services rendered with respect to the audit of the Fund’s
financial statements were $15,507 and $15,986, respectively.
Audit-Related Fees. The Fund
was not billed by PwC for any fees for assurance and related services reasonably
related to the performance of the audits of the Fund’s annual financial
statements for either of the past two fiscal years.
Tax Fees. For professional
services for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning for fiscal years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Fund was billed by PwC for fees in the amounts
of $4,857 and $4,865, respectively.
All Other Fees. The Fund was
not billed by PwC for any fees for services other than those described above
during either of the past two fiscal years.
Aggregate Non-Audit Fees. The
Fund was not billed by PwC for any amounts for any non-audit services during
either of the past two fiscal years. [In addition, neither the Adviser, nor any
entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that
provides ongoing services to the Fund, was billed by PwC for any non-audit
services during either of the past two fiscal years.]
Audit
Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
The Audit
Committee has adopted an Audit Committee Charter, which governs the activities
of the Audit Committee, including the approval and pre-approval of audit and
non-audit services before the engagement. The Audit Committee also has, from
time to time, delegated to the Chairman of the Audit Committee the authority to
pre-approve audit or non-audit services provided to the Trust by the independent
registered public accounting firm, provided that any such pre-approval decision
is presented to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.
Audit
Committee Report
The
following is the report of the Audit Committee with respect to the Trust’s
audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009.
The Audit
Committee, in discharging its duties, has met and held discussions with
management and PwC, and any internal auditors. The Audit Committee has reviewed
and discussed the Fund’s audited financial statements with management.
Management has represented to PwC that the Fund’s financial statements were
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Audit
Committee has also discussed with PwC the matters required to be discussed by
Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (Communications with Audit
Committees). The Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and a
letter from PwC required by applicable requirements of the Public Fund
Accounting Oversight Board regarding PwC’s communications with the Audit
Committee concerning independence and has discussed PwC’s independence with
representatives of PwC. As provided in the Audit Committee Charter, it is not
the Audit Committee’s responsibility to determine, and the considerations and
discussions referenced above do not ensure, that the Fund’s financial statements
are complete and accurate and presented in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
Based on
the Audit Committee’s review and discussions with management and PwC, the
representations of management, and the report of PwC to the Audit Committee, the
Audit Committee has recommended that the Board include the audited financial
statements in the Fund’s Annual Report on Form N-CSR for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2009 filed with the SEC.
February
23, 2010
The
Audit Committee
Kevin T.
Hamilton
Richard
D. Kernan
John P.
McGonigle
Recommendation
and Required Vote
If a
quorum is present at the Meeting, the affirmative vote of a majority of shares
voted in person or by proxy at the Meeting is required for the ratification of
the appointment of PwC as the independent registered public accounting firm for
the Trust for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.
THE
BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE
RATIFICATION OF
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM FOR THE TRUST FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2010
OTHER
MATTERS
The
Trust’s management does not know of any matters to be presented at the Meeting
other than those described in this Proxy Statement. If other business should
properly come before the Meeting requiring a vote of shareholders, including any
question as to an adjournment of the Meeting, the persons named in the
accompanying proxy will vote thereon according to their best judgment in the
interests of the Fund.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Share
Ownership Information
[5% Ownership
Information. As of the Record
Date, to the knowledge of the Trust’s management, the following persons were
Shareholders owning beneficially or of record 5% or more of the outstanding
shares of the Fund:]
Name
and Address
|
Amount
and Nature of Ownership
|
Percent
of Total
|
|
|
|
PayPal,
Inc.
2211
North First Street
San
Jose, CA 95131
|
$___________
Investment
|
__%
|
[To the
knowledge of management of the Trust, no other person owned beneficially or of
record 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund as of the Record
Date.]
PAYPAL,
INC. EXPECTS TO VOTE ALL SHARES OWNED BY IT AS OF THE RECORD DATE IN FAVOR OF
ALL PROPOSALS, INCLUDING THE ELECTION OF BOTH NOMINEES UNDER PROPOSAL 1. THOSE
VOTES ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE MATERIALLY THE CHANCES THAT EACH PROPOSAL WILL BE
APPROVED, INCLUDING THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES.
Service
Providers
Funds
Distributor, LLC, a registered broker-dealer, acts as distribution agent for
shares of the Fund on PayPal’s website at www.paypal.com.
State
Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), located at 200 Clarendon Street,
Boston, Massachusetts 02116, serves as the Fund’s
administrator. State Street also serves as custodian of the assets of
the Fund.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, located at Three Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California, 94111,
serves as the independent registered public accounting firm for the
Fund.
Shareholder
Proposals
The
Meeting is a special meeting of shareholders. The Fund is not required to, nor
does it intend to, hold regular annual meetings of Fund shareholders. Any
shareholders who wish to submit proposals for consideration at a subsequent
shareholder meeting should submit written proposals to the Fund at PayPal Money
Market Fund, 2211 North First Street, San Jose, California 95131, Attn: PayPal
Money Market Fund Proxy Vote, and such proposals submitted must be received at
least 10 days prior to the meeting. Timely submission of a proposal does not
guarantee its consideration at the meeting.
Shareholder
Communications
Shareholders
may communicate with the Trustees as a group or individually. Any such
communications should be sent in writing addressed to the Board or to an
individual Trustee in care of PayPal Funds, 2211 North First Street, San Jose,
California 95131.
PLEASE
COMPLETE THE ATTACHED PROXY CARD AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE OR
RECORD YOUR VOTE VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OR TELEPHONE BY OCTOBER 13,
2010.
August __,
2010
|
|
By
order of the Board of Trustees
|
|
|
John
D. Muller, Secretary
|
PAYPAL
FUNDS
PAYPAL
MONEY MARKET FUND
SPECIAL
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS ON OCTOBER 15, 2010
This
Proxy Card is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the PayPal Funds
(the “Trust”) for the Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of PayPal
Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), a series of the Trust, to be held on October 15,
2010.
The
undersigned hereby appoints Omar J. Paz and Dana E. Schmidt as proxies for the
undersigned, each with full power of substitution and revocation, to represent
the undersigned and to vote on behalf of the undersigned all shares of the Fund
in connection with the Meeting to be held at 9:00 a.m., Pacific time, at the
principal executive offices of the Trust at 2211 North First Street, San Jose,
California 95131 and at any adjournment thereof. WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED AND
RETURNED OR VOTED VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OR TELEPHONE, this Proxy Card will
be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned with respect to
matters referred to in the Proxy Statement for the Meeting; if no direction is
made, this Proxy Card will be voted FOR approval of all proposals. With respect
to such other matters as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment
thereof, the proxies will vote in the proxies’ discretion.
PLEASE
REFER TO THE PROXY STATEMENT FOR A DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSALS. THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR EACH PROPOSAL.
PLEASE
PROMPTLY VOTE, SIGN, AND DATE THIS PROXY CARD AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE OR RECORD YOUR VOTE VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OR TELEPHONE.
ELECTRONIC AND TELEPHONE VOTING WILL END AT 5:00 P.M., PACIFIC TIME, ON OCTOBER
13, 2010.
Please
indicate your vote by marking the appropriate box. Example:
[X]
1. To
elect as Trustees the nominees presented in Proposal 1:
John
P. McGonigle
|
[ ]
FOR
|
[ ]
AGAINST
|
[ ]
ABSTAIN
|
|
|
|
|
Dana
E. Schmidt
|
[ ]
FOR
|
[ ]
AGAINST
|
[ ]
ABSTAIN
|
2. To
approve the Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement:
[ ]
FOR
|
[ ]
AGAINST
|
[ ]
ABSTAIN
|
3. To
ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Trust’s independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2010
[ ]
FOR
|
[ ]
AGAINST
|
[ ]
ABSTAIN
|
IMPORTANT
IN ORDER
TO AVOID THE DELAY AND EXPENSE OF FURTHER SOLICITATION, WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO
REVIEW, COMPLETE, AND RETURN YOUR BALLOT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE OR RECORD YOUR
VOTE VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OR TELEPHONE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF SHARES
YOU OWN. PLEASE SIGN AND DATE BELOW BEFORE MAILING.
NOTE:
This proxy must be signed
exactly as your name(s) appears hereon. If as an attorney, executor,
guardian or in some representative capacity or as an officer of a corporation,
please add titles as such. A proxy with respect to shares held in the
name of two or more persons shall be valid if executed by one of them unless at
or prior to exercise of such proxy the Trust receives specific written notice to
the contrary from any one of them.
_________________________________
Signature
_________________________________
Signature
(if held jointly)
Date:______________________,_____
[ ]
CHECK HERE IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING (___ PERSON(S) WILL
ATTEND).
EXHIBIT
A
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
INVESTMENT
ADVISORY AGREEMENT
PAYPAL
FUNDS
This
AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is made
as of ____________, ____, between PayPal Asset Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”)
and PayPal Funds (the “Trust”) with respect to each series of the Trust listed
on Exhibit A hereto, as may be
amended from time to time (each, a “Fund”).
WHEREAS,
the Trust is a Delaware statutory trust organized pursuant to a
Trust Instrument dated June 3, 1999, as amended and restated
(the “Declaration of Trust”), and is registered under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end, diversified management
investment company;
WHEREAS,
the Trust wishes to retain the Adviser to render investment advisory services
and other management services required for the ordinary operations of each Fund,
and the Adviser is willing to furnish those services to each Fund;
WHEREAS,
the Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”);
WHEREAS,
the Adviser has previously provided investment advisory and other management
services to each Fund pursuant to that certain Investment Advisory Agreement,
dated as of October 4, 2002 (the “Old Investment Advisory
Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto wish to amend and restate the agreement evidenced by the Old
Investment Advisory Agreement on substantially the same terms, with certain
modifications as contemplated in the next paragraph; and
WHEREAS,
the Trust has determined to unbundle the unified investment advisory fee under
the Old Investment Advisory Agreement to exclude certain operating fees and
expenses of the Fund from the investment advisory fee, subject to requisite
shareholder approval of this Agreement.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein
contained, it is agreed between the Trust and the Adviser as
follows:
1. Appointment.
The Trust
hereby appoints the Adviser to act as investment adviser and manager to each
Fund for the periods and on the terms set forth in this
Agreement. The Adviser accepts such appointment and agrees to furnish
the services herein set forth, for the compensation herein
provided.
2. Investment Advisory and
Management Duties.
(a) Subject
to the supervision of the Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser will provide a
program of continuous investment management for each Fund in accordance with the
Fund’s investment objective, policies and limitations as stated in the Fund’s
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information included as part of the
Trust’s Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) and as the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information may be
amended from time to time, copies of which shall be provided to the Adviser by
the Trust. Subject to approval by the Trustees of the Trust, the
Adviser may select a master fund having substantially the same investment
objective and policies as the Fund into which all or substantially all of the
Fund’s assets may be invested, or select and manage investment subadvisers who
may be granted discretionary investment authority with respect to the assets of
the Fund.
(b) In
performing its investment management services to each Fund hereunder, the
Adviser will provide the Fund with ongoing investment guidance, policy
direction, including oral and written research, monitoring of any master funds,
analysis, advice, statistical and economic data and judgments regarding
individual investments, general economic conditions and trends and long-range
investment policy.
(c) To
the extent permitted by the Adviser’s Form ADV as filed with the SEC, as such
form may be amended from time to time (the “Adviser’s Form ADV”), and subject to
the approval of the Trustees of the Trust, the Adviser shall have the authority
to manage cash and money market instruments for cash flow purposes, including
but not limited to investment of each Fund in an affiliated or unaffiliated
money market fund to the extent permitted by applicable law.
(d) To
the extent permitted by the Adviser’s Form ADV, the Adviser will advise as to
the securities, instruments, repurchase agreements, options and other
investments and techniques that each Fund will purchase, sell, enter into or
use, and will provide an ongoing evaluation of the Fund’s
portfolio. The Adviser will advise as to what portion of each Fund’s
portfolio shall be invested in securities and other assets, and what portion if
any, should be held uninvested.
(e) The
Adviser shall provide or arrange for administration, transfer agency, custody
and all other services necessary for each Fund to operate.
(f) The
Adviser may engage and remove one or more subadvisers, subject to the legally
required approvals of the Trust and its shareholders, and the Adviser shall
monitor the performance of any subadviser and report to the Trust
thereon.
(g) The
Adviser further agrees that, in performing its duties hereunder, it
will:
(i) comply
with the 1940 Act and all rules and regulations thereunder, the Advisers Act,
the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and all other applicable federal and
state laws and regulations, and with any applicable procedures adopted by the
Trustees;
(ii) use
reasonable efforts to manage each Fund so that it will qualify, and continue to
qualify, as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and
regulations issued thereunder;
(iii) place
orders pursuant to each Fund’s investment determinations as approved by the
Trustees for the Fund directly with the issuer, or with any broker or dealer, in
accordance with applicable policies expressed in the Fund’s Prospectus and/or
Statement of Additional Information and in accordance with applicable legal
requirements;
(iv) furnish
to the Trust whatever statistical information the Trust may reasonably request
with respect to each Fund’s assets or contemplated investments. In
addition, the Adviser will keep the Trust and the Trustees informed of
developments materially affecting the Fund’s portfolio and shall, on the
Adviser’s own initiative, furnish to the Trust from time to time whatever
information the Adviser believes appropriate for this purpose;
(v) make
available to the Trust’s administrator (the “Administrator”) and the Trust,
promptly upon their request, such copies of its investment records and ledgers
with respect to each Fund as may be required to assist the Administrator and the
Trust in their compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The
Adviser will furnish the Trustees with such periodic and special reports
regarding each Fund and any subadviser as they may reasonably
request;
(vi) immediately
notify the Trust in the event that the Adviser or any of its
affiliates: (1) becomes aware that it is subject to a statutory
disqualification that prevents the Adviser from serving as investment adviser
pursuant to this Agreement; or (2) becomes aware that it is the subject of an
administrative proceeding or enforcement action by the SEC or other regulatory
authority. The Adviser further agrees to notify the Trust immediately
of any material fact known to the Adviser respecting or relating to the Adviser
that is not contained in the Trust’s Registration Statement regarding a Fund, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, but that is required to be disclosed
thereon, and of any statement contained therein that becomes untrue in any
material respect; and
(vii) in
providing investment advice to each Fund, use no inside information that may be
in its possession or in the possession of any of its affiliates, nor will the
Adviser seek to obtain any such information.
3. Futures and
Options.
The
Adviser’s investment authority shall include advice with regard to purchasing,
selling, covering open positions, and generally dealing in financial futures
contracts and options thereon, or master funds which do so in accordance with
Rule 4.5 of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
The
Adviser’s authority shall include authority to: (i) open and
maintain brokerage accounts for financial futures and options (such accounts
hereinafter referred to as “Brokerage Accounts”) on behalf of and in the name of
each Fund; and (ii) execute for and on behalf of the Brokerage Accounts,
standard customer agreements with a broker or brokers. The Adviser
may, using such of the securities and other property in the Brokerage Accounts
as the Adviser deems necessary or desirable, direct the custodian to deposit on
behalf of each Fund, original and maintenance brokerage deposits and otherwise
direct payments of cash, cash equivalents and securities and other property into
such brokerage accounts and to such brokers as the Adviser deems desirable or
appropriate.
4. Use of Securities Brokers
and Dealers.
The
Adviser will monitor the use by any master funds of
broker-dealers. To the extent permitted by the Adviser’s Form ADV,
purchase and sale orders will usually be placed with brokers who are selected by
the Adviser as able to achieve “best execution” of such orders. “Best
execution” shall mean prompt and reliable execution at the most favorable
securities price, taking into account the other provisions hereinafter set
forth. Whenever the Adviser places orders, or directs the placement
of orders, for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities on behalf of a Fund,
in selecting brokers or dealers to execute such orders, the Adviser is expressly
authorized to consider the fact that a broker or dealer has furnished
statistical, research or other information or services which enhance the
Adviser’s research and portfolio management capability generally. It
is further understood in accordance with Section 28(e) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that the Adviser may negotiate with and assign
to a broker a commission which may exceed the commission which another broker
would have charged for effecting the transaction if the Adviser determines in
good faith that the amount of commission charged was reasonable in relation to
the value of brokerage and/or research services (as defined in Section 28(e))
provided by such broker, viewed in terms either of the Fund or the Adviser’s
overall responsibilities to the Adviser’s discretionary accounts.
Neither
the Adviser nor any parent, subsidiary or related firm shall act as a securities
broker with respect to any purchases or sales of securities which may be made on
behalf of the Fund, provided, however, that this
limitation shall not prevent the Adviser from utilizing the services of a
securities broker which is a parent, subsidiary or affiliated firm, provided
such broker effects transactions in compliance with applicable law and provides
competitive execution. Unless otherwise directed by the Trust in
writing, the Adviser may utilize the service of whatever independent securities
brokerage firm or firms it deems appropriate to the extent that such firms are
competitive with respect to price of services and execution.
5. Allocation of Charges and
Expenses.
(a) With
respect to the operation of each Fund, the Adviser shall be responsible for
(i) the compensation of any of the Trust’s trustees, officers, and
employees who are affiliates of the Adviser (but not the compensation of
employees performing services in connection with expenses which are the Fund’s
responsibility under Section 5(b) below), (ii) the investment advisory fees paid
indirectly by the Fund to the adviser to any master portfolio into which the
Fund invests all or substantially all of its assets, (iii) the expenses of
printing and distributing the Funds’ prospectuses, statements of additional
information, and sales and advertising materials (but not the legal, auditing or
accounting fees attendant thereto) to prospective investors (but not to existing
shareholders), and (iv) providing office space and equipment reasonably
necessary for the operation of the Trust to the extent not provided by the
Administrator.
(b) Each
Fund shall be responsible for and has assumed the obligation for payment of all
of its expenses, other than as stated in Section 5(a) above, including but not
limited to: fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
issuance, registration and transfer of its shares; brokerage and commission
expenses; all expenses of transfer, receipt, safekeeping, servicing and
accounting for the cash, securities and other property of the Trust for the
benefit of the Fund including all fees and expenses of its custodian,
shareholder services agent and accounting services agent; interest charges;
costs and expenses of pricing and calculating its daily net asset value and of
maintaining its books of account required under the 1940 Act; taxes, if any;
expenditures in connection with meetings of the Fund’s shareholders and trustees
that are properly payable by the Fund; fees and expenses of members of the
Trust’s Board of Trustees or members of any advisory board or committee who are
not members of, affiliated with or interested persons of the Adviser; the
portion of the compensation and expenses of the Trust’s chief compliance officer
approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees; insurance premiums on property or
personnel of the Fund which inure to its benefit, including liability and
fidelity bond insurance; the cost of preparing and printing reports, proxy
statements, prospectuses and statements of additional information of the Fund or
other communications for distribution to existing shareholders; legal, auditing
and accounting fees; trade association dues; fees and expenses (including legal
fees) of registering and maintaining registration of its shares for sale under
federal and applicable state and foreign securities laws; all expenses of
maintaining and servicing shareholder accounts, including all charges for
transfer, shareholder recordkeeping, dividend disbursing, redemption, and other
agents for the benefit of the Fund, if any; fees and expenses of any master
portfolio into which the Fund invests all or substantially all of its assets
(other than the advisory fees for that master portfolio expressly assumed by the
Adviser under Section 5(a) above); and distribution and all other charges and
costs of its operation plus any extraordinary and non-recurring
expenses.
(c) To
the extent the Adviser incurs any costs by assuming expenses that are an
obligation of a Fund as set forth herein, the Fund shall promptly reimburse the
Adviser for those costs and expenses, except to the extent the Adviser has
otherwise agreed to bear those expenses. To the extent the services
for which the Fund is obligated to pay are performed by the Adviser, the Adviser
shall be entitled to recover from the Fund to the extent of the Adviser’s actual
costs for providing those services.
6. Compensation.
(a) As
compensation for the services provided and expenses assumed by the Adviser under
this Agreement, the Trust will arrange for the Fund to pay the Adviser at the
end of each calendar month an advisory fee computed daily at an annual rate
equal to the rate specified on Exhibit A for
that Fund’s average daily net assets. 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 other time. The value of
net assets of the Fund shall always be determined pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the Declaration of Trust and the Registration
Statement. If, pursuant to such provisions, the determination of net
asset value is suspended for any particular business day, then for the purposes
of this Section 6, 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 the close of the New
York Stock Exchange, or as of such other time as the value of the net assets of
the Fund’s portfolio may lawfully be determined, on that day. If the
determination of the net asset value of the shares of the Fund has been so
suspended for a period including any month end when the Adviser’s compensation
is payable pursuant to this Section 6, then the Adviser’s compensation payable
at the end of such month shall be computed on the basis of the value of the net
assets of the Fund as last determined (whether during or prior to such
month). 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 6.
(b) The
Adviser voluntarily may reduce any portion of the compensation or reimbursement
of expenses due to it pursuant to this Agreement and may agree to make payments
to limit the expenses that are the responsibility of the Fund under this
Agreement. Any such reduction or payment shall be applicable only to
such specific reduction or payment and shall not constitute an agreement to
reduce any future compensation or reimbursement due to the Adviser hereunder or
to continue future payments. The Adviser may recover any such
reduction in compensation or reimbursements or any other subsidies previously
paid to reduce a Fund’s expenses at any time in the first, second or third
fiscal year after the year of reduction provided the applicable Fund remains in
compliance with any then-applicable expense limitation, with the oldest such
reductions recoverable before newer reductions, and provided further that the
Trustees of the Trust approve such recovery by the Adviser.
7. Books and
Records.
The
Adviser agrees to maintain such books and records with respect to its services
to each Fund as are required by Section 31 under the 1940 Act, and rules adopted
thereunder, and by other applicable legal provisions, and to preserve such
records for the periods and in the manner required by that Section, and those
rules and legal provisions. The Adviser also agrees that records it
maintains and preserves pursuant to Rules 31a-1 and Rule 31a-2 under the 1940
Act and otherwise in connection with its services hereunder are the property of
the Trust and will be surrendered promptly to the Trust upon its
request. The Adviser further agrees that it will furnish to
regulatory authorities having the requisite authority any information or reports
in connection with its services hereunder which may be requested in order to
determine whether the operations of the Fund are being conducted in accordance
with applicable laws and regulations.
8. Aggregation of
Orders.
Provided
that the investment objective, policies and restrictions of a Fund are adhered
to, the Trust agrees that the Adviser may aggregate sales and purchase orders of
securities held in the Fund with similar orders being made simultaneously for
other accounts managed by the Adviser or with accounts of the affiliates of the
Adviser, if in the Adviser’s reasonable judgment such aggregation shall result
in an overall economic benefit to the Fund taking into consideration the
advantageous selling or purchase price, brokerage commission and other
expenses. The Trust acknowledges that the determination of such
economic benefit to the Fund by the Adviser represents the Adviser’s evaluation
that the Fund is benefited by relatively better purchase or sales prices, lower
commission expenses and beneficial timing of transactions or a combination of
these and other factors.
9. Standard of Care and
Limitation of Liability.
The
Adviser shall exercise its best judgment in rendering the services provided by
it under this Agreement. The Adviser shall not be liable for any
error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by a Fund or the
holders of the Fund’s shares 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 the Adviser against any liability to the Trust,
the Fund or to holders of the Fund’s shares to which the Adviser would otherwise
be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on
its part in the performance of its duties or by reason of the Adviser’s reckless
disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement. As used
in this Section 9, the term “Adviser” shall include any officers, directors,
employees or other affiliates of the Adviser performing services with respect to
a Fund.
10. Services Not
Exclusive.
It is
understood that the services of the Adviser are not exclusive, and that nothing
in this Agreement shall prevent the Adviser from providing similar services to
other investment companies or to other series of investment companies, including
the Trust (whether or not their investment objectives and policies are similar
to those of a Fund) or from engaging in other activities, provided such other
services and activities do not, during the term of this Agreement, interfere in
a material manner with the Adviser’s ability to meet its obligations to the Fund
hereunder. When the Adviser recommends the purchase or sale of a
security for other investment companies and other clients, and at the same time
the Adviser recommends the purchase or sale of the same security for a Fund, it
is understood that in light of its fiduciary duty to the Fund, such transactions
will be executed on a basis that is fair and equitable to the
Fund. In connection with purchases or sales of portfolio securities
for the account of a Fund, neither the Adviser nor any of its directors,
officers or employees shall act as a principal or agent or receive any
commission. If the Adviser provides any advice to its clients
concerning the shares of a Fund, the Adviser shall act solely as investment
counsel for such clients and not in any way on behalf of the Trust or the
Fund.
11. Duration and
Termination.
(a) This
Agreement shall become effective with respect to a Fund on the later of the date
of its execution or the date it is approved by shareholders and/or the Trustees
in the manner required by the 1940 Act. This Agreement shall continue
with respect to each Fund for a period of two years from its effective date, and
thereafter shall continue automatically for successive annual periods, provided
such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the
Trustees or (ii) a vote of a “majority” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the
Fund’s outstanding voting securities (as defined in the 1940 Act), provided that
in either event the continuance is also approved by a majority of the Trustees
who are not parties to this Agreement or “interested persons” (as defined in the
1940 Act) of any party to this Agreement, by vote cast in person (to the extent
required by the 1940 Act) at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
approval.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated: (a) at any time
without penalty by a Fund upon the vote of a majority of the Trustees or by vote
of the majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities, upon sixty (60)
days’ written notice to the Adviser or (b) by the Adviser at any time without
penalty, upon sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Trust. This
Agreement will also terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as
defined in the 1940 Act).
12. Amendments.
This
Agreement may be amended at any time but only by the mutual agreement of the
parties to this Agreement and in accordance with any applicable legal or
regulatory requirements.
13. Proxies.
Unless
the Trust gives written instructions to the contrary, the Adviser shall vote all
proxies solicited by or with respect to the issuers of securities in which
assets of a Fund may be invested in a manner which best serves the interests of
the Fund’s shareholders. The Adviser shall use its best good faith
judgment to vote such proxies in a manner which best serves the interests of the
Fund’s shareholders.
14. Failure to Perform; Force
Majeure.
No
failure or omission by either party hereto in the performance of any obligation
of this Agreement (other than payment obligations) shall be deemed a breach of
this Agreement or create any liability if the same shall arise from any cause or
causes beyond the control of the party, including but not limited to, the
following: acts of God, acts or omissions of any governmental agency;
any rules, regulations, or orders issued by any governmental authority or by any
officer, department, agency or instrumentality thereof; fire; storm; flood;
earthquake, war; rebellion; insurrection; riot; and invasion and provided that
such failure or omission resulting from one of the above causes is cured as soon
as is practicable after the occurrence of one or more of the above-mentioned
causes.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) This
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, provided that
nothing herein shall be construed in a manner inconsistent with the 1940 Act,
the Advisers Act, or rules or orders of the SEC thereunder.
(b) The
captions of this Agreement are included for convenience only and in no way
define or limit any of the provisions hereof or otherwise affect their
construction or effect.
(c) If
any provision 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 hereby and, to this extent, the provisions of this Agreement shall
be deemed to be severable.
(d) Nothing
herein shall be construed as constituting the Adviser as an agent of the Trust
or the Fund, other than as expressly provided herein.
(e) All
liabilities of the Trust hereunder are limited to the assets of each Fund, but
this shall not be interpreted to conflict with the Fund’s maintaining its
separate assets and liabilities.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their officers designated below as of _______________, 2010.
PAYPAL
FUNDS
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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PAYPAL
ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Exhibit A
PayPal
Funds
Fund
Name
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Advisory
Fee
(annual
rate)
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Effective
Date
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PayPal
Money Market Fund
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0.30%
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, 2010
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PayPal
Funds
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PayPal
Asset Management, Inc.
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By:
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By:
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Title:
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Title:
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