EX-99.(D)(15)(B) 12 a27310bexv99wxdyx15yxby.htm EXHIBIT (D)(15)(B) exv99wxdyx15yxby
 

Exhibit (d)(15)(b)
CONSENT TO TRANSFER FUND MANAGMENT AGREEMENT
          Reference is made to the Fund Management Agreement among Pacific Funds (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, AllianceBernstein L.P. (“Fund Manager”), a Delaware limited partnership, and Pacific Life Insurance Company (“Investment Adviser” or “Pacific Life”), a Nebraska corporation, dated the 1st day of May, 2006, as amended to date, (the “Agreement”).
RECITALS
          Pacific Life recently formed Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC (PLFA), a Delaware limited liability company and subsidiary of Pacific Life, to take over the investment advisory services Pacific Life performs for the Trust and to receive the fees the Trust pays Pacific Life for its advisory services, via transfer of the advisory agreement, as well as all sub-advisory agreements (together the Transfer);
          As a result of the Transfer, effective May 1, 2007, PLFA is to serve as the investment adviser to the Trust in place of Pacific Life;
          The Transfer will not result in a change of actual control or management, which would result in an automatic termination of the Agreement due to “assignment” pursuant to Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act, and Rule 2a-6 thereunder. Pacific Life has obtained an opinion from its legal counsel, Dechert LLP, (Dechert) confirming its conclusion that the Transfer will not result in an actual change in control or management;
          The Trust’s Board of Trustees acknowledged the transfer of the Agreement at its meeting on March 20, 2007; and
          Effective January 1, 2007, the Trust was renamed Pacific Life Funds.
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises:
  1.   Effective May 1, 2007:
  a.   Pacific Life assigns all duties and obligations, and associated liabilities arising out of the Agreement to PLFA; and
 
  b.   PLFA hereby agrees to assume all duties and obligations, and associated liabilities arising out of the Agreement and to become a party to said Agreement upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, other than as modified below in paragraph 3, standing in the stead of Pacific Life.
  2.   The Investment Adviser, Fund Manager, and the Trust consent to the assignment of the Agreement.

 


 

  3.   Paragraph (a) of Section 16 Use of Name, is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
 
      “It is understood that the names “Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC”, “Pacific Life Insurance Company” or any derivative thereof or logo associated with those names are the valuable property of Pacific Life and that the Trust has the right to use those names (or derivatives or logos) in the Prospectus, SAI, the Trust’s Registration Statement or other filings, or in other forms or reports required under applicable state or federal securities, insurance, or other law, for so long as the Investment Adviser is investment adviser to the Trust, provided, however, that (i) the Trust may continue to use all above names of Investment Adviser in its Registration Statement and other documents to the extent deemed necessary by the Trust to comply with disclosure obligations under applicable law and regulation, or in the opinion of counsel to the Investment Adviser or the Trust or as directed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, such use is necessary to make the disclosures contained in the Trust’s Registration Statement not misleading; and (ii) the Trust shall not use the Investment Adviser’s name or logo in promotional or sales related materials prepared by or on behalf of the Trust, without prior review and approval by the Investment Adviser, which may not be unreasonably withheld. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Trust shall forthwith cease to use such names (and logo), except as provided for herein.”
 
  4.   All references to “Pacific Funds” in the Agreement are hereby changed to “Pacific Life Funds.”
 
  5.   All references to PF AllianceBernstein International Value Fund are hereby changed to PL International Value Fund.
 
  6.   All terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement, other than as modified above, are hereby confirmed and remain in full force and effect.

 


 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Consent to Transfer the Fund Management Agreement to be executed by their respective officers.
                 
Accepted and Agreed:            
 
               
Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC            
 
               
By:
  /s/ Howard T. Hirakawa       By:   /s/ Jane M.Guon
 
               
Name: Howard T. Hirakawa
Title: Vice President
      Name: Jane M. Guon
Title: Asst. Vice President & Asst. Secretary
 
               
Pacific Life Insurance Company            
 
               
By:
  /s Mary Ann Brown       By:   /s/ Jane M.Guon
 
               
Name: Mary Ann Brown
Title: Senior Vice President
      Name: Jane M. Guon
Title: Asst. Vice President & Asst. Secretary
 
               
Pacific Life Funds            
 
               
By:
  /s/ Howard T. Hirakawa            
 
               
Name: Howard T. Hirakawa
Title: Vice President
           
 
               
AllianceBernstein L.P.            
 
               
By:
  /s/ Mark R. Manley            
 
               
Name: Mark R. Manley            
Title: Assistant Secretary and Deputy General Counsel