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VAN KAMPEN
INVESTMENTS |
FEBRUARY
2010 |
Important
Notice To Van Kampen Exchange Fund Shareholders
Questions
&
Answers
Although
we recommend that you read the complete Proxy Statement, we have
provided for your convenience a brief overview of the issues to
be voted on at the Meeting.
Q.
Why is a special meeting of shareholders
being held?
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The
special meeting of shareholders is being held to approve new
investment advisory agreements.
Q.
Why are shareholders being asked to approve new investment
advisory agreements?
A.
The
current investment adviser for Van Kampen Exchange Fund
(the Fund) is Van Kampen Asset Management (the
Adviser). The Adviser is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Van Kampen Investments Inc. (Van Kampen
Investments), which is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary
of Morgan Stanley. On October 19, 2009, Morgan Stanley
entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its
retail asset management business, including Van Kampen
Investments, to Invesco Ltd., a leading independent global
investment management company (the Transaction). As
a result of this Transaction, the asset management business of
Van Kampen Investments will be combined with that of
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco), a subsidiary
of Invesco Ltd., and it is proposed that Invesco become
investment adviser to the Fund.
The
closing of the Transaction (currently expected to be in
mid-2010)
will constitute an assignment of the advisory
agreement for the Fund and, therefore, pursuant to the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), will
result in the automatic termination of the Funds current
investment advisory agreement. The 1940 Act requires that
shareholders of the Fund (the Shareholders) approve
the new investment advisory agreements described below.
The
Funds Board of Managing General Partners and management
are recommending Shareholders approve the new investment
advisory arrangement between the Fund and Invesco, which
arrangement includes (i) a new advisory agreement with Invesco,
which agreement allows Invesco to enter into subadvisory
arrangements and delegate any or all of its rights, duties or
obligations to one or more wholly owned affiliates of Invesco as
sub-adviser and (ii) that Invesco enter into a master
sub-advisory agreement with several of its wholly owned
affiliates. Approval of the new advisory agreement shall be
deemed to also be approval of the new sub-advisory agreement
(the New Advisory Agreements).
As
part of the Transaction, it is also expected that Invesco and
its affiliates will provide the Fund with administrative and
client servicing services that are currently provided by
Van Kampen Investments and its affiliates.
Q.
How will the Transaction affect the Fund?
A.
Your
investment in the Fund will not change as a result of the
Transaction. You will own the same amount of shares in the Fund
and the net asset value of your investment will not change as a
result of the Transaction. Further, the Transaction is not
expected to result in any change to the Funds portfolio
management team, investment objectives or principal investment
strategies.
Q.
How does the New Advisory Agreement compare with the current
advisory agreement?
A.
The
New Advisory Agreements and the current advisory agreement are
similar. The advisory fee charged to the Fund will not change.
Additionally, the portfolio management team currently managing
the Fund is expected to continue to manage the Fund after the
Transaction.
Q.
Will my Funds fees for investment advisory services or
other expenses increase as a result of the
Transaction?
A.
No. Invesco
will provide a two-year contractual guaranty that will limit the
total expense ratio of the Fund to the Funds total expense
ratio prior to the Transaction.
Q.
Will my vote make a difference?
A.
Yes,
your vote is important and will make a difference no matter how
many shares you own. We encourage all Shareholders to
participate in the governance of their Fund.
Q.
How does the Board of Managing General Partners recommend that
I vote?
A.
The
Board of Managing General Partners recommends that you vote
FOR approval of the New Advisory Agreements for your
Fund.
Q.
How do I vote my proxy?
A.
You
may cast your vote by mail, phone or internet. To vote by mail,
please mark your vote on the enclosed proxy card and sign, date
and return the card in the postage-paid envelope provided. If
you choose to vote via phone or internet, please refer to the
instructions found on the proxy card accompanying this Proxy
Statement. To vote by phone or internet, you will need the
control number that appears on the proxy card.
Q.
Where do I call for more information?
A.
Please
call Van Kampens Client Relations Department at
1-800-231-2808
or visit our website at www.vankampen.com, where you can send us
an e-mail message by selecting Contact Us.
Please vote on each
issue using blue or black ink to mark an X in one of the boxes
provided on the proxy card.
Sign, date and
return the proxy card in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. All
registered owners of an account, as shown in the address, should
sign the card. When signing as attorney, trustee, executor,
administrator, custodian, guardian or corporate officer, please
indicate your full title.
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VAN KAMPEN EXCHANGE
FUND
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10036
(800)
341-2929
NOTICE OF
SPECIAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS
To Be
Held
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2010
Notice is hereby given to the holders of units of partnership
interest (collectively, the Shares) of the
Van Kampen Exchange Fund (the Fund) that a
Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund (the
Meeting) will be held at the offices of
Van Kampen Investments Inc.,
[ ],
on
[ ], [ ],
2010 at 10:00 a.m., for the following purposes:
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To approve a new investment advisory agreement (including a
master sub-advisory agreement).
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Meeting or any adjournments thereof.
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Shareholders of record at the close of business on
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2010 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and
any adjournment thereof.
By order of the Board of Managing
General Partners
Stefanie V.
Chang Yu,
Vice President
February , 2010
Shareholders of the Fund are invited to attend the Meeting in
person. You may contact Computershare Fund Services, the
Funds proxy solicitor, at
[ ]
to obtain directions to the site of the Meeting. If you do not
expect to attend the Meeting, please indicate your voting
instructions on the enclosed proxy card, date and sign the proxy
card, and return it in the envelope provided, which is addressed
for your convenience and needs no postage if mailed in the
United States, or record your voting instructions by
telephone or via the internet.
In order to avoid the additional expense of further
solicitation, we ask that you mail your proxy cards(s) or record
your voting instructions by telephone or via the internet
promptly.
The Board of Managing General Partners recommends that you cast
your vote:
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FOR the approval of a new investment advisory
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Your vote is important.
Please return your proxy card(s)
or record your voting instructions by
telephone or via the internet promptly
no matter how many shares you own.
PROXY STATEMENT
VAN KAMPEN EXCHANGE
FUND
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10036
(800) 341-2929
SPECIAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS
[ ],
2010
INTRODUCTION
This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the
solicitation by the Board of Managing General Partners (the
Managing General Partners or the Board)
of Van Kampen Exchange Fund, a California limited
partnership (the Fund), of proxies to be voted at a
Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund, and all
adjournments thereof (the Meeting), to be held at
the offices of Van Kampen Investments Inc.,
[ ],
on [ ],
[ ],
2010, at 10:00 a.m. The approximate mailing date of this
Proxy Statement and accompanying form of proxy is
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2010.
The Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its most
recent annual report (and the most recent semiannual report
succeeding the annual report) to any shareholder upon request.
Any such request should be directed to the Fund by calling
1-800-231-2808
or by writing to the Fund at 1 Parkview
Plaza Suite 100, PO Box 5555,
Oakbrook Terrace,
Illinois 60181-5555.
Voting
Participating in the Meeting are holders of units of partnership
interest (collectively, the Shares) of the Fund. The
Board has fixed the close of business on
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2010 as the record date (the Record Date) for the
determination of Shareholders entitled to vote at the Meeting.
At the close of business on the Record Date, there were issued
and outstanding
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Shares of the Fund.
Shareholders of the Fund on the Record Date are entitled to one
vote per Share with respect to any proposal submitted to the
Shareholders, with no Share having cumulative voting rights.
The Funds new investment advisory agreement (including a
master sub-advisory agreement), as described in Proposal 1
below, must be approved by a vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund. The vote of the
majority of the outstanding voting securities is defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act)
as the lesser of the vote of (i) 67% or more of the voting
securities of a Fund
entitled to vote thereon present at
the Meeting or represented by proxy if the holders of more than
50% of the Funds outstanding voting securities are present
or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund entitled to vote
thereon.
The Board of Managing General Partners recommends that you
cast your vote FOR approval of the new
investment advisory agreement (including a master sub-advisory
agreement) for the Fund.
In the event the favorable vote is not obtained, the Managing
General Partners will consider other alternatives for the Fund,
which may include an interim contract or other actions as
described herein.
All Shares represented by properly executed proxies received
prior to the Meeting will be voted at the Meeting in accordance
with the instructions marked thereon. Proxies received prior to
the Meeting on which no vote is indicated will be voted
FOR each proposal as to which they are entitled to
be voted.
Abstentions do not constitute votes For and will
have the same effect as votes Against a Proposal.
Broker non-votes (i.e., where a nominee, such as a broker,
holding shares for beneficial owners responds but does not vote
on a proposal because the nominee lacks beneficial owner
direction or does not exercise discretionary authority) do not
constitute votes For or Against a
Proposal and are disregarded in determining the votes cast when
the voting requirement for a Proposal is based on achieving a
percentage of the voting securities present in person or by
proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting. Broker non-votes do
not constitute votes For and will have the same
effect as votes Against when the voting requirement
is based on achieving a percentage of the outstanding voting
securities. Because there are no proposals to be presented at
the meeting on which broker-dealers may exercise discretion in
voting their clients shares, the Fund does not anticipate
receiving any broker non-votes.
Broker-dealer firms holding Shares in street name
for the benefit of their customers and clients will request the
instructions of such customers and clients on how to vote their
Shares on the Proposal. Under current interpretations of the New
York Stock Exchange (the NYSE), broker-dealers that
are members of the NYSE and that have not received instructions
from a customer may not vote such customers Shares on a
non-routine
proposal, such as Proposal 1 described herein.
Broker-dealers who are not members of the NYSE may be subject to
other rules, which may or may not permit them to vote your
shares without instruction. Therefore, you are encouraged to
contact your broker and record your voting instructions. A
signed proxy card or other authorization by a beneficial owner
of Shares that does not specify how the beneficial owners
Shares are to be voted on a Proposal will be deemed to be an
instruction to vote such Shares in favor of such Proposal. If
any other business is brought before the Meeting, your Shares
will be voted at your proxy holders discretion.
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A majority of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote must be
present in person or by proxy to have a quorum to conduct
business at the Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will
be deemed present for quorum purposes.
Shareholders who execute proxies may revoke them at any time
before they are voted by filing with the Fund a written notice
of revocation, by delivering a duly executed proxy bearing a
later date or by attending the Meeting and voting in person.
The Fund knows of no business other than that mentioned in
Proposal 1 of the Notice that will be presented for
consideration at the Meeting. If any other matters are properly
presented, it is the intention of the persons named on the
enclosed proxy to vote proxies in accordance with their best
judgment. In the event a quorum is present at the Meeting but
sufficient votes to approve any of the proposals are not
received, proxies (including abstentions and broker non-votes)
would be voted in favor of one or more adjournments of the
Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies, provided they
determine that such an adjournment and additional solicitation
is reasonable and in the interest of Shareholders based on a
consideration of all relevant factors, including the nature of
the relevant proposal, the percentage of votes then cast, the
percentage of negative votes then cast, the nature of the
proposed solicitation activities and the nature of the reasons
for such further solicitation.
BACKGROUND
AND THE TRANSACTION
On October 19, 2009, Morgan Stanley entered into an
agreement (the Transaction Agreement) to sell
substantially all of its retail asset management business,
including Van Kampen Investments, Inc. (Van Kampen
Investments), to Invesco Ltd., a leading independent
global investment management company (the
Transaction). Under the terms of the Transaction
Agreement, Invesco Ltd. will receive a diversified business with
approximately $119 billion is assets under management
across equity, fixed income, alternatives and unit investment
trusts and Morgan Stanley will receive cash and a minority
interest in Invesco Ltd. valued at $1.5 billion in the
aggregate. As a result of the Transaction, the asset management
business of Van Kampen Investments will be combined with
that of Invesco Advisers Inc. (Invesco), a
subsidiary of Invesco Ltd., and, as described in Proposal 1
below, it is proposed that Invesco become investment adviser to
the Fund.
The closing of the Transaction (currently expected to be in
mid-2010) will constitute an assignment of the
advisory agreement(s) for the Fund and, therefore, pursuant to
the 1940 Act, will result in the automatic termination of
the Funds current investment advisory agreement. The 1940
Act requires that Shareholders of the Fund approve the new
investment advisory agreements described below. As discussed in
more detail under Proposal 1 below, the Funds Board
of the Managing General Partners and management are recommending
Shareholders approve a new investment advisory arrangement
between the Fund and Invesco, which arrangement includes (i) a
new advisory agreement with Invesco, which agreement allows
Invesco to enter into
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subadvisory agreements and delegate
any and all of its rights, duties or obligations to one or more
wholly owned affiliates of Invesco as
sub-advisers
(Invesco
Sub-Advisers),
listed in Annex A, and (ii) a master sub-advisory agreement
(the Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement) between Invesco and the Invesco Sub-Advisers.
Approval of Proposal 1 shall be deemed to be approval of
both the new advisory agreement with Invesco and the Master
Sub-Advisory Agreement (collectively, the New Advisory
Agreements).
The Transaction, which has been approved by the boards of
directors of Invesco and Morgan Stanley, is subject to customary
regulatory, client and fund shareholder approvals. Prior to the
closing of the Transaction, the shareholders of Van Kampen funds
included in the Transaction (including the Fund and other funds
advised by the Adviser) and certain Morgan Stanley funds must
approve certain proposals required for such Funds
participation in the Transaction. One condition to the closing
of the Transaction is that clients
and/or fund
shareholders representing a certain percentage of the total
assets transferred to Invesco approve the proposals related to
such investors participation in the Transaction. Closing
of the Transaction and Shareholder approval are conditions
precedent to the effectiveness of the New Advisory Agreements as
described herein.
Van Kampen
Investments
The current investment adviser for the Fund is Van Kampen Asset
Management (the Adviser). The Adviser is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Van Kampen Investments. Van Kampen
Investments is a diversified asset management company that
administers more than three million retail investor accounts,
has extensive capabilities for managing institutional portfolios
and has more than $99 billion under management or
supervision as of December 31, 2009. Van Kampen Investments
is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, a
preeminent global financial services firm that provides a wide
range of investment banking, securities, investment management
and wealth management services. The principal business address
of the Adviser and Van Kampen Investments is 522 Fifth
Avenue, New York, New York 10036.
Other
Service Providers
The Fund has entered into an accounting services agreement with
the Adviser and the Fund has entered into an employment
agreement with John Sullivan and Morgan Stanley pursuant to
which Mr. Sullivan, an employee of Morgan Stanley, serves
as Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund and other Van Kampen
funds. The principal business address of Mr. Sullivan is 1
Parkview Plaza Suite 100, Oakbrook Terrace, IL
60181. The principal business address of Morgan Stanley is 1585
Broadway, New York, New York 10036. The Fund has entered
into a transfer agency and services agreement with Van Kampen
Investor Services Inc. (Investor Services) pursuant
to which Investor Services provides transfer agency and dividend
disbursing services for the Fund. The
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principal business address for
Investor Services is 2800 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, TX 77056.
Upon close of the Transaction, it is expected that Invesco and
its affiliates will provide similar services to the Fund as
those that are currently provided by Van Kampen Investments
and its affiliates.
Invesco
and its Affiliates
Invesco Ltd. is a leading independent global investment
management company, dedicated to helping people worldwide build
their financial security. By delivering the combined power of
distinctive worldwide investment management capabilities,
Invesco Ltd. provides a comprehensive array of enduring
solutions for retail, institutional and
high-net-worth
clients around the world. Operating in 20 countries,
Invesco Ltd. had $[
] billion in assets under management as of
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2009. Invesco Ltd. is located at Two Peachtree Pointe, 1555
Peachtree Street N.E., Atlanta, GA 30309.
Invesco is a wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. and serves
as the investment adviser for the Aim Family of Funds (Aim
Funds). Invesco manages the investment operations and
performs, or arranges for the performance of, the Aim
Funds day-to-day management. Invesco is located at Two
Peachtree Pointe, 1555 Peachtree Street N.E., Atlanta, GA 30309.
Invesco has acted as an investment adviser since its
organization in 1976. Today, Invesco, together with its
subsidiaries, advises or manages over 225 investment portfolios,
encompassing a broad range of investment objectives.
Board
Considerations
At several in-person and telephonic meetings held in August,
September, October, November and December 2009, the Board
discussed and ultimately approved the New Advisory Agreements.
At these meetings, the Board considered information provided by
Morgan Stanley, Van Kampen Investments and Invesco
regarding, among other things: Invescos organization and
personnel; business strategy; ownership structure; financial
strength; affiliations (including other asset management
affiliations); asset management practices and capabilities;
legal and regulatory matters; and compliance matters. Emphasis
during these meetings focused on Invesco being a global
investment management leader with momentum in the
U.S. retail market, and that the combination of Invesco and
Morgan Stanleys retail asset management business,
including Van Kampen Investments, can bring additional value to
the Funds Shareholders. The parties discussed
Invescos independence as a publicly traded entity, its
strategic focus solely on the investment management business
(including Invescos investment reputation, broad product
line, service quality, industry relationships and objective of
putting investors interests first) and its significant
depth in resources, diversification, performance and experience.
The
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parties discussed how the current
Invesco and Van Kampen Investments businesses compare and
complement each other and the synergies of the combined
organization which management believes will benefit the
Funds Shareholders. The parties discussed aligning the
Fund and other funds currently advised by the Adviser together
with other funds and products currently advised by Invesco and
its affiliates towards using a single, common operating platform
(which includes, among other things, common investment operating
platforms, common global performance measurement and risk
analysis, and common compliance policies and procedures). Thus,
in addition to the New Advisory Agreements discussed in
Proposal 1 below, it is also expected that Invesco and its
affiliates will provide the Fund with administrative and client
servicing services that are currently provided by Van Kampen
Investment and its affiliates. The parties discussed these other
services, and efforts to capitalize on synergy opportunities
from combined scale for the benefit of Shareholders, leveraging
operating best practices across the organization and the
commitment to quality services.
The parties discussed the challenges of getting the funds on a
common operating platform, with particular emphasis on ensuring
portfolio management operations properly migrate to Invesco as
part of the Transaction, to ensure uninterrupted services for
shareholders and the opportunity for the Fund to recognize
savings from economies of scale when such savings occur. While
not relevant for the Fund in this Proxy Statement, the parties
discussed at length the transition to new portfolio management
teams employed by Invesco for those funds where the existing
portfolio managers employed by Morgan Stanley and its affiliates
were not part of the Transaction and thus were not migrating to
Invesco, emphasizing the respective Invesco teams
background, experience, performance record on similar products,
their buy/sell strategy and their ability to manage such funds
consistent with each funds current investment objectives
and policies.
The Board discussed with Morgan Stanley, Van Kampen
Investments and Invesco the Transaction and its foreseeable
short- and long-term effects on the Fund and Shareholders. The
members of the Board who are not interested persons
of the Fund, as the term is defined in the 1940 Act, conferred
separately with their counsel and a consultant (each engaged
specifically in connection with their review of the Transaction)
about the Transaction on several occasions during the meetings
conducted from August through December, 2009.
In connection with the Boards review of the Transaction,
Morgan Stanley, Van Kampen Investments and Invesco advised
the Board about a variety of matters, including, but not limited
to:
(1) the reputation, financial strength and resources of
Invesco Ltd., one of the worlds leading independent global
investment management firms;
(2) there is not expected to be any diminution in the
nature, quality and extent of services provided to the Fund and
Shareholders as a result of the Transaction;
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(3) the unchanged investment objectives, principal
investment strategies and risks of the Fund after the
Transaction and the same portfolio managers currently managing
the Fund is expected to continue managing the Fund after the
Transaction;
(4) the transition from current service providers to
post-Transaction service providers will not have any foreseeable
short-term or long-term adverse effect on Shareholders;
(5) Invesco will provide a two-year contractual guaranty
that will limit the total expense ratio of the Fund to the
Funds total expense ratio prior to the Transaction;
(6) Morgan Stanley and Invesco will pay all expenses of the
Fund in connection with the Transaction;
(7) the members of the current Board will continue to
oversee the Fund after the Transaction;
(8) Invesco Ltd.s current operations and business
strategy are consistent with, and complementary to, the
successful operation of its subsidiary, Invesco;
(9) Invesco Ltd. and Invesco have no affiliations that
would adversely affect the Fund or Shareholders;
(10) Shareholders will face no adverse tax consequences as
a result of the Transaction; and
(11) Invesco and Morgan Stanley have agreed to conduct, and
use reasonable best efforts to cause their affiliates to conduct
their respective businesses in compliance with
Section 15(f) of the 1940 Act.
In its deliberations, the Board considered all information it
received, as described above, as well as advice and analysis
from its counsel and consultant. The Board considered the
Transaction as a whole and the impact of the Transaction on the
Fund and its Shareholders. The Boards further
considerations relating specifically to its approval of the New
Advisory Agreements are discussed below in the section entitled
Proposal 1: Approval of Investment Advisory
Agreement (Including a Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement).
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PROPOSAL
1: APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (INCLUDING A
MASTER SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT)
In this Proposal 1, the Funds Managing General
Partners and management are recommending Shareholders approve a
new investment advisory arrangement between the Fund and
Invesco, which arrangement includes (i) a new advisory agreement
with Invesco, which agreement allows Invesco to enter into
subadvisory agreements and delegate any and all of its rights,
duties or obligations to one or more wholly owned affiliates of
Invesco as
sub-advisers
(Invesco
Sub-Advisers),
listed in Annex A, and (ii) a master sub-advisory agreement
(the Master Sub-Advisory Agreement) between Invesco
and the Invesco Sub-Advisers. Approval of Proposal 1 shall
be deemed to be approval of both the new advisory agreement with
Invesco and the Master Sub-Advisory Agreement (collectively, the
New Advisory Agreements). A majority of the
Funds Managing General Partners who are not parties to the
New Advisory Agreements or interested persons of any such party
(the Independent Managing General Partners) have
approved the forms of the New Advisory Agreements between the
Fund and Invesco and have approved submitting such New Advisory
Agreements to Shareholders for approval. To become effective,
the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting securities
(within the meaning of the 1940 Act) of the Fund must approve
the New Advisory Agreements
The remainder of this section includes more detail on the
current advisory agreement, the New Advisory Agreements, the
potential need for an interim advisory agreement, information on
Section 15(f) of the 1940 Act and its implications on the
Transaction and the New Advisory Agreements, additional
information on Board considerations specific to the New Advisory
Agreements, and concludes with the Boards recommendation.
Current
Advisory Agreement
The Adviser serves as investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to
the current advisory agreement. The current advisory agreement
is dated October 31, 1996. Such agreement was approved by
the Shareholders on October 31, 1996 and was most recently
approved for continuation by the Board on May 20, 2009.
The Adviser is paid a monthly fee computed at the annual rate of
0.30% of the Funds average net assets. The Fund paid
advisory fees equal to $167,865 to the Adviser during the
Funds fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
Terms of
the Current Advisory Agreement
Duties of Adviser. Under the current advisory agreement,
the Adviser manages the investment and reinvestment of assets
for the Fund in accordance with the Funds investment
objectives, policies and investment restrictions, subject to the
review and supervision of the Board.
Non-Exclusive Agreement. Under the current advisory
agreement, the Adviser is free to render similar services to
other entities so long as its services under the current
advisory agreement are not impaired as a result.
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Fees. The Adviser is paid a monthly fee computed at the
annual rate of 0.30% of the Funds average net assets.
Liability. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, negligence, or reckless disregard of obligations or
duties under the current advisory agreement, the Adviser shall
not be liable to the Fund or Shareholders for any act or
omission in connection with rendering services under the current
advisory agreement.
Expenses. Under the current advisory agreement, the Fund
will assume and pay the expenses for services rendered by the
custodian for the safekeeping of the Funds assets. The
Fund also pays for the expenses of independent accountants,
legal counsel, transfer and disbursing agents, and other
expenses.
Termination. The current advisory agreement terminates
automatically in the event of assignment or at any time by the
Fund or the Adviser on not more than 60 days nor less than
30 days written notice.
New
Advisory Agreement
It is proposed that the Fund will enter into the New Advisory
Agreements, to become effective upon the later of (i) the
date Shareholders approve the Funds New Advisory
Agreements or (ii) the consummation of the Transaction.
Under Section 15(a) of the 1940 Act, the New Advisory
Agreements require the approval of (i) the Board, including
a majority of the Independent Managing General Partners, and
(ii) the Shareholders of the Fund.
Based on the considerations described above in Background
and the Transaction and those described below under
Board Considerations, the Board, including the
Independent Managing General Partners, unanimously approved the
New Advisory Agreements.
Except as described below, there are no material differences
between the terms of the New Advisory Agreements and the terms
of the current advisory agreement. Forms of the New Advisory
Agreements are attached hereto as Annex B and the
description of the New Advisory Agreements is qualified in its
entirety by the reference to Annex B hereto. The New
Advisory Agreements differ from the current advisory agreements
as follows:
Delegation
to subadvisers.
The new investment advisory agreement with Invesco provides that
Invesco may delegate any and all of its rights, duties or
obligations to one or more wholly owned affiliates of Invesco as
sub-advisers
(Invesco
Sub-Advisers),
listed in Annex A, pursuant to a master
sub-advisory
agreement (the Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement). As previously described, approval by the
Funds shareholders of a New Advisory Agreement shall be
deemed to constitute (i) approval of the Funds entry into
a new advisory agreement with Invesco and (ii) approval of
Invescos entry into the Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement and the delegation to Invesco
Sub-Advisers,
as Invesco deems necessary, with respect to the Fund. A form of
the Master Sub-Advisory Agreement is attached hereto at the end
of the form of the new investment advisory agreement in Annex B.
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The Invesco Sub-Advisers, which have offices and personnel that
are located in financial centers around the world, have been
formed in part for the purpose of researching and compiling
information and making recommendations (i) on the markets
and economies of various countries and securities of companies
located in such countries
and/or
(ii) on various types of investments and investment
techniques, and providing investment advisory services.
The Master Subadvisory Agreement will benefit the Fund and its
Shareholders by permitting Invesco to utilize the additional
resources and talent of the Invesco
Sub-Advisers
in managing the Fund. The Master Subadvisory Agreement will
allow Invesco and the Fund to receive investment advice and
research services from the Invesco Sub-Advisers and would also
permit Invesco to grant one or more of the Invesco Sub-Advisers
investment management authority for all or a portion of the
Funds assets if Invesco believes doing so would benefit
the Fund and its shareholders. The
sub-advisory
fees payable under the Master Subadvisory Agreement will have no
direct effect on the Fund or its Shareholders, as they are paid
by Invesco to the Invesco Sub-Advisers.
The Master Subadvisory Agreement will provide Invesco with
increased flexibility in assigning portfolio managers to the
Fund and will give the Fund access to portfolio managers and
investment personnel located in other offices, including those
outside the United States, who may have more specialized
expertise on local companies, markets and economies or on
various types of investments and investment techniques.
Additionally, the Fund and its Shareholders may benefit from
giving the Invesco Sub-Advisers the ability to execute portfolio
transactions for the Fund from offices located outside the
United States. This ability should enable the Fund to
participate more fully in trading sessions of foreign exchanges
and to react more quickly to changing market conditions around
the world.
Terms of
the Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement
Duties of the Invesco
Sub-Advisers. The
Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement provides that Invesco may, in its discretion, appoint
one or more of the Invesco
Sub-Advisers
to provide: (i) investment advice to the Fund for all or a
portion of its investments; (ii) placement orders for the
purchase and sale of portfolio securities or other investments
for the Fund; or (iii) discretionary investment management
of all or a portion of the investments of the Fund.
Compensation. The Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement for the Fund provides that, to the extent an Invesco
Sub-Adviser
manages a portion of the Funds investments, the fee that
Invesco will pay such Invesco
Sub-Adviser,
computed daily and paid monthly, will equal (i) 40% of the
monthly compensation that Invesco receives from the Fund
pursuant to its advisory agreement with the Fund, multiplied by
(ii) a fraction equal to the net assets of the Fund as to
which the Invesco
Sub-Adviser
shall have provided discretionary investment management services
for that month divided by the net assets of the Fund for that
month, in each case reduced to reflect contractual or voluntary
fee
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waivers or expense limitations by
Invesco, if any. The Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement further provides that an Invesco
Sub-Adviser
will only be compensated for providing discretionary investment
management services and not for merely providing investment
advice or trading services.
Liability. The Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement for the Fund provides that the Invesco
Sub-Advisers
will not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law
or for any loss suffered by the Fund in connection with the
performance of the Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement, except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence on the part of an Invesco
Sub-Adviser
in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard of
its duties and obligations thereunder.
Term and Termination. Assuming approval by the
Funds shareholders, the Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement for the Fund shall continue for an initial term of two
years from the effective date of the Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement, and shall continue thereafter if approved annually
(i) by the Board or the holders of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of the Fund and (ii) by a
majority of the Trustees who are not interested
persons of any party to the Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement. The Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement may be terminated with respect to an Invesco
Sub-Adviser
by the Board, a majority of the outstanding voting securities of
the Fund, or any party on sixty days written notice Should
the Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement be terminated for an Invesco
Sub-Adviser,
Invesco will assume the duties and responsibilities of the
Invesco
Sub-Adviser
unless and until Invesco appoints another Invesco
Sub-Adviser
to perform such duties and responsibilities. In addition, the
Master
Sub-Advisory
Agreement will terminate automatically if assigned, as defined
in the 1940 Act.
Securities
lending
The New Advisory Agreements stipulate that Invesco will provide
certain services to the Fund in connection with any securities
lending practices the Fund may adopt. The Fund does not
currently have any intention to engage in securities lending.
Liability
The New Advisory Agreements provide that in absence of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard
of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of Invesco or any
of its officers, directors or employees, Invesco shall not be
subject to liability to the Fund or to any shareholder of the
Fund for any act or omission in the course of, or connected
with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that may be
sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
Term
The New Advisory Agreements will terminate two years after their
initial approval and will be subject to Board approval every
year thereafter.
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Interim
Advisory Agreement
In the event the closing of the Transaction precedes obtaining
Shareholder approval of the New Advisory Agreements, it is
anticipated the Fund would follow
Rule 15a-4
under the 1940 Act which permits the Funds Board
(including a majority of the Independent Managing General
Partners) to approve and enter into an interim advisory
agreement (Interim Advisory Agreement) pursuant to
which an interim adviser may serve as investment adviser to the
Fund for up to 150 days following the termination of the
current advisory agreement.
In approving an Interim Advisory Agreement, the Board, including
a majority of the Independent Managing General Partners, would
need to determine that (A) the scope and quality of
services to be provided to the Fund under the Interim Advisory
Agreement would be at least equivalent to the scope and quality
of services provided under the current advisory agreement;
(B) the compensation to be received by the interim adviser
under the Interim Advisory Agreement is no greater than the
compensation the Adviser would have received under the current
advisory agreement; and (C) the Interim Advisory Agreement
has the same terms and conditions as the current advisory
agreement except differences in the terms and conditions the
Board, including a majority of Independent Managing General
Partners, finds to be immaterial; provided, however, such
Interim Advisory Agreement must change the effective date,
termination date and compensation arrangements such that:
(i) the Interim Advisory Agreement terminates upon the
earlier of the 150th day following the closing of the
Transaction or the effectiveness of the New Advisory Agreements;
(ii) the Board or a majority of the Funds outstanding
voting securities may terminate the Interim Advisory Agreement
at any time, without the payment of any penalty, on not more
than 10 calendar days written notice to the interim
adviser;
(iii) the compensation earned by the interim adviser under
the Interim Advisory Agreement will be held in an
interest-bearing escrow account with a Funds custodian or
a bank;
(iv) if a majority of the Funds outstanding voting
securities approve such Funds New Advisory Agreements by
the end of the
150-day
period, the amount in the escrow account (including interest
earned) will be paid to the interim adviser; and
(v) if a majority of the Funds outstanding voting
securities do not approve the Funds New Advisory
Agreements, the interim adviser will be paid, out of the escrow
account, the lesser of (a) any costs incurred in performing
the Interim Advisory Agreement (plus interest earned on that
amount while in escrow), or (b) the total amount in the
escrow account (plus interest earned).
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The Board has not yet approved an Interim Advisory Agreement for
the Fund and there can be no guarantee it would do so. In the
event that the New Advisory Agreements are not approved, the
Board will take such action as it believes to be in the best
interest of the Fund and its Shareholders.
Section 15(f)
of the 1940 Act
Section 15(f) of the 1940 Act is a safe harbor that
provides that, when a change in control of an investment adviser
occurs, the investment adviser or any of its affiliated persons
may receive any amount or benefit in connection with the change
in control as long as two conditions are met. The first
condition specifies that no unfair burden may be
imposed on the investment company as a result of a transaction
relating to the change in control, or any express or implied
terms, conditions or understandings. The term unfair
burden, as defined in the 1940 Act, includes any
arrangement during the two-year period after the change in
control transaction whereby the investment adviser (or
predecessor or successor adviser), or any interested person of
any such investment adviser, receives or is entitled to receive
any compensation, directly or indirectly, from the investment
company or its security holders (other than fees for bona fide
investment advisory or other services) or from any person in
connection with the purchase or sale of securities or other
property to, from, or on behalf of the investment company (other
than fees for bona fide principal underwriting services). The
second condition specifies that, during the three-year period
immediately following consummation of the change of control
transaction, at least 75% of the investment companys board
of directors or trustees must not be interested
persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the investment
adviser or predecessor adviser. If either condition is not met,
the safe harbor is not available.
Consistent with the first condition of Section 15(f),
Morgan Stanley and Invesco have agreed to refrain from imposing
or seeking to impose, for a period of two years after the
closing of the Transaction, any unfair burden on the
Fund. With respect to the second condition of
Section 15(f), the Board currently satisfies such 75%
requirement; and Invesco has agreed with Morgan Stanley to use
their reasonable best efforts to ensure continued satisfaction
of the 75% requirement for the three-year period following the
closing of the Transaction.
Board
Considerations
In connection with the Boards consideration of the New
Advisory Agreements, the Managing General Partners considered
the factors discussed above in Background and the
Transaction as well as the following:
Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services to be
Provided. The Board considered the roles and
responsibilities of the investment adviser (and its affiliates)
as a whole and those specific to portfolio management, support
and trading functions anticipated to be servicing the Fund. The
Board noted that the current portfolio management team for the
Fund is expected to remain the same under the New Advisory
Agreements. The Managing General Partners discussed with Invesco
the resources available in managing
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the Fund. The Managing General
Partners also discussed certain other services which are to be
provided by Invesco or its affiliates to the Fund including
subadvisory services, certain global performance measurement and
risk analysis, compliance, accounting, and administrative
services. The Board has determined that the nature, extent and
quality of the services to be provided by Invesco (and its
affiliates) support its decision to approve the New Advisory
Agreement.
Projected Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board
considered that the advisory fee rate for the Fund would remain
the same under the New Advisory Agreements as they are under the
current advisory agreement. The Board had previously determined
that such fees were acceptable under the current advisory
agreement. The Board has determined that the projected fees and
expenses of the Fund support its decision to approve the New
Advisory Agreements.
Investment Advisers Expenses in Providing the Service
and Profitability. At least annually, the Managing General
Partners expect to review Invescos expenses in providing
services to the Fund and other funds advised by Invesco and the
profitability of Invesco. In connection with the Fund, the
Managing General Partners discussed with Invesco its projected
revenues and expenses, including among other things, revenues
for advisory services, portfolio management-related expenses,
and other costs. The Board has determined that the analysis of
Invescos projected expenses and profitability support its
decision to approve the New Advisory Agreements.
Economies of Scale. The Board noted that economies of
scale were already reflected in the advisory fees. In future
determinations of whether to approve the continuation of
advisory agreements, the Board will consider whether economies
of scale exist and should be passed along to Shareholders.
Other Benefits of the Relationship. The Board considered
other benefits to Invesco and its affiliates derived from its
relationship with the Fund and other funds advised by Invesco.
These benefits include, among other things, fees for
administrative services (which is reimbursement of
Invescos cost or such reasonable compensation as may be
approved by the Board), transfer agency services provided to the
funds, in certain cases research to be received by Invesco or
its affiliates generated from commission dollars spent on
funds portfolio trading, and in certain cases distribution
or service related fees related to sales of other funds in the
fund family. The Managing General Partners reviewed with Invesco
each of these arrangements and the reasonableness of its costs
relative to the services performed. The Board has determined
that the other benefits received by Invesco or its affiliates
support its decision to approve the New Advisory Agreements.
The Board unanimously recommends a vote FOR the
approval of the New Advisory Agreements.
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OTHER
INFORMATION
Senior
Personnel of the Adviser and Invesco
Annex C attached hereto provides additional information on the
principal executive officer and directors of the Adviser,
Invesco and Invesco
Sub-Advisers.
Senior
Personnel of the Funds
Annex D attached hereto provides additional information on each
officer of the Fund who is an officer, employee, director or
shareholder of the Adviser.
Other
Fees to the Adviser or its Affiliates
Annex E attached hereto provides additional information on fees
paid to the Adviser or its affiliates during the most recent
fiscal year for services provided to the Fund (other than under
the advisory contract or for brokerage commissions). Upon the
close of the Transaction, it is expected that Invesco and its
affiliates will provide similar services to the Fund as those
that are currently provided by the Adviser and its affiliates.
Shareholder
Information
As of December 31, 2009, no person was known by the Fund to
own beneficially 5% or more of the Funds outstanding
Shares except as follows:
As of December 31, 2009, the Managing General Partners and
executives offices of the Fund individually and as a group owned
less than 1% of the outstanding Shares of the Fund.
Expenses
The expenses of preparing, printing and mailing the enclosed
form of proxy, the accompanying Notice and this Proxy Statement
and all other costs, in connection with the solicitation of
proxies will be borne by Invesco and Morgan Stanley. In order to
obtain the necessary quorum and vote at the Meeting, additional
solicitation may be made by mail, telephone, telegraph,
facsimile or personal interview by representatives of the Fund,
the Adviser or Van Kampen Investments, by the transfer
agents of the Fund and by dealers or their representatives.
Invesco and Morgan Stanley may also retain Computershare Fund
Services, a professional proxy solicitation firm to assist in
additional proxy solicitation. The estimated cost of additional
telephone solicitation by Computershare Fund Services is
currently estimated to be in the aggregate approximately
$[ ].
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Shareholder
Proposals
To be considered for presentation at an annual
shareholders meeting, rules promulgated by the SEC
generally require that, among other things, a shareholders
proposal must be received at the offices of the Fund a
reasonable time before a solicitation is made. Shareholder
proposals intended to be presented at the year 2010 annual
meeting of shareholders for the Fund pursuant to
Rule 14a-8
under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act), had to have been received by the Fund at the
Funds principal executive offices by January 4, 2010.
In order for proposals made outside of
Rule 14a-8
under the Exchange Act to be considered timely
within the meaning of
Rule 14a-4(c)
under the Exchange Act, such proposals must be received by the
Fund at the Funds principal executive offices not later
than March 31, 2010. Timely submission of a proposal does
not necessarily mean that such proposal will be included. Any
shareholder who wishes to submit a proposal for consideration at
the annual meeting should send such proposal to the Fund at the
principal executive offices of the Fund at 522 Fifth
Avenue, New York, New York 10036,
Attn: Van Kampen Asset Management General
Counsels Office.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials
for the Meeting to be held
on ,
2010.
This Proxy Statement is available on the Internet at:
[ ]
General
Management of the Fund does not intend to present and does not
have reason to believe that others will present any other items
of business at the Meeting. However, if other matters are
properly presented to the Meeting for a vote, the proxies will
be voted upon such matters in accordance with the judgment of
the persons acting under the proxies.
A list of shareholders of the Fund entitled to be present and
vote at the Meeting will be available at the offices of the
Fund,
[ ]
for inspection by any shareholder during regular business hours
for ten days prior to the date of the Meeting.
Failure of a quorum to be present at the Meeting for the Fund
may necessitate adjournment and may subject the Fund to
additional expense.
If you cannot be present in person, you are requested to fill
in, sign and return the enclosed proxy card, for which no
postage is required if mailed in the United States, or
record your voting instructions by telephone or via the internet
promptly.
Stefanie V.
Chang Yu,
Vice President
[ ],
2010
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ANNEX
A
Invesco
Sub-Advisers
The sub-advisors that are parties to the master subadvisory
agreement are as follows:
Invesco Trimark Ltd. is a company incorporated in the province
of Ontario and has its principal office at 5140 Yonge Street,
Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2N 6X7. AFM has been
an investment adviser since 1981.
INVESCO Asset Management Deutschland, GmbH (INVESCO
Deutschland) is a German corporation with limited
liability and has its principal office at Bleichstrasse
60-62,
Frankfurt, Germany 60313. INVESCO Deutschland has been an
investment adviser since 1998.
INVESCO Asset Management Ltd. (IAML) is a United
Kingdom corporation and has its principal office at 30 Finsbury
Square, London, EC2A 1AG, United Kingdom. IAML has been an
investment adviser since 2001.
Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited (Invesco
Japan) is a Japanese corporation and has its principal
office at 25(th) Floor, Shiroyama Trust Tower, 3-1,
Toranomon 4-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
105-6025,
Japan. Invesco Japan has been an investment adviser since 1996.
Invesco Australia Limited (Invesco Australia) is an
Australian public limited company and has its principal office
at 333 Collins Street, Level 26, Melbourne Vic 3000,
Australia. Invesco Australia has been an investment adviser
since 1983.
Invesco Hong Kong Limited (Invesco Hong Kong) is a
Hong Kong corporation and has its principal office at 32(nd)
Floor, Three Pacific Place, 1 Queens Road East, Hong Kong.
Invesco Hong Kong has been an investment adviser since 1994.
Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. (ISSM) is a
company incorporated in the state of Delaware and has its
principal office at 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York,
New York 10036. ISSM has been as an investment adviser since
1992.
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ANNEX B
MASTER
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made this day
of ,
2010, by and between Van Kampen Exchange Fund, a California
limited partnership (the Fund), and Invesco
Advisers, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Advisor).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end
management investment company;
WHEREAS, the Advisor is registered under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act), as an
investment advisor and engages in the business of acting as an
investment advisor;
WHEREAS, the Fund and the Advisor desire to enter into an
agreement to provide for investment advisory services to the
Fund upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Advisory Services. The Advisor
shall act as investment advisor for the Fund and shall, in such
capacity, supervise all aspects of the Funds operations,
including the investment and reinvestment of cash, securities or
other properties comprising the Funds assets, subject at
all times to the policies and control of the Board of Managing
General Partners. The Advisor shall give the Fund the benefit of
its best judgment, efforts and facilities in rendering its
services as investment advisor.
2. Investment Analysis and
Implementation. In carrying out its obligations
under Section 1 hereof, the Advisor shall:
(a) supervise all aspects of the operations of the Fund;
(b) obtain and evaluate pertinent information about
significant developments and economic, statistical and financial
data, domestic, foreign or otherwise, whether affecting the
economy generally or the Fund, and whether concerning the
individual issuers whose securities are included in the assets
of the Fund or the activities in which such issuers engage, or
with respect to securities which the Advisor considers desirable
for inclusion in the Funds assets;
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(c) determine which issuers and securities shall be
represented in the Funds investment portfolios and
regularly report thereon to the Board of Managing General
Partners;
(d) formulate and implement continuing programs for the
purchases and sales of the securities of such issuers and
regularly report thereon to the Board of Managing General
Partners; and
(e) take, on behalf of the Fund, all actions which appear
to the Fund necessary to carry into effect such purchase and
sale programs and supervisory functions as aforesaid, including
but not limited to the placing of orders for the purchase and
sale of securities for the Fund.
3. Securities Lending Duties and
Fees. The Advisor agrees to provide the following
services in connection with the securities lending activities of
the Fund: (a) oversee participation in the securities
lending program to ensure compliance with all applicable
regulatory and investment guidelines; (b) assist the
securities lending agent or principal (the Agent) in
determining which specific securities are available for loan;
(c) monitor the Agent to ensure that securities loans are
effected in accordance with the Advisors instructions and
with procedures adopted by the Board of Managing General
Partners; (d) prepare appropriate periodic reports for, and
seek appropriate approvals from, the Board of Managing General
Partners with respect to securities lending activities;
(e) respond to Agent inquiries; and (f) perform such
other duties as necessary.
As compensation for such services provided by the Advisor in
connection with securities lending activities, the Fund shall
pay the Advisor a fee equal to 25% of the net monthly interest
or fee income retained or paid to the Fund from such activities.
4. Delegation of
Responsibilities. The Advisor is authorized to
delegate any or all of its rights, duties and obligations under
this Agreement to one or more
sub-advisors,
and may enter into agreements with
sub-advisors,
and may replace any such
sub-advisors
from time to time in its discretion, in accordance with the 1940
Act, the Advisers Act, and rules and regulations thereunder, as
such statutes, rules and regulations are amended from time to
time or are interpreted from time to time by the staff of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and if
applicable, exemptive orders or similar relief granted by the
SEC and upon receipt of approval of such
sub-advisors
by the Board of Managing General Partners and by shareholders
(unless any such approval is not required by such statutes,
rules, regulations, interpretations, orders or similar relief).
5. Independent Contractors. The
Advisor and any
sub-advisors
shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be independent
contractors and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or
authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Fund
in any way or otherwise be deemed to be an agent of the Fund.
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6. Control by Board of Managing General
Partners. Any investment program undertaken by
the Advisor pursuant to this Agreement, as well as any other
activities undertaken by the Advisor on behalf of the Fund,
shall at all times be subject to any directives of the Board of
Managing General Partners.
7. Compliance with Applicable
Requirements. In carrying out its obligations
under this Agreement, the Advisor shall at all times conform to:
(a) all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act and the
Advisers Act and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder;
(b) the provisions of the registration statement of the
Fund, as the same may be amended from time to time under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the 1940 Act;
(c) the provisions of the Certificate and Agreement of
Limited Partnership, as the same may be amended from time to
time;
(d) the provisions of the by-laws of the Fund, as the same
may be amended from time to time; and
(e) any other applicable provisions of state, federal or
foreign law.
8. Broker-Dealer Relationships. The
Advisor is responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities
for the Fund, broker-dealer selection, and negotiation of
brokerage commission rates.
(a) The Advisors primary consideration in effecting a
security transaction will be to obtain the best execution.
(b) In selecting a broker-dealer to execute each particular
transaction, the Advisor will take the following into
consideration: the best net price available; the reliability,
integrity and financial condition of the broker-dealer; the size
of and the difficulty in executing the order; and the value of
the expected contribution of the broker-dealer to the investment
performance of the Fund on a continuing basis. Accordingly, the
price to the Fund in any transaction may be less favorable than
that available from another broker-dealer if the difference is
reasonably justified by other aspects of the fund execution
services offered.
(c) Subject to such policies as the Board of Managing
General Partners may from time to time determine, the Advisor
shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have breached
any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by reason
of its having caused the Fund to pay a broker or dealer that
provides brokerage and research services to the Advisor an
amount of commission for effecting a fund investment transaction
in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer
would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the
Advisor determines in good faith that such amount of commission
was reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and
research
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services provided by such broker or
dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or
the Advisors overall responsibilities with respect to the
Fund, and to other clients of the Advisor as to which the
Advisor exercises investment discretion. The Advisor is further
authorized to allocate the orders placed by it on behalf of the
Fund to such brokers and dealers who also provide research or
statistical material, or other services to the Fund, to the
Advisor, or to any
sub-advisor.
Such allocation shall be in such amounts and proportions as the
Advisor shall determine and the Advisor will report on said
allocations regularly to the Board of Managing General Partners
indicating the brokers to whom such allocations have been made
and the basis therefor.
(d) With respect to the Fund, to the extent the Advisor
does not delegate trading responsibility to one or more
sub-advisors,
in making decisions regarding broker-dealer relationships, the
Advisor may take into consideration the recommendations of any
sub-advisor
appointed to provide investment research or advisory services in
connection with the Fund, and may take into consideration any
research services provided to such
sub-advisor
by broker-dealers.
(e) Subject to the other provisions of this Section 8,
the 1940 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and rules and
regulations thereunder, as such statutes, rules and regulations
are amended from time to time or are interpreted from time to
time by the staff of the SEC, any exemptive orders issued by the
SEC, and any other applicable provisions of law, the Advisor may
select brokers or dealers with which it or the Fund are
affiliated.
9. Compensation. The compensation
that the Fund shall pay the Advisor is set forth in
Appendix A attached hereto.
10. Expenses of the Fund. All of
the ordinary business expenses incurred in the operations of the
Fund and the offering of its shares shall be borne by the Fund
unless specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement. These
expenses borne by the Fund include but are not limited to
brokerage commissions, taxes, legal, accounting, auditing, or
governmental fees, the cost of preparing share certificates,
custodian, transfer and shareholder service agent costs,
expenses of issue, sale, redemption and repurchase of shares,
expenses of registering and qualifying shares for sale, expenses
relating to trustees and shareholder meetings, the cost of
preparing and distributing reports and notices to shareholders,
the fees and other expenses incurred by the Fund in connection
with membership in investment company organizations and the cost
of printing copies of prospectuses and statements of additional
information distributed to the Funds shareholders.
11. Services to Other Companies or
Accounts. The Fund understands that the Advisor
now acts, will continue to act and may act in the future as
investment manager or advisor to fiduciary and other managed
accounts, and as investment
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manager or advisor to other
investment companies, including any offshore entities, or
accounts, and the Fund has no objection to the Advisor so
acting, provided that whenever the Fund and one or more other
investment companies or accounts managed or advised by the
Advisor have available funds for investment, investments
suitable and appropriate for each will be allocated in
accordance with a formula believed to be equitable to each
company and account. The Fund recognizes that in some cases this
procedure may adversely affect the size of the positions
obtainable and the prices realized for the Fund.
12. Non-Exclusivity. The Fund
understands that the persons employed by the Advisor to assist
in the performance of the Advisors duties under this
Agreement will not devote their full time to such service and
nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or
restrict the right of the Advisor or any affiliate of the
Advisor to engage in and devote time and attention to other
businesses or to render services of whatever kind or nature. The
Fund further understands and agrees that officers or directors
of the Advisor may serve as officers or partners of the Fund,
and that officers or partners of the Fund may serve as officers
or directors of the Advisor to the extent permitted by law; and
that the officers and directors of the Advisor are not
prohibited from engaging in any other business activity or from
rendering services to any other person, or from serving as
partners, officers, directors or trustees of any other firm or
trust, including other investment advisory companies.
13. Effective Date, Term and
Approval. This Agreement shall become effective
with respect to the Fund, if approved by the shareholders of the
Fund, on the date indicated above. If so approved, this
Agreement shall thereafter continue in force and effect until
two years after the date indicated above, and may be continued
from year to year thereafter, provided that the continuation of
the Agreement is specifically approved at least annually:
(a) (i) by the Board of Managing General Partners or
(ii) by the vote of a majority of the outstanding
voting securities of the Fund (as defined in
Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act); and
(b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Managing
General Partners who are not parties to this Agreement or
interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of a
party to this Agreement (other than as Managing General Partners
of the Fund), by votes cast in person at a meeting specifically
called for such purpose.
14. Termination. This Agreement may
be terminated as to the Fund at any time, without the payment of
any penalty, by vote of the Board of Managing General Partners
or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of
the Fund, or by the Advisor, on sixty (60) days
written notice to the other party. The notice provided for
herein may be waived by the party entitled to receipt thereof.
This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its
assignment, the
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term assignment for
purposes of this paragraph having the meaning defined in
Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act.
15. Amendment. No amendment of this
Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed
by the party against which enforcement of the amendment is
sought.
16. Liability of Advisor and
Fund. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or
duties hereunder on the part of the Advisor or any of its
officers, directors or employees, the Advisor shall not be
subject to liability to the Fund or to any shareholder of the
Fund for any act or omission in the course of, or connected
with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that may be
sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
17. Liability of
Shareholders. Notice is hereby given that, as
provided by applicable law, the obligations of or arising out of
this Agreement are not binding upon any of the shareholders of
the Fund individually but are binding only upon the assets and
property of the Fund and that the shareholders shall be
entitled, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to
the same limitation on personal liability as shareholders of
private corporations for profit.
18. Notices. Any notices under this
Agreement shall be in writing, addressed and delivered,
telecopied or mailed postage paid, to the other party entitled
to receipt thereof at such address as such party may designate
for the receipt of such notice. Until further notice to the
other party, it is agreed that the address of the Fund and that
of the Advisor shall be 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100,
Houston, Texas
77046-1173.
19. Questions of
Interpretation. Any question of interpretation of
any term or provision of this Agreement having a counterpart in
or otherwise derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act or
the Advisers Act shall be resolved by reference to such term or
provision of the 1940 Act or the Advisers Act and to
interpretations thereof, if any, by the United States Courts or
in the absence of any controlling decision of any such court, by
rules, regulations or orders of the SEC issued pursuant to said
Acts. In addition, where the effect of a requirement of the 1940
Act or the Advisers Act reflected in any provision of the
Agreement is revised by rule, regulation or order of the SEC,
such provision shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such
rule, regulation or order. Subject to the foregoing, this
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws (without reference to conflicts of law provisions) of
the State of Texas.
20. License Agreement. The Fund
shall have the non-exclusive right to use the name
Invesco to designate any current or future series of
shares only so long as Invesco Advisers, Inc. serves as
investment manager or advisor to the Fund with respect to such
series of shares.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed in duplicate by their respective
officers on the day and year first written above.
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APPENDIX A
COMPENSATION
TO THE ADVISOR
The Fund shall pay the Advisor, out of its assets, as full
compensation for all services rendered, an advisory fee for the
Fund set forth below. Such fee shall be calculated by applying
the following annual rates to the average daily managed assets
of the Fund for the calendar year.
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MASTER
INTERGROUP
SUB-ADVISORY
CONTRACT
This contract is made as
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by and among Invesco Advisors, Inc. (the Adviser)
and each of Invesco Trimark Ltd., Invesco Asset Management
Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco
Asset Management (Japan) Ltd., Invesco Australia Limited,
Invesco Hong Kong Limited, and Invesco Senior Secured
Management, Inc. (each a
Sub-Adviser
and, collectively, the
Sub-Advisers).
WHEREAS:
A) The Adviser has entered into an investment advisory
agreement with Van Kampen Exchange Fund (the Fund),
an open-end management investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940
Act);
B) The Adviser is authorized to delegate certain, any or
all of its rights, duties and obligations under investment
advisory agreements to
sub-advisers,
including
sub-advisers
that are affiliated with the Adviser;
C) Each
Sub-Adviser
represents that it is registered with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an investment
adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(Advisers Act) as an investment adviser, or will be
so registered prior to providing any services to the Fund under
this Contract, and engages in the business of acting as an
investment adviser; and
D) The
Sub-Advisers
and their affiliates have personnel in various locations
throughout the world and have been formed in part for the
purpose of researching and compiling information and
recommendations on the economies of various countries and
securities of issuers located in such countries or on various
types of investments and investment techniques, and providing
investment advisory services in connection therewith.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, it is agreed between the parties
hereto as follows:
1. Appointment. The Adviser hereby
appoints each
Sub-Adviser
as a
sub-adviser
of the Fund for the period and on the terms set forth herein.
Each
Sub-Adviser
accepts such appointment and agrees to render the services
herein set forth, for the compensation herein provided.
2. Duties as
Sub-Adviser. Subject
to paragraph 7 below, the Adviser may, in its discretion,
appoint each
Sub-Advisor
to perform one or more of the following services with respect to
all or a portion of the investments of the Fund. The services
and the portion of the investments of the Fund to be advised or
managed by each
Sub-Adviser
shall be as agreed upon from time to time by the Adviser and the
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Sub-Advisers.
Each
Sub-Adviser
shall pay the salaries and fees of all personnel of such
Sub-Adviser
performing services for the Fund related to research,
statistical and investment activities.
(a) Investment Advice. If and to
the extent requested by the Adviser, each
Sub-Adviser
shall provide investment advice to the Fund and the Adviser with
respect to all or a portion of the investments of the Fund or
with respect to various investment techniques, and in connection
with such advice shall furnish the Fund and the Adviser with
such factual information, research reports and investment
recommendations as the Adviser may reasonably require.
(b) Order Execution. If and to the
extent requested by the Adviser, each
Sub-Adviser
shall place orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio
securities or other investments for the Fund. In so doing, each
Sub-Adviser
agrees that it shall comply with paragraph 3 below.
(c) Discretionary Investment
Management. If and to the extent requested by
the Adviser, each
Sub-Adviser
shall, subject to the supervision of the Funds Board of
Managing General Partners (the Board) and the
Adviser, manage all or a portion of the investments of the Fund
in accordance with the investment objectives, policies and
limitations provided in the Funds Registration Statement
and such other limitations as the Fund or the Adviser may impose
with respect to the Fund by notice to the applicable
Sub-Adviser(s)
and otherwise in accordance with paragraph 5 below. With
respect to the portion of the investments of the Fund under its
management, each
Sub-Adviser
is authorized to: (i) make investment decisions on behalf
of the Fund with regard to any stock, bond, other security or
investment instrument, including but not limited to foreign
currencies, futures, options and other derivatives, and with
regard to borrowing money; (ii) place orders for the
purchase and sale of securities or other investment instruments
with such brokers and dealers as the
Sub-Adviser
may select; and (iii) upon the request of the Adviser,
provide additional investment management services to the Fund,
including but not limited to managing the Funds cash and
cash equivalents and lending securities on behalf of the Fund.
In selecting brokers or dealers to execute trades for the Fund,
each
Sub-Adviser
will comply with its written policies and procedures regarding
brokerage and trading, which policies and procedures shall have
been approved by the Board. All discretionary investment
management and any other activities of each
Sub-Adviser
shall at all times be subject to the control and direction of
the Adviser and the Board.
3. Broker-Dealer
Relationships. Each
Sub-Adviser
agrees that, in placing orders with brokers and dealers, it will
attempt to obtain the best net result in terms of price and
execution. Consistent with this obligation, each
Sub-Adviser
may, in its discretion, purchase and sell portfolio securities
from and to brokers and dealers
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who sell shares of the Fund or
provide the Fund, the Advisers other clients, or a
Sub-Advisers
other clients with research, analysis, advice and similar
services. Each
Sub-Adviser
may pay to brokers and dealers, in return for such research and
analysis, a higher commission or spread than may be charged by
other brokers and dealers, subject to such
Sub-Adviser
determining in good faith that such commission or spread is
reasonable in terms either of the particular transaction or of
the overall responsibility of the Adviser and such
Sub-Adviser
to the Fund and their other clients and that the total
commissions or spreads paid by the Fund will be reasonable in
relation to the benefits to the Fund over the long term. In no
instance will portfolio securities be purchased from or sold to
a
Sub-Adviser,
or any affiliated person thereof, except in accordance with the
applicable securities laws and the rules and regulations
thereunder and any exemptive orders currently in effect.
Whenever a
Sub-Adviser
simultaneously places orders to purchase or sell the same
security on behalf of the Fund and one or more other accounts
advised by such
Sub-Adviser,
such orders will be allocated as to price and amount among all
such accounts in a manner believed to be equitable to each
account.
4. Books and Records. Each
Sub-Adviser
will maintain all required books and records with respect to the
securities transactions of the Fund, and will furnish the Board
and the Adviser with such periodic and special reports as the
Board or the Adviser reasonably may request. Each
Sub-Adviser
hereby agrees that all records which it maintains for the
Adviser are the property of the Adviser, and agrees to preserve
for the periods prescribed by applicable law any records which
it maintains for the Adviser and which are required to be
maintained, and further agrees to surrender promptly to the
Adviser any records which it maintains for the Adviser upon
request by the Adviser.
5. Further Duties.
(a) In all matters relating to the performance of this
Contract, each
Sub-Adviser
will act in conformity with the Certificate and Agreement of
Limited Partnership, By-Laws and Registration Statement of the
Fund and with the instructions and directions of the Adviser and
the Board and will comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act,
the rules, regulations, exemptive orders and no-action positions
thereunder, and all other applicable laws and regulations.
(b) Each
Sub-Adviser
shall maintain compliance procedures for the Fund that it and
the Adviser reasonably believe are adequate to ensure compliance
with the federal securities laws (as defined in
Rule 38a-1
of the 1940 Act) and the investment objective(s) and policies as
stated in the Funds prospectus and statement of additional
information. Each
Sub-Adviser
at its expense will provide the Adviser or the Funds Chief
Compliance Officer with such compliance reports relating to its
duties under this Contract as may be requested from time to
time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each
Sub-Adviser
will promptly report to the Adviser any material violations of
the federal securities laws (as defined in
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Rule 38a-1
of the 1940 Act) that it is or should be aware of or of any
material violation of the
Sub-Advisers
compliance policies and procedures that pertain to the Fund.
(c) Each
Sub-Adviser
at its expense will make available to the Board and the Adviser
at reasonable times its portfolio managers and other appropriate
personnel, either in person or, at the mutual convenience of the
Adviser and the
Sub-Adviser,
by telephone, in order to review the investment policies,
performance and other investment related information regarding
the Fund and to consult with the Board and the Adviser regarding
the Funds investment affairs, including economic,
statistical and investment matters related to the
Sub-Advisers
duties hereunder, and will provide periodic reports to the
Adviser relating to the investment strategies it employs. Each
Sub-Adviser
and its personnel shall also cooperate fully with counsel and
auditors for, and the Chief Compliance Officer of, the Adviser
and the Fund.
(d) Each
Sub-Adviser
will assist in the fair valuation of portfolio securities held
by the Fund. The
Sub-Adviser
will use its reasonable efforts to provide, based upon its own
expertise, and to arrange with parties independent of the
Sub-Adviser
such as broker-dealers for the provision of, valuation
information or prices for securities for which prices are deemed
by the Adviser or the Funds administrator not to be
readily available in the ordinary course of business from an
automated pricing service. In addition, each
Sub-Adviser
will assist the Fund and its agents in determining whether
prices obtained for valuation purposes accurately reflect market
price information relating to the assets of the Fund at such
times as the Adviser shall reasonably request, including but not
limited to, the hours after the close of a securities market and
prior to the daily determination of the Funds net asset
value per share.
(e) Each
Sub-Adviser
represents and warrants that it has adopted a code of ethics
meeting the requirements of
Rule 17j-1
under the 1940 Act and the requirements of
Rule 204A-1
under the Advisers Act and has provided the Adviser and the
Board a copy of such code of ethics, together with evidence of
its adoption, and will promptly provide copies of any changes
thereto, together with evidence of their adoption. Upon request
of the Adviser, but in any event no less frequently than
annually, each
Sub-Adviser
will supply the Adviser a written report that (A) describes
any issues arising under the code of ethics or procedures since
the
Sub-Advisers
last report, including but not limited to material violations of
the code of ethics or procedures and sanctions imposed in
response to the material violations; and (B) certifies that
the procedures contained in the
Sub-Advisers
code of ethics are reasonably designed to prevent access
persons from violating the code of ethics.
(f) Upon request of the Adviser, each
Sub-Adviser
will review draft reports to shareholders and other documents
provided or available to it and provide
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comments on a timely basis. In
addition, each
Sub-Adviser
and each officer and portfolio manager thereof designated by the
Adviser will provide on a timely basis such certifications or
sub-certifications
as the Adviser may reasonably request in order to support and
facilitate certifications required to be provided by the
Funds Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer and will adopt such disclosure controls and procedures
in support of the disclosure controls and procedures adopted by
the Fund as the Adviser, on behalf of the Fund, deems are
reasonably necessary.
(g) Unless otherwise directed by the Adviser or the Board,
each
Sub-Adviser
will vote all proxies received in accordance with the
Advisers proxy voting policy or, if the
Sub-Adviser
has a proxy voting policy approved by the Board, the
Sub-Advisers
proxy voting policy. Each
Sub-Adviser
shall maintain and shall forward to the Fund or its designated
agent such proxy voting information as is necessary for the Fund
to timely file proxy voting results in accordance with
Rule 30b1-4
of the 1940 Act.
(h) Each
Sub-Adviser
shall provide the Funds custodian on each business day
with information relating to all transactions concerning the
assets of the Fund and shall provide the Adviser with such
information upon request of the Adviser.
6. Services Not Exclusive. The
services furnished by each
Sub-Adviser
hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and such
Sub-Adviser
shall be free to furnish similar services to others so long as
its services under this Contract are not impaired thereby.
Nothing in this Contract shall limit or restrict the right of
any director, officer or employee of a
Sub-Adviser,
who may also be a Managing General Partner, officer or employee
of the Fund, to engage in any other business or to devote his or
her time and attention in part to the management or other
aspects of any other business, whether of a similar nature or a
dissimilar nature.
7. Use of Subsidiaries and
Affiliates. Each
Sub-Adviser
may perform any or all of the services contemplated hereunder,
including but not limited to providing investment advice to the
Fund pursuant to paragraph 2(a) above and placing orders
for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities or other
investments for the Fund pursuant to paragraph 2(b) above,
directly or through such of its subsidiaries or other
affiliates, including each of the other
Sub-Advisers,
as such
Sub-Adviser
shall determine; provided, however, that performance of such
services through such subsidiaries or other affiliates shall
have been approved, when required by the 1940 Act, by (i) a
vote of a majority of the independent Managing General Partners
who are not parties to this Contract or interested
persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of a party to this
Contract, other than as Board members (Independent
Managing General Partners), cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of voting on such approval,
and/or
(ii) a vote of a majority of that Funds outstanding
voting securities.
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8. Compensation.
(a) The only fees payable to the
Sub-Advisers
under this Contract are for providing discretionary investment
management services pursuant to paragraph 2(c) above. For
such services, the Adviser will pay each
Sub-Adviser
a fee, computed daily and paid monthly, equal to (i) 40% of
the monthly compensation that the Adviser receives from the Fund
pursuant to its advisory agreement with the Fund, multiplied by
(ii) the fraction equal to the net assets of the Fund as to
which the
Sub-Adviser
shall have provided discretionary investment management services
pursuant to paragraph 2(c) above for that month divided by
the net assets of the Fund for that month. This fee shall be
payable on or before the last business day of the next
succeeding calendar month. This fee shall be reduced to reflect
contractual or voluntary fee waivers or expense limitations by
the Adviser, if any, in effect from time to time as set forth in
paragraph 9 below. In no event shall the aggregate monthly
fees paid to the
Sub-Advisers
under this Contract exceed 40% of the monthly compensation that
the Adviser receives from the Fund pursuant to its advisory
agreement with the Fund, as reduced to reflect contractual or
voluntary fee waivers or expense limitations by the Adviser, if
any.
(b) If this Contract becomes effective or terminates before
the end of any month, the fees for the period from the effective
date to the end of the month or from the beginning of such month
to the date of termination, as the case may be, shall be
prorated according to the proportion which such period bears to
the full month in which such effectiveness or termination occurs.
(c) If a
Sub-Adviser
provides the services under paragraph 2(c) above to the
Fund for a period that is less than a full month, the fees for
such period shall be prorated according to the proportion which
such period bears to the applicable full month.
9. Fee Waivers and Expense
Limitations. If, for any fiscal year of the Fund,
the amount of the advisory fee which the Fund would otherwise be
obligated to pay to the Adviser is reduced because of
contractual or voluntary fee waivers or expense limitations by
the Adviser, the fee payable to each
Sub-Adviser
pursuant to paragraph 8 above shall be reduced
proportionately; and to the extent that the Adviser reimburses
the Fund as a result of such expense limitations, such
Sub-Adviser
shall reimburse the Adviser that proportion of such
reimbursement payments which the fee payable to each
Sub-Adviser
pursuant to paragraph 8 above bears to the advisory fee
under this Contract.
10. Limitation of Liability of
Sub-Adviser
and Indemnification. No
Sub-Adviser
shall be liable for any costs or liabilities arising from any
error of judgment or mistake of law or any loss suffered by the
Fund in connection with the matters to which this Contract
relates except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence on the part of such
Sub-Adviser
in the performance by such
Sub-Adviser
of its duties or from reckless disregard by such
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Sub-Adviser
of its obligations and duties under this Contract. Any person,
even though also an officer, partner, employee, or agent of a
Sub-Adviser,
who may be or become a Managing General Partner, officer,
employee or agent of the Fund, shall be deemed, when rendering
services to the Fund or acting with respect to any business of
the Fund, to be rendering such service to or acting solely for
the Fund and not as an officer, partner, employee, or agent or
one under the control or direction of such
Sub-Adviser
even though paid by it.
11. Duration and Termination.
(a) This Contract shall become effective with respect to
each
Sub-Adviser
upon the later of the date hereabove written and the date that
such
Sub-Adviser
is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser under the
Advisers Act, if a
Sub-Adviser
is not so registered as of the date hereabove written; provided,
however, that this Contract shall not take effect with respect
to the Fund unless it has first been approved (i) by a vote
of a majority of the Independent Managing General Partners, cast
in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
approval, and (ii) by vote of a majority of the Funds
outstanding voting securities, when required by the 1940 Act.
(b) Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, this
Contract shall continue in force and effect until two years
after its effective date determined in 11(a). Thereafter, if not
terminated, with respect to each Fund, this Contract shall
continue automatically for successive periods not to exceed
twelve months each, provided that such continuance is
specifically approved at least annually (i) by a vote of a
majority of the Independent Managing General Partners, cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
approval, and (ii) by the Board or by vote of a majority of
the outstanding voting securities of that Fund.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Fund
or any
Sub-Adviser(s),
this Contract may be terminated at any time, without the payment
of any penalty, (i) by vote of the Board or by a vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund on
sixty days written notice to such
Sub-Adviser(s);
or (ii) by the Adviser on sixty days written notice
to such
Sub-Adviser(s);
or (iii) by a
Sub-Adviser
on sixty days written notice to the Fund. Should this
Contract be terminated with respect to a
Sub-Adviser,
the Adviser shall assume the duties and responsibilities of such
Sub-Adviser
unless and until the Adviser appoints another
Sub-Adviser
to perform such duties and responsibilities. Termination of this
Contract with respect to one
Sub-Adviser(s)
shall not affect the continued effectiveness of this Contract
with respect to any remaining
Sub-Adviser(s).
This Contract will automatically terminate in the event of its
assignment.
12. Amendment. No provision of this
Contract may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party
against which enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or
termination is
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sought, and, when required by the
1940 Act, no amendment of this Contract shall be effective until
approved by vote of a majority of the Funds outstanding
voting securities.
13. Notices. Any notices under this
Contract shall be in writing, addressed and delivered,
telecopied or mailed postage paid, to the other party entitled
to receipt thereof at such address as such party may designate
for the receipt of such notice. Until further notice to the
other party, it is agreed that the address of the Fund and the
Adviser shall be 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100,
Houston,
Texas 77046-1173.
Until further notice to the other party, it is agreed that the
address of each
Sub-Adviser
shall be set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto.
14. Governing Law. This Contract
shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Texas and the 1940 Act. To the extent that the applicable laws
of the State of Texas conflict with the applicable provisions of
the 1940 Act, the latter shall control.
15. Multiple
Sub-Advisory
Agreements. This Contract has been signed by
multiple parties; namely the Adviser, on one hand, and each
Sub-Adviser,
on the other. The parties have signed one document for
administrative convenience to avoid a multiplicity of documents.
It is understood and agreed that this document shall constitute
a separate
sub-advisory
agreement between the Adviser and each
Sub-Adviser
with respect to the Fund, as if the Adviser and such
Sub-Adviser
had executed a separate
sub-advisory
agreement naming such
Sub-Adviser
as a
sub-adviser
to the Fund. With respect to any one
Sub-Adviser,
(i) references in this Contract to a
Sub-Adviser
or to each
Sub-Adviser
shall be deemed to refer only to such
Sub-Adviser,
and (ii) the term this Contract shall be
construed according to the foregoing provisions.
16. Miscellaneous. The captions in
this Contract are included for convenience of reference only and
in no way define or delimit any of the provisions hereof or
otherwise affect their construction or effect. If any provision
of this Contract shall be held or made invalid by a court
decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this
Contract shall not be affected thereby. This Contract shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors. Any question of
interpretation of any term or provision of this Contract having
a counterpart in or otherwise derived from a term or provision
of the 1940 Act or the Advisers Act shall be resolved by
reference to such term or provision of the 1940 Act or the
Advisers Act and to interpretations thereof, if any, by the
United States Courts or in the absence of any controlling
decision of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders of
the SEC issued pursuant to said Acts. In addition, where the
effect of a requirement of the 1940 Act or the Advisers Act
reflected in any provision of the Contract is revised by rule,
regulation or order of the SEC, such provision shall be deemed
to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order.
B-16
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Contract
to be executed by their officers designated as of the day and
year first above written.
INVESCO AIM ADVISORS, INC.
Advisor
Name:
Title:
B-17
ANNEX C
The name, address and principal occupation of the principal
executive officer and directors of the Adviser, Avenue Europe,
Invesco and Invesco
Sub-Advisers
are set forth in the following tables.
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The Adviser
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Name and Address
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Edward C Wood
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Avenue Europe
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Invesco
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C-1
Van
Kampen Funds Inc.
522 Fifth
Avenue
New
York, New York 10036
www.vankampen.com
Copyright
©2010
Van Kampen Funds Inc.
All
rights reserved. Member FINRA/SIPC.
VKCL
10
VOTES
AS IN
THIS
EXAMPLE
FORM OF
PROXY
VAN KAMPEN
EXCHANGE FUND
SPECIAL MEETING
OF SHAREHOLDERS
PROXY SOLICITED
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF MANAGING GENERAL PARTNERS
The
undersigned holder of units of partnership interest of VAN
KAMPEN EXCHANGE FUND, a California limited partnership (the
Fund), hereby appoints XXXXX, XXXXX and XXXXX and
each of them or their respective designees, with full power of
substitution and revocation, as proxies to represent the
undersigned at the Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held at
the offices of Van Kampen Investments Inc.,
[ ],
on [day],
[ ],
2010 at 10:00 a.m., and any and all adjournments thereof
(the Meeting), and thereat to vote all
XXXXX Shares which the undersigned would be entitled to
vote, with all powers the undersigned would possess if
personally present, in accordance with the instructions
indicated herein.
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To approve a new investment advisory agreement.
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FOR
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To transact such other business as may properly come before the
Meeting.
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Important
Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on [date]. The following
material is available at
https://www.proxy-direct.com/vkl20185:
Proxy
Statement
If
more than one of the proxies, or their substitutes, are present
at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof, they jointly (or, if
only one is present and voting then that one) shall have
authority and may exercise all powers granted hereby. This
Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in accordance with
the instructions marked by the undersigned on the reverse side.
If no specification is made, this Proxy will be voted
FOR the proposals described herein and in the
discretion of the proxies upon such other business as may
properly come before the Meeting.
The
undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the accompanying
Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement for the Meeting to be held
on
[ ],
2010.
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PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN ON
REVERSE SIDE AND
RETURN PROMPTLY IN ENCLOSED ENVELOPE
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HAS YOUR ADDRESS CHANGED?
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Date
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Shareholder signature
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Mark box at right if an address change has been noted on the
reverse side of this
card. o
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Please sign this Proxy exactly as your name or names appear on
the books of the Fund. When signing as attorney, trustee,
executor, administrator, custodian, guardian or corporate
officer, please give full title. If common shares are held
jointly, each holder should sign.
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