EX-99.DADVSRCONTR 3 ex99-23d1.txt Exhibit 23(d)(1) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made this 24th day of January, 2001, by and between PENN STREET FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund") and. Walnut Asset Management, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Manager"). 1. Duties of Advisor The Fund hereby employs the Man ager to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Walnut Value Portfolio(the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Manager's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports. to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies and limitations set forth in the Fund's registration statement. The Manager accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein", on the terms and for the compensation provided herein. 2. Portfolio Transactions The Manager is authorized to select the brokers or dealers that will execute the purchases an * d sales of portfolio securities for the Portfolio and is directed to use its best efforts to obtain the best available price and most favorable execution. It is understood, however, that the Manager shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully, or to have breached a fiduciary duty to the Fund or in respect of the Portfolio, or be in breach of any obligation owing to the Fund or in respect of the Portfolio under this Agreement, or otherwise, solely by reason of its having caused the Portfolio to pay a member of a securities exchange, a broker or a dealer a commission for effecting a securities transaction for the Portfolio in excess of the amount of commission another member of an exchange, broker or dealer would have charged if the Manager determines in good faith that the commission paid was reasonable in relation to the brokerage or research services provided by such member, broker or dealer, viewed in terms of that particular transaction or the manager's overall responsibilities with respect to its accounts, including the Fund, as to which it exercises investment discretion. The Manager will promptly communicate to the officers and directors of the Fund such information relating to transactions for the Portfolio as they may reasonably request. 3. Compensation of the Manager For the services to be rendered by the Manager as provided in Section 1 of this Agreement, the Fund shall pay to the Manager, at the end of each month, a fee equal to one- twelfth of .50 percent of the average daily net assets of the Portfolio. In the event that this Agreement is terminated at other than a month-end, the fee for such month shall be prorated. 4. Reports The Fund and the Manager agree to furnish to each other, information with regard to their respective affairs as each may reasonably request. 5. Status of the Manage The services of the Manager to the Fund or in respect of the Portfolio, are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Manager shall be free to render similar services to others as long as its services to the Fund, or in respect of the Portfolio, are not impaired thereby. The Manager shall be deemed to be an independent contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Fund in any way or otherwise he deemed an agent of the Fund. 6. Liability of Manager The Manager shall not be liable to the Fund or any shareholder thereof for errors of judgment or in the absence of negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder. No provision of this Agreement shall be- deemed to protect the Manager against any liability to the Fund to which it might otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties or the reckless disregard of its obligations under this Agreement. 7. Duration and Termination This Agreement shall become effective on January 24,.2001 until (the "Effective Date") and shall continue in effect until January 23, 2003 provided that it has first been approved in. accordance with Section 15 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("Act"). Thereafter, this Agreement may be continued in effect for successive one-year periods provided each such continuance is approved at least annually by a vote of the Fund's Board of Directors, including the vote of a majority of the directors who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such party, cast in person, at a meeting called for the purpose of voting such approval. in addition, the question of continuance of this Agreement may be presented to the shareholders of the Fund; in such event, such continuance shall be effected only if approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio. This Agreement may at any time be terminated without payment of any penalty either by vote of the Board of Directors of the Fund or by vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio, on sixty days written notice to the Manager. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its assignment. This Agreement may be terminated by the Manager after ninety days written notice to the Fund. Any notice under this Agreement shall be given in writing, addressed and delivered, or mailed postpaid, to the other party at any office of such party. As used in this Section 9, the terms "assignment," "interested persons," and a "vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding securities" shall have the respective meanings set forth in Section 2(a)(4), Section 2(a)(19), Section 2(a)(42) of the Act and Rule 18f-2 thereunder. 8. Severability If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby. IN WITNESS WHEREOF., the parties hereby have caused this Agreement to be executed this 24th day of January, 2001. Walnut Asset Management Penn street Fund, Inc. 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