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Advisory Contracts |
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ITEM 77Q1(e)(ix) - COPIES OF ANY NEW OR AMENDED REGISTRANT INVESTMENT
ADVISORY CONTRACTS
SUBADVISORY AGREEMENT
This Subadvisory Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into as of August
22, 2003, by and among the MTB Group of Funds, a Delaware statutory
trust (the "Trust"), MTB Investment Advisors, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the "Adviser"), and Montag & Caldwell, Inc. (the
"Subadviser").
Recitals:
The Trust is an open-end investment management company registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and
has thirty-four portfolios, including the MTB Large Cap Growth Fund II
(the "Fund");
The Trust and the Adviser have entered into an advisory agreement dated
as of August 22, 2003 (the "Advisory Agreement") as amended, pursuant
to which the Adviser provides portfolio management services to the Fund
and the other portfolios of the Trust;
The Advisory Agreement contemplates that the Adviser may fulfill its
portfolio management responsibilities under the Advisory Agreement by
engaging one or more subadvisers; and
The Adviser and the Board of Trustees of the Trust ("Trustees") desire
to retain the Subadviser to act as sub-investment manager of the Fund
and to provide certain other services, and the Subadviser desires to
perform such services under the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth.
Agreement:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
set forth in this Agreement, the Trust, the Adviser and the Subadviser
agree as follows:
1. Delivery of Documents. The Trust has furnished the Subadviser
with copies, properly certified or otherwise authenticated, of each of
the following:
(a) The Trust's Declaration of Trust ("Declaration of Trust");
(b) By-Laws of the Trust as in effect on the date hereof;
(c) Resolutions of the Trustees selecting the Subadviser as the
investment subadviser to the Fund and approving the form of this
Agreement;
(d) Resolutions of the Trustees selecting the Adviser as investment
adviser to the Fund and approving the form of the Investment
Advisory Agreement and resolutions adopted by the initial
shareholder of the Fund approving the form of the Investment
Advisory Agreement;
(e) The Adviser's Investment Advisory Agreement; and
(f) The Trust's registration statement, including the Fund's
prospectus and statement of additional information (collectively
called the "Prospectus").
The Adviser will furnish the Subadviser from time to time with copies,
properly certified or otherwise authenticated, of all amendments of or
supplements to the foregoing, if any. The Adviser will also furnish the
Subadviser with copies of the documents listed on Schedule 1 to this
Agreement, and shall promptly notify the Subadviser of any material
change in any of the Fund's investment objectives, policies,
limitations, guidelines or procedures set forth in any of the documents
listed in Schedule 1.
The Subadviser has furnished the Adviser with a copy of the Subadviser's
approved list of securities for equity portfolios, its Form ADV most
recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the code of
ethics established by the Subadviser pursuant to Rule 17j-1 of the 1940
Act ("Subadviser's Code of Ethics"), and the Subadviser's policies
regarding allocation of securities among clients with common investment
objectives, soft dollars and brokerage selection. The Subadviser will
promptly furnish the Adviser with copies of any amendments to such
documents.
The Subadviser will also provide Adviser with a list and specimen
signatures of the parties who are authorized to act on behalf of the
Subadviser and will promptly notify Adviser in writing of any changes
thereto.
2. Investment Services. Subject to the supervision and review of the
Adviser and the Trustees, the Subadviser will manage the investments of
the Fund on a discretionary basis, including the purchase, retention and
disposition of securities, in accordance with the investment policies,
objectives and restrictions of the Fund as set forth in the Fund's
Prospectus, and in conformity with the 1940 Act, the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (including the requirements for qualification
as a regulated investment company, and the diversification provisions of
Section 817(h) of the Code and the regulations thereunder relating to
the diversification requirements for variable life insurance policies
and variable annuity contracts), all other applicable laws and
regulations, instructions and directions received in writing from the
Adviser or the Board of Trustees, and the provisions contained in the
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