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Title:

Investment Management Agreement

Entities:

Madison

Date:

2004

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$36

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Exhibit(g)(ii)


INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

THIS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") dated as of
___________, 2004, among Madison/Claymore Covered Call Fund, a Delaware
statutory trust (the "Trust"), Claymore Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the "Investment Adviser"), and Madison Asset Management, LLC,
a Wisconsin limited liability company (the "Investment Manager").

WHEREAS, the Investment Adviser has agreed to furnish investment
management and advisory services to the Trust, a closed-end management
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the "1940 Act") with respect to the Trust Assets (defined below);

WHEREAS, the investment advisory agreement between the Investment
Adviser and the Trust dated as of _______________, 2004 (such agreement or the
most recent successor agreement between such parties relating to advisory
services to the Trust is referred to herein as the "Investment Advisory
Agreement") contemplates that the Investment Adviser may sub-contract investment
advisory services with respect to the Trust to a sub-adviser(s) pursuant to a
sub-advisory agreement(s) agreeable to the Trust and approved in accordance with
the provisions of the 1940 Act;

WHEREAS, the Investment Adviser wishes to retain the Investment
Manager to provide certain sub-advisory services;

WHEREAS, the Investment Manager is registered as a registered
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Advisers Act"); and

WHEREAS, this Agreement has been approved in accordance with the
provisions of the 1940 Act, and the Investment Manager is willing to furnish
such services upon the terms and conditions herein set forth;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual premises and covenants
herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, it is agreed by and between the parties hereto as
follows:

1. APPOINTMENT. The Investment Adviser hereby appoints the
Investment Manager to act as a sub-adviser with respect to the Trust as set
forth in this Agreement and the Investment Manager accepts such appointment and
agrees to render the services herein set forth for the compensation herein
provided.

2. SERVICES OF THE INVESTMENT MANAGER. Subject to the succeeding
provisions of this section, the oversight and supervision of the Investment
Adviser and the direction and control of the Trust's Board of Trustees, the
Investment Manager will perform certain of the day-to-day operations of the
Trust which may include one or more of the following services at the request of
the Investment Adviser: (i) managing the investment and

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reinvestment of the Trust Assets in accordance with the investment policies of
the Trust; (ii) arranging, subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 hereof, for
the purchase and sale of securities and other assets for the Trust; (iii)
providing investment research and credit analysis concerning the Trust Assets;
(v) placing orders for purchases and sales of Trust Assets, (vi) maintaining the
books and records as are required to support Trust investment operations, and
(vii) monitoring on a daily basis the investment activities and portfolio
holdings relating of the Trust. At the request of the Investment Adviser, the
Investment Manager will also, subject to the oversight and supervision of the
Investment Adviser and the direction and control of the Trust's Board of
Trustees, consult with the Investment Adviser as to the overall management of
the Trust Assets and the investment policies and practices of the Trust,
including (but not limited to) the use by the Trust of financial leverage and
elements (e.g., form, amount and costs) relating to such financial leverage and
the utilization by the Trust of any interest rate or other hedging or risk
management transactions in connection therewith, and will perform any of the
services described in the Investment Advisory Agreement. In addition, the
Investment Manager will keep the Trust and the Investment Adviser informed of
developments materially affecting the Trust and shall, on its own initiative,
furnish to the Trust all information relevant to such developments. The
Investment Manager will periodically communicate to the Investment Adviser, at
such times as the Investment Adviser may direct, information concerning the
purchase and sale of securities for the Trust, including: (i) the name of the
issuer, (ii) the amount of the purchase or sale, (iii) the name of the broker or
dealer, if any, through which the purchase or sale is effected, (iv) the CUSIP
number of the instrument, if any, and (v) such other information as the
Investment Adviser may reasonably require for purposes of fulfilling its
obligations to the Trust under the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Investment

 

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