Rules and Regulations
promulgated
under the
Investment Company Act of 1940
Rule 15a-1 -- Exemption from Stockholders' Approval of Certain Small Investment Advisory Contracts
An investment adviser of a registered investment company shall be exempt from the
requirement of sections 15(a) and 15(e)
of the Act that the written contract pursuant to which he acts shall have been approved
by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of such company, if
the following conditions are met:
Such investment adviser is not an affiliated person
of such company (except as investment adviser) nor of any principal underwriter for
such company.
His compensation as investment adviser of such company
in any fiscal year of the company during which any such contract is in effect either:
(a) is not more than $100 or (b) is not more than $2,500 and not more than 1/40 of
1 percent of the value of the company's net assets averaged over the year or taken
as of a definite date or dates within the year.
The aggregate compensation of all investment advisers
of such company exempted pursuant to this section in any fiscal year of the company
either: (a) is not more than $200 or (b) is not more than 1/20 of 1 percent of the
value of the company's net assets averaged over the year or taken as of a definite
date or dates within the year.
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