Exhibit 10.1
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been redacted pursuant to a Request for Confidential Treatment
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule
24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Redacted portions are indicated with the
notation “[***]”.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Joint Venture
Agreement (the “Agreement”), is made effective as of
October 31, 2006 by and between State Street Corporation
(hereinafter
called, “
State Street”), a
Massachusetts corporation with its principal offices at
State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02111 and DST Systems, Inc. (hereinafter called
“
DST”), a Delaware
corporation with its principal offices at 333 West 11
th Street,
5
th Floor, Kansas
City, Missouri 64105 .
WHEREAS, State
Street and DST are parties to an Agreement dated as of July 1,
1974, as amended (the “Original Joint Venture
Agreement”).
WHEREAS, Boston
Financial Data Services, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation
(“Boston Financial”), is the corporation formed and
operating pursuant to the Original Joint Venture Agreement and each
of State Street and DST owns 50% of the shares of Boston
Financial’s common stock; and
WHEREAS, State
Street and DST desire to amend and restate the Original Joint
Venture Agreement in order to update the documentation to reflect
their current agreement in certain areas.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.
Agreement to Undertake Joint Business.
1.1.
State Street and DST have agreed, subject to the terms and
conditions contained herein, to join in the establishment and
continuation of a business engaged in mutual fund transfer agency,
recordkeeping, shareholder servicing, and related services, with
the head office of such business located in Quincy,
Massachusetts .
Section
2.
Formation of Boston Financial.
2.1.
Boston Financial. State Street formed Boston
Financial as a Massachusetts business corporation , and Boston Financial
is jointly owned by State
Street and DST and is and shall be the vehicle for conducting the joint business
described herein.
2.2.
Business Purpose of Boston Financial. The principal
business purpose of Boston
Financial is to provide mutual fund transfer agency,
shareholder record keeping services and
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24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Redacted portions are indicated with the
notation “[***]”.
related data processing
services to investment companies, banks, other financial
institutions and other business entities.
2.3.
Corporate Actions. State Street and DST each warrants
that it has taken such
corporate actions as are necessary to ratify and authorize the execution of this
Agreement, the formation of and
investment in Boston Financial and to authorize Boston
Financial to enter into
any and all agreements required or contemplated
herein.
2.4.
Approval of Regulatory Bodies. Each party has taken
such actions and made such necessary applications in connection
with this Agreement and the establishment of Boston Financial under
the Original Joint Venture Agreement as required of it to ensure
that any required approval
was obtained from any
state or federal regulatory or supervisory authority having
jurisdiction over each such party.
2.5.
Articles of
Organization. Boston Financial’s Articles of
Organization, as amended and restated, are on file with the
Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a copy
of such Articles is attached
hereto as Exhibit 1.
2.6.
By-Laws. Boston Financial’s By-Laws have been
adopted, and from time to time amended, by its Board of Directors
and a copy of such By-Laws is attached hereto as Exhibit
2.
2.7.
Distribution of Shares. State Street owns 1,000
shares of Boston Financial’s Class A Common Stock and DST owns 1,000 shares of
Boston Financial ’s Class B Common Stock and the parties agree
that Boston Financial shall not issue any other capital stock or
other securities except as provided herein.
2.8.
Control. Boston Financial is and shall continue to be
managed and controlled through a Board of Directors consisting of
two classes, designated as Class A Directors and Class B Directors,
each class consisting of five members. Class A Directors
shall be elected by the holders of Class A Common Stock, and Class
B Directors shall be elected by
the holders of Class B Common Stock. Any action taken
by said Board of Directors shall require a majority vote which must
include at least one affirmative vote from each class of
Directors. The shareholders of each class shall be entitled
to remove any or all of those directors which it has
elected, with or without cause. Any vacancy created by death,
resignation, removal or any other cause shall be filled by that
class of stock which elected the director who has
vacated. The Board of Directors may appoint an
Executive Committee consisting of the President of Boston Financial
(who shall have no vote with respect to Executive Committee
matters) and at least one Class A Director and one Class B Director
(the “Executive Committee”). The Executive
Committee may exercise all powers delegated to it by the Board of
Directors except those which by law, by the articles of
organization or the by-laws may not be so delegated and any action
taken by the Executive Committee shall require a majority vote
which must include at least one affirmative vote from each class of
Director.
Portions of this document have
been redacted pursuant to a Request for Confidential Treatment
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule
24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Redacted portions are indicated with the
notation “[***]”.
2.9.
Restrictive Legend on Shares. The transfer of
all shares of capital stock of
Boston Financial shall be restricted in accordance with the
provisions of Section 10 of this Agreement, and all stock
certificates representing shares of stock of Boston Financial shall
bear the following legend:
“The shares
represented by this certificate are subject to a restriction on
transfer pursuant to the articles of organization of the
corporation and may not be transferred except in compliance
therewith. The corporation will furnish a copy thereof to the holder of this
certificate upon written request and without
charge.”
Section 3.
Contributions by State Street.
3.1.
Financial Commitment. State Street has purchased
1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of Boston Financial, $10 par
value, at a price of $250 per share or a total price of
$250,000. State Street agrees to purchase up to 1,000
additional shares of such stock at $250 per share if the Board of
Directors of Boston Financial should determine that Boston
Financial needs additional capital. State Street shall be
obligated to purchase such additional shares of stock only if DST
concurrently purchases an equal number of shares of Class B Common
Stock at a price of $250 per share.
3.2.
Service Agreement. State Street has caused State
Street Bank and Trust Company (hereinafter called the
“Bank”) to enter a Service Agreement with Boston
Financial and Boston Financial and the Bank have been performing
and will continue to perform their respective obligations under the
Service Agreement, as amended (the “Service
Agreement”), and a copy of the Service Agreement is attached
hereto as Exhibit 3.
Section 4.
Contributions by DST.
4.1.
Financial Commitment. DST has purchased 1,000
shares of Class B Common Stock of Boston Financial, $10 par value,
at a price of $250 per share or a total price of $250,000.
DST agrees to purchase up to 1,000 additional shares of such stock
at $250 per share if the Board of Directors of Boston Financial
should determine that Boston Financial needs additional
capital. DST shall be obligated to purchase such additional
shares of stock only if State Street concurrently purchases an
equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock at a price of $250
per share.
4.2.
Data Processing Support Agreement DST and Boston
Financial have entered into, a Data Processing Support Agreement
and have been performing and will continue to perform their
respective obligations under the Data Processing Support Agreement,
now in the form of the Amended and Restated Data Processing Support
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 4.
4.3.
Systems and Training Support. DST will make available
to Boston Financial, at a reasonable charge, its expertise in the
areas of data processing. In addition, DST will, upon
the
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24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Redacted portions are indicated with the
notation “[***]”.
reasonable request of
Boston Financial, actively assist Boston Financial in machine and
equipment layout and design and in the training and orientation of
Boston Financial’s employees.
Section 5.
General Agreements.
5.1.
Obligations as Joint Venturers. Both State Street and
DST recognize and agree to fulfill their obligations as joint
venturers relative to the operation and support of Boston
Financial; and each party agrees to exercise the utmost good faith
in its fulfillment of such obligations. Specific questions as
to any particular transaction may be resolved between the parties
hereto and written evidence of any agreement on such questions
shall be presumptive evidence of compliance with the obligations of
one party to the other.
5.2.
Performance by Boston Financial. Periodic reports of
performance by Boston Financial relative to certain industry
standards will be provided to both DST and State Street. Each
party reserves the right to devote additional resources to support
the operation of Boston Financial when such performance is
consistently below standard for a period of 90 days. All
reasonable costs related to such additional assistance shall be
charged to Boston Financial if approved by Boston Financial’s
Board of Directors; otherwise such costs shall be borne by the
party devoting such additional resources.
Section 6.
Representations and Warranties.
6.1.
Representations and Warranties of State Street. State
Street hereby represents and warrants that:
(a)
No Violation of Agreements. To the best of State
Street’s knowledge, neither the execution and delivery of
this Agreement by State Street or of the Service Agreement by the
Bank, nor the compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof by
State Street and the Bank, will violate any law or regulations, or
any order or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality,
or will conflict with, or result in a breach of, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which
State Street or the Bank is a party or by which State Street or the
Bank is bound, or violate any provision of the Articles of
Organization or By-Laws of State Street.
(b)
No Material Adverse Agreements. State Street is not a
party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any corporate restriction materially and
adversely affect ing its operations, business, properties or
financial condition.
(c)
No Litigation. Unless otherwise disclosed in writing
to DST by State Street in connection with this Agreement, there are
no actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the best of State
Street’s knowledge threatened, which question the validity of
this Agreement or the Service Agreement or which might result in any material
adverse change in the business, operations, affairs, properties or
assets or in the condition, financial or otherwise, of State Street
or which affect State Street’s ability to fulfill its
obligations contemplated hereby or thereby or which in any way
impair the right
Portions of this document have
been redacted pursuant to a Request for Confidential Treatment
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule
24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Redacted portions are indicated with the
notation “[***]”.
of
State Street or the Bank to perform as contemplated in this Agreement or the Service
Agreement.
(d)
Governmental Action. Except as provided in this
Agreement, to the best of State Street’s knowledge, no
consent, approval or authorization of or declaration or filing
with, any governmental or public body or authority is required to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance by State Street
of this Agreement or by the Bank of the Service Agreement or the
consummation by State Street of any other transaction contemplated
hereby or thereby that has not already been obtained in connection
with the Original Joint Venture Agreement.
6.2.
Representations and Warranties of DST. DST hereby
represents and warrants that:
(a)
No Violation of Agreements. To the best of
DST’s knowledge, neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the Amended and Restated Data Processing Support
Agreement by DST, nor the compliance with the provisions hereof or
thereof by DST will violate any law or regulations, or any order or
decree of any court or government instrumentality or will conflict
with, or result in a breach of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, agreement or other instrument to which DST is a party or by
which DST is bound, or violate any provision of the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-Laws of DST.
(b)
No Material Adverse Agreements. DST is not a party to
any agree
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