EX-99.D14 3 dex99d14.htm THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement

THIRD AMENDMENT

TO AMENDED AND RESTATED

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT effective as of the 24th day of September, 2007 amends that certain Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement dated as of November 20, 2002, as Amended as of June 8, 2006 and as of June 27, 2007 (the “Agreement”) by and between Phoenix Opportunities Trust (formerly known as Phoenix-Seneca Funds), a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and Phoenix Investment Counsel, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Adviser”) as follows:

 

1. Phoenix Diversifier PHOLIO, Phoenix Foreign Opportunities Fund, Phoenix International Real Estate Securities Fund, Phoenix International Strategies Fund, Phoenix Wealth Accumulator PHOLIO, Phoenix Wealth Builder PHOLIO, Phoenix Wealth Guardian PHOLIO and Phoenix Worldwide Strategies Fund are hereby added as additional series to the Agreement.

 

2. All references to Phoenix Earnings Driven Growth Fund are hereby deleted from the Agreement.

 

3. Schedule A to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and Schedule A attached hereto is substituted in its place.

 

4. Except as expressly amended hereby, all provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and are unchanged in all other respects. All initial capitalized terms used herein shall have such meanings as ascribed thereto in the Agreement, as amended. All terms and phrases in quotations shall have such meaning as ascribed thereto in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

5. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto intending to be legally bound have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers of other representatives.

 

PHOENIX OPPORTUNITIES TRUST
By:  

/s/ Francis G. Waltman

Name:   Francis G. Waltman
Title:   Senior Vice President
PHOENIX INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.
By:  

/s/ John H. Beers

Name:   John H. Beers
Title:   Vice President and Clerk

 

SCHEDULE A

 

Series

    Investment Advisory Fee  

Phoenix Bond Fund

      0.50 %  

Phoenix Diversifier PHOLIO

      0.10 %  

Phoenix Foreign Opportunities Fund

      0.85 %  

Phoenix Market Neutral Fund

      1.50 %  

Phoenix Wealth Accumulator PHOLIO

      0.10 %  

Phoenix Wealth Builder PHOLIO

      0.10 %  

Phoenix Wealth Guardian PHOLIO

      0.10 %  
     $1st Billion    

$1+ Billion
through

$2 Billion

     $2+ Billion  

Phoenix CA Tax-Exempt Bond Fund

    0.45 %   0.40 %   0.35 %

Phoenix Core Bond Fund

    0.45 %   0.40 %   0.35 %

Phoenix Emerging Markets Bond Fund

    0.75 %   0.70 %   0.65 %

Phoenix Global Utilities Fund

    0.65 %   0.60 %   0.55 %

Phoenix Growth Opportunities Fund

    0.75 %   0.70 %   0.65 %

Phoenix High Yield Fund

    0.65 %   0.60 %   0.55 %

Phoenix International Real Estate Securities Fund

    1.00 %   0.95 %   0.90 %

Phoenix International Strategies Fund

    0.85 %   0.80 %   0.75 %

Phoenix Money Market Fund

    0.40 %   0.35 %   0.30 %

Phoenix Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund

    0.55 %   0.50 %   0.45 %

Phoenix Multi-Sector Short Term Bond Fund

    0.55 %   0.50 %   0.45 %

Phoenix Real Estate Securities Fund

    0.75 %   0.70 %   0.65 %

Phoenix Worldwide Strategies Fund

    0.85 %   0.80 %   0.75 %